Every morning, I listen to the Dick Dale Show here in Charleston. When I came in this morning, they were talking about mysterious metal balls (?) washing up on the Isle of Palms.
The metal orbs are a couple of hundred pounds and have writing on them (not English), and the DJ spoke to someone who recommended that people stay away from them.
Ya see, I hate it when I walk in on something like this really late. I can’t tell if they’re joking or not. They keep talking to people about it, and they keep making it sound like there’s something out there, but there’s something in me that keeps saying they are so full of crap.
But then they have people calling in, talking about it. I hate being whooshed by my morning DJ.
Hrmmm…
Veddy interesting…
I did a search on the WSCC website (am morning show I listen to) and didn’t find anything. They were too busy talking about how Mr. Entertainment Devon grant has to wear his hair in Princess Leia buns all day before he gets it cut off for Locks for Love to go into much else!
I checked WTMA, too, and didn’t see anything.
Whooshed?
I dunno. Odd thing to whoosh people about, especially in this paranoid day and age!
Maybe it was a joke related to this plutonium shipping debate?
Oh-by the way Skerri, I saw a girl in a white t-shirt and skirt walking downtown near MUSC after 5 recently, and thought about you and your wet t-shirt debut! (You don’t happen to have blondish hair, do you?)
Well, who knew? They weren’t kidding. Here’s a link to an article in today’s newspaper. So, I guess I wasn’t whooshed.
But what the hell are these things? On the radio, they said a couple more had washed up (this article was printed last night), so I’m assuming they’re the same thing. It just seems kind of weird that they would wash up on the beach.
Nope, sidle. My hair is reddish-brown. And Og forbid you find me in a skirt for the walk home. By the way, we’re hitting AC’s tonight to discuss the metal ball phenomena. Care to join us?
And is it just my paranoia screaming? Only 4 days after they announce the ‘dirty-bomb’ suspect is being held in Charleston, these freaky things wash up? I’m totally not trying to start a panic, I just find it to be an odd coincidence.
I would love to hit AC’s-
have to check with the SO, though, since he just got home from a 5-day canoing trip this morning, and called me pitifully to come home during lunch and “visit” him. He might be too needy to hit the town tonight!
Funny you should mention that, though. I am jonesin’ to go out tonight for some reason!
So, if I can get there, what time will you be there? If not this week, within the next few weeks I SWEAR!
So, anyway, so that you might recognize me, I have long dark hair, green eyes, paleface, hourglass-plump, deceivingly feminine looking-yep-that pretty much sums me up! My name is Sally-I am assuming yours is…
Kerri?
And you have reddish-brown hair?
Funny- I love how it’s recommended that people stay away from the big metallic aline-looking balls, but the front page pic shows a Mom and two young boys fondling the thing!
It is bizarre looking…
AC’s REOPENED?? When? Where? Do Jim Curley and Lenny still run the place? Last I heard, The World’s Greatest Bar was closed after a big fire. Someone please let me know, as I will be returning to my home of 10+ years for a visit next weekend.
Yep!
**Skerri[/b[ can tell you more about it, I’m moe of an outdoor bar type person myself, but it’s around again!
It’s up King Street, opposite side of the street, about a block or so from where it was. If you haven’t been here in 10 years, King above Calhoun, is a totally different area than it used to be. When they opened King St to 2-way traffic above Calhoun, there was a major resurgence. The library’s moved, but there are all sorts of little shops, restaurants, salons etc. up there now.
It seems like I went to the new one like 2 years ago, and Jim was still there, but I want to say he’s not anymore? I dunno…
Yup. AC’s reopened a while back. But now they are where the Bubble Room used to be, across from what used to be the Huddle House at the corner of Ann and King.
Lenny and Jim are still there… and waiting on your return!
Let me know when you come into town. We can have a dopefest!
Thanks A Million for the info, Skerri and Sidle! It does me good to know they are still downtown and not in Mt. Pleasant or West of the Ashtray. I’ll give y’all a shout when I am heading to town, and maybe we’ll be able to meet up at AC’s.
Oh, and sidle, I am always in AC’s. I practically live there. We’ll probably be there for a while tonight, as wrestling will be on.
I have reddish-brown hair, blue eyes, and right now I have on a maroon shirt that says “Loosegroove Records”, which I’ll probably be wearing tonight. You can ask Eric (the bartender) who I am, he will gladly tell you. (Or anyone that works there, for that matter.) We usually sit by the little trivia machine at the bar.
Oh, and Wartime? The Great Fire at AC’s wasn’t that bad. It actually only burned the kitchen in the back. They moved the booths, the bar, and everything else to the new location. The only bad thing about the new location is that someone stole the telescope that the fisherman in the window used to have. They even still have the little wooden fishermen on the bar, except they’re kind of funky. They couldn’t get all the soot off of them. It pretty much looks like the old AC’s flip-flopped, except the ceiling is a helluva lot higher, and it’s much, MUCH wider.
Oh great, first the dirty bomb suspect, and now the “Ben-wah balls of the God”(that seriously cracked me up, Zebra!), and I’m getting on a plane, headed there tomorrow morning - eek!
I think I’ll stay away from the beach, it’s not like there’s any shortage of them here where I live, anyway, and mine don’t have strange balls floating up on them.
Hey, VDarlin, you’re coming to Charleston? Maybe sidle and I can meet up with you, if you want. (Good lord. I sound like I have no life, don’t I?) No, I’m just jealous of all the other DopeFests that go on in this place. I want a DopeFest, dangit!
Me too! I am jealous… we need CharDope or some such thing. I’m in The Summerville/North Charleston area but I go downtown semi-regularly. AC’s? I lead a sheltered life. I have been in Charleston for 6 years & haven’t heard of it. Charleston Dopers, Unite!
to go into much else!
They even still have the little wooden fishermen on the bar, except they’re kind of funky. They couldn’t get all the soot off of them. It pretty much looks like the old AC’s flip-flopped, except the ceiling is a helluva lot higher, and it’s much, MUCH wider.