Trivia Tuesday Twofer.......

Another Tuesday....
and I'm back with a TWOFER.......

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the mystery couple above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days.....
I need the birth names people.....
you'll be glad you did!!!

Hints....
"Mr. Tom Selleck lookalike...."
Was once one of People Magazine's Sexiest People....
Was once at the top of his game...
Star of his own sex video...
First Class Dog.....

"Mz...... lady from a Breck commercial"
Attorney and author....
Spent several years of her childhood in Japan....
The 'brains' behind the operation...
Currently single....
Mother of 5....eldest though died when he crashed his Jeep.
Class act....

Marty
Valley Station, KY

You know your in Indiana when......

...you're a Sponge Bob wannabe.

Marty
Valley Station, KY

More Dahlia Talk......

As summer is coming to an end.....
the last of my Dahlias are poppin'......

Considering these all start from a tuber that looks like a dead potato.....

hard to believe the color and size in only a few months time.

More yellow jumbos literally the size of my head.....

Had to double stake this one......up over 4' tall.

While watering my corner.....

the Lockport Porters Marching Band snuck up on me.

Not everyday that a marching band goes down your street....

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but on second thought.....

with the taxes I'm paying.....

maybe it should be everyday!!

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Marty

Valley Station, KY

Song of the week.....

Sing along...

Yesterday I was drunk
with some chicks in night club
I don't remember who came back with me
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And tonight I will drink
with some chicks in night club
I'm not sure I want uh lalala
.
I'm growing my mustache back....

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!!

Well you've gotta give it to Nancy.....she knows her Nancys!!

That's right...
Nancy McNally was the first one in this week with none other than
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi...our 60th (and first female)Speaker of the House.
Your GRAND PRIZE will be on it's way shortly.

--Her husband Paul Pelosi owns the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.
--they own a vineyard worth up to 25 million dollars in CA
along with a million dollars worth of Apple stock.
--Had a brother named Franklin Delano Roosevelt Pelosi...(odd?)FDRP
who was charged with statutory rape and perjury but eventually acquitted.
--Her father and another brother were both Mayors of Baltimore, MD.

Marty
Leesburg, OH

Commercial of the week......

...not sure if you should buy insurance or
sell the bike after seeing this.

Marty
Defiance, OH

What do you get when.......

......you mix a North Korean propaganda movie
with K.C. & The Sunshine Band??

Marty
Chesterfield, MI

Trivia Tuesday.......

Another Tuesday....
and another mystery person!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the beauty above will be this week's GRAND PRIZE winner and have TT bragging rights for the next 7 days.

Hints....

• Hit your spell check button before you send...and I'll need the full name as usual.
• Good Catholic girl who was the youngest of 6.
• She wanted to be a Priest.....more power than a Sister.
• Husband for over 40 years.....owns a football team.
• Owns a vineyard worth millions.
• Related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt....kinda.
• Had a brother who was charged with statutory rape and perjury
• Her Father and Brother....had both been the mayor.
  
  Marty
  Cadillac, MI

You'll shoot your eye out kid.....

Cops & Robbers......
before bright orange tipped play guns.

Marty
Wellston, MI

Moving Day.......

So.......he's a Freshman Leatherneck!!

How does he go from throwing up formula....while you are burping him one minute.....

to becoming a burping College Freshman seemingly overnight???

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Danny is officially moved in with all or most of his creature comforts from home.

He is even on Skype (dannymcnally) for all you Skype fans out there.....

(more on Skype next week!)

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We played the odds and weather and left later on Saturday and arrived in Macomb around 5pm.

All of the crowds from the morning were gone to dinner.

We parked in front....unloaded the van.....walked up and right on to the elevator....

and had his room set within a couple of hours.....no waiting in long lines.....in the rain!!

Lucked out with no roommate currently.....so he has the room to himself.

Good thing considering the room was a little tight with Mar, Molly, Dan, Katie and I trying to unpack and assemble.

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Dinner at Aurelios...mmmmm.....

then some hugs...kisses and tears and back on the road.

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School starts at 9am Monday

......set your alarm

.....you're a big boy now.

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Marty

Yeah.....I could do that....

....think I'll go do some sit-ups.

Marty
Macomb, IL

We Have a Wiener!!

So when a 10-year old can Google my hints and win TT but yet not know who the actual mystery person is/was.....
tells me that I must knuckle down next week!!

YES!! Katie McNally was in 1 minute ahead of her Aunt Molly with this week's correct answer......Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney!!
And....although she had no clue who the 46th Vice President of the United States of America was.....
her Grand Prize will be arriving shortly!!

--Distant cousin to Barack Obama and Harry Truman.
--Has had numerous heart attacks and heart issues....first attack at 37.


Marty
Richwood, OH

But can he walk the dog.....??

My bet is that he never had a PlayStation 3....
(or a girlfriend)

Marty
Ansonia, OH

Gone fishin.....

Nothing really too political on the old Blog usually...
BUT THIS GUY KILLS ME!!
Was hoping he would have gone fishin' last week...
with Senator Ted Stevens...
instead Charlie was bustin' a move at his B-Day "Gala" last week.

Argggghhh....
I think I'll run for governor!

Marty
Richwood, OH

Charlie Busts a Move....


Classic Charlie...

Trivia Tuesday......

I'm smelling victory this week....and it's not even 10am on Tuesday.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly NAME
this good looking gentleman above....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE
and have TT bragging rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

• Born in Nebraska....
• His First DWI was the week I was born...
• Second DWI was the following year....
• Met his future wife at age 14....
• Still married over 40+ years later....
• Had several draft deferments that kept him out of the Vietnam War....because he had "other priorities" back then.
• Flunked out of Yale....
• Mother was a Softball star back in the day...
• Related to TWO U.S. Presidents.....
• Keeps on tickin'.....

Marty
Detroit, MI

Now THAT was a picnic.......

Where it all started.....

My ticket to McNallypalooza 2010.....2G.

Waterballoon......12 O'Clock.....

Erin's beanbag heading for the hole...

"I'm waaaaayyyyy too cool to wear my nametag like everyone else...."

McNallys and Ruddys......

Gina kicks off.....

the "Steal your prize back from your relative" game....

Zoe masters the "Cookie on the Forehead" game....

Jake....Katie...Lucy....Grace & Clare posing with the infamous CowTales....

Kids got CowTales and I-Tunes cards for prizes....

and I get.........

"OK guys......

are you sure that there isn't anything else I should be doing here?"

Clare.....loses it off of the right ear.

Zoe.......steady as she goes!!

Katie....can almost taste it!!

The McNally ladies.....

The Specks....

Joan and Nancy.....

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Great time had by all.....and perfect weather to boot.

Caught up with the old McNally's and met a few new McNally faces.

Marilynn and gang did a great job with kicking off this event again.

Everyone now has their questionnaire to complete and get back in to her for next year!

Looking forward to it!!

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Marty

Wellston, MI

How HOT is it.........

Good day for a McNally picnic.....
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2010
FROM 10AM TO SUNSET
SWALLOW CLIFF PICNIC PRESERVE AT 119th & 96th AVENUE


Marty
SWALLOW CLIFF PICNIC PRESERVE
AT 119th & 96th AVENUE

Hot time at the old ball park.....(part duex)

Buy me some peanuts & Cracker Jack.......
& pretzels & Dippin' Dots & brats with ketchup(?)
& nachos & Cokes (in a medium plastic.....I mean "souvenir" cups)

Forget the scorecard.....we needed Binocs!

Sox load up the bases 3 times on Thursday night......

and only scored 1 run.

Looks like the Twinkies will win the division.

Dad/kids night out before school kicks off in another week.

Still my favorite parts of a Sox game......

$28/each... for tickets that are sooooo high...

you have to duck when a Southwest flight approaches Midway...

(and we were surrounded by Twins fans!.....arrrrggghhh!)

$23 parking/car detail package......

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Major Leagues Baby!!

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Marty

We have a Wiener!!!

Don and Jeannie.....

So....after a long hiatus....
Maribeth McNally rings in this week with Donald Tai Loy Ho.
Katie McNally deserves an honorable mention but left out the "Tai Loy"
(which I hear is excellent at Don Ho's restaurant)

Don's one hit wonder....."Tiny Bubbles"
sung by none other than....
the moon.
(I love the Internet)


Didja know....
that the song "Galveston" was given to Don to record by Jimmy Webb
a few years before Glen Campbell made a smash out of it.
Don's version has long been forgotten.

Marty
35th/Shields

It's almost that time kiddies......

Saw this new Liquid Sharpie Pencil today.....
2-pencils....6-erasers.....$5

"becomes permanent after 3 days"
kind of scary....how does that happen?

Marty
Spring Valley, IL

I want my McNuggets.....beatch!

"Thankyou for choosing McDonald's....
hoooowwwwww can I help you!?"

Marty
Niles, MI

Trivia Tuesday......

Off of my sports tangent this week....and back to music.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com
to correctly name this 50's rocker above...
Will win this week's GRAND PRIZE ....
and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints...

• Before his singing career....he was in the U.S. Air Force and flew fighter jets!
• Married to his High School sweetheart for almost 50 years and 6 kids.
• TWOforTUESDAY.....he had two kids each with each of his two mistresses.
• 10 kids total....and everybody got along....including the wife and the mistresses.
• Had his own TV series in the 70's...
• You may have seen him on "Charlie's Angels", "Batman" or even "Sanford & Son"
• One hit wonder of sorts.

Marty
Marion, OH

You know you're in Wisconsin.......

Obviously.....
everybody gets a little lonely up there in the winter!

Marty

Happy Graduation & New House.....

Good time had by all at The Ruddy's new abode.......


Marty

Dahlias......as big as your head!!

OK....
so this was NOT from the Menard's Dahlia Big Value Bag
but this plant grew so big on the corner
over the last few weeks while we were gone
(with all of the rain)
that it fell out of the ground and tipped onto the sidewalk.
I will have to stake the rest of these this weekend.....
but pretty cool when you can put one flower into a large vase and it works!

I wonder if Lockport has a Dahlia Club?
I wonder again.....
if this is a sign that I am officially "getting old"

Marty

We have a Wiener!!!

Mr. James Farrell is back.....
after taking my punt and running past all the others this week.

He was the first to name.....
Mr. William (Billy) December Williams, Jr. and
Mr. Gale Eugene Sayers whose pic from Tuesday
was from the set of "Brian's Song".
Your GRAND PRIZE will be on it's way shortly!

Mr. #4O enjoys his 45....
(What works everytime?)

Mr. Nice Tank Top....
the real "Mr. #40"...
STILL holds the NFL record for highest percentage of kicks returned for touchdowns.

Marty
Aledo, IL

Hello Ladies.......

I'm not home right now.....
but leave a message for this ridiculously good looking man.
FANTASTIC!

The man who keeps on giving...

(Click here)
http://oldspicevoicemail.com/

Marty
Litchfield, IL

Hot time at the old ballpark.....

100.8* in the shade....
you could cook a hotdog on the grill without briquettes.

Too much boating, swimming and heat leave all in the A/C

...............to soak up another episode of the Jonas Brothers. Southern Miners Baseball

Parking........$3

Ice Cold Budweiser....$5

Mexican Dinner before game.....picked up by Uncle John.

Season Ticket holder walks up and hands you 12 free tickets.....

priceless!

(Glad I did the ol' ...."John....you grab dinner and I'll get the tickets" routine!!)

Molly...Makensie and Danny strike a pose!

Katie and Kelly....waiting for a homerun....a foul ball....or anything close!

OK Dad......put your camera away and tell me what an Evansville Otter is?

After a few days together......

we figured out that they share the same chin.

Marty

Litchfield, IL

Trivia Tuesday......

Up against a busy week this week.....
coinciding with the opening of Bears Training Camp...
and too tired after a long (and continuing) weekend....
I will drop back 5 and punt.

First person to email me at unobuckeroo@aol.com with the correctly spelt FULL (first/middle/last) names of both gentlemen above.....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints.....

"Mr. #40"
accomplished painter.....
jazz recording artist....
was almost Hans Solo....
likes his Colt 45....
"cool" middle name....
married 3 times.

"Mr. nice tank top"
first rounder....
only 6 seasons under his belt...
you probably shouldn't kick to him....
was a Jayhawk....
was Athletic Director at SIU.

Marty
Rockport, IN

Because they're cousins........

Apparently not enough hot weather down in Plant City, Florida....
The McAvoys make a pit stop this weekend
on their way up to Chicago and take in some sun.
Nicest day of the summer.....mid-80's....low humidity....and BREEEEEEZZZZZZEEEE.

Kelly welcoming Chelveston back with bits of Wonder.

Molly & Makensie waiting for the fish to bite!

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Marty

Oblong, IL