[QUOTE=Mr. Silver;451659]OK, do I have Alabama stories!

In high school, I worked at the Jolly Ox restaurant (Brookwood Village location). It was actually "Steak and Ale", but Alabama had a law prohibiting the name of a libation in the name of a restaurant.

I remember the Jolly Ox restaurant--I had my first adult beverage there (actually several). When were you there?

I was raised in Birmingham until I left for college. I graduated from Berry High School in 1975. No family there at all now. I have quite a few stories as well (and fond memories). I'm so proud of being a southerner now, but in the '70s I wanted nothing more than to rid myself of the southern accent. I always say that at my college, I was diversity. I was the girl from Alabama.

I wish I had one of those Jerseys and I would do as Pedal did--make my way to the Alabama border on the Silver Comet! What fun!