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Well them new VW Beetles have been with us for some time and I for one haven't heard the raging debate about their integrity even begin to subside. I know plenty of folks - owners of old Beetles - that don't even consider the new ones Beetles. I don't know but one new Beetle owner and he seems to like the thing a lot. I'm sittin' on the fence on this one. Both seem pretty okay to me. You see this kinda thing happen every so often. "Improvements" to an old design. I'll tell you one thing, there weren't no "improvements" on Miller High Life when the Miller Brewing Company coughed up "Miller Genuine Draft." It's kinda like apples and oranges - if ya like apples and can't stand oranges. (MGD bein' the oranges, mind you.) The kick in the pants is that MGD can be found in far more places than the Old Standard High Life. This week's venue is one of those joints where High Life fans gotta settle for MGD. Good thing the juke kicks yer butt. So get yer butt on down to:

Annies Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl
San Francisco, CA 94103-4727
Phone: (415) 703-0865

Note: You can get a bail bond v. close to this place.
Business/News/Sports: Some nice folks come new to the list this week: Teensy@xxx, I forget Teensy@xxx's real name; and Mary. Pls. introduce yerselves. Returning to the list is Robin Skirboll. Welcome back. No one removed.
Did ya all like Rosey's goodbye speech? Anybody gonna actually call him? Team Bjeldanes practiced under the lights last night in anticipation of the playoff game Sunday. Outlook for victory is good. (See John Metsker for current odds.)

TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Spin Yer Partner Round and Round Contest. That's right ... Dance Contest!
TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The death of John Dillinger.
In the 1930's banks were often thought of as the "bad guy." Many outright failed, taking with them the life savings of their customers. Those that stayed open foreclosed on people's homes, farms and businesses as the Great Depression took hold of the nation. Many bank robbers would destroy mortgage records when they would hold-up a bank, giving the robber a Robin Hood-like status. Add to the criminal good looks, bravery and roguish charisma, and you had John Dillinger.
Dillinger robbed banks all over the Midwest, avoiding capture for years. When he was captured he would escape. One time he carved a pistol from wood, and the jailer, thinking that Dillinger had the drop on him, surrendered his own weapon. His public support began to wane, though, due to many lawmen and innocents alike being gunned down by Dillinger and his gang, not to mention the reward money offered for his capture and his status as Public Enemy Number One. Enter Polly Hamilton and Anna Sage - the Lady in Red. Polly was Dillinger's girlfriend in Chicago and Anna Sage was the owner of the brothel where Polly lived. Anna was in trouble with the cops - because of the brothel - and faced deportation to Romania. Anna Sage decided to make a deal with the Feds to avoid deportation. She set up Dillinger one night when the three of them - Dillinger, Anna and Polly - were going to the movies at the Biograph theater on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. She was to single-out herself and her companion by wearing a very noticeable red dress. Accounts differ, but the consensus is that the FBI opened fire on Dillinger immediately upon seeing him. Something not unlike an assassination. Our players: Moss plays Melvin Purvis, G-Man in charge of the Dillinger Squad; Belinda plays J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI; Chef plays John Dillinger; Spaz plays Baby-Face Nelson, of the Dillinger gang; Susan Smith plays Polly; and Kay Rough plays the Lady in Red, who, incidentally, got deported by Hoover anyway.

TONIGHT'S SINGLED-OUT LIST MEMBER(S): Moss. He missed a good one at the Elephant last week. Also singled-out: Amanda Rose. If she comes to Annies, one of her next-door neighbors will buy her a lovely Manhattan

We (the TNSC) nearly have enough Betty Crocker points to get the 20-quart crock pot.Is anyone sitting on a secret stash? Remember we're IN it to WIN it!

Load up on B vitamins and get on down to Annies tonight. Bring your wife, husband, brother, girlfriend - whatever (but no ex-es, please). Tell stories and be someone's pal. Yes or no: "spotty" bananas. See you there! bye-ee!Click on the messy lookin' thing below for the Rosey Memorial Map.