On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:26:53 -0500, "Bob (this one)"
> wrote:

> Yes. Justin was in town for a book signing and I had him on my radio
> program where we began the day with a most tasty lemonade (I thought).
> Afterward we went to the Costco store where he was to sign books. I
> sat with him and continued drinking his "Thomas Justin Collinses"
> (equal parts CountryTime lemonade and gin) as we had been at the
> station. A woman asked me if I was "somebody" and he reached over and
> tapped a book by John Grisham. She gushed about how much she loved
> "my" books and said that this was the only one she didn't have and on
> and on...
>
> He picked up the book and told me to stop being so bashful and just go
> ahead and sign the book for the nice lady. So I did. As the afternoon
> wore on, he tapped several other books, and I think I was Dean Koontz
> for a while, too. In addition to some others I'd never heard of.
> Someone drove me home. Justin's "assistant" drove him somewhere. She
> came to the radio station carrying two coolers with CountryTime logos
> on them. Justin asked me how I liked her jugs. Guy was 83 at the time,
> freshly thrown out of his house because his wife caught him messing
> around (or so he said).

I remember when you first posted that story. It was funny
then and it's still funny now. Justin was a character,
wasn't he? His show was appointment TV for me!

sf