I spent 8 months at Tennessee Temple University back in '82-'83. It was my first year away from home and home was about an 8 hour drive away, so there was a lot of boo-hooing that year.
When I think of Chattanooga, I think of rain. Lots of rain. Run down buildings, ghetto, homeless, public transportation, nonsense in the back pew, new friends, Ziggy, dorm pranks and The Dating Parlor....
Why would I ever think a bow tie was good fashion sense? Maybe the pros could pull it off, but c'mon... Anyway, back to The Dating Parlor, I know you're wondering. TTU had lots of commandments, being a Bible school, and one of which was that if you date, you should do so in the confines of the Dating Parlor, a room filled with couches, coffee tables and table lamps. Perfect place to pick a spouse.
Then if we wanted a little more action in a group environment, we might hang out at the Happy Corner. Here's Curtis (my beau at the time) on the left, and I can't remember anybody else's name, but they were all good friends. One thing of value introduced at the Happy Corner was Diet Coke. It was released in '82, I believe, and I had my first one right there. Of course, 15 years later, I'd be almost paralyzed from the toxic build-up of aspartame and have to give up my beloved Diet Cokes, but at the time, they were the bomb.
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Here'sThe Happy Corner, 2011, on the left in this photo, my dorm is just beyond.
Soccer was great sport at TTU and a perfect place to date outside the confines of the Dating Parlor:
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My dorm - in 2011. Looks EXACTLY the same. I waved bye to mom from that balcony.
Here's the fountain in 2011. I was disappointed to see it was dry.
I had fun touring Chattanooga again. I have to say the city itself is a LOT different than I remember. TTU is exactly the same, but the city's improved. Read more on that trip here: Chattanooga TN.
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Those are days I would just as soon forget!! I will never forget leaving you the day we got there because Dad's "eye" came in, don't know when I've cried so much in my life.
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