Orange Navy

First Coast resident Tom S(Z), pictured here, submitted this pic round-bout last Spring or so. I have been remiss not to publish it until now. But there is one awesome thing about this photo: 1) it's originality, 2) it not being a car or truck, hence a nice change of pace, 3) it shows how dorky Tom can be, 4) that Tom and I have the same clothing tastes, i.e., I own those very same swim trunks, and 5) it reminds us all to proclaim "Go Vols!" (or "Go Browns," in Tom's case). Amen. 

BOVB staff

making Orange history

Back in olden times, we used to march out of Neyland Stadium chanting "it's great...to be...a Tennessee Vol, I said it's great...to be..." etc, over and over again. That was awesome. 

That was also, like, 100 years ago. I think the last time UT defeated another SEC team was the same year Stonewall Jackson led the charge of the lite beer brigade against the Germans at Pearl Harbor during the Spanish-American War of 1812.

In other words: Practically never. 

Meanwhile, while Orange Nation awaits its messiah, check out today's OV. It comes from AOPA's Air Safety Institute Facebook page. (Tennessee's football program came immediately to mind when I saw it.)

No longer AWOL

The BOVB is back, y'all! Let us all share a moment of silent joy to soak up the gratitude that this momentous moment.  Then feel free to dance around your home in celebration.

OK so what happened was I got busy in the summer of '11, did a bunch of traveling and then forgot the password to the BOVB site. It didn't help that the Vols sucked really bad, neither. 

Resetting the password of the blog and related email accounts required skills on par with Bletchley Park and Joe Rochefort's boys at Pearl.

Enough of that. Just feast your thirsty eyes on this beautiful Orange Porsche spotted by Dave Brake up in Indiana sometime in '11. 

There's a huge backlog of pix to get through, but if you spot a cool OV, snap it and send it in to orangevehicles@gmail.com. In the meantime, feel free to just scroll through the last few years of OV pix on the site.

Signed,

No Longer AWOL