My drinking days are long behind me (Jan. 3, 1993). The former Idle Hour location near Belmont Church was my hangout starting in 1988. Harlan Howard was a regular, as was Billy Large, and Donnie Qualls. Bobby Herald, the owner, kept an old bus parked in the back with black and gold Vanderbilt colors. The tires were always flat, an irony I felt that was wholly suited to VU's football team.