Newbie. Kentucky hillbilly.

[hal4uk]

STC,  They ain't got nuthin' on me.  Sometimes I send flames over the roof...  and I ain't even cookin'...

[Caneyscud]

CS, I found you...  (checked your profile)
My old man is your neighbor!  He's "livin' GOOD in GOODlettsville"...

Was up in that neck of the woods this afternoon - well actually Hendersonville, but close nonetheless.  Actually I'm a Green Hillsbilly - south of town not too far from the old 100 Oaks Mall.

[Caneyscud]

CS, you forgot "Guitar Town".

Boy, you are right about that - seems like a guitar store on every corner - and even more guitar players with stars in their eyes and even a few that have $$$$ behind their names.  BTW, I still haven't googled Irvin Cobb - I'm curious - only a matter of time!

[hal4uk]

Well, it's a small world indeed!!!

If you're in Green Hills...  You've got a neighbor that used to live right by KyNola's house in KY...
Ever heard of Restless Heart?  Lead singer, Larry Stewart, grew up in Paducah (like two blocks from KyNola's house) - lives in Green Hills last I heard...

His daddy, Buddy, was my daddy's best friend all their lives.  Buddy died young (I think he was 45).
Buddy was one of my favorite people on earth. 

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100 Oaks... only mall on earth that is smack dab by the interstate... and no way to get there!
(unless you find a local that knows where Thompson Lane goes)

[hal4uk]

CS, at one time, albeit a long time ago, Irvin S. Cobb was the highest paid writer in the world.
He was a humorist who wrote many books, articles for newspapers, etc... wrote for the Saturday Evening Post...
Nowadays, nobody even knows his name.

Born and buried in Paducah, KY.

Moral:  If you waste your time becoming famous, the best you can hope for is mention on a BBQ forum.

[Tenpoint5]

Caney,
Since you mentioned Hockey you ever hear of an old team called the Dubuque Fighting Saints or their replacements the Dubuque Thunderbirds?

Hal I can't remember if I said Welcome Aboard in another post or not but welcome

[Caneyscud]

I think one of our draftees went through there a few years back.  I think they are a Junior League team.

[Caneyscud]

Well, it's a small world indeed!!!

If you're in Green Hills...  You've got a neighbor that used to live right by KyNola's house in KY...
Ever heard of Restless Heart?  Lead singer, Larry Stewart, grew up in Paducah (like two blocks from KyNola's house) - lives in Green Hills last I heard...

His daddy, Buddy, was my daddy's best friend all their lives.  Buddy died young (I think he was 45).
Buddy was one of my favorite people on earth. 

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100 Oaks... only mall on earth that is smack dab by the interstate... and no way to get there!
(unless you find a local that knows where Thompson Lane goes)

Restless Heart - didn't they all attend Belmont Univ.?  He probably lives in the other end of the Green Hills - I live in the Red Neck end. 

I'll have ya know, that 100 Oaks has an exit now - sorta - called Armory Drive.  But now the mall has been bought by Vanderbilt and they've remodeled it and put in lots of their clinics with a few retail stores on the ground floor.  The original developer made the head of the DOT mad and he didn't get the exit. 

[Caneyscud]

CS, at one time, albeit a long time ago, Irvin S. Cobb was the highest paid writer in the world.
He was a humorist who wrote many books, articles for newspapers, etc... wrote for the Saturday Evening Post...
Nowadays, nobody even knows his name.

Born and buried in Paducah, KY.

Moral:  If you waste your time becoming famous, the best you can hope for is mention on a BBQ forum.

Ok, I googled him, and now I know why Ivrin S. Cobb sounded familiar (don't think I've seen his middle name spelled out.).  I was born on same day as he was and have seen his name in lists of famous people born on my birthday.  You don't see Caneyscud on that list  ;D ;D ;D

[hal4uk]

CS, Yep.. I think you're right; most of 'em went to Belmont...
Jerry Don Crutchfield (another Paducah native) produced them (I'm pretty sure)...

I know none of this has anything to do with Q...
But you're dredging up old memories for me ;-)

Anyhow...  I remember one day when I was a kid, we heard this horn outside.
Sounded like an 18 wheeler, but it was a BUS...
Larry's daddy, Buddy, was sitting behind the wheel...
I ran out there with my dad, and Buddy said, "C'mon, get in..."

Buddy knew everyone in the country/western/gospel music business...
(as well as the car business - or anything that rolled)
This old bus was a trade-in from the Blackwood Singers.. (are they still around?  they were a gospel group)

My dad said we had to do something else (?)...
Of course, I was looking at that big ole bus and saying, "C'mon dad... let's go for a ride in the bus!"

Buddy was sayin', "C'mon, let's just go around the block..."
Finally, my dad went inside and told my momma we'd be right back...

So, we climbed in this big old bus...
and went to Cape Girardeau, MO...

That was about 40 years ago.  Momma's still p*ssed off.

[La Quinta]

Welcome Hal4uk...you"re gonna fit in fine here...sorry I'm late to the welcoming party...  :) (Interesting handle there Mister....) from the United Kingdom?  :D

[hal4uk]

CS, that's why I spelled out his middle name...
Among those folks that have heard of Irvin S. Cobb, hardly any can tell you what the "S" stands for ;-)
KyNola...  did you know his middle name was "Shrewsbury"?

[hal4uk]

Thanks for the welcome, La Quinta!

No.. I'm from the Commonwealth of Kentucky...
UK i.e. Kentucky Wildcats!

(now I'm gonna get you back...)
"La Quinta"...  are you from next door to Denny's?
(Sorry, I just couldn't help it...)

[Hopefull Romantic]

Hal welcome to the forum

HR

[deb415611]

Welcome Hal!