blueridgeTiger

re: 1962 Wolverton Mountain

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/26/26 at 11:26 am to oldtrucker

I was in a relationship for two years (well, not really a relationship - we were married), with an attractive woman (pics posted in 2013), and she claimed to be the niece of Claude King, who recorded Wolverton Mountain, and that it was supposed to be based on her family. She also claimed to have fricked OJ Simpson and several other celebrities. That's all I have to contribute to this thread.

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re: Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/26/26 at 10:25 am to SoWhat

quote:
Why the Frick does ESPN spell Turkey

Türkiye

I guess they liked it better that way

re: Why do so many people have an iPhone?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/25/26 at 9:45 am to braves21

quote:
Why do so many people have an iPhone?

Why do you even care?

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re: What are you reading?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/24/26 at 2:50 pm to LordSnow

Leather has adopted an unusual style for this book. I have read at least 25 of his novels, and this is the only one in which the protagonist's voice is in the second person. ("you" - most books are in the first person [I, Me], or in the third person [he, she])). It is somewhat difficult to get accustomed to, but in this plot it is effective.

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re: Gender Reveal Parties - Now they're dying pigeons blue and pink

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/23/26 at 4:16 pm to Shexter

re: Ritz Carlton Cruise

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/23/26 at 11:53 am to mule74

The wife and I did Athens to Venice last summer on Viking. It was fantastic, but those Ritz Carlton vessels we saw in port looked interesting.

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re: Is this the ideal female body to you?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/23/26 at 11:50 am to Hangover Haven

I don't know. There may be some hidden tats which would DQ her.

re: What's the average user age on TD, in your opinion?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/22/26 at 8:29 am to FAT SEXY

I'm 84, so I probably bring the average up a little bit.

re: Has anyone here ever attended a tie football game?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/19/26 at 2:02 pm to JamalMurry27

In 1960, an LSU team with four straight losses, played Ole Miss, then ranked number two in the nation to a 6-6 tie. It was quite satisfactory since the tigers turned their season around with that tie.

SEC Rant

re: NY Post cover: Trump hits Iran with a Lovebomb

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/17/26 at 10:12 am to SlowFlowPro

quote:

The unfreezing of $100B is 58x the size of the $1.7B Obama's admin unfroze with his Iran deal (which led to a decade of melts by Trump fans).

As much as I hate to, I agree with SFP on this point.

re: Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/16/26 at 10:17 am to idlewatcher

Reminds me of a joke:

A fellow was in a bar, complaining to the bartender about his wife. He says, "My wife stays on my case to do everything around the house."

The bartender answers, "So your wife is a nagger."

The guy says, "No, she's a little white girl from Oklahoma."

re: Where does Trumps Iran War rank amongst our countries greatest victories?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/15/26 at 7:14 pm to Utah

I rank our victory over Iran slightly below our victory in Vietnam.

re: Best purchase you've made for $50 and under?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/15/26 at 4:13 pm to braves21

Back in the early 60s, pretty decent hookers in Eunice were less than $50.

re: US & Iran have signed the Memorandum of Understanding

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 6/15/26 at 11:35 am to Bobby OG Johnson

My experience with MOUs in the Middle East (limited as my experience is) has been very negative. The Arabs and the Persians treat an MOU as merely a stage in the negotiations. In implementing the MOU, they'll reopen points supposedly already settled. This MOU and the 60-day ceasefire (likely extended) might get Trump through the midterms, but I doubt it actually settles anything.