I don't guess I have a favorite BR movie. I like Hustle and Sharky's Machine. White Lightening and Gator will still get a view from me if I catch them on. He was always a good guest on Carson. I'd say Burt had a pretty good life.
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I saw "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing" around 45 years ago. Wow. Blast from the past. Have not thought of the movie from then until now.
Yes, it's Friday, Look out Bass!
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F. Expecting low-90s with a 60% chance of beautiful rain.
Cats play tomorrow evening. Got some beers ready to go.
Happy Friday! Short week.
Y'all behave.
Cats play tomorrow evening. Got some beers ready to go.
Happy Friday! Short week.
Y'all behave.
80°➫ 105°F Sunny, hot, dry.
TGIF
Good morning D-League
Another nice day with a low of 71 degrees and high of 88 with a 50% chance of rain. Should be about if not the same for the game tomorrow.
Today would be a nice day to clean out the garage and make room for my pick up. I just got it out of "restoration" and want to keep her spotless until I am no longer able to drive it. Then it goes to my grandson if he wants it. I bought this little Ford Ranger XL 4x4 Off Road beauty brand new in 2000. Almost 20 years ago. I have put every mile on it and have taken care of it like no other vehicle. Oil changes every 3,000 miles, garaged etc. Always spotless.
So several months ago I said I think I will go down and buy a new pickup. Why not?" Well for $50,000 or more I could take one off of the car lot. No thanks. A retiree winding down doesn't need that. So since I love to restore vehicles I decided that would be what I would do. I decided I would strip it down and put on a special paint job, put in a wood oak floor with stainless steel stripes in the bed. All new lights , new fender flares, cab lights and a air horn blaster that sounds like a freight train. I have a special use for that baby.
All that is left is new leather interior and a few odds and ends. I have that lined up. Now bring it on. LOL
Have a great day D
Another nice day with a low of 71 degrees and high of 88 with a 50% chance of rain. Should be about if not the same for the game tomorrow.
Today would be a nice day to clean out the garage and make room for my pick up. I just got it out of "restoration" and want to keep her spotless until I am no longer able to drive it. Then it goes to my grandson if he wants it. I bought this little Ford Ranger XL 4x4 Off Road beauty brand new in 2000. Almost 20 years ago. I have put every mile on it and have taken care of it like no other vehicle. Oil changes every 3,000 miles, garaged etc. Always spotless.
So several months ago I said I think I will go down and buy a new pickup. Why not?" Well for $50,000 or more I could take one off of the car lot. No thanks. A retiree winding down doesn't need that. So since I love to restore vehicles I decided that would be what I would do. I decided I would strip it down and put on a special paint job, put in a wood oak floor with stainless steel stripes in the bed. All new lights , new fender flares, cab lights and a air horn blaster that sounds like a freight train. I have a special use for that baby.
All that is left is new leather interior and a few odds and ends. I have that lined up. Now bring it on. LOL
Have a great day D
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- Good Morning, D-Leagueanites and Lurkers.
- 70º in Johns Creek. Clear. Blue sky. No rain yesterday.
- Slept in until 0800.
- Posts read and likes applied.
- I'm ready for UF Sat night.
- Friday already. Fast week.
- Speaking of Burt. RIP. We saw Loni Anderson in the LA International one time. She was a true six-footer. Beautiful.
- Be safe driving. Don't let the IDMOs get you.
- As you were. Carry on.
Mornin' D leaguers.
Rarely have the letters TGIF applied more than this week. Something about the week after a three-day weekend. But it is payday, I have a strategy for not only surviving but achieving something today, so all is well. I hope the same for all for you.
Rarely have the letters TGIF applied more than this week. Something about the week after a three-day weekend. But it is payday, I have a strategy for not only surviving but achieving something today, so all is well. I hope the same for all for you.
Funny you mentioned that one. It is one of my favorites too.
Everybody knows about the movie Deliverance. When I was living in North Georgia we would go up to Dillard, GA about every year and raft the river. The movie was filmed nearby and we actually started in South Carolina and followed the river into Georgia. What made the trip interesting was Clemson University (very close by) coeds were the guides and they would explain the details and points of interest where things happened in the movie. For example they would point and say, "on that bank over there is where Ned Beatty got his. There is where the hand came out of the river. There is where Bert got it. There is the bridge where the banjo picker did his thing."
We would make quite an ordeal out of our trip. We always stayed in a cabin high on the mountain and rocked on the front porch smoking cigars we just knew Bert Reynolds would approve of. Then of course we ate supper at the Dillard House which is worth a trip by itself.
A few tibits about the movie I learned from the Clemson coeds. The opening scene shows the building of a dam. That is actual footage of the building of Buford Dam that formed Lake Lanier. Also at the end of the movie an old lady is feeding the beat up group of rafters. That old lady was the real, genuine Mrs. Dillard who owned the Dillard House. And finally the banjo picker. About 7 or 8 years ago I was in Elijay, Georgia and there in front of Walmart was the "boy" picking his banjo. He was not an actor in the movie but a local kid they chose for the movie. Still pickin'and a grinnin'.
Morning D
No news from the boy - hearing no news is good news. Which means I really hope he does NOT call on Sunday.
Husband went down to see the DIL yesterday and check out the car; good news - all damage was cosmetic. The bumper cover was cracked, and a skid plate was knocked loose; part of the rain guard above her window was broken off and there were a few scratches. The car itself is structurally fine and nothing that makes the car go was damaged. He put some "stitches" in the bumper cover to hold it in place (drilled holes and put in zip ties) and reattached the skid plate.
We have Florida tomorrow - I guess we can hope? Finally watched our game from last weekend. The first half was painful, but the defense really stepped up the second. I think Hoak was the better QB too.
Oh, did I mention we have a kitten? She's a doll baby. Tiny - she was abandoned by her mama; she's about 6 weeks old now, but pretty healthy for a little thing. She only weighs a little over a pound and a half. Beautiful dark grey, long hair coat with green eyes. Name is Ashlynn.
Thats all I got right now. Have a good day gentlemen; keep praying if you would?
Hugs
No news from the boy - hearing no news is good news. Which means I really hope he does NOT call on Sunday.
Husband went down to see the DIL yesterday and check out the car; good news - all damage was cosmetic. The bumper cover was cracked, and a skid plate was knocked loose; part of the rain guard above her window was broken off and there were a few scratches. The car itself is structurally fine and nothing that makes the car go was damaged. He put some "stitches" in the bumper cover to hold it in place (drilled holes and put in zip ties) and reattached the skid plate.
We have Florida tomorrow - I guess we can hope? Finally watched our game from last weekend. The first half was painful, but the defense really stepped up the second. I think Hoak was the better QB too.
Oh, did I mention we have a kitten? She's a doll baby. Tiny - she was abandoned by her mama; she's about 6 weeks old now, but pretty healthy for a little thing. She only weighs a little over a pound and a half. Beautiful dark grey, long hair coat with green eyes. Name is Ashlynn.
Thats all I got right now. Have a good day gentlemen; keep praying if you would?
Hugs
Damn, he had to stay sore!
That is true. Sweet a could be.oh I'm one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. Just ask @ymmot31 , @AustinTXCat and @Bert Higginbotha
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dang I can't type. "SWEET AS COULD BE.
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Round Rock donuts for a late-morning snack.
Life is good.
Life is good.
James Dickey's father used to own the building that my office is in.
James Dickey (the author of Deliverance) played the sheriff who, at the end of the movie Deliverance, questions them about what happened and warns them not to come back.
The thing I liked about Deliverance was the fact that they had actual Southerners playing the roles of Southerners. I hate non-Southerners with their fake accents playing the roles of Southerners. A few can pull it off but not many.
I have lived 50 years of my life outside of the South but you would not know it if you heard me speak. You would think I moved away last week.
Although I did not realize it would matter while I was getting my education to be a minister, I learned that a public speaker with a heavy Southern drawl, speaking outside the South, was definitely not an asset.
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Hello everyone, Hope all are having a nice, uneventful Friday. I think i'm going with the wife and friends to Karoke tomorrow night. My dad told me once, " You couldn't carry a tune in a washtub " and as usual, he was right. Even my painful bellowing seems better to me than to sit and watch us lose in some rediculous way. I posted this in the country music thread, give this guy a listen, tremendous
Howdy folks! I'm doing housework today. Laundry, dishes, dusting and what not. Keep expecting it to rain but it never lets go.
Listened to the Jones show this morning for a bit and there are a lot of people talking about us beating Florida. I have no idea what they look like this year but if we perform to the same level as last week, we are going to lose.
Bev, I'm glad she didn't get hurt and that the car isn't hurt too badly.
Can't tell you over the years how many people doubted I was from Kentucky. They would say I didn't sound like I was from Kentucky. I told them that not everyone in Ky was born back up in the hills.
Well there's the chime. Time to put another load in the dryer.
Listened to the Jones show this morning for a bit and there are a lot of people talking about us beating Florida. I have no idea what they look like this year but if we perform to the same level as last week, we are going to lose.
Bev, I'm glad she didn't get hurt and that the car isn't hurt too badly.
Can't tell you over the years how many people doubted I was from Kentucky. They would say I didn't sound like I was from Kentucky. I told them that not everyone in Ky was born back up in the hills.
Well there's the chime. Time to put another load in the dryer.
Solomon's conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2)
(I) had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!
9So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. 10Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. 11But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
(I) had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!
9So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. 10Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. 11But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
Oh, I was definitely bornd 'n raised back in the hills. I learned what a hick I was (I truly was) when I moved to northern Indiana after high school. Got into my fair share of fights for being a hillbilly among Yankees. I was in two fistfights on the factory floor because I was a hillbilly ( I threw the first punch - I always threw the first punch) within six months before becoming a Christian.I should have gotten fired but no one told the bosses. Everybody I worked with called me Reb. I got my temper under control after my conversion at age 20.
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Saw a band of wild ponies this morning. It's been some 4 months. They were browsing the mesquite.
After traveling to many other countries and living in different areas along with speaking fairly decent German, my accent is difficult for people to figure out because it has a lot of other influences.
I hadn't heard of him. He's really good though, so I followed up. Try this one.
Hey starchief, that's good stuff right there. Nothing new under the sun. In trying to recall, heaven had not been advertised much and certainly not as much as the NT. So later in Israel's history, enter a man named Jesus. Everything changed. FCC.
I wrote a sermon several years ago titled, What are you going to do with this man named Jesus? I still have it. FCC.
I do have a hard time believing King Solomon ever did any any "hard work."
Had lunch today at a decent Chinese joint a couple blocks from my office called the 'Wok and Roll.'
For D-League history buffs: this humble noodle place occupies what was Mary Suratt's boarding house in 1865 where John Wilkes Booth and other Lincoln conspirators lived. A few days after Lincoln's murder, police went to the boarding house to interview her -- just as Lewis Powell, the conspirator who had tried to kill Secretary of State Seward the same night Lincoln was shot, showed up. That pretty much sealed the fate of Mary, who was hanged with the others that summer.
One of those little touches that make Washington interesting to me. And the Moo Shu pork was good.
For D-League history buffs: this humble noodle place occupies what was Mary Suratt's boarding house in 1865 where John Wilkes Booth and other Lincoln conspirators lived. A few days after Lincoln's murder, police went to the boarding house to interview her -- just as Lewis Powell, the conspirator who had tried to kill Secretary of State Seward the same night Lincoln was shot, showed up. That pretty much sealed the fate of Mary, who was hanged with the others that summer.
One of those little touches that make Washington interesting to me. And the Moo Shu pork was good.
One of my favorite songs of Jesus was written by the father of a very good friend of mine. This song is as beautiful as you can write a song. Thank you Charles Wycuff
Vestal could really belt out a song.
I had a pastor friend who was a big 'ol dude. He had Lulu Roman, of Hee Haw fame, come sing at his church. She was a big 'ol woman too (she eventually lost 200 pounds). He took her out for dinner afterwards. He said that his greatest embarrassment was not how much she was eating but that people might think he was Junior Samples.
2. James Dickey and John Boorman allegedly got into a fistfight on set, in which the writer broke the director’s nose and knocked out his teeth.
Dickey was a contradictory figure, a man of letters who served in the air force in both World War Two and the Korean War, an ad man who was also a college professor as well as a poet laureate. “Deliverance,” which the writer hinted was based on real events (although few believe him; Boorman says “nothing in that book actually happened to him”) was his first and only experience in the film industry (although after his death, the Coen Brothers tried to make a silent version of his final book, “To The White Sea,” with Brad Pitt). Dickey, who was also an alcoholic, clashed heavily with Boorman throughout the shoot, particularly after the director cut the first 19 pages of the shooting script. According to Jon Voight‘s body double on the film, Claude Terry, Dickey would sit in a bar saying to all and sundry “God, they’re ruining my ****ing movie, ain’t they? They’re not doing my book,” while Boorman says that Dickey was drunk on set, and became “very overbearing with the actors.” According to legend, things reached a peak when director and writer got into a fistfight which left Boorman with a broken nose and four teeth knocked out. Dickey was ejected from the set, but was allowed to return to film a cameo as the Sheriff in the film’s conclusion (although contrary to popular opinion, it’s not Ed O’Neill as one of the other cops).
I was born and raised, proudly, in Kentucky. Most folks know that I am from the south when I say the first sentence in their presence.
The last two years that I worked at CSX I went with our CEO, John W. Snow, to New York to explain what we were doing at the railroad. The southern accent helped me sell the railroad.
My accent is not really bad, but it is Southern. I take great pride in that. God blessed me by giving me a Southern birth and heritage.
Damn he is better than Conway! I love Mr. Jackson.
Not as good as Amazing Grace!
Not near as good as Jackson or Twitty.
I never thought I had much of an accent until I got transferred to Seattle back in the 80's. The people out there labeled me a southerner immediately.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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