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[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 68° and sunny here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring more sun and a high of 90°.

Everyone stay safe and have a Happy 4th of July.

 

[UKWoodford]

The first avatar for woodford was Pittsburgh pirates old player just like baller, look at how he acts when anyone disagrees with him in the golf thread or the johnny depp thread he started...exactly same behavior, exact silly insults. I almost never get on rafters, saw a couple posters early on too call him out as Baller as well but I already knew. Dude has had at least a dozen accounts I bet. In the political board he was trying to act different than before, get along instead of arguing with long time posters. Sorry to interrupt the D-league, just wanted to let my brother Austin know.

That’s a complete and utter lie. Why in the world would you make that up? Maybe confused me? Copy a moderator if I’ve had any avatar but this one. Not cool. PS, Pirates? Not a fan. Who is?

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I'm fine with what you wrote. I said what happened to your family afterwards was not good. What else should I have said? What is the proper response for you?

I just, and still don't, understand why you quoted me for being glad the Confeds lost at Gettysburg. I should wish that outcome was the opposite?

I'm totally lost at why you're upset with me.

I am not unset with you, just trying to make my point.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

It is sunny and 78.8°F and it is supposed to get up to 93° and very little chance for rain.

Everyone set back and enjoy our Independence Day. Let go of the fireworks before the fuse gets short!

 

[warrior-cat]

It is sunny and 78.8°F and it is supposed to get up to 93° and very little chance for rain.

Everyone set back and enjoy our Independence Day. Let go of the fireworks before the fuse gets short!

Exacalactly.

Can't afford to let my fuse get short, I am still active.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Took a little stroll to pay respects at the grave of one of the Revolutionary War patriots buried about a half a mile from my house in a little plot surrounded by a fence:

Gen. Jeremiah Crabb. The little town where I live dates back to those days, and there are some old houses though my cul-de-sac is 1980s vintage.

Here's his story.

Jeremiah Crabb - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gen Jeremiah Crabb (1760-1800) - Find a Grave...

General Crabb, the son of Henry Wright Crabb was born in Maryland in 1760, and served in the Revolutionary War as a 2nd lieutenant in the First Maryland Regiment. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on December 15, 1777, serving well until forced to resign because of poor health brought about by...

www.findagrave.com

 

[berniecarbo]

Thanks. I helps to re-enforces my post.

The South was not the only bad guys in the war.

I was reading where Gen Payne had been relieved of his command in West Tn and then reassigned to West Ky because of atrocities he committed in Tn.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning and Happy 4th of July from Shawnee, TN. We're already at 81°F with partly cloudy skies. Expecting 89°F for our high.

Man, this trip out here flat wore me out. Worst part was waiting at the roadblock on Claiborne/Union County line near the end. Spent 21 hours on the road for what normally equals a 17-hour journey. Key take-way: Screw saving $70 and leave earlier next time. Lesson learned.

Went over to Middlesboro with my daughter yesterday. Visited a few folks. Shopped for groceries. We plan on grilling out late this afternoon.

Happy Independence Day. Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I am two hours into smoking baby back ribs. What a pain in the butt! But it is July 4th so what are you supposed to do?

The dry rub was hard. I had forgotten to clean the smoker, so I have delayed the meal for two hours as I tried to clean up last fall's mess, GEEZE.

I will blame it on someone other than myself, but I know the culprit. (His name is Bert!)

I hope all of my good friends on the D-League are having a great Fourth of July. I pray for my buddy Don, who started this thread 4,561 pages ago. I hope and pray that we get him back. That is a selfish wish, but that is me.

Also, I want Ymmot to come back and start being a daily "asshole" on the D-League. I love that worthless dude.

In four days I will get to see Austin.

 

[warrior-cat]

I am two hours into smoking baby back ribs. What a pain in the butt! But it is July 4th so what are you supposed to do?

The dry rub was hard. I had forgotten to clean the smoker, so I have delayed the meal for two hours as I tried to clean up last fall's mess, GEEZE.

I will blame it on someone other than myself, but I know the culprit. (His name is Bert!)

I hope all of my good friends on the D-League are having a great Fourth of July. I pray for my buddy Don, who started this thread 4,561 pages ago. I hope and pray that we get him back. That is a selfish wish, but that is me.

Also, I want Ymmot to come back and start being a daily "asshole" on the D-League. I love that worthless dude.

In four days I will get to see Austin.

Yep, I second bringing Ymmot back.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I received this nice note from a very good friend who lives in Scotland. He was a huge help in my tracing of ancestors on my dad's side because he lives where my family first started and the church graveyards are full of them. He lives in SW Scotland about 15 miles across from Ireland. He has a great sense of humor. Come to think of it they were considered to be committing treason.

Bring back BBUK and Ymmot

r

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I received this nice note from a very good friend who lives in Scotland. He was a huge help in my tracing of ancestors on my dad's side because he lives where my family first started and the church graveyards are full of them. He lives in SW Scotland about 15 miles across from Ireland. He has a great sense of humor. Come to think of it they were considered to be committing treason.

Bring back BBUK and Ymmot

r

Very funny, Sawnee. Of course, about a quarter of colonists remained loyal to the British until the end. That included people like Ben Franklin’s son William, the governor of New Jersey, who helped the King’s forces until the war was lost to the Brits, then fled to London and lived out his life there.

 

[vhcat70]

Back from pool party. About as skunk as a drunk.

 

[_Rooster]

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Well, that 3-day weekend vanished fast.

I hope you guys had some fun with family and friends.

Heading back downtown in a few minutes via the subway. I hope for an uneventful ride.

Some global warming lunatic protesters shut down the Washington Beltway for a while yesterday. That highway is packed with thousands of cars at normal times so it must have been a colossal mess for families heading out to watch fireworks or whatever. The cops finally had to drag them off. No doubt they got tiny fines and were released. I wouldn’t be shocked if they tried to shut down the subway next.

I hope it is a great day for all.

 

[_Rooster]

I received this nice note from a very good friend who lives in Scotland. He was a huge help in my tracing of ancestors on my dad's side because he lives where my family first started and the church graveyards are full of them. He lives in SW Scotland about 15 miles across from Ireland. He has a great sense of humor. Come to think of it they were considered to be committing treason.

Bring back BBUK and Ymmot

I'm apparently cousin to 31 Presidents Washington being a 1st, Jefferson being a 3rd, Madison, Teddy, even Obama. Then it doesn't stop there either. The Queen, Prince William. It's not white privelidge, it was Christianity, those baptismal records. When you got cancelled, and lost your head. People didn't forget. They learned to decern truth and forgive a man for being one.

BB & Ymmot will return. It's those DawgDays.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Morning D

Well, I will be batching it for a few weeks. Put my wife on a plane yesterday to go see family. So the next three weeks will be by my lonesome. I have so much to do I can handle that.

The sun is rising and we should have another typical day for this time of year. It is pretty easy for meteorologist to predict weather down here. You have sun most everyday and in the summer you have a good chance of afternoon thunderstorms. It repeats over and over as it has since forever. So now it is 74° and the high will be 87° with a 50% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

I trust all have a good day and enjoyed the 4th. We had a ton of fireworks last night in the distance as they shot them over the Gulf. A few were close to me but the main attractions was over the Gulf.

Take care all,

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I'm apparently cousin to 31 Presidents Washington being a 1st, Jefferson being a 3rd, Madison, Teddy, even Obama.

Wow, Rooster 31 Presidents. My wife is related to Thomas Jefferson but to my knowledge I don't have any Presidents in my lineage. I do have someone that signed the Declaration of Independence.

Most of my lineage came from the Deep South, Virginia and Kentucky. We were discussing the WBTS and I have in excess of 30 Confederates Soldiers in my family. They were from small farms for the most part.

I will share one in particular with y'all because he has such a unique story. The most amazing story came after his death. His name was Benjamin Franklin DeVane. The DeVanes came to America as French Huguenots.

He served in the Florida 5th Infantry that was mustered in Madison, FL which is in North Florida below the Georgia line. He married my g-g-grandfathers daughter, Nancy Jane Blanton. Which is my mother's maiden name. Pvt DeVane fought in the Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Gettsyburg, Richmond and other battles with the Florida 5th. He became a Prisoner of War and sent to Point Lookout, MD. After the war he was released to return to Florida by foot. He was weak and half starved but reached Savannah, GA where he died on July 4, 1865 and was buried.

In the mid 1990's one of his g-g-granddaughters was having breakfast with her mother, the DeVane family all moved to Plant City, FL after the War and started the citrus industry. The granddaughter said to her mother, our g-g-grandfather is buried all alone up in Georgia, I wonder if we could have him dug up and his remains moved down here to be buried next to his wife and children. So the process began. They received permission from the Georgia officials and also Florida. Private DeVane was dug up and taken by the Georgia State Police to the Florida Welcome Center just across the state line on I-75. There he was turned over to the Florida State Highway Patrol and a caravan of Troopers and Sheriffs accompanied the remains in a hearse to the funeral home. There he was given a Confederate Funeral with all of the trimmings, cannon firing, parades and it was quite a show. All of the local news media were there as the Confederate Soldier was laid to rest next to his wife and family. After 132 years he finally made it back to his Florida home.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29800940/benjamin-franklin-devane

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Benjamin Franklin, SR is also buried at Mt Enon in Plant City.

Benjamin Franklin DeVane Sr. (1794-1878) - Find a...

He served in both the War of 1812 and the Seminole Indian War. His children were: John Thomas DeVane William H. DeVane Samuel R. DeVane Nancy Ann DeVane James S. DeVane George J. DeVane Benjamin Franklin DeVane, Jr. All 6 of his sons served in the CSA.

www.findagrave.com

 

[AustinTXCat]

I am two hours into smoking baby back ribs. What a pain in the butt! But it is July 4th so what are you supposed to do?

The dry rub was hard. I had forgotten to clean the smoker, so I have delayed the meal for two hours as I tried to clean up last fall's mess, GEEZE.

I will blame it on someone other than myself, but I know the culprit. (His name is Bert!)

I hope all of my good friends on the D-League are having a great Fourth of July. I pray for my buddy Don, who started this thread 4,561 pages ago. I hope and pray that we get him back. That is a selfish wish, but that is me.

Also, I want Ymmot to come back and start being a daily "asshole" on the D-League. I love that worthless dude.

In four days I will get to see Austin.

Hey, I can't drive all this way without visiting Bert and Sherry. See y'all Friday.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Sawnee, thanks for sharing that fascinating obit of Benjamin DeVane.

What a tragic story to be wounded and captured in the fighting at Antietam (Sharpsburg) paroled, fight again at Gettysburg and the battles that led to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, captured again, and finally freed at war's end, only to catch a fever, no doubt from being weakened by the terrible treatment in POW camps, and die before you made it home.

That newspaper account is pretty well done for the day, but the editor in me must note a mistake -- the Battle of Sharpsburg, known more commonly today as Antietam, was in September 1862, not 1864. That would have put it AFTER Gettysburg in July, 1863.

The Antietam battlefield is just about an hour north of me and I have walked it end-to-end dozens of times - it is an extremely compact battlefield. I likely walked very close to where Benjamin DeVane was wounded that terrible day, the bloodiest single day of combat in American history.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from Shawanee, TN. Currently 73°F and partly cloudy. Today's high may reach 86°F. Decent chance for showers. Yesterday was a scorcher. We hit 93°F. Humidity seemed killer.

I've already been up for a few hours. Drove over to Middlesboro for breakfast.

Had a good 4th. Saw a few folks whom I'd not seen in years. Good food. My daughter worked last night. In fact, she's still working now. She's off at 11 am and goes in to dentist office in Middlesboro at noon.

Plan on hiking around a bit later this morning. Might take my folding bike for a ride. May head to Lexington tomorrow.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Sawnee, thanks for sharing that fascinating obit of Benjamin DeVane.

What a tragic story to be wounded and captured in the fighting at Antietam (Sharpsburg) paroled, fight again at Gettysburg and the battles that led to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, captured again, and finally freed at war's end, only to catch a fever, no doubt from being weakened by the terrible treatment in POW camps, and die before you made it home.

That newspaper account is pretty well done for the day, but the editor in me must note a mistake -- the Battle of Sharpsburg, known more commonly today as Antietam, was in September 1862, not 1864. That would have put it AFTER Gettysburg in July, 1863.

The Antietam battlefield is just about an hour north of me and I have walked it end-to-end dozens of times - it is an extremely compact battlefield. I likely walked very close to where Benjamin DeVane was wounded that terrible day, the bloodiest single day of combat in American history.

Thanks MD, the obituary was composed in 1997 and somebody made a typo.
Sharpsburg was indeed in 1862. In the Southern states the battle has always been referred to as Sharpsburg rather than Antietam. I have no idea why but there were a few other battles fought that were named differently by each side.

You mentioned Petersburg, my G-grandfather's brother Elbert Columbus Blanton was wounded during that battle when a minnie ball took half of his hand off. He was bandaged up, took a few weeks off and right back into battle he went. He also fought at Gettysburg with the 5th FL Infantry. He returned home after the war and became a large citrus grower in Plant City, FL. Very successful and died a wealthy man for that period. All with a crippled hand. He was a brother in law to Pvt DeVane, who married his sister.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

In the Southern states the battle has always been referred to as Sharpsburg rather than Antietam. I have no idea why but there were a few other battles fought that were named differently by each side.

Sawnee - In the early days of the war, Confederates had a policy of naming battles after the nearest town or settlement, while Yankees named battles after the nearest body of water. So (giving the southern name first) you had the two battles at Manassas V. Bull Run (a run is a small stream in Virginia) Shiloh V. Pittsburg Landing (a boat landing on the Tennessee River) Murfreesboro V. Stone's River, Sharpsburg V. Antietam Creek. And so on. That seemed to change around 1863, and both sides went with Gettysburg, Chickamauga Creek, Chancellorsville, etc.

Over time, one or the other name for those early battles seemed to stick with historians when talking about the encounter, like Shiloh or Antietam.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

 

[berniecarbo]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

Sorry to hear. Hope you get better soon.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

So sorry to hear this Bert. Was this after we talked? Get well soon and I trust the soreness is only temporary

 

[UKWoodford]

That’s a complete and utter lie. Why in the world would you make that up? Maybe confused me? Copy a moderator if I’ve had any avatar but this one. Not cool. PS, Pirates? Not a fan. Who is?

The first avatar for woodford was Pittsburgh pirates old player just like baller, look at how he acts when anyone disagrees with him in the golf thread or the johnny depp thread he started...exactly same behavior, exact silly insults. I almost never get on rafters, saw a couple posters early on too call him out as Baller as well but I already knew. Dude has had at least a dozen accounts I bet. In the political board he was trying to act different than before, get along instead of arguing with long time posters. Sorry to interrupt the D-league, just wanted to let my brother Austin know.

No response from Front Runner. You do understand that with this one single post, you've outed yourself as Gromcat and Frontrunner, right Mr. Cardinal? So basically between the two, you are here 100% of your waking hours which is just horrifyingly scary. Frontrunner admitted he was too young to remember Rex Chapman play, so he's the same age as Gromcat. Its right there in old posts. Front Runner is totally obsessed with "baller" and will lie to smear him and go as far as to try to turn others against him, per old posts, just like Gromcat. All you have to do is search the posts of the two guys (Actually Fraud under all kinds of aliases, accusing people of multiple aliases.)

Now the funniest part of this is that Gromcat AKA TheFrontRunner spends his days attacking liberals...........while acting exactly like one with lying and smearing. Wow, sad to see such low level hypocritical behavior. Condolences.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

No response from Front Runner. You do understand that with this one single post, you've outed yourself as Gromcat and Frontrunner, right Mr. Cardinal? So basically between the two, you are here 100% of your waking hours which is just horrifyingly scary. Frontrunner admitted he was too young to remember Rex Chapman play, so he's the same age as Gromcat. Its right there in old posts. Front Runner is totally obsessed with "baller" and will lie to smear him and go as far as to try to turn others against him, per old posts, just like Gromcat. All you have to do is search the posts of the two guys (Actually Fraud under all kinds of aliases, accusing people of multiple aliases.)

Now the funniest part of this is that Gromcat AKA TheFrontRunner spends his days attacking liberals...........while acting exactly like one with lying and smearing. Wow, sad to see such low level hypocritical behavior. Condolences.

woodford, i'm not gromcat, never even seen that name around here, I post enough under this name, I don't have time to post under any other...due to a previous problem with your behavior as ballercal I let Austin know about it here, but the d-league isn't a place to argue. Take it to another thread if you like, but this isn't the place.

 

[OldEvilleCat]

@_Rooster Just FYI...heading in to Louisville on Aug 7th to see Tab Benoit at Headliners.

just thought you might like to know. 😎

 

[Sawnee Cat]

woodford, i'm not gromcat, never even seen that name around here, I post enough under this name so much, I don't have time to post under any other...due to a previous problem with your behavior as a ballercal I let Austin know about it here, but the d-league isn't a place to argue. Take it to another thread if you like, but this isn't the place.

Thank you.

 

[_Rooster]

Holy goodness, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants. Hallelujah! Now let us unfund the EPA.

Maybe Congress will now put the final nail in the Green New Deal. Screw the extremists. Now it is time to overthrow a bunch of Joe's Executive order.

An organized E.P.A. is of major importance as a policy of the solution to pollution being dilution that ignores the cost of neglect is just short sighted nonsense. The lesson to be learned was paying attention. Seems we can't remember very much. The EPA is not in need of authority as it is honesty.

I don't have any Presidents in my lineage.

Me either. But descendant of men at least trying to get into heaven as imperfect men. They were fleeing 16th century European madness. The madness followed them to the Colonies. One nation under God continues to be the goal now as before.

Hey, I can't drive all this way without visiting Bert and Sherry. See y'all Friday.

Thank You!

 

[_Rooster]

 

[*CatinIL*]

I love the prancing horse!

 

[*CatinIL*]

I've been everywhere man...I've been everywhere!

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

I guess running that over 70's marathon is out. 🤪

Prayers for a speedy recovery and that it is nothing serious.

 

[AustinTXCat]

@Bert Higginbotha : sorry to hear. Hope you feel better. Get well soon. I'll message you later

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

Sorry to hear of your fall Bert.

The entire Antietam campaign is fascinating to explore —I live close by so I’ve walked all parts of it - the battles at Crampton’s Gap and South Mountain that marked the preliminaries, then all areas of the main battlefield.

I thought I’d seen the full scope of it until a few years back when I was hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail and came across a piece of woods called Fox’s Gap where there had been a small but truly vicious fight before Antietam that cost the lives of a Confederate Brigade commander named Samuel Garland and a Corps Commander in the Union army named Jesse Reno.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

Take it easy Bert. Regarding Antietam...I loved taking the bike there and riding the roads throughout the park, especially in the fall. I always preferred bike riding there vs Gettysburg. Too much auto traffic at Gettysburg.

 

[tapemaster8]

Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.

It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.

Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.

Prayers for a speedy and a full recovery Bert! I had a fall about 3 weeks ago and got a “high ankle sprain”. It still hurts a bunch! I don’t know how Jeff Sheppard did it!😀