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It's been quite a long time since I've been on here. I hope everyone is still doing well or at least maintaining. Life can be stressful at times and I'm no exception lately. After watching some of that dumpster fire of a basketball game last night and reading through the comments and post-game festivities, I sure can relate to a lot of UK fans that have seen our program "circling the drain" and witnessing a completely different brand of UK basketball than we're accustomed to.

I was up in Lexington last week for a couple of days, but had to leave early and head back south before that arctic blast hit and froze up the roads. Driving around town to some of the familiar spots sure was fun and nostalgic, but, wow, Lexington has changed a lot in many ways. I hardly recognized the UK campus with all the new buildings and such. And the traffic around town!! Seems like the road system isn't able to keep up with the growth.

Anyway, here's to a happy new year.......
 
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Sawnee Cat said:
She was required writing when I was going to school. Much like Jesse Stuart in her style of writing , her stories were based on real life experiences with the "names changed to protect the innocent". Her book The Yearling was based on a real life story of a youngster who has a deer for a "pet" and the trouble and sorrow it brings to a small community. It is a tragic story that was based on a real life event in Cross Creek. We read this in elementary school.
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Good comparison with Jesse Stuart. Believe it or not, I was going to mention him too but wasn't sure how many people -- even Kentuckians -- still were introduced to "The Thread That Runs So True" in school. Loved that book. My parents used to have that long poem Stuart wrote, "Kentucky is My Land" up on the wall at home.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Good comparison with Jesse Stuart. Believe it or not, I was going to mention him too but wasn't sure how many people -- even Kentuckians -- still were introduced to "The Thread That Runs So True" in school. Loved that book. My parents used to have that long poem Stuart wrote, "Kentucky is My Land" up on the wall at home.
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As in the words of Patrick Smith "A Sense Of Place". Jesse Stuart had that Sense of Place. He could get to the soul of a Kentuckians like few others. Patrick Smith wrote a fantastic book "A Land Remembered" and a great DVD explained it as a Sense of Place. This is Americana that is disappearing right before our eyes. Things have changed so much a "Sense of Place" is fading fast away.

 
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The last lines of Jesse Stuart's long poem "Kentucky is My Land"

And for the soil of Kentucky,
That is filled with bluegrass beauty
That is not akin to poetry .. But is poetry...
And when I go beyond the border,
I take with me growth and beauty of the seasons,
The music of wind in pine and cedar tops,
The wordless songs of snow-melted water
When it pours over the rocks to wake the spring.
I take with me Kentucky embedded in my brain and heart,
In my flesh and bone and blood
Since I am of Kentucky
And Kentucky is part of me.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
The last lines of Jesse Stuart's long poem "Kentucky is My Land"

And for the soil of Kentucky,
That is filled with bluegrass beauty
That is not akin to poetry .. But is poetry...
And when I go beyond the border,
I take with me growth and beauty of the seasons,
The music of wind in pine and cedar tops,
The wordless songs of snow-melted water
When it pours over the rocks to wake the spring.
I take with me Kentucky embedded in my brain and heart,
In my flesh and bone and blood
Since I am of Kentucky
And Kentucky is part of me.
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My father lived this. Kentucky was his soul and spirit. He was so proud to be called a Kentuckian. We need more Jesse Stuart's in this world.
 
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On to a day in the life of one waiting on ups.....

The UPS driver pulled up in front of my house yesterday and for at least five minutes and really more I heard him in his truck rummaging around. Finally he came out and told me he had too many packages in his truck and he could not find mine. (My Darlings iPhone 14 plus...). Anyway, he told me he would be back later...

Three different calls to T-Mobile with ups then brought on the line promising delivery before 9pm. Of course this delivery needs a signature...

At 9:06pm another three-way call with ups telling me this is expected, they are running late and it could be 10 or 10:30 or later...10:47 and another call...to no avail...

Just got of another 20 minute call 12-4....

Yeah, in all of this I am watching the game until I quit watching it....

Now to write that poem...

Ode to BBUK, and BBUK finally threw a ups worker off the Tallahatchie bridge....and hit the T-Mobile representative...

I am in a good mood....I could fall out of a plane without a chute and I would kiss the ground and know it...(Yes, I know it for a fact.)

Quirks like this are nothing in the grand scheme of life but I could do without them....

just wanted to add to the drama and anxiety...😁😭🫣😕
 
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Morning folks. It is cloudy and 57°F and it is supposed to stay at that temp for most of the day. There is no snow left.

On basketball. They say that Cal makes $8 million a year. If that is true it would mean he gets $200,000 per game if he gets to the third game of the SEC tourney and gets to the NCAA title game (40 games). Last year he coached 33 games so he made $242,000 a game. If he does not make the NCAA and loses the first SEC game he will make $250,000 a game. In my book he is not earning his keep.

We were supposed to have talent and experience this year. So far it has not paid off at all. I have not given up hope yet, but I don't see a lot of potential with this team unless something big happens.

On watching the games, I can't pass on watching them. The last game that I did not watch, attend or get on radio was in December 1965. I have too much invested in my string to stop now now matter how distasteful it may be. On top of that I started video taping them in December 1979 and have the majority of the games on tape, dvd or bluray. I know it is stupid but that is what I do.

In my basketball world I have never been as disappointed as the last two Cal led teams. Last year I though was the low, but maybe this year may be worse. At the least in the Gillispie years UK played fun basketball when he may have been too drunk to actually coach.

We are bombing out with a bunch of talent.
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
Morning folks. It is cloudy and 57°F and it is supposed to stay at that temp for most of the day. There is no snow left.

On basketball. They say that Cal makes $8 million a year. If that is true it would mean he gets $200,000 per game if he gets to the third game of the SEC tourney and gets to the NCAA title game (40 games). Last year he coached 33 games so he made $242,000 a game. If he does not make the NCAA and loses the first SEC game he will make $250,000 a game. In my book he is not earning his keep.

We were supposed to have talent and experience this year. So far it has not paid off at all. I have not given up hope yet, but I don't see a lot of potential with this team unless something big happens.

On watching the games, I can't pass on watching them. The last game that I did not watch, attend or get on radio was in December 1965. I have too much invested in my string to stop now now matter how distasteful it may be. On top of that I started video taping them in December 1979 and have the majority of the games on tape, dvd or bluray. I know it is stupid but that is what I do.

In my basketball world I have never been as disappointed as the last two Cal led teams. Last year I though was the low, but maybe this year may be worse. At the least in the Gillispie years UK played fun basketball when he may have been too drunk to actually coach.

We are bombing out with a bunch of talent.
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Very sad Bert. It is tough.
 
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BBUK said:
"Ain't" got the sense God gave a goose...



(Just read what I posted...)


Have to admit though, I wouldn't be boring...😆😅😭
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"Boring". Every time I hear that word, I think of my daughter who is now an adult with children of her own. When she was little and things got to quiet, she'd say, "Daddy, I'm boring", instead of "I'm bored."

One other thought: She'd get mad at her mom, and I'd act like I was going to pick up the refrigerator and throw it at her mom and she'd start laughing and the mad would be over.
 
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berniecarbo said:
This may be bs as I have zero inside info, but I read on another board from a poster who has had good info in the past that Joe Craft is no longer a Cal supporter.
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Is this the Joe Craft whose wife may run for Governor of Kentucky? If he bought out Calipari I would move to Kentucky and vote for her for governor. I am that desperate.
 
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OldEvilleCat said:
How's it going fellas. Just taking a minute to drop by.
Nothing good to be said about last nights game, team & coach.
Somethings gotta give...doesn't it?
Anyhoo, Happy New Year. You made it through another one Bert! I will tip a glass in your honor.
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Same to you; you long legged dude!

Happy New Year @OldEvilleCat.
 
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BBUK said:
Where's Ole awf? @awf (You "ain't" that busy.) Pigeons don't race in Sub-Zero weather.........


Do they?😁
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No sir, we don't race this time of year. ........I have rabbits that I am raising...................ducks to butcher.........I have in the last 14 months basically built a 8' x 44' racing loft for my birds. It takes a few hours a day to take care of my animals..........unless the weather is below freezing.......then I make several trips a day back there to give them water........there is also much to do on the lofts before Valentines Day........and not many favorable days to work outside probably........then in my spare time I am pouring over pedigrees.........planning for the upcoming breeding season........I have entered six birds in some money races.........got to time them just right for those races.......the last two days have been spent making home made keilbasa and bangers............I try to get on here and read the last page...........I know.....inexcuseable.......I had a POS HP all in one and it was junk.....so I kind of got away from being on it so much.......I just got another Dell touch screen..........and there seems to be a very disgruntled fan base......just a reflection of today's what have you done for me today society..........I have given up on sports........other than the sport of pigeon racing and I don't really keep up with that beyond what is happening in my local club........
 
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Great movie to watch on New Years. Shirley was really hot too.

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‘The Apartment’ is gonna make your New Year’s Eve

Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s (That magic team who gave us “Some Like It Hot”) great, immortal love story begins with a wide shot of C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) appearing as one of what appears to be 300 other corporate lemmings, sitting at 300 desks, punching out numbers on 300 tabulators. It...
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awf said:
No sir, we don't race this time of year. ........I have rabbits that I am raising...................ducks to butcher.........I have in the last 14 months basically built a 8' x 44' racing loft for my birds. It takes a few hours a day to take care of my animals..........unless the weather is below freezing.......then I make several trips a day back there to give them water........there is also much to do on the lofts before Valentines Day........and not many favorable days to work outside probably........then in my spare time I am pouring over pedigrees.........planning for the upcoming breeding season........I have entered six birds in some money races.........got to time them just right for those races.......the last two days have been spent making home made keilbasa and bangers............I try to get on here and read the last page...........I know.....inexcuseable.......I had a POS HP all in one and it was junk.....so I kind of got away from being on it so much.......I just got another Dell touch screen..........and there seems to be a very disgruntled fan base......just a reflection of today's what have you done for me today society..........I have given up on sports........other than the sport of pigeon racing and I don't really keep up with that beyond what is happening in my local club........
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Bird brain....

😁😁😁😁😁
 
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Ali-Norton 2, interview/ weigh-in with Johnny Carson...

I was not able to see every fight that Ali had but I think I was able to see Ali's fight against Terrell forward. Anyone can say whatever they want about Ali but he never ran away. He faced whatever he did. One United States President cannot say that.

I was in an insurance class with Ali's mother-in-law. She gave me his address. A regret I have is, I did not write him. His mother-in-law told me he'd answer.

To show what type character Ali had, this was after Ken Norton broke Ali's jaw. Just before their second fight...

(I boxed some in my younger days, had my nose broke four times to prove it. ;), not sure I could converse with anyone that broke my jaw... Just me I guess... I know they made some good dough on Carson.) (My ignorance for fighting black guys with ten inch reach advantages. I got my licks in too though...What teenagers will do...)

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Good morning D-League. It's currently currently 41° and overcast here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring partly cloudy skies and a high of 65°.

Hard to believe this is the last weekend of 2022.

Have a great Friday.

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Good morning D-League.

The great Canadian songwriter Ian Tyson has died. I've loved his music since I was a little kid. I especially associate his music with the days I was a late-teenager off on my own for the first time working pipeline jobs out west. He seemed to capture the lonesome feeling of that life.

Here's one of his classics, below. I was about to make some New Year's resolutions when I saw he'd died. And one of the prefect lines from this song popped into my head: "All these things that won't change, come what may..." I'm not saying don't make resolutions, but there are all these things that won't change, whatever we do. We've just got to figure out how to live with them with grace.

Have a great day folks.

 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Good morning D-League.

The great Canadian songwriter Ian Tyson has died. I've loved his music since I was a little kid. Here's one of his classics, below. I was about to make some New Year's resolutions when I saw he'd died. And one of the prefect lines from this song popped into my head: "All these things that won't change, come what may..." I'm not saying don't make resolutions, but there are all these things that won't change, whatever we do. We've just got to figure out how to live with them with grace.

Havev a great day folks.

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Good advice. Living with grace and being thankful for what you have, My needs have been provided so my wants are secondary. If I can not come by them honestly, I will do without.
 
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Morning Legionnaires!

35° this morning with a high in the upper 50's expected and sunny skies.

On the subject of Ali, I met him a couple of times when we lived in Louisville on Fernwood Ave. The family down the street with the last name of Snyder were friends with him. Their son and I played a lot, and he told me one time that Ali was coming over for dinner (it was a Sunday). I did not believe him of course so me and a few others waited in front of their house and sure enough he came. He was very cordial to us and talked for a little bit before going into the house. He was/is my favorite boxer of all time. Power of a heavyweight, savvy boxing skills of a middleweight, and the speed/quickness of a lightweight. The complete boxer.

Well, need to go out to the shop and workout (been laxed last couple of weeks) and then shopping later on this morning. Wife and daughter want to shop for after Christmas deals then on to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.

You guys relax and may God Bless you all.
 
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One more Ian Tyson song and then I'll let you all resume your lives. What I loved about his songwriting is how universal a lot of it is.

In this song, most of us have been the young guy spiriting a girl out of her father's home without any regard for his feelings. And a lot of us have later been the father for a daughter who doesn't like the guy she's with because we were "Just as wild, in a younger day..."

 
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Good morning all,

I hope all are well. I look forward to this day.

My Darling and I will hit the road around 11:30. The plan is to take My Darling to dinner at a place we frequent. The 24 hour restaurant.

This time My Darling will order something she did not even realize they sold as she had always ordered what she likes, unbeknownst to her this same restaurant sells something she likes even better and My Darling hadn't had since we left San Antonio in 2012, and also in Korea in 2015. (The last time I remember her eating it.)

For lack of knowing the proper name, she plans on having Goat soup.

I am thankful as I love pleasing My Darling. I sure do not do that as often as I like but I do give it the ole college try....

Have a great day ...
 
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Emmylou must have recorded with everyone. I had no idea she recorded with Roy Rogers.

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Wow. That's a deep cut in Emmylou's discography for sure. I remember that song from a Marty Robbins album I absolutely wore out as a kid - one of about three cowboy albums by Marty we had...
 
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Starting a new post as I wouldn't soil My Darlings name by placing it in the same post with Cal.

The Cal mantra of being the best version of yourself... Yeah it seems nothing but words to him and a punch line none-the-less.

That is in essence my resolution. I am my own worst critic. I watch myself, mistakes, you better believe my horrible nature as I combat it every day.

To Cal, I know it is just a mantra. Why? Because he does not practice any of what he preaches.

He has not changed. Not one bit. How can he do that, knowing exactly his own results and record?

Yeah, he's changed many's generational poverty. But at what expense.... He could have done that and perfected his coaching craft at the same time just as easily done what was necessary to keep UK at the top and even made UK better. He surely had the talent but he is no manager of anything.

A good manager can do multiple things and do them well without sacrificing "production". Cal could have performed both ending many's generational poverty AND keeping and enhancing the greatness that "was" UK. Cal has tarnished UK via his own small-mindedness. I could type much more but am stepping down from this soap box....

Cals legacy which I seriously doubt he cares about at this point or Cal in his warped mental state thinks he has a legacy to be proud of....his legacy of money to his own family, and the players he thinks are thankful to him for their positions in the NBA. (They are not, the players know better than Cal, what Cal actually did not do )

The irony is, Cal is too dumb to know that his players know who he is not. Heck his players parents know who he is not. His players come back to UK for UK, not for Cal....


Have a great day....(Again...😁😍🇺🇸)
 
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