Wagon Wheel

Outside in the dark, the rain is falling steadily while the wind blows it sideways down the road and a big stream forms outside in the road headed toward the bay. That is quite normal here.   I am

surrounded by creeks that run into the bay and overflow with almost every rain.  Bridges wash out continually in bad storms. 

The bay is right here   and gets angry  when the rain disturbs her even sometimes to the level of a full blown tantrum with big waves breaking over the shore.

Enough of this it's time for Saturday doings....

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Saturday 9: Wagon Wheel (2013)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  HERE

1) This week, Darius Rucker sings about hitching a ride to reach his lady love. Have you ever thumbed a ride? 

No.  I walked miles and miles instead. Hitchhiking is for the birds, too dangerous.

 

2) Along the way, he loses his money in a poker game. Successful poker players are good at bluffing, or misleading others about about their cards. Are you good at bluffing, whether at cards or in life?

Yes.  I am very good. 

 

3) Darius began has career as the lead singer of 90s soft-rock band   Hootie and the Blowfish.   Today he's a country singer. Let's say you're stuck in traffic and only one radio station comes in clearly. Would you prefer it play soft rock or country?

 Country music.   Actually here, in this particular area of the coast only one station does come in at all. 

It's classic rock though and so I never bother listening to it.  Now it's not that I don't like it, I just can't be bothered with it most of the time.

4) Darius Rucker will be on tour throughout 2023, playing dates all over the country and making a couple stops in Cancun.   Have you ever visited Mexico?    If so, where did you go?

No I've not visited Mexico.

5) Darius has lent his talents to fundraising for The First Tee, a non-profit that teaches children "life lessons, self-confidence, and resilience through golf." Did you participate in organized sports as a youngster? If yes, what did you play?

There were no organized sports for girls when I was a kid.    We played baseball after school on school grounds. The girls who were good at it got together and played until dinner time.  We had a great time. I did run for my Junior High School in track and won several gold medals and one huge 3 foot trophy. I got to keep the medals but the school kept the trophy in their case.   I learned at that time how dirty some girls played.

6) A big sports fan, he has six TVs in his home so he can watch several games at once. His largest set is 70". When it comes to TV screens, do you believe bigger is better? Or are you just as comfortable watching from your laptop or phone?

 Yup, bigger is always better!   I use my phone for nothing but making calls. 

7) In 2013, when "Wagon Wheel" was popular, fans were flocking to the movie theater to see Catching Fire, the second in the Hunger Games series. Are you a Hunger Games fan?

No.  I don't like movies like that at all.  I find them truly ugly.

8) Also in 2013, the word "selfie" was added to the Oxford Dictionary. Do you take a lot of selfies?

  Depends what  'a lot' means.  I've taken a few with family for fun and a few for use on Facebook and Blogger to use  as my photo .

9) Random question: If we paid you $5,000, would you get Saturday 9 tattooed on your right forearm?

Is this a real offer?    Answer that first and I will tell you.