Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Looks like the travel ban will be lifted between Ireland and USA in early November so I will hopefully get over for thanksgiving this year!!

I know a pub that has over 70 different whiskey bottles hanging upside down behind the counter, all ready to go. They also play both kinds of music in there. Country AND Western 🙂

We know atheists play Heavy Metal backwards to connect with Lord Satan but do you know good things also happen when you play a Country song backwards ?

TheEncogitationer wrote:

Reg, According to Country/Hillbilly/Rock/Metal Fusion band Hayseed Dixie, there must be at least one of four bare minimum elements for a song to be considered Country music:

1. Drinking

2. Cheating

3. Killing, and

4. Going to Hell.

You don’t know diddly squat about country music if you left out trucks and dogs.

Reg and Robert,

Phil Valentine’s death is a real pisser to me.  That man successfully fought against the attempt to impose a State Income Tax in Tennessee.  Had he just kept himself alive longer, he could have taken that campaign to other States.

Best yet, Phil Valentine could have taken up the cause of repealing the 16th Amendment (the F…[Read more]

Reg,

According to Country/Hillbilly/Rock/Metal Fusion band Hayseed Dixie, there must be at least one of four bare minimum elements for a song to be considered Country music:

1. Drinking,

2. Cheating,

3. Killing,

and

4. Going to Hell.

And if you can combine all four in the same song, it’s a Jackpot!

References to Mama, prison, and damned…[Read more]

I adore those American country songs.

@robert, if you’re planning to go to Ireland, make sure to bring plenty of money.  Small population, high GDP.  A single shot of 12-year old Redbreast is 10 euros.

Plain Jamison is usually good ’nuff ‘fer me. Just a thimble’s worth a few times a week because I come from a long line of very entertaining drunks, LOL. The trick is The Trick Is To Keep Breathing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKtszQ8Ejo

Good choice Simon. Poor quality whiskey (or even whisky) is bad for you.

In fact, according to a recent Irish Times article about songs:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a common cause of death in country songs is bad whiskey. It’s up there with being kicked in the head by a mule or being run over by a train.

An example would be W…[Read more]

I’m a fan of 15 year old Johnny Walker.  15 year old hooch sounds interesting.

Reg,

I ordered a 15 years scotch in my local but the barman said he was to young to serve.

While the legal age to drink in the U.S. is 21,  (thanks to Congress dangling highway funds over the States,) the age of what is to be drank can vary widely from brand to brand.

“Hooch” such as covertly made from Welch’s Grape Juice and  sneaked t…[Read more]

@Reg hahahahaha wow that site is powerful but very sad. The saddest to me is all the kids who are left parentless due to their parent’s stupidity.

@Ivy, as we all know the only way to catch Covid is by the natural way, via close contact transmission. The thing is that he would be very unlikely to catch it from you even if you work with those who are positive. Much more likely to catch it in the community (the Delta variant). And he still wants to visit his unvaccinated father after the…[Read more]

I had a chance to see an old friend this week who was visiting from AZ. Invited him over for steak,…asked “Are you vaccinated?” He said “No way! I’d rather get the virus naturally.” I said – “well, I work around Covid positive clients all day. I wear PPE and I have been vaccinated, but just so you’re aware, I’ve been in very close contact wit…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Unfortunately my Thanksgiving trip to Florida won’t be on the cards for a few years. The condo in PCB was sold during the week. I might yet get to Atlanta – maybe for Christmas – but will wait for a few weeks to see where the vaccine Covid scene is at. Check out the Wild Atlantic Way as a possible tour. And why not

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Unfortunately my Thanksgiving trip to Florida won’t be on the cards for a few years. The condo in PCB was sold during the week. I might yet get to Atlanta – maybe for Christmas – but will wait for a few weeks to see where the vaccine Covid scene is at.

Check out the Wild Atlantic Way as a possible tour. And why not….

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

The pubs have re-opened here but I only go to them for food. The vaccine roll out was very efficient. Nobody is tolerating the whinging anti-vaxxers when they start complaining about not being allowed in. The locals just tell them to F**k Off and the barman does not have to get involved. It’s funny to hear such t…

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The pubs have re-opened here but I only go to them for food.  The vaccine roll out was very efficient. Nobody is tolerating the whinging anti-vaxxers  when they start complaining about not being allowed in. The locals just tell them to F**k Off and the barman does not have to get involved. It’s funny to hear such tales.

I ordered a 15 years s…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Just read that over 90% of Irish people over the age of 16 are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the highest rate in the European Union.

Giving shots in the pubs, they are?

And a good morning to you Strega!