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To be honest, I'm not much of a drinker, and if I have a pint it's likely to be lager or maybe ale. I don't dislike Guinness, and it does taste different here, but I can't remember the last time I had one. My friend likes the 0.0 alcohol-free Guinness which I might try sometime since I usually have my car with me.

After a last minute invite, I got to walk in the St Patrick's Day parade today. It's fun being in it, but it does mean that I didn't get to see many of the other participants. Luckily, the weather stayed dry, but it turned cold afterwards. Combine the cold weather with the busy pubs and I decided to delay my Guinness.

I'm thinking that I might try a Guinness today. I mentioned ale above - have you ever tried it, Hobie. I see they sell Smithwick's in 14.9 oz cans in the US.

The General Lee is the STAR of the show.

I watched the A-Team save a mission yesterday. And at the end I saw something amazing. Miz Tisdale hugging Mr T. So cool! I wonder if he told her she had to take a number to get a hug.

.....and eXit that way too.

Went from 60 degrees yesterday to 20 degrees today. I finally figured out why some people spell it possum and some people spell it opossum. The opossum is Irish.

The Duke boys go in through the WINDOWS of the General Lee.

Which Do I Go (Now That I'm gone) https://youtu.be/GuLlEm9jBig?si=pO8qICbSuU09NEkW

Well I've got to have my wife at work in McMinnville ( 2 counties over) at 7am tomorrow but I'm still going to indulge in my last three MBI ( Milwaukee's Best Ice). I was just thinking.....back when I was .....a lot less affluent than I am now, I used to buy Heineken a lot. It's my fav. beer...." Drink Heineken and you'll feel fine again!" It's a lot more expensive than domestic and blue collar beer........NOW I buy the MWB Ice a lot and couldn't tell you the last time I bought Heineken! I now understand.....when you have more money, you tend to get tighter...lol! But hey....!! Here's one for you.....to make sure you're not going TOO tight, etc. , when you get your paycheck, etc. take a pre-set amount out for charity and set it aside. Then when you have whatever amount you feel good about, ( mine is $500), send it to a charity. I love children, so my 3 favorites are Shriners children's hospital, March of Dimes and St. Jude's Children's hospital. I alternate between those 3, when I have 500 saved in my charity envelope. Giving is a personal thing, so I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do. I'm just making a suggestion, based on my own life and how I've figured it out, to be giving and know how to balance proper giving and not rationalize my way out of it. ( " Hey! I gave some!") That way I can be generous AND Jewish all at the same time!!! LOL!!

I believe VERN flew an ultra light.....didn't he?

UNDERCOVER dukes

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roger loves ms. TISDALE!!

OK my fellow Hazzardites....it's Dukes Of Hazzard Day! Happy DOHD!!! I'm about to watch Jeopardy ( a special celebrity edition but around 8:00pm central....I'll have my DVDs of TDOH.....I'll tell you what I'm watching, in case anybody's here and wants to watch with me! I'm about to partake of the spirits....Natural Ice ( Ice beer is my favorite! ) and finish Jeopardy! I hope everybody is having a great DOHD ! Hey, Hoss, your Irish song stuff is excellent! I love Irish music......because I'm Irish on both sides of my family? I HATE Guiness....so....???? But the music is excellent! THANK YOU! Right now...I'm watching Ding Dong The Boss Is Dead!

The top 100 greatest Irish songs countdown concluded today, and I said that the winner would be at least top 5 when I posted it a couple of weeks ago. Here's the top 10 along with selected others that I've posted on HNet. 1 Zombie The Cranberries 2 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 3 A Rainy Night in Soho The Pogues 4 Dreams The Cranberries 5 Take Me To Church Hozier 6 Crazy World Aslan 7 Brewing Up a Storm The Stunning 8 Killeagh Kingfishr 9 Fairytale of New York The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl 10 With or Without You U2 11 Grace The Wolfe Tones 13 Rocky Took a Lover Bell X1 14 Linger The Cranberries 16 N17 The Saw Doctors 17 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 41 Parachute Something Happens 44 Haunted Shane MacGowan / Sinéad O'Connor 50 Cannonball Damien Rice 52 Sarah Thin Lizzy 55 Heyday Mic Christopher 58 The Man Who Can't Be Moved The Script 60 Celebrate An Emotional Fish 77 Breathless The Corrs 83 Mary The 4 Of Us 100 Flame Bell X1 OK, so 'Nothing Compares 2 U' was written by Prince, but Sinéad O'Connor made it her own. U2 had the most entries with seven songs making the list. As you can see, as well as coming first, The Cranberries had two other entries. For Hobie, here's the one I haven't posted before. The Cranberries - Dreams

Right now, I'm watching Trump and Fox News and looking at our site.....I'll be watching Duke boys here in a bit when I go to bed. OH....and of course you know I'm communing with the spirits.....Natural Ice.....I can sleep in, a little tomorrow......wife doesn't have to be at work but she has a Dr's appt. at 10 in Cookeville...so....I'm still looking forward to doing what all decent Hazzardites will do tomorrow.....on DOHD.....watch TDOH, especially tomorrow night.

The music was nice but the words confusing

I place this ring upon your " Fingar" ...lol! I love Irish accents! Do you have an Irish accent Hoss?

Like The Blizzards (above), brothers Frank and Seán O'Meara are from Mullingar. They wrote this song based on the true story of Grace Gifford's marriage to Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol. Plunkett was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, and was executed by the British just hours after the wedding. It's a heart-wrenching and poignant ballad that's a bit different to the songs I've posted recently. The Wolfe Tones - Grace

I posted another song by Bell X1 in the One Word Song Titles thread recently, but I heard this one today and it has too many words in the title for that thread. I known and liked it for a while, but never knew what it was about. According to the band, they used to see a man in his late-50s sleeping rough in Dublin. One day he had a female companion, and they invented this backstory for him. Bell X1 - Rocky Took A Lover Here's when they performed it live on Letterman in 2008.

Staying on the Irish theme... Mundy - July

DOH is the QUINTESSENTIAL good time show!!

OH YES!! I remember this from WAAAAY back!!

Here's another Irish musician who remains a perennial favorite. I've just realized that this song is slightly older than me! Van Morrison - Moondance

Hazzard County is a great PLACE to live.

Yes! Life is good once more. This ain't the same place without Garrett!

Trivia: His full name is Waylon Arnold Jennings.

Sorry, Hobie. I missed this comment. From what I've read, they picked their name from a selection of six because it was ambiguous and open to interpretation. Bono got his nickname from Bonavox, a hearing aid shop in Dublin (it's Latin for "good voice"). Bono and The Edge walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, "Oh no, not U2 again!". The British band UB40 took their name from Unemployment Benefit Form 40.