tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post4728253437931205656..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: 1 July 2009, another year older and deeper in debtkaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-14224403632980164982009-07-02T07:44:44.358+10:002009-07-02T07:44:44.358+10:00first female Premier, first black president,
This...first female Premier, first black president,<br /><br />This sentimental crap has a lot to answer forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-908342033026520622009-07-01T21:50:28.356+10:002009-07-01T21:50:28.356+10:00Was it the new fridge or Bligh? I suspect Bligh.Was it the new fridge or Bligh? I suspect Bligh.Mehaulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-5423030687913325172009-07-01T21:09:01.926+10:002009-07-01T21:09:01.926+10:00Sixteen Shells,
I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-...<b>Sixteen Shells,</b><br /><i>I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six<br />and a Black Crow snuck through<br />a hole in the sky<br />so I spent all my buttons on an<br />old pack mule</i><br /><br />* Tom Waits.splicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-26231872142570655182009-07-01T12:40:48.431+10:002009-07-01T12:40:48.431+10:00Sixteen Tons
'"The song's chorus came...<a href="http://www.usmra.com/images/16%20tons%20bio.doc" rel="nofollow">Sixteen Tons</a><br />'<i>"The song's chorus came from a letter Merle received from his brother lamenting the death of World War II journalist Ernie Pyle, killed while covering combat in the Pacific in 1945. John Travis wrote, "It's like working in the coal mines. You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt." Merle also recalled a remark his father would make to neighbors when asked how he was doing: "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the company store. " This referred to coal-company owned stores where miners bought food and supplies with money advanced by the company, called "scrip".'</i>stackja1945https://www.blogger.com/profile/06950209922917136207noreply@blogger.com