ENOUGH SAID

Never even got out of my PJ's today.  Enough said......

Al's Music Box:)) Draggin' The Line is a hit song by American rock musician Tommy James, who went solo after the Shondells disbanded in 1970. It was first released as the B side of "Church Street Soul Revival" in 1970. The song was judged to have some hit potential so they went back in the studio and added horns to the master and re-released it as an A side in 1971. It was included on his second album, Christian of the World in 1971 on the Roulette Records label. The song was James' biggest hit as a solo artist selling more than a million copies, and appears as the fifth track on James' 1991 retrospective album The Solo Years (1970-81) released by Rhino.  "Draggin' the Line" was the biggest hit and only US top 10 hit of Tommy James' solo career. Written and produced by himself and Bob King, the song reached the top 40 on the U.S.'s Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 26, 1971.  "Draggin' the Line" was ranked at #54 overall for hot songs of 1971 by U.S. music industry pillar Billboard magazine.  "Draggin' the Line" features a notable bassline as the main sound. It has been described as a "lazy psychedelic shuffle whose hypnotic feel perfectly expressed its title."  Asked about the meaning of the title in a 2009 interview, Tommy James said: "Draggin' the Line" just meant working every day. Nothing really very mysterious about it."  However, it has been falsely speculated that the song's title and lyrics refer to cocaine use, citing the title, the lyrics, Tommy James' documented drug use, and because another Tommy James and The Shondells song, Crystal Blue Persuasion, has been previously associated with the use of speed, the song’s having been described in 1979 by noted music critic Dave Marsh as "a transparent allegory about James' involvement with amphetamines. In addition, it has been widely accepted that the song could more specifically refer to the tedious job of setting up power lines back in the early 1950s and 1960s. This view has gained a large amount of support, especially since the lyrics are commonly interchanged with 'Checkin the line''.

A Blast From Our Past:)) It Was A Two Canyon Day  It was March 1rst of 2011 when in California's Borrego Springs we took  a drive through two of the areas many canyons.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( There were two evil brothers. They were rich and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church and looked to be perfect Christians.  Then, their pastor retired and a new one was hired. Not only could he see right through the brothers' deception, but he also spoke well and true, and the church started to swell in numbers.  A fundraising campaign was started to build a new assembly.  All of a sudden, one of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought out the new pastor the day before the funeral and handed him a check for the amount needed to finish paying for the new building.  "I have only one condition," he said. "At his funeral, you must say my brother was a saint."  The pastor gave his word and deposited the check.  The next day at the funeral, the pastor did not hold back. "He was an evil man," he said. "He cheated on his wife and abused his family." After going on in this vein for a while, he concluded with, "But, compared to his brother, he was a saint."

- Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV.

A rich man was trying to find his daughter a birthday gift when he saw a poor man with a beautiful white horse. He told the man that he would give him $500 for the horse.

The poor man replied, "I don't know mister, it don't look so good," and walked away.
The next day the rich man came back and offered the poor man $1000 for the horse.
The poor man said, "I don't know mister, it don't look so good."  On the third day the rich man offered the poor man $2000 for the horse, and said he wouldn't take no for an answer. The poor man agreed, and the rich man took the horse home.  The rich man's daughter loved her present. She climbed onto the horse, then galloped right into a tree.  The rich man rushed back over to the poor man's house, demanding an explanation for the horse's blindness.  The poor man replied, "I told you. It don't look so good."

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Bubba & Earl were in the local bar enjoying a beer when they decided to get in on the weekly charity raffle. They bought five tickets each at a dollar a pop.  The following week, when the raffle was drawn, each had won a prize. Earl won 1st prize, a year's supply of gourmet spaghetti sauce and extra-long spaghetti. Bubba won 6th prize, a toilet brush.  About a week or so had passed when the men met back in the neighborhood bar for a couple of beers. Bubba asked Earl how he liked his prize, to which Earl replied, "Great, I love spaghetti! How about you, how's that toilet brush?"  "Not so good," replied Bubba, "I reckon I'm gonna go back to paper."

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Kelly's Corner

 A BIG ROCK SCRAMBLE THIS MORNING FOR LITTLE CORA

 HELPING LITTLE MOTORMOUSE THROUGH A COUPLE BUMPY SPOTS

 CORA, KELLY, AND CHECKERS AFTER WE MADE IT TO THE TOP OF A HIGH ROCK OUTCROPPING

 WE WERE BOONDOCKED WEST OF AJO ARIZONA JUST OFF DARBY WELL ROAD AND MAX IS DOWN THERE IN THE MOTORHOME WITH A SORE PAW AND COULDN'T COME ROCK SCRAMBLING WITH US ON THIS MORNING

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