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?
Just once. Paul and I were driving home from San Francisco late at night and got a flat tire. The car jumped off the jack and we had no way to fix it. I tried thumbing a ride, but it was dark and nobody could see us until one car did, drove past us, took the next turnoff, came back and picked us up. Very scary getting into a stranger's car but he was very nice and drove us to a restaurant where we could call Walt--and gave me $10 to buy food for Paul, because I had no money with me.
Just once. Paul and I were driving home from San Francisco late at night and got a flat tire. The car jumped off the jack and we had no way to fix it. I tried thumbing a ride, but it was dark and nobody could see us until one car did, drove past us, took the next turnoff, came back and picked us up. Very scary getting into a stranger's car but he was very nice and drove us to a restaurant where we could call Walt--and gave me $10 to buy food for Paul, because I had no money with me.
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?
Sometimes. I got a lot of opportunity to bluff during my Cousins Day years, when we played cards constantly.
Sometimes. I got a lot of opportunity to bluff during my Cousins Day years, when we played cards constantly.
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?
Actually classical, but given the choices, country.
Actually classical, but given the choices, country.
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?
Only Tijuana for a couple of hours once.
Only Tijuana for a couple of hours once.
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?
No. Not a sports person.
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?
I'm not sure "bigger" is better. We have a large screen, but Ned's is larger and Tom has the largest you can have. I'm happy with ours...and prefer it to laptop or phone.
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 saw the first movie and can't remember it.
8) Also in 2013, the word "selfie" was added to the Oxford Dictionary. Do you take a lot of selfies?
Yes.
Yes.
9) Random question: If we paid you $5,000, would you get Saturday 9 tattooed on your right forearm?
Sorry. No.
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#1 Ditto, but as a teenager I ran out of gas. That is what happens when there are two teenagers and neither one wants to have to buy gas. I wanted to leave my brother to have to buy gas.
ReplyDelete#7 I saw the first show and I never made it through the second.
I would like to have a little bigger TV. I think ours is 50" or something like that, and I have a hard time seeing it now unless I am closer to it than I normally am.
ReplyDeleteI think you came across a Knight in Shining Armor there on that road. Some people are so very kind. You never forget it... And a lot of us turned down the tat. lol on the forearm?
ReplyDeleteI always figured that "knight in shining armor" taught me to play it forward!
DeleteI never hitched a ride, but I once ran out of gas (less than half a mile to the station in a car with a broken gas gauge) and a kind woman stopped and took me to the station. I was wearing heels so I was extremely appreciative.
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