I went, saw and am now back home. \u00a0Cool deal. \u00a0Glad I did it.<\/p>\n
I flew out of OKC on Saturday. \u00a0Made it to the always popular Atlanta airport. \u00a0Ate a common-as-hell french dip sandwich at the TGIF. \u00a0Then, I caught a plane to Columbia, SC. \u00a0Wasn’t the most comfortable flight that I have ever been on. \u00a0But, I was only able to use about 5\/8 of MY seat. \u00a0Why? \u00a0The lady with the window seat was about 2 1\/2 axe handles wide. \u00a0I was stuck in the middle seat. \u00a0I was polite and she was as well. \u00a0She knew that her ass was taking up more than one seat.<\/p>\n
And, the stewardess knew as well. \u00a0“Make sure you are buckled up.” \u00a0She looked, acknowledged and moved to the next aisle without making me buckle up.<\/p>\n
I did have big fun cruising around with 3 different Uber drivers. \u00a0One, a retired Army vet. \u00a0One, a retired electric coop worker. \u00a0And one, a dude in between jobs, so he is doing this Uber deal. \u00a0Compared to the taxi that I hired at the airport, this Uber deal is the way to go. \u00a0You that know me understand that I had good conversations with these drivers.<\/p>\n
I am glad that I went to judge the South Carolina State Fair goat show. \u00a0At first, I was like, I need to be in KC. \u00a0But Duke wasn’t going to be showing there. \u00a0And I had never been to South Carolina. \u00a0Hunh!?<\/p>\n
There are good goats being shown in South Carolina. \u00a0 While talking to people after the show, there were good goats from TX, OK, GA, IL, OH and \u00a0yes, South Carolina. \u00a0The bottom end of goats was BETTER than the bottom end of goats being shown in Oklahoma or Texas. \u00a0The top end was good. \u00a0How good? \u00a0There were several wethers that could be OYE or San Antonio premium sale qualifiers. \u00a0There were several really good doe kids. \u00a0Showmanship was good. \u00a0 \u00a0Hospitality was GREAT! \u00a0 Every showman shook the judges hand. \u00a0And some of these kids brought the handshake. \u00a0And I did have a goat try to eat my tie. \u00a0 Very first class of the day.<\/p>\n
I did check my list of southern to-do things. \u00a0I did drink a glass of sweet tea. \u00a0(by accident, but I didn’t complain.) \u00a0I did eat at a Waffle House. \u00a0And I was seated VERY near the phone when it rang. \u00a0I just needed to lean forward and grab it. \u00a0I was swallowing some hash browns or I would have answered it.<\/p>\n
The lady behind the counter, looked at me and said, “If you sit in that seat then you need to answer the phone.”<\/p>\n
I looked at her and said, “Woman, you don’t know how bad I wanted to finish this mouthful of hash browns and answer that phone.” \u00a0She laughed as she held the phone receiver, answered, took a to-go order, hung up and said, “I’m glad to see somebody wants to work for their breakfast.” \u00a0 She and I were both hoping that the phone would ring again while I was still seated there. \u00a0No luck.<\/p>\n
I did walk the midway of the South Carolina State Fair. \u00a0Here’s what I learned. \u00a0Their midway looks like every other state fair. \u00a0Except for the 18″ long corn dogs. \u00a0And the elephant ears. \u00a0WTH? \u00a0I had never heard of elephant ears as an edible. But, it is basically a big funnel cake.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed seeing good goats and meeting even better people. \u00a0I like judging shows but I also like attending shows. \u00a0I NEEDED to go to KC to meet up with an old fart from Nebraska to pick up a wether. \u00a0I had a pair of numb-nuts pick up the wether AND they bought another wether. \u00a0Guess what? \u00a0I still need a wether for a kid because the numb-nuts bought both and don’t want to part with either. \u00a0It’s all good.<\/p>\n
At the rate that Duke and I are going this year, I just need to go judge another show or two and he needs to show doe kids. \u00a0Restless Heart just sparked up the iTunes. \u00a0I could listen to that group for a day or two.<\/p>\n
How to tell if Kelln won the big lottery.<\/p>\n
Free concert in the middle of a pasture in NW OK or the TX panhandle–Cooper’s BBQ out of Llano, Tx is catering to everyone. \u00a0FREE to all. \u00a0Cheap Trick opens for what’s left of AC\/DC, then Def Leppard takes the stage and plays a set, Tesla then rocks out until they introduce THE George Strait, who only plays 27 great hits before he brings the ENTIRE original crew of Guns N Roses to the stage who then melt speakers for an hour or two AND then they introduce Restless Heart. \u00a0Contrast? \u00a0I think not. \u00a0All great music. \u00a0They then bring Adele to the stage-who only sings 4 songs. \u00a0But she cusses more than GNR. \u00a0And nobody argues if she is bad ass. \u00a0Then LL Cool J and Eminem bust a rap while waiting on Jimmy Buffet to close out the concert. \u00a0He is only supposed to play 3 songs but he and the Coral Reefers decide that they can play a bit longer. \u00a0Two hours longer. \u00a0The crowd is stoked or smoked. \u00a0So then, Mark Chesnutt shows up and plays a song or three with them. \u00a0Then, Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar decide to team up with KISS and Areosmith to play some now new original tunes. \u00a0And Run DMC does a ditty with Aerosmith. \u00a0Then Duke tells me to Walk This Way.<\/p>\n
I would have pissed away almost a billion dollars to make this concert happen. \u00a0But, guess what? \u00a0If I have the rights to it, the filming, live DVD, goats dancing on stage, downloads, etc.<\/p>\n
I now sit here at the keyboard, thinking about goats. Damn goats! \u00a0 Kela & her friends talked me into showing them back in 2003. \u00a0Kela is now working in Hollywood and I’m still dealing with goats. \u00a0I just got back from South Carolina and the Dragon Lady is headed to California. \u00a0I think that I will just sit here, shake my head and not look at any pig online sales tonight. \u00a0Too late. \u00a0I just bought a pair.<\/p>\n
Good luck and I hope one of you goat addicted people won the big lottery tonight. \u00a0Horseshoes & shamrocks.<\/p>\n
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