2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

Meanwhile, Billy Tom Methbanger ain't letting no storm stop him from getting out there and cruising for chicks ...


A truck passes through flooded streets caused by Hurricane Idalia passing offshore on Aug. 30 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

 

Name a spot on the map and there’s probably something there to make an insurance executive twitchy. Wildfire, earthquake, tornado. Still gotta live somewhere.

 

My federal flood insurance is about $750. My storm homeowners is $3500.

 

That ain't my truck in her drive
Man, this ain't my day tonight
Looks like she's in love and I'm out of luck
That ain't my shadow on her wall
Lord, this don't look good at all
That's my girl, my whole world, but that ain't my truck

 

That song and She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy is pretty much what turned me off country music. I don't even remember who sang it, but the one time I've been to the Grand Ole Opry, he was there. I about gagged.

 

WIKI: Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" on his 2000 album Just Another Day in Parodies. This parody referenced Chesney's and Tim McGraw's June 2000 arrests after stealing a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse. Released as a single late that year, Judd's parody reached number 61 on the country charts.

 

I know Chesney, and actually like some of his work. Heck, we went to the same school.
It's the "that ain't my truck" song I've purged from memory.

 

Rhett Akins, spring 1995, peaked at No. 3 on the chart.

(I only had to look up one of those things.)

 

Driving a rental car for the past week reminded me why I love SiriusXM. The only terrestrial FM stations I can find are either country or Christian. And in many cases, the music is the same three chord progression. Only the words are slightly different.

 

Independent agent found me a $2,500 policy, which seems like a good deal (for Florida), but consider this:

When we moved back here 2+ years ago, our premium was $2,200. The only reason it was that high, I was told, was because I had a 23-year-old roof.

My current roof is one year old.

 

Albuquerque had dirt cheap insurance when I lived there.
There’s a reason the state’s been picked to store nuclear waste.

 

Here's hoping there are other reasons somebody gets picked to store nuke waste. Like, for example, there's nobody living within a 50-mile radius of the proposed locale.