Saturday 9

 

Working in the Coal Mine

Welcome to Saturday 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme! 

Working in the Coal Mine (1966)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Lee Dorsey sings that at 5:00 he's already on the job. What were you doing this morning at 5:00 AM?

Sleeping.

2) He's worked so hard all week that he's too tired to enjoy his weekend. What are you doing for fun this holiday weekend?

We are having a backyard barbecue Sunday.  Just a few friends, Drew will grill. We will have a variety of salads, chips and dip, corn…desserts.

3) Lee Dorsey was raised in Portland Oregon, home of the Portland Trailblazers. The NBA season kicks off next month. Do you have a favorite basketball team?

By default it’s the Knicks because I live in a suburb of NYC, but I’m not really into basketball.

 

4) This song was written by Allen Toussaint, who had a long career as a composer and producer. He produced Fats Domino in the late 1950s and worked with Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney into the new millennium. What job have you held the longest?

I’ve worked for several insurance companies.  My longest tenure was at AIG.  Yeah, 12 years at that company.  During the bailout.  Fun times.

 

5) In 1966, the year this song was popular, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey was born. Are you a good cook?

Decent but not great.  We don’t starve.

6) 1966 was the year when more Americans purchased color TVs and black and white sets. When you were a kid, did your family have a black and white TV?

Yes, we had a black and white tv until 1966, when my aunt (who lived with us) bought a color set.  My best friend and her brother would come to my house to watch Batman.

7) Labor Day is a big weekend for mattress sales. Do you plan on buying a new mattress before the year is out?

No.

8) Though kids go back to class earlier these days, store aisles are still full of school supplies. When she was a little girl, Sam was crazy about her big box of 96 Crayola Crayons with a sharpener in the back. Share one of your back-to-school memories.

In the northeast school usually starts after Labor Day.  This year, because Labor Day was so late, a lot of schools here on Long Island started September 1 or 2, and there were protests.

We moved when I was in 3rd grade.  November 1968.  My old school was very traditional, girls were expected to wear skirts or dresses to school.  My new school had a much more relaxed dress code.  I could wear pants.  I had an outfit, purple stirrup pants with a matching purple and white striped shirt. 

9) Labor Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of fall. Have you had any pumpkin spice yet?

No.  I did buy a pumpkin spice baking mix, but I haven’t prepared it yet.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!