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36. Six Degrees of Separation...

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 07:00 PM

Apr 2013

My wife's brother-in-law was the construction supervisor a few years ago when they built handicapped ramps, etc for the older inmates inside the prison...

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Anyone here ever been to my hometown? [View all] kentuck Apr 2013 OP

They have that big a theft problem there, they have to chain the rocks down? . . . Journeyman Apr 2013 #1

:-) kentuck Apr 2013 #2

What you don't know is that it's holding down the hatch on the hall of the mountain trolls Matariki Apr 2013 #50

But I did know they could never get it around you... kentuck Apr 2013 #52

Wow what a place to live. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #3

Just hang a right and drive up to Harlan County... kentuck Apr 2013 #5

I saw the movie made in 1976 about Harlan county. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #8

There was an earlier one with Robert Mitchum... kentuck Apr 2013 #9

...and the name of your hometown is.....? spanone Apr 2013 #4

The Gem City of the Cumberlands... kentuck Apr 2013 #7

Sounds familiar. kentuck Apr 2013 #10

had to look...it's in harlan county.... spanone Apr 2013 #11

Looks Beautiful. Never Been There But Have Been to Land Between the Lakes. dballance Apr 2013 #6

Been thru there a number of times Go Vols Apr 2013 #12

Do you come thru Cumberland Gap? kentuck Apr 2013 #15

yep Go Vols Apr 2013 #17

Where do you live in TN? kentuck Apr 2013 #18

I am a little further than that Go Vols Apr 2013 #26

Yeah, that's a good drive... kentuck Apr 2013 #28

We go to Evarts Go Vols Apr 2013 #30

Good luck with that! kentuck Apr 2013 #34

I have...many times. I seem to recall staying at a Chained Rock Motel (?) , too. AzDar Apr 2013 #13

Yes, that was closer to Middlesboro. kentuck Apr 2013 #16

My paternal grandfather was from Kentucky. redwitch Apr 2013 #14

This is Daniel Boone territory. kentuck Apr 2013 #19

Why do have chains on the rocks? nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #20

Different reasons... kentuck Apr 2013 #21

It has a lot more going for it than mine tularetom Apr 2013 #22

Everybody's hometown has it own unique qualities... kentuck Apr 2013 #24

Not mine. Worried senior Apr 2013 #31

Six Degrees of Separation... kentuck Apr 2013 #36

Yes! A Little Weird Apr 2013 #23

At the Lodge in the Park... kentuck Apr 2013 #27

I've been through lots of areas of Kentucky but I don't know where that is. Initech Apr 2013 #25

You're within a nice drive of Blair Mtn, WV, which should be a National Monument byeya Apr 2013 #29

Big Stone Gap, Virginia is real pretty also...l kentuck Apr 2013 #35

Big Stone Gap(Scott County I think) is beautiful. From where you are, you're only a couple byeya Apr 2013 #40

About the same distance to the Renfro Valley ... kentuck Apr 2013 #41

Wow! I hadn't thought, or heard, about that for years. I used to listen to WCKY at night growing up byeya Apr 2013 #44

That was out of Cincinnati... kentuck Apr 2013 #46

Wayne Raney doing his gospel and selling his harmonicas. I think he had a brother who imitated byeya Apr 2013 #49

He also had that classic: kentuck Apr 2013 #51

Yes. And I have an album with Linda Ronstadt doing Wayne's" We Need a Whole Lot byeya Apr 2013 #53

Roy Acuff... kentuck Apr 2013 #55

Well that's kind of wonderful - Roy Acuff was a real legend. Great Speckle Bird is a favorite byeya Apr 2013 #56

Beautiful!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #32

Beautiful place. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2013 #33

At present, I'm about an hour and a half Northwest of you, by car. antigone382 Apr 2013 #37

Richmond? kentuck Apr 2013 #38

Very close, but not quite...;) antigone382 Apr 2013 #39

Of course Boone County, WV, is the home of the late, great Hasil Adkins whose persistance byeya Apr 2013 #42

No. But I did ride the skylift at Jenny Wiley State Park. winter is coming Apr 2013 #43

Ruby Falls is in Chattanooga, near the Georgia border... kentuck Apr 2013 #48

I am hearing the theme song for "Justified" SoCalDem Apr 2013 #45

He'll never leave Harlan alive... kentuck Apr 2013 #47

Hot Damn.. what are the odds..? pangaia Apr 2013 #54

As a child I remember all the rumors about Norma Jean Baker being born in Pineville.. kentuck Apr 2013 #57

About four miles down the road was the place of the huge mine explosion in 1945 kentuck Apr 2013 #58

Had an uncle lived around London kristopher Apr 2013 #59

Here is a nice tour that you can ride from the bottom of the mountain to the top on this video... kentuck Apr 2013 #60