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[folsom500]

I will give $10 and a beer to the moderator who closes this thread !!!

Never understand your mentality - just do not look at it - that is the same as closing it is it not ?

I firmly know if I close my eyes- you cannot see me ... same thing applies...

Cheers
F500

[EDH Jen]

I spoke to someone who has been reading this blog - he indicated that he wanted to get someone with a good singing voice to record it and then play it over and over and over again - perhaps on Sutter Street - perhaps during the Rodeo or the cattle drive.................. or perhaps everyone sings it during the cattle drive while holding a sign that says "Johnny Cash"

My son can sing, and hasn't had much luck finding a job this summer.
He could hold up a sign that says, "I Need Cash".

[ChipShot]

Never understand your mentality -

Calm down. I was just having fun. Try it sometime instead of being Mr. Grouch all the time..

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[Chad Vander Veen]

[old soldier]

My son can sing, and hasn't had much luck finding a job this summer.
He could hold up a sign that says, "I Need Cash".

what an idea, if your son plays the old guitar he could make up a little song about naming the bridge to kind of set the stage and then go into a bit that if old johnny cash was still alive he might sing this song and then go into the great ngilbert piece. he could dress in black and sing it during the rodeo events and leave his guitar case open for cash donations. I got $10 for him.

hey then it could be videoed and put on myfolsom like those other blogs

we might even got 60 minutes here..

[EDH Jen]

what an idea, if your son plays the old guitar he could make up a little song about naming the bridge to kind of set the stage and then go into a bit that if old johnny cash was still alive he might sing this song and then go into the great ngilbert piece. he could dress in black and sing it during the rodeo events and leave his guitar case open for cash donations. I got $10 for him.

hey then it could be videoed and put on myfolsom like those other blogs

we might even got 60 minutes here..

Done and done!
He's a very creative and prolific writer (screenplays and such) and due to being color-blind, he wears only black, white, and shades of grey. Emphasis on black.
He would make a fabulous colaborator with Ngilbert...they speak the same language. Bring it. He'd do it.
We already have the guitar and tip-free case.

[ngilbert]

Done and done!
He's a very creative and prolific writer (screenplays and such) and due to being color-blind, he wears only black, white, and shades of grey. Emphasis on black.
He would make a fabulous colaborator with Ngilbert...they speak the same language. Bring it. He'd do it.
We already have the guitar and tip-free case.

Jen,

See what your son thinks about this for our first B-side (original version is at if he's not familiar with the song):

Drivin' to Folsom Dam Talkin' Blues

One morning at breakfast I said to my wife
We've been everywhere once and some places twice.
As I had another helping of country ham
She said, "We ain't never been to Folsom Dam"

There's a road up on top. Pretty View. Relieves congestion.
Keeps traffic flowing.

Well we knew about Folsom from Johnny Cash
For people like us he put it on the map.
Packed up the kids and we were all smiling,
Til we hit a traffic jam on a road named Riley.

Must be an accident up there. Or a cattle drive. What's the deal?
It's not even Thursday.

For the longest time she never said one word
Until I heard my wife say, "ain't this absurd?"
Turns out the road on the dam was blocked
If al qaeda wants to bomb it then they'll have to walk.

Or rent a boat. That goes five miles an hour. Didn't make no sense.
But the town had no choice.

Well it stayed like that for a few more years
Folks were stuck in traffic and grinding their gears.
Until somebody said that they had a plan.
Let's build another bridge right next to the dam.

But not over the lake. We'll get to that later. And not too close either.
They'd make 'em close that one too.

Well the town asked the folks what to name the pass.
And a whole lotta people chose "Johnny Cash"
They figured tourists would come there from all around
Folks who'd heard the song and would wanna see the town.

Like me and the wife. Maybe buy some t-shirts. Do some shopping.
Disposable income. Yeah.

So the City Council decided to have a vote.
Lot of people showed up and four even spoke.
But the Council chickened out and they wanted the credit.
They said they bought the bridge and Johnny Cash didn't.

They patted themselves on the back. Seems shortsighted.
Small town politics for ya.

Well that's the whole story, and I wish that it wasn't.
'Bout the Folsom Lake Crossing that really doesn't.
And if they ever decide to rename that span
I hope they name it after the Wanted Man.

And paint it black.
And build a statue.
For Johnny!

[mylo]

*slow clap*

[old soldier]

another work of genius....EDH Jen, have your son warm up his guitar and get a black cowboy hat

[Dave Burrell]

it still slays me to see this stupid name in all the local papers this past weekend, almost everything single article pointed out the surprise.... that such a stupid name was chosen over the clearly better more intelligent choices that were submitted

[Bill Z]

it still slays me to see this stupid name in all the local papers this past weekend, almost everything single article pointed out the surprise.... that such a stupid name was chosen over the clearly better more intelligent choices that were submitted

me thinks it time to write letters to the editor of the telegraph, the bee, and the city council


Sample letter:

Miklos is an Idiot
Who but an idiot names a bridge, "Folsom Lake Crossing", when the bridge doesn't cross Folsom Lake.
City Council, please reconsider so our town doesn't become the laughing stock of America.

Sincerely, Folsom Resident

Feel free to modify as you see fit, but please, let's see if letter bombardment can affect a change

[Darth Lefty]

Dear Folsom Telegraph,

The new bridge name is soooo stuuuuupid it makes my teeth hurt!

[supermom]

Last night I told my daughter the city had chosen a new name for the bridge--as we were walking past the construction.

She says, " yeah? What's it gonna be called"?

I said, " Folsom Lake Crossing"

She says, "What? Are they all on Crack? Who would name a bridge a crossing?"

And that, my friends; came from an 11 year old.

God, I laughed so hard my belly hurt. I just kept getting re-runs of this thread in my mind--everytime I re-ran the conversation with my daughter in my mind.

So, there you go. Even the tweeners know more about vocabulary than the city council.

[Dave Burrell]

me thinks it time to write letters to the editor of the telegraph, the bee, and the city council


Sample letter:

Miklos is an Idiot
Who but an idiot names a bridge, "Folsom Lake Crossing", when the bridge doesn't cross Folsom Lake.
City Council, please reconsider so our town doesn't become the laughing stock of America.

Sincerely, Folsom Resident

Feel free to modify as you see fit, but please, let's see if letter bombardment can affect a change

It is very embarrassing, some co-workers of mine in Roseville asked me what the heck the name was all about - all I could say was nobody in Folsom supports that name decision....

[john]

people, definitely write to the Bee and Telegraph if you don't like the name... when multiple people speak up (not just a couple people who always complain), people listen.