Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

The Mudflats

Forum

Coffee Lounge

Introduce Yourself

Archived Introductions

Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

Pages: 1

Author

Topic: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee (Read 1650 times)

Lickskillet

WMD Cessna Palin
Greenhorn

Offline

Posts: 4

Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« on: September 27, 2008, 12:30:04 pm »

I visited Alaska in 2007 and fell in love with the incredible beauty. It seemed so perfect. I so wanted to move there.

Then I found this blog. I never dreamed Alaska could be so full of petty political intrigue. It's just like home. Such a letdown.


	Logged

Charcoal Sniper P.

You can just call me Charcoal
Alumnus
Governor

Vermont

Offline

Posts: 1313

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2008, 12:30:56 pm »

Lickskillet


	Logged

"...Ms. Palin’s words don’t mean anything. She’s all punctuation."
-Bob Herbert

Oragone

Community Organizer

Southern Oregon
Offline

Offline

Posts: 93

An Old DFH in Southern Oregon

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2008, 12:36:05 pm »

Lickskillet


	Logged

From an unremembered source, probably grammatically incorrect and sorta paraphrased \\\\\\\"Choose your words with care my friend, make them soft and sweet, you never know which ones you\\\\\\\'ll have to eat.\\\\\\\"

LJP aka Revolver Trooper

eMeritus
Governor

Pittsburgh
Offline

Offline

Posts: 645

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2008, 01:12:15 pm »

that's a great name--Lickskillet. Is there a story behind the name? A famine comes to mind...


	Logged

Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.
-Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government"

TRConnie

Alumnus
Governor

West Virginia
Offline

Offline

Posts: 1070

I need spring!

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2008, 01:27:28 pm »

Quote from: LJP aka Revolver Trooper on September 27, 2008, 01:12:15 pm

that's a great name--Lickskillet. Is there a story behind the name? A famine comes to mind...

I misread it. I thought it was a place name. I live down the road from Ball's Gap, not too far from Big Bone Lick, and I've got relatives in Big Ugly. I mean, really, Lickskillet fits right in.

Connie Welcome


	Logged

"I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it." - Dorothy Parker

Lickskillet

WMD Cessna Palin
Greenhorn

Offline

Posts: 4

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2008, 03:59:38 pm »

Lickskillet is not only a good pseudonym--it's a great place and yes, there's a story. Something about people were so poor here they had to lick the skillet to get every bit of food. Lickskillet is not far from Kingston, TN but we have a Harriman, TN zip code (and Rockwood utilities).

I love Southern place names. Your Ball's Gap sounds like the Ball Camp "community" between Knoxville and Oak Ridge. Not a town, just a wide place in the road. Seems like I've heard of Big Bone Lick too...


	Logged

zenchronicity

Greenhorn

Offline

Posts: 14

Re: Hello from Lickskillet, Tennessee

« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2008, 06:55:42 pm »

Quote from: Lickskillet on September 27, 2008, 12:30:04 pm

Hey Lickskillet. Alaska and your home sound like everywhere in the political sense. You'd feel right at home in Texas too. I saw ya'll were talking about funny names of towns. I have cousins who live in a small town just outside Houston with an odd name. It's called Cut'nShoot Wink


	Logged

Pages: 1

Jump to:

Show unread posts since last visit

Show new replies to posts you've made

Return to forum index

Forum Guidelines

Contact Us

Donate To AKMuckraker

Shop The Mudflats!

The Mudflats Cookbook!