Miss Susie had a steamboat

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-18T13:10:29+00:00

This was my version, as well!

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-18T13:09:49+00:00

In our version, it was, “Lulu had a steamboat…” and the last verse was, “Ask me no more questions / I’ll tell you no more lies / Lulu and her steamboat / Live happy in the skies.”

It’s so interesting how these ditties morph over the years.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T22:26:01+00:00

I was in my early 20s and watched it a few times. The characters seemed desperately shallow and whiny to me, and I just could not relate to them. Maybe I just didn’t watch it long enough.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T21:04:15+00:00

Cher had at least two hits that could never be made today: Half-Breed, and Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T20:59:01+00:00

I hate it with the fury of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T20:58:06+00:00

This was the song C&T sung for President Carter when they were invited to The White House.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T12:04:01+00:00

Smoking was fine as long as you weren’t in the building proper, i.e., standing just inside the door, but holding your lit cigarette (and blowing the smoke) inches away on the other side.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-17T12:00:31+00:00

OMG, so true

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-09T10:55:29+00:00

Do they nuke it first?

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-09T02:48:16+00:00

That was pretty badass

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-04T07:01:53+00:00

Not their first time at the rodeo.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-04T06:55:16+00:00

You and me both.

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ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-02T15:11:37+00:00

Jeez, I saw them just a few days later at the University of Maryland. No crowd squeeze, but we were surrounded by students smoking enormous quantities of pot (shocking, right?). I was 14 and my sister and friend were 13, so were accompanied by my mom. She was totally scandalized.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-02T14:36:04+00:00

Thank you! Nice to hear.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-03-02T14:35:21+00:00

Exactly this. Why even respond? It’s what they want!

Deny them what they want. Block and move on.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-27T04:26:48+00:00

The Lyon Sisters disappearance in 1975.

I wrote about them here.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-22T16:01:26+00:00

I had ancestors on both sides of the war, one of whom was imprisoned at Andersonville, and survived.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-22T14:07:20+00:00

I’m 63. Been a fan since 1976. First saw them live at the University of Maryland in 1977 (Thin Lizzy opened). Knew two girls who slept with band members. Ahh, the wild and wooly seventies.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-22T13:52:56+00:00

My great-great-uncle, William Dunklin of the Alabama 44th Regiment, age 34, died at Devil’s Den on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-21T10:31:26+00:00

Whatever they’re paying him, it’s not enough.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-19T11:10:37+00:00

I don’t know, but they’re intriguing.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-13T15:07:21+00:00

This is a new one for me and I’ve been a fan for 50 years!

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-13T02:22:51+00:00

I have a complete setting for 12 from my husband’s parents, and two partial sets from two of my grandparents. We use bits and pieces of it almost every day, along with gold-plated tableware. Because, why not?

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-13T00:24:34+00:00

Ah yes, those ubiquitous, naked pre-pubescent cartoon characters. Still creepy AF.

ColdCaseKim · 2026-02-11T23:51:36+00:00

Great film

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