Saturday 9... Sweet City Woman

Sweet City Woman

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! 

Saturday 9: Sweet City Woman (1971)

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


1) The lyrics tell us the singer is on his way to catch a train and he really wants to be on time. When is the last time you were late for something?

Being late is not in my DNA.  My pet peeve is people who are late.   I can't say I've never been late because you can't help trains stopped on tracks or accidents blocking traffic but I can't remember the last time I was late for something.

2) He sings he's on his way to meet a woman known for her macaroons. What's your favorite cookie?

My favorite store-bought cookie is a double-stuff Oreo. My favorite homemade cookie is the Italian Wedding Cookie...

.... and then there are homemade chocolate chip cookies, no-bake chocolate cookies, snickerdoodles, sugar cookies.  Well, you get it.

3) His girlfriend's face is so pretty she lights up the city night. How many lights are in the room you're in? How many are switched on?

There are two lamps and an overhead in the living room. Two lamps are on.

4) This is the rare top 40 tune that prominently features a banjo. Sam has always been crazy about the sound of a banjo. What sound makes you smile? (It doesn't have to be a musical instrument. Think bacon sizzling, church bells, etc.)

Lots of sounds make me smile, like voices of loved ones, but sticking to music, I LOVE to hear a good trumpet being played.  I fell in love with Blood, Sweat & Tears when they came on the scene back in the 60s. Oh, those trumpets!!  The best instrument in any band... or just solo!!

5) 47 years after their record was a hit, The Stampeders still tour every summer, playing festivals across the US and their native Canada. Do you enjoy live music under the stars? Or would you prefer to be seated in a theater?  

I don't go to concerts. The last one I went to in an outside venue was to hear Hall & Oates at Wolf Trap, in Virginia.  We had seats "inside" and that was 34-35 years ago,  I would prefer to be seated inside and hopefully not with a bunch of screamers around me! LOL

6) In 1971, when this song was popular on the radio, detective shows were popular on TV. Mannix, Ironside, and Cannon were all in the Top 20. Who is your favorite TV detective?  

Danny Reagan, in Blue Bloods.  There are quite a few we really like though!

7) Also in 1971, the Post Office Department was disbanded as a Cabinet department and became The United States Postal Service. When did you last go to the post office? Were you mailing something? Buying stamps? Picking up a package? Renewing your passport?  

We bought stamps the last time we went to the post office.

8) Race car legend Jeff Gordon was born in 1971. Do you watch NASCAR?

We do not watch NASCAR. I just don't get it.

9) Random question -- Do you have a vaccination scar? If so, where is it?

I do have a smallpox vaccination scar on my left arm.  You can hardly see it now because it has been there a very long time.  

Thanks to our Saturday 9 hostess, Crazy Sam Winters!!  You can find the questions HERE to join in!!

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Happy Saturday!!  Peace & hugs!!