300th entry - 10,000th hit

About an hour and a half ago, the Left Bank of the Ohio River near Milepost 606 recorded its 10,000th hit, someone visiting from Seymour, Indiana, a little burg just north of here in Jackson County, on the way to Columbus, Nashville, and Indianapolis. The county seat of Jackson County is Brownstown. Seymour is the hometown of one of my former employers, attorney Norma Carter Miller, as well as popular singer John Cougar Mellencamp. I assume some of those little pink houses Mellencamp sang about can still be found there. I used to go through Seymour every summer en route to camping at Redbrush Park, which is no longer there. A lot of Louisvillians venture up to Seymour during Christmas season to visit the Tanger Factory Outlet stores.

Whoever you are my reader from Seymour, feel free to come back and identify yourself. There aren't any prizes, just recognition.

Here is a copy of the capture from the 10,000th visit. Those of you who are learned in computer-talk can tell those of us who aren't what any of this means.

Domain Name comcast.net ? (Network)
IP Address 69.243.133.# (Comcast Cable)
ISP Comcast Cable
Location
Continent North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : Indiana
City : Seymour
Lat/Long : 38.9385, -85.8896 (Map)
Distance : 48 miles (local visitor)
Language unknown
Operating System Microsoft WinXP
Browser Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Javascript disabled
Time of Visit Mar 17 2008 5:46:00 pm
Referring URL unknown
Visit Entry Page http://ohioriver606.blogspot.com/
Visit Exit Page http://ohioriver606.blogspot.com/
Out Click
Time Zone unknown
Visitor's Time Unknown
Visit Number 10,000



Here are the lyrics from Mellencamp's Little Pink Houses. Incidentally, to his credit, Mellencamp has asked the McCain for President campaign to stop using this song as part of its campaign, as Mellencamp identifies himself as "somewhat left of center and not in support of Senator McCain." The McCain camp has complied with the request.

Theres a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighbourhood
Hes got an interstate runnin through his front yard
You know, he think, that hes got it so good
And theres a woman in the kitchen cleanin up the evening slop
And he looks at her and says: hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Well theres a young man in a t-shirt
Listening to a rockin rollin station
Hes got a greasy hair, greasy smile
He says: lord, this must be my destination
cuz they told me, when I was younger
Boy, youre gonna be president
But just like everyting else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Well theres people and more people
What do they know know know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the gulf of mexico
Ohhh yeah
And theres winners, and theres losers
But they aint no big deal
cuz the simple man baby pays for the thrills,
The bills and the pills that kill

Chorus:
Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

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One final thought -- Happy Saint Patrick's Day.