The Animals – House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

   Dan Cummings, Connecticut's Running Real Estate Agent

Do you ever STOP to think of your prospects reaction when you email them a new listing?  I try not to interject my own thoughts about particular street names to prejudice a buyers decision but often wonder - What were they thinking when the named this street?

One street I tend to point out while driving couples through town is .

Don't know why but it just strikes me as a silly place to live and raise a family.

I may say something like "How about living at 101 Lovers Lane"?  The wife may snuggle up to her husband with a suggestive little whisper, a witty husband once said "I'm well beyond lover 101, got anything on the 200 block?"

Lovers Lane may be cute but others just seem odd.  Would you like to see the house on North Roast Meat Hill Road?  Sounds like a great place to be fat, dumb and happy.  Certainly get your share of exercise every time you write the return address. Fortunately North Roast Meat is in a neighboring town where I generally do not travel.  I have enough difficulty with some of the names in my area.

Can I interest you in  Martleshamheath  Lane? Yea, you heard right, north of the circle off Dorset Lane out Rockland way. 

  I like simple names, short and sweet, but there are exceptions.  I ain't never gone down Gay Street and I especially wouldn't get there via Ben-Dover Way hitting the stiff right on Dipstick Drive..  ( not that there is anything wrong with that )

So... I'm curious to know, What are some of the strange, silly or stupid names in your part of the country?

   Dan Cummings, Connecticut's Running Real Estate Agent

Hartford Connecticut showed up at number three on the list of America's Ten Dead Cities.

     3. Hartford

The city was once the “insurance capital of the world.” In 1950, the city’s population peaked at more than 177,000 and has dropped to 124,000 recently. Hartford was, beyond being an insurance center, also home to a number of manufacturing and publishing businesses. Hartford lost some of its insurance firms as they moved to new locations, primarily because of consolidation in this sector.  Five large financial firms have downsized their workforces. These include Met Life, Cigna, Lincoln Financial, Mass Mutual, and, perhaps most depressing of all,  The Hartford.

The Great Falls Balloon Festival comes around this time every year and I recall my title line from the series F-Troop that aired in the mid 60's.  The character Chief Wild Eagle  would yell "It is Balloon" quite often when he saw a hot air balloon. 

We travel to Maine quite often during the summer months but I have only managed to get to the Great Falls Balloon Festival once to see them successfully launch a sky full of balloons. This weekend the forecast is looking good so if you're in Maine swing into the Lewiston / Auburn area at 6am or 6pm to catch the launch or spend a few hours wandering around the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

Hope all the smart asses that wanted change for the sake of change have realized they need to bounce Barack. Although I'm not a close follower of the political machine I understand enough to realize Obama was talking shit to get himself elected and then back peddled on all his "promises". The Troops that would be home but Christmas see no end to the conflict. The economy has done nothing except head towards the double dip and spending on foolishness is out of control. Jobs are what Americans need but I see nothing leading to job creation from this administration.