411 on Lexington, KY

[ObjectiveObserver]

Give me the good, the bad and the ugly!

[Diggin' Bear]

The good: it has the Kentucky Derby.

The bad: the horses crap EVERYWHERE!

The ugly: Mighty Dickerson.


I certainly hope I've helped.

[SamG]

The good: it has the Kentucky Derby.
Nope, that's Louisville. Lexington has Keeneland, a MUCH better track to visit.


The bad: the horses crap EVERYWHERE!
Nope, just where YOU step.


The ugly: Mighty Dickerson.
Oh dear god, I hope not.:doh:

Now that the jokes are over...
Temps are around 90-95 in the summer with humidity and around 20 (sometimes single digits) in the winter. It doesn't take much to close county schools. City schools close when they don't need to and stay open when they should close (at least according to letters to the editor).
Competitive TV market between the top two... WLEX (NBC) and WKYT (CBS). WTVQ (ABC) used to be owned by Media General and is now owned by Morris Media. The first two do full HD newscasts (except for live shots). TVQ is supposed to be HD by November I believe.
Home to University of Kentucky, and people eat, drink, and sleep UK football and basketball. It's just a way of life... especially for people who grew up in the state.

PM me if there's something else you want to know.

[Pro]

From what I understand, WKYT (CBS) is the "heritage" station, but has fallen to number two in the past five or so years with an aggressive WLEX (NBC) now number one. WTVQ (ABC) is an also-ran. The Fox station in Sinclair (need I say any more?).

[Roy Hobbs]

It's better than Yuma.

[Clever Login Name]

The outskirts are so redneck that the town Versailles is pronounced ver-SALES and not vair-SIGH like our French friends intended.

But Keeneland is a nice track ... and no, the grass isn't actually blue.

[SamG]

The outskirts are so redneck that the town Versailles is pronounced ver-SALES and not vair-SIGH like our French friends intended.
And Athens is pronounced AY-thens, Bourbon County is dry and Christian County is wet.:whistle:

[NewsguyMark]

Doesn't WKYT still produce the Fox 10 p.m. news?

Lexington has a lot of great places to eat and shop. As someone said earlier, it's all UK country. Though I LOVE the name Transylvania University, not far from UK.

You better love horses.

[kybubba]

Run As Far Away As You Can

[tater]

It's near Loo-e-ville, Louis-ville, Lu-ah-vule, or any other pronunciation you want for the town.

...and you are close to south Ohio.

[tater]

Lexington has a lot of great places to eat and shop. As someone said earlier, it's all UK country. Though I LOVE the name Transylvania University, not far from UK.


I hear this guy is the dean.

http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/1F04/159.jpg

[Mighty Dyckerson]

I certainly hope I've helped.

The only way you could help is by jumping off a cliff.

[wx or not]

...and you are close to south Ohio.
Sure, tater, but still no closer to professional football or baseball....:(

[Lazlo Toth]

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