# Ask the almost 30 year old schlep in Louisville,KY **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622 "2003-01-04T16:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622/1 "2003-01-04T16:23:20Z")
Well, I haven’t done one of these in forever. So here I am, with **Ask the almost 30 year old schlep in Louisville, KY**. That schlep, of course, is me. Anything you want to know, ask. My life is an open book. Not really an exciting one, though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622/2 "2003-01-04T16:37:56Z")
Where the heck have you been?? What did you get for Christmas? Do you chew your fingernails? Have you seen my red hat? [sub]not very exciting questions either, I fear…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622/3 "2003-01-04T16:54:01Z")
So…do you go to the Derby every year? Any year? If so, for what reason? (party/get drunk/gamble/look at funny hats/sport) Do you live near any breeding facilities that you know of? If so, which ones? Do you have _any_ interest in horse racing? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622/4 "2003-01-04T16:55:02Z")
In order: -I’ve been hither, thither, and would have been yon could I have found it. There’s a lot going on, family-wise (reference my other thread in this forum), so I’ve been trying to take care of that. Any advice on that is appreciated. -I got a pretty bad Xmas, but only because my mother’s been “sick” (again, see other thread). We didn’t even have the usual family get-together. She just wanted everyone to come by and get their stuff. -Obsessively. Down to the nubs, to where they sometimes bleed, and the top layer of skin comes off. -Nope. It’s probably with MY red hat, which I lost in the Grassroots bar when I was at LAST year’s NYC Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-almost-30-year-old-schlep-in-louisville-ky/146622/5 "2003-01-04T16:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruffian \* > **So…do you go to the Derby every year? Any year? If so, for what reason? (party/get drunk/gamble/look at funny hats/sport)** Nope. I try to avoid it like the plague. I actually try to be out of town when it occurs. Otherwise, I don’t even set foot out of the apartment. I’ve lived here my whole life, and never bee. > [@](#): > > **Do you live near any breeding facilities that you know of? If so, which ones?** Nope. None that I know of. \*\* > [@](#): > > Do you have _any_ interest in horse racing? \*\* I’ve been to Churchill Downs a few times for non-derby racing. It’s okay. but I can’t watch it on TV, and I try to stay online or watching cable aroun the first weekend in May.