@user2479 I commented:

Hopefully Richard will pop in here to discuss...

Hi, Jack. Sorry to read you are stepping down.

I have a question about the etymology of your location's name, if I may.

@FrankLuke thanks :)

go ahead? (you mean Maidenhead?)

@JackDouglas Yes. I know that as an old, anatomical slang term (for hymen). Does it have a different meaning there?

@FrankLuke I did not know that!

Wikipedia says: "Maidenhead's name refers to the riverside area where the "New wharf" or "Maiden Hythe" was built"

but I've heard other stories, probably mostly nonsense

I'm pretty sure most Brits wouldn't think of it having a meaning aside from being a place name at all

@JackDouglas That's good. I've only come across that slang a couple of times in old material, though the first time was by a British expatriate.

you are well read!

You know, I'm not going to see if any dictionaries (slang or otherwise) online contain the def I first heard.

Just not worth it.

thefreedictionary.com/maidenhead

^^ in case you get curious

@JackDouglas Thanks. My work and home computers have monitoring software on them, so I wasn't going to google something that could set off alarms.

My home town has changed names twice.

"...in 1872, the community of Cale was established on the east side of the tracks. It was named after the railroad official George W. Cale."

"In 1889, the town was christened as Sterrett but Katy railroad officials refused to accept the name change, and referred to the site as Cale Switch or Cale. The conflict continued until 1910, when the town accepted the name Calera as a compromise."

Katy railroads refers to Missouri, Kansas, Texas lines, which was abbreviated MKT and thus known as Katy.

A semi-famous event also happened at the river a few miles south of the town. (The Oklahoma National Guard and Texas Rangers squared off over bridge rights. Oklahoma wanted the free bridge open. Texas wanted all traffic to go over the toll bridge.)

@FrankLuke that is awesome

The Oklahoma National Guard and Texas Rangers do not get along to this day. I'm pretty sure it goes back to this event.

@FrankLuke wow...

@AJHenderson Many events in the Murray administration can be summarized in that word. He declared martial law 30 times in 4 years and mobilized the national guard 47 times in those same years. I've read somewhere that he challenged FDR for the 1936 primary but can't confirm that elsewhere today. WW2 and a commander-in-chief with a very itchy trigger finger...

Ah, it was the 32 primary. That would explain why I couldn't find it.