Are you aware there are entire movies on YouTube? Most of them are old and probably no longer protected by copyright, but there are quite a few, including old naval warfare movies. (It’s true: if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, but they remain one of my guilty pleasures.) Of course, I’m sure you already know this, but why doesn’t anybody tell me these things?
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Nothing wrong w/ nerds. Good fraction of us emeriti are nerds. Peace,
I decided to look for “old dude stretching” this morning in YouTube, and, although I didn’t find a video of Jimmy, I did find quite a bit, some of it indeed posted by young persons who are mocking those of greater age.
My only comment: Be careful what you laugh at. Someday, you might become it.
This might be false, but it’s still heartwarming:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/meet-cesur-the-loyal-dog-who-continues-to-visit-his-owners-graveside-every-day/vi-AAmjyZD?ocid=spartandhp
Jackie:
As you await your Mustang, you might like this:
Early Ford Mustang concepts, prototypes, and sketches
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/early-ford-mustang-concepts-prototypes-and-sketches/ss-AAlZqMy?ocid=spartanntp
Jackie, from the blog AmericaSpace: “The wives of the three dead men—Betty Grissom, Pat White, and Martha Chaffee—later sued North American for its shoddy spacecraft. Each received hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in 1972.”
As well they should have.
Glad to learn of your involvement in a historic event. Recently, I happened across and watched a documentary on TV about a fairly major domestic historical event in which I was peripherally involved. It took place during what I call “My Summer of Living Dangerously.”
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner
Looking out the window at my mom’s birdfeeders I set up here. Sort of reminds me of this scene from the movie.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/08/4c/63/084c631e6df4f7ad07da6b198bf47926.jpg
Must not be anyone else nearby that puts out feeders. My mom would be happy.
Jimmy, the pineapple in today’s strip made me realize that, though I’ve had drinks with a pineapple spear in them, I’ve never drunk from a pineapple. Must put that on my “to do” list.
Ghost if I go get my Mustang on Tuesday I can break it in by a trip to Mississippi or some point south you know. I have no obligations like you do. You could show me how to drive it.
Still waiting for those gun classes so I can defend myself in the car, should I need it.
Standing in front of fridge waiting for big reveal, my scales which I keep in kitchen now. It doesn’t much change what I eat but it does make me weigh, the chart is on fridge door.
Headed down again. I must have knee surgery soon. If my life gets more normal or what I call normal.
Sometimes I think we might all be some degree of nerd or a variant on nermal.
Nermal is spelled right, not Hal.
Yesterday I was thinking how amazing the Village is. We are many religions, politics, nations, races, backgrounds, educations, sees, occupations, tastes, music, hobbies, financial assets, neighborhoods. Just on and on.
This is true Diversity. That is what is lacking for so.many people, they only know people like themselves.
I feel so grateful for my friends in the Village. You bless me by your very variety. More of us should view the world as a Village.
Could you tell me what event someday Ghost? Or would you have to kill me?
None of mine require that degree of security but I never discuss personal cases, that is violation of my personal ethics.
One day, Jackie. And no extreme prejudice would be involved.
Sexes instead of sees up there. Hal is a censor as well as a smart aleck.
We already have too many censors, we don’t need machines.
There is a tool to cut out the flesh of the pineapples but as I recall no way to get bottom hollow. Bet there is a youtube video now. I used to use pineapple shells on their sides for fruit salads, chicken salad, etc. (Long time ago!)
You can do them on side with a knife and spoon.
Anyone remember Trader Vic’s? And Pontchartrain Beach?
Jackie
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/how-to/how-to-turn-a-pineapple-into-a-drinking-vessel.html
Turns out making a pineapple is fairly easy, or at least that’s what a bunch of YouTube videos would have you believe.
When I began typing the search “how to hollow out a pineapple”, my browser decided I wanted “how to hollow out a book”. To hide valuables or a handgun, perhaps? (I know one lady who hides her home-defense handgun that way.) I need to go back and look at that.
We need music. Turned on Pandora just now and this is what came up. First song. Love this one. I was actually on JJ Cale.
https://youtu.be/jR2kRxl3F34
Stumbled over this one listening to another version. The video on this one almost made me cry, the New Orleans I knew from 1960s to 1980s before Katrina. I lived in Quarter and Garden District with brief excursions into Metairie and Lakefront, out Jefferson highway.
https://youtu.be/NQvl6bG940I
Wayne Toups has better version but not the photos of New Orleans Ladies.
So here I am doing something you might not understand if you weren’t Cajun or from Louisiana, listening to Cajun dance music on Sunday morning. That is a day the local stations played live bands at various restaurants and clubs where dance groups met to dance and listen to music.
I think tradition was to go to early mass and then go dance and eat breakfast. I will Google but I bet doumacain knows.
When I was in ag school we went to a festival on weekends and danced to Cajun bands in streets doing what I called the beer can two step. Two steps and kick cans out of your way.
In the early 2000’s while I was sill running marathons, I volunteered to be the Elite Runner coordinator ate Detroit International Marathon. Because we crossed a border, I got to meet with Homeland Security and got to understand quite a bit about visas, etc. But that is a subject for another day.
One runner used to run for Michigan State and contacted me about entering as he was hoping to qualify for the Olympic Trials (2:20). He had long hair and a beard and seemed a little crazy, but I really liked the guy. He made it with a minute to spare and as we celebrated, I handed him my phone telling him to call someone to let them know he qualified. It was an awesome feeling.
This week, that runner, Michael Wardian ran a marathon each day in a different continent with about 50 other runners. They started in Antarctica last Sunday, flew to Chile, then Miami, then Madrid, then Morocco, then Dubai before finally landing in Sydney, where at 1:15 AM local time, he ran his 7th marathon in 7 days ALL under 3 hours, averaging 2:45. I believe he only slept one time in a bed, all of the other sleeps were on planes.
I’m getting tired just writing about it. Going out for a walk though
Jackie, your reminiscence about dancing to Cajun music reminded me of what happened to me when I was a child. My dad would pick us up after church and there would be polka musicplaying on the radio . That’s how I remember going to church. I grew up north of Grand Rapids, and a lot of Polish people had settled there.
Checked my zydeco memories and found that the morning dances were on Saturday mornings and the Sunday dances were on Sunday evenings. Festivals were often Friday and Saturday both with festivals going on in several towns.
I remember all the small children and babies that were there. Because I was an ag major I ran around with a lot of Cajun cowboys. We only had five girls in College of Agricultural Sciences and two were already married as I recall. My friends all had family and friends everywhere we went.
Posted about fall I had a little while ago. I am at gym so ok but in addition to normal places one would expect I got bruises and abrasion in odd ones like right breast which apparently caught on door lock metal frame. Through my clothes.
Be careful, Jackie. It is better when orthopedic procedures are elective rather than emergent.
Steve, I’m not sure which amazes me more…that the guy you know did that, or that there were about 49 others who did the same thing at the same time.