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shyjanne

July 17, 2008 - 12:13 PM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 17, 2008 - 12:27 PM)

I had an orange Datsun 510, the first car I bought when I got out of the military. I used the money I had saved while in the service and bought the car outright. It was a great car initially except it didn't come with a radio. I had bought in August of 1971 and it was one of the last cars on the lot - no wonder - orange w/no radio. The problem with the car was that I couldn't get service on it - in 1971 mechanics here in America didn't know much about Japanese cars. The following year I met my wife and took her on our first date. As luck would have it the car went dead - one of the wires to the distributor cap kept slipping off.

The following spring I got rid of the 510 and traded it in for a Mercury Capri V-6. The Capri was the German version of the Ford Mustang. Being used to the Datsun which had gotten pretty anemic by the time I traded it in, I proceeded to burn rubber out of the dealership parking lot. I kept the Capri for 7 years until I traded it in for a 1980 VW Jetta.

Oh the cars we have when we're young. Those were the days. Remember the 442.

johnw

July 17, 2008 - 01:33 PM

QUOTE (shyjanne @ July 17, 2008 - 12:13 PM)

Oh the cars we have when we're young. Those were the days. Remember the 442.

The Oldsmobile 442 - it was one of the muscle cars of the 1960's. I was 13 when I first drove a car - a cousin let me drive his 1950 Chevy. I took and passed my driver's test (on 1st try) in my father's 1957 Chevy. I learned how to drive fast foot to the floor when I was setting out traffic counters and nailing hoses across the road while driving a NY State Plymouth Fury (1960). The back seat was ripped out and a plywood platform was installed to hold the meter boxes. The big trick was trying to remember where the boxes were. They were installed in a 100 mile radius including the Adirondack State Park.

Jazzie53

July 17, 2008 - 01:43 PM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 17, 2008 - 01:33 PM)

The Oldsmobile 442 - it was one of the muscle cars of the 1960's. I was 13 when I first drove a car - a cousin let me drive his 1950 Chevy. I took and passed my driver's test (on 1st try) in my father's 1957 Chevy. I learned how to drive fast foot to the floor when I was setting out traffic counters and nailing hoses across the road while driving a NY State Plymouth Fury (1960). The back seat was ripped out and a plywood platform was installed to hold the meter boxes. The big trick was trying to remember where the boxes were. They were installed in a 100 mile radius including the Adirondack State Park.

Wow....what a blast from the past.....my dad had an Olds F85, and I think it was a 65. He hung on to that car up to early 2000 something! We even had a license plate frame made up for him when he turned 70.....said something like,
"Two Classics.....me & my Olds"

Man.....talk about a family car for all seasons....survived SoCal and the Vegas desert! We all liked that little car! (Even Mom, who loved her big old station wagon that she traded in for a bright red T-Bird!)

Should be doing a Bob Hope here....thanks for the memories!
Jazzie

IronChef

July 17, 2008 - 07:04 PM

QUOTE (shyjanne @ July 17, 2008 - 04:49 AM)

I know I'm being UnAmerican, but I never liked Elvis.

Anyone remember 1989's Black Velvet by Alannah Myles?

I was never a big Elvis fan, but I did and do sure love that song!

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
White lightening, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl
"Love me tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could you do?

(Guitar Solo)

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

If you please, if you please, if you please

River1

July 17, 2008 - 10:16 PM

QUOTE (shyjanne @ July 17, 2008 - 04:46 AM)

AWWW River, you "broke my heart" I loved those years, (maybe it was the soapers") How'd you like "Blue Moods" best of all time.

Nyet. Sorry.

johnw

July 17, 2008 - 11:32 PM

QUOTE (IronChef @ July 17, 2008 - 07:04 PM)

Anyone remember 1989's Black Velvet by Alannah Myles?

I was never a big Elvis fan, but I did and do sure love that song!

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
White lightening, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl
"Love me tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could you do?

(Guitar Solo)

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

If you please, if you please, if you please

I have the Alannah Myles CD with Black Velvet on it.

Kristlkrost

July 18, 2008 - 08:14 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 18, 2008 - 12:32 AM)

I have the Alannah Myles CD with Black Velvet on it.

I wonder whatever happened to her???
One hit wonder like Mark Copeland
*Walking In Memphis* guy..Ow those
Memphus accents are to die for. She was gawjus bytw. I'm trying to impress you John.
Don't wanna' Snora Jones you
You one tough man to impress.
I'm on the fast track of this train today and I am
in get 'im done mode . There are SO many things to do

Like call the Fl. insurance commissioner on the beeyatch who every time I call her we end up in a fight...WHAT a snippy beeeeyatch.
I mean REALLY!!!...A NYawker too.
All I do is say hello and she's snippy.lol

AND she ripped me off BIG time and lied to me.
I am so mad..I paid double for a whole year That's what I get for not researching it.
I just stayed as it was easier as mum
used them.

So anyhwooo I was in good Beatle mode again.
The drug hazed years....THE BEST years.
Well they were all good and found Hung & his monkey's song and what the hell is he hiding and this song is so swoooonable...My train is running away for sure today.
I looooooooooove this song. Have a good un peeps ...Porch peeps
especially.

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

CHORUS

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same

Running away is a viable option

This is a kick arse song

Kristlkrost

July 18, 2008 - 08:31 AM

10 daze till Psh big day...Oh geeez I just realized
I might still be on the road....I don't like to drive a lot and stop A LOT lol Every restaurant I see.

Well we'll make it up then.BUT here's your 7th birthday month present or 8th I'm not good in math.
What every gay man wants and needs..
YES you do want and need it. I know
you do.I am demanding that you do

Who doesn't want to be moist and smooth and supple all the time and massaged by magic things??????
NO I didn't hire Ingar the
Swedish brutish masseuse to come and live with you.Sheeesh get your mind out of Sweden for Gawd's sakes.

(I tried he was WAY over priced those greedy Swede's)

...........................................flutter and
wow and flit I do.

My dad had a shaving cup like that
We still have it... awwww

Kristlkrost

July 18, 2008 - 09:10 AM

Here ya go Chuc!!
I had this saved for ya darlin.I think we
do have a Swedish theme going here
today...I'm turning my shiatsu massager
chair thing on high just for this.
I just found it in the closet and owwww it is good.
It really does relax you and that is
NOT what I need right now. Everytime I see your name I think *Dancing Queen * and want to yell....dig it to no one in particular.
Ciao again.lol I have bills to pay that
I blocked out..agghhhhh

They so spicyyyyyy

Jazzie53

July 18, 2008 - 10:38 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 10:10 AM)

Here ya go Chuc!!
I had this saved for ya darlin.I think we
do have a Swedish theme going here
today...I'm turning my shiatsu massager
chair thing on high just for this.
I just found it in the closet and owwww it is good.
It really does relax you and that is
NOT what I need right now. Everytime I see your name I think *Dancing Queen * and want to yell....dig it to no one in particular.
Ciao again.lol I have bills to pay that
I blocked out..agghhhhh

They so spicyyyyyy

Morning KK.....I kind of picture you melted in ecstacy with your shiatsu thing, all relaxed and comfy....think I'm a bit jealous!
Have some coffee and oatmeal breakfast bars on the porch!

Jazz

shyjanne

July 18, 2008 - 10:58 AM

QUOTE (IronChef @ July 17, 2008 - 08:04 PM)

Anyone remember 1989's Black Velvet by Alannah Myles?

I was never a big Elvis fan, but I did and do sure love that song!

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
White lightening, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl
"Love me tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could you do?

(Guitar Solo)

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that soft southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

If you please, if you please, if you please

I love that song, but had forgotten the lyrics. Thanks for reminding me how special that song is.

Kristlkrost

July 18, 2008 - 12:03 PM

OHMG I lost my post. AGAIN!!!
Ahhhhhh
It was good.lol Well godda' go now.
Godda' pay the nice insurance
lady....I had a bison burger at Ruby Tuesday's the other day......It was GOOD!!!!!
2 I really love.
Pleasure points to my brain Elton

Jesus it's GOOD!

Oh he speaks like a gentleman

Levon

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Madman Across The Water

Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus
`Cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town

Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway

He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times said God is dead
And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today

And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon

Levon sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly

And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leaving Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies

BurnDown The Mission

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

Tumbleweed Connection

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

johnw

July 18, 2008 - 01:11 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 08:14 AM)

I wonder whatever happened to her???
One hit wonder like Mark Copeland
*Walking In Memphis* guy..Ow those
Memphus accents are to die for. She was gawjus bytw. I'm trying to impress you John.
Don't wanna' Snora Jones you
You one tough man to impress.
I'm on the fast track of this train today and I am
in get 'im done mode . There are SO many things to do

Like call the Fl. insurance commissioner on the beeyatch who every time I call her we end up in a fight...WHAT a snippy beeeeyatch.
I mean REALLY!!!...A NYawker too.
All I do is say hello and she's snippy.lol

AND she ripped me off BIG time and lied to me.
I am so mad..I paid double for a whole year That's what I get for not researching it.
I just stayed as it was easier as mum
used them.

So anyhwooo I was in good Beatle mode again.
The drug hazed years....THE BEST years.
Well they were all good and found Hung & his monkey's song and what the hell is he hiding and this song is so swoooonable...My train is running away for sure today.
I looooooooooove this song. Have a good un peeps ...Porch peeps
especially.

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

CHORUS

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same

Running away is a viable option

This is a kick arse song

Alannah Myles - yes, she had that one hit but continues to record and tour.

johnw

July 18, 2008 - 01:17 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 12:03 PM)

OHMG I lost my post. AGAIN!!!
Ahhhhhh
It was good.lol Well godda' go now.
Godda' pay the nice insurance
lady....I had a bison burger at Ruby Tuesday's the other day......It was GOOD!!!!!
2 I really love.
Pleasure points to my brain Elton

Jesus it's GOOD!

Oh he speaks like a gentleman

Levon

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Madman Across The Water

Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus
`Cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town

Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway

He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times said God is dead
And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today

And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon

Levon sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly

And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leaving Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies

BurnDown The Mission

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

Tumbleweed Connection

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

Bison burgers are healthier for you than beef burgers. I am currently reading a historical novel by Richard S Wheeler (right up there with Larry McMurtry). The novel's theme centers around an attempt to substitute Buffalo for Cattle in Montana.

IronChef

July 18, 2008 - 07:04 PM

QUOTE (shyjanne @ July 18, 2008 - 11:58 AM)

I love that song, but had forgotten the lyrics. Thanks for reminding me how special that song is.

You're welcome, Shy. It's definitely a moving song. Even not being an Elvis fan, I kind of get shivers whenever I hear it.

johnw

July 19, 2008 - 01:19 AM

Awhile back I made the statement that I thought that Hung Huynh was "arguably" the strongest chef to ever appear on Top Chef. Not surprisingly I had a few dissenters. I believe I can dispense with the word "arguably". Hung is one of the semi-finalists to see who is going to represent the US is a sort of culinary olympics. The selection process began with 150 hopefuls. There are eight remaining with Hung among the eight.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/07/hung_h..._bocuse_do.html

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 02:22 AM

QUOTE (TaterTot @ July 17, 2008 - 10:54 AM)

OMG...I hated that friggin white jumpsuit! I like to remember him in the black leather.

And dayum if he didn't look good in jeans...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 02:43 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 09:31 AM)

10 daze till Psh big day...Oh geeez I just realized
I might still be on the road....I don't like to drive a lot and stop A LOT lol Every restaurant I see.

Well we'll make it up then.BUT here's your 7th birthday month present or 8th I'm not good in math.
What every gay man wants and needs..
YES you do want and need it. I know
you do.I am demanding that you do

Who doesn't want to be moist and smooth and supple all the time and massaged by magic things??????
NO I didn't hire Ingar the
Swedish brutish masseuse to come and live with you.Sheeesh get your mind out of Sweden for Gawd's sakes.

(I tried he was WAY over priced those greedy Swede's)

...........................................flutter and
wow and flit I do.

My dad had a shaving cup like that
We still have it... awwww

Stop it(in my gayest voice)peeps are gonna think I'm just a Metro-sexual...LOL...

...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 02:48 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 09:31 AM)

10 daze till Psh big day...Oh geeez I just realized
I might still be on the road....I don't like to drive a lot and stop A LOT lol Every restaurant I see.

Well we'll make it up then.BUT here's your 7th birthday month present or 8th I'm not good in math.
What every gay man wants and needs..
YES you do want and need it. I know
you do.I am demanding that you do

Who doesn't want to be moist and smooth and supple all the time and massaged by magic things??????
NO I didn't hire Ingar the
Swedish brutish masseuse to come and live with you.Sheeesh get your mind out of Sweden for Gawd's sakes.

(I tried he was WAY over priced those greedy Swede's)

...........................................flutter and
wow and flit I do.

My dad had a shaving cup like that
We still have it... awwww

That thingy with the nubs has potential(sp?)...LOL...

...Oh and the Oil...

...TY Hon...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 02:50 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 19, 2008 - 02:19 AM)

Awhile back I made the statement that I thought that Hung Huynh was "arguably" the strongest chef to ever appear on Top Chef. Not surprisingly I had a few dissenters. I believe I can dispense with the word "arguably". Hung is one of the semi-finalists to see who is going to represent the US is a sort of culinary olympics. The selection process began with 150 hopefuls. There are eight remaining with Hung among the eight.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/07/hung_h..._bocuse_do.html

GOOO Hung!!!...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 02:59 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 19, 2008 - 02:19 AM)

Awhile back I made the statement that I thought that Hung Huynh was "arguably" the strongest chef to ever appear on Top Chef. Not surprisingly I had a few dissenters. I believe I can dispense with the word "arguably". Hung is one of the semi-finalists to see who is going to represent the US is a sort of culinary olympics. The selection process began with 150 hopefuls. There are eight remaining with Hung among the eight.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/07/hung_h..._bocuse_do.html

OMG that is like HUGE...That is like the Rush Limbaugh, of Culinary, contests...Classic rules, and presentation, only...Chefs work a lifetime for this honour(sic)...You win the "Bocuse de Or", you write your own paycheck(at least 6 figures)...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 03:06 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 18, 2008 - 09:31 AM)

10 daze till Psh big day...Oh geeez I just realized
I might still be on the road....I don't like to drive a lot and stop A LOT lol Every restaurant I see.

Well we'll make it up then.BUT here's your 7th birthday month present or 8th I'm not good in math.
What every gay man wants and needs..
YES you do want and need it. I know
you do.I am demanding that you do

Who doesn't want to be moist and smooth and supple all the time and massaged by magic things??????
NO I didn't hire Ingar the
Swedish brutish masseuse to come and live with you.Sheeesh get your mind out of Sweden for Gawd's sakes.

(I tried he was WAY over priced those greedy Swede's)

...........................................flutter and
wow and flit I do.

My dad had a shaving cup like that
We still have it... awwww

OK with this kind of build up; either I'm gonna have to provide Gladitorial Games, or Fire Works-or both...

...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 03:07 AM

...

TCPhil

July 19, 2008 - 03:12 AM

G'night all y'all...

brillke

July 19, 2008 - 06:13 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 19, 2008 - 01:19 AM)

Awhile back I made the statement that I thought that Hung Huynh was "arguably" the strongest chef to ever appear on Top Chef. Not surprisingly I had a few dissenters. I believe I can dispense with the word "arguably". Hung is one of the semi-finalists to see who is going to represent the US is a sort of culinary olympics. The selection process began with 150 hopefuls. There are eight remaining with Hung among the eight.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/07/hung_h..._bocuse_do.html

I dont know if I disagreed with you then or not but I do believe Hung is probably the best chef to win TC as far as cooking skills but to me,I dont think thats the only thing needed to be a Top Chef. His people skills seemed lacking,Im sure editing made it seem worse,and if you cant keep a crew in your kitchen,you might as well serve TV Dinners.

Then again,the brief email exchange I had with Hung was very pleasant and he even liked all the jokes and jabs that were being aimed at him so maybe Im wrong about his people skills.

It just seems to me,Harold,and now Stephanie,seemed to be the most rounded chefs to win but I do believe Hung could out-cook them.

Kristlkrost

July 19, 2008 - 06:15 AM

QUOTE (psh072857 @ July 19, 2008 - 04:12 AM)

G'night all y'all...

Always going to sleep when I am getting up.
I godda' go to Miamuh' as the conchs say well sort of half between there and Ft Lauderdale.... for a pig roast goodbye party my sister Hitler has made for us.
aww Nice Hitler.
We are all gonna' meet for brunch to start the pigging out for the day...I will be 10 lbs happier whenst I get home.
Owww they can throw it down.Bobby Flay you should worry.
I'm in a Mister Al Green mood today swooon
and he's
in Memphus on this video or tawks of it.
I wonder if he's from Memphus??
No time to look
But..yeah I'm so tired. And gonna' be fat!

..................................Flit!

I really am

johnw

July 19, 2008 - 04:26 PM

QUOTE (brillke @ July 19, 2008 - 06:13 AM)

I dont know if I disagreed with you then or not but I do believe Hung is probably the best chef to win TC as far as cooking skills but to me,I dont think thats the only thing needed to be a Top Chef. His people skills seemed lacking,Im sure editing made it seem worse,and if you cant keep a crew in your kitchen,you might as well serve TV Dinners.

Then again,the brief email exchange I had with Hung was very pleasant and he even liked all the jokes and jabs that were being aimed at him so maybe Im wrong about his people skills.

It just seems to me,Harold,and now Stephanie,seemed to be the most rounded chefs to win but I do believe Hung could out-cook them.

For sure editing made Hung seem worse than he really was. For instance the dropped crayfish that Hung dropped and didn't pick up. What wasn't emphasized was that if anything fell out of the scoop, the rules stated that the chefs weren't allowed to retrieve it. The complaint that Dale made about Hung refusing to help his fellow chefs - that only occurred when the challenge was on an individual basis -why should Hung help a competitor that could end up biting him in the butt at the JT? Hung was very supportive of his fellow chefs when it was a team effort - for instance Hung tried to help Joey with the frozen dinner but Joey was not a good listener.

Both Stephanie and Harold are nice persons, but both got the opposite edit from Hung who was supposed to be the designated villain or so he stated before the competition even began. By the middle of the series it was evident that Hung was failing miserably as a villain. I think when stories of his family background surfaced he began to be looked upon more kindly by viewers.

johnw

July 19, 2008 - 11:50 PM

QUOTE (IronChef @ July 18, 2008 - 07:04 PM)

You're welcome, Shy. It's definitely a moving song. Even not being an Elvis fan, I kind of get shivers whenever I hear it.

Lia,

Since you posted the lyrics I dug the CD out of my collection and seem to be stuck on "Black Velvet". I must have played it a hundred times over the past day or so - good song to be stuck on.

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 05:24 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 12:50 AM)

Lia,

Since you posted the lyrics I dug the CD out of my collection and seem to be stuck on "Black Velvet". I must have played it a hundred times over the past day or so - good song to be stuck on.

lol John you're as bad as me.
I can't stop listening to Elton for the life of me I have tried.....I really have.BUT today is classical Sunday and I got Mozart...BUT I may go Supreme's here pretty soon.

It's Sunday right AI????

AI took this trip with me..Poor baby ..Her ear must hurt.(I won't say the singing joke I promise She really can sing
(just not EVERY song ) I found out and SO can her daughter... OHMG her daughter can SING!!!!!!!No like REALLY sing and like so uniquely sigh I hate her )
I AM gonna' be her manager and live off my 20% the rest of my life.That girl can SING!!!!!
I'm adding A LOT of smiley's so she don't keeeeel me. .... Anywhoooooo

I HOPE I have the daze right
I just got back from the trip from HELL.
OHMG if it coulda' went wrong it did YET it was a blessing in disguise in some ways and fun and good food and good to see my
nephews ...I love the brudders.
Sick dog .....car dying ......then starting then.
We ROLLED literally into a FIRESTONE!!
I would have been stuck on a busy HOT highway blocking traffic and waiting an hour or more for a tow from Geico...I mean the chances of us rolling into a Firestone which was the first pull off we came to is nothing short of a miracle.
I still can't even believe it...My son said it had to be the alternator..I didn't want to spend 3 hundred bucks right now and only had my debit card...BUT it seems my battery was no good.
It wasn't the alternator at all...SO they did good stuff too...New battery..Interstate..I think that's the best....An alignment which I needed and a fuel injector clean up which the other guys the other day missed.

My son said it was necessary so I did it as I don't trust these places.I have good reason but the guy was like I'm an ex Marine I would never lie to you.lol I was grilling him.I ASK now after the Tire Kingdom and Toyota dealership extortion attempts. Bastids!!! AND he said he doesn't work on commission. THAT is very important to ask. (I love to talk cars NO I do lol)
Oh and new windshield wiper blades.
Nothing makes me happier than a clean windshield.I LOVE windshield wiper fluid.
Rain X bug formula..the BEST!
BUT my green friends say water and vinegar
so I may go there...Sob I'll miss that stuff.
My son and his friends who were following us jumped us at the gas station where we stopped to get Duke some Pepto Bismol
Well the driver Chase who is neurotic.lol poor kid...locked his keys in his trunk.
I mean........MY GAWD!!!

So they had to climb through the back seat in broiling hot weather and open it.
BUT also thank GAWD they were following us so we didn't have to wait for a jump or beg one.
Peeps do NOT want to help usually especially on the mean streets of South Florida... I mean peeps are rude down there.FOR REAL!!!!!!!
OH Lawdy.....what a day...I missed brunch but got to eat the pig and mmmmm and now I'm just home as we slept there... as my son has to go back to Orlando today to get the rest of the stuff which I couldn't fit in my car last time from
my friends house and he can only go early as she won't be home later and tawk about confusing and tawk about bad things becoming a good thing as if that didn't happen yesterday it might have happened on the way to NY my son keeps saying.

AND I got approved instantly for credit and
10 %(oh how my frugal heart loved that) off because I did that..So I didn't have to wreck my budget for the month...I was literally saying.OHMG THANK YOU..They were all cracking up.I was doon' the happy dance...The place was only like 'arf an hour from my sis's inlaws so we got to go hang out and then go get my car about 5 hours later and then when I went to get it the damn engine light
was on...SO I had to wait another half hour till they could reset it..SO anywhoo the evil empire Walmart sold us a bad battery they said which
I now have to return..Shweeeeeeew if
you can figure that post out GAWD bless you
I'm going for cawwffee and if anyone wants any too bad I'm keeping it all for me....It's DD for Gawd's sakes..It's heroin in a cup!
I got ALL my posts in one. My big fat post for the day .

Feel free to tell me about your lives ..I am so there NO I really am I'm a nosy git!!!

Fordmanrod

July 20, 2008 - 09:21 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 06:24 AM)

lol John you're as bad as me.
I can't stop listening to Elton for the life of me I have tried.....I really have.BUT today is classical Sunday and I got Mozart...BUT I may go Supreme's here pretty soon.

It's Sunday right AI????

AI took this trip with me..Poor baby ..Her ear must hurt.(I won't say the singing joke I promise She really can sing
(just not EVERY song ) I found out and SO can her daughter... OHMG her daughter can SING!!!!!!!No like REALLY sing and like so uniquely sigh I hate her )
I AM gonna' be her manager and live off my 20% the rest of my life.That girl can SING!!!!!
I'm adding A LOT of smiley's so she don't keeeeel me. .... Anywhoooooo

I HOPE I have the daze right
I just got back from the trip from HELL.
OHMG if it coulda' went wrong it did YET it was a blessing in disguise in some ways and fun and good food and good to see my
nephews ...I love the brudders.
Sick dog .....car dying ......then starting then.
We ROLLED literally into a FIRESTONE!!
I would have been stuck on a busy HOT highway blocking traffic and waiting an hour or more for a tow from Geico...I mean the chances of us rolling into a Firestone which was the first pull off we came to is nothing short of a miracle.
I still can't even believe it...My son said it had to be the alternator..I didn't want to spend 3 hundred bucks right now and only had my debit card...BUT it seems my battery was no good.
It wasn't the alternator at all...SO they did good stuff too...New battery..Interstate..I think that's the best....An alignment which I needed and a fuel injector clean up which the other guys the other day missed.

My son said it was necessary so I did it as I don't trust these places.I have good reason but the guy was like I'm an ex Marine I would never lie to you.lol I was grilling him.I ASK now after the Tire Kingdom and Toyota dealership extortion attempts. Bastids!!! AND he said he doesn't work on commission. THAT is very important to ask. (I love to talk cars NO I do lol)
Oh and new windshield wiper blades.
Nothing makes me happier than a clean windshield.I LOVE windshield wiper fluid.
Rain X bug formula..the BEST!
BUT my green friends say water and vinegar
so I may go there...Sob I'll miss that stuff.
My son and his friends who were following us jumped us at the gas station where we stopped to get Duke some Pepto Bismol
Well the driver Chase who is neurotic.lol poor kid...locked his keys in his trunk.
I mean........MY GAWD!!!

So they had to climb through the back seat in broiling hot weather and open it.
BUT also thank GAWD they were following us so we didn't have to wait for a jump or beg one.
Peeps do NOT want to help usually especially on the mean streets of South Florida... I mean peeps are rude down there.FOR REAL!!!!!!!
OH Lawdy.....what a day...I missed brunch but got to eat the pig and mmmmm and now I'm just home as we slept there... as my son has to go back to Orlando today to get the rest of the stuff which I couldn't fit in my car last time from
my friends house and he can only go early as she won't be home later and tawk about confusing and tawk about bad things becoming a good thing as if that didn't happen yesterday it might have happened on the way to NY my son keeps saying.

AND I got approved instantly for credit and
10 %(oh how my frugal heart loved that) off because I did that..So I didn't have to wreck my budget for the month...I was literally saying.OHMG THANK YOU..They were all cracking up.I was doon' the happy dance...The place was only like 'arf an hour from my sis's inlaws so we got to go hang out and then go get my car about 5 hours later and then when I went to get it the damn engine light
was on...SO I had to wait another half hour till they could reset it..SO anywhoo the evil empire Walmart sold us a bad battery they said which
I now have to return..Shweeeeeeew if
you can figure that post out GAWD bless you
I'm going for cawwffee and if anyone wants any too bad I'm keeping it all for me....It's DD for Gawd's sakes..It's heroin in a cup!
I got ALL my posts in one. My big fat post for the day .

Feel free to tell me about your lives ..I am so there NO I really am I'm a nosy git!!!

Holy Crap KK.... that really does sound like the trip from hell. As a car mechanic I really feel for you breaking down on the road... that has to be scary. I'm glad it worked out. You should be able to return that battery to any Walmart as long as you have the receipt. Mozart is good....so is Vivaldi (or any other baroque composer).
Enjoy your coffee....get some rest.... talk to you later.

johnw

July 20, 2008 - 09:30 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 05:24 AM)

lol John you're as bad as me.
I can't stop listening to Elton for the life of me I have tried.....I really have.BUT today is classical Sunday and I got Mozart...BUT I may go Supreme's here pretty soon.

It's Sunday right AI????

AI took this trip with me..Poor baby ..Her ear must hurt.(I won't say the singing joke I promise She really can sing
(just not EVERY song ) I found out and SO can her daughter... OHMG her daughter can SING!!!!!!!No like REALLY sing and like so uniquely sigh I hate her )
I AM gonna' be her manager and live off my 20% the rest of my life.That girl can SING!!!!!
I'm adding A LOT of smiley's so she don't keeeeel me. .... Anywhoooooo

I HOPE I have the daze right
I just got back from the trip from HELL.
OHMG if it coulda' went wrong it did YET it was a blessing in disguise in some ways and fun and good food and good to see my
nephews ...I love the brudders.
Sick dog .....car dying ......then starting then.
We ROLLED literally into a FIRESTONE!!
I would have been stuck on a busy HOT highway blocking traffic and waiting an hour or more for a tow from Geico...I mean the chances of us rolling into a Firestone which was the first pull off we came to is nothing short of a miracle.
I still can't even believe it...My son said it had to be the alternator..I didn't want to spend 3 hundred bucks right now and only had my debit card...BUT it seems my battery was no good.
It wasn't the alternator at all...SO they did good stuff too...New battery..Interstate..I think that's the best....An alignment which I needed and a fuel injector clean up which the other guys the other day missed.

My son said it was necessary so I did it as I don't trust these places.I have good reason but the guy was like I'm an ex Marine I would never lie to you.lol I was grilling him.I ASK now after the Tire Kingdom and Toyota dealership extortion attempts. Bastids!!! AND he said he doesn't work on commission. THAT is very important to ask. (I love to talk cars NO I do lol)
Oh and new windshield wiper blades.
Nothing makes me happier than a clean windshield.I LOVE windshield wiper fluid.
Rain X bug formula..the BEST!
BUT my green friends say water and vinegar
so I may go there...Sob I'll miss that stuff.
My son and his friends who were following us jumped us at the gas station where we stopped to get Duke some Pepto Bismol
Well the driver Chase who is neurotic.lol poor kid...locked his keys in his trunk.
I mean........MY GAWD!!!

So they had to climb through the back seat in broiling hot weather and open it.
BUT also thank GAWD they were following us so we didn't have to wait for a jump or beg one.
Peeps do NOT want to help usually especially on the mean streets of South Florida... I mean peeps are rude down there.FOR REAL!!!!!!!
OH Lawdy.....what a day...I missed brunch but got to eat the pig and mmmmm and now I'm just home as we slept there... as my son has to go back to Orlando today to get the rest of the stuff which I couldn't fit in my car last time from
my friends house and he can only go early as she won't be home later and tawk about confusing and tawk about bad things becoming a good thing as if that didn't happen yesterday it might have happened on the way to NY my son keeps saying.

AND I got approved instantly for credit and
10 %(oh how my frugal heart loved that) off because I did that..So I didn't have to wreck my budget for the month...I was literally saying.OHMG THANK YOU..They were all cracking up.I was doon' the happy dance...The place was only like 'arf an hour from my sis's inlaws so we got to go hang out and then go get my car about 5 hours later and then when I went to get it the damn engine light
was on...SO I had to wait another half hour till they could reset it..SO anywhoo the evil empire Walmart sold us a bad battery they said which
I now have to return..Shweeeeeeew if
you can figure that post out GAWD bless you
I'm going for cawwffee and if anyone wants any too bad I'm keeping it all for me....It's DD for Gawd's sakes..It's heroin in a cup!
I got ALL my posts in one. My big fat post for the day .

Feel free to tell me about your lives ..I am so there NO I really am I'm a nosy git!!!

Nothing really happening with me which is good. Will be running out to Sam's Club to pick up cat food for my mother. Will also try and reassemble a weed wacker.

Am watching the British Open and rooting for the old guy, Greg Norman, since I am an old guy too.

I'm afraid that I am not a fan of the Supremes, never was - Especially after seeing Dream Girls several times - the first time live on stage.

Your son was on the right track as far as the alternator is concerned. If a new battery discharges, it is usually the fault of the alternator which constantly keeps the battery charged.

You drive a Toyota? Not a Nissan Maxima?

My lives? Now that I am retired there isn't too much to talk about except check my e-mail and the msg bds. I will be glad when bowling season starts up again as it is the one sport I still do. Life was more interesting when my kids were growing up and there were all these youth sports. I was a softball and ice hockey coach.

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 10:10 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 10:30 AM)

Nothing really happening with me which is good. Will be running out to Sam's Club to pick up cat food for my mother. Will also try and reassemble a weed wacker.

Am watching the British Open and rooting for the old guy, Greg Norman, since I am an old guy too.

I'm afraid that I am not a fan of the Supremes, never was - Especially after seeing Dream Girls several times - the first time live on stage.

Your son was on the right track as far as the alternator is concerned. If a new battery discharges, it is usually the fault of the alternator which constantly keeps the battery charged.

You drive a Toyota? Not a Nissan Maxima?

My lives? Now that I am retired there isn't too much to talk about except check my e-mail and the msg bds. I will be glad when bowling season starts up again as it is the one sport I still do. Life was more interesting when my kids were growing up and there were all these youth sports. I was a softball and ice hockey coach.

I did it again.....Today I relax and tomox
I start the train again.

EDITED for brev...you know.Speaking of trains.
I was ..Here's a GREAT song AND video
Justin Timberlake does a FANTASTIC job as Elton. I loooooove this song.
Elton & Bernie got their groove back on as of late. 'Bout time boys!

Stop whistle

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 10:47 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 10:30 AM)

Nothing really happening with me which is good. Will be running out to Sam's Club to pick up cat food for my mother. Will also try and reassemble a weed wacker.

Am watching the British Open and rooting for the old guy, Greg Norman, since I am an old guy too.

I'm afraid that I am not a fan of the Supremes, never was - Especially after seeing Dream Girls several times - the first time live on stage.

Your son was on the right track as far as the alternator is concerned. If a new battery discharges, it is usually the fault of the alternator which constantly keeps the battery charged.

You drive a Toyota? Not a Nissan Maxima?

My lives? Now that I am retired there isn't too much to talk about except check my e-mail and the msg bds. I will be glad when bowling season starts up again as it is the one sport I still do. Life was more interesting when my kids were growing up and there were all these youth sports. I was a softball and ice hockey coach.

Oh and ..lol I used to bowl a lot and when I worked for Chrylser I was on a league and had my own ball and everything....All the accoutramwah' (spell check won't do that word)
I had a pink glittery ball
Of course took my son a lot and my dad was a
REALLY good bowler too......Like WAY!!!
I haven't been in years but I think I should go.
I love the snack bar and the beer It always tastes better there.
Thank GAWD for computerized scoring!

johnw

July 20, 2008 - 10:51 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 10:10 AM)

I did it again.....Today I relax and tomox
I start the train again.

EDITED for brev...you know.Speaking of trains.
I was ..Here's a GREAT song AND video
Justin Timberlake does a FANTASTIC job as Elton. I loooooove this song.
Elton & Bernie got their groove back on as of late. 'Bout time boys!

Stop whistle

Sorry, don't know anything about Justin Timberlake except for his duet with Janet Jackson.

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 11:04 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 11:51 AM)

Sorry, don't know anything about Justin Timberlake except for his duet with Janet Jackson.

You know...he's talented you can't deny that. is...I do like some songs but don't go there every often or ever on my own...Only if they come on MTV or are on the radio.
If he would rock out a bit he'd be ok methinks.
AND of course...he did bring that sexy back
Good for you Justin.
That was the title of his album John just in case.....I'm going back to bed.
I think this might be the last day to chill.
Gonna' watch the Brit open for my dad
and mum She LOVED Tiger Woods..Dad played golf every day down here..Thanks for telling
me..I actually like to watch tennis and golf.
I hope Tiger is in it.

johnw

July 20, 2008 - 11:08 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 10:47 AM)

Oh and ..lol I used to bowl a lot and when I worked for Chrylser I was on a league and had my own ball and everything....All the accoutramwah' (spell check won't do that word)
I had a pink glittery ball
Of course took my son a lot and my dad was a
REALLY good bowler too......Like WAY!!!
I haven't been in years but I think I should go.
I love the snack bar and the beer It always tastes better there.
Thank GAWD for computerized scoring!

You really should take the game up again. It has changed over the past 10 years. Your choice of equipment often plays a role in how well you score. I just purchased two new balls for the upcoming season. Computerized scoring is ok but is one of the things that have added to the cost of the game. Paper scoresheets were cheaper and in some cases faster. Sometimes the computer would go out of wack and the wrong score would go unnoticed if one were not vigilant.

johnw

July 20, 2008 - 11:27 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 11:04 AM)

You know...he's talented you can't deny that. is...I do like some songs but don't go there every often or ever on my own...Only if they come on MTV or are on the radio.
If he would rock out a bit he'd be ok methinks.
AND of course...he did bring that sexy back
Good for you Justin.
That was the title of his album John just in case.....I'm going back to bed.
I think this might be the last day to chill.
Gonna' watch the Brit open for my dad
and mum She LOVED Tiger Woods..Dad played golf every day down here..Thanks for telling
me..I actually like to watch tennis and golf.
I hope Tiger is in it.

Tiger isn't in it this year. He is out for the year due to surgery on his knee plus a stress fracture on his leg. As for tennis and golf, all the more reason to root for the old guy who is married to an old girl. I am talking about Greg Norman and Chris Evert.

My wife is Tiger's biggest fan and has been since he first broke into the professional ranks. I tried my hand at golf back in the 70's but gave it up after a few years. I was as bad as one could get shooting in the 130's. I tried tennis but gave that up too as I was too short - when serving I looked through the net, not over it. I did get good at badminton (not the same as tennis) and won the intermural championship in my senior year of high school. In college I got an "A" in physical education as my instructor was givng A's to any student who could beat him in badminton. However, I was no match for some of the foreign students such as my room mate who was from Hong Kong.

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 01:25 PM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 12:27 PM)

Tiger isn't in it this year. He is out for the year due to surgery on his knee plus a stress fracture on his leg. As for tennis and golf, all the more reason to root for the old guy who is married to an old girl. I am talking about Greg Norman and Chris Evert.

My wife is Tiger's biggest fan and has been since he first broke into the professional ranks. I tried my hand at golf back in the 70's but gave it up after a few years. I was as bad as one could get shooting in the 130's. I tried tennis but gave that up too as I was too short - when serving I looked through the net, not over it. I did get good at badminton (not the same as tennis) and won the intermural championship in my senior year of high school. In college I got an "A" in physical education as my instructor was givng A's to any student who could beat him in badminton. However, I was no match for some of the foreign students such as my room mate who was from Hong Kong.

Good for you John....You beat the
bad - miton man
We had badmiton at home.. Twas lots of fun.
I did play tennis for a bit and it was fun also
and a bit down here in the winter.
BUT I got an A+ in another subject in high school..It was called *the hill*
(same hill I took my kidlet sleigh riding on and my dog running years later)
and every day we went out there and skipped school and partied..I was GOOD!!!!

We had the modular system..Don't ask!!
14 is just a bit too young to be set free.
'Cause we set and we were free!!!

johnw

July 20, 2008 - 04:40 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 01:25 PM)

Good for you John....You beat the
bad - miton man
We had badmiton at home.. Twas lots of fun.
I did play tennis for a bit and it was fun also
and a bit down here in the winter.
BUT I got an A+ in another subject in high school..It was called *the hill*
(same hill I took my kidlet sleigh riding on and my dog running years later)
and every day we went out there and skipped school and partied..I was GOOD!!!!

We had the modular system..Don't ask!!
14 is just a bit too young to be set free.
'Cause we set and we were free!!!

I was ok in badminton. I even set up my own badminton court at home in the backyard - graded it level and set out chalk lines. The problem was I didn't have anyone to play with - I lived out in the boonies. I used to practice by bouncing the shuttlecock (hope I don't get beeped) off of the back wall of my parents brick house. Yeah, I beat my phys ed instructor and got an "A" in the course. However my room mate shows up at the beginning of the semester with his own badminton racket - custom made - 50 bucks. The racket I owned was a $5 Spaulding. It turns out the guy's father was a movie producer in Hong Kong. I found out later that he was the best of the best. He became the all-campus badminton champ beating out all those furriner's that used to skunk me. He was also the all-campus table tennis (ping pong) champ too. He was like those guys in the Christopher Walken movie "Balls of Fury" where they just stand 10' back from the table and fire away. All the Asians use the pencil grip where they hold the paddle upside down. Roomie was smart too - he was studying to be a nuclear engineer - Straight A's except for English (I almost typed Engrish).

I'm afraid I led a dull life while in high school - perfect attendance. Ditto for my son. My daughter was a different story. She ran with a fast crowd and missed a few classes. Somehow she managed to get good grades though and was taking college math courses in her senior year. My kids got their smarts from their mom, not from me. I was a plodder in school.

Kristlkrost

July 20, 2008 - 05:01 PM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 05:40 PM)

I was ok in badminton. I even set up my own badminton court at home in the backyard - graded it level and set out chalk lines. The problem was I didn't have anyone to play with - I lived out in the boonies. I used to practice by bouncing the shuttlecock (hope I don't get beeped) off of the back wall of my parents brick house. Yeah, I beat my phys ed instructor and got an "A" in the course. However my room mate shows up at the beginning of the semester with his own badminton racket - custom made - 50 bucks. The racket I owned was a $5 Spaulding. It turns out the guy's father was a movie producer in Hong Kong. I found out later that he was the best of the best. He became the all-campus badminton champ beating out all those furriner's that used to skunk me. He was also the all-campus table tennis (ping pong) champ too. He was like those guys in the Christopher Walken movie "Balls of Fury" where they just stand 10' back from the table and fire away. All the Asians use the pencil grip where they hold the paddle upside down. Roomie was smart too - he was studying to be a nuclear engineer - Straight A's except for English (I almost typed Engrish).

I'm afraid I led a dull life while in high school - perfect attendance. Ditto for my son. My daughter was a different story. She ran with a fast crowd and missed a few classes. Somehow she managed to get good grades though and was taking college math courses in her senior year. My kids got their smarts from their mom, not from me. I was a plodder in school.

Those damn kids...You know THOSE kids

Ummmm I was anything but boring especially to my poor parents.

I bet that perfect kid wasn't as good as Forrest Gump at ping pong

We had a ping pong table in our basement and a foosball table and a bumper pool table.
lol We would play for hours. I forgot all about that.. I miss that house
I was just telling AI about it.. It was a great house...But my house in the Bronx was even better..What did kids do before video games and computers????
I'm in the middle of a major task..I'm going through all my Elton songs and fixing my playlists and adding ones I never heard of or forgot about and whoa there are some great songs I missed...It's time for a major Elton make over....No sorry Sir Elton I'll keep the tiara for me thank you very much....If you like Elton you have to see the documentary *Tiaras and Tantrums*...or vica...It's so funny and also he is a little b*tch ....But I forgive him.He's my first musical love after Alvin & The Chipmunks
and the Beatles...Here's one I loved and forgot all about......Bernie

Si si senor

I don't know why
I just know I do
I just can't explain
In this language that I use
Something leaves me speechless
Each time that you approach
Each time you glide right through me
As if I was a ghost
If I only could tell you
If you only would listen
I've got a line or two to use on you
I've got a romance we could christen
And there's a word in Spanish I don't understand
But I heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man
He said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere
And the words he spoke in Spanish brought the female lead to tears
A word in Spanish, a word in Spanish
If you can't comprehend
Read it in my eyes
If you don't understand it's love
In a thin disguise
And what it takes to move you
Each time that you resist
Is more than just a pretty face
To prove that I exist
When manners make no difference
And my gifts all lay undone
I trade my accent in on chance
And fall back on a foreign tongue

IronChef

July 20, 2008 - 05:47 PM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 20, 2008 - 12:50 AM)

Lia,

Since you posted the lyrics I dug the CD out of my collection and seem to be stuck on "Black Velvet". I must have played it a hundred times over the past day or so - good song to be stuck on.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one! That song's been floating around in my head ever since the Elvis discussion!

johnw

July 21, 2008 - 12:43 AM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 06:16 PM)

How I love youtube ...I stumbled on this. Freddie's last appearance and Bryan May is crying 'cause he knows.Freddie is only on for a second really.
AND this song is right before he died and I didn't appreciate Freddie till years later.
My friends thought Queen were beneath them and they were all older and wiser than I or
atleast I thought that..And they taught me A LOT about music but on my own I went my own way.

Queen was way ahead of it's time.. they really were. And Freddie is a shining star that will never dim...I just wish he didn't go so early is all. I mean he has left this gaping hole.
If you really listen to them....they are
AMAZING!
I can't think of anyone who is as talented as he.
He has the voice of an angel on fire
I wonder what he would be doon' now?????
BUT I'll just try and be happy that we have all this stuff to treasure..He lived a milllion life times in his short life and not many of us get that chance..And now I shall shut the hell
up..lol Damn I never thought of going on a music board???? What a stooooonad!!!
Going to find one.

(((((Freddie)))))))

The daze

I first heard Queen during hockey tournaments - the kids would sing "we will rock you" while banging their hockey sticks on the side boards. Then in the 90's I became a big fan of the Highlander movies and tv series. Queen was involved in providing the background music for Highlander. My favorite was "Who Wants To Live Forever".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymJaMOEpAs

Here is another video you might enjoy if you are an animal lover like I am.

http://www.break.com/index/cat-doesnt-let-dog-eat.html

shyjanne

July 21, 2008 - 04:52 AM

QUOTE (johnw @ July 21, 2008 - 01:43 AM)

I first heard Queen during hockey tournaments - the kids would sing "we will rock you" while banging their hockey sticks on the side boards. Then in the 90's I became a big fan of the Highlander movies and tv series. Queen was involved in providing the background music for Highlander. My favorite was "Who Wants To Live Forever".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymJaMOEpAs

Here is another video you might enjoy if you are an animal lover like I am.

http://www.break.com/index/cat-doesnt-let-dog-eat.html

Queen was way ahead of the time. Loved(s) their music. On the other end of the spectrum...I watched Phantom of the Opera this weekend. Talk about music that consumes the soal. I'm still amazed at the power it has over me. Now I have to find my CD so I can listen to it in my travels today.

johnw

July 21, 2008 - 12:46 PM

QUOTE (shyjanne @ July 21, 2008 - 04:52 AM)

Queen was way ahead of the time. Loved(s) their music. On the other end of the spectrum...I watched Phantom of the Opera this weekend. Talk about music that consumes the soal. I'm still amazed at the power it has over me. Now I have to find my CD so I can listen to it in my travels today.

One of my favorite CD's is "Ultimate Broadway" - a two disc set that contains nearly every broadway hit ever made by the original performers. Favorite song from that collection is "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - the original version by Jennifer Holliday. The CD's do not include Phantom, I don't know why. The wife has the Phantom CD and DVD, and all of the Andrew Lloyd Webber productions.

johnw

July 21, 2008 - 12:58 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 21, 2008 - 07:40 AM)

Ooops I almost forgot~~~
Goooooooooo Obamanos gooooooo
If they put another Redundantpublican in the White House for one more minute I WILL move to Canada.YES.. I mean it..WELL.I think it.

That's what Alec "the Bloviator" Baldwin said 8 years ago and he is still around.

It is true that Obama is the second coming of Jimmy Carter except that Carter was the more honest of the two.

johnw

July 21, 2008 - 01:30 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 21, 2008 - 01:22 PM)

OHMG If I'm reading this right and I don't really havetime to read it right..or left.
It looks like we have a spin off.
Woooohoooo

Toddler TC and a spin off?????
Whoa

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johnw

July 21, 2008 - 01:47 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 21, 2008 - 01:02 PM)

That song John should honestly go
down in history...I'v e seen versions of her doing it that it seems she is not of this world.
I mean you just can't hardly breath it's so deliriously good.

How anyone can reach that far deep inside to make those beautiful and heart wrenching
sounds come out of you is beyond me.
Some peeps have that special star and channel the GAWDS and SHE is one of them.
I'm doon' reggae todoz and I am in reggae heaven...Living in Fl 'spesh the Keys we get a lot of reggae and reggae can bore me at times after awhile..BUT yes AI.. Bob has it going on.
I godda' go get the voucher for Duke to be neutered tomox. Ouch....poor baby.

So have a little rum runner and kick back mon.
Capt. Tony in Key West was a real rum runner
to Cuba and knew Hemmingway..My sis went out with his daughter's ex and worked at his bar for a long time so we knew him well and his bar is famous...Hemmingway Days are on right now my g/f told me and we loved those.Sooo much fun. Me tinking me no want to go outside right now jah. It is truly HOT as HELLACIOUS!!

Awwwww Bob

Is it??? Me tink it is mon

So once you transplant yourself to Bear Mt you can take the Amtrak to Penn Station and go stand in line for those Broadway discount tickets - sometimes you have to brave the elements - the line sometimes moves slow. No matter, you should be in heaven.

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dogabone

July 21, 2008 - 04:34 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 20, 2008 - 06:30 PM)

His last performance
with Monsterrat Cable(sp) and it WILL take your breath away *Barcelona*

Breath gone

Monserrat Caballé.

However, in my opera circles we used to call her Monsterfat.

Magnificent voice, though, and she was a close friend of Freddie Mercury's.

The best part, though, is that she became an opera superstar in spite of the fact that when she auditioned (twice) for Herbert von Karajan, he told her she should learn how to cook, find a nice man to marry, and stay home and make lots of babies!

johnw

July 21, 2008 - 05:10 PM

QUOTE (Kristlkrost @ July 21, 2008 - 04:38 PM)

Oh and..lol I don't have to take the train John...It's only like 35 minutes no
traffic..... We just drive to the GW bridge and park there usually or drive right in!!!

OK AI NY pizza.....Three words...Sheesh Everybody is a critic

I misspoke about Amtrak. If you take the Bear Mt Bridge and park in Croton-On-The-Hudson you can take the Metro-North Commuter train which will take you right to Grand Central Station and 42nd St. or the theater district. The last time I drove into Manhattan, it cost me $30 to park in one of those parking garages. Not a good idea to park on the street. Both my son and one of my uncles have had their cars broken into and clothing stolen (popped the trunk). Park illegally and have your car towed and $100 to get your car back.

GW bridge? That's at the upper end of Manhattan - a long ways from where you want to go. Also 4 bucks to cross the bridge collected by trolls. The subway is nasty to ride in the summer - rolling (literally) sweatbox unless it has changed in the past 20 years. Back in 1986 I rode the subway from lower Manhattan to the Bronx to watch a Yankees game. The subway train was packed like sardines. I was drenched when I got off the subway train.

Speaking of Yankees, why is the new stadium a replica of the old one? Like why bother? With all his millions, Steinbrenner should built a stadium with a dome. This would save the poor suckers who paid $100 to watch a 6th place team and sit in the rain waiting for the rain to stop and the game to resume.