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k² ... I bought a new turntable after being without for a decade or more. Got it at Circuit City for less than $100 .. well worth it just to hear the Limeliters again. I had forgotten how good they were and how much they sounded like the Kingston Trio, at least to my ears. I agree with your "funny and extremely erudite" comment about Lou Gottlieb, who makes listening to the group so much fun. I would be curious to know what sort of chatter has replaced his in the current group. I see there's a 3-CD collection of 36 of the original trio's songs that I may have to spring for .. looks interesting.
You were fortunate to have a family who listened to music together. Probably doesn't happen all that much anymore. The closest my family came to doing it was watching Your Hit Parade on TV in the '50s.
It must've been interesting seeing celebs at your workplace. At my former office, I regularly saw an individual who later became a celebrity in a notorious sort of way .. Ken Lay was an officer at my company before he moved on to Enron.
Justin
Onebgg ... At 60, I've seen many people become single again, mostly thru divorce and now more so thru being widowed. Some process their loss within a year and move on, and others hang on to their grief for a long time. Some get remarried quickly, some are single for a long time before meeting "the right person", and others decide they're quite content living alone. As for myself, I figure to never marry, but I would consider it with "the right woman" .. someone who would be fun and interesting and pleasant to live with. So there's really no way to know what will happen to us singles in the long run .. it makes life interesting for a lot of us to think that someone special might be just around the corner.
That's my 2 cents on that subject ... <g>
Justin
k² ...
Switched from slides to prints when it occurred to me I was never showing my slides to anyone anymore. Someone would ask about my hobbies and interests, and I would say "photography," and it would end there. Now I can put a few of my prints in a small album and offer to show them that way .. it's the only way to effectively "explain" what kind of photography I do.
I think that slides (transparencies) have been preferred by publications for printing photos. National Geographic was known for using mostly Kodachrome slide film, but I don't know what they're using now -- quit subscribing several years ago and never see the magazine anymore.
Hanging some of your prints is a good idea .. they make for very original art. It helps to have good lighting on them, I've found.
Sounds like your father was what we used to call an audiophile. I had a roomate in college in '63 who was an audiophile .. listened almost exclusively to classical music but would occasionally listen and seem to enjoy my Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary albums, so maybe folk music had a "crossover" appeal for serious music fans back then. Now on the rare occasion when I'm in a music store, I never see anyone who strikes me as an audiophile in the old-fashioned sense, what with the average age of the customers seeming to be about 16 and the "music" in the store being pretty rough on my old ears.
I was never particularly a fan of the Limeliters, but I do still have one of their LPs, a live album titled Tonight: In Person. According to the notes on the album, the concert was recorded in June 1960. I haven't listened to it in many years, so may have to put in on the turntable and refresh my memory on the Limeliters. I recently saw Glenn Yarbrough on a PBS fundraising special, and he still seemed to be in pretty good singing form ... much better than the Kingston Trio who also appeared and were getting a bit creaky of voice.
Congrats on getting the back forty mowed, as we say in Texas.
Justin
k²,
My first and only 35mm camera is a Canon FTb that I bought in 1975. Like your F1, it's been a trusty camera with high-quality lenses. I bought two more identical camera bodies along the way when they were still available, and at least one of them is still functioning very well. I quickly discovered that I had an interest and talent in photography, enjoying equally well both people and scenic/general shooting but maybe giving a slight edge to scenic because of the solitary aspect of it. It seems a little disappointing that I didn't discover my only real talent, photography, until I was 32. I was an accountant by trade, so you can imagine how welcome a hobby in photography was.
Until more recent times, I used mostly color slide film but now use mostly color print film. I've seldom used black-and-white film but understand its artistic and timeless qualities. I've never gotten into processing either, so have used photo labs to do the enlargements that are hanging around the house, so to speak. I use a 35-105mm zoom lens for most of my people pictures and 28mm and 20mm lenses for scenic shots. I also have a 15mm rectangular fisheye lens and a 300mm telephoto lens that I rarely use. Composing pictures is great fun and a worthwhile hobby, particularly when traveling, and of course it provides a good record of family and friends and social occasions.
Well, I'm sure that's way more than you wanted to know about my photography .... <g>
Yes, white-winged doves are pretty birds, especially when seeing them at close range on the patio. The white band on their wings, which is displayed more when they fly, give them a distinctive look.
Never thought of a bear as aiding in lawn maintenance by devouring grubs. Wonder if they could do anything about our fireant problem down here in Texas? I might want to drop a note to Texas A&M University, who is surely working on the problem ... <g>
Justin
Can't imagine having a bear climbing over the back-yard fence. The only critters that I see atop my fence are squirrels, stray cats and birds. At the moment, an unusually large number of white-winged doves are usually present in the front and back yards, mostly pecking around in the grass. Where I grew up in South Texas, each year there was a brief white-wing hunting season that would begin at something like 2:00 in the afternoon. At that moment, the shotguns would begin blazing away and it would sound like war had broken out in the region. It was great sport back then, but in my old age, all I ever shoot anymore is my camera, which I do with much more success than I ever did with a shotgun.
On the evening that John Lennon was killed, I was in a long telephone conversation and didn't have the TV on, so didn't hear about it until the next morning. It was in the pre-cable days, at least for us, and I can remember someone at the office saying that the three networks shut down their primetime programming to cover the story. Can you imagine how CNN, MSNBC and Fox News would grind the story to death for days if it happened today?
I wasn't at all suprised at the news of Elvis' death. I had seen him in a concert a year earlier and he looked and sounded terrible, so his music pretty much died at that time for me.
Good luck with your lawn mowing tomorrow. I know how tough it can be in the summer heat, although I don't have your hilly terrain, large acreage and bummed-out toe to deal with. My handicap is advancing years, which makes outdoor activities in the heat a little more difficult each year.
I was 24 when I began living alone in 1967, and you would've been close to that age if you began in 1977. That was the year I moved from an apartment to a house and unofficially became an adult at 34. On the afternoon of August 16, 1977, I was just leaving the mortgage company after doing the house-loan thing, when I heard the news on the radio that Elvis had died. 'Twas a long time ago, but in a way, almost like yesterday. Time has a way of compressing, even with all the stuff we do in between.
I eat simply
As do I ... Also prefer living alone, which I've been doing since 1967. Also drive a Buick. Also am slow to enlist help with chores like painting, heavy lifting, etc. But I don't have to deal with firewood and bears, don't have a daily commute, and no longer drink beer, so apparently we're not totally compatible ... oh well .... :) But it's nice to know there's another happy loner out there, and I enjoy reading your daily journal here.
Back to eating simply, I exist with a microwave oven, George Foreman grill, cooktop range and occasional fast food. My oven hasn't worked in years, which thankfully precludes me from doing anything complicated in the way of cooking.
I went back and looked at the Do Not Call email and noticed that the "Click here" link didn't include "www.", which may be why it wasn't underlined and colored and thus not clickable. So I copied it into my URL box, inserted "www.", clicked "Go" and presto, my registration confirmation appeared.
I feel like I've accomplished a rare victory over our government ... :)
I attempted to register at the Do Not Call website. When I received the confirming email, the link in the email that I was to click on appeared to be presented in a link format (http:.....) but wasn't underlined and in blue. So in effect there was no link to click on to complete the registration. Anyone else have this problem?
HAR!!!
I often see "HAR" and "HARR" hereabouts and have wondered to myself, "Is it an acronym? A joyous sound? A regional expression?" So the time has come to ask, "Whattheheck is HAR(R)?"
TIA
HYPD news ...
HyperDynamics' SCS Makes Exploration Gains in West Africa
Wednesday June 18, 9:03 am ET
New Technology Identifies Large Hydrocarbon Indicators
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2003--HyperDynamics Corp. (OTCBB: HYPD - News) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corp., is continuing to make substantial progress in the development of its immense oil and gas holdings off the coast of The Republic of Guinea, West Africa.
Pursuant to SCS' 2002 Farm-Out Agreement with USOil Corp., a report was submitted to the highest authority in The Republic of Guinea that outlined its exploration progress and findings. A permit fee was paid and a work plan approved which incorporates additional detailed seismic exploration commencing later this summer. The report included new information from the recently processed data acquired last year. Neil Moore, president of SCS, stated, "The work performed to date has identified numerous large targets that demand we move ahead aggressively towards drilling our first well as soon as practical."
SCS continues to discover new leads from the study of the older data and by the innovative application of new technology to the data acquired in 2002. SCS has engaged Seismic Ventures Inc. of Houston to reprocess and apply two new proprietary applications to the data acquired last year. According to Hank Saunders, chief operating officer of Seismic Ventures, "Our unique processes of Energy Absorption and High Frequency Resolution are two excellent techniques for confirming direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHI). They have a very high correlation to proven hydrocarbon production." Saunders went on to add, "Based on the application of our Energy Absorption process on one small area in the concession, we have located a DHI of at least 10 kilometers across. A lead of this size should assure those considering exploring in Guinea that the economics of the play make sense."
In light of these recent developments, Kent Watts, chairman and CEO, stated, "It is my duty to inform our shareholders that I believe our company's stock is substantially undervalued at this time. The acquisition of the Guinea concession has changed the speculative potential of our market. For example, Environmental Remediation Holding Corp. (OTCBB: ERHC - News), a company whose sole asset is a minority working interest in six blocks off the West Coast of Africa, has a market capitalization of over $200 million. My review and analysis indicates that if ERHC is worth anything, it's worth billions. In comparison, we have a much larger concession with 100% of the exploration, drilling and production rights and yet HyperDynamics currently trades at a market cap of less than $12 million."
SCS' 16 million acre concession, an area about the size of East Texas, is becoming an important aspect of the United States' strategy of shifting energy dependence from the Middle East. According to a June 12, 2003 article titled "Pentagon Planning for Long-Term Safari" by the Scripps Howard News Service, "As much as 15 percent of America's oil now comes from West Africa -- about the amount imported from Saudi Arabia. By next year, the West African portion is expected to jump to 20 percent." According to Offshore magazine's May 2003 article titled "West Africa Major Focus of Future E&P Spending," "Global E&P (exploration and production) expenditures are expected to top $130 billion in 2003. West Africa's vast deepwater frontiers will receive a fair portion of those dollars in the form of exploratory drilling." Exploration in West Africa is currently being conducted by Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL - News), Amerada Hess (NYSE: AHC - News), Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO - News), Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ - News), Agip, Shell (NYSE: RD & SC), ExxonMobil (NYSE: EOM - News), TotalFinaElf (NYSE: TOT - News), Kerr-McGee (NYSE: KMG - News), Vanco Energy, Premier Oil and Dana Petroleum (London: DNX.L), among others.
K2, Do the public schools still offer Drivers Education? When I was a teenager in the '50s, we could get a drivers license at age 14 upon successful completion of Drivers Ed, which was offered in the 9th grade. Pretty scary, huh? But back then there was no high-volume traffic nor any freeways in my part of the state.
My instructor in the spring of 1958 was the head football coach, who had suffered a losing season the previous autumn and was concerned about his coaching future. So he wasn't always in the best humor when he took us out driving in a two-tone '57 Ford. We were fortunate that a blossoming girl who later became head cheerleader was in our class and kept his spirits lifted somewhat. One day I was driving and didn't come to a complete stop at a Stop sign. He let me get into the middle of the intersection and then stomped on his passenger-side brake. "Back up!" he ordered, and then pointed and said, "What does that sign say?" He was big on following the rules, always looking carefully before backing up or changing lanes, and generally driving defensively. I've been driving for 45 years and have never been involved in a traffic accident and have gotten only one traffic ticket (72 in a 55 zone during the reduced speed limits during the '70s gasoline shortage). I have to attribute my record in large part to good habits ingrained in Drivers Ed. Today the football coach / driving instructor probably would be sued for some of his tough teaching tactics.
You must have some saintly qualities (that the girl's parents have recognized) to volunteer for driving instruction.
Plugged "better than a white line" into Google and came up with this ...
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY REASON
Head East
Did you see any action?
Did you make any friends?
Would you like some affection before I leave again?
I've been walking behind you since you've been able to see
There's never been any reason
For you to think about me
Did you have any bad dreams?
Did you break any glass?
Would you be my companion?
Is there even a chance?
You've been walking in circles since I've been able to cry
There's never been any reason
For never telling me why
Save my life, I'm going down for the last time
Woman with a sweet loving, better than a white line
Bring a good feeling, ain't had in such a long time
Save my life, I'm going down for the last time
Do you ever get lonely?
Do you have any fun?
Do you ever think of me?
I'm just another one
You never give me no answer
You never tell me the truth
There's never been any reason
For me to think about you
There's never been any reason
There's never been any reason
Save my life, I'm going down for the last time
Woman with a sweet loving, better than a white line
Bring a good feeling, ain't had in such a long time
Save my life, I'm going down for the last
A Buick with Overdrive? I have a '97 (actually '97-1/2) Buick Regal -- maybe I should take a new look at the gear selector and see if there's an "O" there somewhere ... :)
In a time when nearly everyone seems to drive a Honda or Nissan, I feel a kinship with anyone, especially someone younger, who drives a Buick. Mine is at 6 years / 64,000 miles and still going strong.
Robbins, who said he supports the troops ...
What do you suppose it is relative to the troops' activities in the war that people like Robbins support?
Okay ... Who spilled Pepto-Bismol on our messages?
So I suggest we just ignore the posters of trouble...
As someone on SI suggested: "Never wrestle a pig. You'll both get dirty, and the pig will like it."
This solution has been recommended over and over and over on message boards and undoubtedly would work if it actually were ever tried. Unfortunately, otherwise good people seemingly can't resist the urge to engage in a schoolyard mudfight, and in the process, serve as enablers to "the posters of trouble".
Good luck.
Richard Nixon was that last former Senator to become President, although it took awhile ('52 to '68) for him to get there.
I agree about Danny Boy.
According to Billboard, the song made its Hot 100 Chart by these artists ...
Conway Twitty .. 1959 (the only Top 40 version)
Sil Austin .. 1959
Andy Williams .. 1961
Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles .. 1965
Jackie Wilson .. 1965
Ray Price .. 1967
Elvis recorded Danny Boy for an album a year or so before he died, and it's a great version.
Dennis Miller weighs in ...
"TRYING TO HELP"
By Dennis Miller
All the rhetoric on whether or not we should go to war against Iraq has got my little brain spinning like a top. I enjoy reading opinions from both sides, but I've detected a hint of confusion from some of you. Maybe this can help.
As I was reading the paper recently, I was reminded of the best advice anyone ever gave me. He told me about the "KISS" method ("Keep It Simple, Stupid!"). So with this as a theme, I'd like to apply this theory for those who don't quite get it. My hope is that we can simplify things and recognize a few important facts.
Here are ten things to consider when voicing an opinion on this important issue:
(1) Between President Bush and Saddam Hussein ... Hussein is the bad guy.
(2) If you have faith in the United Nations to do the right things, keep this in mind: the UN has Libya heading the Committee on Human Rights and Iraq heading the Global Disarmament Committee. Do your own math here.
(3) If you use a Google or Yahoo search and type in "French Military Victories," don't be surprised if your computer panics at its inability to respond to your inquiry.
(4) If your only anti-war slogan is "No War For Oil," hire a pit bull lawyer and sue your school district for having allowed you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the minimum education that any non-troglodyte deserves.
(5) You can take this one to the bank: Saddam and bin Laden will NOT seek UN approval before they try to kill us.
(6) Despite common belief among some, Martin Sheen is NOT the President. He only plays one on TV.
(7) If you are anti-war and even an outright "America Basher," to bin Laden you are still an "infidel" whom he wants dead.
(8) Be careful: if you believe in a "vast right-wing conspiracy," but not in the danger that Hussein poses, the only job you may be able to get is as an Ivy League college professor.
(9) Even multi-culturalists who try to browbeat us into believing that all cultures are equally deserving of respect have trouble explaining the past 500 years of Islam.
(10) Whether you are for or against military action, our young men and women overseas are fighting to defend our right to speak out on these issues. They deserve our unreserved support.
I hope this helps.
A clear case of fuzzy math.
So you don't think the dog's heart could soften a little upon hearing "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window"? .... Didn't think so. :)
Thanks for the SA weather forecast. It should bode well for the Texas coastal area, where I am. The sun has returned after a long spell of cold and rain, so it may be a good day for a walk in the park this afternoon.
Well, if you insist ... :)
I had tried to post a link to an SI response by Mr. Mark to the news of yesterday's murder report, but the link didn't work. It was a one-line lyric from Da Doo Ron Ron:
Met him on a Monday and her heart stood still
Does that qualify as dark humor?
While I'm here, I'll add that I enjoy reading your daily adventures on the Rants thread ...
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L, Specifically what would you like for Bush to do to "get the economy going and in a hurry"?
"L-O-V-E" is included on Natalie Cole's CD "Unforgettable: With Love", but I don't know if hers is the version on the TV commercial you saw.
Ticker Vote: Those Were The Days (TWTD)
Okay ... On or about January 20, 1953, my fourth grade class listened to Eisenhower's inaugural speech on the radio, and I remember that he began with a prayer. My family always attended church on Sunday evenings, so I missed the Elvis appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. But I did see him several times in concerts in the '70s.
So the Ticker on this board is pretty much what IHub refers to as the Subject ...
As a newbie, I must ask what is "the ticker" as it relates to a non-stock board like this one?
TIA