tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6913677537070700696..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Important Safety Tip...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69582564239143239082009-02-04T06:55:00.000-05:002009-02-04T06:55:00.000-05:00stag."What is your major malfunction? Private...stag.<BR/>"What is your major malfunction? Private Pyle? Did mommy & daddy not love you enough?"<BR/> Please remember if you open parentheses, be sure to close parenthese. But, I do not think you understand what I just wrote.<BR/><BR/>arclightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88780421947941225942009-02-03T19:56:00.000-05:002009-02-03T19:56:00.000-05:00This boomer (1946) would like to remind y'all that...This boomer (1946) would like to remind y'all that today marks the birth of Felix Mendelssohn, musical genius and and all-around cool guy.<BR/><BR/>Don McLean should write so well.<BR/><BR/>BRBbrbiswritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238551308132973791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78426199737155078342009-02-03T17:33:00.000-05:002009-02-03T17:33:00.000-05:00Hey. *I* didn't want to stretch the date range. ...Hey. *I* didn't want to stretch the date range. Any further and my kids would've been boomers too. I was quite happy being at the outer edge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31521145396576827212009-02-03T15:54:00.000-05:002009-02-03T15:54:00.000-05:00Yes, the actual $%^&*( boomers stretched the n...Yes, the actual $%^&*( boomers stretched the numbers to include more people. <BR/><BR/>Without asking the annexees of course.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4129110951667241262009-02-03T15:10:00.000-05:002009-02-03T15:10:00.000-05:00Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Ricky Nelson, Lynyrd Skyn...Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Ricky Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim Croce, and of course, John Denver.<BR/><BR/>Yep, the track record is none to good here.TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29272687931984111102009-02-03T14:52:00.000-05:002009-02-03T14:52:00.000-05:00Marihuana was "discovered" in the 60's only by the...Marihuana was "discovered" in the 60's only by the clueless Readers' Digest generation. Yep, that'd be yer boomers. <BR/><BR/>('Boomers' is a crime against demography anyway: it was coined to describe those born immediately after WWII, and then, as we are wont to do, stretched to cover a birthspan of over 18 years--some 'generation'!)<BR/><BR/>Robert Mitchum--who knew about these things--said he first tried marihuana in 1941.<BR/><BR/>In Toledo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21677761649927260152009-02-03T14:41:00.000-05:002009-02-03T14:41:00.000-05:00Although that's one of my favorite songs I certain...Although that's one of my favorite songs I certainly won't argue about you feel about it. Well I can't actually it's your opinion. :)<BR/><BR/>However when I saw Don McClean in concert a few years back he gave a definitive statement about the meaning of "American Pie".<BR/><BR/>"It means I'll never have to work again"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1972299122790181782009-02-03T12:07:00.000-05:002009-02-03T12:07:00.000-05:00It's Valens' fault. Pot may have not been popular ...It's Valens' fault. Pot may have not been popular among whites until the 60s, but remember he was mexican and brought along the custom. It was HIS smoke that filled the cockpit and caused uncontrollable laughter among the crew which in turn provoked the accident. I'm telling you, it's true...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30249045680190351042009-02-03T11:27:00.000-05:002009-02-03T11:27:00.000-05:00I hate Don McLean, he ruined Junior High School an...I hate Don McLean, he ruined Junior High School and began the great sacchrine-sticky wave of Boomer sentimentailty and gushing self-pity.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47274756998663320692009-02-03T11:23:00.000-05:002009-02-03T11:23:00.000-05:00@JD, IIRC, pot didn't become the intoxicant of cho...@JD, <BR/>IIRC, pot didn't become the intoxicant of choice (at least for white musicians) until the mid 60s.<BR/><BR/>For musicians of this vintage (heh), think PBR, Old Grand Dad, and maybe some Boone's Farm. <BR/><BR/>@anon, <BR/>Yiddish sentence formation can be a great rhetorical device, already. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69184268623922316412009-02-03T10:57:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:57:00.000-05:00I rarely criticize the well-armed, Tamara, but you...I rarely criticize the well-armed, Tamara, but you go too far, especially on this anniversary of the Great Musical Sadness. <BR/><BR/>Retaliation looms -- when I get around to blogging a tidbit on the mystery of the Holly/Valens/Bopper .38 Special aborad the plane on the night the music died. In it I will also demonstrate that "Chantilly Lace" deserves a place in music's classical pantheon, right up there with "Grand Canyon Suite" and "Flying Purple People Eater."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is your mere youth which blinds you.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77795957926802092342009-02-03T10:33:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:33:00.000-05:00You're starting to talk like an older Jew. Or, ra...You're starting to talk like an older Jew. Or, rather, to type like one. Nothing wrong with that, just wondering who you've been hanging out with recently that you've not shared with us. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29343263307114157942009-02-03T08:46:00.000-05:002009-02-03T08:46:00.000-05:00oh ya, and thanks Egon for the safety tip. . .= )oh ya, and thanks Egon for the safety tip. . .<BR/><BR/>= )JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017870812159268231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52104751024131367552009-02-03T08:44:00.000-05:002009-02-03T08:44:00.000-05:00you would think with all the pot smoke they could ...you would think with all the pot smoke they could fly on their own. . .JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017870812159268231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13774182937336430572009-02-03T07:57:00.000-05:002009-02-03T07:57:00.000-05:00Glad our journos are ferreting out serious, fresh ...Glad our journos are ferreting out serious, fresh information. <BR/><BR/>$%^&* boomers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe someone could start a new section of the papers and irritainment outlets, call it "The Olds".<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I just found out that <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=alex+parrot" REL="nofollow">Alex</A> died. <BR/><BR/>A true artist, who could ever forget "Soft Corn", "Color", and "Want a Nut".staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14760907653236795022009-02-03T07:46:00.000-05:002009-02-03T07:46:00.000-05:00The Walrus was Paul, right?The Walrus was Paul, right?Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30991290439154633872009-02-03T07:45:00.000-05:002009-02-03T07:45:00.000-05:00You know what Buddy Holly would say to that."I'm f...You know what Buddy Holly would say to that.<BR/><BR/>"I'm fuckin' Buddy Holly! Let the monkey fly the plane!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com