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Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 11, 2024, 12:59:47 PMKnowing you, Lenn, like I think I do...you should join ozzie to a Brian Setzer concert. Seems like your kind of music, but I wouldn't suggest you try to dance like you did when you were a young couple...LOL

Ha Ric, you really hit a nerve there.    Let me tell you a nice story.
A bit over 50 years ago, I used to go to many of these sorts of mixers/dances that were sponsored locally. After a while of going month after month, you sort of see the same people time after time. So on going alone, one Saturday night and seeing the same crowd, I was ready to leave. As I was on my way out, I saw this cute girl standing by the doorway all by herself. This was the early 70's and she had on the cutest/shortest mini skirt with just fantastic legs, so I felt what the heck and I asked her if she would like to dance. She turned me down. Never one to give up, I started to chat with her and she seemed to enjoy our little chat. After a while, she gave in, and we danced and then after, went out for a late-night snack, and to make this story as short as possible, in a few months, we will be married for 50 years.
I make fun of dancing because I only dance when I have to, like at weddings, maybe at a social affair, but I simply cannot remember when I last did what might be referred to as a 'fast' dance to lively music. If and when I do get up, it is to a nice slow ballad or song, as that is about the only thing I can do on a dance floor. Dancing isn't my forte.
(or couldn't you have guessed?)

Last time we were on a cruise, an inside joke, my wife is always saying I owe her a dance, to try and get me up. I asked her if she wanted to dance (slow dance) and she again said, not at this moment. This time I was relieved and jsut sat and listened to the music.         

Hope this works

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-History.mp4?_=1

I am, almost finished with season 3 of The Mandalorian and like it very much. Has anyone seen this entire series as I have a question and only want to address it to someone who has seen the entire series.

Since you both chimed in about concerts, officially, we never go to major ones, but in the summer, here on Long Island, they offer many free concerts in parks just about every night, with some nights many choices. We LOVE some of these and we usually attend at least 3-4 a week. But, as times have changed, now we bring our own chairs (as most do) but we try and sit in the back (all of these are outdoors, on some grassy lawn),. We prefer being as far back as we really don't need to be up close and personal with the band, usually, the music is way too loud the closer you get, and we again, like to avoid the crowds that seem to feel the need to be right up front. Plus, bring towards the back, if we don't like it, we just pack up our chairs and leave without disturbing too many people.

Let me throw a few more things out there.

As I have aged and I can also speak for my wife, we seem to enjoy quiet times a lot more. Well take out the seem, we  DO enjoy the peace and quiet of life a lot more. QWhere we live I have neighbors that if they had to be quiet, play music that only they can hear, ask their kids not to scream all the time, they would curl up and die. As a northeasterner, we still love the winters and cold weather. We enjoy lighting the fireplace and just enjoying it most every night. Maybe this comes with age, but just to sit by the fire, and watch a good movie with someone you love, well that makes it all worthwhile.

Most know I was (and still am to a point) a baseball umpire. I have been doing it for well over 50 years, but for the last 4-5, I have really lost my 'passion' for the game and umpiring in general. I can't really say why, but in years past, if I got rained out, or a game was canceled, I got annoyed, now it is a blessing.

As a young person, I simply loved to drive at night. Fewer cars on the road, things were quieter and I just seemed to relax a lot more than opposed to the hectic pace and moronic drivers that are out most of the day. Now, I still drive at night but rarely get on an interstate as I avoid any sort of high-speed driving at night. Yes, I know my getting older has a lot to do with that, as I am sort of starting to dread driving late at night.

Even though I have more time, I have basically given up reading books. I read online, I get a daily paper which I read, and I don't know why but books seem to have become a thing of the past.

I will also agree with Ric about Cell phones. If the world was without them, I would be overjoyed. I have never really adapted my life to them as so many others have. I could live a very happy and normal life if I didn't own one. I know we are in the minority on this, but when I eat dinner out and see people with their cell phones right at their side, continually looking at them, when I walk down the street and bump into people who can't stop looking at their phones instead of looking where they are going when I talk to people and they are continually looking at their phones while I am talking and I could go on and on, well, I could live without all of this very happily. ( But that wasn't the theme of the topic).

When I was younger I always enjoyed a drink or two, now I never drink anymore. It's funny, when we travel, especially in Europe, we bring back some exotic liquor as we need nothing. We save it and say we will enjoy it one day. Most of them are still sitting around somewhere, We WILL get to them one day (I hope), but we just don't feel the need to 'have a drink' these days.

 

Quote from: Painter on February 11, 2024, 11:03:39 AMThe fact that when I think of Jeremy Shockey my thoughts are negative, when they ought to be otherwise, is his fault and no one else's. You might see that as unfair, yet not unexpected. And while I am no doubt in the minority where he's concerned, it ought not to be that way, and thus why it is that I can't help but feel dislike.   

Cheers!

 Larry, you said exactly how I feel. When I di think of him, his accomplishments are sort of in the background and my main thoughts are negative about him. I guess that is the way I will always think back on him.

As Ed said, he used to be at practice and sign everything and anything. I met him also at a signing when he was hawking some shoes, and got a hat signed by him. I also have his jersey signed and a could of other things. The jersey is sort of buried in the bak of my closet and the other stuff, well what would one do with things signed by Jeremy Shockey today?

The problem with Toney is he just doesn't understand what Mahones says in the huddle. We all know Toney speaks his own sort of language.           

 If Joe Namath can get in with his stats then they should carry Eli in on the other player's shoulders.

Namath gets in because of one SB and his charismatic character. Eli should get in because of a couple of plays that will go down in SB history as maybe the best ever.

Del Shannon

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/the-meaning-of-runaway-by-del-shannon-and-why-it-sounded-unlike-anything-else-on-the-jukebox/ar-BB1i2sWO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=e90b80ec0bdc4530959cb227c2ff31a6&ei=32

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 10, 2024, 04:31:56 PMIt's funny how I have a hard time relating songs and the year they were released. I remember the Beatles years and I usually say 'mid-60s-'69. But as I was driving home just now and listening to the 60's channel in my car, a song by Dean Martin came on, "Everybody Loves Somebody, Sometime"...which I remember from my parents playing it...so I glanced at the monitor to see what year in the 50's it was released. It said "1964", and I thought, "huh, the radio must have gotten it wrong", so I Googled it when I got home and it was released June 1964. Although my parents loved it, the rest of the world was into the Beatles as a new craze had taken off. It must have been hard to get a hit song back then once they were up against the Beatles stealing the air waves. I actually like Dean Martin's song...it's relaxing, and maybe a little nostalgic thinking back when my parents would slow dance to that song in the kitchen

That is Dean's theme song.

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Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 10, 2024, 12:44:18 PMAll? Nope
Some? Yup

I didn't really know who Del Shannon was until I kept singing along with a song by Tom Petty in my car and wondered about the line in his song as he's driving down the highway, "me and Del singing Runaway". Google set me straight. I also read a very sad story when Del Shannon committing suicide because he was depressed as he hadn't had a big hit since "Runaway". Even though he lived in a mansion in Beverly Hills, he could come to grips with it and took his own life...tragic

I've actually seen the Shirelles in person, as well as Dion, so there's that. I recognize about 60-70% of them. It seems to me that a lot of them are late 50's songs, or very early 60's (pre-Beach Boys and Beatles)

 I believe the list was from 1961 and yes, several would fit into a 1950s-type song.

As was said in the Beatles thread, after Feb 9, 1964, everything changed as far as music was concerned.

And thanks for the heads up on Del Shannon, I never knew that.

On Feb 9, 1964m as one person said, the world went from Black and White to Color, as the world saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-60-years-later-life-went-from-black-and-white-to-color/ar-BB1i2e3U?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=7fba2b178ccc4c9b84f47edaecd0da44&ei=19.

QuoteE Street band member Steven Van Zandt said, "On February 8th, there were no bands in America. On February 10th, everybody had a band in their garage."

What would the world have been without the Beatles? Still, to this day, 60 years later, their legacy will always be here.

Remember 60 years ago


And fast forward to maybe their last appearance ever together



And everything that was in between, thank you, lads.

I get these types of links all the time, but this one I thought I would present to the group here.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/22-things-you-begin-to-dislike-as-you-get-older/ss-BB1i4SRx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=7fba2b178ccc4c9b84f47edaecd0da44&ei=10#image=1

 I can't say I agree with this list, but it got me to thinking, as we age, what are some of the things we used to enjoy (not so much in our youth) but as we age, we really don't enjoy or look forward to as much or at all?

Myself, I used to love gardening, but now watering the plants is a pain. Same for lawn work. I used to enjoy it, but now it's time to pay someone else to do it.
Around the house, I was always busy, always looking for things to fix, tinker with, etc. Now I like to sit and think when I MIGHT get to it, and if that never happens, so be it.
Another thing is that, as I age, and get up in years, I feel that if something needs to be said, I have no problem saying it. For example, if service isn't as good as expected, years ago I might have just ignored it, now, never, I speak up and I don't care if anyone thinks it is rude, it just needs to be said.
Give me a chance to really think on this and I will have several more.

 Just thought I would add this.

Do you remember them all?