21st Century automobile review writer gets a chance to review a fully restored 1969 Corvette! A great read:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/driving-back-to-basics-and-joy-with-a-1969-corvette-stingray-convertible-1.1047750
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Remember how they used to sell cars?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74AgJY0QUxI&playnext=1&list=PL3F5E94D4F76633CA&feature=results_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAdUc0Ksndg&playnext=1&list=PL3F5E94D4F76633CA&feature=results_video
It would seem that if the Supreme Court stood behind the decision of a lower court on the issue of filming police, then the same scenario would fit the TSA Administrators and employees.
Recently, the TSA said that filming the TSA was terrorism and that anyone who films the TSA is a terrorist. Additionally, a reporter for Infowars was threatened with arrest because he was filmingTSA operations at an airport. So, now what will the TSA do?
http://www.infowars.com/supreme-court-puts-tsa-in-precarious-position-over-filming/
Eleanor Roosevelt's Secret Service agents were photographed with her when she traveled by rail. If Eleanor were alive today, would photographing security at the station bring threats of arrest.
Eleanor Roosevelt asks that we all remember Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th:
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_1437_CBS_Albert_Warner_Speculates_On_FDRs_Next_Steps.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_1500_CBS_NY_Philharmonic_Concert_Interrupted.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_1609_NBCR_KGU_Honolulu_Report.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_CBS_Attempts_To_Call_Honolulu.mp3
http://archive.org/details/WWII_News_1941
FDR's Speech before Congress following Pearl Harbor Attack:
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-08_FDRs_Speech_To_Joint_Session_Of_Congress_64kb.mp3
More live radio coverage of the Pearl Harbor attack and its aftermath:
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_2330_NBCR_Round_Table_Discussion.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-07_NBC_News_Bulletins.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-08_1345_NBCR_News_Bert_Silan_And_Upton_Close.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-08_2130_NBCB_News.mp3
http://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1941/1941-12-08_CBS_News.mp3
Here is the link for radio coverage of most of the significant WWII events:
http://archive.org/search.php?query=WWII%20AND%20collection%3Aradioprograms
Very interesting listening.
Plans for what may have been the First World War had they been carried out.
http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa050902a.htm
Interesting if true, but I don't see how they could have possible pulled it off. Even at the height of its power the "Kaiserliche Kreigsmarine" never had the sea lift capability for a trans-Atlantic invasion. Indeed, most of the German battleships that fought at Jutland in 1916 were short-range compared to the British ships.
I wonder if this was just an intellectual exercise to keep the German army and navy planners busy. Most big military organizations keep their staff planners busy coming up with war plans for possible, or sometimes not-so-possible opponents. I'm sure the US Army has war plans for invasions of Canada and Mexico on file, not that they're ever likely to be used.
"William the Great needs to learn that he is living at the end of the nineteenth century and not in the Middle Ages."[2]
http://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom
Kaiser Wilhelm was known to act first and thoroughly consider the consequences later.
It was also said of Kaiser Bill that "He wanted to be the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral."
I've heard the same quote applied to Teddy Roosevelt, but hey, Teddy was cool, Bill was a fool! He didn't start World War One, but he could have done more than anyone else to stop it. He forgot Bismarcks' warning: "The Balkans are not worth the life of one Prussian grenadier!"
Swilling find Serbian rum while smoking a good Bosnian cigar is truly not worth the toe nail clippings of one semi literate Prussian draftee. Latin America was much more attractive than the Balkans.
In the era these plans were made, easy real estate was getting like an easy oil strike is now. All the good fields were already had. We had run out of frontier. Prime property defended by spear wielding natives against your maxim guns was going..going..hell, it was gone.
Remember the Maine!
Steal what you want that belongs to Spain.Steal what you want that was taken from Spain by somebody else.
The German General Staff could not build a rail line atop the Atlantic. It was not Berlin to Baghdad. Krupp VS. Bethlehem Steel (Allies cash and carry until 1917) would wait until 1914.
A different time is a different place.
http://www.taoyue.com/stacks/articles/defence-scheme-one.html
There is currently no reason for concern if you encounter camera carrying Canadians riding the Empire Builder.
"Out in Winnipeg -- the Manitoba capital, whose rail yards were slated to be seized in the plan -- Brad Salyn, the city's director of communications, said he didn't think Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz knew anything about War Plan Red: "You know he would have no clue about what you're talking about, eh?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901412_2.html
Hunter Harrison is not part of the U S War Department's Plan Red.
Victrola1 "William the Great needs to learn that he is living at the end of the nineteenth century and not in the Middle Ages."[2] Speaking of his nephew, Wilhelm II of Germany. http://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom Kaiser Wilhelm was known to act first and thoroughly consider the consequences later.
Incidentally, Tsar Nicholas II was the nephew of Queen Alexandra, not of Edward VII. As it was, George V fought one of his cousins and, more or less, fought on the side of another of his cousins. And if George V had had quick communication with his cousin Nicky, Nicky would have received the any missive from his cousin before the date it was written--and any return communication would have taken several days more to reach London from St. Petersburg.
Johnny
If you look at period photographs of King George V and Tsar Nicolas together the resemblence is amazing. As a matter of fact both men noticed it as well, and had a bit of fun when they were together by trimming their beards similarly and dressing similarly to confuse everyone else in the area.
Per Victrola1's posting of an article about plans for a proposed invasion of the United States by Canada, circa 1921, and how it's nothing to be concerned about now, gee, I don't know. It could be triggered by a particular nasty game between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs!
Firelock76 Interesting if true, but I don't see how they could have possible pulled it off. Even at the height of its power the "Kaiserliche Kreigsmarine" never had the sea lift capability for a trans-Atlantic invasion. Indeed, most of the German battleships that fought at Jutland in 1916 were short-range compared to the British ships. I wonder if this was just an intellectual exercise to keep the German army and navy planners busy. Most big military organizations keep their staff planners busy coming up with war plans for possible, or sometimes not-so-possible opponents. I'm sure the US Army has war plans for invasions of Canada and Mexico on file, not that they're ever likely to be used.
My wife's first husband, who volunteered for the army in 1917 (he was thirty years older than she, and she was seven years older than I), was of the opinion that we had no business entering the war, and should have let England and Germany fight it out. He was discharged not much more than ninety days after joining because his eyesight was not good enough--he had memorized the eyechart so he could get in.
Hi Deggesty! You wifes first husband wasn't alone thinking as he did. Many, if not most Americans thought the First World War was a European affair and there was no good reason for us to get involved. It was the incredible blundering and bungling of the German government that caused the chain of events leading to American involvement.
It is to his credit, however, that when his country went to war he put his opinion aside and tried his best to do his part.
An aside concerning England and Germany: There was a minstrel show joke at the time that went like this:
"Mister Bones! I hear the British got a gun that can kill you from ten miles away!"
"That's nothin'! The Germans got a gun that only needs your address!"
I think this band is going to be mighty popular:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ-kXZsUa_w&feature=related
Bucyrus I think this band is going to be mighty popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ-kXZsUa_w&feature=related
Instead of "Over There," a song honoring Eleanor Roosevelt. She kept our boys out of Canada.
Deggesty Bucyrus I think this band is going to be mighty popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ-kXZsUa_w&feature=related After singing the "Mairzy doats and dozy doats...." one of the people singing it would translate the words (almost 70 years ago). Perhaps one of these people should translate what they sang, so people could know what they were singing about.
The song is called Little Talks. Here are the lyrics followed by discussion about what they mean. Lyrics do not necessarily have an objective meaning. I conclude that this song is a translation of the emotion of loss. Following the lyrics is a discussion thread of what people think the lyrics mean.
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858857748/
I heard the song on the radio and checked to find out what it was. I then found it and about ten other songs by the group (Of Monsters and Men). When I first saw the band, I thought they seemed quite young, and just starting out. So I wondered if the song I heard was just one lucky exception for them.
As it turns out, I find that all of their songs are the best I have heard in a long time. The band members are young and just starting out. They are remarkably unpretentious, especially for a startup band. But they don’t need pretense or gimmicks because they have exceptional musical expertise. They come from Iceland, and in that country, formal music study and training is a standard part of education. So everyone in the band has had that formal music education.
All of their current material is on Youtube, and the quality is very high.
Here is DIRTY PAWS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgNOO1RKdLw
Those kids are GOOD!
Yes, I hope they don't flame out from too much too fast. They won a competition in Iceland and shot out on a world tour. So they can't really cook up the new songs while touring. But if they can hold together until getting a chance for another round of new songs, I think they will really launch.
Here is LAKE HOUSE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT2ZWb50urc&feature=relmfu
Bucyrus, I hope you're right about those kids not flaming out, the talent they've got seems to be in short supply nowadays. One of the reasons I stopped watching "Saturday Night Live" years ago is I have no idea who the musical guests are anymore, and even if I did I wouldn't care, they all suck anyway.
Not like the old days with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Paul Simon, Jimmy Buffett, George Harrison, Gordon Lightfoot, well you get the picture.
I have always liked all that music you mention, plus other music in the same vain. The whole bulk of it seemed to endure and continue developing in the same caliber. But all of a sudden in the last couple years, a new genre of music called “Adult Contemporary” and “Adult Alternative” has arisen.
If I drive across northern Wisconsin, I can hear one AC hit after another, and every single one is just horrid and obnoxious. Adult alternative is better, but it has some of the same elements. Generally, AC in particular, sounds like it was produced by television interests. It has big production values, but has tacky lyrics and night club act melody.
I am amazed that a band like OM&M has come along right out of left field in the midst of all this new low of AC and AA. That woman singing in OM&M started that band. She previously performed as a solo singer with some accompaniment, and it was called Songbird. She said that in Iceland it is dark half the year so people tend to be introspective, and they tend to get into artistic expression. Being brought up with formal music education is routine for everybody.
If you notice when they play, there are pauses and blank spaces in the song, and absolutely perfect timing when they stop and start. You need spaces in music.
On the horrific shooing that occurred today in Newtown, Connecticut:
Children....Small children. The most precious resource we have in this country. And to be gunned down like this...just before Christmas.Right now...don't worry about the guns...don't worry about gun legislation...don't worry about the politicians....What we all need to do right here...RIGHT NOW...is stop and PRAY for every single family who was affected by his tragedy.And if your child is close by...or your spouse...hug them.
My musical selction for this evening is from the 1954 movie "The High and the Mighty."
I picked it because for no other reason, it is both soothing and uplifting...Especially after today's events:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN5_cJDWHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTBUtlHUrA
The President and Mr. Roosevelt wish one and all a Merry Christmas.
Murray My musical selction for this evening is from the 1954 movie "The High and the Mighty." I picked it because for no other reason, it is both soothing and uplifting...Especially after today's events: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN5_cJDWHs
Murray My musical selction for this evening is from the 1954 movie "The High and the Mighty." I picked it because for no other reason, it is both soothing and uplifting...Especially after today's events: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN5_cJDWHs Murray.....When I checked out your "music selection", on the same screen I noticed one that caught my eye: Anton Karas' "Third Man Theme"....Wow...That takes me back....Trying to put a date on that music....Someplace around 1948----maybe 1950 is my best "guess" now. {Sorry, double post}
Murray.....When I checked out your "music selection", on the same screen I noticed one that caught my eye: Anton Karas' "Third Man Theme"....Wow...That takes me back....Trying to put a date on that music....Someplace around 1948----maybe 1950 is my best "guess" now.
{Sorry, double post}
Quentin
I found something interesting on the internet.
This site has a variety of old Hudson (to include Essex & Terraplane) automobile owners manuals:
http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/tech_index.htm
Its very interesting to see how maintenance has changed on your automobile over 60 years ago.
Anyway, hope you enjoy it.
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