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Eli Stanley Jones(1884-1973) Sometimes called the "Billy Graham of India" Wrote many books and devotionals among which were: Christ and Human Suffering(1933) Victorious Living(1936) Abundant Living(1942)*** How to Pray(1943) and---------drum roll,please. ----------------------------- The Way(1946)*** One of his more famous quotes is:----------- "Fear is sand in the machinery of life." Ever heard that one before?

Scream obscenities? NAH! Wouldn't want to jeopardize my chances for The Lady Bing!

Hey!!! How about them Blue Jackets!!! OK ------I'm from Cleveland. I've learned to live long term disappointment. As they say in Cleveland(and Columbus):"There's always next season." Yeah. Riiiight! Ditto on the 5 hole.

WG I can understand your husbands' frustration with that incident. He put a lot of heart and soul into everything he did there. His hard work seemed to be underappreciated except at dinner when everyone was thankful for the food that somehow"magically" appeared before our eyes. :) And yes, I think you are correct about the winter before the blizzard. I think in some ways it was actually worse because the sub-zero temps seemed to last forever. We had plenty of snow that year as well but it stretched out over the whole winter rather than blowing in all at once with gale force winds. Hope you start feeling better. Didn't they teach us something about eating raw potatoes for a cold? Never tried it myself. Well, got to go. My grandson Cletus(that's his name) dared his brother Cleophus(the ornery one) to stick his tongue on the flagpole. 'Spose I should leave him there awhile to teach him a lesson?

"Knowing this one will tell a lot about you." You can say THAT again!!

WOW "Ambassador" A high mileage, used car originally manufactured by American Motors which served a brief tour of duty at the hands of Way "missionaries" before making the final journey to scrap metal heaven. Scrapyards across the land made room for them by casting out Dodge "Demons".

I always thought it refered to a hit of "smack". Maybe I'm confusing it with "Spoonful". Old age setting in I suppose.

papa gee-----Yep! My reference was indeed to "The Mistake by the Lake". I still kinda miss the place even though I've been gone for over 30 years. When it used to snow like this in Cleveland, people would look out the window and say "Huh! Looks like it snowed a bit" Welcome to The Cafe!!

Rats eat snow? We could use a few in Tomato Town. :blink:

Yep!----Spent my first 25 years on the banks of "The Burning River" before becoming a "Flavor" of Ohio back in '75. (currently residing in "The Birthplace of the tomato") Were you still around for the blizzard of '78? That was one mean dog!

-------------- -------- "Jaberwocky" by Lewis Carroll(from the novel "Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found") Twas brillig, and the slither toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All wimsy were the borgroves And the mome raths outgrabe "Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" Etc. Etc. Etc. This poem is often used as a teaching tool in understanding context.

Cowgirl Is the one you are looking for the version by Oliver? It is from the movie"The Prime of Miss Jean Brody"(1969) starring Maggie Smith. Oliver sang this for the movie as well as for release as a record(if I remember correctly.) Has anyone mentioned "Trust in Me" by Etta James? That's another great oldie love song. Also: Could it be a version by Rod McKuen you are looking for? He wrote the song.

Ain't that what it's really all about? :)

A La RE: King Crimson ---Here is a snippet of lyrics from "Prince Rupert Awakes" ( Sinfield/Fripp) from their "Lizard" album(Vocals on this one were guested by Jon Anderson of YES): Farewell the temple masters' bells His kiosk and his black worm seed Courtship solely of his word With Eden guaranteed For now Prince Ruperts' tears of glass Make saphron sabath eyelids bleed Scar the sacred tablet wax On which the lizards feed. King Crimson as well as The Moody Blues were pioneers in their use of what, at that time, was a new and revolutionary instrument called the Mellotron. This was a keyboard that resembled an organ. Each key activated a prerecorded tape of an actual instrument. The tapes were interchangable and typically displayed strings and other voices associated with a symphony. You could hit the middle C key and hear a recording of an actual violin playing a C, for example. Their albums were meant to be listened to in entirety much like a symphony. The Moody Blues actually used The London Symphony Orchestra for their first venture into this type of music and then switched to Mellotron. If for no other reason, listening to these two groups is a tremendous history lesson in how music made a seemingly quantum leap from past to present.

"Boudreau the nutria rat"

OK I broke down and Googled it. I had to go back 2 pages to find the version I remember so well from high school. I had to go back 5 pages to find the original. I had no idea it had been covered so many times and by such prominent artists. Great tune!---Did anyone post this on Cowgirls' "Romantic Songs" thread?

Holy cow! I can hear that song plain as day. I can even sing the next verse in my mind. I just can't get the title and artist to appear.

I think you have it. Go ahead and give it a shot.

Said the straight man To the late man "Where have you been?" "I've been here and I've been there, "I've been in between." Ever notice how on their first 2 or 3 albums there was always a mellow tune strategically placed? That was back when the context of the album was just as important as the content. Albums were meant to be consumed as a whole rather than isolate a single tune.(my opinion) That is something that has been lost in this MP3 age we live in. Anyway, my all time favorite KC is on album 2 or 3,"Prince Rupert Awakes."(Jon Anderson on guest vocals) I saw them in Cleveland in about 1970 right after their personnel change. They had a totally different sound live. Heavy sax and very much avant gard jazz flavor. Thanx for the memories.

Don't make a fuss Don't tell your friends about the two of us The original,please.

Almost forgot At Last-----------Etta James

Twilight Time-------The Platters Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye-------The Casinos Precious and Few--------Climax The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face--------Roberta Flack version And just in case the tempo is getting too slow---I Want To Hold Your Hand by "The Fab Four"

If someone from "the compound" responded to this thread, could we then refer to their response as "com-post"?

The Worst That Could Happen----- Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge Man! What a range that guy had!

Tom Strange I still have my vinyl of CTA. I got it at a garage sale for 50 cents. Just kidding.(I do still have it though.) Remember all the intrigue surrounding "25 or 6 to 4"?(second album, I think) Everyone knew 25 was code for LSD since it was an abreviated way of saying Lisergic Acid Diethilamide 25. But what was 6 to 4? Turns out it was just about a guy looking blurry eyed at the clock as he tried to pen a new song in the wee hours of the morning. Still got some Cold Blood and Zephyr too but that's another story.