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WIT AND WISDOM - MILITARY SOURCES


"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher
fire when you least expect it. That would make you

Quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."
Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.



"Aim towards the Enemy."

Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher



"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."

U.S. Marine Corps





"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate.
The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground."

USAF Ammo Troop




"If the enemy is in range, so are you."

Infantry Journal




"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly
over the area you just bombed."

U.S. Air Force Manual




"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword
obviously never encountered automatic weapons."

General MacArthur


"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo."

Infantry Journal




"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.




"Tracers work both ways."

U.S. Army Ordnance




"Five second fuses only last three seconds."

Infantry Journal




"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last,

and don't ever volunteer to do anything."

U.S. Navy Swabbie




"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

David Hackworth




"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."
Infantry Journal




"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection."

Joe Gay




"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once."




"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."

Unknown Marine Recruit




"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you."

Your Buddies




"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him."

USAF AmmoTroop




"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No
Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan




"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."

Paul F.Crickmore (test pilot)





"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."


Blue water Navy truism:

"There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky."

From an old carrier sailor


"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage,
it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."


"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always

have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."


"Without ammunition, the USAF would

be just another expensive flying club."


"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers
and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies;

If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies."




"Never trade luck for skill."


The three most common expressions

(or famous last words) in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?",

"Where are we?"

And "Oh S...!"


"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers."




"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always

needed to successfully complete the flight."




"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;

we never left one up there!"




"Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a

flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries."




"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing

your plight to a person on the ground incapable of

understanding or doing anything about it."




"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;

it can just barely kill you."

Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)


"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably

isn't flying his plane to its maximum."

Jon McBride, astronaut


"If you're faced with a forced landing, fly

the thing as far into the crash as possible."

Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot)




"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."


"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime."

Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970


"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."




Basic Flying Rules:



"Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go

near the edges of it. The edges of the air can

be recognized by the appearance of ground,

buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space.
It is much more difficult to fly there."


"You know that your landing gear is up and locked

when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal."


As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft,

having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing,

the crash truck arrives,the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot

and asks "What happened?".
The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!"

Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)

Good morning, hawkman. Seems as though I got stuck somewhere between the star and the shine, Boston. Thanks again for the great bio's and we love your military manual for dummies, buddy.

Love this one, folks.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Until our puppy and her paws arrive, listeners, one thing always leads to another. Bob's mention of Richard Egan's Voice in the Mirror. (love that mixed metaphor) led me to Julie London who lead me to Bobby Troupe, soooo.......

"Get Your Kicks On Route 66" by Bobby Troupe

If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66.
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2,000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66.
You go through St. Louie, Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty.
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino.
Won't you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66.

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Love Is Here To Stay
Tony Bennett

It's very clear, our love is here to stay
Not for a year but ever and a day
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies and in time may go

But, oh, my dear, our love is here to stay
Together we're goin' a long, long way
In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay

Ah, edgar. I love that song, Texas.

How about one by Lady Day, folks?

I'm a fool to want you, I'm a fool to want you
To want a love that can't be true, a love that's there for others too
I'm a fool to hold you, such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone, to share a kiss the devil has known

Time and time again I said I'd leave you
Time and time again I went away
And then would come a time when I would need you
And once again these words I'd have to say

Take me back, I love you, pity me, I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can't get along without you
hmmmm, I'm a fool to want you
You hurt me time and time again
But I still love you babe
I'm a fool, I'm your fool

Lots of fools out there, right?

Hope that our puppy doesn't have distemper, but while we wait to see if she will make a Sunday appearance, I searched through the celeb albums to see if I could locate a picture of Richard Egan. I found this one, but his face doesn't seem to match the others shown there.



Anyone know?

Good afternoon WA2K.

I' m not familiar with your Richard Egan, Letty.

Here's the one from Bob's bios and the one I remember.



and Sigmund Romberg ; William Powell and Clara Bow
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Thanks goodness, folks. Raggedy is alive and well and living in PA.

Strange, pup. I guess there must be lots of folks with the name, Richard Egan. Your face is the familiar one. Lovely quartet this afternoon.

Love Sigmund (no, not Freud) and I'm surprised that edgar hasn't said something about William Powell. <smile>

Now I know why that Romberg man is familiar to me. He did the score for Lady Sings the Blues.

So, another from Lady Day

The sky was blue
And high above
The moon was new
And so was love
This eager heart of mine was singing
Lover where can you be
You came at last
Love had its day
That day is past
You've gone away
This aching heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me
When I remember every little thing
You used to do
I'm so lonely
Every road I walk along
I walk along with you
No wonder I am lonely
The sky is blue
The night is cold
The moon is new
But love is old
And while I'm waiting here
This heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me
When I remember every little thing
You used to do
I grow lonely
Every road I walk along
I walk along with you
No wonder I am lonely
The sky is blue
The night is cold
The moon is new
But love is old
And while I'm waiting here
This heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me

You might like to catch this one when it comes back on TCM. Jose Ferrer as Romberg. Tony Martin sang Lover Come Back to Me. Segments from Student Prince, and Desert Song, just to mention a few.

Thanks, Raggedy. I hope that TCM does more of this type. I have never seen such lousy programming as is on the major networks.

Wow, folks. Just found out that Tony and Cyd are still with us. One of my favorite songs.

My desert is waiting. Dear,
Come there with me.
I'm longing to teach you
Love's sweet melody.
I'll sing a dream song to you,
Painting a picture for two.

Blue heaven and you and I,
And sand kissing a moonlit sky.
A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby,
Only stars above you
To see I love you.

Oh, give me that night divine,
And let my arms in yours entwine.
The desert song, calling,
It's voice enthralling,
Will make you mine.

When we mentioned censored rock n roll the other day, I thought about this song. Among the editorials of the local paper, appeared a letter criticising that record. The author was offended by it. The previous day, it had been a big hit. From that day on, I never heard it on radio at all. Fortunately, I had my copy and a hi fi.

Little Egypt
The Coasters

I went and bought myself a ticket and
I sat down in the very first row, wo wo.
They pulled the curtain and then when
they turned the spotlight way down low, wo wo,
little Egypt came out struttin,
wearing nutin but a button and a bow, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah''.

She had a ruby on her tummy and
a diamond big as Texas on her toe, wo wo.
She let her hair down and
she did the hoochie koochie real slow, wo wo,
When she did her special number on a zebra skin,
I thought she'd stop the show, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!".

She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,
she winked at the audience and then she turned around.
She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.

Yeah, but let me tell you people,
little Egypt doesn't dance there anymore, wo wo.
She's too busy mopping and
a taking care of shopping at the store, wo wo.
'Cause we got seven kids and
all day long they crawl around the floor, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!"

Never heard that one, edgar, but I did go to the archives and found out about Little Egypt.

Hmmm. Wonder why that one would be censored and not this Hank Williams Jr.'s song that alludes to that "hoochie koochie" girl? (thanks to Raggedy, I now know what that means)

Artist: Hank Williams, Jr.
Song: Naked Women And Beer


Well you head on out in the jungle
Lookin' for the girls to tumble
Up and down and all around the stage
But when the women start takin' their clothes off
Now we have got some strange laws
The most hypocritical thing around these days
Cause where I live in Tennessee
Why an auto parts calander
Hey thats pornography
But go right down the road, read what the sign says

Naked women and beer
We got it all in here
For your eyes and your ears
They show it all in the clear
Way up north and down south
Whoo, somebody shut my mouth

Now I ain't sayin' it's right
But I ain't sayin' it's wrong
But myself I enjoy the site
Of pretty girls dancin' to their songs
And it's been like that
Since way back when
From little Egypt to the Vegas strip
And when the music starts groovin'
And the girls start movin'
Ain't nothing gonna make 'em quit

Naked women and beer
We got it all in here
For your eyes and your ears
They show it all in the clear
Way up north and down south
Whoo, somebody shut my mouth

Nak-Nak-Nak-Nak-Nak-Naked women
Nak-Nak-Nak-Naked Women
Ice cold beer
It's all together in here
Naked women and beer

C'mon in out of the rain
We got the girls that will make you
Spend all your change
Naked women and beer

letty :
since we were into wagner in the picture thread , here is the part of the mate's song from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN .
feel free to sing !
hbg



i'm very good at singing "Hohoja! Hallohoho Jollohohoho! Heho!"
as mrs h has found out to her sorrow

Love it, hbg. Tell your Mrs. that there is always cotton.

Help me out here, buddy. I'm listening to a song from Don Giovanni, and I know the lyrics are something like, "give me your hand fair...."

http://www.concertseries.org/images/04-05_shows/Mozart%20Festival%20Opera.jpg

Love this site.

oh , oh

sorry , letty !
while i love music , i'm not at all familiar with the actual music - but i can usually hum along when i hear the music
(i've also been known to tap my feet to classical music - resulting in stern
disapproval from a certain ebeth )

ebeth is a subscribing member of TAFELMUSIK . i once told her that in the olden days - BEFORE my time - people would actually eat and drink during the performance - MORE STERN LOOKS OF DISAPPROVAL !
hbg

website : TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

Gerry Rafferty

Winding your way down baker street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
Youll drink the night away
And forget about everything

This city desert makes you feel so cold
Its got so many people but its got no soul
And its taking you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But youre trying, youre trying now

Another year and then youd be happy
Just one more year and then youd be happy
But youre crying youre crying now

Way down the street theres a lad in his place
He opens the door
And hes got that look on his face
And he asks you were youve been
You tell him who youve seen
And you talk about anyting

Hes got this dream about buying some land
Hes gonna give up the crack and the one night stands
And then hell settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know hell always keep moving
You know hes never gonna stop moving
Cause hes rolling, hes a rolling stone

When you wake up its a new morning
The sun is shining its a new morning
Youre going, your going on

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

hbg, your picture of the Baroque orchestra reminded me that I was unable to attend the London Symphony Orchestra this month.

Wouldn't you know that one of the featured presentations included:

Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade

How very odd that I should hear the following on an episode of The Twilight Zone this early morning, folks.

English translation of Debussy's Clair de Lune

The year comes as the sun sets
my eyes swell with simplicity
the call of human nothingness
the answer of everything
i find myself lost in your majesty

The worlds tells of innocence
like the child inside of me
it's only good while its hearts beats beauty
brave the pain
so you may drink of me

You left me
as i walk beside the water
look up to the moon
my life becomes a river
as i run into you

Stars prick their bed of pink
bleeding blue
find there way to you eyes
as i stare into you
self falls away in the twilight
this is the first of our summer nights
now there is nothing we must be or do

If i could freeze this moment in time
i'd frame it and hang it in the hall of divive
i'd call the whole world and beg them to see
how much we love
how lucky i'd be

You left me
as i walk beside the water
look up to the moon
my life becomes a river
as i run into you

I don't know where we end up begin
i don't know if that's yours of my skin
i've got nothing to lose
everything I am i give up to you

As i walk beside the water
look up to the moon
my life becomes a river
as i run into you

I walk beside the water
look up to the moon
my life becomes a river
as i run into you

Comes as the sunsets
my eyes swell with simplicity
self falls away in the twilight
this is the first of our summer nights

Hey, edgar. Thank you for the Gerry Rafferty song. Loved the line "...the city desert makes you feel so cold..."

Well, listeners, we hear it all on our little cyber radio.

leonard cohen

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.

I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.

Ring the bells that still can ring ...

You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Jim Croce lyrics

Well, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I got to say can't wait
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song
Yeah, I know it's kind of strange
But ev'ry time I'm near you
I just run out of things to say
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Ev'ry time the time was right
All the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But there's something that I just got to say
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

dys, Thanks you for the reminder from Leonard Cohen. Yes, I suppose a crack in one's heart enables the light to get in; a crack in one's mind lets the light in, but a crack in the soul? Well, that's different, methinks. Now a crack in the body means one must visit the hospital.

Incidentally, I searched once again (with no success) to find the English version of La Paloma. I discovered that it was more popular than The Beatles' Yesterday.

Did come up with this Elvis version. (there are many versions)

No More

No more do I see the starlight caress your hair

No more feel the tender kisses we used to share

I close my eyes and clearly my heart remembers

A thousand good-byes could never put out the embers

Darling I love you so and my heart forever

Will belong to the memory of the love that we knew before

Please come back to my arms, we belong together

Come to me let's be sweethearts again and then let us part no more.

No more do I feel the touch of your hand on mine

No more see the lovelight making your dark eyes shine

Oh how I wish I never had caused you sorrow

But don't ever say for us there is no tomorrow

Darling I love you so and my heart forever

Will belong to the memory of the love that we knew before

Please come back to my arms, we belong together

Come to me let's be sweethearts again and then let us part no more.

Well, edgar. You know that Jim Croce reminds me of my friend Dan (Santa Tomas e Lucas) Thanks for the reminder, buddy.

The McGuire Sisters
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Background information

Origin Miamisburg, Ohio, United States
Genre(s) Traditional Pop
Years active 1952-1968
Website McGuire Sisters' page on the Primarily A Cappella site
Former members
Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire, and Phyllis McGuire

The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. They consisted of Christine McGuire (born July 30, 1926), Dorothy McGuire (born February 13, 1928), and Phyllis McGuire (born February 14, 1931).

They were born in Middletown, Ohio and grew up in Miamisburg, Ohio, where their mother, Lillie, was an ordained minister of the Miamisburg First Church of God and let them sing in the church as young girls. They sang at weddings, funerals, and church revivals. When they started in 1935, Phyllis was only four years old. Eventually, they sang on other occasions than church-related ones; by 1949, they were singing at military bases and veterans' hospitals. They incorporated a more diverse repertoire for these, extending themselves to more than the hymns they had sung at church.

In 1952, they appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, and as a result, Godfrey hired them for his other shows, where they remained for seven years. They performed for five Presidents of the United States (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush), and for Queen Elizabeth II, as well as appearing on many top television shows. The Coca-Cola company signed them to a contract with the highest fee in advertising history up to that date.

The McGuire Sisters, and most especially Phyllis McGuire, were the subjects of a 1995 HBO movie called Sugartime, which depicted Phyllis' relationship with mobster Sam Giancana. Giancana was played by actor John Turturro and Phyllis was played by Mary Louise Parker.

In 1968, they retired from public performance. Phyllis went to a solo act; Dorothy and Christine became totally devoted to their families. Seventeen years later, however, they joined as an act again in response to fans' entreaties.

In 1994, they were inducted into the National Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In 2001, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. They have also been inducted into the Coca-Cola Hall of Fame and the Headliners' Hall of Fame.