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Ten minutes, edgar? I didn't know that, buddy.

Ah, I love Hank Snow, "the singing ranger". Never heard that one by him, however. Thanks for the info and the great visuals.

First time I ever heard Hank was when he sang I've Been Everywhere. That song always reminds me of Ricky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERYu-NMjkE&feature=related

One of Ricky's good ones, letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bnwgyOpL9c
Mitchell Torok
Carribean

Evening Ms Letty,Ed and all WA2K folks.One from a musical again....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRN3umyXTk
Cell Block Tango ( He had it coming ) - Chicago.

Thanks again for the comment, Texas. Don't know Mitchell Torok, but The Carribean was a great one

Time for me to say goodnight, and I think that I shall do so with two songs.

First Danny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfxfj0i6q5c&feature=related

Now Mario.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnfKueIMJM

I heard Letty exclaim as she went out of sight, Merry Chrismas to all and to all a goodnight.

Oops, Brit, missed your Cell Block Tango. Will acknowledge in the morning.

Danny Kaye was more than a great performer. He was a humanitarian.
I have a vinyl copy of Mario's Christmas album, letty. Nuff said.
Barry is in good form tonight.

Good night everybody. Hope you like the great Caruso.

From the People Being Eaten news desk....

Sharm el-Sheikh tourist killed in new shark attack.

A 70-year-old German tourist died after being mauled by a shark off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh today – the latest in a series of shark attacks in the Red Sea over the past five days.

Egypt's Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS) sent an urgent message to its members in Sharm el-Sheikh, instructing them to clear the water.

"Following reports of another incident in Middle Garden local reef, CDWS is calling for all its members in Sharm el-Sheikh to stop any snorkelling activities happening from any boats or shore. Please tell all your boats to immediately recall any snorkellers who may be in the water," it said.

The group's chairman, Hesham Gabr, told the Guardian: "We are busy dealing with the crisis. I can confirm that a German woman was injured and she passed away."

According to security officials quoted by the Associated Press, the woman's arm was severed in the attack and she died within minutes.

Last week three Russians and a Ukrainian were badly injured.

The Egyptian authorities had said they were confident that the capture and killing of two sharks on Thursday had eliminated the threat to swimmers.

A 48-hour ban on entering the water had been lifted yesterday but all watersports, except for diving sites, have been closed again following today's attack.

Jochen Van Lysebettens, manager of the Red Sea Diving College at the resort, said the latest victim was a regular guest at the luxury Hyatt Regency hotel. He told Sky News: "The woman was just swimming to stay in shape. Suddenly there was a scream of help and a lot of violence in the water. The lifeguard got her on the reef and he noticed she was severely wounded."

Van Lysebettens said 40 diving instructors had been out in the waters in recent days to check for sharks after the initial catch. "They found nothing," he said. "Based on that the authorities opened the dive sites again and opened the watersports activities again."

He thought the same shark had been responsible for all the attacks. He suggested it may have been drawn to the coast by dead sheep left in the water. "I have no idea why this shark is behaving so aggressively," he continued.

"This must have been triggered by something in the past. Unfortunately in this case he is now looking at snorkellers."

A British couple tonight told the Guardian they were in a group of snorkellers that had to leave the water hurriedly on Saturday after a large shark circled round them. Christina Stafel-Collins, from Broughton, north Lincolnshire, said: "It was definitely an oceanic whitetip. We saw it so close-up. My husband is six foot and it was loads larger than him … I am so upset this woman has died. They should have shut the beaches ."

Her husband, Terry Collins, who was in the army for 24 years, said the shark had acted aggressively. "It was about three metres long. I was about 10 metres behind everyone else. I saw it come out of the depths and it went towards our leader. It circled him and began circling the group.

"It was deep grey and was that close I could see electric blue fish swimming in front of it. It was circling lazily but with intent," he said.

The boats that brought them to the area were on the other side of a reef the group had been circling.

Terry said when he raised his head he saw people on the board shouting warnings.

The swimmers had to make their way to the reef and rested there before swimming one by one across about 100 metres of open water to the boats.

"We tried to keep the splashing down."

Around three million tourists visit Sharm el-Sheikh each year, with the winter months peak season. The Red Sea, with its exotic fish and spectacular corals, is a magnet for divers and snorkellers.

Last week's victims were thought to have been attacked by an oceanic whitetip shark, which rarely swims close to the shore. Experts blamed tourists for throwing food into the water to lure fish in order to get a better close-up view.

"It is clear from our initial discussions with shark behavioural experts that this highly unusual spate of attacks by an oceanic whitetip shark was triggered by an activity, most probably illegal fishing or feeding in the area," Gabr said in a statement on Friday.

Conservationists from the South Sinai National Park caught two sharks on Thursday following the earlier attacks, which happened on Tuesday and Wednesday. The animals were dissected to examine the contents of their stomachs, although the results of the autopsy procedures were not released.

Tourists who witnessed one of last week's attacks, near Tiran beach, were shaken by the experience. Speaking before today's attack, many said they would not return to the water even if the authorities gave the all-clear.

"I was very close by," Uri, a tourist from Moscow, said. "I will be spending the rest of my holiday sitting on the beach."

But Anthony Bradbury, a 38-year-old from Oldham, said he was confident the authorities would catch the shark responsible.

"They'll look after the tourists – they want the trade, don't they? You can't live your life being scared of everything," he said.

Think I saw this story,along with the same excuses,at the movies back in 1975....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8t3Lt8iJw&NR=1

My thanks to John Williams for the never to be forgotten theme,reminding me that,if I'm in shark territory,the only way I will hit the water will be in a big boat.

Good morning. It's cold out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU
Oh the shark babe

Good morning, WA2K folks.

Hey, Brit. That Cell Block Tango was great. I had to check it out and found that it was a movie. Thanks for that and the report on the shark attack. Always love John Williams.

edgar, thanks again for your comments and that marvelous Enrico Caruso song in French was heart warming. O Holy Night is fantastic.

Course you know how I love Bobby's Mack the Knife.

Two songs for the morning, y'all.

First a tribute to Ira Gershwin whose birthday is today along with his brother, George.

Sing it, Sir Elton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLjWdZ3mP5E&feature=related

This one is a surprise, and I need to do more research, but he is good.

Buddy Greco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQMfMBq2eE&feature=related

My 9th grade English teacher was named Audrey Allison and she claimed to be Mose's wife (she may have been; the age was right. I went to Junior High on Long Island).

This is the song I think of when I think of Mose (apologies for a few skips on the video):

A Nancy ........Triple Play.





Isn't she wonderful. xxxxx

I love elton and Buddy Greco, letty. Buddy has a knockout version of Around the World, but last time I looked it was not on youtube.

jespah
A friend introduced me to his music quite a few years back. He is unique.

euro
I agree about Nancy. She is something else. The last man I worked under at my present job was an erstwhile ballroom dance instructor. He was at a place in California, according to him, dancing with random girls, when he was approached by Nancy. He danced every dance with her most of the evening after that. Then each went their own way.

Welcome back, edgar. Thanks again for your comments on what we play here.

Hey, Irish. Know all three of those Nancy songs, buddy. Thanks. Especially like These Boots Were Made for Walking.

Here's on from Pa Pa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdyK7yXXkic

What a treat to dance the night with Nancy. What a Lady.
I heard she still hosts a show on radio, www.sirius.com/siriuslysinatra

He put his heart into that song, The best kind of love , love for your kids, unconditional love.
And I treated myself to the Summer Wind as well. Thank you, Letty.

I love that song by Frank, letty.
I had no idea Nancy was on the radio.

Thanks, Irish. I am not familiar with Sirius. (just the star)

edgar, That is one of my favorite songs by old blue eyes.

Here's one from the Celtic lady for the Irish in all of us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHOyPLSVam4