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Letty, I thought I'd warn you. My brother has moved to daytona beach. If you see any planes flying really low it may not be terrorists, only my brother learning to fly. Hold on to yer hats.

Hey, Cyracuz. Maybe he'll buzz my house. Ah, honey, I hope he knows what he's doing, truly, but it's difficult to deter brothers whose minds are always in the sky. Need to find a song to salute your brother, Cyracuz.

Hey, listeners, can anyone out there think of a dedication song for the bros on WA2K radio?

and while we are waiting for a dedication song to Cyracuz's brother, perhaps others can let us know the facts about where they live. Here are a few about my home state in Virginia:






The Indian name Shenandoah means "Daughter of the stars."
Virginia's tidal shoreline is 1,280 miles long.
Hampton is the oldest municipality founded by the English in the United States.
The largest canyon east of the Mississippi River is Breaks Interstate Canyon.
Virginia ranks thirty-sixth in area among the states.
King William County is the home of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Indian reservations.
Virginia was named the "Old Dominion" by King Charles II.
Counties were originally called "shires" in Virginia.
The Blue Ridge Parkway extends from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Under the first charter of colonization in 1606, Virginia extended to the Pacific Ocean.
The Atlantic Command of NATO is headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Base.
The terms of surrender for the Confederacy were drawn up in the Wilmer McLean House in Appomattox.
The Chesapeake-Bay Bridge-Tunnel is the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is comprised of ninety-five counties.
Lee County is the southwesternmost county in Virginia.
The total area of Virginia, excluding the Chesapeake Bay, is 40,817 square miles.
The longest battle of the Civil War was fought near Petersburg.
The highest elevation in Virginia is Mount Rogers, at 5,719 feet.
Patrick Henry delivered his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in St. Johns Church in Richmond.
Virginia is bordered by North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland.
On April 19, 1781, Lord Corwallis surrendered his troops at Yorktown.
"James Towne" (Jamestown) was named for King James I of England.
Mr. Peanut was born in Suffolk, Virginia.
State Street in Bristol is the dividing line between Virginia and Tennessee.
Williamsburg was the colonial capitol of Virginia.
Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant were the three ships that brought the first colonists to Jamestown.
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson.
The first official Thanksgiving took place in 1619 at Berkley Plantation.
The popular soft drink, Dr. Pepper, was developed in Waco, Texas, but named after Dr. Charles Kenneth Pepper
of Rural Retreat.
In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first democratically elected legislative body to meet in the
New World.
On May 15, 1776, the Fifth Virginia Convention declared Virginia to be a free and independent state.
In 1778 Virginia became the first government in the world to outlaw slave traffiking.
The military melody, "Taps" was composed at Berkley Plantation in 1862.
The Barksdale Theatre/Hanover Tavern is the nation's oldest dinner theater.
The first theater in America was erected in Williamsburg in 1716.
America's oldest African-American weekly publication is the Richmond Afro-American.
The Stalacpipe Organ, found in the Cathedral Room of the Luray Caverns is the world's largest musical instrument.
The first seven United States astronauts were trained at the NASA Langley Space Center in Hampton.
The Natural Bridge is listed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Assateague Lighthouse can be seen for nineteen nautical miles.
Three poisonous snakes, copperhead, cottonmouth, and rattlesnake are indigenous to Virginia.
Sixty percent of Virginia's land area is made up of forests.
The wind tunnels at Langley Research Center can produce wind speeds in excess of 15,000 miles per hour.
One and one-half million acres of forests in the Commonwealth of Virginia are designated as national forests.
The Virginia General Assembly was the first representative assembly in America.
The first humans who lived in Virginia came to the Shenandoah River, near the current site of Front Royal,
around 9,000 BC.
Virginia was the oldest, largest, and most populous of the British colonies in America.
King Charles II nicknamed Virginia the "Old Dominion" because of the colony's loyalty to the English crown.
The geographical center of Virginia is near Mount Rush in Buckingham County.
Washington County was the first spot in the world named in honor of the "Father of Our Country."
George Washington was the first man to sign the U. S. Constitution.
Fort Monroe, near Hampton, is the largest stone fort ever built in the United States, and the only one
with a moat still in active use.
More Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state.
The Tip Corporation of Marion began bottling and distributing the popular soft drink Mountain Dew in 1959.
More than 50% of all Internet traffic passes through Fairfax.
Richmond's stretch of the James' River offers the only urban whitewater rafting in the nation.

COME FLY WITH ME LYRICS

Frank Sinatra

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen

Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away
If you can use, some exotic booze
There's a bar in far bombay
Come fly with me, we'll fly we'll fly away

Come fly with me, let's float down to peru
In lama land, there's a one man band
And he'll toot his flute for you
Come fly with me, we'll float down in the blue

Once I get you up there, where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide, starry eyed
Once I get you up there, I'll be holding you so near
You may here, angels cheer - because were together

Weather wise it's such a lovely day
You just say the words, and we'll beat the birds
Down to acapulco bay
It's perfect, for a flying honeymoon - they say
Come fly with me, we'll fly we'll fly away

LEARNING TO FLY

Tom Petty

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

Friction lock - set.
Mixture - rich
Propellers - fully forward
Flaps - set - 10 degrees
Engine gauges and suction - check

Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
Altimeters - check both
(garbled word) - on
Navigation lights - on
Strobes - on
(to tower): confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure
(tower): hello again, this is now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. it's to go.
(tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-echo
Easy on the brakes. take it easy. it's gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it...

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit,

FLY ME TO THE MOON

FRANK SINATRA

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing forever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY LYRICS

R Kelly

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it then I can do it
If I just believe it there's nothing to it

1 I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me oh

If I can see it then I can be it
If I just believe it there's nothing to it

Repeat 1

Hey cuz I believe in me oh

If I can see it then I can do it
If I just believe it there's nothign to it

Repeat 1

Hey if I just spread my wings
I can fly
I can fly
I can fly hey
If I just spread my wings
I can fly
Fly eye eye

LEAVING ON A JET PLANE LYRICS




This song appears on seventeen albums, and was first released on the rhymes & reasons album, this is john denver, the country roads collection) and the rocky mountain collection, and has als
N rerecorded on the greatest hits vol 1, changes, voice of america, john denver (italian) country classics, take me home, country roads - and other hits, the very best of john denver (double cd)
Favourites albums. a brand new studio recording also appears on the love again and a celebration of life albums. live versions also appears on the live in london album and the wildlife concert a
E best of john denver live albums as a medley.

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
¡®cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Ev'ry place I go, I'll think of you
Ev'ry song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
¡®cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
¡®cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

But, I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

I am partial to the Pink Floyd version of "Learning to Fly." And while I like them both, I should point out that earlier bobsmythhawk accidentally posted the Pink Floyd lyrics instead of the Tom Petty version.

Here is Tom's version of "Learning to Fly":



Well it started out
Down a dirty road.
Started out
All alone.

And the sun went down
As I crossed the hill.
And the town lit up,
And the world got still.

I'm learnin' to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down
Is the hardest thing.

Well the good ol' days
May not return.
And the rocks might melt,
And the sea may burn.

I'm learnin' to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down
Is the hardest thing.

Well some say life
Will beat you down,
And break your heart,
Steal your crown.

So it started out
For God-knows-where.
I guess I'll know
When I get there.

I'm learning to fly
Around the clouds.
What goes up
Must come down.

I'm learnin to fly
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down
Is the hardest thing.

I'm learnin' to fly
Around the clouds.
But what goes up
Must come down.

I'm learnin' to fly.
I'm learnin' to fly.

Talk about coincidence at 6:00pm tonight (EST) TCM is playing "the Outlaw".


Trivia: Once they'd found Jane, Howard Hughes and his aircraft engineers designed a special cantilevered bra to enhance the appearance of Jane Russell's bust. She never wore it, but this movie was the reason the famous bra was designed.

Well, Cyracuz, Ask and it shall be given. <smile>

Let's just hope, listeners, that Francis and Cyracuz's brother are flying in friendly skies.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At'em boys, giv'er the gun!
Down we dive spouting our flames from under,
Off with one hell-uv-a roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame,
Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!
Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
Sent it high into the blue
Hands of men blasted the world asunder,
How they live God only knew!
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings ever to soar,
With scouts before and bombers galore,
Nothing can stop the US Air Force!

Here's a toast to the host of those
Who love the vastness of the sky,
To a friend we send a message
Of his brother men who fly.
We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roar
to score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of men we boast, the US Air Force.

Off we go into the wild sky yonder,
Keep the wings level and true!
If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder,
Keep your nose out of the blue! (Out of the blue, boy!)
Flying men guarding the nation's border,
We'll be there, followed by more,
In echelon we carry on! Hey!
Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!

Thanks for the correction Ticomaya. Under the lyrics was the name Tom Petty so I blithely put it in.

Thanks, BBB, then, of course, there is always the Flight of the Bumble Bee, sorry we don't have the lyrics to that song, however. <smile>

Well, folks, a call in suggested that we change the theme to a rhyme scheme.

How about this one:

Finlandia
Finland, behold, thy daylight now is dawning,
the threat of night has now been driven away.
The skylark calls across the light of morning,
the blue of heaven lets it have its way,
and now the day the powers of night is scorning:
thy daylight dawns, O Finland of ours!

Finland, arise, and raise towards the highest
thy head now crowned with mighty memory.
Finland, arise, for to the world thou criest
that thou hast thrown off thy slavery,
beneath oppression´s yoke thou never liest.
Thy morning´s come, O Finland of ours!

perhaps this rhyme of one Isaac Watts suffices in lieu of the Bumble Bee:

How doth the lit-tle bus-y bee
Im-prove each shin-ing hour,
And gath-er hon-ey all the day
From ev-ery open-ing flower!
How skill-ful-ly she builds her cell!
How neat-ly spreads the wax!
And la-bors hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.

In works of la-bor or of skill
I would be bus-y too:
For Sa-tan finds some mis-chief still
For i-dle hands to do.

In books, or work, or health-ful play
Let my first years be passed,
That I may give for ev-ery day
Some good ac-count at last.

listeners may have noticed that Charles Dodson, aka Lewis Carroll, parodied this most wickedly in Alice's Adventures.

Thanks, yit, and our call in thanks you as well. I'm not certain of Lewis' wicked parody, but we all are willing to learn here on WA2K radio.

"I'll try and say 'How doth the little -- '" and she crossed her hands on her lap, as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do: --

1 "How doth the little crocodile
2 Improve his shining tail,
3 And pour the waters of the Nile
4 On every golden scale!

5 How cheerfully he seems to grin,
6 How neatly spreads his claws,
7 And welcomes little fishes in
8 With gently smiling jaws!"

"I'm sure those are not the right words," said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again ...

Hey, Yit. That was great if you did it from memory(even if you didn't do it from memory). Thanks.

I'll be back in a bit with some interesting news items and antiquities of interest from the Archaeology lovers.

News from ancient history:

Bizarre! Stone Age Pornography Unearthed

Archaeologists digging in Leipzig, Germany had quite a surprise when they found the remains of two Stone Age figurines that when joined together appear to depict a man and a woman making love, report Great Britain's Guardian newspaper and Germany's Spiegel magazine.

The statues, which are approximately 7,200 years old, seem to shatter the idea that sex was a forbidden subject in that time. Until now, the oldest sexual scenes found by archaeologists were on frescos that date to the time of Christ.




But what really has historians excited is that this is the oldest male clay figurine ever found. Discovered by archaeologist Dr. Harald Strauble of the Archaeological Institute of Saxony, the male figurine was found in two pieces. He dubbed the statue Adonis.

Although Strauble allowed that the figures could be depicting a ritual dance, he dismissed that and said in a news release announcing the find that this is "the oldest representation ever of a pornographic scene."

He told The Guardian, "This is such an interesting discovery, as these figurines are not stylistic, but realistic. They open up a gateway for historians and anthropologists to discuss whether sex really was a taboo subject in the Stone Age."

My goodness, listeners. Even then, folks were sending messages about "My husband watches porn. What should I do?" <smile>