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That just made me think of a song....I will be right back.

Solsbury hill

Climbing up on solsbury hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night

He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
I had to listen had no choice

I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart was going boom boom, boom
Son, he said, grab your things, I've come to take you home.

To keeping silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut

So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut

I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, he said, grab your things, I've come to take you home.
Yeah back home

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free

Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me

Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things, they've come to take me home.

Boy, George can sing.

Lovely, shari. Another that Letty has never heard. Thank you again for the related song. It was perfect.

My word, here we go again. Actually, edgar, I haven't heard that young man sing the Karma song in forever, and perhaps that is just as well.<smile>

Guess I had better get things moving in the kitchen, listeners, as I hear stirring from the guest bedroom.

Back later.

This is cyber space, WA2K radio.

SHOTGUN BOOGIE
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD

There stands in the corner with the barrel so straight
I looked out the window and over the gate
The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass
Wait till they hear my old shotgun blast
Shotgun boogie, I done saw your track
Look out mister rabbbit when I cock my hammer back
Well, over on the ridge is shady park
Hickory nuts so big, you can see 'em in the dark
The big fat squirrels they scratch and they fight
I'll be on that ridge before daylight
With the shotgun boogie, all I need is one shot
Look out bushy tail, tonight you'll be in the pot

Well, I met a pretty gal, she was tall and thin
I asked her what she had, she said a fox four-ten
I looked her up and down, said boy this is love
So we headed for the brush to shoot a big fat dove
Shotgun boogie, boy the feathers flew
Look out mister dove, when she draws her bead on you
I sat down on a log, took her on my lap
She said wait a minute Bud, you got to see my pap
He's got a sixteen gage, choked down like a rifle
He don't like a man that's a gonna trifle
Shotgun boogie, draws the bead so fine
Look out big boy, he's loaded all the time

Well, I called on her pap like a gentleman oughta
He said no brush hunter's gonna get my daughter
He cocked back the hammer right on the spot
When the gun went off, I outran the shot
Shotgun boogie, I wanted wedding bells
I'll be back little gal, when your pappie runs out of shells

PEROXIDE BLONDE AND A HOPPED UP MODEL FORD
(Unknown)
GENE SIMMONS (SUN, UNISSUED TAPE FRAGMENT)

With a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford
Ooh, when I'm draggin', draggin' down Main once more
With a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford
Ooh-ooh...

Well, we drug down Main, just to make a scene
I barked my tyres as the light turned green
I slapped her to the floor and I let out on the clutch
And what was left on the road, it wasn't very much
We flew out of town, we were side by side
Twin carburetors was a runnin' wild
The smoke was ballin' up for a mile behind
I dated that blonde, she left me way behind
When I was draggin', draggin' down Main once more
With a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford
Ooh, now I never-never-never drag down Main no more
With a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford
Ooh, a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford
Yeah, a peroxide blonde in a hopped up model Ford

Hey, Texas. Thanks for the memories on Shot Gun Boogie, buddy, and the other song I'm not aware of, but it certainly reminds me of this one:

Hank Williams
» Hey, Good Lookin'

Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken [sic].
How's about keepin' steady company?
I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

Hey, I just found out that Jimmy Buffet did that one as well.

STOP WHISTLIN' WOLF
MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE

I walked down the street in my dress of baby-blue
I looked straight ahead like a good girl ought to do
All at once I heard this crazy sound
Here's what I said when I coldly turned around

Stop whistlin' wolf, I ain't a red riding hood
Stop whistlin' wolf, it ain't gonna do you no good
I'm headin' down the street to my grandma's flat
I never gonna fall for a line like that
Stop whistlin' wolf, I ain't a red riding hood

He walked by my side and he tried to take my arm
I said go away, but I saw he meant no harm
When I smiled he made that sound again
I told him off, but my voice was weaker then

He looked kinda cute, he had a smooth acne
So what should I do , after all a girl is weak
How I whistled when he stole a kiss
Who would have thoughtThat I'd end up sayin' this

Stop whistlin' wolf, 'cause you found a red riding hood
Stop whistlin' wolf, 'cause I'm gonna be your baby for good
We're headin' down the street to grandma's flat
She's gonna put out the welcome mat
Stop whistlin' wolf, I'll be your red riding hood

yep, edgar, stop whistling wolf and stop feeding the sharks:

BRISBANE, Australia - Several tourist beaches along Australia's popular Gold Coast were closed again Sunday because of a massive feeding frenzy involving more than 100 sharks, a lifeguard official said.


Several beaches in Queensland state were closed for the second straight day after more than 100 hammerhead, gray nurse and whaler sharks were spotted feeding close to shore, said Sue Neil, spokeswoman for Surf Lifesaving Queensland.

Neil said most swimmers were staying out of the water, but some surfers were putting themselves at risk by coming within yards of the feeding frenzy.

"When they (sharks) feed on the bait fish they do close their eyes and there is a danger of collision," she said. "If they are chomping, they could very easily chomp on humans."

Last month, a 21-year-old Australian woman was fatally mauled by as many as three sharks in a regular shark-feeding area off North Stradbroke Island in Queensland.

And, there is the song, listeners, that has the line "....scarlet billows start to spread...."

Which of Bob's yesterday bio's would match that?

Oh, please.

Men spend more than women do on their valentines

WASHINGTON - Take note, gentlemen: You'll probably give more than you get on Valentine's Day.

Men plan to shell out an average of $128 on their loved ones Tuesday, while women plan to spend $74, according to a new survey sponsored by Discover Card, the credit card company.

Why do men spend more?

"Because men have to, and women can chose to," Gail Sheehy, the author of Sex and the Seasoned Woman and other books on modern women, said in an e-mail interview. "Women remind men and guilt them into it."

Fair enough.

But women also earn less, about 75 cents to every dollar a man makes, according to Vicky Lovell, study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington.

More than one-third of women don't plan to spend a dime on gifts for their sweethearts, according to the survey, which excluded men and women who said they had no lovers, real or potential, to buy for.

Lovell suspects that there's a second reason for men's extravagance: They're less comfortable letting their hearts speak.

"Women may spend less because they see it as a time for men to express affections," Lovell said.

What women want, however, may differ from what men buy them, according to Discover's representative sample of 1,016, polled by phone.

Offered seven choices of Valentine's presents, jewelry ranked fifth among women but third in men's plans.

Lingerie and clothing ranked sixth on the women's list, fifth in men's plans.

A night on the town was the top choice for both, but there may be argument about who picks up the tab.

Seven out of 10 men surveyed said they would pay. Six in 10 women said they would.

Flowers and candy were the next most popular gifts among women, and the survey found that men know it.

Besides a night on the town, men said they wanted entertainment items such as books, music and movies far more than any other gifts.

Valentine's Day gifts are expected to ring up $13.7 billion in sales, according to the National Retail Federation.

Lorne Greene
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 - September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television.

Lorne Hyman Greene was born in Ottawa, Ontario to Russian Jewish immigrants, and began acting while attending Queen's University in Kingston. He gave up on a career in chemical engineering and, upon graduation, found a job as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He was assigned as the principal newsreader on the CBC National News. The CBC gave him the nickname "The Voice of Canada"; however, his role in delivering distressing war news in sonorous tones following Canada's entry into World War II in 1939 caused many listeners to call him "The Voice of Doom". He also narrated documentary films, such as the National Film Board of Canada's Fighting Norway (1943).

The first of his American television roles was as family patriarch Ben Cartwright on the long-running western series Bonanza (1959-1973), making Greene a household name. He garnered the role after having turned in a highly-regarded performance as Big Brother in a production of Nineteen Eighty-Four for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). After the cancelation of Bonanza, he was host for the CBS nature documentary series "Last of the Wild" from 1974 to 1975.

Greene's next best-known role was Commander Adama (another patriarchal figure) in the science fiction film and series Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) and Galactica 1980 (1980). The part of leader of the surviving remnant of humanity seemed particularly well suited to Greene.

In 1964, Greene had a No. 1 single on the music charts with his hit ballad, "Ringo." He was also known as the host and narrator of the nature series, Lorne Greene's New Wilderness. He also appeared in the HBO mockumentary The Canadian Conspiracy, about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities. For nearly a decade, Greene co-hosted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. He is also fondly remembered as the founder of Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts which had been founded as the Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting.

He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on October 28, 1969 "For services to the Performing Arts and to the community." [1]. He was the 1987 recipient of the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards.

Greene died in 1987 in Santa Monica, California of pneumonia and was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California. Only weeks before his death, he had been signed to appear in a revival of Bonanza.

He was married twice, to Rita Hands (1938-1960, divorced) and to Nancy Deale (1961-1987, Greene's death). He has two children by Rita Hands, Belinda Susan Bennet (née Greene) and Charles Greene, and one child by Nancy Deale, Gillian Greene.

Later in life, he wore a hair piece made by Neal's Hair Pieces for Men of Carmichael, California.

Lorne Greene has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 N. Vine Street.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Greene

Forrest Tucker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Forrest Tucker (February 12, 1919 - October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television from the 1940s to the 1980s. Standing 6'5" and weighing 200 lb (91 kg), Tucker excelled as both hero and villain in action films throughout the 1940s and 1950s.

Tucker was born in Plainfield, Indiana. After graduating high school, he served in the United States Cavalry, performed in burlesque theater, and attended George Washington University. While on vacation in California in 1940, he began auditioning for movie roles. He was cast in The Westerner (1940), which starred Gary Cooper. He stood out in a fight scene with Cooper and was signed to Columbia Pictures.

In 1941, he played his first lead in Emergency Landing, and the following year he co-starred in the classic Keeper of the Flame. From 1942 to 1945, Tucker served in World War II. After returning from the war, he resumed his acting career, appearing in the classic 1946 film The Yearling and stealing a few scenes from Errol Flynn in Never Say Goodbye the same year.

In 1948, Tucker left Columbia and signed with Republic Pictures. The next year, he made his breakthrough in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), as Corporal Thomas, a soldier with a score to settle with John Wayne's Sergeant Stryker. Graduating to top billing, Tucker starred in numerous action films during the 1950s, including Rock Island Trail (1950), California Passage (1950), The Abominable Snowman (1957), and The Crawling Eye (1958). Also in 1958, he played Beauregard Burnside, Mame's first husband in Auntie Mame, which was the highest grossing U.S. film of the year. This film marked another turning point in his career, as he showed a flair for light comedy under the direction of Morton Da Costa.

Tucker then was cast as "Professor Harold Hill" by director Da Costa in the touring version of The Music Man, and he played the role 2,008 times over the next five years. Following his "Music Man" run, Tucker starred in the Broadway production of Fair Game for Lovers (1964) and then turned to television for his most famous role, starring as frontier capitalist Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke in F Troop (1965 - 1967). Though the network run on ABC lasted only two seasons, the series has been in constant syndication since, reaching three generations of viewers.

Following F Troop, Tucker returned to films in character parts (Barquero and Chisum, both 1970) and occasional leads (1975's The Wild McCullochs). On television Tucker was a frequent guest star, including 6 appearances on Gunsmoke and the recurring role of Jarvis Castleberry, Flo's estranged father on the 1976-1985 TV series, Alice and its spinoff, Flo. Tucker was a regular on three series after F Troop: Dusty's Trail (1973) with Bob Denver; The Ghost Busters (1975-76) which reunited him with F Troop co-star Larry Storch; and The Filthy Rich (1982-83).

In his final theatrical film, Cannon's Thunder Run (1986), Tucker was cast as a hero in an action film one last time before his death from lung cancer at the age of 67.

Tucker is interred in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Tucker

On a beautiful summer's day, a father and his eight-year-old son were lying on the grass by the riverbank,
looking up at the sky and watching the wisps of cloud float gently overhead.
After a few minutes of silence, the boy turned to the father and said: 'Dad, why are we here?'
'That's a good question, son. I think we're here to enjoy days such as this, to experience nature in all its
glory, the vastness of the sky, the beauty of the trees, the song of the birds, the rippling flow of the water.
We're here to help make the world a better place, to pass on our wisdom to future generations who will
hopefully profit from our achievements and learn from our mistakes.
We're here to savour the small triumphs of life - passing your school exams, the birth of a new member
of the family, promotion at work, a win for the home team. And we're here to comfort those dearest to
us in times of distress, to provide kindness and compassion, support and strength, to let them know
that, no matter how bad a situation may seem, they are not alone.
Does that answer your question, son?'
'Not really, Dad.'
'No?'
'No, what I meant was, why are we here when Mom said to pick her up forty minutes ago?'

Here's the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/folk-britannia.shtml

In lue of Valentines day, my touchy feely side has reared its ugly head. So, for anyone up for some Suoer Cheese; here it is.


In my life I've seen such things
That I wish I had not seen
But through your eyes
I can let it go
When you're lying here with me
Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn't wake me from this dream
(we dream)
Cause baby
Anywhere the wind blows
I will follow you
It seems
That in my life
I still believe in dreams
Where you are is where I'll be
It's all that really matters to me
The world out there
Hey can kiss my ass
As long as I've got you I'm free
Free
Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn't wake me from this dream (we dream)
Cause baby anywhere the wind blows
I will follow you
It seems
That in my life
I still believe in dreams
The world out there can kiss my ass
As long as i¹ve got you I'm free
Free
Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn't wake me from this dream (we dream)
Cause I don't care which way the wind blows
I will follow you
It seems
That in my life
Cause in your life
You believe
In dreams

First allow me to address edgar's "Oh, please," which denotes that everyone should know the answer to my question right after the shark report. Obviously, edgar is the only one who noticed it.

Reyn, welcome back, B.C. You are a delight to the sight/site. <smile>

I am really surprised about your survey involving men on Valentine's day, but then, men eternally surprise themselves, it seems.

Thank you, McTag, for the reference. I was interested in Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Thorpe as my sister was always equating her with another singer and one who she proclaimed to be the sister of the other.

Ah, dear Bob. Thanks again for the bio's and after reading through them more thoroughly I do want to comment. Wow! hawkman. That joke was funny and so typical of a kid who cuts into his dad's romantic notion. It did bring a smile to my heart.

shari, everyone is touchy feely in affairs of the heart, and thank you for making us aware through your song.

Bob, in your bio of Lorne Green, I was thinking about Michael Landon. My dear friend Bill died of pancreatic cancer and it reminds me of that unhappy event in my life.

Before I forget, here is a bouquet to all of you here:



I still have a growing flower that was given to me on Valentine's Day.