Today's Tids Issue 5.365
Cancelling America:
I guess God a hasn’t heard
Our national pleas to bless
Our angry, beleaguered
And quite confused Congress.
Because all I'm ever seeing,
Are lots of lawyers in regress.
And a debt laden nation
Heading towards distress.
The Gaza hospital bombing is a classic example of people seeing what they want to see, supporting what they want to believe, and the truth be damned.
I believe 100% in rebuilding cities and leaving the open land alone. Sorry developers.
My driving instructor told me to pull over somewhere safe. After 10 minutes he asked me why I hadn't pulled over. I said we are still in Chicago.
The Question:
What was the original name of the Whamo Frisbee? Bonus: The last episode of I Love Lucy was put on the shelf in1957. What number episode was it?
The Headlines:
--Israel Denies They Had Anything to do with Hospital Bombing; Rest of Arab Worlds Doesn’t Believe Them; Audio tape of Conversation between Terrorists Acknowledges that Hamas made a Mistake; Videos Show Misfiring of Rocket from Within.
--Morgan Stanley Missies; Oil Prices Drop as Hospital Blast Riles Middle East; BoA, Citigroup and Chase all Came in Strong; Stocks Open Lower but Stagger Into last Hour of Trading.
--Netflix Reports Surge in Subscribers for Q3; Will be Raising Prices.
--Opposition to Jordan Increase as He Loses Second Vote; 22 Repubs Vote Against Him; His Team says, We’re in it for the long haul. Repubs Want to Give More Power to McHenry.
A rather intelligent reader advises: “The phrase 'Don't take this the wrong way' has a zero percent chance of success.” I like that.
Currently the two major stories shaping opinion these days are Israel and Arab world anger, and the Congress and Republican world anger. I should try to distinguish between Jodan of Congress and Jordan of the Middle East.
In the summer of 1957, I worked for an alcoholic stone mason in Estes Park Colorado. I learned a lot about concrete and rocks, and how to do swigs and beers in a pick-up truck after a hard day's work. And how to go blind in 27 minutes. But I wasn’t the only one in outer space, Russia launched Sputnik 1 and shortly after Sputnik 2 carrying the dog Laika. The space race was on, led by man’s best friend, and that wasn't Khruschev. We all became space cadets as Whamo introduced the Frisbee, which kept college campuses flying even when the taps were turned off. But, alas, the last episode of “I Love Lucy” ended the show of the decade. But Philadelphia's “American Bandstand" came on board and USA kids began dancing. Except in Little Rock Arkansas when the National guard stopped 9 black students from entering Central HS. People here wondered what a Toyoda was, but a bigger worry was the Asian Flu Pandemic. I actually don’t remember ever hearing the pandemic word. The big global concern was the Suez Canal closing. People began measuring their success status by the volume of their Car Tail Fins. My first car we would buy as a married couple a few years later was built this year, a coral and white Chevy. A cool Portable Hi-Fi record player cost $79.95, and the word “portable” was a wow! term in itself. You could still enjoy bacon and eggs as prices were 60 cents a pound and 28 cents a dozen. Yes, the world was full of music as 45 RPMs became a staple and could also be used in a pinch as a Frisbee. The top songs were led by, yes again, Presley, tis time with “All Shook Up”. Others at the top were “Lil' Darlin”, ”Love letter in the Sand”, “Young Love”, "Bye-Bye Love” and “Tammy”. My personal favorite was “Searchin” by the Coasters. (In 1958 they had a follow-up hit, Yakety Yak. Check out the lyrics) he big movies were "Bridge on the River Kwai”, “Twelve Angry Men: and “Three Faces of Eve”. Which probably meant she could deal with 4 angry men simultaneously. And this was a happy year that Gave us “The Cat in the Hat” and other books like Ian Fleming's "From Russia with Love”. The most popular TV shows were Gunsmoke, The Danny Thomas Show and the Ed Sullivan show. Presley continued to sell everything he sang, and the money piled up. He bought Graceland Mansion. Hurricane Audrey became one of the most devastating in history as it bore down on Louisiana. And my college football team came on like storm and won the Lambert Cup as best small college team in the East. It was a big deal. Oh yea, out in Colorado a woman taught me how to ride a horse through the Mountains. I always thought I could live there someday, but I’ve never been back.
What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing Taxis.
Colorado is too crowded anyhow, just about like any other beautiful place that is overpromoted. And, it has c gone way too much towards the life
I went to luncheon with bad sandwiches today to hear our two candidates running for Congress. The Dem promised to do what he says America is all about, government does it all and we will spend, spend, spend to make it happen I don't think he, a product of a long bureaucratic career, truly understands the real concept of America. The Repub who I will vote for doesn’t stand a chance in this state with 37 Repubs. l talked to the Repub Gerry Leonard and said he will have huge task trying to build a coalition upon a base of 37 Republicans. He said, “There are 37 republicans? Maybe we have chance after all!” He is an ex-Marine Colonel. He rose into many posts, one being as Chief Strategy Officer for David Petraeus in Afghanistan. He believes the people know more about running the country than Bureaucrats. How x can you not like him.
With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy's truck leaves him too.
The Answer:
Before it was Frisbee it was called the Pluto Platter, which Whamo thought was good name to hop onto the current American fasciation flying saucer UFO’s. Bonus: ILL had 181 episodes.
Happy Hump Day, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
Something I was dancin' to in 1957.
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