On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Okay, back in the 80s, family is all up at the lake cottage in New Hampshire. My niece and nephews were all agog about a new song when my sister-in-law started singing it. My niece and nephews couldn’t believe that their “Mother” knew the words to the hit song that juat came out! But it was a Beatles song!
2) In this week's song, vocalist Dick Haymes sings that he won't complain about the rain. Do you have any complaints about the weather this morning?
Sh… I got my fingers crossed. I’m hoping for rain this afternoon!
Why, because I don’t want to drive up to Northampton MA for Pride. It is a long drive and I’m worried about parking. When it was at the fairgrounds you could park right next to the Pride, but now it is right down in the center of Northampton in a parking lot! I can’t do a lot of walking, so since it is right in the middle of the center of Northampton it is usually mobbed on a Saturday and to get all the way up there to have to walk a couple of blocks and if it is raining, well...
4) Dick was the lead vocalist of the Harry James orchestra. Like Dick, Harry had a movie star wife. Betty Grable was famous for her legs. Her bathing suit poster inspired hosiery manufacturers to single out her perfectly proportioned thighs, calves and ankles. Betty herself joked, "I'm a star for two reasons, and I'm standing on them." What do you think is your best (physical) trait?
My mind.
5) Betty's weren't the only legs that fascinated Harry. He was known for his stable of thoroughbred racehorses. Have you ever been to the races?
No, but car races yes! I went to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix but not horses. But I have a distant cousin who owns a stable of Polo horses… they are very, very, rich! I mean well into the nine figures. (My cousin was a ski instructor and tended to marry rich women. I father’s worst nightmare, their daughter marrying a ski instructor!) BTW… he raced Porsches at Limerock park in CT (Well if your wife is a multimillionaire your wife is bound to know someone who owns a Porsche dealership to lend you one to race!)
7) In addition to "I'll Get By," Judy Garland's "Trolley Song" topped the charts in 1944. When did you most recently take public transportation?
Last summer. Once in while I take the bus into Provincetown MA in the summer. For seniors the fare is $1, parking is $8/hr! You do the math, and the buses run every ½ hour.
I have to laugh! Back in the 60s and 70s you could fit an overnight back into them, but now all I can fit in the glove box is the owners manuals! All 850 pages! There are more “!Warning!” then instructions. The only other thing I have in there besides the manuals is a small LED flashlight.
