Saturday 9: Hold Me Now

Daylight Savings Time Begin tomorrow!

My clocks will once again have the right time.

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Saturday 9: Hold Me Now (1983)

 

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's song begins with a young man gazing at a picture of himself and his girlfriend in happier times. Are there any photographs in the room you're in right now?

Yes, I am up at my brother’s and sister-in-laws condo in Maine and they have pictures of their grandchildren,

2) His girl tells him he's a dreamer. Do you consider yourself more a dreamer or realist?

I am a realistic dreamer.

3) "Hold Me Now" was a big hit for the British pop band, The Thompson Twins. They got their start in the late 1970s in the English city of Sheffield, so named because the River Sheaf runs through it. Do you know how your town got its name?

Nope, but it is better than the original name “The Great Swamp Society.”

4) Today lead singer Tom Bailey performs solo and is an outspoken advocate for veganism. Vegans abstain from consuming animal products, particularly in their diets. Are you a vegan, or have you ever tried to stick to a vegan diet?

Yuck… No. I hate vegetables.

5) Tom's former bandmate Joe Leeway has left show business altogether and concentrates on a career in hypnotherapy. This therapy is commonly used to treat insomnia, smoking cessation and obesity. Is hypnotherapy something you have tried, or would consider?

I tried it once to lose weight and I ended up with a nice nap that cost $100!

6) In 1983, when this song was popular, Motorola introduced the first cell phone. Today cell phones are an essential part of our every day lives. Do you still have a landline?

Yes, one of the reasons is some people only have my landline number.

7) Also in 1983, American West airlines took off, flying between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Where did you travel to on your most recent flight?

The most recent flight was in 1999 to the west coast for a wedding.

8) In 1983, Princess Diana was the world's top cover girl. Are there any magazines in the room you're in? If yes, who or what is on the cover?

Yes, but it is Yankee Magazine and has a farm house on the front (They have a recipe for Aragosta Lobster Pasta).

9) Random question: Is anyone on your bad side this morning?

No one is ever on my bad side.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!

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It has been a roller coaster, I just got back from a week at my brother’s and sister-in-law’s condo in Maine. So I went up there and it was sunny, in the mid-fifties, I get up there and it is in the low-forties and cloudy. It rained from Monday until Friday morning when the sun came out as I was leaving.

You know what it didn’t matter, I got to spend some quality time with them. It was the first time since COVID that we saw each other except for the holidays. And as we get older we never know what coming tomorrow.

For supper one night I made Lobster Newberg for us, and the lobsters right off the boat! While we were there a fisherman was unloading lobster.