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Showing posts with label Nostalgic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nostalgic. Show all posts
October 25, 2011
October 13, 2011
Baa Baa Pax
We are poor little lambs
Who have lost our way.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We are little black sheep
Who have gone astray.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
Verse of The Woofenpoof Song
Some of my readers may be aware that I suffer from the occasional bout of Insomnia.
Are you also aware that those short on Rem-Sleep are incredibly susceptible to impulsive online shopping?
However my occasional 3am Amazon.com trollings pay dividends in nostalgia (by way of giving them shiny gold pieces first). So I am currently avidly watching my latest acquisition.
Oh and for the youngsters in the audience that don't recognise the lyrics above - it's Baa Baa Black Sheep (aka Black Sheep Squadron)
I should probably mention that I can't recall more than three or four episodes of the show - it was considered "too violent" by my parents so only my older brothers were allowed to watch it at home. This edict did NOT, of course, apply at my Grandmothers house so I caught some of the shows on occasions. So I am having a wonderful time catching up on the storyline [the pilot episode is pretty good :D] (and wondering if this show is the basis of my belief that Marines are really amazing... if amusing... Perhaps I should look into that in depth? Pink candy may be involved in the scientific analysis)
So if any of my bloggie friends happen to wander through my part of Australia and want to catch up on some really cool "Hollywood'd Military tales" - you can bring the popcorn!
Who have lost our way.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We are little black sheep
Who have gone astray.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
Verse of The Woofenpoof Song
Some of my readers may be aware that I suffer from the occasional bout of Insomnia.
Are you also aware that those short on Rem-Sleep are incredibly susceptible to impulsive online shopping?
However my occasional 3am Amazon.com trollings pay dividends in nostalgia (by way of giving them shiny gold pieces first). So I am currently avidly watching my latest acquisition.
Oh and for the youngsters in the audience that don't recognise the lyrics above - it's Baa Baa Black Sheep (aka Black Sheep Squadron)
So if any of my bloggie friends happen to wander through my part of Australia and want to catch up on some really cool "Hollywood'd Military tales" - you can bring the popcorn!
November 30, 2010
Red Bulls for the Win!
If you look to the right of the screen (and also below) you will see a photo of my favourite Red Bull and his team. All safely home now.
The Flag they are holding was signed by each of them and posted to me earlier this year. It's carefully stored away for now - maybe one day I'll find a big enough frame so that it can be hung on the wall.
The Flag they are holding was signed by each of them and posted to me earlier this year. It's carefully stored away for now - maybe one day I'll find a big enough frame so that it can be hung on the wall.
September 21, 2010
Pax Nostalgic
Have I mentioned that I love 1940's music? Especially the Andrews Sisters & Glenn Miller and his Band?
I was probably the only kid in the 80's that would rather watch an old Black & White World War II era musical than Countdown (For my USA friends think a variation on Solid Gold without the fabo dancers). This fascination was rivaled of course with my love of John Wayne* movies
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
IN the Mood - Glenn Miller & his Band
Definitely the Golden Age of Swing!
*(it became tradition from when I was very young that I would always watch John Wayne movies with my Uncle George. He'd lost his own children to a very bitter divorce and an embittered ex-wife who whisked them out of his life; and this became one of our bonding rituals whenever he would return from his long months of construction working jobs. Over the years I must have seen almost all of The Duke's films, all made that much more enjoyable by spending the time with a dearly loved and now sadly missed uncle. He never did get me a real six-shooter - which considering how my mum feels about my natural klutziness was probably a good thing - but that promise of "one day, when you're grown up, and if you are good" kept me toeing the line for years.)
I was probably the only kid in the 80's that would rather watch an old Black & White World War II era musical than Countdown (For my USA friends think a variation on Solid Gold without the fabo dancers). This fascination was rivaled of course with my love of John Wayne* movies
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| "Private Buckaroo" |
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| Glenn Miller |
Definitely the Golden Age of Swing!
*(it became tradition from when I was very young that I would always watch John Wayne movies with my Uncle George. He'd lost his own children to a very bitter divorce and an embittered ex-wife who whisked them out of his life; and this became one of our bonding rituals whenever he would return from his long months of construction working jobs. Over the years I must have seen almost all of The Duke's films, all made that much more enjoyable by spending the time with a dearly loved and now sadly missed uncle. He never did get me a real six-shooter - which considering how my mum feels about my natural klutziness was probably a good thing - but that promise of "one day, when you're grown up, and if you are good" kept me toeing the line for years.)
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