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George,
GP> I'm lucky; Green Acres, Gomer Pyle, USMC, & Hogan's Heroes play nightly
GP> here; the same channel has two eps of MASH earlier on (probaby my
GP> all-tiome favourite sitcom); this fills my needs, so I've not hunted
GP> them up in torrents. . .
I took a quiz on my smartphone on TV shows from the 1970's. Of the 50
questions, I only missed 5 -- I'd say I know my stuff. :) I will admit
that some of the questions I "guessed" on, and got right.
Here's some MEMORIES for the folks in here -- some of the shows included
"M*A*S*H", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Odd
Couple", "Happy Days", "Mork And Mindy", "Laverne And Shirley", "My Three
Sons", "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Hawaii Five Oh",
"Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "Sanford And Son", "Three's Company",
"Good Times", "One Day At A Time", "Alice", "Taxi", "Welcome Back, Kotter",
and "Murder She Wrote". One they didn't note was one my late Mom and I
loved with Chad Everett and James Daly..."Medical Center". We also loved
to watch "Bewitched" and "I Dream Of Jeannie".
GP> YT isn't good for full shows, I find; there are other sites more
GP> friendly to such (running copyrighted shows); Chrome has an addon
GP> (Stream Series") that has most available to watch in your browser.
It's hard for me to sit at the computer for long periods of time
anymore...and it's also getting to be the same for lying in bed, with
the arthritis. Man...I can't stand, sit, or lie down for long periods
of time...talk about being a basket case. :P
My eyes and back are hurting now, so once I finish this QWK packet
(I've been at this thing for at least 2 hours working on replies),
I'm going to get some dinner, and take my evening medications. I
didn't think I'd make this reply so long...but first, they couldn't
get me to talk...now, they can't get me to shut up.
GP> What means "current religion"?
Prosletyzing (sp?). Things like church bulletin bloopers (always love
those) are OK. Originally, the late Grady Nutt and the late Jerry Clower
were the only "Christian Comedians" I knew...but of late, I've watched
routines of Mark Lowery and Chonda Pierce, on YouTube. At least with
these folks, the humor is all G-rated.
It's like society considers a movie with a G-rating "a death sentence".
They'd be surprised how many of us prefer good, clean, funny humor. The
late Red Skelton, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, and so many others
who are no longer with us, proved that "you don't have to be dirty to be
funny".
GP> I'm the same in FUNNY -- the only highlighted rule is that every post
GP> should have funny content (I play loose & fast, as one man's joke is
GP> another's dud).
I like what the late Jerry Clower said one night in a routine in Louisiana.
He said "if you don't intend to laugh at anything, go home and look in the
mirror...and see what everyone else has been laughing at all these years".
Another good example was the late Archie Campbell, when he did his
spoonerism stories (he called them "bedtime stories for adults" (you
can find these on YouTube), of Rindercella (who went to the bancy fall,
and slopped her dripper), and of The Pee Thrittle Igs (where the wolf
huffed and puffed, and hoed her blouse down). On the latter, I about
wet my pants, as I was laughing so hard. Never mind the story of the
snakes hissing in the pit...you can get tongue tied on that one in a
hurry.
GP> In the old days, we'd have extended conversations on any topic & make
GP> the post "legal" with the inclusion of an ObJ (obligatory Joke tacked
GP> onto bottom of post)
Or like the tagline "After this post, we're back on topic".
GP> I suppose I'm not yet officially the mod yet as I'm not in my own point
GP> yet. . . but I will likely keep it cazh -- not enough traffic in Fido
GP> to alienate potential prticipants.
Except for autoposts with BBS and networks ads (the frequency of these
posts per day, for the same BBS or network, is overwhelming), most echoes
are dead. I avoid the "flame" echoes...because I believe "if you can't say
something nice, keep your mouth shut".
Joe Mackey has told me some bizarre stories of where he works a college
campus parking lot, ticketing violators. Some have been in here, and some
have been via email.
The most recent bizarre case (I said he had met Dumb Dora, Dumb Donald,
and Bertha Blonde's family) was where this woman had parked in a fire lane.
When he told her she couldn't park there, she went right over to park in a
handicapped spot...and all Joe could do was sigh. :P If her car had been
red, she probably would've felt she was qualified to park there.
The bottom line is that folks are lazy. I've seen many able bodied folks
get on the handicapable scooters, but when the battery runs out, and the
cart stops, they just get up, take their groceries, and walk off. I've seen
several memes where "there was a healing in the liquor aisle". :P
Joe also notes he has this portable camera deal, along with the electronic
ticket book. The pictures never lie, and it's amazing what folks will say
and do to get out of a ticket. And, if they don't have their tickets paid,
they get other restrictions on them...and at times, the local constabulary
"gets interested". It is so funny when they get "busted".
I love reading Joe's posts on these, no matter how many times I've read
them. It brings to mind the saying that "duct tape can't fix stupid, but
it sure helps mask the noise".
GP> My competing joke echo was micro-managed with an iron fist; he was my
GP> best promoter! :D I'd pop in, post a PG-5 joke, & get booted (again ho
GP> hum), & know my promotion engine was in full effect. . .
Nowadays, you're so afraid to say anything as someone will be offended.
However, I've rarely seen Joe had to lower the boom here. Admittedly, I
have to practice my groveling at times. But, I did have the extreme
pleasure of meeting Joe as he was traveling around the country awhile back
(this was before all the crap with COVID-19).
GP> Of course, grew up n the 1970s, when life was casual. I'd be
GP> walking home in the rain & a stranger would pull up, "Hey, kid, you want
GP> a ride?" & my only thought was "What a silly question; of course I do
GP> -- it's raining!" & I'd get a ride straight home with no concern of
GP> hijinks or "stranger danger".
That's when life was much simpler, and you could have your doors unlocked
at night. As the old Virginia Slims cigarette ad noted in its slogan,
"You've come a long way, baby" -- I'd say so...for the worst. :P If you
mention a lot of these old products and slogans, people wonder what planet
you came from.
GP> I also remember being thirsty on a hot (95F+) summer afternoon, & going
GP> to the neartest house to turn on the outsiode spigot, engulf the spout
GP> with my mouth & drink my fill. Never thought to ask permission,
GP> unless someone was standing outside, then it just seemed courteous to
GP> pro forma ask permission.
And, we didn't worry about the monkey bars, riding bikes, getting skinned
up, eating mudpies, drinking from the hose, etc. Now, parents are so darned
paranoid that their kids will become deathly ill, unless they're drowned in
hand sanitizer. Doing stuff that we did built up all the immunities that
helped us stay well later in life. And, they consider stuff like bikes and
monkey bars as "too dangerous".
I'm also of "the old school", where "children should be seen and not
heard, and not speak unless spoken to. Then, it's 'yes/no ma'am/sir'".
If the kids are well disciplined and behaved, that's fine. But, most
kids nowadays are so disrespectful that it's disgusting. When the little
kid cursed his Mom (you know which one I'm talking about, George), all I
could do was shudder.
GP> We were hitchiking starting about age 8.
I'd be scared to death to do that now.
GP> Good times. Take your bike out to find friends to hang with, then just
GP> leave it lying on their front lawn while inside playing games until
GP> their mom noticed (heard) us & kicked us outside to go to another's
GP> place & repeat until supper time. . .
We had to be home when the street light in front of our house came on.
GP> I've left my bike overnight sometimes because the only danger was that
GP> your friend might hide it to try to scare you that it was stolen.
GP> My! How it's all changed!
And, far for the worst, sadly.
GP> So off I went, slightgly concerned. . Averaged $5-$6 each that day!
When I did an afternoon newspaper route nearly 50 years ago in south
Florida, around Christmas, I'd purchase and place a Christmas card in
each subscriber's paper. At that time, I collected $1.20 every 2 weeks
(the paper only cost 10 cents a day, and it didn't publish on Sunday).
Many folks would give me a $20 bill, and tell me to keep the change. I
also usually put the papers on their porches for them (I delivered them
from my bicycle after school was out), and got many of them to "pay by
mail", where I didn't have to collect from them. That paper shut down
long ago.
Also, while I was in high school, the choir was selling M&M's candy
(regular and peanut) as a fundraiser. I ended up selling the most, but
I was using the money from the paper route to buy and eat them. I
never really cared for the "peanut variety" though...but with the
chocolate and caffeine, and my atrial flutter now, I can't eat candy
anymore. It's hard when you have a sweet tooth, and you can't find
anything to satisfy it. I was eating some of the Hostess Orange Cupcakes,
as sometimes, you get the munchies, and just want a snack.
Anyway, on my first date, I took this young lady in the choir (she
sang soprano, and I sang tenor) to the choir banquet, but we both were
still too young to drive. So, my parents drove me to her place, and
took us both to the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Country Club (they were almost
twin cities). Guys and girls were all dressed up spiffy and nice (suits
and ties for the guys, then dresses and gowns for the girls). The meal
was "London Broil" and all the trimmings. She said "her family ended up
ordering out for pizza". Then, my parents picked us up afterwards,
driving her home, then me to my home. Obviously, there was no hanky
panky going on there...I think we were both 16 at the time.
Speaking of which, it reminds me of a takeoff on the old nursery
rhyme of Jack and Jill. In the original one, it was "Jack and Jill
went up a hill, to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down, and broke
his crown, and Jill came tumbling after". How many in here remember
these nursery rhymes??
Anyway, the new version is "Jack and Jill went up a hill, to do
some hanky panky. Poor old Jill forgot her pill...and now, there's
little Frankie".
GP> Now if I suggested this to a kid, even my own, I'd likely be arrested
GP> for some thing or other, involving corrupting/abusing children. . .
Really.
GP> The big dailies would be asking if I was getting kickbacks from local
GP> homeowners for them only paying $5 for a 3-hour job.
Most folks want to work from 12 to 1, take an hour off for lunch, and
get a full check. Hmmmm...sounds like politicians.
GP> Bah! I mind my own business, mostly. . . Life is simple enough doing
GP> that & having a good internet package, in which I've been known to
GP> download a Tb or more in a single month!
There was a country song that said "Why don't you mind your own business,
so you won't be mindin' mine??". The joke is that "I don't gossip, as the
things we say about our neighbors is all true...and you'd better listen
close the first time". :P
Besides, I have enough crap in my life, and enough I'll have to answer for
one day. I won't have to answer for anyone else's transgressions, as it were.
GP> My hometown was about 30K wben I was young at about 12-13 it passed
GP> 50K & was redesignated as a "city" (whoopie!).
Little Rock now has just over 200,000 folks, but far more if you add
North Little Rock (it was originally named "Argenta")...the Arkansas River
separates the two. The cities do a big celebration along both sides of the
river for Memorial Day and the Fourth Of July, including fireworks shot off
from the Main Street bridge. They don't do as much for Labor Day, though.
GP> I was acting like a jackass in one of our local chain grocery srtores
GP> about age 6 or 7 & felt a SWAT hit my bottom! A complete stranger had
GP> just HIT me!
My late wife said that one time, her Mom (who died just over a year
after my Mom died), saw a woman warning her disobedient child not to
grab for, or do certain things in the store, or she'd spank him (she
was the kids' parent, so to me, she had the right to).
Well, the kid didn't comply, and Momma spanked her child. This other
woman scolded her, saying "How dare you spank that child!!". The woman
replied to her "Shut up!! Or, you're next!!" .
My brother and I got more than our share of spankings growing up, and
we consider ourselves better for it. This crap about "you can't spank
them, as it'll ruin their self esteem" is pure garbage.
GP> Turns out they asked around, IDed me & gave my folks a full report
GP> before I got home, where I had to relate the incident without deviation
GP> from the other party's description.
If you got a whipping in school, somehow, your parents found out about
it, and you got a second whipping when you got home. And, if you varied
that story in any way, you got a worse whipping.
GP> Hoo-boy! I couldn't leave quickly enough; now, though, I'd love to live
GP> in a town like that, but they're gone. . . *sigh*. .
Life, in a simpler, quieter form, is all gone...sad to say.
GP> If you've warned the kids not to cut across your property, & they do,
GP> you could turn the hose on them, even in January (best hurry home,
GP> kids, before your clothes freeze on ya!")
Now, they'd accuse you of assault, even if they were trespassing. So
many think that "the rules don't apply to me"...in so many situations.
GP> Memories. . they sure ain't what they used to be, eh?
Really.
To end on a lighter note, I think of the joke of the small town where
the 2 preachers are gathered at the local restaurant for lunch...and one
of them is severely depressed.
Now, this was a small country town, where everyone walked or rode their
bikes to get round...hardly any vehicles per se...and you could leave your
doors unlocked at night...oh for life in much simpler times (sigh!).
Anyway, he tells his partner in the faith that "I think there's a thief
in my congregation, as someone has stolen the bicycle that I use to get
around town with...and it has made it a great burden on me. I don't know
what I can do".
His fellow pastor said "Next Sunday, you need to preach a sermon on
'The Ten Commandments'. When you get to 'Thou Shalt Not Steal', the
spirit of conviction will fall so heavily on the perpetrator, that
they'll break down, and confess of their sin and the crime, and you
will get your bike back!!". The "pedal-less preacher" felt that was
a great idea.
Well, Sunday came and went, and the 2 preachers met again for lunch.
But, the exchange took an interesting turn. When asked how things went
with the sermon, the pedal-less preacher lamented "Not like I thought
they would". His partner asked "Didn't you preach the sermon on 'The
Ten Commandments'??"...and was told "Well, I did...but I never got to
'Thou Shalt Not Steal'. When I got to 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery';
I remembered where I had left the bicycle".
Daryl
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