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Post by markland on Feb 6, 2008 11:01:34 GMT -6
....and Ronald Regan once played George Custer in a movie. He wasn't wearing buckskin in that one though. Errol Flynn was in that movie as well. Errol Flynn played Custer too, but not in the same movie, and he was wearing buckskin - so maybe de Rudio's confusion is understandable. Especially since that's on another thread entirely. Maybe 1,000 yards away (give or take a mile and a quarter) It could also explain Gordie's thinking that Custer was in two places at the same time. Also on another thread. Mybe 2 thousand yards away. M P.S.- I was just thinking, "I really need to get a life." Then the horror hit. What if this IS my life? BrokenEgo Isn't that where DC's cross-dressing Indians come into view? Or was it Custer who was the cross-dresser? Questions, questions and more questions but too damned few answers! Billy
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Post by Scout on Feb 6, 2008 12:49:13 GMT -6
Thanks to several of you who checked on the old scout's status off line. We had something like seven tornadoes hovering over the city last night but only one touched down and plowed through the south part of the city, sadly, killing several people. My wife and dog were a basket case to say the least. Thanks Gordie!
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Post by BrokenSword on Feb 6, 2008 16:11:12 GMT -6
Scout-
Glad you came through, old man. We dodged the bullet here, just had some thunder rolling through, and a little wind. We call the wind Maria.
M BrokenWind (That didn't come out the way I intended)
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Post by fred on Feb 6, 2008 16:18:39 GMT -6
[They] call the wind Maria. Broken Head-- An old Kingston Trio song. Scout-- Hope everything is OK. We said a prayer for you last night. Very best wishes, Fred.
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Post by BrokenSword on Feb 6, 2008 16:52:18 GMT -6
Markland - "...Isn't that where DC's cross-dressing Indians come into view? Or was it Custer who was the cross dresser?..."
Yeah. Soldiers in buckskin, Indians in blue, de Rudio lost his glasses... Lord, didn't they know what they were doing to us?
M
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Post by BrokenSword on Feb 6, 2008 18:46:45 GMT -6
"Today at 5:11pm, BrokenSword wrote:[They] call the wind Maria. Broken Head--
An old Kingston Trio song."
Even older than that Fred. It's from the play 'Paint Your Wagon.'
They Call the Wind Maria and we do too, but only because they do. Of course, I've never actually heard ANYONE call it that - or call rain 'Tess', or even call fire 'Joe.' Some call coffee 'Joe,' rain is called 'wet', and Custer called his cook 'Maria'.
M BrokenSword - but you don't have to call me that.
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Post by harpskiddie on Feb 6, 2008 20:24:39 GMT -6
Either John Raitt [Bonnie's dad] or Howard Keel, or both or neither, had versions of that song, perhaps from the Broadway production. Dunno. Somebody with a very powerful voice. I used to love that song. Haven't heard it in years, which I siuppose is not terribly surprising.
Gordie MC
Well I'm a lost and lonely man, without a star to guide me. Maria, blow my love to me - I need that girl beside me.
Out here they've got a name for Rain, and Wind and Fire only; but when you're lost and all alone, there ain't no word but "lonely." Maria, Maria - blow my love to me................
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Post by Tricia on Feb 6, 2008 20:28:22 GMT -6
I always thought the song was from "Shenandoah," which I think had Howard Keel in it. Or maybe not.
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Post by fred on Feb 6, 2008 20:30:05 GMT -6
Broken Gaspipe--
Check this out; part of my obsessiveness with "names" and "stuff":
Buran-- icy wind blowing down the continent from Siberia through lower Italy Tramontana-- cold north wind from the Alps Bise-- cold N or NE wind blowing from the Swiss Alps Chinook-- warm dry wind (Indians called it the "snow eater") Föhn-- unseasonably warm and dry wind that descends on Vienna from the mountains Mistral-- cold, dry north wind blowing over the Mediterranean coast of France Sirocco-- hot, dusty, steady wind blowing off Libyan desert across the mediterranean into southern Europe Leste-- hot, dry wind of the Canary Islands Bora-- wind out of the Trieste hills; a cold and fierce "Slavic" wind from Dante's "Inferno" that sweeps down toward Trieste from the NE Turab-- desert wind of Iraq blowing hot, dry air, usually in March
I find this nonsense absolutely fascinating. Have any more?
Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by fred on Feb 6, 2008 20:32:33 GMT -6
I always thought the song was from "Shenandoah," At first, I thought you were from the Shenandoah... but maybe not.
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Post by Tricia on Feb 6, 2008 20:46:07 GMT -6
Alas, Col. McLean was from LV (Lower Virginia) ... and proudly served under General Lee, rather than under Mosby. But it does have such a romantic sound ... the Shenandoah ... Daughter of the Stars.
And there's the Alberta Clipper, too. Colder than hell. It was something to fear when I lived in Chicago.
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Post by Tricia on Feb 6, 2008 20:56:28 GMT -6
And while we're speaking of figure skating, I believe Brian Boitano used They Call The Wind Maria for his short programme at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer (best known for the Tanya and Nancy War) ... it was nice--though he fell on his triple axel--but not as good as his short in 1988 to Les Patineurs, which was choreographed by Sandra Bezic (famous Canuck, Gordie).
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Post by gocav76 on Feb 6, 2008 20:56:37 GMT -6
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Post by BrokenSword on Feb 6, 2008 21:00:47 GMT -6
Fred-
Can't believe you left off:
Kamikazi- Divine Wind. A storm moving from East to West. A little rare for Japan at the time of year it happens. Sorta like a freak hurricane or typhoon.
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Post by fred on Feb 6, 2008 21:06:22 GMT -6
Trish--
"Leyton McLean" was one of the coolest things anyone has done on these boards. Flipped me out when I found out the truth. I miss Leyton; it has great panache.
Best wishes, Fred.
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