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Post by Beth on May 30, 2015 9:06:15 GMT -6
Ain't life wonderful, when fantasy is just a push button on the remote away. Sure ain't like the old days when you had to play with your pretend friend. I want you to know I had a pretend horse--named Sugar. Sugar and I spent a lot of time curled up in a huge old lilac bush 'fort' reading books. It was bliss.
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Post by quincannon on May 30, 2015 9:10:02 GMT -6
I grew up alone, without brother or sister, and lived in a neighborhood with no kids. Imagination was my companion and books were my refuge. Still like radio drama better than that on TV.
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Post by tubman13 on May 30, 2015 9:24:25 GMT -6
You are certainly the master of understatement. Too much time spent in University environment, I fear.
Regards, Tom
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Post by tubman13 on May 30, 2015 9:29:30 GMT -6
I grew up alone, without brother or sister, and lived in a neighborhood with no kids. Imagination was my companion and books were my refuge. Still like radio drama better than that on TV. Spent Wed. AM listening to Ford/Wayne trilogy on Sirius Radio Classics, while traveling.
Regards, Tom
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Post by jaguar on May 30, 2015 9:29:44 GMT -6
The question I posed and the one that has yet to be answered is if the ravine was a barrier which would have prevented a charge into the camp why did it not prevent a runaway horse and his rider from crossing it? The Farley/Turley horse was already well beyond the ravine when he lost control. The ravine ran, basically, north-south, not east-west as most people think. Look at the map: it is still visible. If you want I will even post a picture of it today; it's in the book. Best wishes, Fred. Fred: Thanks so much for the information. I really would like to see a picture when you have the opportunity. Regards, John
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Post by quincannon on May 30, 2015 9:35:21 GMT -6
Always liked Tales of the Texas Rangers. I have about twenty of them on tape (boy am I aging myself).
There used to be old time radio on WAMU in DC hosted by Eddie Walker. Once had it as an favorite on my computer. Have not listened in a couple of years though.
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Post by tubman13 on May 30, 2015 9:38:39 GMT -6
Baltimore had it on WCBM-AM
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Post by fred on May 30, 2015 9:47:22 GMT -6
John-Jaguar. This was taken in 2009... Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by Beth on May 30, 2015 9:56:33 GMT -6
I grew up alone, without brother or sister, and lived in a neighborhood with no kids. Imagination was my companion and books were my refuge. Still like radio drama better than that on TV. I had the opposite problem. Oldest of 5 --3 of them brothers, plus my mom 'babysat' (We would say she ran a home daycare now) which meant another 5 kids in the house. All of the kids in the neighborhood were boys and though I have no objection to playing with boys, I have also always had a deep need for quiet time. I agree about radio even though it wasn't exactly 'my time.' We have a whole collection of "The Shadow." plus a couple other serials whose names are escaping me. I listen to TV, I don't really watch it.
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Post by jaguar on May 30, 2015 10:50:09 GMT -6
Fred: Thanks for sharing the picture. Regards, John
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Post by quincannon on May 30, 2015 10:57:08 GMT -6
So you too Beth are a Lamont Cranston groupie. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was one I remember from those days as well. And then there was Gunsmoke with William Conrad. Great stuff.
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 30, 2015 12:00:27 GMT -6
Yeah Chuck, we used to listen to a lot of radio back in old days, every Sunday all of the stations used to broadcast light entertainment shows, I can even remember the acts like a great “juggler” and an even better “magician” boy those two were good.
Ian.
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Post by quincannon on May 30, 2015 12:05:42 GMT -6
I suppose being on radio made it a lot easier on the magician and the juggler.
Radio is still a constant companion. Just now I am listening to Lyric Opera of Chicago. My hearing is getting real bad though. Everything they sing is so garbled in transmission that it sound like they are singing in Italian. I don't think Chicago is in Italy, so it must be the atmospherics.
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 30, 2015 12:32:46 GMT -6
You should have heard the "ventriloquist" outstanding!
Chuck, Pavarotti got away with singing like that for years, I couldn't understand a word of it.
Ian.
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Post by Beth on May 30, 2015 14:04:23 GMT -6
So you too Beth are a Lamont Cranston groupie. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was one I remember from those days as well. And then there was Gunsmoke with William Conrad. Great stuff. I even have a favorite Lamont. The Orson Wells version is best by far. I know there used to be a place on the web that you could get old radio series. I'll have to go see if its still out there after Shopping Round 2.
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