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Replying to: mackabee (May 18, 2008 7:55 pm) Don't play that game with me. You're not THAT young.  Richard
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Replying to: mackabee (May 18, 2008 8:00 pm) There's just no accounting for taste here.  Richard |
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Replying to: richard64 (May 19, 2008 7:06 am) BR - cool. The Rock Cats are in the Eastern League which is a cool minor league. You get to check out the Binghamton Mets, the Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox) and the Trenton Thunder (Yankees - it just kills me - they used to be the Red Sox) and all sorts of fun teams. I'll be overnighting in Danbury Friday into Saturday. If you were in the neighborhood I'd let you buy me breakfast.... Heading up to see friends in New Hampshire for Memorial Day despite $4 gas.
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Replying to: jmonroe (May 18, 2008 8:04 pm) I have to confess that I have been a tight a$$ for years. I was a teacher, remember? That's why I recognize all of your tactics.  I brag to every one if I get a $1.00 off a box of Tide. I'm the one in front of you in the check-out line having his coupons counted and checking the cash register tape against my calculator. Mrs. Richard is standing there complaining that people are waiting to check out. Speaking of coupons, I had one for $1,500 off a new Chrysler that I purchased new in 2004. The coupon had been in a local newspaper ad. I played it slick. I didn't show the coupon until the negotiations were done and we were sitting in the F&I's office. Neither the SM nor the F&I guy knew that the coupon was in the paper. They went to show the coupon to the boss.. The boss hadn't seen the ad either. None of them were happy about it, but they honored it. I bet that either the newspaper or the dealer ad writer got raked over the coals for that one. Richard |
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Replying to: fezo (May 19, 2008 7:24 am)
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Replying to: fezo (May 19, 2008 7:24 am) Allow me to explain it to you. These old groups add younger people to the team who take their direction from one or two of the remaining old timers. For example, the Platters only have one original guy who really joined the Platters after they got started. He was a young teen at the time. He's probably in his late 60's or early 70's by now, but sounds terrific. The older ones train the younger ones in the "old sounds". That way, the group keeps going. Other groups, like the Coasters, the Embers, the Tams, the Zodiacs, etc. have done the same thing. Sadly, with the Carpenters, there was just no replacing Karen after she died. She and her brother were such a wonderful pair. Have a great trip. Richard |
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Replying to: british_rover (May 19, 2008 7:41 am)
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Replying to: richard64 (May 19, 2008 7:52 am) A bit of trivia for you. When I was in the 10th grade, I sat in the auditorium in high school and I watched in awe as the lead in Carousel played his part. I vowed at the time that when I was a senior, I would be the lead in the Senior Play...and I was! The guys name was John Bettis. He went on to write most of songs for the Carpenters and he's done a lot of other things too. I guess, much of my life has been up on stage in my former life and even now, I have to be an actor sometimes. John Bettis had a hand in that, so many years ago....
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Replying to: isellhondas (May 19, 2008 7:58 am) I had NO IDEA what this guy has done! Oh...off topic...I think John had a 56 Chevy if I recall.
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