A reader pointing to the anti-Semitic riots in Washington by the spoiled brats of socialism last week made a reference to Billy Mumy and the Twilight Zone episode, It’s A Good Life.
Picture it: 1970, Southern Illinois (almost as far as Cairo) a small high school gymnasium, Rod Serling is the guest speaker for the brand new local community college’s Speaker’s Series. My dad and the college deans picked Mr. Serling up at the airport in Marion, took him to lunch at Bob White’s Cafe. The conversation was illuminating and engaging. Mr. Serling commented on the left/communist almost complete control of the television and movie industries - over a half century ago! He talked about the pervasive homosexual lifestyle in the industry. Mr. Sterling’s speech later that night didn’t call out these things (I was 10 or 11) but I remember the reporters from St. Louis, Paducah, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, and Harrisonburg wanted him to talk about where his ideas came from. My memory is that he talked about serving in WW2, what he saw and the effect it had on him. Dad probably kept the transcript of his speech, I need to check in the boxes at my house. My brother and sister and I got to shake his hand, my brother sat next to him at the dinner and asked him all sorts of questions about WW2 which Mr. Serling was gracious to answer. I just remember I’d never seen a man who looked like him before, very tan, handsome, impeccably dressed, unique accent to my ears, without knowing much at that age I thought this is what a Palm Springs Californian looks like!
I bet you were celebrating Shawnee Community College that is right along I24. i24 probably wasnt built then. This is Pulaski County as I recall.
The school gym was probably oh what was the name of that high school there? Starts with an M...almost won a state championship in the early 70's. It will come to me....
Serling was on the money about Communist expansion. Look who sat behind FDR at the signing at Malta - Algier Hiss. And we knew about their goals in 1963! If only people would read history.
07/30/24: Judging by the number of people who are recklessly accusing each other of being Hitler, American must have 200 million history-major graduates (poor Hitler. He never got to accuse anyone else of being Hitler).
BTW, it is 100% that I am related to anyone in Southern Illinois named White. Distantly, but related. Mostly true for Texas. After the war of northern aggression a large number of whites moved to Texas. As did a large number of people from Paducah, KY. They founded Paducah, TX.
Interesting! I never knew there was a Paducah Texas but I see it on the map now. I think the Serling speech was at either Century HS or Egyptian HS. Shawnee CC was brand new and didn’t have a large enough space yet.
I'm waiting to see the Jesus Christ Superstar remake starring Donald J. Christ as the chosen one who continually escapes efforts to nail him to an X and saves a divided country. In a coming episode Donald Christ defies the Secret Service mandate to cancel outdoor ralllies, and defiantly stages the largest rally ever at the Garden of the Gods and draws a cheering 50 percent of the population. Fight, Fight, Fight.
When I was 5 years old James Arness came to my hometown to be Grand Marshall of the Southern 500 NASCAR race (Marshall Dillon as Grand Marshall). Still the most famous celebrity I ever met.
Never got into sci-fi no haven't much input except we need PDJT to assume the role of Matt Dillon and run the ass-hats out of town or into prison/boothill.
We are living Seven Days in May, in which Burt Lancaster attempts a coup on the President (Fredrick March) and is stopped by Kirk Douglas. In our scenario the coup actually occurred planned by Obama, Pelosi and Schumer and dumping the hapless Biden for the dimwit Harris. FJB FHTG
Brilliant show. Brilliant man. My husband and I bought the complete series, even the previously unreleased one. We watch them now, occasionally as one might eat comfort food. It’s a reminder that what is going on today, is nothing new. Only the ending, for people in our lifetime anyway.
Oh thank you for the comfort food reference. I bought two complete DVD sets. Hogan's Heroes TV Series, and Looney Tunes Golden Collection because I wanted my own copy of "One Froggy Evening" and it was the only way I could get it. Comfort Banquet--on tap.
rod serling was a renaissance man for the ages. imagine him as potus:
"my fellow americans....get off your duffs and take back your country from those miscreant evildoers who are destroying it. start by fish gutting k-12 and i will support that local legislation. thank you and have a wonderful weekend."
It's ironic, and speaks to a much more dark force at work.
When there were only three nationwide commercial networks plus PBS, it SEEMED that the news coverage wasn't as coordinated in pushing the approved narrative & talking points of any given Democrat administration - almost as if none wanted to risk being perceived as having abandoned even the pretense not being in-house PR.
It made for better entertainment, as The Twilight Zone demonstrates. The Outer Limits wasn't too bad, either.
If the entertainment programming wasn't better than a lot of what has been offered in the years since, there was, at least, a viewing experience that most Americans had in common.
On a favourite podcast, the hosts and guest observed that SNL's sketch in which The Partridge Family squared off against The Brady Bunch was successful only because those two shows were, for better or worse, pop-cultural touchstones for so many who grew up during those years.
The Twilight Zone was, in a way, the Babylon Bee of its day - not for its sardonicism, but its prescience.
Did anyone else begin to notice total coordination of news stories, from which stories lead and the EXACT same wording, right around 1990? It was quite obvious to me as I was traveling a lot then in different media markets. Heard the same stories on the radio and in broadcast news, often also in the print media.
Don, if you are around, do you remember something occurring in the industry around then?
Night Stalker is still being shown on the weekend. It seems so innocent nowadays that there is a teenage shooter in nearly every school district. Except for the comprehensive high school in the Sodom/Gomorrah public school district. All is quiet over there since it was bombed back to the bronze age.
Ah…the replacement theory! That’s another reason I think its gonna be Mike.
Loved the ‘Twilight Zone’ theme this morning Don. I remember each and everyone of those by the way but I never thought of looking up who the stars were. If I’m not mistaken, when they were carting Shatner off to the farm again, didn’t the camera pan off to the planes wing only to show that there really was damage?
Anyway, the one I loved the most (and still do) is the one called ‘The Hunt’ about the old hunter who drowns trying to save his old dog. It’s episode 84. If you’re gonna watch it make sure you have a box of Kleenex within easy reach.
Nice try by Shrugged-but the bet was selection of Mooch, not execution😁 Shrugged tried to weasel out-you're bigger than he. Blue medallion for Mon. Selection tomorrow.
I was thinking we are currently in Monthy Python's Flying Circus, but in real time, all the time...
.... "And now for something completely different"...."its" ...."Joe Biden is sharp as a tack", "Kamala was never the border czar", "Russian collusion", "Trump raped me" ...it never ends the insanity, its comical after a while....and suspenseful. HAHAHAHA
The one that pisses me off the most is "you're a climate change denier". Saw a youtube video of a woman being kicked off a plane because she was berating a young man for wearing a MAGA tee shirt. Caught her saying "how can you support a man who doesn't believe in climate change?" Everybody believes in climate change only the loony left believes in MAN MADE climate change. Grrrrrrr
Her husband was sitting meekly next to her. When they came to take her off he said they would move and she'd behave. They were going to his moms funeral. Tossed her off anyway because the Captain made the call. The lady whined the whole way off the plane. The passengers cheered USA USA USA.. Actions sometimes have consequences albeit not often for the left.
"Humans are causing planetary forces to change", "the Magic Bullet", "jet fuel collapsed a building never hit by a plane in 11 seconds to flat" ...how long do you all have?
Per your final question, I doubt very much they will let her live until the convention. Some calamity or "accident" will prevent it. Remember, JFK, Jr. was going to run for Senator in New York. I have to go: a black SUV just pulled into my driveway...
I am moving into a new assisted living facility Thursday. This probably sounds crazy, but I’m a bit of a control freak. A week ago, the temperature went from 80 to 72. I get uncomfortable when it’s below 78. My apartment has no individual thermostat. So, I began looking. Narrowed it down to 2 facilities, but one had a waiting list. I sent them a list of demands, er requests. Top priority was a thermostat, bottom priority was price. They met all my expectations, and then some.
For those who are well past your ‘sell date’, you might want to start looking at assisted living. There are many benefits, but some offer more than others. My new home will be Novellus. The visit Saturday was fantastic; I’m sure I’ll be happier there. Here’s their website: Novellus Kingwood | Senior Living Near Houston (novellusliving.com).
Sadly, there’s no upside to old age, but a good, assisted living facility will help ease the pain. Life is too short to drink bad wine. If you are 65 or older or100% disabled-at Least 90 days have active military duty. was one of those days during a declared war time? Did you receive an honorable, medical, or general discharge? Or, are you a spouse of a veteran answering ‘yes’ to the questions above? Patriot Angels – Leading U.S. War Heroes to a better life.
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I won’t insult any of my readers, but if you know of a Vet who would qualify (sell off assets, transfer investments to a trusted relative), please make him/her aware-it’s your patriotic duty.
i will never willingly go into an assisted living situation. i intend to ride it out here in my own home. now 76, there is simply no way i can live in a building with a hundred other people that i don't know or want to know, 2/3'rds of which are going to be liberals and/or bossy old women telling me what to do and when to do it. respectfully pm, that's never going to happen.
‘Bossy old women’ lol. Vance’d love to hear from you Don. I’m 76 too BTW. Did we not have the best life, on the best continent, during the best time to be alive in the history of the world or what?
You should. I am a spunky gal older than them and the sound of those homes is totally horrifying, yes, horrifying. Let me leave this world in peace or at least my peace, lol. Looking around at the term I hate, "elderly" the women are know it alls and the old men are ugly and grumpy. At least now I can choose who I interact with on a daily basis and watch whatever show I want. Live it up kids, YOLO!!!
I am older than 65 and stuck with an oxygen tank but me and my cats will stay in my own home as long as I can. Told one of my sons to put me in a shed in his backyard when the time comes, but it is years away
I'll be 83 in 6 months. I love ya'll young'uns talking about getting older. I visited my first great-grandbaby yesterday who is only 3 days old. There was one caution as we drove home, son and DIL asked me if I really believed my vote counted. I said of course, or I wouldn't have missed but one vote since Goldwater/Nixon.
Chuck and Shrugged-Soon you will be joining the best of the best. Looks like Mooch never got out of the starting gate. Once you have your blue/ purple medallion, you will feel superior to the rest of the Serbs. Just ask Marlan and NFT. Years ago, I wore an impressive medallion. Someone asked what it was for. Told him it was to ward off the elephants. He sneered: ‘There are no elephants around here’. Me: ‘See, it’s working’.
I’m holding out for the last gasp. If I’m wrong I’ll happily pay up but if that’s the case I am wrong, then F, OBumBoy, F’ Mike and F’the polarity twisted horse they both rode in on!!!
Yeah, I’ve been telling my hubby for years that I want a Time Machine. The closest I get is watching tv shows from even the 80s or 90s. Currently we’re watching Northern Exposure. The frightening thing is even that far back they already were inserting environmental or gender orientation issues into the story. *sigh*
Northern Exposure was sooo good. But it was a show that you had to understand. When it clicked you were hooked. My wife thought it was stupid but one day it clicked-loved it.
Leave Vance alone, he said it was sarcasm but like Trump, everybody takes what they want out of context and prevaricates thereafter. I agree with him about it actually, in some cases that's what they are and I've known them as a "fellow" woman. It's an amusing visual just like K. Harris the do nothing alleged black woman DEI hire, being President, God help us.
Vicki…I’m on your side, and JD’s too. Besides he’s right. Childless, unmarried, over educated white woman are the bane of NA society, our intellectual development and the forward progress of the Tradition Family!
Not to mention their "rights" which they do not have according to the constitution, to kill their unborn just because they cannot take responsibility in this day and age to figure out birth control. I will stop here before I tell you how I REALLY feel.
Being warehoused is a curse. After a life of freedom to choose your friends and neighbors and their age ranges, who the hell wants to be permanently surrounded by people who gum their pablum and struggle to walk?
And the (anticipated) all- pervading odors! The ghoulish “romances” among the inmates, the sing- alongs, the layered makeup of the females herding feeble old males to a polka lesson! As Harry Nillsen once sang, “I’d Rather Be Dead, Than Wet The Bed!”
Never say never-If you are permanently disabled, and need 24 hour care? I live in my apt, meals served-never mingle w/the other crazies. My friends are of a cleaner breed.
Right there with you! I’m fortunate enough financially to be able to have in home care whenever I get to the point of needing it. That is, unless the left manages to cheat Commie-la into the WH and the economy tanks completely.
I worked as a legal secretary until I was 77, but finally got tired of the commute and the hunt for parking space. Last two years I took the bus there and back, on a city bus that had the front two bench seats on all buses emblazoned with "This Seat is Reserved for Absolutely Nobody."
I take a few CLE's now and again to see if I retained any legal training. And I babysit my son's elderly doggie when they have to travel. I try to study other topics that gain my interest. Like history lessons in the Old Testament. Thanks for asking. So first time I babysat the grand-dog, I asked how old he is. Son said, "He's your age, Mom." He is the typical Rat Terrier--whatever that means. He is an elderly clown with arthritis. I've lied about my age since I was 4! Not any more, I'm more likely to round it down instead of up. Sister and I used to argue which one of us was a Baby Boomer. She drew 1938, I drew 1942. I still don't know.
I'm 74 and live in a gated community like The Villages. Thought we'd travel America when I retired but.... Wife has alzheimers mid stages. Got two other golfing buddies with the same issue. One already moved to assisted living knowing his wife will transition soon. Nobody wants to go to assisted living but life really doesn't give a shit want you want.
my good friend moved into assisted living with his wife who is now a space cadet at the age of 75. he is extremely miserable and has no way to get out of this pickle.
I am sorry for you for a myriad of reasons, one being you are all too young to be suffering like that. And you are correct. I had a therapist years ago (in my 20s! who said you come into the world alone and go out alone and no one asks if you are ready. Unfortunate way to end those good middle age years when kids are gone and you have freedom. Mostly sorry for those with Alz. That is a curse. Bless you all.
For over twenty years I was a nursing home owner and administrator. Stay out of those places as long as physically mentally and financially possible!!!
Flanders & Swann (Brit comics) sing a song of The Reluctant Cannibal. Find it so you can laugh boldly at the final thought, "Folks will eat you even if they can't digest your opinion!"
and most have no idea they are bossy. they actually believe it is their right to tell others (especially men/boys) what to do. i learned my lessons some 26 years ago.
Sometimes it's the opposite, really, it's still a man's world even though women rule it. I know! It takes a while to get the courage to escape and save yourself. Yes, I did.
This is a major mistake in our culture: when families started shipping their unwanted parents into homes rather than care for them at home. I took care of my infant children feeding them, changing their diapers, keeping them safe. And they had no money. I expect my family to care for me and I bring money to this equation.
Other cultures still respect their elders. Why don’t we in America?
This is my biggest sadness. Kids want their space and will even put you in an expensive place, take you to dinner, buy you a big tv but they won't take you into their homes for love from them and not some hired uncaring, orderly. Very, very sad ending.
Why? IMO it’s because our American culture has made ‘Life’ optional with proliferation of abortion and equivalent eradication of religion. Life cannot be a la carte. It is either revered from cradle to grave or it isn’t. Anything different is morally inconsistent at best, and hypocritical at worst.
Your narrative - above - resonates with me. My bride and I ((up the road from you in Coppell) anticipate a parallel relocation to that you describe (that includes cold intolerance). It is an uneasy segue, in contemplation.
You may be right-I never heard of it before Sat visit-they asked if I was a Vet-gave me the Patriot Angels in case I qualified-up to $3649 per month, tax free! Worth a shot.
it's tax free yes for both fed and state but that's for va granted disability, not military pensions, which ARE subject to tax. the disability is difficult to qualify for and most would agree you're body has to be in rough shape so is it really worth it?
As I understand it, this is only for veterans of a war-90 days active-at least one during a declared wartime. I would say yes, if income and assets are less than $155,000. Plus, it's estimated only 2%v use the Aid & Attendance Benefit. Short answer: If you are a wartime vet, suffering from dementia, and living under a bridge, it is exceedingly well worth it. It's unthinkable that illegal aliens receive better care than our Vets.
I checked, and although I'm all for the free enterprise system, their pitch strikes me as written by MBAs more interested in investors than clients:
"The senior population in the United States is booming at rates never seen before. The Silver Tsunami is upon us, but many senior living companies overlook huge market sections to create opulent communities."
I was caught between the two Ozzie''s. It looks like Kelly and her bro turned out about as well as the Nelson's in the long run and the Osbourne's were more fun. But it's a life eons away from growing up in the '50s which was both sweet and sad, but isn't it all really both, in the big picture? You always have to make your own way.
And Don's knowledge knows no bounds of surprises that delight.
Oh come on Don!!! You didn’t recognize Elizabeth Montgomery in that episode??? You must have been focused her figure. (Centerfold worthy then!) You would have recognized her if you had raised your eyes to her nose. Unmistakeable!
David White or Liz must have liked that kiss. Also, come to think of it, Agnes Morehead had an unmistakeable nose too. One wonders if their noses had to audition.
Picture it: 1970, Southern Illinois (almost as far as Cairo) a small high school gymnasium, Rod Serling is the guest speaker for the brand new local community college’s Speaker’s Series. My dad and the college deans picked Mr. Serling up at the airport in Marion, took him to lunch at Bob White’s Cafe. The conversation was illuminating and engaging. Mr. Serling commented on the left/communist almost complete control of the television and movie industries - over a half century ago! He talked about the pervasive homosexual lifestyle in the industry. Mr. Sterling’s speech later that night didn’t call out these things (I was 10 or 11) but I remember the reporters from St. Louis, Paducah, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, and Harrisonburg wanted him to talk about where his ideas came from. My memory is that he talked about serving in WW2, what he saw and the effect it had on him. Dad probably kept the transcript of his speech, I need to check in the boxes at my house. My brother and sister and I got to shake his hand, my brother sat next to him at the dinner and asked him all sorts of questions about WW2 which Mr. Serling was gracious to answer. I just remember I’d never seen a man who looked like him before, very tan, handsome, impeccably dressed, unique accent to my ears, without knowing much at that age I thought this is what a Palm Springs Californian looks like!
We won the war, only to surrender to Communism.
How’s that working out for us?
Yes. they are sticking to their hundred-year plan.
I bet you were celebrating Shawnee Community College that is right along I24. i24 probably wasnt built then. This is Pulaski County as I recall.
The school gym was probably oh what was the name of that high school there? Starts with an M...almost won a state championship in the early 70's. It will come to me....
Had it all along, Meridian High School...
It might have been Meridian now that you mentioned it!
Communism invaded us while America was high-fiving after WWII.
Serling was on the money about Communist expansion. Look who sat behind FDR at the signing at Malta - Algier Hiss. And we knew about their goals in 1963! If only people would read history.
https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/watchwomanonthewall/2011/04/the-45-communist-goals-as-read-into-the-congressional-record-1963.html
07/30/24: Judging by the number of people who are recklessly accusing each other of being Hitler, American must have 200 million history-major graduates (poor Hitler. He never got to accuse anyone else of being Hitler).
BTW, it is 100% that I am related to anyone in Southern Illinois named White. Distantly, but related. Mostly true for Texas. After the war of northern aggression a large number of whites moved to Texas. As did a large number of people from Paducah, KY. They founded Paducah, TX.
Interesting! I never knew there was a Paducah Texas but I see it on the map now. I think the Serling speech was at either Century HS or Egyptian HS. Shawnee CC was brand new and didn’t have a large enough space yet.
Did you ever shop the Pulaski store. Just west of 51? Owned by family, but not Whites.
So where did your family live? I assume you moved away.
I do not recall, where were those high schools? I remember Mounds High School. It still stands believe it or not. I remember Cairo HS very very well.
Cool story.
Thanks! I should have started it saying “Imagine, if you will….” Haha!
Hah!
07/30/24: A superb story, beautifully told (but where's the Bentley?). Another benefit of subscribing to Don's World.
Name the town... I will guess Anna. I was born in Cairo.
I'm waiting to see the Jesus Christ Superstar remake starring Donald J. Christ as the chosen one who continually escapes efforts to nail him to an X and saves a divided country. In a coming episode Donald Christ defies the Secret Service mandate to cancel outdoor ralllies, and defiantly stages the largest rally ever at the Garden of the Gods and draws a cheering 50 percent of the population. Fight, Fight, Fight.
I love how your mind thinks.
When I was 5 years old James Arness came to my hometown to be Grand Marshall of the Southern 500 NASCAR race (Marshall Dillon as Grand Marshall). Still the most famous celebrity I ever met.
Never got into sci-fi no haven't much input except we need PDJT to assume the role of Matt Dillon and run the ass-hats out of town or into prison/boothill.
Matt always knew what to do.
And he always did it in a big way-with a big heart and a large presence, not unlike PDJT, in many ways.
Liked Gunsmoke and the friendship between Matt and Miss Kitty. Named a cat Festus. Great sidekick; great cat.
But for sheer coolness, my money is on Rifleman clearing bad guys out of town firing his Winchester from his hip.
Always a gentle, wise lesson aptly spoken for Mark’s benefit.
Just like Matt and Lucas, Trump knows what to do and then does it. Manliness defined. We need more men made from that same mould.
Is it too much to ask that Trump could look like Rowdy from Rawhide?
Prayers for Trump’s safety and the preservation of our country.
We are living Seven Days in May, in which Burt Lancaster attempts a coup on the President (Fredrick March) and is stopped by Kirk Douglas. In our scenario the coup actually occurred planned by Obama, Pelosi and Schumer and dumping the hapless Biden for the dimwit Harris. FJB FHTG
What's FHTG? I can guess the F ...
F Hawk Tuah Girl
Brilliant show. Brilliant man. My husband and I bought the complete series, even the previously unreleased one. We watch them now, occasionally as one might eat comfort food. It’s a reminder that what is going on today, is nothing new. Only the ending, for people in our lifetime anyway.
Oh thank you for the comfort food reference. I bought two complete DVD sets. Hogan's Heroes TV Series, and Looney Tunes Golden Collection because I wanted my own copy of "One Froggy Evening" and it was the only way I could get it. Comfort Banquet--on tap.
Sgt Schultz was the original Kamala Harris: “I know Nothing!”
Loud, long roar of laughter that my entire neighborhood heard. Thank you, Mark.
07/30/24: Yes, but Schultz was better looking. And he didn't sleep with Colonel Klink in order to get his stripes.
rod serling was a renaissance man for the ages. imagine him as potus:
"my fellow americans....get off your duffs and take back your country from those miscreant evildoers who are destroying it. start by fish gutting k-12 and i will support that local legislation. thank you and have a wonderful weekend."
Hah! Amen!
I would have included Leave it to Beaver as a choice.
I never got into Twilight Zone. Kinda freaked me out the few times I watched it.
You never got into it? Buddy, you're smack in the middle with the rest of us.
Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there's a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turned its back on him, it's 2 a.m.
It's 2 a.m., the fear has gone (It's 2 a.m., the fear has gone)
I'm sitting here waiting, the gun's still warm (I'm sitting here waiting, the gun's still warm)
Maybe my connection is tired of takin' chances
Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
Cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy.
(Golden Earring)
It's ironic, and speaks to a much more dark force at work.
When there were only three nationwide commercial networks plus PBS, it SEEMED that the news coverage wasn't as coordinated in pushing the approved narrative & talking points of any given Democrat administration - almost as if none wanted to risk being perceived as having abandoned even the pretense not being in-house PR.
It made for better entertainment, as The Twilight Zone demonstrates. The Outer Limits wasn't too bad, either.
If the entertainment programming wasn't better than a lot of what has been offered in the years since, there was, at least, a viewing experience that most Americans had in common.
On a favourite podcast, the hosts and guest observed that SNL's sketch in which The Partridge Family squared off against The Brady Bunch was successful only because those two shows were, for better or worse, pop-cultural touchstones for so many who grew up during those years.
The Twilight Zone was, in a way, the Babylon Bee of its day - not for its sardonicism, but its prescience.
Did anyone else begin to notice total coordination of news stories, from which stories lead and the EXACT same wording, right around 1990? It was quite obvious to me as I was traveling a lot then in different media markets. Heard the same stories on the radio and in broadcast news, often also in the print media.
Don, if you are around, do you remember something occurring in the industry around then?
The wonder of the Hive Mind.
Night Stalker is still being shown on the weekend. It seems so innocent nowadays that there is a teenage shooter in nearly every school district. Except for the comprehensive high school in the Sodom/Gomorrah public school district. All is quiet over there since it was bombed back to the bronze age.
Ah…the replacement theory! That’s another reason I think its gonna be Mike.
Loved the ‘Twilight Zone’ theme this morning Don. I remember each and everyone of those by the way but I never thought of looking up who the stars were. If I’m not mistaken, when they were carting Shatner off to the farm again, didn’t the camera pan off to the planes wing only to show that there really was damage?
Anyway, the one I loved the most (and still do) is the one called ‘The Hunt’ about the old hunter who drowns trying to save his old dog. It’s episode 84. If you’re gonna watch it make sure you have a box of Kleenex within easy reach.
What’s wrong with ‘Raw Hide’!
Every time I hear the theme song for “Rawhide”, I think of the Billy Crystal version from “City Slickers”:
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Keep them dogies rollin’
Man, my ass is swollen
Rawhide!
Get ‘em up, move ‘em out
Wake ‘em up, get ‘em dressed
Get ‘em shaved, comb their hair
Rawhide!
Tie me down, tell me lies
Pull my hair, smack my thighs
With big wet strap of...
Rawhide!!!
I enjoyed the Blues Brothers version too
One of my all time favorites…
Frankie Laine did it best-also best version of 'Gunfight at OK Corral'.
Damn you nailed it. BTW if you like that story, listen to Tom Russell's "Old Blue" before or after.
I was watching a Jeff Dunham clip the other night and right in the middle of it BAM! He stuck Achmed back in the box and pulled out Peanut!
Meh different puppet same satanic SOB has his hand up their keester manipulating their mouth.
Your choice this election isn't Trump vs Whorizontal Harris, it's America First vs globalists.
I wonder why Venezuela bothered to hold an election. Heck I wonder why the goebbelsists are doing it here.
Nice try by Shrugged-but the bet was selection of Mooch, not execution😁 Shrugged tried to weasel out-you're bigger than he. Blue medallion for Mon. Selection tomorrow.
I was thinking we are currently in Monthy Python's Flying Circus, but in real time, all the time...
.... "And now for something completely different"...."its" ...."Joe Biden is sharp as a tack", "Kamala was never the border czar", "Russian collusion", "Trump raped me" ...it never ends the insanity, its comical after a while....and suspenseful. HAHAHAHA
The one that pisses me off the most is "you're a climate change denier". Saw a youtube video of a woman being kicked off a plane because she was berating a young man for wearing a MAGA tee shirt. Caught her saying "how can you support a man who doesn't believe in climate change?" Everybody believes in climate change only the loony left believes in MAN MADE climate change. Grrrrrrr
I believe, Jake-It's called Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
Her husband was sitting meekly next to her. When they came to take her off he said they would move and she'd behave. They were going to his moms funeral. Tossed her off anyway because the Captain made the call. The lady whined the whole way off the plane. The passengers cheered USA USA USA.. Actions sometimes have consequences albeit not often for the left.
Saw that! Woof! That poor husband. Can you imagine their conversation after that sh*t show she pulled?!!
Or living with that woman?
Eek 😱
I would not abide such a shrew in my abode.
"Humans are causing planetary forces to change", "the Magic Bullet", "jet fuel collapsed a building never hit by a plane in 11 seconds to flat" ...how long do you all have?
I have always been my own person and not a follower but this madness is just....madness.
Per your final question, I doubt very much they will let her live until the convention. Some calamity or "accident" will prevent it. Remember, JFK, Jr. was going to run for Senator in New York. I have to go: a black SUV just pulled into my driveway...
My tech savvy son starts out most of his anti gov rants with, "Say hello to the G-men listening in."
I am moving into a new assisted living facility Thursday. This probably sounds crazy, but I’m a bit of a control freak. A week ago, the temperature went from 80 to 72. I get uncomfortable when it’s below 78. My apartment has no individual thermostat. So, I began looking. Narrowed it down to 2 facilities, but one had a waiting list. I sent them a list of demands, er requests. Top priority was a thermostat, bottom priority was price. They met all my expectations, and then some.
For those who are well past your ‘sell date’, you might want to start looking at assisted living. There are many benefits, but some offer more than others. My new home will be Novellus. The visit Saturday was fantastic; I’m sure I’ll be happier there. Here’s their website: Novellus Kingwood | Senior Living Near Houston (novellusliving.com).
Sadly, there’s no upside to old age, but a good, assisted living facility will help ease the pain. Life is too short to drink bad wine. If you are 65 or older or100% disabled-at Least 90 days have active military duty. was one of those days during a declared war time? Did you receive an honorable, medical, or general discharge? Or, are you a spouse of a veteran answering ‘yes’ to the questions above? Patriot Angels – Leading U.S. War Heroes to a better life.
‘From December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024, the net worth limit to be eligible for Veterans Pension benefits is $155,356. On October 18, 2018, we changed the way we assess net worth to make the pension entitlement rules clearer. May 8, 2024’.
I won’t insult any of my readers, but if you know of a Vet who would qualify (sell off assets, transfer investments to a trusted relative), please make him/her aware-it’s your patriotic duty.
i will never willingly go into an assisted living situation. i intend to ride it out here in my own home. now 76, there is simply no way i can live in a building with a hundred other people that i don't know or want to know, 2/3'rds of which are going to be liberals and/or bossy old women telling me what to do and when to do it. respectfully pm, that's never going to happen.
just no!
‘Bossy old women’ lol. Vance’d love to hear from you Don. I’m 76 too BTW. Did we not have the best life, on the best continent, during the best time to be alive in the history of the world or what?
Ha. For the first time in a while, I’m feeling like a youngster! 🤣
You should. I am a spunky gal older than them and the sound of those homes is totally horrifying, yes, horrifying. Let me leave this world in peace or at least my peace, lol. Looking around at the term I hate, "elderly" the women are know it alls and the old men are ugly and grumpy. At least now I can choose who I interact with on a daily basis and watch whatever show I want. Live it up kids, YOLO!!!
I am older than 65 and stuck with an oxygen tank but me and my cats will stay in my own home as long as I can. Told one of my sons to put me in a shed in his backyard when the time comes, but it is years away
You should was in answer to Gail W feeling like a youngster...
I'll be 83 in 6 months. I love ya'll young'uns talking about getting older. I visited my first great-grandbaby yesterday who is only 3 days old. There was one caution as we drove home, son and DIL asked me if I really believed my vote counted. I said of course, or I wouldn't have missed but one vote since Goldwater/Nixon.
Rock on Sister. Its all in the mind. Want some help? Listen to a ‘Beach Boys’ collection!
Chuck and Shrugged-Soon you will be joining the best of the best. Looks like Mooch never got out of the starting gate. Once you have your blue/ purple medallion, you will feel superior to the rest of the Serbs. Just ask Marlan and NFT. Years ago, I wore an impressive medallion. Someone asked what it was for. Told him it was to ward off the elephants. He sneered: ‘There are no elephants around here’. Me: ‘See, it’s working’.
Good one!
I’m holding out for the last gasp. If I’m wrong I’ll happily pay up but if that’s the case I am wrong, then F, OBumBoy, F’ Mike and F’the polarity twisted horse they both rode in on!!!
Yeah, I’ve been telling my hubby for years that I want a Time Machine. The closest I get is watching tv shows from even the 80s or 90s. Currently we’re watching Northern Exposure. The frightening thing is even that far back they already were inserting environmental or gender orientation issues into the story. *sigh*
i watch old black and white movies whenever possible. i'm picky but they always seem to entertain without the preaching!
Northern Exposure was sooo good. But it was a show that you had to understand. When it clicked you were hooked. My wife thought it was stupid but one day it clicked-loved it.
It’s not the years; it’s the mileage😉
Leave Vance alone, he said it was sarcasm but like Trump, everybody takes what they want out of context and prevaricates thereafter. I agree with him about it actually, in some cases that's what they are and I've known them as a "fellow" woman. It's an amusing visual just like K. Harris the do nothing alleged black woman DEI hire, being President, God help us.
Vicki…I’m on your side, and JD’s too. Besides he’s right. Childless, unmarried, over educated white woman are the bane of NA society, our intellectual development and the forward progress of the Tradition Family!
Not to mention their "rights" which they do not have according to the constitution, to kill their unborn just because they cannot take responsibility in this day and age to figure out birth control. I will stop here before I tell you how I REALLY feel.
Good on you Vicki !!
"Childless, unmarried, over educated white woman are" all named Karen.
We most assuredly did.
Being warehoused is a curse. After a life of freedom to choose your friends and neighbors and their age ranges, who the hell wants to be permanently surrounded by people who gum their pablum and struggle to walk?
And the (anticipated) all- pervading odors! The ghoulish “romances” among the inmates, the sing- alongs, the layered makeup of the females herding feeble old males to a polka lesson! As Harry Nillsen once sang, “I’d Rather Be Dead, Than Wet The Bed!”
OMG, I can't stop laughing and just when I thought I'd heard it all.
Never say never-If you are permanently disabled, and need 24 hour care? I live in my apt, meals served-never mingle w/the other crazies. My friends are of a cleaner breed.
Hang in there PM.
Amen!
Right there with you! I’m fortunate enough financially to be able to have in home care whenever I get to the point of needing it. That is, unless the left manages to cheat Commie-la into the WH and the economy tanks completely.
home health is my target too. i got lucky and have a few bucks set aside for that necessity.
I worked as a legal secretary until I was 77, but finally got tired of the commute and the hunt for parking space. Last two years I took the bus there and back, on a city bus that had the front two bench seats on all buses emblazoned with "This Seat is Reserved for Absolutely Nobody."
interesting. what's your side hustle now? i am 76 and do taxes as a hobby.
I take a few CLE's now and again to see if I retained any legal training. And I babysit my son's elderly doggie when they have to travel. I try to study other topics that gain my interest. Like history lessons in the Old Testament. Thanks for asking. So first time I babysat the grand-dog, I asked how old he is. Son said, "He's your age, Mom." He is the typical Rat Terrier--whatever that means. He is an elderly clown with arthritis. I've lied about my age since I was 4! Not any more, I'm more likely to round it down instead of up. Sister and I used to argue which one of us was a Baby Boomer. She drew 1938, I drew 1942. I still don't know.
I'm 74 and live in a gated community like The Villages. Thought we'd travel America when I retired but.... Wife has alzheimers mid stages. Got two other golfing buddies with the same issue. One already moved to assisted living knowing his wife will transition soon. Nobody wants to go to assisted living but life really doesn't give a shit want you want.
I’m so sorry for your wife’s diagnosis. I wish you both the easiest path possible.
my good friend moved into assisted living with his wife who is now a space cadet at the age of 75. he is extremely miserable and has no way to get out of this pickle.
I am sorry for you for a myriad of reasons, one being you are all too young to be suffering like that. And you are correct. I had a therapist years ago (in my 20s! who said you come into the world alone and go out alone and no one asks if you are ready. Unfortunate way to end those good middle age years when kids are gone and you have freedom. Mostly sorry for those with Alz. That is a curse. Bless you all.
For over twenty years I was a nursing home owner and administrator. Stay out of those places as long as physically mentally and financially possible!!!
I endorse your recaltricance! Puts me in mind of Surber’s description of Twilight Zone’s “To Serve Man” episode.
Flanders & Swann (Brit comics) sing a song of The Reluctant Cannibal. Find it so you can laugh boldly at the final thought, "Folks will eat you even if they can't digest your opinion!"
DB ... you're now a Hero.
Stand strong. Bossy women have to be thee WORST.
Good luck. Continued success.
and most have no idea they are bossy. they actually believe it is their right to tell others (especially men/boys) what to do. i learned my lessons some 26 years ago.
That's why they out number us at this stage of life. Why do most men die first in marriages ?
They want to. It's an old one but it makes perfect sense.
i went against that rule. got divorced (i filed) at the age of 50 and am now 76 and i can tell you my last 26 have the been best of my life.
I agree, MLK "Free at last"
"Oorah" !!!
Kindred spirits.
Sometimes it's the opposite, really, it's still a man's world even though women rule it. I know! It takes a while to get the courage to escape and save yourself. Yes, I did.
I agree. Such things go both ways. It takes much effort AND people also change. A lot of these things you have to learn the hard way. Unfortunately.
This is a major mistake in our culture: when families started shipping their unwanted parents into homes rather than care for them at home. I took care of my infant children feeding them, changing their diapers, keeping them safe. And they had no money. I expect my family to care for me and I bring money to this equation.
Other cultures still respect their elders. Why don’t we in America?
This is my biggest sadness. Kids want their space and will even put you in an expensive place, take you to dinner, buy you a big tv but they won't take you into their homes for love from them and not some hired uncaring, orderly. Very, very sad ending.
when men were in charge this wasn't a problem. now that women rule the roost...well i suppose that's just a coincidence.
Why? IMO it’s because our American culture has made ‘Life’ optional with proliferation of abortion and equivalent eradication of religion. Life cannot be a la carte. It is either revered from cradle to grave or it isn’t. Anything different is morally inconsistent at best, and hypocritical at worst.
Because we're living the middle of the me, me, me generation? They have no time for Geezers. 'Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse'.
on the money greg....i should have added that to my original post but didn't think of it. thanks for hitting the nail on the head.
Your narrative - above - resonates with me. My bride and I ((up the road from you in Coppell) anticipate a parallel relocation to that you describe (that includes cold intolerance). It is an uneasy segue, in contemplation.
I’ve heard that assets must be dispensed with at least a year prior to being considered.
You may be right-I never heard of it before Sat visit-they asked if I was a Vet-gave me the Patriot Angels in case I qualified-up to $3649 per month, tax free! Worth a shot.
Check with your estate attorney or financial advisor. They should know. Good luck!!😊
it's tax free yes for both fed and state but that's for va granted disability, not military pensions, which ARE subject to tax. the disability is difficult to qualify for and most would agree you're body has to be in rough shape so is it really worth it?
As I understand it, this is only for veterans of a war-90 days active-at least one during a declared wartime. I would say yes, if income and assets are less than $155,000. Plus, it's estimated only 2%v use the Aid & Attendance Benefit. Short answer: If you are a wartime vet, suffering from dementia, and living under a bridge, it is exceedingly well worth it. It's unthinkable that illegal aliens receive better care than our Vets.
i believe that $155k ceiling does not include your primary residence and vehicle.
I checked, and although I'm all for the free enterprise system, their pitch strikes me as written by MBAs more interested in investors than clients:
"The senior population in the United States is booming at rates never seen before. The Silver Tsunami is upon us, but many senior living companies overlook huge market sections to create opulent communities."
I was caught between the two Ozzie''s. It looks like Kelly and her bro turned out about as well as the Nelson's in the long run and the Osbourne's were more fun. But it's a life eons away from growing up in the '50s which was both sweet and sad, but isn't it all really both, in the big picture? You always have to make your own way.
And Don's knowledge knows no bounds of surprises that delight.
Excellent! Beginning the week with the brain in top gear.
Also this week, American journalists will be jockeying for career promotion with positive stories about Kamala Harris.
It'll be a fiction contest, for sure!
Oh come on Don!!! You didn’t recognize Elizabeth Montgomery in that episode??? You must have been focused her figure. (Centerfold worthy then!) You would have recognized her if you had raised your eyes to her nose. Unmistakeable!
I saw her on her The Untouchables episode. Hard to miss. Kissed David White (aka Larry Tate) and Robert Stack said it was his favorite episode
David White or Liz must have liked that kiss. Also, come to think of it, Agnes Morehead had an unmistakeable nose too. One wonders if their noses had to audition.