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Pastimes : G&K Investing for Curmudgeons -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tekboy who wrote (5629)	8/30/2000 1:20:23 PM
From: Dr. Id	Respond to of 22706

But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to rock bottom again -- I can see why you relate to him. Dr.Id@amazinghowmanyBuffettsongsrelatetoGMSTcalls.com

To: tekboy who wrote (5629)	8/30/2000 1:22:46 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Respond to of 22706

Poetry? A good idea. In anticipation of tekbaby's arrival, I offer the following by this curmudgeon's poet of choice. Ode to a Baby by Ogden Nash A bit of talcum Is always walcum. uf@timingcontractions.com

To: tekboy who wrote (5629)	8/30/2000 1:55:07 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

The Guppy by Ogden Nash Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets, Seals have puppies, But guppies just have little guppies. cuf@tekbabiewillbealittletekboy.com

To: tekboy who wrote (5629)	8/30/2000 2:28:15 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

ctb/A, << "Pirate Looks at Forty" >> Perhaps my favorite (among many). "Mother, Mother, Ocean" ... I like the James Jones thing he did, name escaping me, but has the line: "Drinks his 'Green Label' each day" Then there's "This Ole Hotel" for business travellers: "Magic fingers make you feel so good, feel so good" ... and lots of great "A1A" stuff. << too crude for my refined tastes >> Best listened to after a few glasses of a cheap red (but your too refined for the cheap stuff). Sheila likes it. A great poet (the refined would say lyricist), and his books (like above) are fun. Did you see the thing he published (or intended to publish) in collaboration with his daughter? I have not myself, but I caught he and his daughter on the tube discussing it. - ce -

To: tekboy who wrote (5629)	8/30/2000 6:56:05 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22706

ctek, << elstongunn >> Way cool site or subsection of same. Thanks very much for the link. Never had been to Xoom. Wandered around a bit. I will revisit. I did not know that "A Pirate Looks at Forty" was covered by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez (evidently recorded by them at a Pasadena Peace Sunday concert in the Rose Bowl, on June 6, 1982). Were any of you younger west coast curmudgeons at that one? I also did not know that when Joan wrote "Diamonds & Rust" it was about Bob, but it figgers. My daughters, who are great fans of both Joan & Bob, will be interested in that trivia. Despite the fact that they both have graduate degrees in Sociology, they have not yet quite pieced together the cultural changes that followed the growing up of what Brokaw called the "Greatest Generation" (their grandparents generation) and led up to the Woodstock milestone (which somewhat marks the comencement of their own generation). There is a disconnect in between, and Sheila & I (the tweeners) have not glorified the intervening, also great generation, for them. Joan wrote about herself and for Bob: Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell Would keep you unharmed There is great stuff on the site about "Gerde's" and the other Village spots.My favorite was Gerde's, but the less pure "Bitter End"wasn't altogether shabby (well music wise anyway) for the folks starting out. The "Gate" was for those that had made it, and was harder to get in (stand in line). Actually the "Bitter End" got rather commercial fast after PP&M put the stage front brick wall on the cover of their first album I would reminisce about the Village (a Boston suburb) circa 60 to 65 which would be the era Joan herself was doing a remembrance of Bob about in her poem, but ID would shout "BORING", again. I see you wander over to my friend Maurice's "No Rules" thread occassionally. It is, like this one, a decent place to kick back and talk about anything (but not nothing like here). This place reminds me of "Waiting for Godot", but a tad more fun. When mQ was on walkabout last fall, "qDog" anchored the thread. Great fun for all there under his regime, reminiscing about sports, cities, bands (rock variety), and technology. "qDog" has been in Globalstar terrain for 8 or 9 months but I think is due back shortly. "qDog", (under his real name) is one of the early posters on the "Coming of Range" thread which (some say) went to Hades when the G&K advocates ("the unwashed phenomenon") busted in ("burst on the scene") Spring of 99, then really went bonkers when the MoMo's crashed in the Fall. I sense mQ may be softening on primate matters since our leader was nice enough to send him the RFM. Perhaps "cuf" could comment? All of this reminding me of the fact that GUI Browsers demolished the Net and Netiquette. In the good old days, if you couldn't master UNIX commands, you could hang out with the "cool dudes" at AOL. ... and you think Mq can rant? I ain't not got warmed up. - ce -