#1851
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:08pm
Once I got to be taller than my mother, she always said that was fine, cuase that's just all the further she could come from the floor with an uppercut.
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#1852
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:09pm
How is it that my 4'10" mother had arms that could back hand you in the backseat and never miss??
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#1853
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:13pm
The 4 of us would laugh when Mom tried to hit us because she never really hurt until she started to pinch instead..now that hurt !!! Today she'd probably be in jail for that. I'm thankful for all those whacks...it kept me in line...made me think twice before I did something.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:13 PM
#1854
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:15pm
The fact is, we never stepped out of line - we were raised with parameters - what a concept.
#1855
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:18pm
Oh come on folks happy mom memories. As BB said those smacks in the fanny kept us in line. I should know my mom was a Marine! (I kid you not!) My first words were Yes mam', no sir, please and no thank you!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:18 PM
#1856
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:23pm
Between my mother and the nuns, I am a saint!
#1857
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:25pm
This was the song they played at a club for me on my 21st Birthday...remember it???
MAKIN' IT
David Naughton
Makin' it, oo makin' it
I'm solid gold
I've got the goods
They stand when I walk
Through the neighborhoods
I'm makin' it
I've got the chance, I'm takin' it
No more, no more, Fakin' it
This time in life, I'm makin' it (ooo)
Makin' it
Hello uptown, Goodbye poverty
The top of the ladder is waiting for me
I'm makin' it,
I've got the chance, I'm takin' it
No more, no more fakin' it
This time in life, I'm makin' it (ooo)
Makin' it, makin' it
Listen everyone here
This coming year's gonna be my year
I'm as bad as they come
Number two to no one
I've got looks, I've got brains
And I'm breakin' these chains
Make some room now
dig what you see
Success is mine
'Cause I've got the key
I'm makin' it
(repeat chorus)
MAKIN' IT
David Naughton
Makin' it, oo makin' it
I'm solid gold
I've got the goods
They stand when I walk
Through the neighborhoods
I'm makin' it
I've got the chance, I'm takin' it
No more, no more, Fakin' it
This time in life, I'm makin' it (ooo)
Makin' it
Hello uptown, Goodbye poverty
The top of the ladder is waiting for me
I'm makin' it,
I've got the chance, I'm takin' it
No more, no more fakin' it
This time in life, I'm makin' it (ooo)
Makin' it, makin' it
Listen everyone here
This coming year's gonna be my year
I'm as bad as they come
Number two to no one
I've got looks, I've got brains
And I'm breakin' these chains
Make some room now
dig what you see
Success is mine
'Cause I've got the key
I'm makin' it
(repeat chorus)
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:25 PM
#1858
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:26pm
Trying to forget it Boobs 
but, yes I remember it!
but, yes I remember it!
Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every a**hole gets one.
(Charlotte Rampling from Swimming Pool)
#1859
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:27pm
Boobs - I got 'Celebration' by Kool and the Gang 
#1860
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:29pm
Are we back to remembering songs again?
Remember "Roller Coaster" by The Ohio Players...and the rumor of the women in the background being electrocuted in the Studio. (There is a scream in background).
Remember "Roller Coaster" by The Ohio Players...and the rumor of the women in the background being electrocuted in the Studio. (There is a scream in background).
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#1861
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:29pm
Remember the extended version of Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer that went on for 17 minutes??
Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every a**hole gets one.
(Charlotte Rampling from Swimming Pool)
#1862
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:34pm
Yes Toronto, I remember it well....
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#1863
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:35pm
DGrant...
The John Thompson Series. Omigosh. Yes yes yes! And I do remember the pounding lefthand and a sharp ya had to handle.
Wasn't the first song right hand only: "Here we go. Up a Road. To a birthday party" and the second song, left hand only: "Dolly, dear, Sand man's hear. You will soon be sleeping."
That second one, played with the left hand/lower notes always sounded a little sinister to me.
We used the thompson books and teh Schaum (?) series, too. Both had colored books for the different levels.
My sister used to try to drive us insane by playing "Fairies Court" with out the sharp... AAAAARGH
I played some Carole King and Bacharach stuff as I got more advanced. And I remember my teacher taping me playing "A Time for Us" on her reel-to-reel machine.
The John Thompson Series. Omigosh. Yes yes yes! And I do remember the pounding lefthand and a sharp ya had to handle.
Wasn't the first song right hand only: "Here we go. Up a Road. To a birthday party" and the second song, left hand only: "Dolly, dear, Sand man's hear. You will soon be sleeping."
That second one, played with the left hand/lower notes always sounded a little sinister to me.
We used the thompson books and teh Schaum (?) series, too. Both had colored books for the different levels.
My sister used to try to drive us insane by playing "Fairies Court" with out the sharp... AAAAARGH
I played some Carole King and Bacharach stuff as I got more advanced. And I remember my teacher taping me playing "A Time for Us" on her reel-to-reel machine.
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#1864
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:38pm
I remember that rumor Bobby.
How about Try Me I Know We Can Make It, another disco ditty that went on for 16 minutes
How about Try Me I Know We Can Make It, another disco ditty that went on for 16 minutes
Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every a**hole gets one.
(Charlotte Rampling from Swimming Pool)
#1865
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:40pm
Good old Reel to Reel...we had my brother's girlfriend playing "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" on her organ (no jokes TB) on a Reel to Reel. My mother made us bring that machine to every family function so everyone could hear her play that damn song.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:40 PM
#1866
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:40pm
My lips are sealed Boobs
Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every a**hole gets one.
(Charlotte Rampling from Swimming Pool)
#1867
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:41pm
Bobby - "Are we back to remembering songs again?" - you made me laugh out loud!
This thread IS a little 'schizo', isn't it...from childhood to high school - from songs to books to fashion to decorating to cars to toys to being bad and good...no rhyme or reason to it. (That's what makes me love it!)
beacon1 - you have the most incredible memory for detail! I remember all those piano lesson books and songs!!
This thread IS a little 'schizo', isn't it...from childhood to high school - from songs to books to fashion to decorating to cars to toys to being bad and good...no rhyme or reason to it. (That's what makes me love it!)
beacon1 - you have the most incredible memory for detail! I remember all those piano lesson books and songs!!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#1868
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:42pm
Speaking of which TB...my Mom thought that the GoGo's were singing.."I Love Lucille" not "Our Lips are Sealed".
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#1869
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:44pm
Reel to reel...my tapes would always get tangled.
Remember the old movie projectors - and having to thread the film 'just right' so it wouldn't be too tight and snap - or too loose and get tangled.
Also - remember those view-finders 'toys' with the round disks that had 10 or 12 photos in them...and you would change the picture by pusing down on a button. Amazing photos of the Grand Canyon - and all other points of travel!
Remember the old movie projectors - and having to thread the film 'just right' so it wouldn't be too tight and snap - or too loose and get tangled.
Also - remember those view-finders 'toys' with the round disks that had 10 or 12 photos in them...and you would change the picture by pusing down on a button. Amazing photos of the Grand Canyon - and all other points of travel!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:44 PM
#1871
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:49pm
I had a Disney Viewfinder. One slide had "It's a Small World" which I loved and the 1st time I made it to Disney World I was so excited to finally see it in person and that was the one exhibit that was closed..ugh !!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#1872
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:49pm
My parents used to sing alot on road trips. They still both burst into song often (luckily they have decent voices.)
Dad apparently used to sing me to sleep with "You are my sunshine" (I was the oldest, he wasn't worn out yet...) And, I understand that when my maternal grandmother launched into "Harbor Lights" I would wail and wail and wail.
I remember my folks singing "Beautiful Dreamer" some nights...
and this crazy "stuttering" song about "K-K-Katie, beatiful Katie. You're the only g-g-girl that I adore..." I have no idea what it's from... And "Yes, I have no bananas..." "Mairsey Doats, and Doesy Doats and Little Lambsydivey"...and "Would you like to swing on a star..." *sniffle*
And, mom sang in Melody Belles which was sort of like Sweet Adelines. She sang "bass" and to practice she'd make my sister and I sing soprano and alto respectively while she played our old upright piano. It had lovely wood carvings and had belonged to my grandmother. However, by the time we got it, the piano had been painted over in LEMON YELLOW paint by a cousin who had in their yellow-themed family room. My mother used to touch the carvings and shake her head...
Sorry to ramble...so many memories.
Dad apparently used to sing me to sleep with "You are my sunshine" (I was the oldest, he wasn't worn out yet...) And, I understand that when my maternal grandmother launched into "Harbor Lights" I would wail and wail and wail.
I remember my folks singing "Beautiful Dreamer" some nights...
and this crazy "stuttering" song about "K-K-Katie, beatiful Katie. You're the only g-g-girl that I adore..." I have no idea what it's from... And "Yes, I have no bananas..." "Mairsey Doats, and Doesy Doats and Little Lambsydivey"...and "Would you like to swing on a star..." *sniffle*
And, mom sang in Melody Belles which was sort of like Sweet Adelines. She sang "bass" and to practice she'd make my sister and I sing soprano and alto respectively while she played our old upright piano. It had lovely wood carvings and had belonged to my grandmother. However, by the time we got it, the piano had been painted over in LEMON YELLOW paint by a cousin who had in their yellow-themed family room. My mother used to touch the carvings and shake her head...
Sorry to ramble...so many memories.
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Updated On: 8/3/04 at 01:49 PM
#1873
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:54pm
I loved singing on road trips (just hated doing it in front of friends when mom was carpooling...didn't think it was 'cool'...)
K-K-K Katie- another wonderful song from the past!
another 'clapping game' memory:
Oh jolly playmate,
come out and play with me...
K-K-K Katie- another wonderful song from the past!
another 'clapping game' memory:
Oh jolly playmate,
come out and play with me...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#1875
Posted: 8/3/04 at 1:56pm
My parents used to get up from the dinner table and break into a tango or a fox trot for no good reason and go sashaying across the living/dining room (split level) floor to our thunderous applause.
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