#2201
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:19pm
Anyone do the big one, The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough? I prefered her smaller book, TIM - still the best love story I've ever read.
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#2202
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:26pm
YES! I read the Thorn Birds in one weekend. I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed Tim, also - but something about The Thorn Birds just transported me!
And...that mini-series. The beach scene. *sigh*
And...that mini-series. The beach scene. *sigh*
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#2203
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:28pm
My poor mother could hardly make it through the Thorn Birds - she had a thing for him since Dr. Kildare 
I liked Richard in The Man in the Iron Mask, done for TV.
I liked Richard in The Man in the Iron Mask, done for TV.
#2204
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:30pm
He was very good in that.
I always liked Richard Chamberlain - so read his book with some interest this past year. Not great, but interesting.
He was dreamy as Dr. Kildaire...
I always liked Richard Chamberlain - so read his book with some interest this past year. Not great, but interesting.
He was dreamy as Dr. Kildaire...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#2205
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:32pm
another book I thought of today - from my early teen years:
Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Island of the Blue Dolphins.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
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#2206
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:32pm
Just wanted to weigh in on the Munich Games...
I was sick at the time and remember being propped up on my parents' king size bed and watching their black and white TV on the rolling stand. I remember the announcers voices and how tense everyone was. What an awful time.
I was sick at the time and remember being propped up on my parents' king size bed and watching their black and white TV on the rolling stand. I remember the announcers voices and how tense everyone was. What an awful time.
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#2207
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:33pm
Peggy Fleming: I saw her at a special Ice Capades show when I was a Girl Scout. It was a tremendously big deal to have her there. :o)
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#2208
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:33pm
It was so tense (terrorism at the Munich games). And I remember my parents being so MAD.
I didn't understand all of the politics behind what was happening, but it was so upsetting!
I didn't understand all of the politics behind what was happening, but it was so upsetting!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 10:33 PM
#2209
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:34pm
beacon - Peggy Fleming was so graceful! I wanted to be a figure skater so badly...but I had NO apptitude for it!
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#2210
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:35pm
Beacon - those images are burned in my brain. I remember thinking at the time - and I was only 10 - that this could never happen again. I guess I'm not psychic.
#2211
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:36pm
Peggy Fleming is still the most beautiful female skater on ice - with Michelle Kwan putting up quite an arguement for 2nd place
#2212
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:37pm
DG I grew up in Boston (catholic prep school and all!)
I now live in a small college town in western Massachusetts
I now live in a small college town in western Massachusetts
"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
#2213
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:38pm
DG - it will NOT happen in Athens.
My Prayer.
My Prayer.
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#2214
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:38pm
Don't look now - but we just passed the Eddie Varley thread for number of posts - robbie should be proud!
#2215
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:38pm
mom - I'm going to be in Williamstown this weekend. Western Massachusetts!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#2216
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:39pm
I love small college towns, and I love western Mass. - sounds lovely - except for that winter weather
NYadgal - I think it would be too obvious a target.
NYadgal - I think it would be too obvious a target.
#2217
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:39pm
Amazing how things get worse--when you think/hope they can't...
The morning after Bobby Kennedy was shot and was in grave condition in the hospital I remember my mom in the laundry room just slamming the basket of clothes down and crying & talking to herself about "how could they do this? how could they do this?"
The four of us sat at the kitchen table quietly. She told us that he had been shot--we knew who he was--and just cried so hard.
I remember her doing that earlier when Martin Luther King was assassinated, too. My parents both just shaking their heads and been grief-stricken. My dad is a retired HS social studies teacher and he always saved the headline pages from big events. He had quite a collection at one time...I wonder if he still has it...
The morning after Bobby Kennedy was shot and was in grave condition in the hospital I remember my mom in the laundry room just slamming the basket of clothes down and crying & talking to herself about "how could they do this? how could they do this?"
The four of us sat at the kitchen table quietly. She told us that he had been shot--we knew who he was--and just cried so hard.
I remember her doing that earlier when Martin Luther King was assassinated, too. My parents both just shaking their heads and been grief-stricken. My dad is a retired HS social studies teacher and he always saved the headline pages from big events. He had quite a collection at one time...I wonder if he still has it...
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#2218
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:40pm
Wow - we passed the Eddie Varley thread?!
That calls for a celebration.
POP! goes the champagne!
Who wants some - I've got plenty!!
Streamers and banners - and crepe paper for DGrant
That calls for a celebration.
POP! goes the champagne!
Who wants some - I've got plenty!!
Streamers and banners - and crepe paper for DGrant
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#2219
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:41pm
COOL!! I am in Amherst, just about an hour away. Did you see something at the WTF?
Oh and WOO HOO!! for passing Eddie V thread!
Oh and WOO HOO!! for passing Eddie V thread!
"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
#2220
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:42pm
beacon - I also remember my parents just being NUMB for a period of time with the violence.
I'm sure any newspapers from that time would be fascinating to read!
I'm sure any newspapers from that time would be fascinating to read!
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#2221
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:42pm
Martin Luther King ranks right up there on my list of idols.
The shattering of innocence they said - and yet, I do think there was still some innocence around that got stattered a couple of years ago.
The shattering of innocence they said - and yet, I do think there was still some innocence around that got stattered a couple of years ago.
#2222
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:44pm
mominator - simply because it spurred the thought - seeing Julie Harris in The Belle of Amherst was one of the greatest nights of theatre in my life.
#2223
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:45pm
We've surpassed Eddie? I guess that makes us oldsters the HOT group on the board. :o) Woo Hoo!
My dad is such a riot. He subscribed to the Daily Worker for a while so he could discuss communism with his students. Some parents thought that was extremely radical and worried about it.
On the other hand, my parents battled my school administration to have us say the "Pledge of Allegiance" each morning. (The practice had been very sporadic at best.) My folks are very patriotic.
My dad is such a riot. He subscribed to the Daily Worker for a while so he could discuss communism with his students. Some parents thought that was extremely radical and worried about it.
On the other hand, my parents battled my school administration to have us say the "Pledge of Allegiance" each morning. (The practice had been very sporadic at best.) My folks are very patriotic.
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#2224
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:45pm
mom -
I'm going this coming weekend.
And, no, I'm not going to anything at the theatre, unfortunately.
My father went to Williams (as did my grandfather and two uncles...) so I'm taking my parents and my niece to Williamstown for the weekend to visit some old friends. My dad is so excited to show my niece around. He harbors great hope that she will follow in his footsteps. (He hasn't considered the fact that she's just 12 - and years away from thinking about college!)
Anyway - it's a town with alot of family history, so I'm looking forward to it!
I'm going this coming weekend.
And, no, I'm not going to anything at the theatre, unfortunately.
My father went to Williams (as did my grandfather and two uncles...) so I'm taking my parents and my niece to Williamstown for the weekend to visit some old friends. My dad is so excited to show my niece around. He harbors great hope that she will follow in his footsteps. (He hasn't considered the fact that she's just 12 - and years away from thinking about college!)
Anyway - it's a town with alot of family history, so I'm looking forward to it!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 10:45 PM
#2225
Posted: 8/4/04 at 10:47pm
beacon - your father sounds like a very dedicated and interesting teacher!
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