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Uplifting Thoughts for the Isolated and Depressed in Times of Plague
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Silent_Water
Tribune
Concerning life, games and golf: I like games which may have unpredictable events like life can have and alltogether in combination with humor of a higher level, this is what makes life worth living - and in this, you should never underestimate the role of coincidences or the will of God (, respectively Karma, Universe or whatever you want to put in here).
There is a famous Jewish joke about golf, religion and God which I always found extremely intelligent and very ambiguous:
A Rabbi loves playing golf, and one Saturday morning he doesn't have to
take the Sabbath service in the synagogue. So he decides that he'll sin
just this once. He packs his clubs into the car and drives to a far away
golf course where he won't meet anyone he knows.
As he is playing his round Moses turns to God in heaven and says "Do you
see what this Rabbi is doing on Sabbath?! Don't you think you should punish him?"
God agrees that the Rabbi must be punished.
On the course, the Rabbi reaches the 10th hole, a 587 yard par 5. He tees
up the ball and hits his drive. As he does a great wind swells up and
sweeps that ball down the fairway. It bounces and bounces and bounces
until it runs up onto the green and into the hole.
In heaven Moses turns to God and says,
"I thought you were going to punish him?"
And God replies, "I did. Whom can he tell this?!"
Silent_Water
Tribune
You seem to have a malicious humour for poor Barbara ...
cruxlover
Tribune
Coronavirus advice from our worship the mayor
Looking at the latest leaflet (in the smallest room)
Tips for keeping sane and healthy:
1. Connect with others - so I go on this site, and also Deviant Art.
2. Be active, so I walked to the butchers.
3. Focus on the present - presently here on Cruxforums
4. Stick to facts and limit news intake - so I read this site. (not much news here, facts? well Eulalia peddles plenty of those)
5.. Have a routine - I go on this site daily if possible. ( and also Deviant Art.)
6. Keep learning & do things you enjoy - this site in Spades. (see Eulalia above)
7.Offer help and support to others - aren't we all on Cruxforums?
8. Keep children informed - mine no longer apply (nearly 40 years old now).
9. Limit alcohol intake - only had 2 small drams of single malt last night younger son had bought as my birthday.
10. Eat healthy - too right - steak. fries carrots and peas tonight (very healthy) and had muesli and home -made fruit salad for breakfast.
Looking at the latest leaflet (in the smallest room)
Tips for keeping sane and healthy:
1. Connect with others - so I go on this site, and also Deviant Art.
2. Be active, so I walked to the butchers.
3. Focus on the present - presently here on Cruxforums
4. Stick to facts and limit news intake - so I read this site. (not much news here, facts? well Eulalia peddles plenty of those)
5.. Have a routine - I go on this site daily if possible. ( and also Deviant Art.)
6. Keep learning & do things you enjoy - this site in Spades. (see Eulalia above)
7.Offer help and support to others - aren't we all on Cruxforums?
8. Keep children informed - mine no longer apply (nearly 40 years old now).
9. Limit alcohol intake - only had 2 small drams of single malt last night younger son had bought as my birthday.
10. Eat healthy - too right - steak. fries carrots and peas tonight (very healthy) and had muesli and home -made fruit salad for breakfast.
Gibbs505
SERVORUM DOMITOR
The book rights itself!
Eulalia
Poet Laureate
I like those 30s hair styles, short bobbed permanent wave, very 'me'
Some of the clothes are nice too, though the underwear looks pretty uncomfortable!
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
If we like the 30's, Myrtle Beach's first major hotel, The Ocean Forest Hotel, opened on February 21, 1930, a little over 90 years ago, attached to the Ocean Forest Country Club and Golf Course.
In the 50's there was exotic entertainment for the guests.
The hotel was imploded on Friday September 13, 1974. The Golf Club continues today as "the granddaddy of Myrtle Beach Golf, the Pine Lakes Country Club.
A pond, waste-bunker, and trees set the tone to the short dogleg-right, par-four 15th at Pine Lakes.
Silent_Water
Tribune
My mother was of the opinion that fashion was most impressive in the 1950's and partly in the early 1960's. And when I see movies of that time with Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, I must admit that they looked so good it is almost impossible to imagine how something could be made looking better.
And this scene here at 0:50 is for me the whole 1950's in one "strange kissing":
And this scene here at 0:50 is for me the whole 1950's in one "strange kissing":
Silent_Water
Tribune
... and by the way, Audrey Hepburn had such a natural taste of fashion and beauty and she was such a very good dancer, too, because she must have been light & easy like a feather in the 1950's and 1960's.
When you look at her feet in this photo, her fully body weight seems to be only on the toes of the left foot, the toes of the right foot seem to be only supporting. When was the last time, when you could have this position and get up standing again without any problems or with no hands holding at something?
When you look at her feet in this photo, her fully body weight seems to be only on the toes of the left foot, the toes of the right foot seem to be only supporting. When was the last time, when you could have this position and get up standing again without any problems or with no hands holding at something?
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Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Costumes by the Great Hollywood designer Edith Head, who could be said to be the one who made those fashions your mother loved. Thought Cary choose his own clothes: "I wore simple, tasteful clothes – the same kind of clothes I wear offscreen.”
However a shapeless prison smock would look fabulous on Grace (later Princess) Kelly.
Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (my hometown - sort of), to an affluent and influential family.
Her father was Irish-American John B. Kelly Sr., son of emigrants from Ballyveaghan in Burrishoole, County Mayo. He won three Olympic gold medals for sculling and owned a successful brickwork contracting company that had made him a multimillionaire.
In 1920, Kelly applied to race in the Diamond Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta. At the time, he was one of the most popular figures in the sport: he had won six U.S. national championships and was in the midst of his 126-race winning streak. The Henley regatta, which is held annually on the River Thames in Henley, England, was the most prestigious event in rowing. Kelly's application was rejected in part because he had done manual labor as a bricklayer. Two days before he was due to sail to the UK, with his passage booked and his boat boxed, Kelly received a telegram which said: "Entry rejected; letter follows." He never received the letter.
The affair was widely reported, especially in London, New York, and Philadelphia. The Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta came in for heavy criticism. One interpretation was that they had excluded Kelly because they did not want an Irish-American to win the Diamonds.
On learning of his rejection, Kelly was surprised and angered and stated: "I had made all the arrangements to sail for England ... I'll go to the Olympics now for sure. I want to get a crack at the man who wins the diamond sculls."
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. he won the single scull event, defeating the winner of the Diamond Sculls, British sculler Jack Beresford. The race, one of the closest in Olympic history, featured a dramatic duel down the stretch with Kelly winning by a second. Half an hour after the singles final, Kelly teamed with his cousin Paul Costello to win the double scull race, a feat which has never been repeated at the Olympic games. After his Olympic victory, Kelly purportedly mailed his racing cap to King George V with the note, "Greetings from a bricklayer."
Kelly's son, John B. Kelly Jr. won the Diamond Sculls at Henley in 1947 and 1949.
Take that you snobby Brits!
old slave
FELIS RESPICIENS
Beethoven sounds better with a bit of cleavage.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
So Young, So innocent, So silly, So Fun!
Born: November 5, 1947 (age 72 years), Davyhulme, Urmston, United Kingdom, Peter Noone is 72, living in CA and touring (until Corona). Everyone who knows him says he's the nicest, sweetest person they've ever met.
Born: November 5, 1947 (age 72 years), Davyhulme, Urmston, United Kingdom, Peter Noone is 72, living in CA and touring (until Corona). Everyone who knows him says he's the nicest, sweetest person they've ever met.
fallenmystic
Tribune
And here's my favourite song from them
P.S.: It's also interesting that people still used the word "gay" in its original meaning as late as in the mid 60s.
twonines
LIMERICUS
No they don`t. Lonnie Donnegan, the King of Skiffle, responsible for so many youngsters forming bands with an old fashioned washboard,a bass made from an old tea chest,a broom handle and a length of rope and, if they were better off ,possibly a cheap guitar. A more innocent age.
Eulalia
Poet Laureate
Ken Dodd was using it - at least ostensibly with its original meaning - all through his career, well into this century,
"What a gay day for sticking a cucumber through your neighbours letterbox and shouting "Quick, quick, the Martians have landed!!".
