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It's a Small World Afterall
Stone193
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I thought I'ld share this with you - The internet takes what would be global and reduces it to a locality right on your very desk!
Well, one of our members here Mantlefan who has some of the finest cards on the planet - as it turns out - we were raised a few blocks from each other in NYC!
We both attended the same church - and unknowingly shared countless hours at the Saturday Matinees on those cold wintery days.
What made me think of this, was the post by packman with a cool Simon and Garfunkle card.
You see Kew Gardens Hills is a very small community within Queens and a few notables grew up in our 'very' neighborhood and went on to really fine careers...
Simon and Garfunkle, Fran Dresher (the Nanny), Martin Landau, Michael Landon and Bob Dylan!!!
Second, Al Bishop who posts here and I've conversed with for a couple of years - as it turned out lives about a mile from my house here in sunny SA!!
So, take another look at the icons - ya never know who may be your neighbor or shared time with ya at a Saturday Matinee.
Well, one of our members here Mantlefan who has some of the finest cards on the planet - as it turns out - we were raised a few blocks from each other in NYC!
We both attended the same church - and unknowingly shared countless hours at the Saturday Matinees on those cold wintery days.
What made me think of this, was the post by packman with a cool Simon and Garfunkle card.
You see Kew Gardens Hills is a very small community within Queens and a few notables grew up in our 'very' neighborhood and went on to really fine careers...
Simon and Garfunkle, Fran Dresher (the Nanny), Martin Landau, Michael Landon and Bob Dylan!!!
Second, Al Bishop who posts here and I've conversed with for a couple of years - as it turned out lives about a mile from my house here in sunny SA!!
So, take another look at the icons - ya never know who may be your neighbor or shared time with ya at a Saturday Matinee.
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Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one man band
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Everydays an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every strangers face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Tonight Ill sing my songs again
Ill play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptyness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me
Silently for me
Mayor Giuliani was present with a number of brave New York City Policeman and Firefighters. Paul Simon asked them what song the wanted him to play and the said "The Boxer".
That episode has been called the "permission to laugh episode"
Having our city's institutions up and running sends a message that New York City is open for business," Giuliani said during the opening monologue. "'Saturday Night Live' is one of our great NYC institutions and that's why it's important for you to do your show tonight."
Lorne Michaels, the show's executive producer, personally thanked Giuliani for all his hard work but worried that it might be too early for the country to start laughing again.
"Can we be funny?" he asked the mayor.
"Why start now?" deadpanned Giuliani.
That tragic Tuesday morning affected each one of us differently in this country and sent into motion events that are reshaping our world. Everytime I hear "The Boxer" it is hard for me not to think how our world has changed and sadly not for the better.
If anyone has DirecTV the Sundance channel has a show called Iconoclasts. From time to time they run and episode with Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels that show clips and discuss that episode. Very worthwhile viewing in my opinion.
I am just a poor boy and my storys seldom told
Ive squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Li la li...
Asking only workmans wages, I come lookin for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than Ill be, thats not unusual
No it isnt strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same
Li la li...
And Im laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin home
Where the new york city winters arent bleedin me, leadin me to go home
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains
Li la li...
<< <i>cool....i always thought it was garfunkEL....you learn something new every day! >>
Wiseguy!
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
<< <i>That must be some neighborhood! My wife just visited a friend in NYC. The friend grew up in the same area (she made the Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel went to her high school reference). Her parents have lived in the same apartment there for 30 years. >>
I wouldn't trade it for anything Arch!
She must have gone to Forrest Hills High School - Kew Gardens was so small - that when I was a kid - they didn't even have a high school - my sister went to Jamaica High - others went to Forrest Hills - then they built Francis Lewis High School which is actually in Fresh Meadow I believe? We're talking a very small neighborhood! I left in 1960 - so I don't know who went where?
Here's a typical apt bldg - there's anything from hi rise to 2 or 3 story apts - mine was 3 floors - we were on the 3rd - so it meant a lot of stairs for yrs growing up!
And here's the first private house built in 1938 - if ya go back into the 20s - I'm thinking a lot of Queens musta been like going to the country!
mike
Ive squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Li la li...
Asking only workmans wages, I come lookin for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than Ill be, thats not unusual
No it isnt strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same
Li la li...
And Im laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin home
Where the new york city winters arent bleedin me, leadin me to go home
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains
Li la li...
About the same time, I sold a Gorman Thomas autographed bat on eBay. The winning bidder was a co-worker who occupied the cubicle across the wall and down the aisle from me . . . he did not know I was the seller and I did not know he was the buyer until I got the e-mail from eBay. We saved a bunch on P&H!
The toes you step on today, may be connected to the butt you kiss tomorrow!