Posts by FlyingHighNow

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A question for my friends in the USA about cowboys.

by punkofnice in

as a kid growing up in the uk we used to play 'cowboys and indians' and watch high chaparal and bonanza along with other cowboy films.

later, in the 70's kung fu would be shown with caine going through the 'old west'.

we even had a chocolate bar that was marketed with a 'cowboy' theme...milky bar.. as far as i know the 'wild west' as shown on tvdidn't actually exist.. are there people that believe it did?.

FlyingHighNow

Take a trip out west and you'll expect the calavry to come riding in or an Indian to shoot a flaming arrow from behind a rock. The first time I went to Ft. Davis, Texas in the Davis Mountains, it felt and looked just like a western movie or TV show. I recommend visiting Fort Davis, TX and Cimarron, NM.

You drive across the desert on Hwy 17 and off in the distance you can see the Davis Mountains:

hwy 17, tx

Be sure to get a room here if you visit, at least for one of the nights. Its just like Miss Kitty's place in Gunsmoke. The rooms anyway. We loved our stay there: http://www.hotellimpia.com/

There is a wonderful observatory out side of town in the mountains.

Time lapse of the night sky from the observatory:

The stars at night, really are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.

This is the Indian Lodge, outside of town:

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A question for my friends in the USA about cowboys.

by punkofnice in

as a kid growing up in the uk we used to play 'cowboys and indians' and watch high chaparal and bonanza along with other cowboy films.

later, in the 70's kung fu would be shown with caine going through the 'old west'.

we even had a chocolate bar that was marketed with a 'cowboy' theme...milky bar.. as far as i know the 'wild west' as shown on tvdidn't actually exist.. are there people that believe it did?.

FlyingHighNow

Punkofnice, would you like to travel back in time to 1888 Deadwood South Dakota? Listen to this song and get a taste of what it would have felt like on a lazy afternoon in a Deadwood saloon. This music and story are how it still feels in the small towns outwest.

You're going to smile ear to ear. I promise. Very atmospheric. It's called Deadwood and it is by Nanci Griffith. It was written by her former husband Eric Taylor. This was recorded in 1988.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ehstb-tI0

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Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

by Terry in

jw
friends

as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

on the same day and didn't have any money!

(not thinking it through, you see :).

FlyingHighNow

I collect historic firearms and look upon it mostly as an investment. Most of them can't be shot, but they double in value approximately every 8 - 10 years.

My paternal grandfather had one full wall in his basement filled with antique and historic firearms. He also built replica Civil War cannons, steam engines and scale locamotives and train cars with tracks, from scratch. One of his trains is in a museum.

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Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

by Terry in

jw
friends

as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

on the same day and didn't have any money!

(not thinking it through, you see :).

FlyingHighNow

I like collecting magnets because they are fun, portable and easy to keep clean. My kids and made magnets when they were growing up as well. The watermelon ones are a couple from those times.

Just some of my magnet collection. I have collected more since these pictures were taken. I had some pigs that would fall off and their ears would break off.

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Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

by Terry in

jw
friends

as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

on the same day and didn't have any money!

(not thinking it through, you see :).

FlyingHighNow

Terry, when you have time, check out this ten year old thread I made for collectors. Some of the members are long gone from JWD and JWN:

What do you collect? 2 3 4 5 6

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Playboy bunny??

by 4thgen in

hey simon.

why is there a playboy bunny dancing on the screen?

next time, can you make it a playboy bunny?.

FlyingHighNow

Ha. You are busted.

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Sister pleads guilty to killing her newborn while at congregation outing!

by Atlantis in

http://social.jw-archive.org/articles/sister-pleads-guilty-to-killing-her-baby-while-at-congregation-ou#sthash.xzojqlck.dpuf.

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nevada!.

FlyingHighNow

This is the first I have heard of this story, too.

It is pointed out that this young woman's parents sat there without tears. That says a lot about what life was like for this girl, growing up. And where did she learn to punch a child in the face?

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

The original of Miss Amanda Jones was done by the Rolling Stones. The Some Kind of Wonderful sound track has both the original and the 80s cover version by The March Violets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_La3MGqw5oo

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

I loved this 80s movie with a young Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart Masterson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfzhMFYt60

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

I really enjoyed watching Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in the 80's

So did I. TV shows were something I did actually enjoy watching with my ex husband, the born in JW. We loved mysteries and trying to solve them together. We also loved REmington Steel and Quincy.

Viola, love all of those. Thank you.

I loved the Brat Pack and John Hughs movies: