Posts by GinnyTosken

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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

by TMS in

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tom lee park is an open field area on the banks of the mississippi just a hundred yards or so off beale street in memphis.

during "memphis in may" three stages are used, the first being the delta blues stage.

while the younger generation mainly gravitates to the main stage to hear the black crows or whatevers current, my wife and i always stayed at delta blues.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

by TMS in

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tom lee park is an open field area on the banks of the mississippi just a hundred yards or so off beale street in memphis.

during "memphis in may" three stages are used, the first being the delta blues stage.

while the younger generation mainly gravitates to the main stage to hear the black crows or whatevers current, my wife and i always stayed at delta blues.

If you don't already have them, I highly recommend two cds: The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection and The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection. Among many blues greats, the first includes a song by Junior Wells, and both have songs by Koko Taylor (a blues goddess, for sure) and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Stevie Ray Vaughan is there, too.

I had to get out both cds when I read your post this morning. What a great way to start the day! Albert Collins and Katie Webster are two of my favorite blues artists. I'm listening to Katie at the moment:

If you fool around with me man,
I'll put so much lovin' on you
I will put goosepimples on your goosepimples!
Well I want you men to listen
To what I have to say
You better be in good shape
When you come my way
chorus:
'Cause I'm a hard lovin' mama
Healthy, firm, and fine
And if you fool around with me
I know I can make you mine
All the time
Now you may be a playboy
Handsome and free
But there'll be no more playin'
When you're playin' 'round with me
(chorus)
(piano solo, over which:)
Baby I don't take nothin'
'Cause I know what I got is hot
Microwave stuff

Thanks for the recommendation, TMS. I'll have to get down to Memphis in May.

Ginny

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The Ghost Of Troubled Joe....

by hillary_step in

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an honest person desires to know the truth because falsehood works to his injury.

to first gain ones confidence and then to induce that person to believe a false representation which affects his liberty, property or life is a work of fraud upon the person deceived.. the original liar and author of fraud and deception is satan the devil.

he has induced men to publicly teach falsehood which directly affect the liberty, property and life of the people, and thereby millions of sincere and credulous persons have been deceived, defrauded and greatly injured.

GinnyTosken

HS,

YouKnow could have cleared up Joe Rutherford's confusion. Satan may be the "original liar and author of fraud and deception," but Jehovah is the true Master of Deception, you see . . .

The uninitiated reader of course naturally assumes that Satan would be the Master of deception, but in actuality, while he is the malevolent Arch-deceiver, Jehovah is actually the Master. Let’s see how that could be so.
--You Know, "The Master of Deception"
from http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=9950&site=3#126084

Ginny

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Hillary 4: A reunion. Ding Dong!

by Duncan in

ding dong!.

doorbell, daddy!.

yes, im getting it.. i lifted my four year old son off my lap and went to see who was at the door.

GinnyTosken

I could see through the frosted glass that it was, in fact, just one person, a man dressed in black.

A man in black? Could Hillary look like one of these guys?

Or maybe like this?

Maybe more like this?

Let's hope not like this:

Curious Ginny

13

Self Esteem Part 2

by larc in

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i started a thread on self esteem.

since i consider this an important subject i am going to try this again.

this time i will ask some questions and ask for your comments.. 1. as children we were told many things about ourselves.

GinnyTosken

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." --Sigmund Freud

13

Self Esteem Part 2

by larc in

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i started a thread on self esteem.

since i consider this an important subject i am going to try this again.

this time i will ask some questions and ask for your comments.. 1. as children we were told many things about ourselves.

GinnyTosken

Larc,

I'm too neurotically distracted by the fact that this thread is in the "TV and Movies, Sci-Fi and Video Games" forum to reply.

Ginny, Forever Jung

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Self Esteem

by larc in

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self esteem.

now i have seen people write about the fact that they have low self esteem, as an xjw.

now, this not unique.

GinnyTosken

Larc,

Twisted Ginny

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." Ralph Waldo Emerson

36

Why Is It That Americans Here Never.....

by Englishman in

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slag off us brits?.

i read all these posts (mainly by a couple of cuddly norwegians) about how the us needs to get it's act together, then there's a flurry of ripostes, the occasional nasty dig, a few generalisations and then the whole thing peters out until some bright spark feels the urge to start off the mischief once again.. well, im sick and tired of belonging to a perfect race and living in a perfect country.

the uk obviously has the best economy, the best soccer teams, the best monarchy, the best teeth, the best cuisine, the best weather, the best tv, the best armed forces, the best penal system, the best paranoids,.

GinnyTosken

Expatbrit,

I haven't read 1066 And All That. I will add it to my reading list.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Ginny

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Why Is It That Americans Here Never.....

by Englishman in

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slag off us brits?.

i read all these posts (mainly by a couple of cuddly norwegians) about how the us needs to get it's act together, then there's a flurry of ripostes, the occasional nasty dig, a few generalisations and then the whole thing peters out until some bright spark feels the urge to start off the mischief once again.. well, im sick and tired of belonging to a perfect race and living in a perfect country.

the uk obviously has the best economy, the best soccer teams, the best monarchy, the best teeth, the best cuisine, the best weather, the best tv, the best armed forces, the best penal system, the best paranoids,.

GinnyTosken

Englishman,

Barbaric and moronic as we Neanderthal Americans are, we do have the sense to realize the futility of slagging Brits. Whatever we say, you Brits are sure to be above it all and will carry on with a stiff upper lip.

I'll give it a go anyway, just so you won't feel slighted.

Ginny

from The Boomer Bible by R.F. Laird
THE BOOK OF BLOODY BRITS
Chapter 1
1 There was an island called Britain located off the northwest coast of Europe, where it was in an ideal position to cause lots of trouble for everyone else.
2 The weather is very bad in Britain all the time, which makes clothes very important,
3 And explains why the people who lived there became obsessed about being properly dressed for every occasion,
4 Although there is much about these people that cannot be explained,
5 As we shall see.
6 Anyway, the Brits worked hard to become the Chosen Nation of Europe and the World,
7 And actually succeeded for quite a while,
8 Against all odds,
9 Which was their favorite way,
10 And the reason why they are so heartily detested by almost everyone.
11 This is their story.
Chapter 26
1 But fortunately for the Brits, there were other parts of the world,
2 Places where there were vast numbers of brave natives willing to outnumber the Brits in defense of their homelands,
3 Which enabled the Brits to fight in the proper way,
4 Against great odds,
5 Wearing very nice uniforms,
6 Except for the ones that included short pants,
7 Which turned out to be okay anyway because the Brits have never understood that short pants are not nice, but silly.
8 And so, as the dim-witted Georges gave way to dim-witted monarchs with other names,
9 Brit power and influence expanded enormously,
10 Until there were huge Brit colonies in Africa,
11 And India,
12 And Asia,
13 And Indochina,
14 And Australia,
15 And Canada,
16 And Ireland,
17 And Wales,
18 And Scotland,
19 And wherever else there were non-white or non-Brit people who needed to be taught how to do everything the hard way,
20 Including honor and tradition and fair play and so forth,
21 Even if they all had to be slaughtered to the last man, woman, and child in order to learn it properly,
22 So that eventually there came a day when the sun never set on the British Empire,
23 And no matter where you went in the world,
24 You could hear people talking at great length about their views on Brit honor and tradition,
25 And fair play,
26 Not to mention Brit uniforms.
Chapter 27
1 But the Brits also had a great sense of humor,
2 Meaning that they never took the criticisms of foreigners too seriously,
3 Because you had to consider the source . . .
Chapter 36
1 The invention of reason convinced a lot of well-educated Brits that they could think,
2 Which is how the Brits came to invent irony . . .
Chapter 59
1 And now the Brits have been above it all for years,
2 And they like it,
3 Because it's a brand-new kind of misery to be poor and inept and unemployed,
4 And when you're the nation that invented misery in the first place,
5 It's pretty wonderful to find a new type of misery at this late date.
6 And so, the chances are that the Brits will go on being above it all,
7 Until the world comes to an end,
8 Because it's the only way to go,
9 When you have a terrible climate,
10 A tired, mongrel race,
11 A ruined economy,
12 A bloody, bloody past,
13 And no more world to rule.

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Whats your cultural background ?

by Beans in

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i am 50% german.

25% italian.

12.5% scottish.

GinnyTosken

For my answer, I'll steal a few lines from Casablanca:

Strasser: What is your nationality?

Rick: I'm a drunkard.

Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.

Ginny, World Class (hic!)