2018.04.07 13:00 - Songs, Movies, and Memories

 

The Guardian for this meeting was Bruce Mowbray. The comments and illustrations are by Bruce Mowbray.

 

Bruce Mowbray: Hi, Riddle.

Riddle Sideways: Hi

Riddle Sideways: taking a break . . . that should not be taken :}

Bruce Mowbray: Did you get the upstairs cleaned up?

Riddle Sideways: Riddle Sideways: yep

Bruce Mowbray: Great!

Riddle Sideways: not the way desired

Riddle Sideways: had great plans on that project

Riddle Sideways: and they didn't work when linked

Bruce Mowbray: We had our warmest day in a week yesterday, so I washed my car...

Riddle Sideways: learned why and how

Riddle Sideways: ha, good

Bruce Mowbray: and today I found that birds had pooped all over it.

Bruce Mowbray: So, I moved it to a better location.

Riddle Sideways: it has been raining here, but that did not wash car good enough

Bruce Mowbray: Well, my car is black, so it shows everything.

Riddle Sideways: our car is black also

Bruce Mowbray: :)

Bruce Mowbray: Funny, since buying it two weeks ago,

Riddle Sideways: and the only place to park is under the bird feeder

Bruce Mowbray: I notice all the black cars on the road.

Riddle Sideways: that is what happens

Bruce Mowbray: I never noticed there were so many!

Riddle Sideways: the Flying carpet returned

Riddle Sideways: Stormie

Riddle Sideways: the good ol flying carpet taxi

Bruce Mowbray: yes, Stormy will be reading a poem at PaB's anniversary party.

Riddle Sideways: and the friendly red monk

Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Stormy.

Storm Nordwind: Greetings friends!

Riddle Sideways: welcome friend

Riddle Sideways: going through the ol inventory?

Storm Nordwind: yes indeed!

Bruce Mowbray: Stormy, did you understand that all of us reading poems are to be present at Tuesday's rehearsal?

Storm Nordwind: Amazing what you find in the old box of mementos

Bruce Mowbray: Or just those who were not able to come to the first rehearsal.

Riddle Sideways: remembering that flying carpet

Storm Nordwind: There's another rehearsal?!

Bruce Mowbray: Yes.

Bruce Mowbray: Aphrodite sent out an email just a few moments ago.

Storm Nordwind turns round to another computer to check email

Riddle Sideways: Storm don't need to rehearse

Bruce Mowbray: Tuesday at noon slt.

Bruce Mowbray: I'm going to go to it anyway.

Bruce Mowbray: I've been having trouble with my camera and I need to practice. . .

Bruce Mowbray: also I have made a notecard dispenser that I want to test out.

Bruce Mowbray: I sure hope Calvino's microphone works.

Storm Nordwind: Noon? I can probably make that if needed. But not in the evening, I have a prior commitment

Riddle Sideways: works     (referring to Bruce’s notecard dispenser)

Riddle Sideways: the giver - gave

Storm Nordwind: I have no email from Aph, so I assume it was directed to people who couldn't make it before.

Bruce Mowbray: Yes, it has been confirmed for noon slt.

Bruce Mowbray: I specifically asked that she include me in the email, so maybe it's a rehearsal just for those who could not make the other one.

Bruce Mowbray: did the note card dispenser work for you, Riddle?

Storm Nordwind: yes perhaps. I'll sit quietly at the back if needed then ;)

Riddle Sideways: yes, answered that

Bruce Mowbray: oh, I see it now.

Riddle Sideways: the blue box note giver gave

Bruce Mowbray: thank you.

Storm Nordwind: And for me too

Bruce Mowbray: :)

Bruce Mowbray: Great.

Riddle Sideways: (just re-memorized a Robin Trower song) “and the Giver gets the blues”

Bruce Mowbray: that will save me having to copy/paste my poem into the chat box.

 

--BELL—

 

Storm Nordwind: An alternative is to have a separate slideshow with the poem in - though I don't think yours is that long. (Just in case people have problems with notecards.)

Riddle Sideways: what could be the problem with notecards ;)

Storm Nordwind: All these oddities of Second Life come flooding back (after three years away)!

Riddle Sideways: 3 years? ... wow

Storm Nordwind: Finding them, Riddle, after receiving them!

Riddle Sideways: time is flying again

Storm Nordwind: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

Riddle Sideways: giggles

Bruce Mowbray: :)

Storm Nordwind: I apologize for interrupting whatever was going on. Is this an official meeting? (I don't know times nor content of meetings nowadays.)

Riddle Sideways: well, that was a deep thought for 90-sec

Riddle Sideways: yes, only Deep Thoughts can happen now

Riddle Sideways: and you interrupted none of those

Storm Nordwind: Apart from a fictional computer, what is a Deep Thought?

Riddle Sideways: by Jack Handy

Bruce Mowbray: I tried to find that Trower song on YouTube, but couldn't . . . I found this, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZP_wJYAapc

Riddle Sideways: think that was the name

Riddle Sideways: https://www.google.com/search?q=deep+thoughts+by+jack+handy&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS770US771&oq=deep+thoughts+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.6359j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Riddle Sideways: sorry Bruce, the song is Too Rolling Stoned

Riddle Sideways: the line is "Givers get the Blues"

Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh. Thanks. saw that one.

Bruce Mowbray:

“Oh a stitch in time, just about saved me

From going through the same old moves

And this cat is nine

He still suffers

He's going through the same old grooves

But that stone just keeps on rolling

Bringing me some real bad news

Takers get the honey

Givers sing the blues”

Riddle Sideways: always wondered if Storm liked all those north England rockers

Bruce Mowbray: Tuesday's poetry rehearsal is not an "official meeting" - if that's what you were asking Riddle.

Storm Nordwind: You mean the ones I used to follow around the north of England around 1970?

Riddle Sideways: yeah those

Riddle Sideways: riddle was not asking ㋡

Bruce Mowbray: I loved going to pubs with live music when I was in Scotland

Storm Nordwind: I knew some of them personally, Riddle. For example, Mick Ronson used to play at my youth club at the end of my road.

Riddle Sideways: one of the spiders

Storm Nordwind: Indeed.

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6--QoPsDM

Storm Nordwind: And I went to school with (and went to rock festivals with) another, who played keyboards in a few famous bands.

Bruce Mowbray: Didn't you also have a radio station broadcasting job, Storm?

Storm Nordwind: It was a prolifically creative time. But perhaps all times are like that.

Riddle Sideways: Ronnie Lane?

 

--BELL—

 

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpSlT2BVvGc

Storm Nordwind: Yes Bruce. I had a weekly show on Hospital Radio in the southeast of England. Hospital Radio is not a concept that carries over to the US, sadly. And I used to broadcast occasionally on the BBC.

Bruce Mowbray nods, remembers.

Riddle Sideways: what is the meaning of Hospital in this context?

Bruce Mowbray listens...

Storm Nordwind thinks of the movie Airplane ;)

Riddle Sideways: ok, googled it

Bruce Mowbray: "And don't call me Shirley."

Storm Nordwind: Simply a group of large hospitals where people were in-patients.

Storm Nordwind: Right Bruce!

Bruce Mowbray: :)

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixljWVyPby0

Storm Nordwind: The routine was to visit one or two wards a week and collect requests and dedications from patients. Then on the show these requests would be broadcast.

Riddle Sideways: ah

Bruce Mowbray: A nice concept.

Storm Nordwind: Yes. Good for patient morale. Created a great atmosphere.

Bruce Mowbray nods.

Storm Nordwind: All beds had individual headsets and patients could pick up the hospital radio channels there

Bruce Mowbray: How long did you do that, Storm?

Storm Nordwind: No idea what they do now. It's 15 years since my last broadcast when I moved to Scotland.

Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh. Scotland!

Storm Nordwind: Can't remember Bruce. A few years.

Bruce Mowbray: Which town?

Bruce Mowbray: Glasgow? Edinburgh?

Bruce Mowbray: Inverness?

Riddle Sideways: google/BBC thinks the MP3 players replaced the hospital radios

Storm Nordwind: Where I broadcast in England? Or where I lived in Scotland?

Bruce Mowbray: Pitlockry?

Bruce Mowbray: in Scotland.

Bruce Mowbray: Oban?

Bruce Mowbray: Sterling?

Bruce Mowbray: Aberdeen?

Storm Nordwind: Ah... well bear in mind that when I got my US Visa, the people at the embassy wanted all my addresses since I was 16 years old. And I asked, "What?! All 27 of them?"

Bruce Mowbray: OMG.

Storm Nordwind: But in the time immediately prior to moving to Colorado, the closest large city was Glasgow.

Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh.

Bruce Mowbray: Did they put the traffic cone on the equestrian statue when you lived in Glasgow?

Storm Nordwind: Though of course I know and have visited many of the other places you mention.

Riddle Sideways: had trouble living with people very long ㋡

Bruce Mowbray nods.

Storm Nordwind: Absolutely they did that traffic cone thing!

Bruce Mowbray: Seems that's been done for years!

Bruce Mowbray: I have photos of it.

Storm Nordwind: As long as there have been traffic cones and drunken Glaswegians, yes.

Bruce Mowbray: (although I was only in Glasgow a few hours on my way back from Greenock.)

Storm Nordwind: I know Greenock too.

Bruce Mowbray: on my way back to Edinburgh.

Storm Nordwind: Right

Bruce Mowbray: Have you seen the movie "Dear Frankie"?

Bruce Mowbray: It was filmed in Greenock and Glasgow.

Storm Nordwind: I'm not a big movie buff.

Bruce Mowbray: My all-time favorite Scottish movie....

Storm Nordwind: Really? Nice.

Bruce Mowbray: right up there with "Local Hero"

Storm Nordwind: I only lived there 6 years. Actually, 6 years in one place is a long time for me.

Bruce Mowbray: (starring Burt Lancaster)

Bruce Mowbray: I've lived in my present home for 47 years....

Storm Nordwind: Nice. And me here for nearly 9.

Bruce Mowbray: and will soon be selling it.

Riddle Sideways: hmmm, about 31 years in this house

Storm Nordwind: And by the way, I'm glad I didn't have to list the 13 addresses I had *before* I was 16 years old! :/

Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh.

Bruce Mowbray: The Bay Area is SUCH a fine place to live.  although expensive.

Riddle Sideways: need to sell this one

Riddle Sideways: aging out of the number of stairs in this house

Storm Nordwind: I say that about Colorado, though not the expensive bit.

Bruce Mowbray nods.

 

--BELL—

 

Bruce Mowbray: The Rockies are wonderful, too.

Riddle Sideways: Son has no thoughts of leaving Boulder

Storm Nordwind: I doubt I will ever move again (at least not voluntarily! ;-))

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOB4VdlkzO4

Riddle Sideways: there is that having kids move ya into an old age home

Storm Nordwind: Bruce that's the country equivalent of rick-rolling!

Bruce Mowbray: Ha ha.

Riddle Sideways: yes, that link hurt

Bruce Mowbray: Beautiful singing voice.

Riddle Sideways: he died in our little bay

Bruce Mowbray: Yes, in his airplane.

Bruce Mowbray: sad, indeed.

Bruce Mowbray: Icarus.

Bruce Mowbray: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was popular when I first moved to Ohio.

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo

Riddle Sideways: had forgotten how fast you are with links, Bruce

Bruce Mowbray: Ha ha.

Storm Nordwind now hesitates to click Bruce's links - and with some justification. ;-)

Bruce Mowbray: I have three hands, didn't you know?

Riddle Sideways: yep

Bruce Mowbray didn't mean to make you sad.

Storm Nordwind: So please tell me - without directing me to the wiki! - what do people talk about at these sessions these days?

Bruce Mowbray: Whatever's on our minds, I guess.

Bruce Mowbray: QT and I used to talk astronomy.

Storm Nordwind: Nice

Bruce Mowbray: and solar eclipses.

Bruce Mowbray: He's seen several.

Storm Nordwind: Saw the one last year

Bruce Mowbray: Total.

Bruce Mowbray: Yes, I saw it in Kentucky.

Riddle Sideways: Adams and Riddle are talking about Love in religions

Riddle Sideways: and not in them

Storm Nordwind: That was my first and perhaps only total solar.

Bruce Mowbray listens.

Bruce Mowbray: My first, too.

Riddle Sideways: saw it in Wyoming

Bruce Mowbray: hhh.

Bruce Mowbray: ahhhh.

Storm Nordwind: That's interesting Riddle - about love that is.

Riddle Sideways: first total, seen a few partials

Bruce Mowbray: Yes, I remember two partials.

Riddle Sideways: oh and Patriarchy

Storm Nordwind nods

Riddle Sideways: Adams is all over that

Riddle Sideways: has been reading a lot of bell hooks

Bruce Mowbray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raNGeq3_DtM

Riddle Sideways: and bringing topics

Riddle Sideways: the book club Thursdays are starting a new book

Storm Nordwind: Interesting

Riddle Sideways: on Sufis

Bruce Mowbray: http://thekingdomwithin.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The_Conference_of_the_Birds_Fardiuddin_Attar.pdf

Riddle Sideways: mentioned in emails

Storm Nordwind: That must need a lot of commitment with the book club

Bruce Mowbray nods.

Bruce Mowbray: I need to be off. Have a beautiful weekend, Storm and Riddle.

Storm Nordwind: Good to see you Bruce!

Riddle Sideways: bye Bruce

Riddle Sideways: ok, taking a few minutes off turned into an hour

Riddle Sideways: was looking at the photos from the recent Amsterdam retreat and thinking about "those are not the avis"

Storm Nordwind: haha!

Storm Nordwind: Which are the better looking?

Riddle Sideways: how the first impression of somebody sticks

Storm Nordwind: Which have the most credibility?

Riddle Sideways: hmmm

Riddle Sideways: of Wol?

Storm Nordwind: Choose anyone

Riddle Sideways: or Pema, Eliza

Riddle Sideways: the avs in these sessions seem the deepest

Storm Nordwind: Actually, it's a terrible question. Please don't feel you have to answer!

Riddle Sideways: is an ok question... just hard to answer

Storm Nordwind smiles

Riddle Sideways: credibility is hard

Storm Nordwind: Subjective and variable?

Riddle Sideways: any of us can be lying all the time

 

--BELL—

 

Storm Nordwind: I was actually echoing a comment you made about my monk outfit in email! ;-)

Riddle Sideways: did not mean much by it

Storm Nordwind: I know!

Riddle Sideways: yet, am just stuck in first impressions

Storm Nordwind: But I shall still wear it for the recital. Plus Eliza liked it

Riddle Sideways: the having known that av first

Storm Nordwind: Understandable

Riddle Sideways: even over the RL one met

Storm Nordwind: That can often be true too.

Riddle Sideways: spent enough time with the RL you that can see/hear that person now

Storm Nordwind: I'm just rather thinner nowadays!

Riddle Sideways: none of them are credible :)))

Storm Nordwind: Great answer :)

Riddle Sideways: ya got thinner?

Riddle Sideways: how?

Storm Nordwind: Then I shall be like Bokonon. :)

Storm Nordwind: I lost 85 pounds

Riddle Sideways: how? /need to know and do

Riddle Sideways: on Curries

Storm Nordwind: Just watched my diet. I do all the cooking. It's all controllable. Used a weight watchers point plus system. Didn't buy any of their stuff, subscribe or go to meetings, but my wife found the system convenient and I joined her on it.

Riddle Sideways: Ah! did that system years ago

Storm Nordwind: Oh... I have to go make the curry now!

Riddle Sideways: ha

Storm Nordwind: Otherwise it will be too late

Riddle Sideways: GTSY

Storm Nordwind: Fresh naan takes three hours

Storm Nordwind: You too my friend. Hope to see you again soon! :))

Riddle Sideways: fresh Matza takes 18 minutes

Riddle Sideways: yes

Riddle Sideways: soon

Storm Nordwind waves

Riddle Sideways: Bruce: you could take some of this out ... or not