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Skeet/Loreto
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Just for the "YOUNG" Nomad
The Cruise ship was crowded with people, off for three days of pleasure.
Ahead of me in the passageway walked a tiny woman in brown slacks,her shoulders hunched, her white hair cut in a bob.
From the shup"s intercom came a familiar tune "Begin The Beguine." Suddenly a wonderful thing happened. The woman, unaware anyone was behind her, did
a quidk and graceful dance step:shuffle, slide.
As she reached the door to the dinning salon,she ressembled her dignity and stepped soberly through.
Younger people often think folks our age are beyond romance,dancing our dreams. They see us as age has shaped us; camoulaged by wrinkles, thick
waists and gray hair. They don't see the people inside. To them we are the wise old codgers, the dignified matrons.
No one would ever know that we are still the shinny kid who grew up in Amarillo, Texas. Inside, we still think of ourselves as the youngest child in a
vivacious family. And we are still the romantic teeager who longed for love, the young adult who aspired to siocial respectability; but whom shall we
tell?
We are like the woman in the ship's passageway, in whom the music still echoes. We are the sum of all the lives we once lived. we show the grown-up
part, but inside we are still the laughing children, the shy teens, the dream-filled youths.
There still exists, most real, the matrix or all we were or ever yearned to be.
In our hearts we still hear "Begin the Beguine"
Think about it!
Skeet/Loreto
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Bruce R Leech
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thanks for sharing that Skeet
Bruce R Leech
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Gosh Skeet, I'm busted, I opened this thread thinking OK, I'm young (at heart) and then you had to go and mention Begin the Begine...which was a tune
I danced our families signature choreography to many many times and remember so cleary my feet start tapping away....thanks for the memories and
reminding me of my age....drat!
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M
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I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE...
Who felt that way! My husband, not to be fooled though, still calls me 'little girl' or most often, 'BRAT'. God knows how childish I can be sometimes.
Thanks for that Skeet, I loved your story and insight.
Hugs,
M
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Don Alley
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Well, not "Begin the Beguine."
Maybe "Chinacat Sunflower."
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BajaNomad
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Maybe our "young" nomad needs background on what exactly "Begin the Beguine" is (and possibly who Artie Shaw is):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begin_the_Beguine
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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vgabndo
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Up until about a decade ago, when I'd be doing something stupid and potentially deadly, and fun, in the back of my mind a little imaginary newspaper
would have a story with my name in it and a line that said: A Mt. Shasta youth was tragically killed on Wednesday when.......
I was already old enough THEN for an AARP discount! 
I hope it never changes.
Thanks Skeet
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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jimgrms
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There is another song that brings back memories , tequilla makes her clothes fall off
[Edited on 10-21-2006 by jimgrms]
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Baja Bernie
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Skeet
Keep that up and you will lose your license to claim to be a Texan---So damn true it hurts!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Corky1
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I resemble that!!!!
Corky
 
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chino
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Nice Skeet, I have been re-thinking my view of older folks, and this helps. There was a time when I was younger when I hardley gave older folks a
thought, but guess what happened, I got older!
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Al G
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A persons age has four categories:
1) How old you are.
2) How old you feel.
3) How old you act.
4) How well you treat your body.
There is a fifth that only applies to online...........
5) How well you slap down 30 somethings for being disrespectful. especially if they troll...all in fun....
I love this forum.
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Al G
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There is a sixth........
How well you remember...
I will not delete, but this last post was meant for Bernie's post....
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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longlegsinlapaz
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Excellent post Skeet! I must be at that difficult age!! I recognize "Begin the Beguine" when I hear it, but I gotta admit that it takes something
more along the lines of "Louie Louie" or "Heard it Through the Grapevine" for me to feel the beat! 
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vgabndo
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Yeah Longlegz:
I was kinda thinkin' Booker T and the MG's and Green Onions.
You'll know it when you hear it.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
I was kinda thinkin' Booker T and the MG's and Green Onions.
You'll know it when you hear it. |
http://www.tall5.com/nomad/Booker%20T%20Washington%20&%2...
[Edited on 10-22-2006 by BajaNomad]
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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dean miller
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Great memories of days gone by...
...The music written by Cole Porter...
.....The song recorded by Artie Shaw...
Like yesterday! But so long ago..
Once again Thanks for the memories...
dm
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capt. mike
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where can i download an mp3 file of it??
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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vgabndo
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Thanks Doug:
That tune and the flip side were the only two "round-eye" songs on the juke box at the Ace of Clubs in Henoko Kushisan, Okinawa when I was a teen-aged
jar head.
If you found someone who REALLY knew "tha haps", they might mention some band called the Beatles. I didn't hear them for another year. I know
Skeet...a bunch of long haired nekkid BABIES!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Cypress
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"Louie Louie" by the Kingsman. Early 60's.
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