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10 March, 2018
Welcome to
Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will
post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and
at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do
"random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other
participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it
is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's
meme!
On and On (1977)
Unfamiliar
with this week's song. Hear it
here.
1) This song
describes the plight of "poor ol' Jimmy," who caught his girlfriend kissing
someone else. Have you ever spied on a romantic partner?
I don't believe so. It's been
a very long time!
2) In this
song, Stephen Bishop sings that he "smiles when he feels like dying." When
did you recently put on a happy face, even though you really weren't all
that happy?
That happens whenever I go to visit
my mother. I try to stay happy and upbeat, but watching her continual
slide into Alzheimers is very sad. I often have a little cry after I
get back in the car.
3) Stephen
Bishop always wanted to be a musician, and as a child he began playing the
clarinet. Did you take lessons -- dance, art, music -- as a child? If yes,
did you take them because you enjoyed them, or because your parents made you
take them?
It's actually the other way around.
I so wanted to take ballet when they offered it in my grammar school, but I
was a fat kid and my mother told me she was sure they would ot let me dance
because I was fat. It was the first time anybody called me fat.
~70 years later I still remember how much that hurt!
4) When he
was 12, inspired by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, he switched
to the guitar and began writing songs. Tell us about someone or something
that influenced your career path.
When I was working as a typist for
a typing company, the boss one day tossed a tape and a medical dictionary at
me and told me to type what was on the tape (dictation from an orthopedist).
It took awhile, but I eventually got very good at it...and then other
medical disciplines. I went on to work many years as a medical
transcriptionist. As a kid I loved medical stuff and this was ideal
for someone without the ability to become a doctor or nurse, but still be
involved in the medical profession.
5) Stephen
Bishop attended Will C. Crawford High School in San Diego. This school
requires students complete 20 hours of community service every year. Tell us
about an organization, cause or campaign you volunteered for, either as a
student or an adult.
I worked for many years for La
Leche League helping mothers breastfeed their babies and talking with
doctors and nurses in hospitals (in those days they laughed at us; how
different it is today!). It was a job I loved, until my youngest
stopped nursing and then I lost interest. But I have many happy
memories of mothers I managed to get over rough spots. The worst was
the woman who called me at 2 a.m. to ask me if her baby was crying because
she'd eaten rutabagas for dinner. She was an older mother, alone and scared.
I told her maybe. Then there was the couple who called the advice phone and
got on their two extensions and had a fight while I was listening--he was
jealous for how much time the baby spent at "his" breasts. Better was
the mother who adopted a beautiful newborn and actually was able to nurse
her, after a lot of preparation.
6) In 1977, when
this song was popular, Seattle Slew won racing's Triple Crown. Sam's mother
has always been afraid of horses. Is there an animal you're uncomfortable
with?
Snakes. I'm not afraid of any
mammal, but am a bit wary around animals like horses (whom I love) and zoo
animals. I love elephants, but imagine I'd be uncomfortable if I met
one face to face.
7) Also in
1977, moviegoers waited in line for hours to see Star Wars. What's
the longest line you waited in recently?
I'm too old to wait in line, so
probably the longest line was shopping on Christmas Eve, when it seemed
everybody in town was also shopping. (I won't make that mistake
again)
8) The
mini-series Roots first aired in 1977. Today Americans are spending
more time and money than ever to research ancestry. How far back can you
trace your family tree?
I am fortunate that my cousin did
extensive research on our grandmother's family and can trace it back
to Robert the Bruce in 14th century Scotland. I don't know much about
our grandfather's family or about my father's side of my family, but I have
recently "met" (via internet) a distant cousin who is also starting to
research that part of the family. So far I have not spent any money.
If the DNA kits were cheaper, I'd get one because I'm curious, but I'm not
going to spend that much money
9) Random
question: It's often said that nobody's perfect. How about you? What quality
keeps you from being perfect?
Too many to list here!
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