The First Thing You Know

 

1. Here’s my favorite Lee Marvin song:
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   Since part of my heritage is Hungarian {Gypsy, per my maternal grandmother} - “I never seen a sight that didn’t look better lookin’ back”

   Semper Fi’
   DM

   Posted by Diamond Mair       08/08/2010  at  09:59 AM  



2. Try the URL, since the embed didn’t work
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE9vc2cO170&feature=related

   Semper Fi’
   DM

   Posted by Diamond Mair       08/08/2010  at  10:01 AM  



3. Will do Diamond. You must be somewhat new. I don’t recognize the handle, and yes, you can’t embed in the comments.

   Now see, that’s why Paint Your Wagon is my favorite musical. I clicked on his link and what do I get?

   I was born under a Wandrin’ Star
   Wheels are made for rollin’
   Mules are made to pack
   I’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better lookin’ back!

   My wife hates to watch this with me. I first saw this Christmas of ‘69. Loved it then as a nine-yr-old. I’ve got the whole show memorized.

   Posted by Christopher       08/08/2010  at  12:12 PM  



4. I just noticed you are Gypsy? Called ‘Travelers’ in Britain?

   Diamond, have you ever read Brian Lumley’s Necroscope books?

   ‘Travelers’ and ‘Gypsies’ play a large role in those books.

   Just curious. I find my taste in reading material is somewhat ‘eccentric’ according to my neighbors. Ergo, I’ve no one to discuss my reading with. Even my wife, who usually does read the stuff, picks up on it several years after I did. It’s like, if I recommend it, she’ll go out of her way to avoid reading it.

   Sigh…

   I’ve yet to meet any Brian Lumley readers. Somebody reads him; his books are still carried in the bookstores.

   Posted by Christopher       08/08/2010  at  01:20 PM  



5. Oh come on Chris, you know you can always comment on your books here. We’ve got dozens of them in common, and probably many of the other readers as well.

   I read some book about a year ago ... The Last Oracle by Rollins? Part of the story involved those people, and he wrote that their ancestry goes back to northern India. I looked it up, and he was pretty much correct. But I don’t want to get Peiper’s blood pressure spiking, so I’ll say (and hope that some actual English readers will correct me if wrong) that I don’t think the Travellers there are Romany people at all. The ones in the USA are all Irish.

   Posted by Drew458       08/08/2010  at  05:44 PM  



6. I have it memorized, too, though I’m a few years older than you ...................... yeah, on my mother’s side, we hail from Czechoslovakia, Hungary & Germany - on my Dad’s we’re Irish, English & Scottish - just call me a Heinz 57 mutt {had a guy (pure Italian, both sides) break up with me because of my ....................... ‘colorful’ family history) ..................... it’s possible I’m Legs Diamond’s granddaughter; my maternal grandmother was a bookie & a numbers runner in Philly}

   I’ve seen Lumley’s books, but haven’t picked any up yet - will look for them.

   I’ve been “around” for years, but back when the Skipper {God rest his soul} got a mad on at somebody, my ISP was blocked .......................

   Semper Fi’
   DM

   Posted by Diamond Mair       08/08/2010  at  06:12 PM  



7. Wow,talk about information overload on a sunday. Lee Marvin,Clint Eastwood,Garlic Rice and to top it all off,Obama bashin.
   Your My Hero Christopher, Really!!

   Posted by Rich K       08/08/2010  at  08:15 PM  



8. I LOATHE ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” because my ex-wife (first marriage) taped over my Doctor Who episodes twenty years ago!

   Posted by Macker       08/09/2010  at  11:24 AM  

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