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Take a Letter, Maria

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Saturday 9: Take a Letter, Maria (1969) 
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, R. B. Greaves gets a shock when he gets home from work. When is the last time you were surprised? Was it a happy or sad surprise?
It was sad.  But, there's the end of it.

2)  Mr. Greaves sings that he didn't get home until "about a half past ten." That's a very long workday. No wonder his wife felt neglected! Have you ever had trouble maintaining balance between homelife and career?
Since I ended up with no career, I don't see any balance problems at all.  My homemaking life became everything to me, and I don't regret anything about it.  Now, when I could have had a career, I am too old, and too arthritic, to pursue it. :-)  That just leaves it all open to the young bloods, though.  See, it all balances out in the end.

It's always possible to find artistic things to do.
The place this comes from is HERE
Beware, they are nut jobs. Lol!

3) According to the song, "Maria" is a secretary. Have you ever worked in an office?
No, but my closest cousin and I always played office when she came over.  Since I had the typewriter, a Christmas gift from my mother, I got to be the secretary.

4)  In today's office, R.B. Greaves wouldn't ask Maria to "take a letter." Instead, he'd keystroke his own email to his wife and cc his lawyer before hitting, "send." Think of another phrase, like "take a letter," that we seldom hear anymore because of technology.
"Honey, your Boss is on the phone!  He's yelling about something called the Simpson Account records!"

5) "Maria" is mentioned in many songs ("Maria" from West Side Story, "Maria, Shut Up and Kiss Me" by Willie Nelson, "How Do Solve a Problem like Maria?" ...) but Crazy Sam discovered  few, if any, "Samantha" songs. Does your first name figure prominently in any lyrics?
From the time I entered school, and until the second year of college , I never even met anyone else with my name, so the answer is, "no".   It's now much more common to meet another person but no songs were ever written with my name in them.  I'm miffed.  I might start a rant...hmmm?.... no, I guess not.  

6) 1969 was the year that Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon. Do you believe in life on other planets?
Life has to be on other planets.  Fortunately, we have never gotten off this one far enough to encounter them or we'd probably wipe them all out, take all their stuff, and haul it back here if we couldn't breathe their air.   Y'know?

7) In 1969, the Beatles performed publicly for the last time as a band, on the roof of Abbey Road studios. When did you last climb up onto your roof?
Sometime in the early part of this century.  This is before I broke my wrist trying to fly out of the raised bed.  Mr.Z  frowns upon my attempts to gain Altitude on our fifth of an acre in this manner, anymore.

8) Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries sold at a brisk pace at Christmastime in 1969. Were you a fan of these books? If not, tell us about a book you remember enjoying when you were young.
I never read any series for kids because there just wasn't much around when I was small. I read things like The Wizard of OZ, Treasure Island, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, and Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales. But my favorite memory is of  The Mysterious Island, but I've already said that was the best.    

9) Random question: Do you consider yourself old fashioned?
Speaking of moral issues is dangerous but I'll bite.  As far as it goes, I go by The Book.  But I don't try to dictate what others do, as I believe in Democracy first and foremost, and living the life you were born to do.  Besides,  I love new things coming out that push the edges, and I love Women's Lib! Here's to Uppity Women EVERYwhere! 

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