Saturday9: DA! An doo not Ron in da halls!

Da Doo Ron Ron

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Saturday 9: Da Doo Ron Ron (1977)

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1) This song begins by stating that he met her on a Monday and his heart stood still. How did your past week start? It may be a lot to expect you to report that you met someone who made your heart stand still, but did anything noteworthy occur? 
We stayed home the whole day.  So, no.  It's nice not to have something going on all the time.  When I'm in the middle of a trauma, I look forward to just having peaceful days forEVER.  Anyway, it was a very Peaceful day.  I spent time reading the posts from Sunday Stealing.  And read more of my book.  We played a little of our online game.  Watched some Netflix.  By the way, there is supposed to be a new season of "Call the Midwife" in Netflix, but it might have been a hoax.  And, there's a movie called, "Lion" that is BEYOND wonderful.  I recommend it.  You all probably know all about this amazing film but now it's on Netflix so you can watch it again.  I'm going to in a few years.  How's that for optimism?

2) While making hit records, Shaun Cassidy also starred as Joe Hardy on the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books have been popular with generations of American kids. Were you a fan?
No, but my mother had a few of these books in her collection.  Neither of my mini generational sets of kids read them nor did I.  Mother must have gotten them from her younger sibs, who did read them.

3) Shaun went to Beverly Hills High School. Over the decades, BHHS has had many good footballs teams. Do you remember what sports your school excelled at?
Other than the fact that we had a basketball team and a football team, I don't remember them being like Beverly Hills or anything.  We did have a stellar player who went on to have a career in ProFootball.

4) Shaun followed his older half-brother, David Cassidy, into TV/records/teen stardom. Do you have siblings? If yes, what career paths did they follow?
My brother became a carpenter, too.  But unlike me, he stayed in it and worked most of his life in the trades.  He should have gotten a degree in Mechanical drawing, because he won awards for that in High school.  But, like many in that generation, Vietnam got him.  He didn't go into that Holocaust, but he did have an injury that has plagued him his whole life, with numerous knee operations.  He spent his remaining enlistment time working in the APO and is now a retired vet. 
My sister worked her whole life in Orthodontics, getting an RDA license when she was 21.  She was stricken with her illness before she could properly retire.  

5) His middle name is Paul, after his maternal grandfather. Tell us something about one of your grandparents. 
My paternal grandmother, the gentlest little woman I ever met in my adult life, was Half  Three Quarters native American.  She had a small farm where she raised animals (small ones like my mom did) and grew all sorts of vegetables, and grew, dried and ground her own corn into meal.  She gave me the first instruction in curing olives.  She was a terrific little lady.  I knew her and stayed relatively close until moving to San Diego.  The last time I saw her, DH took me to her home in Colorado when she was 93, and she died two or three years after that.  She was this tiny doll of a woman, 4'9" , and shorter, even, than my diminutive maternal Gran who was 4"10". 

6) Shaun's mother, actress Shirley Jones, reports that he was more than 3 weeks late and born by Cesarean. Have you heard family legends about your arrival into the world?
Only that I was born during a hellacious blizzard, and the amazing family doctor came and stayed the whole night because I was born at 3 am.  Also, because I was born a few days before Christmas, the doctor gave mother an discount on his fee.  I know his name but won't put it here, and whenever I tell this, I think very kind thoughts for this wonderful doctor. He was my doctor off and on until I was five. My mother returned home for the births of my two brothers.  

7) "Da Doo Ron Ron" was originally recorded by The Crystals. Can you think of another song that has been a hit by more than one artist?
The Crystals are who I remember this from..  As to the rest, well, not just one but dozens.  I'll just mention two: "Hallelujah", and, "Landslide".  Both have had multiple covers and hits.

8) In 1977, when this version of "Da Doo Ron Ron" was popular, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak incorporated Apple. Are you Mac or Android?
I've got some of both. The Mac handles artware programs a lot more smoothly.  I'm certain I'd have one if I worked in the industry. 
  
9) Random Question: You're exhausted. You collapse into bed and are about to drift into slumber when you hear the drip-drip-drip of the bathroom faucet. Would you kick off the covers and go turn it off? Or would you stay in bed, letting it drip until morning?

Probably I would not be able to sleep through it, but then I've been exhausted enough to sleep through a couple of local fires, one of them a five alarm, 12 engine one at the apartments, a half block away.  Barring that sort of exhaustion, it's likely I would think of the wasted gallons and would get up and shut it off.  In California, it's almost a mortal sin to waste water.  I know many entitled wastrels here who could care less about this, but they don't count in the long view. 

Thanks, Gal, for turning out a fun Saturday meme every week for over a decade. Brava!