Saturday Nine: No More Tears

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 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This lyrics use weather as metaphor for romance. Here at Saturday 9, we're more literal. How do the skies look where you are this morning?
This is being filled in on Friday afternoon.  Another RAIN Storm is, maybe, blowing in off the Pacific, and I couldn't be more pleased.
 
2) According to Merriam-Webster, "enough is enough" is what you say when you want something to stop because you "can no longer accept or deal with it." When did you recently say -- out loud or to yourself -- "enough is enough."
Political Sh.. stuff.  As one of my friends said of Nixon and Watergate: "I can't wait for the body count to go higher. "
 
3) Grammy winner Luther Vandross began his career as a background singer and performed on "No More Tears." Tell us about one of your early jobs.
When I was 11, I marked layouts, worked building walls, and later on when we got more experience we nailed off roofs, shingled then or laid in tar paper for rock roofs,  did clean up of job sites as well as putting in the stranding for drywall (to insure that it was set high enough to allow for flooring to go in later).  After that I worked on job sites with my brother and dad and built whole houses in the desert for people we knew.  I never had an after school job other than baby sitting for neighbors.
 
4) Both Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand made slight changes to their first names. Summer was christened "LaDonna," while Streisand's parents spelled her name the more conventional "Barbara." When she was in high school, meme mistress Samantha Winters went from "Sammy" to "Sam." Did you ever make a similar change to your first name?
I was sometimes called Lenny in High School. 

5) Hair was higher maintenance in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Streisand and Summer are both sporting styles that would require chemical treatment, like a perm or relaxer. Today's looks are less rigidly styled and tend to be smoother or slightly messy. How often do you change your look?
I habitually grow my hair out long and then chop it all off into a short Bob when I get tired of it.
 
6) In 1979, it seems every kid was asking Santa for Star Wars toys. Some things don't change, since the Star Wars franchise remains popular with children and toymakers after more than 40 years. What book or toy did you love as a child that remains popular today?
My brother got all the neat toys.  He got a dump truck and a fire engine, and we had a lot of dirt to build cities in so we both played with his toys.  I got a typewriter one year.  I was in HEAVEN!
 
7) Thinking of things that endure ... In 1979, the #1 show in the ratings was 60 Minutes. It's still on, every Sunday night, and in the summer of 2019 it came in at #4 in the Nielsen ratings. What's the most recent show you watched? Was it news, sports or entertainment?
Entertainment.  I do NOT watch the forking news.  And Sports?  Nah.  Mr. Z is not any sort of sport nut or I reckon I'd be knitting to baseball or some such.  Basketball and Soccer, both of which are fast paced, and something I like to watch, I cannot knit to...
 

There are now online groups who de-tangle yarns for people.  

That yarn above is so gorgeous!  Now I want some of it.  
8) In 1979, the price for a dozen eggs averaged 85¢. Today, it's about twice that. Are you more likely to use eggs to prepare a main course (like an omelette or Eggs Benedict) or as part of a recipe (anything from a cake to a meatloaf)?
We've had Omelettes for dinner.  I like that a lot but it doesn't happen often enough.  
 
9) Random question: You’re alone in your car, driving through your neighborhood on a bright, sunny day. You get a flat tire. You have a spare and a jack in your trunk. Would you fix it yourself or call for help?
Through my neighborhood?  I can change it myself -  if I had to, but I'd likely walk home and call Triple A.  After all, it's a lot safer to have someone with a fully charged Impact Wrench come out and change it.  That's what road service is for. Whee! 
That close to home I'd just call Mr. Z who would then, undoubtedly, remind me to CALL TRIPLE A!

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