Saturday 9: Michelle (1965)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Paul McCartney sings to Michelle in French, "Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble." Can you say anything else in French?
Yes.... Ave-vous mal a la-tete? And some other phrases. I could read and was fluent in French at a child's level as a 3 through 6 year old which was a long time ago. That all sort of faded out as no one besides my dad spoke it to me.
2) Paul admits he that, as a teenager, he'd perform the first few bars at parties to impress girls. It was John Lennon who encouraged him to "turn it into a proper song." Tell us about a time you were glad you took advice from a friend or coworker.
My coworker advised me that, "Adversity makes you stronger" when the dreaded dragon - the boss - of a yarn factory outlet started picking at everything I did. The boss was notorious for doing this. The coworker was a friend to hers, but didn't like what she did anymore than the little scape goats who got caught in b****'s meanness.
The same advice was given me by a friend who was advising about alienation in a family. In the first case, it was true, and it made me stronger. However, the other made me weaker in that I don't assert myself anymore, and I likely never will. I see it as a good thing. I never wanted to have to be assertive. I am actually meant to be "A Watcher".
3) A big Elvis fan, Paul is proud to own the bass that was played on the 1954 recording of "That's Alright, Mama." Tell us about one of your prized possessions.
My Maternal Grandmother's reading glasses, though they are right now at my sister's house.
4) John was also an Elvis fan and honored The King by naming one of his cats Elvis. Do you share your home with any pets? If so, let us know their names.
We .. sadly.. are pet-less at the moment. It's not likely to change.
5) John was a heavy smoker who often attempted to quit. He tried hypnosis but that didn't work. Have you ever been hypnotized?
No.
6) George Harrison fell in love with Hawaii and bought a 63-acre estate. If you could take off tomorrow for a vacation to any of our 50 states, which one would you choose?
I'd go to Central Coast, just above Monterey Bay
6) While Ringo Starr quit signing autographs for fans in 2008, he will donate autographed memorabilia to charity for auction. Have you ever bid on an item at auction? Did you win?
I have. I won the bidding on a lovely little folding mirror that I still have. PS. A long time ago I won lessons in a PBS auction for piano lessons. It was fun to go to givers place and laugh whenever a jet went over because we had to wait to hear each other again.
7) As a young boy, Ringo had a severe case of appendicitis and his appendix was removed. Do you still have your appendix?
I do.
8) In 1965 -- before Advil and Tylenol and Aleve -- Americans took aspirin to relieve pain. If we peered into your medicine chest, would we find aspirin?
There would be a generic in the medicine cabinet at the far end of the house. I'm allergic to all that stuff, and stay as far away from it as possible. 😖
9) Random question: You're at dinner with a married couple who begins to argue. Would you intercede and try to make peace? Or would you just sit back and mind your own business? It would depend on a lot of things. If we were old friends I might try to calm them down. Or..... I would drag a couple pairs of beat up old boxing gloves out of my ample purse and lay them out on the table. Then I'd ask them to step outside. I tolerate no food throwing or 100 decibel cuss words so that's a game changer also.
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I had totally forgotten about winning a PBS auction years ago. I got tickets to take my kids to the Mr. Rogers studio in Pittsburgh (we don't live far away and our town is actually his hometown). It was a fun day and so interesting to see how they did the show.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great prize to win! I'm glad it went to someone who could really appreciate it. Hope you have a very good week.
DeleteReading glasses. That’s an odd th8bg to save. But I’m sure the glasses give you good memories.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather remarried and she was the secretary at the law office where he had his new will drawn up because my grandmother was dying. She saw a money maker when he came rolling in. Mother said that she felt lucky to get those glasses because she and her sister sure didn't get the farm. Funny now but not at the time.
DeletePS. Grandpa was already dying of cancer, too. So new wife got everything six month after they married.
DeleteThere's something very intimate about eyeglasses. At the JFK Presidential Library, there's an exhibit devoted to Bobby Kennedy. His DOJ office is reconstructed and on his desk are his tortoise shell reading glasses. I don't know why, but those glasses touched my heart.
ReplyDeleteThere is. I absolutely adored my grandmother, and I am glad to have them as well. RFK was a good, hard working guy who meant to bring down the Mob, but unlike Eliot Ness, he didn't succeed in stopping the worst of it. That took another "Mob". We all know what I mean, too.
DeleteYou keep boxing gloves in your purse?
ReplyDelete#3 I have my grandmother’s Christmas tree ornaments and maybe even some from the great-grandparents.
ReplyDelete#6 The only live auction tht I attended was too rich for me, the silent action they have is more to my speed.
That is so sweet!
DeleteYou've reminded me that I have several Christmas ornaments, too. I have some from grandparents and my mother's trees.
About the mirror, I was but a young lass, and an expectant mother to be. I think that people let me bid on it alone after a few little raises. They could see that I really wanted that little folding mirror. I'll take a picture of it soon and post it.
I've never been to an actual auction. Just Ebay.
ReplyDeleteMy mother and her family were all French speakers as a first language and I can remember as a toddler sitting under the table listening to them speak it so that they could gossip and others wouldn't understand.
That is so cute that they spoke French so they could gossip. lol And, that's what my uncles and dad did, only they used Italian. But really, Italian is so close to Spanish that it didn't fool my cousins or me one bit!
DeleteI think carrying around boxing gloves these days might be the best idea I've heard in a while!
ReplyDeleteWell, little old ladies like me carry copious purses -- read Actually the size of a backpack -- so the room comes in handy for all sorts of objects. All kidding aside, I might just sit there are keeping eating because eating out is too expensive these days to let the food get cold or become airborne missiles, Eh?
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