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Google+Life Quotes by Great-Quotes.com “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw
1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’
We'd had a late night on Wednesday and consequently slept in til 9.30 am. I got up to prepare breakfast and then head down to my studio as I had a podcast to make with Neil Colbourne. Normally we work on a Thursday evening but Neil is busy and I have a Skype call to make to Russia.
I have a great idea for a new radio show and I know the radio stations seem to be stagnating when it comes to new ideas at th moment. I have yet to hear a new idea on our TV stations as dross is replaced by more dross and the radio stations are busy mastering the art of mediocrity. It is a great idea but I am not going to rush to the nearest station and offer it as I think we all know where that idea would end up!
I watched a bit of TV and rested for the early part of the afternoon before walking for 30 minutes along Terra Mitica to look some equipment in Carrefour. I finished the day with a very interesting Skype call to Evgeniy in St Petersburg.
Thanks to my friend John C for this….
You think English is easy?? I think a retired English teacher was bored…THIS IS GREAT!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’?
World Events 2nd October
1452 – Richard III was born. He married the widow of the Prince of Wales and then imprisoned his mother-in-law for life. What a guy? Kindness beating from his heart……
1492 – King Henry VII of England invaded France.It was the habit of a lifetime…..
1836 – Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his “theory of evolution” which he unveiled in his 1859 book entitled The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection….We’ve been wondering ever since
1869 – Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born. He was known for his advocacy of non-violent resistance to fight tyranny. A great man and one to look up to for his courage…
1870 – Rome was made the capital of Italy.
1890 – Groucho Marx was born in New York.
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
1925 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird completed the first transmission of moving images.
1937 – Warner Bros. released “Love Is on the Air.” Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old. Reagan was considered a lightweight politician by many but he proved them all wrong…sort of..
1940 – During World War II, the HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada. Tragic
1941 – Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1944 – The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising. I watched a DVD about this lesser known part of history and it is extremely moving…
1947 – The Federatino Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) formally established Formula One racing in Grand Prix competition.
1948 – The first automobile race to use asphalt, cement and dirt roads took place in Watkins Glen in New York. It was the first road race in the U.S. following World War II.
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” debuted on CBS-TV.
1962 – U.S. ports were closed to nations that allowed their ships to carry arms to Cuba, ships that had docked in a socialist country were prohibited from docking in the United States during that voyage, and the transport of U.S. goods was banned on ships owned by companies that traded with Cuba……This led to a very worrying time for the world with the Cuiban Missile crisis. We all felt the end of the world was nigh…..
1985 – Rock Hudson died from the AIDS virus at the age of 59. Most of us were stunned as we had never suspected Rock to be anything other than a screen lover with many LADIES TRYING TO CATCH HIS EYE…
1990 – The Allies ceded their rights to areas they occupied in Germany.
1993 – Opponents of Russian President Boris Yeltsin fought police and set up burning barricades. It's everywhere, do we blame the Internet?
1998 – About 10,000 Turkish soldiers cross into northern Iraq and attacked Kurdish rebels.
2001 – NATO, for the first time, invoked a treaty clause that stated that an attack on one member is an attack on all members. The act was in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
The Day’s Music Events 2nd October
1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’
1965, Peter Paul and Mary appeared at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England.
1965, The McCoys were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ (No.5 in the UK when released on Andrew Oldham’s new Immediate label). Was it the Small Faces who really got the label going or perhaps P P Arnold?
1976, ‘The Best Of The Stylistics Vol. 2′ went to No.1 on the UK album chart. This is another great album and I hammered this one too.
1977, the body of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland’s after an unsuccessful attempt was made to body snatch the coffin.
1981, Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding all left The Specials to form Fun Boy Three. I can’t say I really got into their music….
1982, Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on UK the album charts with ‘Love Over Gold’.
1982, John Cougar No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Jack and Diane’, his first US No.1 -a No.25 hit in the UK.
1982, Musical Youth were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Pass The Dutchie’. The group were made up of Birmingham school boys, aged 11-16……This was a true one hit wonder and one of the group as died already.
1983, Abba singer Agnetha Faltskog was taken to hospital suffering from concussion after being involved in a car crash in Skane Sweden.
1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Jim Steinman written and produced track ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1. This could always pop up as a pop question
1995, Oasis released their second album ‘(What’s The Story), Morning Glory’, which entered the UK chart at No.1.
1998, America’s singing cowboy Gene Autry died aged 91. I've driven past his ranch in the desert
2000, UK music magazine Q launched their music TV channel on Sky Digital.
2002, Adam Ant escaped a prison sentence after a judge ruled that an incident in which he threatened drinkers with a replica pistol in a London pub was a result of mental illness.
2002, Robbie Williams signed the most lucrative British record deal in history when he signed with EMI records for £80m. Asked what he was going to do with money Robbie said, “I’m going to count it all.” I bet he didn't!
2005, Katie Melua scored her second UK No.1 album when ‘Piece By Piece’ went to the top of the charts.
Birthday Boys and Girls
1945, Don McLean, US singer, songwriter, (1971 US & 1972 UK No.1 single ‘American Pie’, a song inspired by the death of Buddy Holly).
1950, Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single ‘Invisible Touch’, 1992 UK No.7 single ‘I Can’t Dance’ & 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics,
1951, Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police,
1952, , John Otway, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1977 UK No.27 single ‘Really Free’, with Wild Willy Barrett). 2002 UK No.7 single ‘Bunsen Burner’.
1955,Phil Oakey vocals, Human League, (1981 UK No.1 & 1982 US No.1 single ‘Don’t You Want Me’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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Google+Life Quotes by Great-Quotes.com “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’
We'd had a late night on Wednesday and consequently slept in til 9.30 am. I got up to prepare breakfast and then head down to my studio as I had a podcast to make with Neil Colbourne. Normally we work on a Thursday evening but Neil is busy and I have a Skype call to make to Russia.
I have a great idea for a new radio show and I know the radio stations seem to be stagnating when it comes to new ideas at th moment. I have yet to hear a new idea on our TV stations as dross is replaced by more dross and the radio stations are busy mastering the art of mediocrity. It is a great idea but I am not going to rush to the nearest station and offer it as I think we all know where that idea would end up!
I watched a bit of TV and rested for the early part of the afternoon before walking for 30 minutes along Terra Mitica to look some equipment in Carrefour. I finished the day with a very interesting Skype call to Evgeniy in St Petersburg.
Thanks to my friend John C for this….
You think English is easy?? I think a retired English teacher was bored…THIS IS GREAT!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’?
World Events 2nd October
1452 – Richard III was born. He married the widow of the Prince of Wales and then imprisoned his mother-in-law for life. What a guy? Kindness beating from his heart……
1492 – King Henry VII of England invaded France.It was the habit of a lifetime…..
1836 – Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his “theory of evolution” which he unveiled in his 1859 book entitled The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection….We’ve been wondering ever since
1869 – Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born. He was known for his advocacy of non-violent resistance to fight tyranny. A great man and one to look up to for his courage…
1870 – Rome was made the capital of Italy.
1890 – Groucho Marx was born in New York.
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
1925 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird completed the first transmission of moving images.
1937 – Warner Bros. released “Love Is on the Air.” Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old. Reagan was considered a lightweight politician by many but he proved them all wrong…sort of..
1940 – During World War II, the HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada. Tragic
1941 – Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1944 – The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising. I watched a DVD about this lesser known part of history and it is extremely moving…
1947 – The Federatino Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) formally established Formula One racing in Grand Prix competition.
1948 – The first automobile race to use asphalt, cement and dirt roads took place in Watkins Glen in New York. It was the first road race in the U.S. following World War II.
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” debuted on CBS-TV.
1962 – U.S. ports were closed to nations that allowed their ships to carry arms to Cuba, ships that had docked in a socialist country were prohibited from docking in the United States during that voyage, and the transport of U.S. goods was banned on ships owned by companies that traded with Cuba……This led to a very worrying time for the world with the Cuiban Missile crisis. We all felt the end of the world was nigh…..
1985 – Rock Hudson died from the AIDS virus at the age of 59. Most of us were stunned as we had never suspected Rock to be anything other than a screen lover with many LADIES TRYING TO CATCH HIS EYE…
1990 – The Allies ceded their rights to areas they occupied in Germany.
1993 – Opponents of Russian President Boris Yeltsin fought police and set up burning barricades. It's everywhere, do we blame the Internet?
1998 – About 10,000 Turkish soldiers cross into northern Iraq and attacked Kurdish rebels.
2001 – NATO, for the first time, invoked a treaty clause that stated that an attack on one member is an attack on all members. The act was in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
The Day’s Music Events 2nd October
1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’
1965, Peter Paul and Mary appeared at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England.
1965, The McCoys were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ (No.5 in the UK when released on Andrew Oldham’s new Immediate label). Was it the Small Faces who really got the label going or perhaps P P Arnold?
1971, Rod Stewart No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Maggie May / Reason To Believe’, his first solo No.1. Stewarts album ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart. This is one fabulous album and I hammered these songs a s a DJ
1976, ‘The Best Of The Stylistics Vol. 2′ went to No.1 on the UK album chart. This is another great album and I hammered this one too.
1977, the body of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland’s after an unsuccessful attempt was made to body snatch the coffin.
1981, Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding all left The Specials to form Fun Boy Three. I can’t say I really got into their music….
1982, Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on UK the album charts with ‘Love Over Gold’.
1982, John Cougar No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Jack and Diane’, his first US No.1 -a No.25 hit in the UK.
1982, Musical Youth were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Pass The Dutchie’. The group were made up of Birmingham school boys, aged 11-16……This was a true one hit wonder and one of the group as died already.
1983, Abba singer Agnetha Faltskog was taken to hospital suffering from concussion after being involved in a car crash in Skane Sweden.
1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Jim Steinman written and produced track ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1. This could always pop up as a pop question
1995, Oasis released their second album ‘(What’s The Story), Morning Glory’, which entered the UK chart at No.1.
1998, America’s singing cowboy Gene Autry died aged 91. I've driven past his ranch in the desert
2000, UK music magazine Q launched their music TV channel on Sky Digital.
2002, Adam Ant escaped a prison sentence after a judge ruled that an incident in which he threatened drinkers with a replica pistol in a London pub was a result of mental illness.
2002, Robbie Williams signed the most lucrative British record deal in history when he signed with EMI records for £80m. Asked what he was going to do with money Robbie said, “I’m going to count it all.” I bet he didn't!
2005, Katie Melua scored her second UK No.1 album when ‘Piece By Piece’ went to the top of the charts.
Birthday Boys and Girls
1945, Don McLean, US singer, songwriter, (1971 US & 1972 UK No.1 single ‘American Pie’, a song inspired by the death of Buddy Holly).
1950, Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single ‘Invisible Touch’, 1992 UK No.7 single ‘I Can’t Dance’ & 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics,
1951, Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police,
1952, , John Otway, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1977 UK No.27 single ‘Really Free’, with Wild Willy Barrett). 2002 UK No.7 single ‘Bunsen Burner’.
1955,Phil Oakey vocals, Human League, (1981 UK No.1 & 1982 US No.1 single ‘Don’t You Want Me’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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