tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5078125436609022089..comments2024-03-29T07:00:46.755-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): The Game-changing Event in Your Lifetimepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62026404775033288482010-09-15T22:43:56.891-04:002010-09-15T22:43:56.891-04:00Wow! I bet that Dennis Weaver would be gratified t...Wow! I bet that Dennis Weaver would be gratified to know he's made such a mark. I never got over it when I figured out what Miss Kitty's place was all about.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14871066044252381112010-09-15T21:44:06.600-04:002010-09-15T21:44:06.600-04:00That's him. And I'm not being glib. I love...That's him. And I'm not being glib. I loved the show and loved Chester and when I read in the paper he was quitting I was devastated. After that, every big loss and letdown in life was just another Chester limping away.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51208471838744593932010-09-13T16:54:34.024-04:002010-09-13T16:54:34.024-04:00???? I am fumbling. Was he the one with the limp????? I am fumbling. Was he the one with the limp?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67280234735972878002010-09-13T16:49:49.379-04:002010-09-13T16:49:49.379-04:00When Chester left Gunsmoke.When Chester left Gunsmoke.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37480348455319441062010-09-10T23:12:12.324-04:002010-09-10T23:12:12.324-04:00It was magical and I doubt anyone not there then w...It was magical and I doubt anyone not there then would get it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59400847935231396752010-09-10T22:27:51.769-04:002010-09-10T22:27:51.769-04:00The 1969 moon landing. Because 1968 was a year t...The 1969 moon landing. Because 1968 was a year that brought me to the brink of despair and landing on the moon made all things seem possible again. Last year's celebrations of the event (Can it really have been 40 years) moved me to tears. <br /><br />And a close second--bearing witness to the landing on Mars and seeing the landscape of another planet in color and up close. Go little Rover go.Katherine Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696623795926663895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70208420556922903702010-09-10T20:23:01.533-04:002010-09-10T20:23:01.533-04:00Well, I did most of my learning about liberation m...Well, I did most of my learning about liberation movements via books and magazines...and inversely from dealing with Reagan Democrats even when they were still Wallace Democrats, and well before they became BubbaCrats...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87086810353170028432010-09-09T15:07:05.710-04:002010-09-09T15:07:05.710-04:00I am surprised we didn't mention books more. B...I am surprised we didn't mention books more. Books continually change my life.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70246393769468457232010-09-09T14:43:58.187-04:002010-09-09T14:43:58.187-04:00That day in High School I read "The Maltese F...That day in High School I read "The Maltese Falcon."<br /><br />Dan LuftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77481622588913884852010-09-09T13:07:15.924-04:002010-09-09T13:07:15.924-04:00How few of these events are good ones. Sad. In man...How few of these events are good ones. Sad. In many ways, the birth of the Reagan Dems really was as pivotal as his election. This group has swung the pendulum.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46746789026501857112010-09-09T12:15:09.203-04:002010-09-09T12:15:09.203-04:00Personally, I would have to say it was Reagan gett...Personally, I would have to say it was Reagan getting elected. He was soon followed by Thatcher in England and Mulroney in Canada - I thought of it as a kind of political Bermuda Triangle, a place where hopes and dreams vanished. And it did set the stage for American politics for the next 30 years giving us the ridiculous mess we have in the world today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-30583699670462422012010-09-09T06:58:53.114-04:002010-09-09T06:58:53.114-04:00As a European, I'll have to go with the libera...As a European, I'll have to go with the liberation of the Eastern Bloc.Anders Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45276628765658225432010-09-08T18:36:04.852-04:002010-09-08T18:36:04.852-04:00If I'd known you were present for the 1964 Ala...If I'd known you were present for the 1964 Alaska quake, I'd forgotten, Rick. I was in Fairbanks, not near the epicenter as Anchorage was, and was minus-two months from parturition, at least. Can't imagine it was fun. Some of my parents' friends were killed. All told, the San Francisco experience sounds preferable.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31920902843571796162010-09-08T17:31:20.277-04:002010-09-08T17:31:20.277-04:00Richard=-a great list-personal and political. We h...Richard=-a great list-personal and political. We had a Dodge Swinger in 1972.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34930417425851839102010-09-08T17:15:22.748-04:002010-09-08T17:15:22.748-04:00Well this is one of those just say it off the top ...Well this is one of those just say it off the top of your head, don't over think it questions.<br /><br />* Dave Garroway hosting the first live coast-to-coast television broadcast. I was terribly impressed.<br />* Assassination of JFK. I was horrified.<br />* Armstrong landing n the moon. Simply amazing.<br />* The Alaska earthquake. Living in earthquake country, it was the first time I'd really seen the power and destruction of one in my lifetime.<br />* The Watts riots in Los Angeles. A game-changer for the city and it's neighborhoods.<br />* The riots in Chicago during the democratic convention, the Chicago Seven<br />* Watergate. Of course. Like Evan, I was glued to the television. What a cast of heros and villains. <br /><br />On a more personal note,<br />* my first car (1950 Ford Tudor)<br />* my first new car (1972 Dodge)<br />* the death of my father<br />* the summer of love in San Francisco - I bought into the ideals and still hold some of them. I had the hair, did the drugs, listened - deeply - to the music<br />* my first computer with a GUI and mouse (a Pc clone running Windows 3)<br />* buying my first home<br />* the death of my mother<br />* meeting and marrying my wifeRichard R.http://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46533979542634086122010-09-08T16:50:41.031-04:002010-09-08T16:50:41.031-04:00Great one, Chuck. It set us on a course which we c...Great one, Chuck. It set us on a course which we can't stray from. I read an article recently that delineated all of the money spent and lives lost due to our over the top reaction to 9/11. Would Gore have reacted thusly?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69992892824661494112010-09-08T16:13:32.026-04:002010-09-08T16:13:32.026-04:00Serving in Viet Nam and the Supreme Court stopping...Serving in Viet Nam and the Supreme Court stopping the recount in Bush v. Goge in 2000. We seemed to have recoved from the first debacle but will ever recover from the second? I am beginning to doubt it.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28955502902666674002010-09-08T15:12:08.470-04:002010-09-08T15:12:08.470-04:00I saw A CHOICE NOT AN ECHO. I went to a Christian ...I saw A CHOICE NOT AN ECHO. I went to a Christian High School and was briefly influenced by their frightening yet oddly omniscient politics. <br />People have been saying the Chinese would dominate the world for as long as I can remember. They have now achieved this by some pretty dubious means.<br />Good coverage of the spectrum, Charlie: books, home life, youthful indiscretions.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59354642459393290152010-09-08T14:13:14.648-04:002010-09-08T14:13:14.648-04:00Reading The Friends of Eddie Coyle in college.
Se...Reading The Friends of Eddie Coyle in college.<br /><br />Seeing one of my kids waiting for me outside a hospital with his mother. His head was bandaged after a fall (we were divorced and not being there for the kids hit me very hard that day)<br /><br />A couple of nights in lockup (this ain’t so bad … a dumbass attitude that could’ve turned out a lot worse).<br /><br />Meeting my wife. Changed everything for the better.Charlieoperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876755029099726686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12811752683786571452010-09-08T14:02:15.381-04:002010-09-08T14:02:15.381-04:00I'd have to say Vietnam. World War II was a bi...I'd have to say Vietnam. World War II was a bigger deal, but I wasn't around then. I remember Vietnam War coverage, and I've since learned enough history to know how significant the changes would become to me, though i was unaware of them at the time.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89227634025006234302010-09-08T13:27:47.933-04:002010-09-08T13:27:47.933-04:00It's a toss-up between the war in Vietnam and ...It's a toss-up between the war in Vietnam and the Lunar Landing. Darkness vs. Light.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35183591596072723002010-09-08T13:01:32.254-04:002010-09-08T13:01:32.254-04:00Gore Vidal used to refer to needing his Watergate ...Gore Vidal used to refer to needing his Watergate fix, Evan...the 1964 Texas GOP ad I remember seeing in a televised discussion of notable campaign ads was Mostly about Estes, but also made a few semi-indirect references to racial matters and other reasons why Johnson was Satan.<br /><br />"In your heart, you know he's right"...the tag for the Goldwater ads that did run...inspiring immediately the joke, "Yes, but he's Too Far Right."Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36161525246158397612010-09-08T12:44:13.453-04:002010-09-08T12:44:13.453-04:00Don't know if Watergate had any lasting effect...Don't know if Watergate had any lasting effect on me, but I sure enjoyed watching it play out. It still ranks as the greatest reality TV entertainment of all time, beating out even the Tanya Harding scandal.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69825444236439874922010-09-08T12:19:37.767-04:002010-09-08T12:19:37.767-04:00Or, sorry, Patti, do you refer to another ad altog...Or, sorry, Patti, do you refer to another ad altogether?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-73147640701812199962010-09-08T12:16:57.802-04:002010-09-08T12:16:57.802-04:00But what made you a Goldwater Youth? Were you a YA...But what made you a Goldwater Youth? Were you a YAFfy?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com