Category: Memories
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We May Never Pass This Way Again
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“Life, so they say, is but a game and they’d let it slip away…Like Columbus in the olden days, we must gather all our courage.Sail our ships out on the open seas, cast away our fearsand all the years will come and go…We may never pass this way again”– Seals…
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We are the World
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“There comes a time when we heed a certain callWhen the world must come together as one…We are the world, we are the childrenWe are the ones who make a brighter daySo let’s start giving” In my position in Worldwide Product Safety with the Merck pharmaceutical company, I got to…
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Time Waits for No One
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“Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on byYes, as we’re sated in leisure, we watch it flyAnd time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for meAnd time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for meTime can tear down a building or destroy a woman’s…
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The Times, They Are A Changing
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“The line it is drawn, the curse it is castThe slowest now will later be fastAs the present now will later be pastThe order is rapidly fadin’And the first one now will later be last‘Cause the times, they are a-changin’” Bob Dylan (1963) My Grandpop Leitmeyer was born in 1900.…
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Our House, In the Middle of Our Street
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“Father wears his Sunday bestMother’s tired, she needs a restThe kids are playing up downstairsSister’s sighing in her sleepBrother’s got a date to keepHe can’t hang aroundOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our…Our house it has a crowdThere’s always something happeningAnd it’s usually…
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1973 – I Never Knew Me A Better Time
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“Crocodile Rocking is something shockingWhen your feet just can’t keep stillI never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will”– Crocodile Rock (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) As a child, I would listen to the radio with my portable cassette player at my side, hitting “record” whenever a song…
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In Memoriam – Drink A Beer
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“When I got the news todayI didn’t know what to saySo I just hung up the phoneI took a walk to clear my headThis is where the walkin’ leadCan’t believe you’re really goneDon’t feel like goin’ homeSo I’m gonna sit right hereOn the edge of this pierAnd watch the sunset…
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We Are The Boys of 160
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“We are the boys of 160 you hear so much about,The people stop and stare at us whenever we go out.Oh, we’re not a bit stuck up about the clever things we do,Most everybody likes us and we hope you like us too.Oh, as we go marching, as the band…
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Rockin’ Down the Highway
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“Got those highway blues, can’t you hear my motor runnin’?Flyin’ down the road with my foot on the floorAll the way in town they can hear me comin’Ford’s about to drop, she won’t do no moreAnd I smell my motor burnin’Underneath the hood is smokeCan’t stop, and I can’t stopGot…
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Take Me Out To The Ballgame
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Because of my recent eye surgery, I’ll have to watch the Phillies opener from home this year. But baseball season always reminds me of my Pop-Pop Waters. Born in 1908, Pop-Pop was a lifelong Phillies fan. He would listen to every game on the radio, or watch them on TV…