Ron Bulman Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, John Cotter said: Merry Christmas to Denny, the other contributors to this thread and all EF members. Since JFK’s paternal ancestors’ home was in County Wexford, the Wexford Carol might be appropriate: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wexford+carol&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALiCzsZ6yAyEKphnZdJZZ9bIRn80RzpgEQ:1671899514520&ei=eimnY_y1H5PdgQbHy4Ew&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwj82qaF15L8AhWTbsAKHcdlAAYQ8NMDegQIDhAW&biw=1043&bih=421&dpr=3#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:111bbf35,vid:wLqkqHfLklQ John, I can't get your link to work. For a few seconds 3 versions pop up on the left then it goes to a white screen. I've never heard the song before. Started to google it but I'm not sure which version you were recommending. Merry Christmas, Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Zartman Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Mellor Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 19 hours ago, W. Niederhut said: Well done, Denny! Any friend of doggerel verse is a friend of mine. As for Christmas music, I like everything from Medieval chant to Palestrina, Bach, and Handel to Ella Fitzgerald, Satchmo, and Sting. My ultimate favorites are probably John Eliot Gardiner's ethereal recording of Handel's Messiah, with the English Baroque Soloists, and Anglican carols by Sir David Willcocks and the King's College Choir at Cambridge. Here's King's College Choir performing a Medieval English Christmas carol, Myn Lyking, with a melody by the late English composer, Sir Richard Runciman Terry. It's what Bruce Springsteen would call, "a little bit of heaven here on Earth." Here in the olde country Christmas Eve tv has screened an hour or so of 'Carols from King's, in the candlelit Chapel of King's College Cambridge. Vaughan Williams' Fantasia a highlight. I was able to visit this place just a couple of years back, it really is an amazing building, tall stained glass windows and a superb 15thC hammer beamed roof. It was about the only positive contribution by the catatonic King Henry VI, although being built in the middle of the 'wars of the Roses' it wasn't completed until King Richard III gifted a grant of £300 to complete the work in 1484. Strangely, Henry was bumped off in 1471 in the Tower of London, coincidentally on the night that Richard just happened to call by. Forget JFK, Richard must be the father of all conspiracy theories. Christmas greets to all and best wishes for 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Mellor Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 24 minutes ago, Ron Bulman said: John, I can't get your link to work. For a few seconds 3 versions pop up on the left then it goes to a white screen. I've never heard the song before. Started to google it but I'm not sure which version you were recommending. Merry Christmas, Ron Ron, Google 'Swift Return-The Wexford Carol' on You Tube. John's link works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cotter Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, Pete Mellor said: Ron, Google 'Swift Return-The Wexford Carol' on You Tube. John's link works for me. Thanks for that Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 Thank you, John and Pete. The version I listened to is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ron Bulman Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 Well, it got above freezing today, 34, no below or near zero chill factor, still pretty chilly though. So, we had home-made chili for Christmas eve. No ground beef, and definitely, absolutely, positively, No Beans. Grandkids are in bed, time to start assembling things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 How do you make chili with no ground beef and no beans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Koch Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) I was talking with my friend who is in his late 60's and he was telling me about how when he was a kid they used to sing Khruchev the bald heading Russian on the bus. Anyone else old enough to remember this song? Kruschev The Bald Headed Russian(To the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer")Kruschev the bald-headed Russian Had a very shiny head. And if you ever saw it, You would even say it's red. All of the other Russians, Used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Kruschev Join in any Russian games. Then one foggy launching night, The Russians came to say: "Kruschev with your head so bright, Won't you guide our sa-tel-lite?" Then how the Russians loved him, And they shouted out with glee, "Kruschev the bald-headed Russian, You'll go down in hi-sto-ry!" Merry Christmas Everyone! ¡Feliz Noche Buena Amigos! Edited December 25, 2022 by Matthew Koch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 Since it's not yet Christmas in California. Here's a Christmas "song" from Cheech and Chong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 We are one! 200-300 million years ago. But how far China from Australia? Good will to all beings! Pangea We are one! 200-300 million years ago. But how far China from Australia? Good will to all beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: How do you make chili with no ground beef and no beans? With the price of beef these days I start with chuck roast stew meat, used to be thin sliced round steak. Cut into 1/2" or less pieces. Slice onion to slightly smaller bits. Get a box of Wick-Fowler False Alarm. Add fresh ground pepper to meat and knead. Follow instructions about water, ingredients, etc. Ignore instructions about skillet and 30 minutes. Cook in crock pot four hours. Top with reserved chopped onion, shredded cheddar and crushed crackers. As for the beans. I love them on the side. Pintos with bacon, onion and jalapenos. But Beans in it? It is I guess a Texas thing, back to the original Wolf brand and the bricks of the 1800's. A modernized version of an older song that tries to explain it. Edited December 25, 2022 by Ron Bulman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 Assembly of granddaughter's jeep is finally complete, thanks to daughter. As I check back in before bed, I'm the only one here. So, I have to wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Tomlinson Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Since JFK was Roman Catholic I thought a little "Classic Latin" might not go amiss... sung by a bunch of old hippies... Whatever your denomination, church, faith, or lack thereof, at this time we like to associate with peace and goodwill...have good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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