Snoozers
It's SNOOZER TIME! Maybe if I shout it, it will seem like more fun. This first scan is from March 1962, and shows the most charismatic dead settler of all time. You can't really tell but he's taking a break from being dead, and is merely resting. As most of us know, he set his cabin aflame while roasting marshmallows. When will he ever learn?
Next is this snooze-tastic view of the Columbia (from July 1967) as it rounded the end of Tom Sawyer Island. It's not a bad photo. It's not a good photo. It's just there.
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Major-
It may be "snooze-tastic" - but it certainly is beautiful.
Thanks, Major.
The burning cabin photo is 'OK'. But it would've been better zoomed in a bit, with fewer trees and shrubs. Then again, we've seen plenty of photos where the cabin and settler nearly fill the entire frame. So maybe it's good to see it from a distance now and then.
The Columbia photo has a lot going for it: Excellent lighting (the sails look fantastic!), sharp focus, good color, nice composition (having it partially hidden adds interest). I'm keepin' this one!
Snoozers indeed... NOT... well, maybe the settler's cabin is a little drowsy, but not bad. I think shouting did make them more fun. Thanks, Major.
......maybe it's good to see it from a distance now and then.
JB, actually from that distance, the settler doesn't appear to be dead. It just looks like he was sawing logs.
Ha, ha, Major! I see that you actually gave that pic the file name, "Arrow Shirt"!!!
P.S. I deleted my original Bette Midler pun. The reference was to something 33 years old and I suddenly realized the Junior Gorillas are all to young to get it. ;-)
I think you’re right, TM! The guy was dead tired after cutting down all those trees.
I have been trying to figure out why in the world the settler decided to build his cabin in the middle of a forest, forcing him to do all that clear-cutting, but I have to admit I’m stumped.
Check out the blonde with the big bouffant standing in the bow of the Columbia. Even at this low resolution, that hair really stands out. Her choice of clothing colors eerily echoes that of the figurehead. And yes - the sails look amazing.
I have been trying to figure out why in the world the settler decided to build his cabin in the middle of a forest, forcing him to do all that clear-cutting, but I have to admit I’m stumped.
Chuck, I think the reason was simply because, that settler was a sap!
TM!, I wooden have thought of that. Probably runs in the family - a chip off the ol’ block.
So many puns...I love it. Great snoozers today Major. Thanks.
Ah, the Burning Settlers Cabin, an illustration of the Hard Truths of the American Frontier, sponsored by Kingsford.
Both photos are very fine, Major, and worth shouting about.
Thank you.
JG
Nanook, I guess I have just gotten jaded!
JB, I agree that it would have been nice if the photographer had zoomed in, but they probably didn’t have that capability. They were using a very early iPhone probably. The Columbia photo isn’t bad, it’s just a very common view. Like I said to Nanook, I’m jaded! All I love now is professional wresting and Mountain Dew soda.
TokyoMagic!, wow, you are observant (i.e. “Arrow Shirt”)! After so many years and so many photos, I have to sometimes scramble to give an image a unique name. I’m sure “1962 Settlers Cabin” was already taken long ago. A Bette Midler pun, I wonder if I would have gotten it?
Chuck, didn’t they eventually say that the settler was “sleeping it off” after a heavy night/day of drinking moonshine? Also, isn’t “moonshine” a nice name for a drink? The Settler chose that spot because it was close to good schools and there was a Walmart only five minutes away. I didn’t notice the bouffant-blonde before, but there she is, her hair a golden helmet. Three cans of Aqua Net every morning kept her head safe from projectiles and Russian microwaves.
TokyoMagic!, what did I do to deserve puns such as these?
Chuck, now stop that.
Jonathan, you’re welcome!
JG, so funny, even years later, when I hear the name “Kingsford” I think of the charcoal lighter fluid that my dad used to use to get his briquettes going. The smell is distinctive! I don’t remember tasting it on our food, but folks have insisted that it ruined a good steak. Of course my dad eventually used the metal chimneys that used a piece of newspaper to get a fire started.
Guys, guys... Mr. Arrow Shirt is not "sawing logs" or "dead tired". No. He's just "pinin' for the fjords".
Chuck & Tokyo!, he built his cabin there because he couldn't see the forest for the trees. (Sorry, that's all I got.)
Major, Hey! I like Mountain Dew soda (pop)!
With "three cans of Aqua Net every morning" her kids (or pets) are gonna be permanently stuck to the bathroom floor. But hey, at least she doesn't have to worry about those pesky Russian microwaves! BTW, do the Russkies just drop the ovens onto peoples' heads from space? ;-)
"You can't really tell but he's taking a break from being dead, and is merely resting."
He's pining for the fjords! (He built his cabin in the woods so he'd never have to spruce it up.)
I really like that Columbia picture. Most of the pictures I've seen of her are in dock, just like the only time I got to see her in person. So this looks like a real action shot to me.
Hairography=Bouffant. Aqua-Net needed for both. I'm not sure it was a marshmallow fire, I think it was an Aqua-Net fire. It's quite explosive. Luckily, or unluckily, I do not need to worry about these trifles of hair-do's. I never hold back on a 33 year old Bette Midler reference. The "Big Noise" always comes through. At the Queen Mary during the "Voyage to 1939" promotion (talk about a 33 year old reference...) "Big Noise from Winnetka" was used as a through line melody from one of the shows created. It was actually pretty good and I enjoyed watching it. That whole promotion was rather well done and cohesive and gave the ship a little "oomph" when the Wrathers beat it into the ground. The Disney's were not popular: we had rules and regulations. Keith Kambak was brought in preparation for it becoming "Disney Sea". Too bad none of it worked out- in Long Beach anyway. OK...where was I? Have no clue...that's all all I have. Thanks for the snoozers Major!
JB, something something mahogany. I’M NOT GOOD WITH PUNS! I had a Mountain Dew about a month ago (my brother had some in the garage), and it wasn’t bad. But in my memory it used to taste better. Not sure if it has changed over the years?
Melissa, the Columbia moves so smoothly and sedately that I have never thought of it in “action”, but I know what you mean!
Bu, my mom used to use plenty of hairspray when I was a kid, and I remember these paper mache things that fit over the cans of spray - they looked like women with long dresses. Very 70s! I think she still has one, but the head broke off and was badly glued back on. My sister said she wanted it, until she saw that it was broken. Do they call Bette Midler “The Big Noise”? I’ve never heard that one before. I have a feeling that if Disney had actually built a park in Long Beach (near the Queen Mary) it would not have been a success. WHO KNOWS.
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