This MARX Mini-Thompson Submachine gun that I left on my school desk in Miss Bartges 4th Grade Classroom in 1964. Did you take that off my desk????!!!!
-dixon cannon
An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a guy on a Harley for traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he asks the biker his name.
'Fred,' he replies.
'Fred what?' the officer asks.
'Just Fred,' the man responds.
The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the biker...
Perhaps the first ever "protest" song -'I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER', by the Peerless Quartet, 1915: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2qOAgMCl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHEqjMf7Ojo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_Quartet
-dixon cannon
All In The Family. I was just a teenager when it began but I saw immediately where it was headed. I hated the endless smarmy putdowns and the canned laughter.
It led to endless copycats from 'Sanford & Son' to 'The Jeffersons' and 'Maude'. I hated all of them and actually went for about five...
I owned one in the early '80's and thought it was a dream car! For it's day, that was a beautiful body style. Amazing how large it seems now. Mine was power everything with white leather interior. I have to admit it for the period, I loved it! -dixon cannon
The documentary film entitled 'Jack Johnson: Unforgivable Blackness' from PBS. Another great Ken Burns film about the life of boxer Jack Johnson. http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/ -dixon cannon
My dear late friend Gerhard Franzky once told me that it was his life as a POW in Britain after capture in Normandy that really changed his point of view. He had been Waffen SS and couldn't believe how nicely and fairly he was treated by the British. It really opened his eyes to what...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.