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  1. Katt in Hat

    Who is your favorite "forgotten singer"?

    Robin and Linda Williams as Marvin and Mavis Smiley and the Manhattan Valley Boys and their tribute to ... on Prairie Home Companion Archive. Numerous appearances... http://www.prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20020622/mm.shtml The unique Frances Faye almost never remembered, all...
  2. Katt in Hat

    SAVE CONEY ISLAND

    I lived < 2 miles from Coney during the entire '50s. It was an easy walk with or without a gal...Boopsie entered the picture round mid-decade. Know the song Under The Boardwalk ? Once, on a frigid winter night, my Pop drove us to Nathan's around midnight. We had lobster rolls and corn...
  3. Katt in Hat

    What's your favorite martini?

    Let me look around... :drum: :deadhorse :drum: It's most assuredly so. I can't even imagine what a case of sweet vermouth would even look like !!!
  4. Katt in Hat

    What's your favorite martini?

    An aging purist; my Martini for past 35-40 years, whenever possible. These brands have stood the test of time: :arated: Tanqueray London Dry Gin, launched in 1830. Boissiere have been producing vermouth since 1854. I can always find the gin whilst away from my abode and not all...
  5. Katt in Hat

    Who is your favorite "forgotten singer"?

    None who have heard her could forget her. What style!
  7. Katt in Hat

    Who is your favorite "forgotten singer"?

    I can still her in my head. Bev Kenney - "La de Da, 'tis Autumn" Just a few albums. Died in 'late 50s very young.
  8. Katt in Hat

    Algonquin Round Table

    One of Parker's best... ¬øWhat fresh hell is this? A line attributed many times to Shakespeare but actually it's from American author/critic/poet and wit Dorothy Parker. She is reported to have exclaimed "What fresh hell is this?" when her train of thought was interrupted by a telephone. She...
  9. Katt in Hat

    INSOMNIA!

    Not an insomniac but a sleep-shifter... I sleep only about 7-9 hours in 24 but tend to switch from a day schedule(normal!?) to a very late night turn in. My circadian clock does not seem to run me nor seem to mind this. It is as if I lived on a planet with a 32hour rotational period...
  10. Katt in Hat

    Seabiscuit Motion Picture has just started

    9:00 EST ABC Netwerk. Hats & Stuff; horsies too... :arated: :deadhorse :arated:
  11. Katt in Hat

    Favourite instrument??

    Ensembles performing Bach require the harpsichord. But check out the (6)Partitas. The fortepiano is swell too. The piano just doesn't cut it for me, Man.
  13. Katt in Hat

    Book recomendations about old time carnivals.

    Originally 1954. 2nd Edition 1989 The Man Who Was Not With It (Second Edition Books) (Paperback) by Herbert Gold "THERE he is on the midway, Grack the Frenchie, talking for his countstore or his zoo while the loudspeaker clamored under his come-on with a..." Gold was very influential...
  14. Katt in Hat

    When Is Your Birthday?

    31 Feb - but am really an Aquarian ID theft is easy enough as it is. A true date is just icing on the cake. A bit of data here, a snippit there et voil?†, mucho tsuris... 'Nuff said? :drum: :deadhorse :drum:
  15. Katt in Hat

    To MK

    I've been off line for last 2 months. So Who Won ???
  16. Katt in Hat

    THE LAST OPEN ROAD

    Fantastically Creative Usage of the Language!!! "I see that if I keep this hat it will need some serious wrangling to get under control." :drum: :arated: :drum:
  17. Katt in Hat

    URGENT WARNING!!! YOU MAY NEVER LOOK AT YOUR LID IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN

    I'll bet that the fur is water proof. Capybara Facts Order: Rodentia Family: Hydrochoeridae Genus and Species: Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris Capybara are the largest rodents in the world. Description: Capybaras have heavy, barrel-shaped bodies with short heads. Their fur is reddish...
  19. Katt in Hat

    Any Loungers in Florida?

    There are a multitude of us What's the matter with you? Kain't you read?
  20. Katt in Hat

    What Have You Saved From Your Childhood?

    A Body Surfing Board Named Rosebud.
  21. Katt in Hat

    Persistence-sustained effort necessary to induce faith

    Why Do You Not Give Attribution to Those You Quote? You have started 4 or so threads recently and it appears that many of the words and ideas are not your own, but cut and pasted. Others who use source materials acknowledge the original writer. I've read enough of your posts in past months...
  22. Katt in Hat

    Sex, fear and looting: survivors disclose untold stories of the Blitz

    See what e.e. alluded to now? lao tsze certainly told him,and general (yes mam) sherman; e.e. cummings excerpt from (plato told)
  23. Katt in Hat

    New Addition to the Family

    Blessings on Your House MAZEL TOV !!! :drum: :arated: :drum:

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