tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post9188155329459138785..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: Reelin' In The YearsSuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-8642372526646488332012-09-11T08:09:13.276-04:002012-09-11T08:09:13.276-04:00Jeremy - That sketch is one of the coolest things ...Jeremy - That sketch is one of the coolest things anyone ever did for me! And everybody has an interesting life. I'd love to see you do one of these posts.<br />Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-72002862320983048892012-09-11T00:39:26.345-04:002012-09-11T00:39:26.345-04:00Hey, my sketch made the post. Nice. I'd do one...Hey, my sketch made the post. Nice. I'd do one of these,but I don't think it'd be too interesting.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-23839238588894378642012-09-10T00:51:10.873-04:002012-09-10T00:51:10.873-04:00You're always entertaining but your way of loo...You're always entertaining but your way of looking at the decades floored me. I'm not ready to say I've seen seven decades.. and yet it is so.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-56915649603259635252012-09-06T14:46:26.488-04:002012-09-06T14:46:26.488-04:00It seems there is a gearing up toward retrospectiv...It seems there is a gearing up toward retrospectives and, depending upon how honest folks want to be, there could be some excitement... or somethin'IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-57035349525393418642012-09-06T12:49:03.293-04:002012-09-06T12:49:03.293-04:00Thanks for the linky love!Thanks for the linky love!Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-46030476870524553192012-09-06T12:28:45.019-04:002012-09-06T12:28:45.019-04:00An excellent autobiographical summary.
Since i do...An excellent autobiographical summary.<br /><br />Since i don't have pictures from all of my decades (thank Heaven!) i will not be following your and Buck's eminent lead.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-72799503467110960102012-09-06T11:12:44.008-04:002012-09-06T11:12:44.008-04:00well i hope you will be around for at least anothe...well i hope you will be around for at least another few decades .. xoDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-82343004001096717732012-09-06T10:28:24.402-04:002012-09-06T10:28:24.402-04:00Great post! I'm not sure I would do a condense...Great post! I'm not sure I would do a condensed retrospect concerning my life. I remember certain important events, but I'm not sure I have much to say about it. And I'd be stumped over the song part. But maybe I'll try something out.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-49117458078277773282012-09-06T08:25:20.625-04:002012-09-06T08:25:20.625-04:00I loved this post. Now I know the real Jim. No ide...I loved this post. Now I know the real Jim. No idea what my theme song would be, but I haven't had quite such an exciting life as you have. Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-66435248046945009022012-09-05T23:11:25.214-04:002012-09-05T23:11:25.214-04:00You know, it really is inspiring to see the highs ...You know, it really is inspiring to see the highs and lows you've gone through and still be such a sweet, smart guy in shape enough to play softball in his 50's, which is really a big deal. Kudos and thanks to you, for hanging in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-41784963903197226462012-09-05T22:11:22.788-04:002012-09-05T22:11:22.788-04:00I miss you...and you know that I love reading what...I miss you...and you know that I love reading what you write.<br />I'll be back one day, my friend. <br />Mama isn't doing well ( she was hospitalized for a long while and I stayed in the hospital with her 24/7. It's where I want to be and need to be...by her side.)<br />You have been through some amazing times during your lifetime, Jim. Keep that Libertarian spirit alive and well! Hugs to you.<br />Your Sister,<br />J.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214796594702277709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-6636341274717393242012-09-05T17:27:08.651-04:002012-09-05T17:27:08.651-04:00glad you're still with us, even with the ponti...glad you're still with us, even with the pontificating regarding softball. ;-)Erickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624706433945857931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-9061909695976656022012-09-05T17:23:44.870-04:002012-09-05T17:23:44.870-04:00Well you are still a good deal younger than me so ...Well you are still a good deal younger than me so I'm expecting you to be around for a good bit longer yet!!!!!!! Blogland wouldn't be the same without you. Hang in there.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-28192397045260086042012-09-05T17:19:04.899-04:002012-09-05T17:19:04.899-04:00Well my head is spinning a bit with your math, cau...Well my head is spinning a bit with your math, cause you sure don't look 70! ;-). I never did drugs (well lots of beer) and I grew up in the 60s ahead of you. I guess I was just too scared and too poor. Never even smoked a 'joint.' I did drink a muddy root extract in Fiji once...but it never made me see rainbows much less give me a buzz. I grew up earlier than you, had less fun, but DO have all my teeth! This post was all about me, wasn't it?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-20076687204089552482012-09-05T17:05:20.041-04:002012-09-05T17:05:20.041-04:00Well you better stick around for a while yet. I ne...Well you better stick around for a while yet. I need the entertainment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-75912580349937641572012-09-05T17:04:24.077-04:002012-09-05T17:04:24.077-04:00hhmm, i really don't know what i'd choose ...hhmm, i really don't know what i'd choose as my theme song through the decades. good roundup of your decades though. you've always been a terrific storyteller.<br /><br /> mine started during vietnam and not quite a year before armstrong walked on the moon, so i can't personally what little bit of the 60s i lived through but not for the typical reasons associated with life in the late 60s.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-12469468130299426762012-09-05T16:28:51.843-04:002012-09-05T16:28:51.843-04:00Joe - Great title. You can rest assured that I wil...Joe - Great title. You can rest assured that I will snag a copy when it comes out.<br /><br />Stephen - It's was a big-ass old Admiral, and it was my friend. Honestly - I can still recall, with crystal clarity, the sounds those knobs used to make. *Ker-CHUNK* *Ker-CHUNK* as you changed the channel...<br /><br />(not my) Uncle Skip - Funny thing about booze, Skip. While I was on cocaine, I drank like a fish. I mean I seriously swam in alcohol, with Vodka being my liquid of choice. Downed a quart or so every time I did the marching powder. After I got off of cocaine, I had no residual desire for booze, and I still don't have more than a beer once every four or five weeks, really. Alcohol by itself has never been a big draw for me, but it sure did even out the other stuff well.<br /><br />And you're in San Francisco, for goodness' sakes. If you can't come up with a theme song...<br /><br />Buck - Better job? No, not at all, though you're kind to say so. Different styles, my friend, that's all.<br /><br />You scare me, though, with that "23 years" thing. We just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary, and we've now been acquainted for 22 years...<br /><br />Craig - Now, see, here's the problem with these things. As soon as you publish 'em, somebody says something, in response, that makes you realize you forgot some mighty important stuff. The Beatles. Yeah, they were big at one time, right? And that triggered a thought of probably the biggest damn thing that imprinted my young mind in the 60's - Kennedy being killed in '63. He was loved by many , of course - he was The President, after all - but in Boston he was the closest thing to a secular saint as there was. My older relatives had portraits of him on their walls. Irish, Catholic, almost a personal triumph to some of my relatives when he was elected. When he was shot, the entire world (to my young eyes and ears) went dark and quiet for about a week, a very eerie thing.<br /><br />And there was a guy who landed on the freakin' moon, and... See what you've done?<br /><br />Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-83599357819665930252012-09-05T15:52:47.460-04:002012-09-05T15:52:47.460-04:00Thanks for this, Jim. I really enjoy these 'r...Thanks for this, Jim. I really enjoy these 'retrospective' posts. I've done posts somewhat similar to this before. If I were a little more ambitious (or things were a little slower at work), I might post a link to 'em. But I'm not (and they aren't).<br /><br />I have some vague memories of Elvis that must have been from the 50s, but that's about it. For me, the 60s were the Tigers, the Beatles, and the space program (also my parents' divorce, and variations on my family configuration). In the 70s, I expanded my mind, too, but mostly along the educational track. I got married in '80, and since then, we've been raising kids. Right now, I'm just trying to stay focused long enough to get 'em all launched and on their way. . .<br /><br />'Reelin' In the Years' is a great theme song for a retrospective, BTW. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-18162669135717602952012-09-05T15:49:53.905-04:002012-09-05T15:49:53.905-04:00VERY well done and it goes without sayin'... e...VERY well done and it goes without sayin'... even though I WILL... that ya did a better job at this than I did.<br /><br />I'm struck by our similarities, except for the fact I have zero musical talent and didn't get seriously addicted, unless you consider habituation and low-level drug dealing. Other than that? Eerie.<br /><br />There's also that "happily ever after" bit, which escaped me. But, Hey! I had a 23-year run, which is better than a lot o' people get, and for that I'm grateful.<br /><br />Again: well done. Or BZ, as those Squids say.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-25303282288251031502012-09-05T15:35:49.520-04:002012-09-05T15:35:49.520-04:00I suppose if I'm gonna develop a post like thi...I suppose if I'm gonna develop a post like this, I better come up with a theme song?(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-73210459608645759302012-09-05T15:34:21.720-04:002012-09-05T15:34:21.720-04:00Well, like me, if you'd known you were gonna b...Well, like me, if you'd known you were gonna be around this long you'd've probably taken better care of your body. But, then there wouldn't be those memories we have to share ...or the ones we wonder <i>IF</i> we should share.<br />Gotta say, though, that I had a head start, pretty much stuck with booze and never got beyond not learning the trumpet. The rest is slipping out in dribs and drabs.<br /><br />Oh, and it's the eighth decade I'm in.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-89169976450293689062012-09-05T15:33:03.087-04:002012-09-05T15:33:03.087-04:00An interesting and informative read. I was born in...An interesting and informative read. I was born in '52, so many of your experiences are familiar. I think we both had the same TV. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-68934555379301539782012-09-05T15:31:43.888-04:002012-09-05T15:31:43.888-04:00Well that's the "Readers Digest" con...Well that's the "Readers Digest" condensed version. Some of it sounds familiar.<br /><br />This Winter (I hope) my self-published (meaning i'm not a real writer) version will be out titled <br />"I Used To Be Stupid."<br /><br />Yes, it is exciting, but calm down!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com