tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post4549348054624458413..comments2024-03-04T05:44:01.448-05:00Comments on It's Always Something: Oh For the Good Old Days--Not!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337201369550954242noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-83330849434635562152009-10-01T15:22:35.535-04:002009-10-01T15:22:35.535-04:00Of course I meant "Fats Waller" was the ...Of course I meant "Fats Waller" was the jazz great......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-84099770137141687122009-10-01T15:08:39.092-04:002009-10-01T15:08:39.092-04:00Back when a teen-agerI collected Jazz & Blues{...Back when a teen-agerI collected Jazz & Blues{with any money earned,records were .35}Loved "Scatting".Dad and I followed "The New Black Eagle Jazz Band .a group of professional men , from Boston.Kept up with all of their concerts,last I heard they were in demand in Europe.{probably retired now.We also went to "Rye on the Rocks"in N.H.for sunday brunches, where a great woman and son Played and sang {with the addition of one base, their scatting was terific.Iplayed a lot of "Fats Waller", even in church concerts.Another great jazz great.....MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-31759450701981199732009-09-30T19:26:47.241-04:002009-09-30T19:26:47.241-04:00Today our company rolled out it's 2010 health ...Today our company rolled out it's 2010 health benefits for employees. How times have changed...now if you enroll in health programs and make efforts to lose weight and get healthy, the employee's premiums drop and incentives are paid. In the 40's they preferred to hire "husky" women, now your penalized for being over weight. Go figure (literally!!!).<br /><br />KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-46697334319033126552009-09-29T16:30:25.867-04:002009-09-29T16:30:25.867-04:00FLOY FLOY IS AN IMPROVISATION CALLED SCAT SINGING ...FLOY FLOY IS AN IMPROVISATION CALLED SCAT SINGING IN THE JAZZ ERA, MAINLY LOUIE ARMSTRONG. SY6LLABLES TO SOUND LIKE INSTRUMENTS. ALL THIS AND MORE FROM GOOGLE. MA.BMA.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-43011536340936177782009-09-29T10:27:49.015-04:002009-09-29T10:27:49.015-04:00According to "Google"many songs from the...According to "Google"many songs from the 30's and 40's were composed of nonsense."Flat foot floogie"falls into that category.A "floogie is a lady of easy virtue" the "floy" is V.D., not an elegant lyric. {Wish I hadn't asked} MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-48819384900219861342009-09-29T08:26:40.148-04:002009-09-29T08:26:40.148-04:00You,ve got me....the whole sentence is "Flat ...You,ve got me....the whole sentence is "Flat foot floogie with a floy - floy , floy doy,floy doy,floy doy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-48393779984078622592009-09-29T08:26:32.550-04:002009-09-29T08:26:32.550-04:00SOU7NDS LIKE A GAL TO ME!SOU7NDS LIKE A GAL TO ME!MA.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-49034768548155948972009-09-28T22:18:11.951-04:002009-09-28T22:18:11.951-04:00is it something to do with a car?is it something to do with a car?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-64237263419968578972009-09-28T09:40:38.644-04:002009-09-28T09:40:38.644-04:00And the social side was even worse than working in...And the social side was even worse than working in a man's world, that's why we chose to work in the "War Effort" from 3p.m. to 11p.m. Forget dating material..Married men {pretending not to be], or 4-f's.Big Sat. nite for me was to get dressed up}just in case you ran into a service-man home on leave],and go over-town and walk the length of the Merrimack St. stores.Go home and liaten to Frankie or weierd things like "Flat Foot Floogie with Floy, Floy...anyone know wahat a Floy, Floy is&....MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-13923517788858156232009-09-28T08:38:48.184-04:002009-09-28T08:38:48.184-04:00how quickly the above guys respond!! a hint of sex...how quickly the above guys respond!! a hint of sexism there! m.a.b.ma bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-12194692335687549622009-09-27T21:55:00.316-04:002009-09-27T21:55:00.316-04:00Yeah right !Yeah right !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-19006706335015848032009-09-26T15:25:39.276-04:002009-09-26T15:25:39.276-04:00"My advice to the women's clubs of Americ..."My advice to the women's clubs of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias." ~James McNeill Whistler <br /><br />Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing. ~Bill Copeland<br /><br />"Give a woman a job and she grows balls." ~Jack GelberAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337201369550954242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906830868960382402.post-42707113259929774372009-09-26T15:10:59.710-04:002009-09-26T15:10:59.710-04:00"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred ..."Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels." ~Faith WhittleseyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337201369550954242noreply@blogger.com