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Rosemary Clooney.

Just looked up the song on the web. I didn't know it was written, originally in 1939 (It wasn't until 1951 when Rosemary Clooney made it a hit song) -- AND it was Mitch Miller and his orchestra playing the music. Now, how many of you know him as oboist "Mitchell" Miller recording on Columbia 12 in. 78 records. I have a copy of him playing Mozart's oboe concerto ... he was quite good, btw (from one oboist to another).

Ah yes, Stan Freeman playing harpsichord ... I think that was the first introduction of that instrument in pop music. For all you harpsichord fans, it was a Pleyel harpsichord!!!!! (and yes, I studied with Danny Pinkham and Helen Keaney, BUT NOT ON A PLEYEL).

heh heh heh:
Come on-a my house, my house I´m gonna give a you
Peach and pear and I love your hair ah

Rob.

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[panthera]

English

I teach English at a polytechnic university. More applied communication skills than pure grammar, although I am doing that again this semester, too.
It is fun teaching in Germany - students are expected to learn, parents are expected to support and help their children in learning and the PC police have yet to show their ugly snouts.

 

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Teaching English.

Students expected to learn? Parents expected to support? What novel concepts! And, no PC police ... can't beat that!

 

[j2400]

I knew a German professor many years ago who regularly visited Germany. I think he lived there for a year, and even years later, he raved about how good the school his son attended was. Expectations were higher. For exmaple, this professor would get American college students who'd turn in assignments that were written using printing, and he'd think of how his son's German elementary school teacher required cursive writing in pen.

 

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Printing vs. (cursive) wiriting.

... ah, this last posting begs a question to be asked:

What do kids do with printing/writing and pencil/pen usage? I ask because when I was in elementary skool (am presently 52), in 1st and 2nd grade we used pencil and printed only. In third grade we gradually went from pencil/printing to pen/writing. We used a Bic pen, although our desks still had ink wells. I use that type of pen at home and at work usually a fountain pen!

Of course, the only exception to using pencil instead of pen was during math.

Let's not forget the yellow coloured math paper (WITH BIG HUNKS OF WOOD FLOATIN' ROUND) with blue lines; the center one dashed for lower case letters height. Why the hael do I remember this stuff ... I can still remember the smell of the paper (and let's not forget the smell of the crayons in the tin boxes!).

If we EVER turned a book report in the 4th grade onward, in pencil or printed letters, it would get torn up in front of the class and be made to do it over again!

Rob.

 

[jaxsunst]

My mother used to swear by it, and I remember being little and watching her use it make the usual snowflakes. I haven't thought of that in years, thanks for the memory.

 

[geoffdelp]

I still use Glass Wax that I did get from the Vermont Country Store a few years ago with some old-fashioned Christmas Stencils.

You might want to check back on their website when they start to offer Christmas merchandise. It seems to me that I can recall seeing it last year, too.

They also carry a replacement for Jubilee Kitchen Wax; it smells a lot better and works just as well. It comes in a squeeze bottle instead of the old-fashioned glass bottle (drats!). It works great on vintage appliances!!

 

[j2400]

RE: cursive writing, pencils, and pens

I knew this professor about twenty years ago. I think his son was either college aged, or slightly beyond then.

The funny thing is that one of the toughest teachers I ever had was one I had in junior high, around 1980, was adamant that we would ALWAYS use a PENCIL. Simply because he hated the look of crossed-out mistakes written in pen. He was also the only teacher I ever had who would circle our spelling mistakes, and make us write the word correctly spelled 100 times. (I wonder how that would fly in today's world?)

 

[iheartmaytag]

I hope no one overbids for this on ebay

Unless you want the vintage can. You can still order this product for $10.99

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[launderess]

Depending upon their income bracket, many European parents would rather return to home and put their children into schools there, than subject them to an American education. Of course if in the United States, the parents have access to a good private or public school, things might be different.

Unlike schools in the United States, many Western European schools actually compete for students. Course offerings are varied and designed to stimulate a child/young person's mind. OTHO the State decides (via exams given at certian levels, such as the French BAC), what subject matter is important enough to be covered, without which one does not get into a good university/college.

In Europe grades on those high school exams (again, like the BAC) determine where one goes onto college. So if you are a lycee student and wants to get into one of the top French universities or colleges (where still to this day, almost 95% of business leaders, civil servants, government ministers, etc come from), you know what you must do. Who your parents are may help to an extent, but without the grades, admission won't happen. Since many European colleges/universities are state funded in whole or partially, there is no counterpart of the American "legacy" student, who gets in because of money and or parental connections.

OTHO students at both college and high school level in Europe have power that those in the United States can only dream of. The former on both levels have rioted, boycotted, and used other forms of "unrest" to protest changes at their schools and such they felt was not in their best interests. Unlike in the US, these student leaders get a place at the government table from these protests, not like Kent State or Columbia where students merely got gassed, beaten and shoved about (though that does happen).

L.

 

[danemodsandy]

Jubilee:

Is still available as a special-order product from Johnson Wax; they have it on their website. A link is below. Unfortunately, only an aerosol formulation is available; the familiar (and much "greener") glass bottle of yesteryear is gone. They're not giving it away; a 9-ounce spray can is $5.20 plus shipping. But you can still get that whiff of 1955 if you're so inclined. It also turns up on eBay; I think people run across it in hardware stores or something and look to make a little money off it. Nothing wrong with that, since it's very HTF at retail.

http://www.scjbrands.com/mailorder/

 

[ptcruiser51]

Kleen & Shine

Disappeared from the shelves around here in the 1980s, but my sister managed to score us a case about 10 years ago from the manufacturer. Sadly, it is no longer available and we are each on our last can of this effective spray that smells like Seven-Up. I am also down to my last couple ounces of Jubilee bought from Vermont County Store in a glass bottle some time ago. Friends stop by when I'm cleaning (which is almost always) and say, "Where did you GET THAT?" Isn't it lousy when good products go away?

 

[danemodsandy]

Hey, Rob:

C'mon, what was wrong with Soir de Paris/Evening in Paris? Maybe the affordability and the fact that you could get it at Rexall killed its cachet, but it was a great scent. My late great-aunt (who looked like the Duchess of Windsor, and dressed like her, too, bless her heart) used it as her signature fragrance, and I'm telling you, the old girl was considered as classy as they came. Some very good fragrances have an undeserved reputation for "cheapness" based solely on perceptions based on price, I think. Old Spice is a men's fragrance that has an unfair bad rap because it's in the drugstore. If you put that in another bottle and charged $75 for it, people would think it was the most wonderful smell they ever smelled on a man.

 

[whirlcool]

We tried a bottle of Window Wax from the Vermont Country store and while it worked fine, it didn't have the right smell to it.
I thank the Glass Wax odor has a lot of cache to it.

 

[launderess]

I Just Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning

Like many other similar products of the time, Glass Wax contained Petroleum distillates, not something one ought to inhale often and or for long periods.

L.

 

[whirlcool]

Laundress:

You didn't have to sniff the old Glass Wax can, the smell permeated the room!

 

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Evening in Paris/Old Spice ... stuff considered "cheap&

heh heh heh ... are we related? I had the same great aunt. Her name was Edna. She, too, wore Evening in Paris. While most perfumes/colognes, etc. smell different on everyone, Evening in Paris REALLY smelled different on different people. It smelled great on my Aunt Edna, but horrid on mummy. Jean Nate is another one of those scents.

I use Old Spice, Master Bay Rum and Aqua Velva, almost exclusively now. I detest most men's cologne as they smell like bug spray!

True about prices. I use this example:
I have two apples in my hand picked from the same tree: "Here is an apple. I just picked it." Conversely, the other apple has a worm hole in it and I say to you: Here is a RARE apple that came from a centuries old tree ... I can sell it for 50.00, but I'll sell it to you for 10.00. Sad but true, which apple would most people choose!!

Rob.

 

[danemodsandy]

Hi Rob:

Actually, I did have a great-aunt named Edna, but that was the other side of the family. The Evening in Paris great-aunt was my Aunt Aena.

Glad to see there's another Old Spice fan out there. So many good scents have died away or been changed; it's hard to stay faithful to something nowadays. My all-time favourite, Chanel for Men, was a very clean, almost soap-and-water smell, but it's not the same any more. I have a small supply still, but the occasion has to be very special indeed to use it. I have Devin by Aramis, which is good for everyday, and Beene's Grey Flannel, which is also okay, but which tires the nose after a while. It also does not "key" well with natural odours that develop on hot days; it makes you smell funkier, not cleaner. It's more a winter fragrance - for occasional use - as far as I'm concerned.

I wasn't aware of the difference in Evening in Paris on different wearers. Aunt Aena was the only woman I knew in the family who used it. Back then, women tried to respect each others' signature fragrance; if Aunt Aena used Evening in Paris, then other women in her circle tried to find something else as their own signature fragrance. There was one exception to this unwritten rule; a girl of "coming out" age could adopt the fragrance of an older woman to whom she was close by relation or friendship, sort of a passing of the baton.

 

[danemodsandy]

Oh, and Rob:

I forgot my all-time favourite, which hasn't been made in years and years. It was Aqua Velva's "Redwood" after-shave. Just a great smell, not foofy, not obtrusive. You just smelled good.

 

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adopt the fragrance of an older woman

You said, "There was one exception to this unwritten rule; a girl of "coming out" age could adopt the fragrance of an older woman to whom she was close by relation or friendship, sort of a passing of the baton."

LOL ... and that would most definitely be Shalimar!

I don't remember Aqua Velva's Redwood. I will admit to wearing Aramis in the late 70s. Polo was another one I really enjoyed, but it caught on and everyone was wearing it ...

Rob.