30 Days

StinkerBell · December 26, 2009, 08:57:42 AM

30 days the count down begins!

Redoverfarm · December 26, 2009, 09:40:55 AM

December 26, 2009, 11:41:57 AM

gandalfthegrey · December 26, 2009, 12:05:57 PM

You on the move? stinkerbell

StinkerBell · December 27, 2009, 09:47:06 AM

I make a special announcement every january 25th. Just for our glenn!

December 27, 2009, 12:00:39 PM

Ahh, yes, Stinky, my love. The infamous 340 days 'til Saturnalia announcement. You love to yank my chain, don't you......

QuoteThis date was probably chosen because the Winter Solstice and the ancient pagan Roman midwinter festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in December.

The Winter Solstice is the day where there is the shortest time between the sun rising and the sun setting. It happens on December 21st or 22nd. To pagans this meant that the winter was over and spring was coming and they had a festival to celebrate it and worshipped the sun for winning over the darkness of winter. (The Winter Solstice in Scandinavia and some other parts of northern Europe is called Yule and is where we get Yule Logs from.)

The Roman Festival of Saturnalia took place between December 17th and 23rd and honoured the Roman god Saturn. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means 'birthday of the unconquered sun' and was held on December 25th (when the Romans thought the Winter Solstice took place) and was the 'birthday' of the Pagan Sun god Mithra. In the pagan religion of Mithraism, the holy day was Sunday and is where get that word from!

glenn kangiser · December 27, 2009, 12:17:37 PM

Mustn't forget the reason for the major commercial shopping season of the year either.

RainDog · December 27, 2009, 01:42:24 PM

Couldn't resist

StinkerBell · December 27, 2009, 03:18:25 PM

glenn, I have bee ginving you that special anouncement for a few years now, its tradition!

December 27, 2009, 08:27:39 PM

That is true, but I'm old and every year is like a new experience. I know you do it just to get my panties in a bind...

glenn kangiser · December 27, 2009, 08:29:57 PM

Quote from: RainDog on December 27, 2009, 01:42:24 PM

Couldn't resist

I know I have seen that somewhere before, Raindog..

Stinky is correct... she loves to rattle my cage every year and in a true loving manner, I have to set her straight..

Abbynrml · December 27, 2009, 08:43:32 PM

Offhand I dont remember the guys name, but think of the old Saturday Night Live skits.
Very Interesting...but stupid.
lol, if you remember them your an old fart like me.

Redoverfarm · December 27, 2009, 08:46:39 PM

Shultz ?

glenn kangiser · December 27, 2009, 08:51:27 PM

I remember him but not his name... Google Artie Johnson -

Not quite -- Arte Johnson and worse yet --- Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/rowan.htm

Worse yet... I remember it...

December 27, 2009, 08:55:59 PM

Quote from: Redoverfarm on December 27, 2009, 08:46:39 PM
Shultz ?

That was Hogans. Shoot another older one.

glenn kangiser · December 27, 2009, 09:14:46 PM

I know nothinggggg

Yup ... me too.

RainDog · December 27, 2009, 10:11:28 PM

Laugh In was a little sophisticated for me when it was on TV, seems like I was about eight years old. Hogan's Heroes, yay! Loved that show, during about the same time period. Came on right after F Troop. Remember THAT one?

glenn kangiser · December 27, 2009, 10:48:42 PM

I knew of F troop, don't recall watching it.

I remember Andy of Mayberry, Ed Sullivan, Alfred Hitchcock, The Munsters, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Sky King, The Cisco Kid....

Redoverfarm · December 27, 2009, 10:52:32 PM

Little Rascals "our gang" was a classic. When the sound was added and syndicated for TV in the early 50's . The remake didn't have the heart of the original.

Oh yes and Bonanza was an all time favorite.

RainDog · December 27, 2009, 10:55:37 PM

What a hijack, huh?

Little Rascals is great. Just as fun to watch now as it ever was, maybe even more so.

December 27, 2009, 10:59:27 PM

That brings up one of my favorites... Amos and Andy....

I wonder if I completely covered Stinky's topic? hmm

Redoverfarm · December 27, 2009, 11:02:17 PM

But we thought you wanted to bury it Glenn.

poppy · December 27, 2009, 11:20:58 PM

Just to continue the hi-jack; the funnest memory from Laugh In was that they predicted that Ronald Reagan would be president 20 years in advance.

And on the subject of Hogan's Hero's, a widow I know of a WWII POW who spent many month's is a German camp did not appreciate that TV show. It made me embarrassed to have like it.

Sassy · December 28, 2009, 01:10:18 AM

Anybody ever watch Zorro - I was in love with him at the young age of 5, I think

Or Lassie - us kids used to fight over who got to shake Lassie's paw

How 'bout Paladin "Have Gun will Travel" my brother used to love to sing that song - if me or my younger sis/bro tried to sing we did it in fear of our life

And Sky King? or was that mentioned already

RainDog · December 28, 2009, 01:21:11 AM

The Rifleman with Chuck Connors