Period Skies

[Penners]

She's planning a bit of cruisin' on Route 66

Sorry to say that Route 66 no longer exists as such. From Oklahoma City to California its now (I think) Route 40. From Chicago down to OC it's something else - can't remember what.

And of course you can't get your kicks on Route 40. Maybe you can be sporty?

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Clearly the Ark Royal should be in Afghanistan.

Quite. We'll flood the Khyber Pass and float her up it! :lol:

 

[Flyfisher]

Sorry to say that Route 66 no longer exists as such.

Fair point, although the route still exists even if the Route doesn't. http://www.historic66.com/

BTW - have you heard the original version of the song by its writer Bobby Troup? Rather different to the more popular versions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUYf6cekMA

Or, closer to home and from the V&A collection ( :shock: ) a derivative about the A13:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/adult_resources/memory_maps/contemp_writing/song/bragg/listen/index.html

 

[Pford75]

I'm not close to describing my current stranded status as being a nightmare. Warm spring days in San Francisco, forced to stay in the best hotel in town, marvellous range of restaurants with the bill met by my employers. Sure, it's frustrating...but I think I can manage.

Personally, I think we should all be allotted a finite number of 'airmiles or 'airhours' during our life time, use them or lose them and once they run out

Why not extend the scheme by putting a 'value' on the airmiles incurred. In other words, if it's business or charity driven, or bringing value to developing economies...you get more miles....whereas package holidays to Benidorm cost triple the number of miles :wink:

What may not shock you is the number of people here in SF who are oblivious to the fact that a volcano has erupted. Rest assured, if this were over North America, we wouldn't hear the end of it.

Anyway...had better call room service, it's time for lunch....

 

[OddJob]

What a topsy-turvy world - our troops are buying their own basic kit in Afghanistan and complain of a lack of helicopters and armoured vests , but we have a spare aircraft carrier we can suddenly redeploy to collect moaning holidaymakers who can't get back from their Easter breaks on the continent.

Clearly the Ark Royal should be in Afghanistan.

It'd have a job,Afghanistan is landlocked :lol:

 

[biffvernon]

Personally, I think we should all be allotted a finite number of 'airmiles or 'airhours' during our life time, use them or lose them and once they run out...

Yes but how many? We'd have to find the total miles/hours that would not harm the planet and then divide it by about the 7 billion of us. I think the answer would be approximately zero.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

The other 'alf's dormitory at school was called Ark Royal :wink:

 

[worms]

If one more person describes sleeping in Helsinki airport or an overnight coach trip from Madrid to Paris as a "complete nightmare"...

Quite agree! I was shouting at the car radio this morning when someone "trapped" in Spain was complaining that the UK Government was "doing absolutely nothing" for them and complaining about the "nightmare" of having run out of the food they had brought with them for their 18 month old "baby". Where to start! Ignoring the fact that at 18 months its not exactly a neonate and that plenty of Spanish babies seem to survive perfectly well on the local food, the poor dears had had to move from their four star hotel to a three star! Is there no limit to the degradation that travellers have to face?

 

[Penners]

have you heard the original version of the song by its writer Bobby Troup?

Thanks - that's interesting. Is it really the original recorded version? It has all the hallmarks of the usual 'degradation' (IMO) of a rock song to a swing version. Still, I suppose one should at least be grateful that Mr Troup didn't click his fingers.

It would probably be quicker to list the artistes who have not produced their own version of Route 66, than those who have.

 

[Flyfisher]

Erm, good question. I don't know for sure it's the original version but Troup is definitely credited as the writer so it seemed a reasonable assumption. There's also a Nat King Cole jazz/swing version, which I think fits in with times (although I'm only going on what I've been told about the 50's of course :wink: ).

Didn't the rockier versions arise out of the Strolling Bones' version? But you're certainly right about the number of times it's been covered.

 

[Penners]

Didn't the rockier versions arise out of the Strolling Bones' version?

Not sure - could Chuck Berry have preceded that?


Later: Checked it out. Written 1946, first recorded by Nat King Cole 1946, recorded by Chuck Berry 1961 and The Stones 1964.

Subsequently by Every Artiste And His Dog.

 

[Flyfisher]

How could I have forgotten Chuck Berry?

(although not my era of course!)

 

[philpjuk100]

I think this should also apply to breaths and words,it would be great if your breaths and money ran out together,and most politicians would have run out of words long ago saving us from listening to all this rubbish!

 

[LadyArowana]

I think this should also apply to breaths and words,it would be great if your breaths and money ran out together,and most politicians would have run out of words long ago saving us from listening to all this rubbish!

Girls would need a much larger allocation than boys :lol:

 

[philpjuk100]

"Yes dear"

 

[robgil]

What a topsy-turvy world - our troops are buying their own basic kit in Afghanistan and complain of a lack of helicopters and armoured vests , but we have a spare aircraft carrier we can suddenly redeploy to collect moaning holidaymakers who can't get back from their Easter breaks on the continent.

Clearly the Ark Royal should be in Afghanistan.

It'd have a job,Afghanistan is landlocked :lol:

Yes but wouldn't it scare the bejesus out of the Taliban if that thing drove up Kabul high street?