Jolene's answer to Dolly

I guess just about everyone would have heard Dolly Parton's hit song "Jolene". That was very early in her career. Here is a TV performance in 1973:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTuQ9cKGSdM

Just a year ago, a young lass has replied, from Jolene's perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OcGTay52Y

...nice voice

I watched a couple of ILUKA's other videos on YouTube. I'm a dinosaur, I know, not a fan of modern video songs with lots of media effects. She has a good voice; where she just sat in front of the camera and sang, to me is far more effective.    

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Ah, Blondie

Up until quite recently, I thought that was her name, but no, "Blondie" is the name of the band, and her name is Debbie Harry. But I'm not the only one; she still is Blondie to many of us. She was a bombshell in 1978-79, perhaps at her peak then.

This is the song that I mostly remember, "Heart of Glass":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

Here are some more...

"Call me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I

"In the flesh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmONePejIIA       

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Trunk Monkey, also shellCMS_bulma

Fred saw "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" post:

https://bkhome.org/news/202305/skippy-the-bush-kangaroo.html

And has replied with "Trunk Monkey" from Canada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtG82HJB2I

Changing the subject completely, Andres has enhanced my shellCMS (Content Management System) and created a github repository:

https://github.com/melkyr/shellcms_bulma

...great!   

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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Now for a change of pace, something light-hearted, well, silly. "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" screened on Australian TV from 1968 to 1970:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo

Here is a snippet of the series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByob-5pPEs

And another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvKAzHPkYk

The "Fast Forward" comedy show did sendups of it...

"Skippy and the White Slave-Traders"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxo7wQkCIE8

"Skippy and the Nuclear Bomb"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHJ4EC2nCM

"Marijuana"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSr96qGsxM

"Skippy vs the Devil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZuJ8ktkmQ

OK, enough of that.    

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Politically incorrect comedy from the 70s 80s and 90s

This blog post is a bit of light relief from the usual. A relative was talking about investment agents disappearing with all your money, which reminded me of a comedy skit from the late-80s to early-90s.

The Australian TV show was "Fast Forward" and two comedians Steve Vizard and Peter Moon did skits in which they were doing TV ads. In one series of skits, they were Indian carpet salesmen, in another they were investment advisors. I remembered a line from the latter, Peter Moon saying "We will look after your money like it is our own".

I tried to find that particular skit, found the Fast Forward YouTube channel, also found this article from 2018, lamenting the demise of politically-incorrect comedy:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5680605/The-old-Australian-comedy-sketches-NEVER-away-today-political-correctness.html

I couldn't find that investment-advisor skit, but here is the Fast Forward channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@FastForwardAU/videos

It is crude cheap humour, some might even say it barely rates as humour, but I do recall having a chuckle or two back in the day. I remember "Inga from Sweden" -- better not post the link here, it is very rude.

Anyway, back onto EasyOS development.  

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Back from holiday in Brisbane

Have just got back from a week in Brisbane, capital city of the State of Queensland on the East Coast of Australia, visiting my daughter and partner.

Very humid in Brisbane. Here in Perth WA, it does also get hot, but tends to be a dry heat. Anyway, the trip was enjoyable.

They presented me with a pair of socks, a momento of Vincent:

I flew with Jetstar, a budget airline. Cheap tickets, but the service did not fill me with confidence. One hour delay when departing Perth, and a three hour delay on the return.

Return journey, boarded only 20 minutes late, but then it was a comedy of errors, and we sat in the plane on the tarmac, while one drama after another was enacted. I don't really want to go into details. Suffice to say, I will probably look at paying more next time, perhaps fly with Virgin Australia.   

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Merry Christmas December 2022

Hi guys, wishing you the best. Just to let you know that I have greatly appreciated the feedback and help with EasyOS development over the year and before.

I posted this photo on December 2020, still most appropriate for the weather here:

Here in Perth, Western Australia, it is mid-summer and so far no heatwaves. Temperature has been getting up into the low 30's °C, warmish but not too hot, and have made lots of trips to the beach.    

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