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I'm back from another wonderful 3,300 mile, three and a half week motorcycle journey aroun
I'm back from another wonderful 3,300 mile, three and a half week motorcycle journey around the Southwest, so here's the first video from the trip; I hope you like it :)
To me, Oatman, Arizona is the most distinctive surviving "old west" town in the Southwest, so I always enjoy motorcycling through it whenever I'm in that part of the country. Oatman is on the famous old Route 66, known as "The Mother Road", and when the "modern highway" (to ME, "modern highway" translates directly as: "BORRRING!!!" LOL) Interstate 40 was completed, negating the need to travel 63 miles on the narrow winding Route 66 via Oatman, one would THINK that Oatman would have gone the way of many similar small towns along Route 66, and would quietly have died away. The unique character of Oatman, however, has allowed it to continue to be a town frequented by other bikers, RVers, and those wanting to relive the old days via old Route 66. Often times you can still see old Model T Fords, and other vintage cars traveling slowly through town.
About 30 minutes after I arrived in Oatman, a bunch of other bikers rumbled into town on their big V-twins, and it turned out they were travelers mainly from England, with some of the bikers also from Sweden and Greece, so they were all part of a tour that was biking the entire length of Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The mountainous portion of Route 66, with its tight turns and steep dropoffs, from Kingman, Arizona to Oatman was considered so intimidating to "flat landers" during the 1930s and 40s, that many of them would hire locals to drive their cars through that area, rather than attempt it themselves. (As you can imagine, most adrenaline junkie motorcyclists like me LOVE the challenge of that stretch of narrow, mountainous road LOL)
One of the fun highlights of Oatman are the wild burros that roam around the town. These burros are the direct descendants of the burros that were used by Gold Miners as pack animals during the Gold Rush days. When the mines dried up, the miners released the burros to roam the arid Southwest.
Here's a website that talks about the burros of Oatman: http://www.oatmangoldroad.com/burros.htm and here's a website describing the quirky nature of this interesting town: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13961
The song for the video is "Run Mustang Run" by Lacy J. Dalton. The song is obviously NOT about burros, but is about the wild mustangs which also inhabit the Southwest along with the burros, but I like the sentiments in the song and how it goes with the video clips, and, at the end of the day, they're all "equine" :) Here's one final website link that talks about both the mustangs and the burros: http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/518/page/1
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Preamble: I absolutely HATED history as a kid, BUT, bein' fairly observant for a kid, I re
Preamble: I absolutely HATED history as a kid, BUT, bein' fairly observant for a kid, I realized that most older adults LOVED the topic, so I figured that one day, when I got MUCH older, I'd begin to enjoy history too . . . . . those days have apparently arrived! LOL
Brighton (earlier known as "Brighthelmstone") began as a Saxon village when the Saxons conquered Sussex in the 5th century AD.
In 1313 Brighton gained a charter. This was a document granting the merchants the right to form their own local government and certain other privileges. A fish market was held daily on the beach. There was also a weekly pig market and corn market, as well as a general market where all kinds of goods were sold.
The earliest map of Brighton shows a little town about one quarter of a mile square. There were 4 streets, North Street, West Street, East Street and South Street (kinda makes SENSE huh? LOL). In the middle of the 4 streets were many small land holdings. "The Lanes", highlighted in this video, started as pathways between them all. There were also fishermen's huts along the shore.
The unneighborly French burned down Brighton in June 1514. This was easily done as nearly all the buildings were of wood, with thatched roofs, and the buildings were all packed tightly together (as they are to this day).
In 1545 the French returned, but warning beacons were lit, and brave Englishmen from all the surrounding countryside rushed to the town to defend it, and the French, after sustaining large amounts of casualties, were driven back into the sea.
By 1580 there were about 400 fishermen living in Brighton; the overall population was around 2,500. By the standards of the time, Brighton was a fair sized market town.
Brighton's popularity and size grew, when, in 1750, Dr Richard Russell, a resident of Lewes, wrote a book in which he claimed that bathing in sea water was very good for your health. Rich people began to come to seaside Brighton hoping to be cured of their various illnesses. At first the travelers were a trickle, but later became a flood. In 1783 the Prince of Wales and his friends visited Brighton which ensured its popularity.
In 1841 a railway to London opened which made it much easier for visitors to reach Brighton. By 1848 it was estimated that 250,000 people visited Brighton each year. West Pier was built in 1866. Palace Pier was built in 1899.
When World War II began in 1939 many schoolchildren from London were evacuated to Brighton to escape the bombing. Since Brighton was, of course, a seaside resort rather than a manufacturing town it was anticipated it would escape bombing. Yet Brighton was not as safe as people thought it would be, and the town suffered considerable damage as a result of bombing. There were 56 raids in all, and over 5,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.
Today about 8 million tourists a year descend on the town (no warning beacons are lit for this type of invader however LOL), and "The Lanes" today, are a wonderful mix of shops selling all manner of things from antiques to jewelry to memorabilia, and there are cafes and pubs in the area too, and you REALLY get an idea of how jammed together the old buildings were "way back when", and how convoluted the maze of pathways between them were in the days before city planning.
Here are a couple of good websites for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton
http://www.picturesofengland.com/history/brighton-history.ht ml
The song I chose is Keith Urban's "Everybody".
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Here are some video clips from SeaWorld, San Diego, California, that answer the question!!
Here are some video clips from SeaWorld, San Diego, California, that answer the question!! LOL
The song clips are from Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence".
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I always find cemeteries to be a place of peace and introspection about "the meaning of li
I always find cemeteries to be a place of peace and introspection about "the meaning of life", and what it means to have truly "lived", and "living life to the fullest", and enjoying all that life has to offer, and not being afraid to seek out what you want out of life . . . because as "they" say . . . "NOBODY gets out of life ALIVE, so you might as well enjoy it, and make the most of it while you're HERE!"
So today, when I again heard Bette Midler's version of "The Rose" on the radio, I immediately knew that that was the song I wanted to use for this video project, which shows "Denne Cemetery", one of the really interesting old cemeteries in a corner of Horsham, England.
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where are you?, my left eye is going mad!!
Hey there Mike Skehan
I heard they took you
where are you?, my left eye is going mad!!
Hey there Mike Skehan
I heard they took your channels
No one knows the reasons why
But now your have been missing
For 12 hours
Dam youtube and there powers
Oh dam there powers
Hey there Mike Skehan
Do you know what you have done wrong
Were you banned for copyright
I don't remember music
On you site
Dam that copyright
Its all just shite
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh got banned on halloween
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh your nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
Hey there Mike Skehan
Halloween ban it is just ghostly
Who would do this thing to you
Do you think its up down mostly
He's not a fan of you or skechan
He's not a fan
Hey there Mike Skehan
I have listened to what you say
And I don't always agree
But I don't want you banished
From my tubes
No from my tubes
Not from my tubes
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh got banned on halloween
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh your nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
I heard something, tell me its right
that E D is your favourite site
Their moto is "The Moar You Know"
Please tell us mike why your not here
Before the gossip and the smear
Rog & Trev don't even have a clue
Im kneeling here starting to pray
let me hear your voice again
Those golden words that you always say
Oooohhhh "Have A Day"
Hey there Mike Skehan
You do not even know me
But I watch you all the time
You solid like titanium
With a large cranium
You must be a brainy one
Hey Mike Skehan heres to you
This ones for you
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh got banned on halloween
Ooooohhhhh we all miss you mikey
Ooooohhhhh your nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
Nowhere to be seen
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NOTE: If you can I would suggest downloading the video because I have no idea if this will
NOTE: If you can I would suggest downloading the video because I have no idea if this will be removed by youtube for whatever reason.
Today Blunty3000 uploaded a rant aimed towards lazydork and anyone who disagreed about the Bobs4Kim "charity event" but promptly removed it within the hour.
Blunty said this on the matter "It was remeoved because I came to the conclusion that if the morons didn't "get it" before, they won't now, no matter how clearly I spell it out."
Here is that rant unedited in any way for your viewing pleasure.
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