I need some assistance.
I believe that the saying;
“Onto every parade, some rain must fall.”
Was created ‘whole cloth’, by me.
I’ve attempted to look it up, and all I can find is Longfellow’s
Rainy Day:
“Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
I also have found the phrase ‘Rain on your parade’.
My lovely bride claims she has heard it before. It’s just too pithy to be my creation…🤨
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Shoot-Don’t Shoot
Back in the Stoneage, when I strapped on a gun and pinned on a badge. We routinely had to go through ‘Shoot-Don’t Shoot’ scenarios.
This was accomplished, in those days, using a real revolver. A large white sheet of white paper, and a sound controlled projector.
The revolver was loaded with shells that had only a ‘large pistol primer’, with no powder. They then took a 1/2” thick block of Paraffin wax, and pressed the open end of the shells into it.
Therefore when fired, a .38 cal 1/2” chunk of wax would be the projectile.
A large 10”x10” sheet of paper on a giant pad was mounted on a wall of a room. It served as a movie screen for the sound controlled projector.
Several different scenarios would be projected onto the screen. The projector would play them. When and if the revolver was fired, the video would freeze at that instance. Further, the wax projectiles would punch a hole or mark the paper where they struck it.
The only iffy scenario I had involved the following;
I’d ...
“It’s Saturday”
In St Petersburg.
Its Rugby game day.
The Prodigal’s team, The Pelicans take the field.
He’s not starting today because he just recovered from a broken hand (game injury), and hasn’t practiced all month.
Pictures:
My beautiful bride
The Pelicans and opponents shortly after a ‘scrum’.
