When the skies of Nov. turn gloomy

The story of Lightfoot writing the song, and later updating it slightly to reflect new information in the investigations to more accurately reflect the events and avoid unfairly tagging crew members with blame for the disaster, might make a good movie all in itself.

And, most of that storyline would feature an older Gord, which would be easier for Cranston to pull off now-- although he could be CGI de-aged for the 1975 scenes.

 

More John C. Reilly to me.

 

When people want to leave sj.com, they should simply write, "fellas, it's been good to know ya" and GTFO.

 

Not before declaring to the trolls “Fellas it’s too rough to feed ya.”

 

The legend lives on from Lake Tahoe on down …

 

Wait until the main hatchway gives in.

 

The search function say they'd have made Wenalway, if they'd put 15 more posts behind 'em.

 

Well, I am the pride of the American side.
And I once canoed a river in Wisconsin.

 

Good God, this might be the most Baby Boomer anecdote ever, so my apologies. I feel like I'm describing the invention of the wheel to an alien species, and yet this is only 60 years ago.

As a kid visiting my grandparents in the winter, I was allowed to call for the latest weather update on the off-chance it might snow while we were there.

1. They had one phone for the entire house, in the "parlor." (Although Grandpa had a business line in his basement office for his construction company.)
2. It had a GReenfield 7-xxxx number in the center of the dial.
3. You DIALED zero (put your pointer finger in the hole and went all the way around) and a live operator from Michigan Bell would answer.
4. When asked, she would then read the weather for "Dee-troy-it and Vicinity."

Just like yelling, "Hey! Google!" in 2024. But more fun.

I had never heard anyone else pronounce it that way until Gordon Lightfoot did for "Edmund Fitzgerald." I think he just needed to fit it in three syllables.

 

Never has hypothermia and drowning sounded more promising.

 

I think some of Canadian hockey announcers and old time baseball announcers used the drawling version.

 

I guess I say I that way. I've never thought about it.

The main bank in town had a number we could call for the "official" recorded local time and temperature. "This service courtesy of Local Bank." As a kid in winter when you were hoping for a snow day, you had to call about 20 times because there was always a busy signal.
Something I've noticed over the last decade is that EVERY bank and hospital in town had a sign out front that displayed time and temperature. I drive past three within a half mile every day on my way to work, and I used to chuckle when none of the three were exactly the same. Now, none of them have time/temp signs.