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| An hourglass - how appropriate in a post about time |
You all know the phrase 'time flies', and it seems to fly faster the older we get. I was recently reminded of this when I was looking through some old posts on the blog and noticed I obtained my replacement Marx Toys Yogi Bear on a scooter back in July or August of 2013. I'd owned two of them when I was a kid, bought around three years apart in two different domiciles, though I still had the first Yogi figure (but without his scooter, which had disappeared into limbo between the years) when I got the second.
I'd have obtained the first one around 1963, and the second was bought for me by my mother (from Woolworth's, with me in tow) a week before my then-upcoming birthday in 1965. I no longer remember if I kept the two Yogis right up to the end, I may only have had the 'newer' one when, around 1973 or '74, I disposed of nearly all of my surviving toys in an attempt to be more 'grown-up'. (That didn't quite work out, did it?) The only two survivors of my cull were a Wade porcelain Yogi (and that was because it was an ornament and not a toy) and my Marx Thunderbolt Palomino horse (which was up in the loft).
Anyway, this means that I owned my second Yogi for around 8 or 9 years and (if I still had it in the '70s) my first one for approximately 10 or 11 years. So what? Well, my 2013 replacement has now seen 12 Christmases in this house, which is more than either of its two predecessors saw in 3 or 4 houses combined. (The houses, not the Yogis.) I once read somewhere that 'The memories of childhood are without time and without end' and that's what it seems to me when I look back on mine. 'New' Yogi has been with me for 12 years, yet it seems like I only got him not that long ago. Time flies indeed.
Anything similar you'd care to share with your fellow Crivvies? Go on, be the first.
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| A time-machine - even more appropriate. (I'm so clever) |
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I'd agree that time seems to go faster when you get older but I recall my mother, when aged around 75, complaining that time seemed to drag and she didn't agree when I pointed out that time is supposed to fly by when you're old. A few days ago I was telling someone that I'd lived in my current house for 23 years and he replied "I bet it feels like the time has flown by" but I didn't know how to respond because sometimes it doesn't seem like 23 years has passed and then on other occasions it seems like I've lived here for centuries.
That's the curious nature of time, CJ, isn't it? Hours, even days, can seem to drag, yet the years seem to fly. I've been back in my current house for 38 years in August, yet the 11 years I lived here previously seem far longer than the time I've been back. Sometimes, though, it feels like I've never been away.
Have you ever seen Braveheart, Kid? This year is the film's 30th anniversary and last Saturday night on Radio 4 there was an interesting documentary about the ways Braveheart has affected perceptions of Scotland and the independence movement.
Saw it on the telly a good few years back, though I can't remember whether I was paying much attention to it at the time. (I much prefer Gladiator.) So-called 'independence' is a crock of sh*te, supported by too many anti-English morons who mistakenly believe we're only part of the UK because we were conquered by the English at some point. We actually asked to be part of the UK after the failure of the Darien Project a few centuries back. I consider myself a British Scot or a Scottish Brit - same thing in my view.
Braveheart is full of historical inaccuracy though - they didn't wear kilts in those days and they didn't paint their faces blue either so Mel Gibson was getting confused with the Picts of a thousand years earlier.
At the weekend I bought the e-book version of a new Conan novel called "Cult Of The Obsidian Moon" by James Lovegrove and published by Titan Books. Why is that important? Because it means that more than 50 years has now passed between my first Conan purchase (Savage Sword Of Conan weekly No.2) and my latest Conan purchase. My "relationship" with Conan now stretches over a longer period of time than with any other fictional character.
I also heard that the bit about the Laird (or whoever it was) sleeping with a bride before her marriage (to someone else) wasn't true either. Don't know for sure either way though.
As for Conan, I was going to say I hope you'll be very happy together, but after 50 years I guess you have been.
Kid, I've always felt that the film Braveheart was a form of veiled propaganda from a secretly bitter Aussie, who created it, to stir-up a resurgent divide between the dumb people of two partner countries. Maybe just to historically stick it to the English in protest for his homelands exiled criminal past. We are separated on paper only, but we do share the same small rock. It's all 'Bolloctics' to me! I did enjoy the film 'Signs' though. (I found it Atmospheric.)
You're saying Mel Gibson is SECRETLY bitter? He doesn't hide it with Jewish cops, does he, when he gets pulled over to the side of the road? Haven't seen signs, any good? One of my mates' favourite films was Braveheart, until I took him to see Gladiator. That then became his favourite, though it'll probably be something different now.
I knew he was edgy, but didn't realise he was that volatile. What's with this Jew hating thing, people are unhinged? I liked 'Signs', it's not a popcorn film, just a thought provoking, Alien visitation film, with atmosphere, threat, story, and a subdued realism, very well acted by all. Take a look, you may enjoy it Kid, being a deep minded lad? Jeoquin Pheonix from Gladiator, plays the younger brother with a good dynamic to Gibsons character, best of all, zero wokery in it.
Gladiator is even more historically inaccurate than Braveheart. Have you seen Gladiator 2, Kid?
If it comes on the telly I'll certainly consider giving it a look, AAW. I now seem to recall it being reviewed on some movie programme some time back.
I know, CJ - they never had pneumatic cannisters for overturning chariots back in Roman times. Not seen Gladiator 2 yet - funnily enough, I've considered buying the DVD over the last week or so.
I mentioned the Conan novel by James Lovegrove that I recently purchased and I've just discovered that James Lovegrove has also written a novelisation of the original Galactus trilogy from FF #48-50 which will be published in July. The novel is called "The Coming Of Galactus" which is quite a coincidence considering you've only just bought the facsimile of FF #48, Kid.
By the way, I've often mentioned that POTA #5 was my first ever Marvel comic but Savage Sword Of Conan weekly #2 was the first Marvel comic I ever bought with my own pocket money rather than my mother or father paying for it so SSOC #2 is memorable for that reason too as well as being my first ever Conan purchase.
What?! The Galactus Trilogy without the Kirby art - unthinkable! I don't think I'll bother with that, CJ.
And just think - I still have my original SSOC #2 (plus the other 17) bought back in the '70s.
Today is May 30th which means it's the 47th anniversary of the day I went to see Star Wars on May 30th 1978 and on the same day I bought Savage Sword Of Conan monthly #8. For some reason I hadn't bought any of the previous seven issues but from #8 onwards I became a regular-ish reader of SSOC until 1981 when I stopped buying Marvel UK's mags so I could concentrate on the US Marvel comics instead. Did you know, Kid, that next month will be the 40th anniversary of SSOC #93 (dated July 1985) which was the final issue of the UK Conan mag?
I thought Star Wars was overrated when I saw it along with its sequel sometime in the early '80s at my local cinema, CJ. Perhaps I would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't heard how good it was supposed to be, but I was unimpressed. And guess what - I have that very issue of SSOC #93 in my collection, bought 40 years ago. Wow!
Kid, have you heard of a blog called The Power Of The Bee-Sting? Every week it takes a detailed look at the Marvel UK weeklies of 50 years ago including the letters pages and last December the review of POTA #8 mentioned your name (as Gordon Ian Robson) and included a brief summary of your letter. I'd have mentioned it at the time but I've only been reading The Power Of The Bee-Sting for a few weeks after a recommendation by Steve Walker of Steve Does Comics.
Nope, never heard of it before, CJ, but any blog that mentions my name can't be bad (as long as it's not slagging me off). I'll be sure to search it out so thanks for giving me the 'heads-up'.
I should point out that ALL the letter-writers in POTA #8 (and every other comic) get mentioned and not only you, Kid, but I still thought you'd like to know!
Yeah, but obviously they only mentioned them so they had an excuse to mention me as well, CJ. Stands to reason, doesn't it?! Bought Gladiator II when I was out - should've got it last week as it was £1 cheaper then.
I hope Gladiator 2 lives up to your expectations, Kid, but where did you buy the DVD? The obvious places for buying DVDs near me were WH Smith's and Tesco but the former closed in 2014 and the latter stopped selling DVDs and CDs about three years ago.
I don't really have any expectations about it, CJ. The reviews when the movie came out were mixed so I'll make up my own mind when I eventually get around to watching it - no hurry. I bought it in HMV in my town centre.
Ncuti Gatwa has quit Dr Who by regenerating into Billie Piper so I don't know if she's the new Doctor but it's unknown when the show will return (I got all this information from the midnight news on Radio 4).
Ever since they made Dr. Who a woman and then a gaylord the viewing figures have been declining, CJ. When will they ever learn? It's ironic that Russel T Davies breathed new life into the show in 2005, yet sucked the life out of it when he returned a couple or so years back.
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