Re: 911:: Be Careful - You'll Date Yourself

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I know I am not as " seasoned " as others, I am only 30, but I do have a pet

peeve along these lines. I have one of those uncanny abilities to remeber

music ie who dunnit, relaesed it , and all that stuff. The current trend in

Pop music to do remakes is driving me nuts. The younger dispatchers bring in

CD's and say hey you have to hear this new song. They then get mad at me for

quoting the lyrics after the first few lines. Just goes to show you, most of

the good stuff the younger generations look for we have already enjoyed!

[Guest guest]

Why just this morning! A discussion about the Batman Theme song... The movie

music is not, in my opinion, the true batman theme. Then of course we're all

sitting here going " na-na-na=na-na=BATMAN "

Kathy

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--- dsptchmom@... wrote:

> Why just this morning! A discussion about the

> Batman Theme song... The movie music is not, in my

> opinion, the true batman theme. Then of course

> we're all sitting here going " na-na-na=na-na=BATMAN "

>

BIFF! POW! I loved that show!!!! I always wanted to

be catwoman!!

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Kim

I make a difference

Tulsa, OK

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In a message dated 11/4/01 3:52:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, BDR431@...

writes:

<< Trivia question to Kathy: Who wrote the Batman (TV series) theme?

Hint: MOTOWN. >>

Oh geez... I have no idea... and I don't have the time to search for my

collection of 45's to see what the label says......

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In a message dated 11/4/01 6:32:23 PM Mountain Standard Time, Carl@...

writes:

<< 45's? Oh, those are those black colored CD's

>>

Yea, with the BIG hole in the middle!! you young whipper snapper!!

[Guest guest]

ref/the ole 45's 33 1/3's and 78's......

Ask any of the young uns if they know what the 45 rpm means....hehehehehe...

answer*-reveloutions per minute*.....thus the speed settings on the old turn

tables...

uhhhhh...whats a turn table..? another quiz...another day...;-)

Cin in Good ole Ohio

God bless our Military and ALL of us too!~~

[Guest guest]

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<<Do you occasionally have to watch your references so some of the

" newbies " know what you're talking about? You know, the kids who think

that Dan Ackroyd was Joe Friday and don't know that McCartney was

in a band before Wings?>>

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<<it struck me that members of a certain generation were morel likely

than others to grasp the reference. Any of you " experienced " list

members have any similar " experiences " ? >>

To which Kathy (on Nov. 4, 2001 at 4:56 am)

replied:

<<Why just this morning! A discussion about the Batman Theme song...

The movie music is not, in my opinion, the true batman theme. Then

of course we're all sitting here going " na-na-na=na-na=BATMAN " >>

Barry: I also had such an experience yesterday (Nov. 3). The topic of

" Captain Kangaroo " came up, and the " newbie " BARELY remembered him. I

mentioned Ray Rayner (those of Chicago extraction, or were receiving

WGN-TV via cable in the early <19> '80's would know) and he was

COMPLETELY LOST. I guess the dating of oneself reinforces the fact

we're not 18 anymore.

Trivia question to Kathy: Who wrote the Batman (TV series) theme?

Hint: MOTOWN.

Riley

PD Northbrook IL

~On Chicago's North Shore~

[Guest guest]

As one of those " experienced " members of this list, I encounter this

syndrome on a regular basis. There's nothing like musing " Hmm, I liked

that song the FIRST time it came out " and having youngsters in the Comm

Center either reply " First time? " in a totally confused manner, or blurt

out, " How old ARE you?? "

I prefer the first response.

One of my dispatchers is only a year younger than I am, and she and I often

look at each other and roll our eyes at youth's inexperience in such

important things as Good Music and Classic TV shows. My partner Comm Sup

is ... well.. " at least as experienced " as am I, (if not a tad bit more)

and when all three of us are present, we can totally confuse the 4th person

in the room who has NO clue as to what we're talking about. <grin>

One dispatcher about 5 years younger than me is a rabid player of a

particular little game in the Comm Center. We usually have a radio station

playing in the background. Normally it's on a " soft rock " station (until

the midnight shift gets in, and they choose a much more ummm.... raucous...

selection of music) and this dispatcher worked day watch for the past

several years. She almost always " won " the guess more quiclkly than anyone

else as to which artist or group is performing. I'm not good at that game,

but it's fun to watch them play it. The only way most folks can beat her

is to wait until she's transmitting to a unit, then blurt out " Phil

! " (or whatever) and she'll finish her transmission, turn around and

bitch that they're cheating, but do they know WHICH album that song was from???

She's recently moved to the afternoon shift. (Because, as I've previously

mentioned, we reduced the number of available shifts and she wanted certain

days off no longer available to her on the day shift, so she took days off

she liked better on the afternoon shift.) Now she has SOME new

competitors, but.... with all the overtime and people working parts of

other shifts in addition to their regular hours, most of the same few

players are still trying to beat her.

The radio program selection changes after 5 pm, though, so she doesn't have

quite the edge she did on the day watch. And it's busier, so ..... her

partners at the call-taker consoles take advantage of hearing the music

before she does, since she's busier at the radio now. The other day she

turned to me and said, " - when can we have our shifts back? I want

" my " days off on days again! I just can't win with all these cheaters in

here! "

And there's one song she cannot stand, by Enya. (Yes, something NEW!)

Most of us like that song - if you're a Third Watch aficionado, it was

featured in the last season ending episode. She doesn't like it because

she doesn't understand the words, and she's 'decided' it's cursed.

<giggling> Everyone ALWAYS alerts her to when it starts: " Hey, it's the

" nightmare " song, Barb! "

" Oh sure, " she'll snap, " Now we'll have a fatality! "

It just so happens that I listen to the same radio station in my car, and

I've left the Comm Center, heard it on my drive home, and called to ask for

her, specifically, just to say, " Your song is on! "

The odd thing about her perceived " curse? " We often do have a fatality

later in the shift. Now, nobody's ever pointed out that just about any

other song is also on the play list on any day we have a fatality.... and

when we don't, she's changed what " it " will do: a fatality OR a pursuit.

Well, jeeeeez. Can't miss with those criteria!

Anyway, I've gone astray from the topic. But the " youngsters " cannot win

at this particular game because there aren't many " classic " songs they know

as well as we " experienced " folks - and <grin> seniority rules in the radio

station selection, too.

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

Communications Supervisor

~on the Central California coastline~

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[Guest guest]

> ref/the ole 45's 33 1/3's and 78's......

>

> Ask any of the young uns if they know what the 45 rpm

means....hehehehehe...

>

> answer*-reveloutions per minute*.....thus the speed settings on the

old turn

> tables...

> uhhhhh...whats a turn table..? another quiz...another day...;-)

Of course, lazy folks had record changers (tougher on the vinyl,

though).

Roy Mumaw

CAPD Arroyo Grande

[Guest guest]

Speaking of riggin' up phone lines....does anyone here remember " party

lines? " ...no, not the ones that you call and pay 3.99 a minute or somethun

like that....but ..way back then...when persons in a whole community " shared

the same phone line? "

My aunt in Tn had one of those....uhhh...about thirty yrs ago. I remember it

clearly. Especially when my Aunt had to break into a conversation to call an

ambulance for my ill gramma.

Wow. Has technology changed.

Happy day! Be safe!

Cin in good ole Ohio~~

Semper Fidelis~~thanks to all of our military and their families...

[Guest guest]

Now Marie...we don't mind when you date your self, but please try not

to date the rest of us by posting things we will respond to!

Deb

> How about 78's and 33 1/3's?

>

>

> > 45's? Oh, those are those black colored CD's

> >

[Guest guest]

We had a party line in the late 70's in rural NE Oklahoma (by Nowata for all

you Okies) They were a pain, of course we knew everyone on the line anyway!

[Guest guest]

OK, so I was here as the earth cooled and watched the dinosaurs graze.

I still have a rotary dial telephone, leased from AT & T. (If you want to

have fun ask a 9 year old to use it)

I still have a record player, records and play them. 45's, 33's and

78's. (much to my children's embarrassment)

I until last year the wire to our telephone ran from the pole straight into

the phone, no connection box or anything. (I did tap it for an extension a

few years back after making sure Illinois Bell had no problem with that.)

My telephone was made by Western Electric.

My Atari 2600 still works and has some really neat games.

After looking at this list I really wish I did not have to wait another 25

years to retire. I am feeling really really old.

Nicholson

PD Northbrook IL, Communications

1401 Landwehr Rd.

Northbrook, IL 60062

ext. 0

nicholson@...

[Guest guest]

<<I until last year the wire to our telephone ran from the pole straight

into

the phone, no connection box or anything. >>

I'm no spring chicken (42) but this is a new one on me.

L. Balint

Greene Central Communications

Xenia, OH

[Guest guest]

<< Yes, I DO remember the party line. I was probably 10 or so before we even

got a phone, and then it was a party line.

>>

What was the drinking age at the party?

[Guest guest]

On November 5, 2001 at 1:54 pm, Balint responded to Mike

Nicholson's posting, writing:

<Mike's comment><<I until last year the wire to our telephone ran from

the pole straight into the phone, no connection box or anything. >>

<'s response> <<I'm no spring chicken (42) but this is a new one

on me.>>

:

Having worked with for the last 15+ years, I can vouch that

the story he tells is true. His folks never had reason to change the

phone once it was originally installed.

Riley

PD Northbrook IL

~On Chicago's North Shore~

[Guest guest]

>

>

> OK, so I was here as the earth cooled and watched the dinosaurs

> graze.

Beanie & Cecil when they were puppets; Crusader Rabbit and Ragland

(AKA " Rags) T. Tiger shown on the Sherrif " Lunch Brigade " (a Los

Angeles show). For the youngsters here, Cusader Rabbit was a direct

forerunner of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Party lines unless you were _really_ important; doctor house calls;

relatively affordable housing ( " Vets move in with $99 down! " - and it

seemed almost everyone was a vet); streets quiet enough for 2-3

innings of baseball in the street (at 4PM) between moving for a

passing car; any kid's mother could chastise you (and then call your

mother so you got it again when you got home); days of " The policeman

is your friend " .

(But there were many " not so great " things going on then, too.)

Roy Mumaw

CAPD Arroyo Grande

[Guest guest]

OMG! I remember party lines! I don't remember having one but a friend of

mine did. LOL

The first 8-track my sisters and I bought, we pooled our allowance(it took

forever), was one that had several different songs on it but one I truely

remember is " Run, , Run! " I can't even remember who sang that song.

(Does anyone else?) I just remember playing it over and over again.

My, oh, my I'm getting old!

Terri

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[Guest guest]

The first album I bought was Cassidy. I was 12

years old.

Owens

Kane County Communications

Kanab, Utah

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[Guest guest]

>

> Beanie & Cecil when they were puppets; Crusader Rabbit and Ragland

> (AKA " Rags) T. Tiger shown on the Sherrif " Lunch Brigade " (a Los

> Angeles show).

And Crusader and Rags were on very early Saturday morning in New York, right

after " Modern Farmer " . It may seems strange but in the 50's and 60's WNBC TV

in NYC actually ran agricultural shows such as the above plus " Agriculture

USA " and " Across the Fence " . The fact that I remember them is a testament to

my age and my ability to store tons of useless information. Stations also

ran shows based on WWII footage such as " Victory at Sea " and " Navy Log " .

Anybody remember them?

So, Roy, thanks for giving a nod to Crusader and Rags. BTW, Rags middle name

was " The " , and I am not making that up!

Barry

[Guest guest]

> my age and my ability to store tons of useless information. Stations

also

> ran shows based on WWII footage such as " Victory at Sea " and " Navy

Log " .

> Anybody remember them?

" Victory at Sea " played pretty good classical music on the soundtrack

(I think I used to have a 33 1/3 of Vol 5 of the music)

You old enough to remember " The Big Picture " on TV? Short newsreel

type footage (10-15 minutes each?) of the war in Korea. Uhh, my

grandparents told me about them (yeah, that's it), along with the fact

that in the summer of 1952, Beanie and Cecil (the puppet version) was

pre-empted by the Democratic and Republican conventions. I much

preferred Beanie over Howdy.

Roy Mumaw

CAPD Arroyo Grande

[Guest guest]

I remember buying cigarettes for $1.80 a carton, buying gas for .209

a gallon and gas wars, where the price would drop to .149 a gallon.

I remember when an ambulance came, there was not first aid, just a

vehicle to transport. It was always a Cadillac brand. I remember

black and white restrooms and water fountains. I remember where I

was when President Kennedy was killed. I remember when they

announced we were going to be desegrated and our biggest question was

if we could grow a mustache (the black school allowed the men to do

it). We didn't have gay people or at least publicly. I remember

when you could buy a Renault Dauphine brand new for $900. I rode on

a Honda 50 motorbike. I had a crystal radio (no electricity to run

it). The best toy was a pump up water rocket (can still be found on

Ebay). TV wasn't on but a few hours a day when it first started. I

remember seeing the first color TV. I also remember putting a film

on the B & W TV screen to make it look like it was color. I also

remember when I had hair.

Enough of ramblings.

Larew

NC911@...

Cornelius/Huntersville/son College Communications

Iredell County Emergency Communications

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> Speaking of riggin' up phone lines....does anyone here

remember " party lines? " ...no, not the ones that you call and

pay 3.99 a minute or somethun like that..

Just out of curiousity of course but....which ones are only

$3.99 a minute?

JoVina

Goddess of Dispatch currently practicing my craft in and for

Diboll Police Dept. TX

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Nellie Belle was the Jeep used by Dale and Roy .

Re: 911:: Be Careful - You'll Date Yourself

> >Do you know who Buttermilk and Trigger were? ********Buttermilk was

Dale

> >Evan's horse / Trigger (now stuffed) Roy '

> >

> >How about " Nellie Belle " ? ***********Clara Bell the clowns

> >car***************

> >

[Guest guest]

Fabian?

Wasn't he that guy on those trashy romance novel covers.

You know the guy who did the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter ads.