"Texting" in school classrooms in the 'good old days'.

This photo has been doing the rounds on social media websites (FB, etc.).

It reminded me of my personal story:

"For sure! In high school, I sat at the back of the class. There was a knot hole in the floor boards, so I used to push notes down into it, after reading them. One day I was in the school yard with a girlfriend, and had the occasion to look under the school buildings. (The buildings were 'transportables' - easy to shift around as needed.) 

They were up on blocks and the underside was boarded off with wood, but with spaces in between of a couple of inches, to let air circulate under the rooms. (No airconditioning in rooms.) She and I became engulfed in laughter - so much so, a teacher came to find out what was going on. 

There was a HUGE 'pyramid' of paper under the building. Probably 2-3' high and stretching over about 10 square feet! All under the knot hole in my classroom. I wonder if this is still so. What a story some of these notes might tell. Love you Henley High School."

The Movie "Cabaret" starring Liza Minnelli. 1972.

A friend of mine was talking of Liza's powerful performance in the movie Cabaret.
This movie is very memorable movie in my life.
September/October 1972 it was released in Australia (at that time we usually had to wait 6 months for movies to filter through from the USA. 

I was wanting to see it so badly, but was heading for London, so I was really upset to miss it. Got on board the 747 and what was slated to play ... Cabaret. 

Joel Grey was extraordinary too. (Money makes the world go round). I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although did keep raising the window 'curtain' to look at the Aussie outback, which was totally amazing too! (I have a photo or two to prove it! :) )

I feel even a bit more 'connected' to this movie, and Liza, as I got to London, and Liza was having a rather torrid affair with Peter Sellers and it was front page news, they were making out in the parks and so forth. *lol* Then of course, later going and living in Germany for 3 years, and learning of the culture there and seeing remnants of the war post 'just' some 27 years later (seemed a long time at that time, but so soon after, I feel, now), but there was a lot - visited prison camps, and explored burnt out tank shells when camping out in German war fields.

Anyway, Liza sure packed a punch with "Mein Herr" for sure. Won me over.