Saturday, February 22, 2014

"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.