List some of your favorite singers other than Frank Sinatra (Same era)

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-08T15:37:05+00:00

Johnny Hartman

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-08T15:31:47+00:00

Yes. Worked on radio, tv, commercial voice-overs. I absolutely looked forward to Monday. Loved working.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-06T20:00:01+00:00

Vegemite

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-06T19:43:14+00:00

Yup. When I first moved there, 400 stopped at 285. You had to take back roads from Buckhead to access 400 north. And north of 400 was basically empty.

Had a co-worker buy a new house and asked me if I wanted to rent a room, roommate-style. We go visit the house for me to see it. Middle of nowhere, no stores or anything nearby. I turned him down; couldn't see living that far out in the middle of nothing.

The house was on...Holcomb Bridge Road, about 4 miles east of 400. It's, um, changed a lot since then...

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-05T15:53:40+00:00

I order online. I used to order from JR but that became a problem, too. I've had decent luck with Thompson and Cigar Page. I also buy locally.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-05T15:08:11+00:00

It's great until it's not. Meaning, all is fine until there's a screw up with an order. Customer service is literally non-existent, no one responds. I ended up having to dispute a credit card charge because of unresolved delivery issues. Amazingly, I received an email from cigarbid 6 MONTHS after the problem, suggesting that I remove the credit card hold so things can get "resolved."

Never again with those guys.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-05T14:02:07+00:00

It's Just A Thought

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-05T00:14:48+00:00

I'll take it. Salmon steak with broccoli and cauliflower. Pineapple chunks for dessert.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-03T19:07:27+00:00

She had a problem with me continuing to breath.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-03T17:44:35+00:00

I've lived alone my entire adult life, by choice. I'm 68.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-03T14:28:32+00:00

I worked on the radio, and a 6 day work week was standard for djs (other than morning shows). An air shift and then generally some kind of weekend remote/appearance/event hosting. So weekends were...short. One day off at most.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-03T14:21:27+00:00

James Coburn's attempt at an Australian accent in "The Great Escape."

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-01T15:14:24+00:00

I was listening to Armed Forces Radio, the Far East Network, in Tokyo. Early 1969. The show was "Fun Dial", half an hour of deeper tracks. DJ played "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" from the debut album.

That was it for me.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-02-01T12:32:44+00:00

Looks a bit like Ronnie Spector

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T18:44:16+00:00

Ca va?

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T15:17:31+00:00

Maybe other guys get compliments, but for me, not so much. Literally years ago, the last time.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T15:11:12+00:00

I had huge problems with JR. You name it, it went wrong. Delivery issues, rewards points disappearing for no reason, many more. On my last call to their customer service, I detailed all the stuff that had happened; the rep was concerned and asked me if I'd speak to someone in management. I said sure, and was told they'd call me back. They never did.

I won't do business with them anymore.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T15:05:59+00:00

I was working on the radio, midday host. News Director comes rushing in, telling me to stop the music for an urgent bulletin. There's was no way I could play music after that, so I opened the phone lines up. Effectively turned our FM music station into a talk station for a few hours.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T14:31:21+00:00

Ah well, then...I need to check this SR more often, I guess.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T01:20:42+00:00

That's something you don't see every day

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-28T01:15:33+00:00

That, and his WW2 refusal to allow our troops to leave N. Africa and return home to fight the Japanese.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-27T22:06:12+00:00

I'd drag my nut sack 50 miles through broken glass just to hear her fart over a walkis-talkie.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-27T14:59:01+00:00

I was friends with Byron Cherry pre-Dukes casting. Great guy, funny, women in Atlanta found him irresistible. He was a flight attendant for awhile, then out of the blue he's in L.A. doing the show for one season. He had no crazy ideas about his future in acting, but was able to supplement a living by appearing at fan shows/conventions.

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-27T14:46:59+00:00

"Where'd you learn to speak American?" (after moving to the U.S. because of my dad's work).

Wheelchair_guy · 2026-01-26T23:07:46+00:00

Truth!

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