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03/06/15 - NNHS Newsletter - Yakety Yak
“Sometimes when
I'm talking, my words can't keep up
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Bill Watterson |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHB3Rbz1OI - The Coasters
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Yak:
"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for
The Coasters and released on
Atlantic Records in
1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on
the R&B charts and a week as
number one on the
Hot 100 pop list.[1]
This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters
between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest
performing acts of the
rock and roll era.[2] The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced.[3] The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white society."[2] The serio-comic street-smart “playlets” etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the screaming saxophone of King Curtis filled in hot, honking bursts in the up-tempo doo-wop style. The group was openly theatrical in style—they were not pretending to be expressing their own experience.[4] The threatened punishment for not taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor is, in the song's humorous lyrics:[5]
And the refrain is:
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If you need help getting
your act together so you can go rock and roll some more, by all means visit the
FlyLady, who has changed countless lives (including mine):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlyLady
PRAYER REQUESTS:
1.
From Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA - 03/05/15, 4:37 PM:
http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html
2.
From Sandi Bateman Chestnut ('65) of
VA -
03/05/15, 10:29 PM:
Finally saw the doctor today
about my fall on the ice earlier this week. Based on x-Rays, he
confirmed what I was afraid of. I have a broken breastbone, which has to
heal on its own. Pain is intense at times and the meds help some, but
not totally. Asking for prayers for less pain and quick healing.
Oh, Sandi, I'm so sorry to hear this!
You'll be in our hearts and
prayers as well!
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http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday tomorrow to
Shirley Eanes Matthews ('66)!
Happy Birthday
this week to:
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09 -
Patrick Burke ('57)
AND
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10
-
11 - Margaret Blayton
Cowan ('57)
AND
13 -
Many Happy Returns to You All!
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THIS DAY IN 1965:
Saturday, March 06, 1965 -
Premier
Tom Playford of
South Australia lost power after 27 years in office. Saturday, March 06, 1965 - Politician Jim Knight was born James Philip Knight in Bexley, south-east London, England. Saturday, March 06, 1965 - Actress Margaret Dumont (b. Daisy Juliette Baker on 20 Oct 1882 in Brooklyn, New York) died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 82. |
From My Friend, Roshana, of NC - 03/06/15:
“Patience is tied
very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are
unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better
than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is
better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait
patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His
timetable.”
-
Neal A. Maxwell
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REQUEST:
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From John Patterson
('59) of TN -
03/05/15 - "Camp Jitterbug":
This Camp Jitterbug video
shows today's young people dancing like we did five or six decades ago
(although I wasn't 1/10th that good). As far as I can tell, nobody was injured! http://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/camp-jitterbug/
WOWZERS!
Thanks, John!
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From My Cousin,
Jean Atkinson Mallory (Warsaw
HS / Rappahannock HS / John Marshall HS - '65)
of VA -
03/06/15:
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Start your seeds in ice cream
cones and plant right into the ground - fun, easy, and
biodegradable!
COOL!
Thank you, Jean!
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“There is a statue of
limitation.” -
Samuel Goldwyn,
film
producer |
From Joan
Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA -
01/14/15 - "This should change your mood ... (#12 in a series of 18)":
From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 02/24/15 - "A Mix of Quotes (#8 in a Series of
10)":
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COOL!
Thank you, Shari!
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BONUS CLEAN OUT YOUR YARN SCRAP BASKET CROCHET PATTERNS:
BONUS CLEAN OUT YOUR REFRIGERATOR RECIPES:
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FINALLY:
From http://www.ajokeaday.com - 03/05/15:
At Penn State University, there
were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an 'A' so far.
These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals,
they decided to visit some friends and have a big party. They had a great time but, after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Penn State until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam. The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought! Each one in separate rooms, thought this was going to be easy ... then they turned the page. On the second page was written... For 95 points: Which tire? _________ |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. |
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"Yakety Yak" midi courtesy of
http://www.just-oldies.com/1957_thru_1958.htm
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/24/05
Thanks, Dave!
"Yakety Yak" lyrics courtesy of lyrics courtesy of
http://www.just-oldies.com/1958/yakety_yak.htm
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/24/05
Thanks again, Dave!
Dishes in Sink Image courtesy of
http://www.photoclipartisland.com/around/cleaning/cleaning3.htm - 02/24/05
Paper Towels Image courtesy of
http://www.photoclipartisland.com/around/cleaning/cleaning4.htm - 02/24/05
Broom Image courtesy of
http://www.photoclipartisland.com/around/cleaning/cleaning1.htm - 02/24/05
Brush and Dust Pan Image courtesy of
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Ci.html#anchor11211412 – 02/24/05
Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars6.html - 02/24/05
FlyLa
Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band
Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Bright Idea clip art (designed by Heather) courtesy of http://www.clker.com/clipart-brightidea-2.html - 10/30/12
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05 (replaced 02/23/09)
Thanks, Cheryl!
Animated
Laughing Jerry courtesy of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06
Thanks, Cookie!