Posted by Bob_Chicago on 4/24/10 7:08am
Msg #333211

OT: Our national Anthem. I would suggest that you

tune in to NBC at 2:00 PM CDT today.
The Chicago Blackhawks will be playing the Nashville Preditors.
At the beginning of the broadcasst you will hear the most amazing rendetion of
the National Anthem that you have ever heard. Also watch the fan reaction. Long
time Blackhawk tradition.
Sorry, probably should be in Liesure, but if you want to slam me for
promoting the Star Spangled Banner, go for it.
GO HAWKS

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 8:46am
Msg #333222

No - Just Politics! Lol n/m

Reply by Stamper_WI on 4/24/10 9:34am
Msg #333232

Re: No - Just Politics! Lol

The national Anthem, and response to it, is politics?

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 10:12am
Msg #333240

Re: No - Just Politics! Lol

Think Jules was kidding. Bob said his post should probably be in Leisure, and Jules, tongue in cheek I believe, said No - Just Politics

Reply by Robert/FL on 4/24/10 10:24am
Msg #333247

But the original post wasn't even really related to the

national anthem... it was more like a "Watch this baseball game" thing, which belongs in leisure IMO. And I am sure we are all aware that the star spangled banner is played at all sports events, does that mean that it is our patriotic duty to announce all sports games on the "Discuss Work" message board?

Not trying to cause a problem, but since the OP *knew* that this was off topic he should not have posted it here.

Reply by PAW on 4/24/10 12:57pm
Msg #333289

Yes it is ...

Bob clearly stated, "At the beginning of the broadcasst you will hear the most amazing rendetion (sic) of the National Anthem that you have ever heard." That was the point of his post, not the game itself.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 4/24/10 1:01pm
Msg #333290

Well someone did decide to slam me.

As you are obviously unaware, the Blackhawks are an ICE HOCKEY team, not
as baseball team. If you lived in a state that had an actual hockey team, as
opoosed to the Lighting and Panthers, you might know this.
I realize that it is important to keep the board clear for your daily,
"How many notaries can dance on the head of a pin? " tome, but I presumed to
use a bit of your precious bandwith, to suggest that NOTROTers watch and listen to a great version of the National Anthem. Many do not check the leisure form .
Enjoy perusing your well worn copy of the Governor's Manual. Some might enjoy watching
an inspiring peformance.
GO HAWKS

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 4/24/10 3:15pm
Msg #333305

Sorry about that. NBC decided to have a commercial.

Here is a sample of what it is like
Multipy by a factor of 10

http://vimeo.com/8526153

GO HAWKS

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 4:01pm
Msg #333311

Very stiring rendition - goot misty eyed & goosebumps! n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 4:03pm
Msg #333312

S/B: Very stiring rendition - got misty eyed & goosebumps! n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 4:05pm
Msg #333313

Re: S/B: Very stiring rendition - got misty eyed & goosebumps!

OK - now it is correct.

Mom - I really can spell!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 4:15pm
Msg #333315

Should that be "stirring renditon"??

Sorry couldn't resist, you corrected "got" but missed "stirring" LOL

you sure you can spell??

Signed

Mom

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 6:34pm
Msg #333334

Re: Should that be "stirring renditon"??

I thought I got that 2nd "r" on the last one - the line was too long I think...new glasses and I'm always seeing 'foggy'. One of those - one eye good, other out of focus things. Verrrry aggravating.

I guess I should have just left it alone and not called attention to it.

Still though - LOL (laughing out loud!) through the pain!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 6:45pm
Msg #333337

Re: Should that be "stirring renditon"??

Glad you can laugh through the pain, Jules. I hate new glasses, although I am probably due for some.

Reply by Notarysigner on 4/24/10 5:53pm
Msg #333330

Re: Well someone did decide to slam me.

Thanks Bob ..go Hawks.. I like the "How many notaries can dance on the head of a pin" comment.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 4/25/10 1:49pm
Msg #333407

Thank you all for your support. As I recall, I was amazed

as to how much smarter my father became when I was 25 than he was
when I was 21.
Be patient with the younguns.

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/24/10 5:18pm
Msg #333320

Robert...Bob has been posting here for about 300 years...

Here it is from my view...NR is like a community. Sometimes if someone has contributed a zillion posts that are helpful you give them a little respect...enough respect to say, "Hey, maybe this is really and truly important OT stuff that might be interesting to several people."

Now...if the OT poster creates a regular problem, or if the OT poster is brand new and obviously hawking some product or a totally irrelevant topic to enjoyment of the members of the forum, then that's a different story. Bob knows that while the membership here is all over the place on many things, we just about all DO enjoy a good rousing national anthem. He posted it over here so that the most people would be aware of it.

I hope that you'll soon assimilate into this community and find what you can enjoy in it while contributing something that is enjoyable and helpful to others. It seems like you've not found exactly what you are looking for here, but hopefully you will.

Just try to remember that it existed for a long time before you arrived. It's not unlike organizations and communities everywhere where there are relationships, friendships, arch enemies, debate partners and Good Ol' Boys and Girls who are respected simply because of their continued participation. I daresay that if something happened to any of the regular posters (you included) that there would not be sadness felt by those who haunt this place. While there is definitely hotly debated topics here, there is also real affection and it's only a matter of time before you find your place, if you choose to.

I'm not a moderator or a board policegirl, just a poster with an opinion to share.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/24/10 5:41pm
Msg #333328

Re: Robert...Bob has been posting here for about 300 years...

"we just about all DO enjoy a good rousing national anthem."

Yep! I was thinking the same thing. Red, blue, purple, etc., I'd bet darn near all of us got goosebumps from listening to that. Nice for us to remember what we do have in common! And I very possibly would have missed it on Leisure (although I didn't read in time to catch the live performance.) Thank you, Bob!

Also, just for the record, do I assume you meant "that there would be sadness" felt here? [I took out the "not".] If so, I agree heartily. And I think you made an excellent point, Brenda. Well said! We didn't always have a separate forum for leisure and politics. We used to just mark those posts with "OT". So I guess that makes Bob a bit of a throwback to olden times... [Wait - didn't we just have a thread like this a short while back? ] jk

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 5:46pm
Msg #333329

Re: Robert...Bob has been posting here for about 300 years...

wait a minute here??? Bob is over 300 years old?? He out and out lied to me, I am sure he said he was only 150 years old.

But I believe he is still a double for Brad Pitt

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 6:41pm
Msg #333335

NO,no no...

"But I believe he is still a double for Brad Pitt"

That is Philip! Bob aged himself out...

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 6:43pm
Msg #333336

Re: NO,no no...

hmm I thought Philip was a "Cary Grant" double

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/24/10 6:56pm
Msg #333340

Sorry for my mistake...yes, there WOULD be sadness...

if we lost a poster...I still think of Doc a lot and miss him. Can't believe that he's gone.

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 7:20pm
Msg #333344

Re: Sorry for my mistake...yes, there WOULD be sadness...

According to another post you made - what kind of person is that who corrects spelling? LOL

I lost my spelling credentials today, you are losing your grammarian creds. How funny!

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/25/10 2:12pm
Msg #333413

Re: Sorry for my mistake...yes, there WOULD be sadness...

*According to another post you made - *

Let me be clear.

I am not responsible for posts I make that you read. You are responsible for reading them.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 4/24/10 8:57pm
Msg #333350

Re: Sorry for my mistake...yes, there WOULD be sadness...

"I still think of Doc a lot and miss him. Can't believe that he's gone"

Me too Brenda
I had some PM's from him beginning of December 2008 and he passed away not long after,
I just haven't had the heart to delete them from my inbox.

Reply by Cari on 4/24/10 10:33pm
Msg #333355

Yeah it was Robert, suggest you read his post again.... n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 4/24/10 11:55am
Msg #333270

Correct Sylvia - that is why it was followed w/ LOL!

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key, 1814