Saturday 9: Chattanooga Choo-Choo (1941)
Unfamiliar with
this week's tune? Hear it
here.
Since Glenn Miller's recording of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" was awarded the first-ever gold record, we're going to devote the next questions to your firsts.
2) What was the first award or accolade you ever won? The very first I ever won was to be May Queen in my second grade class. The second was winning 5th place in an essay contest sponsored by the Merchant Marine, when I was a sophomore in high school. My prize was a one-way trip to Los Angeles on the ship, the President Cleveland.
3) We know about your blog. But which was the first social media site that you posted to? (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, MySpace ...) Funny the World started on GeoCities, which no longer exists.
6) Tell us about your first tattoo: Where is it on your body? Where did you have it done? What does it depict? I love that this question assumes we all have tattoos. I do not have a tattoo. I do not plan to have a tattoo in the future. I do not like tattoos. My son, a drummer, has a tattoo of "Animal" (from the Muppets) on his forearm.
8) What had you been drinking the first time you suffered a hangover? I can't remember, but probably champagne.
9) Was your first ticket for parking or was it a moving violation? I've had several parking tickets, but at age 74, I've never had a moving violation. I talked my way out of a couple of them, though (tears work pretty well)
1)
Chattanooga is Tennessee's fourth largest city. Have you ever
visited Tennessee? If so, where did you go and what did you see?
I have
visited 30 states in this country, but Tennessee is not one of them.
Since Glenn Miller's recording of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" was awarded the first-ever gold record, we're going to devote the next questions to your firsts.
2) What was the first award or accolade you ever won? The very first I ever won was to be May Queen in my second grade class. The second was winning 5th place in an essay contest sponsored by the Merchant Marine, when I was a sophomore in high school. My prize was a one-way trip to Los Angeles on the ship, the President Cleveland.
3) We know about your blog. But which was the first social media site that you posted to? (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, MySpace ...) Funny the World started on GeoCities, which no longer exists.
4) Where did you go on
your first plane ride?
We flew home from the
aforementioned cruise to Los Angeles. This was about 1958,
shortly after Disneyland opened and that is what we did on our one
day in LA.
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5) Tell us about your first cell phone.
Neither Walt nor
I can remember but it was a big clunky thing that we kept in
the car. Maybe something like the phone at the left |
6) Tell us about your first tattoo: Where is it on your body? Where did you have it done? What does it depict? I love that this question assumes we all have tattoos. I do not have a tattoo. I do not plan to have a tattoo in the future. I do not like tattoos. My son, a drummer, has a tattoo of "Animal" (from the Muppets) on his forearm.
7) How
old were you when you had your first piercing?
My first and only
piercing was my ears, in about 1968. I left my two (then) kids
with my father and went down to a jewelry store on Market Street in
San Francisco. They took me to the back to the store and up to
a dark room upstairs. I was already feeling guilty because my
Catholic school teaching told me that only "bad" girls got their
ears pierced. But I did it, and have not regretted it since.8) What had you been drinking the first time you suffered a hangover? I can't remember, but probably champagne.
9) Was your first ticket for parking or was it a moving violation? I've had several parking tickets, but at age 74, I've never had a moving violation. I talked my way out of a couple of them, though (tears work pretty well)
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