Leaving, On a Jet Plane...

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

I will likely post here between now and when we leave Sunday afternoon, but if not; my wife and I are flying out to Las Vegas for a few days around my birthday.

At this point our plans are pretty flexible. We are going to meet Wondering Alice and her hubby for a great meal, and we have tickets to a Cirque show. Those are our “Must Dosâ€.

We originally had a bunch of other plans too, but as the time gets closer the plans diminish. It has been a tough year for me personally, and both my wife and I have been extremely busy at work over the past few months.

So we are thinking kind of a laid-back vacation of eating, drinking, and Go-Room activities might not be a bad way to spend our time.

After all, we've heard that no matter WHAT we do, the folks back here in Minnesota won't hear about it.

How cool is that??

 

Originally Posted By frdeb1999

Have a wonderful time Road Trip!!! And laid back vacations are wonderful! Especially after a stressful year!

 

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

By the way... it just occurred to me that I'm so danged old that probably only 10-15% of the people here would have ANY idea what the "Leaving, On a Jet Plane" referred to.

<<"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go'>>

Peter, Paul and Mary, 1967 (actually hit the charts in 1969).

Yes, I am truly older than dirt...

 

Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

Hey, and John Denver wrote it, too. It's a great song, too bad there likely isn't a way to explain away the geekiness of him and PP+M.

Are you going to Love at the Mirage? It's a great show. If not, you HAVE to. We were just in Vegas over Memorial Day, stayed at NY/NY and saw Robin Williams on a one night only over at MGM's Grand Garden Arena. Sample riff:

"DECIDER?? YOU'RE NOT THE "DECIDER"! It's not even a WORD! You're the President of the United States who is supposed to make DECISIONS. Now would be a good time to start."

Check out the sportsbooks, see what the odds are on your Twins. So many people make sentimental bets on the Cubs each year the odds are never what they should be.

 

Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

And Happy Birthday. Go to Pahrump and treat yourself.

Kidding, sort of...

 

Originally Posted By friendofdd

RoadTrip takes an airtrip. Cool!

 

Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

I like that song..

Here is another favorite of mine.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg19Ruw0tVU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=Pg19Ruw0tVU</a>

 

Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom

Have a safe flight and a great trip Road Trip!

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

See you in about 58 hours RT! *L*

 

Originally Posted By LuLu

Have a great time and a happy birthday, Trippy!

There are several of us around here that are older than dirt, and we're glad to have each other's company ;-)

 

Originally Posted By avromark

Not in your Charger (sans HEMI shame on you), and 1967 was well over a decade before most of us were born. So are you staying at the Sands? Enjoy your birthday trip.

 

Originally Posted By nevadarebel

have a wonderful birthday and visit to our city! Drink lots of water if you are walking during the day as we are having a heat wave!

 

Originally Posted By bloona

Have a wonderful time, fantastic birthday and brilliant meal.

I recognised the song!

 

Originally Posted By frdeb1999

Must be in the old catagory also....deffinately remember the song!!

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Have a wonderful time, and happy happy birthday to you!

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

"1967 was well over a decade before most of us were born."

I hardly think that's true. It's only 6 years before I came along, and I'm usually among the younger members of the crowd when at an LP meet.

 

Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

I was buying Beatles records as they came out in 1967.

 

Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes

Beatles redords only came out for two more years.


>: - (

 

Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes

redords = records





>: - (

 

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

<<Here is another favorite of mine.>>

Great music. I truly feel sorry for anyone who did not have the opportunity to be familiar with the music from the mid-60's to the mid-70's.

I really believe it was some of the most fantastic popular music ever written. I also enjoy ragtime, big-band, and Sinatra-style crooning too, so it's not like I'm just hung up on the music of my teens. It was truly exceptional music... I really miss the fact that we don't have anything of that quality today.

My son also loved music from that era. Of course he listened to Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, and other music of his time. But he also loved Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, etc. (Teach... your children well...).

In fact his all time favorite group is Phish, which is really his generation's version of the Dead.