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Was Convoy a Redneck version of Battlestar Galactica.
Sometimes I wonder where I get some of the things that pop in and out of my head.
Case in point. This evening I was driving back to the house after getting a little something to eat and they were playing the song “Convoy” on the radio. For those of you who either do not listen to country music or are too young to recall the song by Bill Fries, it is moderately catchy tune about a group of truckers that decide, for some reason or another, to form a convoy to protest toll fees, or some such nonsense. So they truck across country, plowing through anything that the studio budget would allow them to.
This caused me to think about the 1978 movie by the same name that was, unfortunately, a movie based on the song. Never a good idea, in my opinion. Another thing we learned in this movie was the Kris Kristopherson’s early days of movie making left a lot to be desired and gave this viewer the feeling that he was watching a 120 minute train wreck… in slow motion… at subtitles. Add to this that we learned that Ali McGraw did for acting, in this movie at least, what Michael Tyson did for the boxing industry, only she had a nicer rack and was a little easier on the eyes.
Through all of this thought, it suddenly dawned on me. The movie Convoy was a parable for Battlestar Galactica (aka BSG.) BSG had a “rag tag fleet, looking for home” and Convoy was about a fleet of various trucks trying to get somewhere. BSG had a leader calling the shots and Convoy had “Rubber Duck” (Played by Kris Kristopherson) leading them across the country. BSG and the fleet were constantly being harassed by Cylons trying to wipe them out. The Convoy had the police chasing them trying to stop them and arrest them.
You may not see it, but it suddenly ocurred to me that Convoy was a Red-Neck Battlestar Galactica.
And you… my dedicated followers, might have never realized that, until I shared it with you.
As a side note, it appears that I was not the only one that thought of this, as shown in this fan video.
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…More to come…
The Wife and I just returned from one of our “Gorilla Vacations”, as a friend of mine likes to call them. I am not sure why he would, I cannot see how anyone would say that 2100 miles in four days and about cities/towns, would qualify as a gorilla vacation!!!
Anyway, I will be posting details of the trip and reviews as soon as I can.  Stay tuned!!!!
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Allergies and this valley…
In this post, I am venting… well, I would like to vent if I could breath.
Anyone who has lived in the San Joaquin valley knows that our air is, for lack of anything better to describe it, CRAP. I can honestly say that I mean that in both the figurative AND literal sense.
This valley seems to be the catchall for the smog, humidity and cow odors from the surrounding towns and cities. There was even a survey done a few years ago that determined that we were getting smog from as far away and San Francisco.
It was not always this way. Even in my comparitively short life, I can recall when the valley had a lot cleaner air than it has today. I can recall seeing the mountains that ring this valley more often than not. Now a days, you are lucky to see them at all during the course of the average week.
More and more you hear about kids developing Asthma or other respiratory problems and many times it can probably be traced back to the air itself, in this valley. One example I love to give is my Mother. Back in 1995, right before she left this valley, and California, for Alaska, she had just been diagnosed with the beginnings of Emphysema. While my Mother does smoke, the doctor advised her that that was only part of the problem, the other part was the air in the valley.
Sure enough, after living in Alaska for some time, the doctor up there said that the emphysema had reversed itself. She still smokes, I doubt that she will ever stop that, but the clean air up there was the key to helping her get through the problem.
I would like to see the pollution go away, but I really see no way that will ever happen. It is more or less a case of just getting out of the valley for now.
So for now I will continue to sniffle and sneeze, then, one day, get the hell out of here to higher and cleaner climes.