Thursday, August 10, 2006

Marking time the "The Wild One"

Vintage Image of the Day: The Wild One - Cinematical 1. I heard it was a tribute film sort of to the war vets who came back from the wars that weren't buying it so to speak. Some young at the end of WWII, married, almost drafted into the Korean Conflict, my single uncle did two tours there, got asthma sleeping in icy foxholes, good for 10% disability. There were also 0% disabilities, which qualified you for a Veterans hospital, my dad didn't buy, escaped a possible "Angel of Death" nurse. Similar groups of guys who served in Vietnam weren't buying it either. The "it" has been described as the house in Levittown the wife, kid steady job etc., and in from my informants anyway, guys in the same platoon often decided before they did settle down or if, when they got back to the USA, travel around a bit, see the country, what it was they were representing and defending. President Reagan helped save Harley-Davidson with 5 year duty cycle on big imports. Hollywood star saved the soap no radio star.

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