What's on tonight? 2003 = 1975!

[Mark]

According to a perpetual calendar I found on the web ( http://www.vpcalendar.net/Year_Correlations.html ) the year 2003 correlates with 1975.

So if you can't decide which episode to listen to tonight, why not try the show that aired on "today's date" back in 1975? :idea:


Mark

[vgarci]

Mark,
Great idea. 1975 it is! vince

[Charlie]

Great thinking Mark! I like that. smile.gif

Charlie

[Mark]

I used to get new "old" calendars from a local auto body shop that would say 1947, for example, but all of the weekdays lined up correctly for the current month and year. There would be ads for cars from that model year. It was an interesting trip back to the past.

So I thought, why not for OTR too?

Other years that match for 2003 are:

1930
1941 ( Dec 7 ! )
1947
1958

Of course, the only shows other than CBSRMT worth listening to would be Inner Sanctum, Grand Central Station, The Thin Man, Bulldog Drummond (catch the theme?) - hehe, just kidding.

-- Mark

[vgarci]

Mark,
I followed your advice and picked "The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich" from the CBSRMT series. I hope you kept the calendars because that would certainly be a bit of nostalgia to hang on to.

[vgarci]

Mark,
Incidentally, the Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich is one of my absolute favorites and I hadn't heard it since I was a kid!

[Mark]

[quote:c9386fb675="vgarci"]Mark,
I followed your advice and picked "The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich" from the CBSRMT series. I hope you kept the calendars because that would certainly be a bit of nostalgia to hang on to.[/quote:c9386fb675]

Vince,

Using the 1975 schedule will give me something to look forward too - just like back in 1975, and a more organized listening plan. I can often spend well over an hour trying to pick out something to listen to at night, then I've tired my brain out and I fall asleep hehehe.

Unfortunately after 2 moves, the calendars are probably in the same place the missing sock goes to when it gets lost in the dryer. (I think it's a space/time warp. Ever see just one sock along a road somewhere? Have a sock in your sock drawer without a match? When your sock goes 'missing' in your dryer, it gets teleported to an unknown road :roll: hmm... might be an idea for a radio script...)

-- Mark

[Mark]

[quote:2868996f54="vgarci"]Mark,
Incidentally, the Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich is one of my absolute favorites and I hadn't heard it since I was a kid![/quote:2868996f54]

Vince,

I missed that show when I was 14, and I didn't listen last night. I listened to "The Edge of Death" to catch up on the weekly listening forum.

As a strange coincidence, I *did* watch a show on the History Channel last night about ODESSA (Nazi's in exile after WWII planning the Fourth Reich and committing terrorist acts). Now I'm really interested in listening to the May 16, 1975 episode!

-- Mark

[vgarci]

[quote:4eca44b85a="Mark"]
As a strange coincidence, I *did* watch a show on the History Channel last night about ODESSA (Nazi's in exile after WWII planning the Fourth Reich and committing terrorist acts). Now I'm really interested in listening to the May 16, 1975 episode![/quote:4eca44b85a]

You're in for a treat. It's a great one. Incidentally, I think the History Channel is one of the few channels on tv that's worth watching. Wish I had seen the program you mentioned.

[Ross]

Oh yeah, one of my favorites as well. I'll have to pull that one out tonight! I am a military history buff, so any of the RMTs that deal with that subject are cool by me.

- Ross

[dave]

i too enjoy history. especially military history. do you have a favorite time frame? any favorite historic figures?

[Ross]

Oh, I don't know . . . how about E.G. Marshall as COL Rufus Bratton in Tora, Tora, Tora

:D

- Ross

[dave]

Ross
nice one centurion, like it like it. :roll:
pretty fast thinking.
i haven't seen tora cubed for quite a while. i'll have to get a hold of that one. did you see the latest pearl harbor movie? i haven't yet but have heard the effects are quite special. thumbs down on the love story part .
what do you think of the new batch of war movies? realistic to say the least. :shock:
i'm reading a book called Convoy. not about trucking but ww2 atlantic submarine vs destroyer . interesting reading. i sure wouldn't want to be on eather side of that. miserable storms, men getting lost at sea on a regular basis and your ship could get sunk from under you with little warning. not my idea of an ocean cruise.
do you find time to read?
do you have any wargames, computer games?

[Ross]

Well, the most military reading I have done lately is some old Sgt. Rock comic books. Unfortunately, I have no time right now for reading or playing wargames, board or video.

When I was in the Army, I used to go to the post library and try and read the whole military section during the time I was stationed at each location. Usually, I never could manage reading all of them, but have read hundreds of military history books through the years. This doesn't count elementary/Jr./Sr. high school or college studies either.

Personal favorite topics of mine:

- General trench warfare fighting tactics in WWI
- Air War over Europe in WWII
- Afrika Korps
- Eastern Front in WWII
- US Infantry/Ranger/SF units in Vietnam
- Weapons technology and development from 1900 to present

I have studied military history fairly extensively from the Civil War onward. I would not consider myself an expert on any one topic however. smile.gif I just know some stuff.

- Ross

[webb3201]

Let me throw in a big "hey there" from another history buff. Of all the periods that interest me (which seems to be anything not today), the WWII era is the most compelling. The sacrifices of the US people were staggering. The military figures of the period all seemed to be made of much sterner stuff.

Note, I just grabbed a ton of Sgt. Rock comics a few months ago. I am a huge Kubert fan, and love the books. Check out the DC Archive Edition for a nice packaging of some of the stories.

[dave]

i haven't tried sgt. rock yet but you've got me interested now.

i find these guys interesting:

rommel
gudarian
patton
lee
jackson
grant
sherman
thomas
caesar

i can always read about them.

or these:

ww2 naval history, american civil war, air cavalry in viet nam, navy seals, korea, american revolutionary war, panzer battles, flying tigers.

i wargame some battles using command decision, command at sea, harpoon, and volley and bayonet.
i have jane's fleet command, ww2 fighters and panzer general for the computer. not much time for any of these tho.

non-millitarilly speaking prohabition and the mafia are a good read.

[brian1984_2001]

I, too, am a history buff, but not so much into the military side of it.

I'm more into political history. Presidents fascinate me, as does Congress and Ohio history.

[dave]

politics are always fascinating. finding out how our government really works is eye-opening.

[dave]

ross i just saw LOST BATTALION starring Rick Schroeder. an A&E movie. have you seen it ? is it accurate? i haven't read much about ww1. nasty conditions. mustard gas! Saddam H. used it on his own countrymen. Hitler didn't even use it on his enemies.