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Botany

(73,018 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2024, 07:39 PM Mar 2024

Damn all these years later and I still miss John [View all]

I was driving and a Beatles song came on the
radio and a sadness kind of hit me. Thanx to
all 4 of the lads, George Martin, and an older
neighbor (she was in high school) who had
a record player and all the Beatles 45s.

Sorry to babble.

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Damn all these years later and I still miss John [View all] Botany Mar 2024 OP

Ah, my dear Botany . . . CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #1

I often wonder what he would have had to say about the world over these years. ms liberty Mar 2024 #2

We would have his music and sense of humor to be able to get thru some of this madness. Deuxcents Mar 2024 #4

"Nobody told me there'd be days like these speak easy Mar 2024 #7

I wonder that about Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #9

Me too. And also Frank Zappa JoseBalow Mar 2024 #12

Here, let's join Elton for a good cry: unblock Mar 2024 #3

Sean Ono Lennon just won an Oscar for Best Animated Short... IcyPeas Mar 2024 #5

Thanks..did not know this Deuxcents Mar 2024 #6

Thank you. That explains a mention I saw about Yoko and the Oscars. niyad Mar 2024 #14

Me too! BigmanPigman Mar 2024 #8

Art School - Parsons? SVA? Or..... electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #15

Parsons School Of Design, I lived at Union Square BigmanPigman Mar 2024 #17

Ah, I took an Adult Art Ed class there. I wanted to be electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #19

Ahh, same here but for me it is more George. MuseRider Mar 2024 #10

George was my favorite too. BigmanPigman Mar 2024 #18

They were great after... surfered Mar 2024 #11

I do, too. The night one of "the Lennon Brothers" died. calimary Mar 2024 #13

{hug} what a story! electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #16

My husband turned 64 yesterday and that song will you still love me when I'm 64 was in my head all day! kimbutgar Mar 2024 #20