The Fred Biel Who We Knew And Loved
A Patriot, A Warrior, A Family Man, A Wit, A Storyteller, A Craftsman Extraordinaire, An Angel of Music, An All-Around Good Person, and Most Importantly, Our Friend
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My Post of February 26, 2023
Barrie and I ventured a drive on Estero Drive in Fort Myers Beach today. We traveled first down San Carlos Boulevard and over the bridge to what is called Times Square. Then from Times Square all the way to Bonita Beach.
Let me simply say that photos, videos, and news reports do not do justice depicting the utter destruction. It looks like videocasts from Ukraine. Simply put, unbelievable.
My Post of February 23, 2023
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM
Let me begin this Post with YouTube clips of performances from the past – one such performance before I was born, even before Julia. I’ll finish up with a pretty good Christmas production – I know, Christmas has come and gone this year.
Million Dollar Quartet – Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis
White Rabbit
The Cowsills – Remember them from the 60s? We were in Newport, R.I., at the time, as were our long time friends, George and Kitty Williams George was still on Navy active duty then. The four of us trooped up to the Munchner King hotel one Friday night and enjoy hot toddies and whatever entertainment might be on tap. It was probably one of the first performances of the band Cowsills (their dad was a naval officer stationed in Newport).
Bee Gees and Celine Dion
Old Man River- 1936
My Post of February 18, 2023
Fred
On behalf of all those who comprise the TT to Florida ex-Pats (plus members of your family and your friends), please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. TACAMO and keep on singing.🤞
Bill
P.S. This is an updated version of this Post correcting my bad composition skills by substituting the word “our” for deleted words “are the”.
My Post of February 2, 2023
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY
Just in case anyone seeing my last Post featuring Don McLean and Bye Bye Miss American Pie has an overwhelming need to recall the lyrics of the song (remember, long song), go here:
When I search for subjects on YouTube to add to the Blog or add to a Post, the very last thing I would think of would be a Ventriloquist. I can hardly spell the word (“ventricolist?”). We recently were visited by our Navy and St. Augustine friends, Roger and Nina Pitkin. At some time during the stay I was asked to search for the name Terry Fator on YouTube, and up pops a ventriloquist. Roger and Nina had seen this performer on a trip to Las Vegas. I was amazed and delighted to see how far “throwing your voice” has gone. Sample his work and I think you will as well.
My Post of January 19, 2023
NO BIRTHDAY TODAY (at least amongst this group).
But I do have some other items that might appeal. First, a slideshow, featuring my Reverse Bucket List. MeThinks you might agree:
The next clip will really “Get Your Goat:
And in conclusion, in a slide show presentation, here are some of my favorite Oh S . . .t moments:
My Post of January 10, 2023
Belated Happy New Year to All 🎍🎉
Maybe some of you, maybe all of you, have seen the below clip. I had not. But I think we can all relate to it.
Our 2022 Holiday Season Post
No news, good news, I guess? Barrie and I wish you the very best that this Holiday Season offers, and we are looking forward to 2023 return to some sense of normalcy.
As stated above, I have no news, but some fine (my opinion) holiday-related music clips follow (perhaps I am biased in my opinion, but it’s my Post). Kind of eclectic for a person who hardly knows what the word means.
We are headed out to northern Virginia on December 22nd for the Holidays with Lindsey and family, so this Post is the last for 2022
