The white line's getting longer

[Peter Boulding]

"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."

What is the white line of which he speaks?

[Dana Carpender]

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

Since when did you start listening to Garth? I really like that song.

Dana

[Veronique]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

My first thought was White Line Disease:

http://www.horses-and-horse-information.com/articles/0197hoof.shtml


V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep

[Peter Boulding]

Post by Dana Carpender
Since when did you start listening to Garth?

I haven't, I'm afraid (country doesn't exactly have high profile in
Rightpondia); I just keep bumping into references to "much too young...", so
I looked up the lyrics.

[John Hatpin]

Post by Peter Boulding

Post by Dana Carpender
Since when did you start listening to Garth?

I haven't, I'm afraid (country doesn't exactly have high profile in
Rightpondia); I just keep bumping into references to "much too young...", so
I looked up the lyrics.

I would probably like it were I born several years earlier.

[Mark Brader]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

[Dana Carpender]

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle, and
highways have white lines between lanes. They don't where you live?

Dana

[Mary]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle, and
highways have white lines between lanes. They don't where you live?

No - the lines in the middle are yellow, unless you mean the dashes
marking the lanes.

But the line between the opposite-direction lanes are yellow. Aren't they?

Mary

[Mark Brader]

Post by Mary

Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle...
They don't where you live?

No, and they don't where you live either. Well, except for one-way
streets (with an even number of lanes).

Post by Mary
No - the lines in the middle are yellow, unless you mean the dashes
marking the lanes.
But the line between the opposite-direction lanes are yellow.

Exactly. It changed about 40 years ago, a more or less coordinated
change throughout the US and Canada. Before that, each state or
province had its own standards and centerlines typically were white.
Ontario, for example, used yellow for warning lines at the side of
a highway with no shoulder, and for "don't drive here" hash marks;
in some states, yellow was used for the solid "don't pass" stripe
that might either accompany or replace the centerline. The present
system is much better.

(In Europe, on the other hand, centerlines are white no matter whether
the street is one-way or two-way, and yellow is reserved for lines
at the side of a road that mean "no parking".)

[Greg Goss]

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Mary
No - the lines in the middle are yellow, unless you mean the dashes
marking the lanes.
But the line between the opposite-direction lanes are yellow.

Exactly. It changed about 40 years ago, a more or less coordinated
change throughout the US and Canada. Before that, each state or
province had its own standards and centerlines typically were white.
Ontario, for example, used yellow for warning lines at the side of
a highway with no shoulder, and for "don't drive here" hash marks;
in some states, yellow was used for the solid "don't pass" stripe
that might either accompany or replace the centerline. The present
system is much better.

Sometime around 1968, I saw a book about the Trans Canada Highway,
which opened (I think) in 1962. The cover of the book showed a two
lane stretch of highway in a forest somewhere, with the stripe
markings opposite to what I'd become used to. (as observer. I wasn't
driving at 11). The book showed yellow shoulder markings and a white
centerline.

[danny burstein]

Post by Dana Carpender
Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle, and
highways have white lines between lanes. They don't where you live?

White or yellow?

[Xho Jingleheimerschmidt]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle,

I only see yellow ones down the middle of the non-high-way road. The
white ones are on the edge of the road.

Post by Dana Carpender
and
highways have white lines between lanes. They don't where you live?

white stripes. Again, the white lines are generally on the edge.

Xho

[Greg Goss]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Huh? Roads around here still have white lines down the middle, and
highways have white lines between lanes. They don't where you live?

Keep the orange line to your left. It either marks the edge of the
driving area or the division between directions. White lines mark the
division between lanes going the same direction, or the right edge of
the road.

I hate it that all malls seem completely unable to master this, and
just use orange for everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface_marking

[Snidely]

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Scans better.

/dps

[Snidely]

Post by Snidely

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

The one down the center of the the roads between the towns where he
rides in rodeos.

So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Scans better.

And the song is alluding to the road, not to whether it's the center
line or the fog line.

/dps

[Mark Brader]

Post by Snidely

Post by Mark Brader
So was it already anachronistic when the song was written, or is it
older than that?

Scans better.

I have no problem with that; I was just curious about the age of the song.

[Greg Goss]

Post by Mark Brader
I have no problem with that; I was just curious about the age of the song.

Some songs are just written old. I'd always thought that "King of the
Road" was from the thirties, with fifty cent room rental and an
assumption that a "road" is a railway. The song is from the sixties.

[David J. Martin]

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

This ol' highway's getting longer
Seems there ain't no end in sight
To sleep would be best, but I just can't afford to rest
I've got to ride in Denver tomorrow night

David

[Les Albert]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

In addition to the answer you have received, also see:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

Les

[Wally Sevits]

Post by Les Albert
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.

I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick. When I first
moved to Tucson, finding locations from the movie was one of my first
weekend tasks. In the 35 years since it was made, lots has changed
here. The "Red River Trucking" building is still around, but the
stuff across the street, like the bar, is gone. The airport control
tower with the enormous neon "TUCSON" is still here but maybe not for
long. Tucson rates a larger more technologically advanced tower, and
the FAA is supposed to want one.

[Dana Carpender]

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Dana

[h***@gmail.com]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't
him a sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Many years ago, I had a boss who, strangely enough, could never seem to
remember the name 'Huey'.

So of course he used to call me either 'helicopter', or 'Airwolf'.

[Les Albert]

Post by h***@gmail.com

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't
him a sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Many years ago, I had a boss who, strangely enough, could never seem to
remember the name 'Huey'.
So of course he used to call me either 'helicopter', or 'Airwolf'.

At least he didn't call you Stringfellow.

Les

[John Hatpin]

Post by Les Albert

Post by h***@gmail.com
Many years ago, I had a boss who, strangely enough, could never seem to
remember the name 'Huey'.
So of course he used to call me either 'helicopter', or 'Airwolf'.

At least he didn't call you Stringfellow.

According to Billy Connolly, "Huey" is the noise made by a vomiting
Glaswegian.

[Bill Turlock]

Post by John Hatpin

Post by Les Albert

Post by h***@gmail.com
Many years ago, I had a boss who, strangely enough, could never seem to
remember the name 'Huey'.
So of course he used to call me either 'helicopter', or 'Airwolf'.

At least he didn't call you Stringfellow.

According to Billy Connolly, "Huey" is the noise made by a vomiting
Glaswegian.

or "Earl", or "Ralph"

[Sano]

Post by Bill Turlock

Post by John Hatpin

Post by Les Albert

Post by h***@gmail.com
Many years ago, I had a boss who, strangely enough, could never seem to
remember the name 'Huey'.
So of course he used to call me either 'helicopter', or 'Airwolf'.

At least he didn't call you Stringfellow.

According to Billy Connolly, "Huey" is the noise made by a vomiting
Glaswegian.

or "Earl", or "Ralph"

eh shit, I gotta go to bed~

[Wally Sevits]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:49:48 -0500, Dana Carpender

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Without looking at IMDB the only others I can remember are "Buster &
Billie", and the one with Charles Bronson where they are secret agents
in France. Not straining credibility to choose one of three as the
one I like the best.

Now for other values of "actor", the concept lacks meaning:
Adam Sandler
Pauly Shore
Will Ferrel
Ben Stiller
Kevin Costner
Tom Cruise
the list goes on...

[danny burstein]

Post by Dana Carpender
You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Shirley you recall him in...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/

(rot 13) Qnzangvba Nyyrl.

[Lee Ayrton]

Post by danny burstein

Post by Dana Carpender
You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Shirley you recall him in...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/
(rot 13) Qnzangvba Nyyrl.

Yep, I was going to go there too.

[Wally Sevits]

Post by Lee Ayrton

Post by danny burstein

Post by Dana Carpender
You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Shirley you recall him in...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/
(rot 13) Qnzangvba Nyyrl.

Yep, I was going to go there too.

I barely remember that movie, much less who was in it. What I do
remember is the big bugs, and the strange
three-wheels-per-wheel-position vehicle. I saw that thing IRL once
stashed behind a gas station in Cahuenga pass.

[Dana Carpender]

Post by danny burstein

Post by Dana Carpender
You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Shirley you recall him in...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/
(rot 13) Qnzangvba Nyyrl.

I mostly recall him in pin-up photos in Tiger Beat and 16 magazines.
But I did see his made-for-TV movie Sandcastles.

Dana

[Lee Ayrton]

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by danny burstein

Post by Dana Carpender
You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't think
of him as that big a star. And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Shirley you recall him in...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/
(rot 13) Qnzangvba Nyyrl.

I mostly recall him in pin-up photos in Tiger Beat and 16 magazines.
But I did see his made-for-TV movie Sandcastles.

I read the title "Sandcastles" and mistook it for this JMV made-for-TV
movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066490/



Lee "Over the hill" Ayrton

[Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)]

Post by Lee Ayrton
I read the title "Sandcastles" and mistook it for this JMV made-for-TV
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066490/

Talk about mistaking words, I was reading a book of stories about
working retail and read "Seaworld" instead of "Sexworld". After a
certain amount of cognitive dissonance, I looked back and found my
error. I think it was the mention of gay porn videos on the second
floor that was my first hint.

Mary "Heard stories about dolphins."

[Dover Beach]

Post by Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)

Post by Lee Ayrton
I read the title "Sandcastles" and mistook it for this JMV
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066490/

Talk about mistaking words, I was reading a book of stories about
working retail and read "Seaworld" instead of "Sexworld".

My sister and I intended to rent Butterflies Are Free and accidentally
rented Butterfly.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082122/

Took about 2 minutes before the "WTF?" kicked in.

[Mark Steese]

Post by Wally Sevits
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:49:48 -0500, Dana Carpender

Post by Dana Carpender

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick? I didn't
him a sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Without looking at IMDB the only others I can remember are "Buster &
Billie", and the one with Charles Bronson where they are secret agents
in France. Not straining credibility to choose one of three as the
one I like the best.

If there were some reason to have a favorite Jan-Michael Vincent movie,
then I could see the point in choosing one; otherwise it seems a bit
like choosing one particular Michael Bay movie as your favorite.

Post by Wally Sevits
Adam Sandler

He was excellent in the movie Punch-Drunk Love.

Post by Wally Sevits
Pauly Shore
Will Ferrel

No disagreement on those two.

Post by Wally Sevits
Ben Stiller

I thought he was good in Mystery Men.

Post by Wally Sevits
Kevin Costner

I thought he was good in Silverado.

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie), and he was tolerable in the third Mission: Impossible
movie.

Post by Wally Sevits
the list goes on...

I'd rank Rob Schneider much higher than Stiller, Costner, or Cruise on
the anti-acting list. Incidentally, Schneider is even bad by Wilsonian
standards: Box Office Mojo's list of actors ranked by total box office
grosses puts him at # 231, just ahead of Matthew Lillard, who played
Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo movies. How bad is that? Well, it's 122 places
below Cuba Gooding Jr., for starters. (By Wilsonian standards, the best
actor in the country is Tom Hanks, and the second best is...Eddie
Murphy!)

[Lee Ayrton]

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Kevin Costner

I thought he was good in Silverado.

He was even better in The Big Chill.

[QueBarbara]

Post by Lee Ayrton

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Kevin Costner

I thought he was good in Silverado.

He was even better in The Big Chill.

That line is always funny.

[Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:20:10 +0000 (UTC), Mark Steese

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie), and he was tolerable in the third Mission: Impossible
movie.

I thought he wasn't all that bad in "Top Gun" but I may have been
distracted by all the F-14 air combat maneuvering. He did have that
cocky fighter jock strut, but that's mostly from the torso harness.

Mary "Love the opening of that movie, shooting off Tomcats."

[Glenn Dowdy]

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie),

I never saw the movie but I remember a favorite movie critique that
postulated that hte movie was truly believeable in that aliens would travel
thousands of years and many, many light-years to kill Tom Cruise.

Glenn D.

[Lesmond]

Post by Glenn Dowdy

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie),

I never saw the movie but I remember a favorite movie critique that
postulated that hte movie was truly believeable in that aliens would travel
thousands of years and many, many light-years to kill Tom Cruise.

My kind of aliens.

[Jesper Lauridsen]

Post by Lesmond

Post by Glenn Dowdy
I never saw the movie but I remember a favorite movie critique that
postulated that hte movie was truly believeable in that aliens would travel
thousands of years and many, many light-years to kill Tom Cruise.

My kind of aliens.

I, for one, etc.

[groo]

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie),

Are you assuming that Tom liked it?

[Mark Steese]

Post by groo

Post by Mark Steese

Post by Wally Sevits
Tom Cruise

I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie),

Are you assuming that Tom liked it?

Nope, I know the other person who thought it was a good movie. I just
didn't drag her name into the discussion because she doesn't post here.
Didn't seem fair, somehow.

[Snidely]

Post by Mark Steese

Post by groo

Post by Mark Steese
I thought he was good in Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake (though
I'm apparently one of the only two people on earth who thought that was
a good movie),

Are you assuming that Tom liked it?

Nope, I know the other person who thought it was a good movie. I just
didn't drag her name into the discussion because she doesn't post here.
Didn't seem fair, somehow.

One of the sci.space.* denizens was eagerly awaiting the other version
that came out about the same time, because it promised to be true to
the book. And apparently it was, but the results were horrible --
IIRC, Pat even said Speilberg's was better.

/dps

[Bermuda999]

Post by Wally Sevits

Post by Les Albert
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:51 +0000, Peter Boulding

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/

I knew it was going to be that one before even looking.
I like that movie a lot, and it's my favorite JMV flick.  

You actually have a favorite Jan Michael Vincent flick?  I didn't think
of him as that big a star.  And I say that as a girl who wrote him a
sappy madly-in-love fan letter long about 1971.

Here's a recent photo of him:
www.pycomall.com/product.php?productid=16231

[Greg Goss]

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

"This ol' highway's getting longer"

[John Hatpin]

Post by Greg Goss

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

"This ol' highway's getting longer"

Apparently this is a genuine Irish joke:

A couple were walking home, tired, from the pub one night, and one
said to the other: "I wish this road were shorter". The other replied
"if the road were shorter, how would we get the rest of the way
home?".

[Shawn Wilson]

On Feb 18, 3:52 am, John Hatpin

Post by John Hatpin
A couple were walking home, tired, from the pub one night, and one
said to the other: "I wish this road were shorter". The other replied
"if the road were shorter, how would we get the rest of the way
home?".

Related Polish pilot joke concerning extremely short runway, but at
least it is amazingly wide...

[Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:11:53 -0800 (PST), Shawn Wilson

Post by Shawn Wilson
Related Polish pilot joke concerning extremely short runway, but at
least it is amazingly wide...

Told as a Marine pilot joke, at least by a Navy pilot.

Mary "Ditto the gear-up landing joke."

[Jesper Lauridsen]

Post by Peter Boulding
"The white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old."
What is the white line of which he speaks?

Probably not this one:

(that's more than 10 years ago? I'm getting old)