Dear Pras, hope you are doing well! We all certainly miss having you around. Adding on to what you shared, I would like to share an interesting story about how the Academy Award came to be called the "Oscar." I have started listening to the radio during the lockdown and I get the opportunity to listen to Casey Cassum's "Casey's Coast to Coast" every Sunday on 94.3 where they bring back the original recordings from the late 1990s. In one of his segments, he mentioned that one of the staff members at the Academy once remarked that the award statue looked similar to her uncle Oscar and that's how it came to be popularly called the "Oscars!"
Your comments on Monday Morning Quarterbacks were delightful and it was a great read. The worst kind of Quarterbacks are the COVID Quarterbacks. Recently I went for plasma donation since I recovered from COVID (I had been out and about attending matters in Court and can not say how I contracted it) and one person told my parents that someone contracted the virus while donating blood! Then the panic started at home, tears and weapons and all! I finally convinced them to see reason and donated plasma. A few days later, it turns out what that person meant was that someone contracted the virus while getting vaccinated. All the panic for nothing! :)
Thank you Ronak. You have shared very interesting information. The plasma episode is, in hindsight, very typical of quarterbacking! I too miss all of you.
The topics chosen are always so interesting!! Speaking of quarterbacks thanks to social media every other person seems to be doing just this nowadays. Also the problem that is emanating is what is to be believed and what is to be ignored.
Incidentally my own son seems to be turning out to be an accomplished quarterback. Off late if you happen to discuss anything in front of him he will have something or the other to say about it almost making one believe that he had done a Ph.D on that subject!!
I guess the influence of social media and the churning out of quarterbacks at all ages are very closely intertwined!!
Vow that was heady stuff pras! Nevertheless very informative but takes time to absorb for old guys like me. Keep it up as lot of research also seems to have gone onto it along with your passions and expertise.
Talking of Monday morning quarterbacks, now with WhatsApp and other social media we have overnight experts in all fields all week through. If only they held the powers in the world, the world we have a problem free world. Now a days every other message is about covid cure and other related blah- blah.
Am interested in the silent movie wings. Searched on Netflix. Didn’t see it there. Any other platform that shows it?
Very appropriate for all situations
Dear Pras, hope you are doing well! We all certainly miss having you around. Adding on to what you shared, I would like to share an interesting story about how the Academy Award came to be called the "Oscar." I have started listening to the radio during the lockdown and I get the opportunity to listen to Casey Cassum's "Casey's Coast to Coast" every Sunday on 94.3 where they bring back the original recordings from the late 1990s. In one of his segments, he mentioned that one of the staff members at the Academy once remarked that the award statue looked similar to her uncle Oscar and that's how it came to be popularly called the "Oscars!"
Your comments on Monday Morning Quarterbacks were delightful and it was a great read. The worst kind of Quarterbacks are the COVID Quarterbacks. Recently I went for plasma donation since I recovered from COVID (I had been out and about attending matters in Court and can not say how I contracted it) and one person told my parents that someone contracted the virus while donating blood! Then the panic started at home, tears and weapons and all! I finally convinced them to see reason and donated plasma. A few days later, it turns out what that person meant was that someone contracted the virus while getting vaccinated. All the panic for nothing! :)
Thank you Ronak. You have shared very interesting information. The plasma episode is, in hindsight, very typical of quarterbacking! I too miss all of you.
Now I understand difference between a backseat driver and a quarterback
The topics chosen are always so interesting!! Speaking of quarterbacks thanks to social media every other person seems to be doing just this nowadays. Also the problem that is emanating is what is to be believed and what is to be ignored.
Incidentally my own son seems to be turning out to be an accomplished quarterback. Off late if you happen to discuss anything in front of him he will have something or the other to say about it almost making one believe that he had done a Ph.D on that subject!!
I guess the influence of social media and the churning out of quarterbacks at all ages are very closely intertwined!!
I think Aryan is a good candidate for studying Law :)
Vow that was heady stuff pras! Nevertheless very informative but takes time to absorb for old guys like me. Keep it up as lot of research also seems to have gone onto it along with your passions and expertise.
Thank you Harish. In Bridge also we have quarterbacks who after seeing all the cards tell you how you could have won by a finesse or two:)
I know exactly what or who you mean!
Talking of Monday morning quarterbacks, now with WhatsApp and other social media we have overnight experts in all fields all week through. If only they held the powers in the world, the world we have a problem free world. Now a days every other message is about covid cure and other related blah- blah.
Am interested in the silent movie wings. Searched on Netflix. Didn’t see it there. Any other platform that shows it?
Your comments this time seemed subdued. Nevertheless, I look forward to your comments however brief.