Re: since I feel sorry for ya Viega

Post #88,762 by rcareaga 3/17/03 1:15:06 AM Reply	Re: since I feel sorry for ya Viega Can't say I caught that one; nor have I a particularly vivid memory of the actor from Garden of the Finzi-Continis, seen 30 years ago. Incidentally, the character's name is likelier to have been "Villega." cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #88,765 by Ashton 3/17/03 1:28:18 AM Reply	Joys of the unfettered associative-brain: The great Mexican trumpeter, Rafael M\ufffdndez - was kidnapped as a young boy, by Pancho Villa, who had heard of his virtuosity and wanted him around as bugler and musician. (He let him go, after a time, so he could pursue his art - or, well - no story) Viega >> Villega (Gringos just Don't Get that two-l-s together == y) >> Villa! Or maybe V~~oya~~ger, the paint-erased space probe in an early STrek potboiler. Venceremos! Las muchachas Mexicanas son mas sabrosa que las otras..
Post #88,767 by rcareaga 3/17/03 1:42:15 AM Reply	Re: Joys of the unfettered associative-brain: More association: My paternal grandfather, Alvaro Careaga, was a paymaster for Villa's army. The particular group he was attached to having been manhandled by a detachment of Black Jack Pershing's troops, he decided that life would be less hectic north of the Rio Grande, whence he relocated--grubstaking himself, according to family lore, with the payroll. Small wonder he was nearly sixty years returning to Mexico (and, oddly enough, dying there on that visit in 1974). cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #88,824 by boxley 3/17/03 2:02:42 PM Reply	since I only heard it, it sounds like Viega with a bad Irish accent so could well have had 2 ll's in the middle. However the character is a good rightious socialist until he finds out he's only human after all. That seems to fit my immpression of you. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]</br> To a lot of people in California hunting anything but the wild tofualope was equivelent to sacarificing babies to satan. S.M. Stirling
Post #88,886 by rcareaga 3/17/03 6:02:46 PM Reply	socialist? hardly a good righteous socialist...seems to fit my impression of you This judgment would astonish and offend my old schoolmate Henry Cleveland of the "Young Socialists Alliance" ca. 1971, whose characteristic response to my taunts and jeers was to assure me that come The Revolution (which rough beast as I recall he was expecting to arrive by 1973 at the latest) he would personally see to it that I was put up against a wall. Henry didn't doubt for a minute that he'd be in a position to effect this after The Revolution; even had I shared this belief I'd still have taken heart at the thought that, given the numbers of other folks to whom he'd delivered this threat (the guy was lots of fun at parties), I stood an excellent chance of making middle age before he got round to me. One needn't be a socialist or a revolutionary--and Henry C. would vigorously deny my right to either badge--to feel a hearty contempt for George Bush's Imperial Amerika. cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."

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