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| 9/7/2019
| Romancing The Wind" - Ray Bethell
Posted on 09/07/2019 12:59:43 PM PDT by sodpoodle
The guy flying the 3 kites is in his 80s, and he's from Canada. He comes to the Washington State International Kite Festival every year.
His skin is like leather as he normally flies with his shirt off. He is deaf, so when he flies we hold our hands up and wave them for applause. He flies 2 with his hands and the 3rd one is attached to his waist. Enjoy!
You must watch to the end to see the a mazing landing of that last kite! I would have those kites so tangled up, you could never get them separate again!
And of course, make sure the volume is turned up because the music is wonderful and totally reflects the soaring of the kites. Beautiful.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: talent
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No sure when this video was made. Good friend emailed it.
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posted on
09/07/2019 12:59:43 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
To: sodpoodle
Ray Bethell
Born: Mar 01, 1928
Died: Dec 18, 2018
Several articles on the Internet about this amazing man.
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:06:48 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
To: sodpoodle
That was freakin’ amazing! Thanks for posting!
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:07:22 PM PDT
by
No_Doll_i
To: sodpoodle
Kite scene is one of my favorites from Mary Poppins
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:07:40 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: sodpoodle
Holy cow! That was amazing! O_O
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:09:37 PM PDT
by
Sarcasm Factory
(Being a friend of the Clintons is like being bosom buddies with a great white shark.)
To: No_Doll_i
Glad you enjoyed it. I had never heard of him before the email I received.
As I posted above - he is referenced quite a lot on the Internet. Sadly he died in 2018.
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:12:05 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
To: sodpoodle
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:21:22 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: sodpoodle
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:30:05 PM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: sodpoodle
by the way, at the end the copyright says 2004.
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:31:49 PM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: WXRGina
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:36:53 PM PDT
by
logitech
To: sodpoodle
Sweet! He could still get it up at eighty-something!
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:40:08 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: sodpoodle
Oh wow cool! I haven't seen kites in a loooong long time!! I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in New York, and around the early 1970s there was this HUGE fad with kites, I mean tons of kids every day after school in my neighborhood would go to this open field and the sky would be absolutely flooded with kites. I don't know if this went on in other states, but wow I remember that like it was yesterday, it was a total obsession to see who could get their kite the highest. My favorite was the Gala bat kite which they still sell to this day...
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:45:16 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: sodpoodle
Made me sit back and pay attention. It was an excellent performance.
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:49:32 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: sodpoodle
That was just beautiful! Thank you for posting it. It was especially soul-stirring in light of the fact that he is no longer with us.
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posted on
09/07/2019 1:53:03 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't o wait. Do it today.)
To: sodpoodle
Good background music: "Sous le Dôme Épais" (under a dome) from the opera Lakmé by Leo Delibes (1883).
To: sodpoodle
Stunning....Amazing...Mesmerizing....
To: sodpoodle
Thanks for posting Sod...Makes ya feel good. Love, Sac
To: sodpoodle
Wow. The control he has over those kites is amazing.
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posted on
09/07/2019 2:10:06 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
To: sodpoodle
Absolute mastery!!! A perfect joy to behold!
Bravissimo!!!
...and thank you for sharing this with us!
TXnMA
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posted on
09/07/2019 2:10:55 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Occam's Razor says that most conspiracist "brain farts" are simply indefensible...)
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