A Scorpion's Theme (Strange Coincidences)

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Posted by IntriguedScorp
I love Gordon Lightfoot. I actually studied the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald a little. There is an old legend of the Witch of November that has taken the lives of many on the gitcheegoomie (Lake Superior). Love it.

The Witch of November is a critical mass of wind coming from north,south, east and west over the Lake and it happens occasionally. Very Scorpio...



IS, Did you get to field the actual site of the wreck?

Gordon's an awesome musician and this song is such an excellent tribute to those lives lost.
The arrangement, performance and production quality is just awesome. One of those gems.

I have a friend who lived in Wisconsin when the tragedy occured. His birthday is October 20.
He and I were Transcontinental Team drivers (truck drivers) back in the early mid 90s.
He's the only co-driver that I did NOT happen want to murder.
(living with a perfect stranger inside the cab of a truck is worse than a marriage to the wrong person.)

As a retired driver, I still have a lot of respect for everyone in the transportation industries.
Whether it's on the great lakes, on and off the road, on the rails, the seven seas, in the air and in space
It's an elite group of industries interconnected that is bigger than the armed forces, yet doesn't have
the governmental recognition of the military arm of government though it has it's own deadly hazards.
A lot of unsung heroes that move the work of still more unsung heroes in the factories and the fields.
I am truly humbled, yet pleased to have been a part of it, literally turnin' the wheels of progress.
I've seen so much in my specific field, I couldn't begin to list. I'll just say.. look at everything.