Whistling an Old Song
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
February 20, 2023 7:47pm CST
I whistle a lot and I whistle pretty well, but it was annoying to somepeople I worked with in offices. Now I'm retired. I catch myself starting to whistle the minute I walk out the door to do any chores or just go the garage.
For weeks now, my absentmindedness has come up with is "Lilling Me Softly with His Song," one she recorded many years ago. She has been in my thoughts, because now, at age 85, she has ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), cannot sing at all and can barely speak. It is a terrible disease, with no cure & death must be a relief.
She had a lot of hits and such a great voice. I play her music often.
Here's a link if you don't know the song.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
What a treat that was for you!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
It really is. Linda Ronstadt lost her ability to sing too.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic I probably knew it at the time but I don’t remember.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Feb 23
Sad to hear this. I suppose we all have to go one day - some just fade away but some go through trying days
I know this song. I do not whistle but do try to sing it.
Hope it will not be ear worm for you and I do not know if whistling does that too
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
Oh, I hear it often and sing it as well.
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@FourWalls (86651)
• United States
21 Feb 23
I hate it that she has that. I hope she’s comfortable, at least. 
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
I hope so too @FourWalls. That is a terrible disease.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Feb 23
@DianneN I've heard that before, from others,
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
It's nice that you find it that way.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
23 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic Well, sometimes I find it annoying
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
21 Feb 23
Sadly !She suffers from the same disease as Stephen William Hawking ! I love whistling too,though I can't hold a candle to you.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
Yes, Hawking lived through it quite a while as I recall. Thanks.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
It really is, it happened to Linda Ronstadt too, not ALS, but lost voice.
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
25 Feb 23
I didn’t know that she had ALS. She could sing beautifully.
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@RasmaSandra (97991)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 23
I could never whistle, I remember that song and how tragic for this singer,
@sallypup (69174)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic I always loved the Andy Griffith whistling.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Apr 23
@sallypup Right, I wonder if that was Andy though.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Apr 23
People in some offices I worked in wished I couldn't.
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@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic A softball teammate has it. He's in a wheel chair now.
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb 23
Years ago when I was younger there would often be somebody whistling on most days. You would here them walking down the road whistling, working and whistling in fact everywhere you went there would be whistlers. A few years ago somebody pointed out that nobody seems to whistle anymore and it is because people are not as happy as they used to be.
