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Does it count if you ARE the police and you're playing 2112 too loud at your house?

Okay, here's a pic from approx. 2001, when I was about 37. It was from a photo shoot a photographer friend of mine did. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/43_zps73ddf705.jpg

About to go to the Lyceum Theatre to watch the stage show of The Lion King http://i.imgur.com/ZPpv3wE.jpg

Sheldon? Crossing the line of good taste? I don't believe it. I think that is just TRF rumor and propaganda. Show me a post of Sheldon's that is in good taste, and I would be floored :) (except the posts where he agrees with me... those are awesome)

How did I never notice there were two "Thing" songs before?! (I guess because they're on albums I don't really listen to :( ) Actually, there's three: Where's My Thing? Leave That Thing Alone Shapes of Things What about Something for Nothing?

Sooooo many people just don't get it. They simply cannot grasp this simple sentence: Love is not a competition. And sex is not a job description. Unless you're a porn star or a prostitute, then I guess it does feature prominently on the old resume.

In your case, I think they would come over and ask where the party's at. :banana:

YUKON BLADE GRINDER: Corrections Page #1 Readers and Rush fans know that we at the Yukon Blade Grinder always strive for our absolute best interpretations of The Facts™. However, despite our seemingly immaculate reputation, even our stellar, award-winning work (Longest Rushgoober Coverage Thread Ever, 2014. Excellent!), even we can be prone to the occasional error. So, just to clear up a few things, here are some corrections that we at the YBG have been meaning to get around to printing in a nice, bullet-pointed list just like this one: In our 2013 Swimsuit issue (“Geddy’s Still Got It… Sort Of”) we showed pictures of Today’s Hottest Rush Swimwear Merchandise on the beaches of Prince Edward Island. Unfortunately, the picture was one of over a hundred taken within a 12-hour period in the middle of January. We apologize to the families of the models and we promise that we will utilize Kickstarter for their funeral expenses. To the guy who keeps calling our offices saying that he has naked pictures of Alex Lifeson’s wife, stop it already. Seriously, Alex, we at the Yukon Blade Grinder are starting to worry about you. The story that we ran about archaeologists unearthing residue from a spacecraft full of extraterrestrial Rush fans did not compute with the facts. We puny humans apologize for the error and assure our fellow puny humans that no such beings exist. Now please put down that ray gun. One of the articles on Rushgoober’s disappearance (“Goober’s Headlong Flight”) described Pope Francis as a Rush fanatic. The Vatican has since denied this claim, stating that, “The lyrics of this Canadian rock band preach a level of personal expeditiousness that runs contradictory to The Church’s virtues of humility. Also, that dickhead Neil Peart totally ignored us and didn’t even sign our LP’s. How are we supposed to pay off our legal expenses on eBay with copies signed by only two members of the band? F**k those guys!” And finally, this is not a correction for us, but Aikenrooster totally misspelled “Country music” in the worst way possible on a recent thread. We at the Yukon Blade Grinder are still laughing our asses off at that one.

this was the only picture I've posted of myself on here... while working from home a few years ago :) http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu304/homersimpson239/Mobile%20Uploads/0708111431.jpg

Sheldon? Crossing the line of good taste? I don't believe it. I think that is just TRF rumor and propaganda.

With a grin like that everyone knows your listening to Michael Jackson To me, that grin says "I'm old, and I'm busy filling my adult diaper" Not far wrong, I was holding my breath because the carriage smelled of cabbage.

I honestly wish that I could believe you that you feel bad about the name calling. However, even in your apology you've misrepresented what went on in this thread: your first post already called me a troll and indicated that I had no class (so much for the "nice guy approach"). Also, this is a recurring problem for you. You consistently attack people personally, not infrequently for imagined insults. Your position on this forum should move you to better handle yourself with dignity and fairness. Instead, it insulates you from the rules by which the rest of us must play. If you are truly sorry, I'm sure this will be reflected in the tone and nature of your future postings, at which point I will be more than happy to accept the apology. One of the problems here is perspective. If you had any concept of the history of this board you would know that trolls do indeed start threads like this one, they get off on being vulgar and seem to think that they should be allowed to get away with anything they want on this board regardless of rules of any kind. I've seen it time and time again during my tenure as a moderator here and it's annoying when it happens. And, like you, they are utterly remorseless. They refuse to recognize they did anything wrong and instead seek to paint us as horrible people who are just being mean for the heck of it and themselves as innocent little victims of our sociopathic wrath. I suppose I should be happy that you were at least self-aware enough to acknowledge that this topic isn't exactly socially acceptable, yet I remain puzzled over why you think it's okay to talk about it here since you refused to answer me when I asked you that. The fact that you seem to think it's okay says that you don't have any respect for this board so why should I have any for you? If someone comes in my house and acts like a jerk I'm not gonna offer him coffe and cake, I'm gonna tell him knock it off and if he keeps it up I'm gonna throw him out. That's all I did here. So, before you respond, I think you should take some time to re-familiarize yourself with Rule 10 in the Finding My Way forum, and maybe think about how you're not exactly elevating the level of conversation around here with threads like this. You won't, but I guess I can still hope. OK, so in the past people have made trolling posts, so what you do is you levy personal insults at someone who may or not be a troll? And you think that by attacking them in this manner, stating that they post without a modicum of class, that you are being a nice guy? You ignore the fact that others were having fun with the thread and and that there was some discussion going on the stated topic, and when you get an explanation of why the post was made you think it's ok to go mental on me? FAQ item 10 is indeed instructive. "Examples: This thread f***ing rocks!!! -- is ok. F**k you, or you're a sh*thead.... ISN'T." It is again crystal clear that you ignore Forum rules whenever you get angry, and it seems that virtually anything can get you angry. The fact that you were so obviously out of line with your comments, that you were so clearly called out for your behavior by others on the forum, and you still can't bring yourself to understand why or to take adequate corrective actions speaks volumes about the type of person you are. I believe that your questions about why I have posted have already been answered, but I will restate what I and others have said. I don't believe that the topic is at all disrespectful to anyone or that it is not socially acceptable. Anyone with children knows that toilet habits and pitfalls become a common point of discussion...even in public. But, when you are talking about yourself, it can be a little uncomfortable, especially when the majority of your contacts are in a work environment. Forums allow people to be more honest and frank than they would otherwise be...that's one huge reason why they are so popular. Unfortunately, they also allow people to denigrate others and treat others in such a way that you would rarely, if ever, do in real life. We have posts dedicated to the manner and frequency with which Sheldon, or others, masturbate; posts dedicated to the color and consistency of shit; posts about proper penis size; posts about proper penis hygiene; posts about breast sizes (pros and cons); and all manner of stuff that would make many a person blush in the New World Women. The point of my post was not to elevate the level of conversation around here. However, given the choice between abusive denigration of others, or some of these topics above, it seems that I may have accidentally elevated the level discourse. Despite this, I still wouldn't go to those other threads and shit all over those people for wanting to discuss things that I find uncomfortable. I understand that different people have different standards of what they consider respectful and appropriate for conversation, even anonymously on a message board. A thread about how one wipes their ass is not an appropriate topic in mixed company. Hanging around with your buddies with beers and having a laugh, yeah, that's different. If you were at the dinner table with a bunch of friends and relatives -- mixed company -- would that be a good subject to bring up? I would think not. A message board may be "anonymous" in comparison to being in the same room with people, but it's still mixed company. Bottom line, this just isn't a good topic. I wouldn't call it disrespectful, just uninteresting and inappropriate in a "gross-out movie" kind of way. This board is almost ten years old, and this is the type of topic that we've seen trolls start to see if they can get the board riled up -- Jack is right about that. Yes, other people have started threads that many would consider inappropriate in mixed company. That they didn't blow up like this one did doesn't make them okay. I know I've had a run-in or two with Sheldon over the years about crossing the line of good taste. (I used Sheldon as an example only because Led named him above.) Some perspective: This thread has 123 replies. The vast majority of those replies are arguing about whether the subject matter is appropriate, or what the OP's intention was when he started it. Not many of those 123 replies are addressing the actual topic of how people wipe their ass -- probably because it's not a very interesting subject. And most of the posts that did address the topic were jokes ("I usually use a flaming porcupine."). After a whole week, only 10 people have voted in the poll. "How Do You Wipe Your Ass? Sitting on the toilet, standing up, or squatting over the toilet? Just curious." Sorry Led, but if your aim is to "elevate the level of conversation around here," you'll have to come up with better material. That said, LedRush is not a troll. Like LiX, I've had my share of disagreements with him in the past, mainly in SOCN, but he is not a troll. He just a guy who made a trollish thread. Led's been here for almost two years, and he is not known for starting troll threads. Jack, to lump him in with the actual trolls we've seen over the years -- people who get banned after two months -- and to treat him as such, is not fair.

I know I said that a hundred are not enough but I'll give it a try. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Rush - Permanent Waves Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Led Zeppelin - III The Who - Quadrophenia Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Pink Floyd - Animals Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood

With a grin like that everyone knows your listening to Michael Jackson

http://i.imgur.com/xoDEsXc.jpg London bound. Prog on iPod.

Habs win! :7up: :ebert: :cheerleader:

It better not be THE END of Narpizzillaskibinski

:laughing guy:

It's a beautiful picture, and one that x1yyz should be proud of!

Beatles - Rubber Soul Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Rush - Hemispheres Who - Live at Leeds Dire Straits - Making Movies Muse - The Resistance Led Zeppelin - First Album ELP - First Album Supertramp - Crime of the Century Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (not necessarily in order)

You're overthinking it. Just pick it up and start with the first page. You can always quit and put it down if you don't like it. Reading should be enjoyable not something you dread. My point exactly. The dread. I have trouble in the SOCN sometimes just reading the entire OP and links because I can't stand reading so much.... Oh, that's so sad to hear :( I've been a voracious reader since I was a child, and I go to bed an hour early just so I can have that extra time to read every night. I'd be lost without books.

A friend of mine (a little older than me) was sitting with me at a Hooters with a couple other guys. Eventually one of the others starts talking about the waitresses and throws the question out, "Which one of these girls would you want to be stuck in an elevator with?" His response was, "Whichever one knows how to fix an elevator. I'm old, tired and I have to pee a lot". Still has me laughing a week+ later. :rfl:

Sounds similar to my evening. My good boyfriend took me out for Mexican food, got me drunk and swooned over how my ass looked all night. It was a good evening! :D Wow, same thing happened to me... last time I hang out with ILSnwdog on Cinco De Mayo

1:1, book of Kind Advice: Do not climb up a tree to play poker with a squirrel, he may soon see you as a nut.

It takes many nails to build a crib, but just one screw to fill it

My wife and I were sitting outside in very nice spring weather a couple evenings ago. I had Rush playing "shuffle whole collection" pretty loud along with adult refreshments and smoke. She mentioned to me that this type of evening would no longer be acceptable if we were to move to a townhouse as we had planned. After thinking about this even more, I realized there is more to this story than loud music. I now realize the freedom I will lose to others, should we move to a multi family dwelling. Of course we are getting up in age now and taking care of 2 acres of grass to mow and gardens to tend, a house to maintain and taxes to pay, we thought moving to the city would be our best bet. Thanks to loud Rush music and some encouraging words from my wife, we are going to try and build our own house, our way and as far out in the country as we can get. Long live loud Rush music outside at night. In our own courtyard. I realize now I can downsize without leaving the sanctuary of the wonderful woods.

:) :) :)

Not even close. A boring existence has its advantages at times.... ;)

And thank you.

Johnny Manziel, QB, formerly of Texas A&M. It's Jadaveon Clowney. I know who Johnny Football is..... :| I asked who Mr Football is. Are they one in the same?.... I was using the New York Times stylebook. One more time.... Is Clowney Mr Football?... or The only person who's mentioned "Mr Football" in the thread is you. Only you can answer your own question. Read the poll carefully please.... :) This is what it says: J. Football and the draft (3 member(s) have cast votes) Where should Johnny Football go in the draft Then it says... Where will Mr Football go in the draft... Yes, Johnny Football is Mr. Football. Mr. Clowney is "The Future of Football". Thank you. You are a gentleman and a scholar sir..... :)

Suddenly my QB looking like the Geico Caveman isn't so bad.

Johnny Manziel, QB, formerly of Texas A&M. It's Jadaveon Clowney. I know who Johnny Football is..... :| I asked who Mr Football is. Are they one in the same?.... I was using the New York Times stylebook. One more time.... Is Clowney Mr Football?... or The only person who's mentioned "Mr Football" in the thread is you. Only you can answer your own question. Read the poll carefully please.... :) This is what it says: J. Football and the draft (3 member(s) have cast votes) Where should Johnny Football go in the draft Then it says... Where will Mr Football go in the draft... Yes, Johnny Football is Mr. Football. Mr. Clowney is "The Future of Football".

The highest TRF compliment possible. This is true.... ^^^^^ Very few have warranted it. You are in select company x1yyz

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/SeAt72Y_zps541b70fa.gif

Downloads would make more sense as the packaging was minimal. Excellent, thanks for the news on that album!

Actually, there's three: Where's My Thing? Leave That Thing Alone Shapes of Things What? Shapes of Things? Where's that from? Feedback. And it doesn't really apply.. I say they should play Where's my Thing AND Leave that Thing Alone. Especially considering Geddy's little jam at the end of them songs! They could even do a crazy long jam at the end of each one and follow them with Mal Nar.. Save LaVilla for the encore. They really need to focus more on instrumentals this time and let Ged rest his voice

It's about time. THE END

Glad it's all sorted. Stay healthy and happy!

Muppet Flambé.

I have zero reason to believe any of it. I'm not saying there are not spirits etc, because I really don't know, but do I think they'd spend time flickering lights and messing with toasters? Nope.

Sounds similar to my evening. My good boyfriend took me out for Mexican food, got me drunk and swooned over how my ass looked all night. It was a good evening! :D Wow, same thing happened to me... last time I hang out with ILSnwdog on Cinco De Mayo Anyone who doesn't recognize the fact that you have one hell of a pooper is a palpable fool.

Rush - Moving Pictures The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet Steely Dan - Aja Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies The Police - Synchronicity Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy The Doors - Soft Parade The Who - Quadrophenia Yes - Close To The Edge This was tough. I know there might be a few others that I would take in lieu of the ones I have mentioned, but since I no longer have my albums, and my memory, especially when it concerns anything to do with the eighties, is pretty useless, this is the best I could do, all things considered. :)

perfidious

I want Alsgals to reach 116 years old then I'll be ready for her! :D-13:

Congrats on finally conquering your health issues. Here's to another 50 years of being healthy. :7up:

Just wanted all to know I think I have come out the other end on this health thing. Almost 2 weeks out from the sinus/septum surgery it is almost healed and I am feeling better each day. I just wanted to thank one and all of you for your kind words and concern throughout all of this these past few months. I was going to name each one of you but I looked back and there were so many of you it would be a bit much. All tolled 49 of the TRF's finest wished me well and helped keep me laughing and smiling during my hospital stay and recoup at home. It's humbling to say the least and a beautiful thing to say the most. You guys are the best of the best and with that I think we can finally shut this thread down and make it a distant memory and let it fade into the woodwork like so many threads ultimately do. Thanks again and sincerely, peace and love to you all.... :sigh:

I would like to have Sting visit me, forget about the rest of the Police.

I would hope to have the cops tell me I was playing 2112 too softly.

Dammit!! Beat me to it!! But I was gonna use Sting instead of SC.

I've never had the whole band show up, but once Stewart Copeland popped his head in my house and said "Cool! Is that Rush?" :) Clem