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"Sex And The City" is a classic. OMG. So many un-broachable topics were broached.

2 hours ago, ozzy85 said:

Agreed. Take look at Carlos Santana. Fantastic long career. Learned his playing style based on the blues. Multiracial band . Articulate . Came up during the rise of Rolling Stain. would call him a master.

lol @ Rolling Stain

Side note- Bill Graham apparently gave Carlos a huge boost career-wise, since he recognized his raw talent and potential.

Also- Carlos Santana put out some great live albums. Anyone wishing to get a taste for what was coming out of that scene in the 1970s would be smart to pick up those albums in whichever medium that suits them (digital or record store.)

Back on topic, IMO Wenner became like Lorne Michaels, and stopped thinking outside of the box. (Aside from his obvious bigoted thought processes.) People get comfortable or stagnant and they stop changing and growing.......

41 minutes ago, blackhawkrush said:

I've always been envious of people having a working laptop at the airports, but I guess it's more work than play. 

Oh definitely. 

A really gruesome crime back home made me sad. Like, ugh. The human condition is so dark sometimes.......

He had a good run. He apparently terrified people back in the day, lol..............

On 10/5/2023 at 4:18 AM, Principled Man said:

What made you laugh this week?

 

I drove down to Cincinnati this past Friday for some vacation time.  Lots of family and friends to visit.  
 

As I entered the Cincinnati area, I started scanning the radio stations.  I arrived at the long time classic rock station, WEBN, which I followed religiously when I lived in the area long ago.  I have since given up on classic rock, as I got sick of the extreme overplay of certain old songs.  I tuned into WEBN 102.7 anyway, out of curiosity.  

 

Guess what song was playing?  Yep, it was Stairway to Heaven.    
 

Three days later, I’m on my way to see some friends, and I turn the radio on.  I scan through the channels and arrive at WEBN again.  
 

Guess what song was playing….again?   Yep, it was Stairway to Heaven.      

 

I can explain this. Most radio stations have a contractually agreed upon setlist for their formats and will play many songs ad nauseum. (A friend in the business admitted this to me.) As we move away from traditional radio, this will be less relevant to us as listeners, who have many other options. 

Today I laughed at being considered part of the "monied" demographic. For the modern American, looking prosperous on paper can lead to so many dumb situations.

Just on topic, if someone needs a laptop they will use daily and will be toting around everywhere, spend the money on a model designed for outdoor use. 

It's sad but for most of us tech is part of the way we make a living.

On 10/3/2023 at 10:08 AM, blackhawkrush said:

These small planes are going down like flies and people still use them.   

Glad you said this. 

The stats for small plane crashes are grim, especially when a pilot is either a novice or prone to getting disoriented.

The Carpenter's Greatest Hits

A lazy kid.

His mother is Eastern European so I was so surprised he even acts like that. EE families usually discipline their kids.

Who is gonna take pictures?

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

(Very adult themes but) Novels by Christopher Pike

R L Stine's Goosebumps Series

Hit up any big bookstore, they usually have a whole section devoted to tween and teen books.

I love Van Hagar. I'm not afraid to show it......

A shopping trip made my day. The bounty of goodness we chucked in the back of the grocery getter. 

Contrarian people and misfits get to experience all the alienation and none of the warmth of youth.

& I'll just be brutally honest, MOST people turn out the way you expect them to.....among the people I grew up with, very few of them broke out of the molds set for them.

So for some, the song "Subdivisons" re-inforces their ideas on life. Others might be saddened by the ideas.

19 hours ago, BastillePark said:

The Washington Post referring to Diane Feinstein as a "centrist stalwart". 

 

How about people get out of Congress or the presidency before they die from old age?

I wish people would be more kind towards her legacy. She was a true forward thinking person. 

Today I laughed at the antics of a teenager. Ahh youth...........

28 minutes ago, NoahLutz said:

Thoughts and prayers are most welcome.  Thank you.  

 

Apparently, life-saving procedures are unlikely to produce meaningful results and may actually do more harm than good.  Even if they succeed, his mind is going and he will remain in bed, in pain, and not altogether lucid.  As such, it seems that we will cease life-saving procedures within a week, and after that he will last for between 3 days and a few weeks.  I just need to support my mother as much as I can, be there for him, and try not to continually break down.  

It's a process. The worst part of mourning is when it just comes back to you, long after the initial loss. But love is eternal.

The amount of laundry I have to do. 

On a less serious note, his work on that "NCIS" TV show did help people understand the professionals who work in lab settings- they have to be very meticulous and careful. 

Godspeed sir!

1 minute ago, Laurabw said:

Oh, I meant, was there a code for presales?

Oh yeah. The old school TicketMaster system offered detailed info on seats, locations, etc. 

You have to give it to people who worked for TM, or at music sales stores, they had to know that system to maximize profit for the company.

On 9/26/2023 at 10:14 AM, NoahLutz said:

I was informed that I have to have a meeting tomorrow to decide how and when my father is going to die.  

How heavy. I am sorry to hear of this.

I'm sad due to ongoing health issues. "Losing it" is always bitter.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thank you.

On 9/24/2023 at 8:29 PM, Weatherman said:

He already sang in a comfortable range. It was on an album called Presto that everybody loves to crap on here. 

Presto is awesome. Y'all are killin me here.

10 hours ago, pjbear05 said:

Reminded me of my heart blockage Christmas night 2017.   Stabilized in the ER that night, signed consents and had angioplasty and stent insertion next day.  Painful and scary nonetheless.

Glad you are still here. A friend of mine had that surgery but it did not result in a longer lifespan.