Subject: random posts
Date: Wed Mar 1 07:20:09 2023
User: outskirts
Message:I love my '99 truck. Crank windows, no tech. I bought it in '11 for 5000 cash.
Date: Thu Mar 2 21:29:32 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Attention ix.........or anyone interested in shooting projectiles, or flying manhole covers, or space launches, etc.
Mankind's very first 'launch' into space, apparently.
Link: escape velocity, schmescape velocity
Date: Fri Mar 3 00:19:35 2023
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Guys,
escape, schm-escape
This schm-* thing, what is it called? I know it's a Jewish thing and read about in wikipedia once but I couldn't locate the page when I tried to find it after some time.
Edit:
Never mind. I have found it.
Link: Shm-reduplication
Date: Fri Mar 3 10:40:35 2023
User: outskirts
Message:
It means "feh", basically.
Date: Fri Mar 3 17:58:25 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Ron Jeremy's sister takes conservatorship...dementia's still left dude with good memories though (likely).
Date: Fri Mar 3 21:03:50 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Best wishes to Tom Sizemore, his Day of Reckoning so very imminent.
Date: Mon Mar 6 18:18:20 2023
User: ix
Message:
Date: Mon Mar 6 19:35:35 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Sounds like exactitude FormulaOne or NASCAR engineers might feel necessary.
Date: Mon Mar 6 22:03:29 2023
User: ix
Message:
Date: Mon Mar 6 23:22:42 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Plenty of candy still has the red you require. 🍬
Date: Thu Mar 9 11:57:49 2023
User: redberet
Message:Sometimes I think the Stetson is the new tin-foil cap.
Date: Thu Mar 9 20:16:44 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Sort of unreal if one takes a thoughtful look at the data, even if the ignorant were to declare such contention *mere* opinion.
Date: Thu Mar 9 22:52:28 2023
User: Klepp
Message:I've DISTINCTLY noticed a better ability in my eyes to distinguish black/red, since following an elevated level of beta carotene consumption in diet--e.g., carrots, squash, spinach...more distinction, no lie...
Date: Thu Mar 9 22:59:38 2023
User: redberet
Message:I remember back in middle school. Three of us got called in by the teacher for having the same incorrect answers on a math test. Well, it wasn't a problem for me to duplicate the same incorrect answers. Not so much for the other two. Lesson to be learned, you don't have to cheat to get the wrong answer.
Date: Mon Mar 13 03:25:46 2023
User: redberet
Message:Back in the service, I was sent twice to interview for a position working for the A/V team at the White House. Doing the setups and such for the President's speeches. Both times there were about 20 interviewees. First time was during AIT. I declined because I hadn't gotten to jump school yet. Second time was at Bragg and I disclosed that I had indulged in a doobie in the past, knowing that this automatically disqualified me. They had explained that I'd have to reenlist for 4 years, and my uniform would be a suit. I wonder how that would have changed my life.
Another doob also got me in trouble. When I finally got my promoted to E4 it was flagged due to incriminating evidence my Top found. The next month my name again comes up for promotion. I went into the company commander's office and told him that I respectfully decline promotion. He tells me to sit down and talks to me for an hour to convince me to take his promotion. He finally says, look it's an extra 40 a month, you can buy yourself another bag. I said to him sir, since you put it that way, I'll take your promotion.
I'll never understand why he did that, but I'm glad he did.
Date: Sat Mar 18 00:58:01 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Bryan Kohburger has been regularly attending Sunday mass while incarcerated...readying oneself for Judgement by peers, institutions, Entities?
Sounds more obtuse every time I learn something additional about the individual...
Date: Sat Mar 18 03:00:49 2023
User: Klepp
Message:AYAYAYAY!!! Gringa tan rubia con tetas tantas giganticas!!!! AYAYAY!!!!
Date: Sat Mar 18 09:38:15 2023
User: outskirts
Message:Steamed broccoli for St Pat's. And I wore my green camo. 😁
*Cut up some broccoli. Put it in a pyrex bowl with a little water, put lid on. Microwave 3 minutes. Or you can use Corning Ware®
Date: Sun Mar 19 04:21:15 2023
User: ix
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Date: Sun Mar 19 14:07:38 2023
User: james-bond
Message:This game can depress you, as MrFixit can attest. Cruising along at 1981 points, I shot myself in the foot by falling for the ol' red 4 on the red 5 trick. There goes 7.5 points I didn't need. 115 games later, I'm back to where I was. Draining productivity everywhere... The Kitchen is a mess and we have no food. But I have my 7.5 points back. Onward!
Date: Mon Mar 20 13:05:13 2023
User: outskirts
Message:Here's a benadryl story for you. 13-15 years ago I bought a bottle of benadryl gel. It is the most awesome stuff when I get bit by any of the 1000s of species of bugs that make me swell up. Awesome awesome stuff. It cost $4 and I still have it. Got it at the world of Wally. Well a few years ago, before the pandemic and inflation becoming highway robbery, I priced the stuff online. AND IT WAS $40!!!
Date: Mon Mar 20 13:31:00 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:...
Date: Mon Mar 20 17:50:48 2023
User: ix
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Date: Tue Mar 21 17:53:10 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Nice, ix.
Willis Reed gone at 80.
Date: Tue Mar 21 21:15:34 2023
User: Klepp
Message:If I had a kid I'd tell them to take up swearing as a bad habit, in replacement of an actually bad, bad habit: vaping, opioid abuse, the sex trade, et al....
Date: Tue Mar 21 23:00:05 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 01:38:12 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:I made a video of my reaction to that.
BTW..........Mason is still alive, in his 80s. Most here probably know this, but he also wrote jokes for many TV shows, including The Smothers Brothers and SNL. He was sorta a comedian in the genre of Martin Mull and Steve Martin, mixing comedy and music, altho maybe preceding them a tad. Very talented guy, as is Tommy, of course.
Link: My reaction to Tommy (the guitarist; not the album/musical)
Date: Wed Mar 22 02:31:54 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 05:04:42 2023
User: cellmate
Message:
well done Tommy and Billy!
Date: Wed Mar 22 11:23:29 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:Okay. That requires an explanation. Where? When? etc etc
Date: Wed Mar 22 13:55:19 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well, that was here, several years ago. Maybe 2015-16-(ish?). Coulda been a year or so earlier. I think I've alluded to my friendship/relationship with Billy before, but just wasn't explicit. I mentioned my first encounter with him and Don (Julin, his former mando sidekick) in the "old music" thread, but didn't elaborate. So......I first met them in Bristol (not CT, or England, but the one that sits on the TN/VA line), and where they yearly have one of the best festivals there is - the aptly named Rhythm & Roots Reunion. This first meeting was at one of those festivals. Maybe 2012-3-(ish?). I think he was 19 or 20, but looked 16. There are many dozens of bands/artists that perform, so one has to pick and choose. It's kinda like Jazzfest (or maybe SXSW), except smaller (even tho about 20 stages/venues) - yet more enjoyable, ultimately, because of the proximity of the interplay between performers and audience. Fortunately, I had done my research, altho at that time there wasn't much to research. But I picked them (among a few other "unknowns") for me and my friends to check out - clueless as to what I was getting us into. (They were relying on my knowledge and background for ideas outside the more famous 'known' acts.) It was at one of the smaller, side stages, and there *may* have been 50 people there. And it's such a low-key environment there, anyway, that sitting on the front row was no problem, thus being about 10 ft. away from them. Well............I knew within 5-10 seconds (not an exaggeration) that I was in the presence of greatness, and within 5-10 minutes that I had 'accidentally' discovered "the next big thing". One of those musical experiences in life where one incredulously wonders "how is that coming from someone so young?". So I ended up speaking with them afterwards, and learned that they were actually intimidated to come down here (from Traverse City) to play in the South. This was their first real trip South, and they honestly didn't know if they could measure up to what they were stepping into. (This area is a true hotbed of Americana, and always has been. And they were aware of that.) (And remember, Billy seems to have 'inherited' whatever it was the Doc was imbued with, so he knew what was what in that regard.) Long story short............I assured them in the strongest terms that they could quit worrying. I saw them either 3 or 4 more times that (long) weekend, and Billy and I ended up becoming friends, as much as you can be in that sort of milieu. They turned a lot of heads, but that only represented maybe a few hundred people out of tens of thousands at the festival. I even told them I'd speak to some of the movers and shakers in the area to get them gigs around there. As it turned out, I ran into one of my good friends, and the owner of the establishment where that picture was taken, on the streets that weekend. (He's also a performer.) I told him in the strongest way possible that he needed to get them booked (which he did a few months later). Later that same weekend, I also told Billy that he would end up moving to Nashvegas, and be playing with "all the greats" - everybody who is anybody. Whoever he wanted to. He wasn't at all sure that could happen. But I knew he was already that good, even at such a young age. I may even have mentioned Sam and Bela and all that crowd; don't remember for sure on that.
So anyway.............going forward, I was able to get them booked around this area, and altho I didn't have the wherewithal to get them booked in Nashville, I was able to get them hooked up with those who *could* get them introduced into that scene. It happened, actually, quicker than I thought it would. But that's the way talent is. Great talent attracts great talent, and it was rewarding to see him get on that track with my minimal little push and encouragement. Don decided he wanted to stay in Michigan, as he's older and all that. BTW...........Don is the real deal with his mando chops. Very Grisman-esque. In fact, he's done some stuff with him; he's that level, just has never pushed for fame and travel, etc. I suspect there's some stuff of them (Julin and Dawg) on gootube, but I haven't looked. So.....Billy "went off on his own" to Nashvegas, and in *almost* literally no time, he had connected with "the guys". So.......after that transition, any time he was in this area (including Asheville), we tried to spend some time together. Not like, hang out for hours, but as much as his schedule would allow. I'll leave it at that. We're not some "best buds", but we have a fondness for each other, let's say. He's gotten too big now, to play the smaller places, but that's ok. He's doing what he was born to do, with who all he was born to do it with.
Date: Wed Mar 22 14:05:49 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 14:48:03 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:BTW, Buzz (or whoever), you might want to revisit the clip I posted Fri May 13 23:54:58 2022 in the "old music" thread. It's Billy and Michael Cleveland, but that was before you got to see either of them live. That video mostly highlights Cleveland, and it's just about as good as it gets.
Date: Wed Mar 22 15:53:44 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:Great story, TN. That picture is a forever treasure.
I have had a few brief interactions with some artists, but nothing like that. My "musicologist" friend has rubbed shoulders with some of the giants of the indie world, and booked them for his shows. But that's rare air for most folks.
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I was waiting at the back of a venue for a warmup act to begin when the "main attraction" was walking out but stopped for a minute next to me. His bass player had to run backstage for her wallet before they dashed out for a quick dinner. I knew that my friend was well acquainted with this artist, so I quickly texted him. My friend responded, "Did you buy his new vinyl? Excellent. Tell him that you want him to put on some of his bass player's lipstick, put a 'kiss' print on the record cover, and sign it." I delivered that message, which was initially received with a nervous/uncomfortable laugh, but he got the joke when I told him who put me up to it. (I guarantee you've never heard of this guy, TN.) And that's one of my best. (shrug)
Date: Wed Mar 22 18:26:43 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 18:38:15 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 18:58:59 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 22:42:38 2023
User: ix
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Date: Wed Mar 22 22:49:51 2023
User: ix
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Date: Fri Mar 24 01:32:56 2023
User: Klepp
Message:Go Zags!
Timme can play exceedingly well, while resembling an early 20th century Antarctic explorer preparing for incredibly dangerous polar ingress...
Date: Fri Mar 24 03:33:31 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Some fairly good, dry, English humo(u)r (link). Kinda slow in spots, but pretty good, too.
Separately................the Zags may be the all-time best at actually being better than they look - going way back...
Link: Debunking stuff, English style
Date: Fri Mar 24 03:38:17 2023
User: Klepp
Message:I thought the Brits made a TON of fabulous music in the early to mid eighties...New Wave, Post-punk, Electropop, et al....
Date: Fri Mar 24 03:41:53 2023
User: Klepp
Message:I suppose a good deal of it was born a tad earlier, late seventies--as American pop music was then rather rather boring, catchy (albeit boringly weak, musically)...
Date: Fri Mar 24 11:43:35 2023
User: outskirts
Message:mansplaining
/ˈmansplāniNG/
nounINFORMAL
the explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.
"your response is classic mansplaining"
Lol. When no one asked him.
Date: Fri Mar 24 12:12:24 2023
User: redberet
Message:There is something exceptional about a battalion size jump, over 600 troopers. Now Sicily dropzone measures 2 miles by a half mile. Ten planes staggered one behind one another slowing down to 120 knots at 1250 ft. From the first exit to the last PLF takes less than a couple minutes. Just like that, the skies are suddenly full of nylon, and it is a sight to behold. Now that is something I'd like to do again. Not just in my dreams.
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