This past week, the Library of Congress published a list of “culturally significant recordings” that it would preserve. There seems to be no real unifying theme; the recordings cover from the 1850’s to the 1990’s. Music practically everyone knows:
Music few have heard of:
Spoken word:
Country and/or Western:
Folk:
Pop/jazz:
A Papal Mass:
Jazz:
Pop / jazzy rock?:
There are several others that can be fairly easily found in the list at the link above. Music can be very uplifting. The wide variety provides something for everyone.
Weekend Culturally Significant Recordings Open Comments
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I’ve actually posted a song off Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica on the FMT. Does that make me culturally significant?
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I’ve actually posted a song off Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica on the FMT. Does that make me culturally significant?
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I have always loved the Peter Gunn theme.
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I have always loved the Peter Gunn theme.
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140 timdenchanter says:
April 8, 2011 at 11:30 pmWho or what is Tim de Enchanter, making his debut late last night? (After most sock-wearing Hamsters have sacked out for the night.) Can’t tell from the avatar but I guess it could be a bearded wizard.
I assume this is not our regular Tim but flipped out?
I am off to run a spring work day at neighborhood pool & playground, getting everything spiffy for upcoming Easter Egg Hunt. Check y’all later.
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140 timdenchanter says:
April 8, 2011 at 11:30 pmWho or what is Tim de Enchanter, making his debut late last night? (After most sock-wearing Hamsters have sacked out for the night.) Can’t tell from the avatar but I guess it could be a bearded wizard.
I assume this is not our regular Tim but flipped out?
I am off to run a spring work day at neighborhood pool & playground, getting everything spiffy for upcoming Easter Egg Hunt. Check y’all later. -
Warmmongers – the Apocalyptic preachers of the science world:
Scientists who predicted a few years ago that Arctic summers could be ice-free by 2013 now say summer sea ice will probably be gone in this decade.
The original prediction, made in 2007, gained Wieslaw Maslowski’s team a deal of criticism from some of their peers.
Now they are working with a new computer model – compiled partly in response to those criticisms – that produces a “best guess” date of 2016.
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Warmmongers – the Apocalyptic preachers of the science world:
Scientists who predicted a few years ago that Arctic summers could be ice-free by 2013 now say summer sea ice will probably be gone in this decade.
The original prediction, made in 2007, gained Wieslaw Maslowski’s team a deal of criticism from some of their peers.
Now they are working with a new computer model – compiled partly in response to those criticisms – that produces a “best guess” date of 2016. -
#7 The best explanation I’ve heard of the mystery scars – Two Obamas
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#7 The best explanation I’ve heard of the mystery scars – Two Obamas
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There are some who call me…Tim.
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There are some who call me…Tim.
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Hamous (#8) and Southern Tragedy (#7) are both now culturally significant.
Good morning, all.
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Hamous (#8) and Southern Tragedy (#7) are both now culturally significant.
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I’m sure glad that our government didn’t have to shut down so it could continue to involve itself in such important tasks such as this. Just think how bad it would be if we had to depend on You Tube or something like that in the private sector to preserve our music for us.
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I’m sure glad that our government didn’t have to shut down so it could continue to involve itself in such important tasks such as this. Just think how bad it would be if we had to depend on You Tube or something like that in the private sector to preserve our music for us.
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Good morning Hamsters. Hot yesterday and likely to be so today–way too soon in Spring for my tastes. Started out at 68 around 6:30, so much better than yesterday’s mugly 70. Live oak seedpods/flowers seem diminished in profusion the past couple of days–yea–but are still making a mess. Of note is that all the pecans are leafing out, so their pollen will soon cover everything that we just got cleaned off. And the ligustrum blossoms are ready to pop with that overly sweet aroma that is entirely too much to bear. Spring allergy season is only half over….
Hamous #6, Aren’t those pesky climate watchers so persistent in their quest for some sort of “scientific” evidence for their pet fantasies? A new computer model, that’s the thing! Make it produce the result you want no matter how farfetched your Rube Goldberg model must be. Then keep that model stored in the same place as Obama’s long-form birth certificate, medical records, and school transcripts. Ah, cold fusion redux. 😉
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Good morning Hamsters. Hot yesterday and likely to be so today–way too soon in Spring for my tastes. Started out at 68 around 6:30, so much better than yesterday’s mugly 70. Live oak seedpods/flowers seem diminished in profusion the past couple of days–yea–but are still making a mess. Of note is that all the pecans are leafing out, so their pollen will soon cover everything that we just got cleaned off. And the ligustrum blossoms are ready to pop with that overly sweet aroma that is entirely too much to bear. Spring allergy season is only half over….
Hamous #6, Aren’t those pesky climate watchers so persistent in their quest for some sort of “scientific” evidence for their pet fantasies? A new computer model, that’s the thing! Make it produce the result you want no matter how farfetched your Rube Goldberg model must be. Then keep that model stored in the same place as Obama’s long-form birth certificate, medical records, and school transcripts. Ah, cold fusion redux. 😉 -
Ouchie. That left a mark….. /rubs head
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Ouchie. That left a mark….. /rubs head
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The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior
The Commadore 64 debut was culturally significant. Especially for gamers and computer geeks.
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The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior
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What The French???
Houston Does the Rain Tax, the Lege Shines Up a Sun Tax
Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, wants electricity users in Texas to pony up $1.2 billion over the next five years to subsidize the solar power in Texas. HB 2961Darby’s proposal would tack on $50 a month for every industrial meter, $5 for every commercial meter and $1 for every residential meter.
Although exact estimates are sketchy, solar power currently provides much less than 0.5 percent of all power used annually in the state. (hat tip Watchdog, we’d missed this one)
This guy is a Republican?
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What The French???
Houston Does the Rain Tax, the Lege Shines Up a Sun Tax
Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, wants electricity users in Texas to pony up $1.2 billion over the next five years to subsidize the solar power in Texas. HB 2961
Darby’s proposal would tack on $50 a month for every industrial meter, $5 for every commercial meter and $1 for every residential meter.
Although exact estimates are sketchy, solar power currently provides much less than 0.5 percent of all power used annually in the state. (hat tip Watchdog, we’d missed this one)
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#1 hamous
They should have picked these guys instead of Captain Beefheart.It’s squawk’s fave!
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#1 hamous
They should have picked these guys instead of Captain Beefheart.
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This guy is a Republican?
To be more precise, he’s a third term Establishment Republican of the typoe who have gotten us into the pickle we’re in.
The Republican from San Angelo was one of five members of the Texas House of Representatives who on Tuesday seconded a nomination made for Straus, a Republican from San Antonio whose re-election bid had been under attack from conservative political groups around the state.
In his “seconding” speech, Darby noted the grim budget outlook facing the state and urged members to put politics aside in the face of what will be one of the toughest legislative sessions in state history.
“Joe Straus is an honest and honorable man and no one should question his commitment to family values, to his party, to this institution or to this great state,” Darby said. “Joe Straus is a proven leader who stands for fairness, honor and integrity. This is the day we need to put Texas first and foremost, not politics.”
Some familiar
talking pointsphrases in that speech.That support garnered for Darby some plum Committee Assignments, including Chairman of Budget and Oversight, which is where he gets the power tlo suggest more sources of revenue, rather than address the spending issue.
Had a more Conservative Speaker been elected, the message sent would have been unmistakeable and this kind of crap wouldn’t see the light of day.
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This guy is a Republican?
To be more precise, he’s a third term Establishment Republican of the typoe who have gotten us into the pickle we’re in.
This is worthy of note.The Republican from San Angelo was one of five members of the Texas House of Representatives who on Tuesday seconded a nomination made for Straus, a Republican from San Antonio whose re-election bid had been under attack from conservative political groups around the state.
In his “seconding” speech, Darby noted the grim budget outlook facing the state and urged members to put politics aside in the face of what will be one of the toughest legislative sessions in state history.
“Joe Straus is an honest and honorable man and no one should question his commitment to family values, to his party, to this institution or to this great state,” Darby said. “Joe Straus is a proven leader who stands for fairness, honor and integrity. This is the day we need to put Texas first and foremost, not politics.”Some familiar
talking pointsphrases in that speech.
That support garnered for Darby some plum Committee Assignments, including Chairman of Budget and Oversight, which is where he gets the power tlo suggest more sources of revenue, rather than address the spending issue.
Had a more Conservative Speaker been elected, the message sent would have been unmistakeable and this kind of crap wouldn’t see the light of day. -
I feel so much better knowing that government is not shutting down. Boehnerco is out there crowing about how this agreement is so good for the country,
And to stay with the theme combined with my rant I would like to present this musical interlude:
Now that I have gotten the BPH out of the way.
The Democrats won this battle and probably the war
The cuts amount to an accounting error
The Republicans took crumbs to “get this deal.”
It is still just an extension.What they got affected DC which the Federal government is the city council for. The rest of us are still taking it without any K-Y much less getting a kiss. EPA is still the ogre it was and Planned Parenthood is still business as usual.
All to stop the shutdown….. what a bunch of pathetic bunch of clowns we have in leadership. They caved. This leaves me with very little hope for them when the real big battle Boehner promised (cutting obama care) hits the fan.
I still say Boehnerco is hoping the courts do the job for them.
/That music seems appropriate with all the promises Boehnerco gave when WE returned the “R”s to congressional majority.
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I feel so much better knowing that government is not shutting down. Boehnerco is out there crowing about how this agreement is so good for the country,
And to stay with the theme combined with my rant I would like to present this musical interlude:
SING IT BUCK
Now that I have gotten the BPH out of the way.
The Democrats won this battle and probably the war
The cuts amount to an accounting error
The Republicans took crumbs to “get this deal.”
It is still just an extension.
What they got affected DC which the Federal government is the city council for. The rest of us are still taking it without any K-Y much less getting a kiss. EPA is still the ogre it was and Planned Parenthood is still business as usual.
All to stop the shutdown….. what a bunch of pathetic bunch of clowns we have in leadership. They caved. This leaves me with very little hope for them when the real big battle Boehner promised (cutting obama care) hits the fan.
I still say Boehnerco is hoping the courts do the job for them.
SING IT AGAIN BUCK
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Is being culturally significant synonymous with having gravitas?
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Is being culturally significant synonymous with having gravitas?
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I think in most cases, it’s the opposite. Unless you’re a hipster Obama worshiper.
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I think in most cases, it’s the opposite. Unless you’re a hipster Obama worshiper.
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Rebecca Black – Friday (OFFICIAL PARODY VIDEO) – Sunday – Sadie B
like Rebecca Black,’s, ummmm, “stellar” Friday debut, Susan B’s Sunday should be culturally significant.
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Rebecca Black – Friday (OFFICIAL PARODY VIDEO) – Sunday – Sadie B
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Squawk;
You Social Security check will arrive on time!
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Squawk;
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#9 gtotracker42
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#9 gtotracker42
So you have identified the avatar (thanks!) but who was the poster? -
Of the dozens of (then) popular songs I learned to mimic on the piano as a kid, this one was most requested by mom42. I hadn’t played it in well over 30 years, and the Rhodes’ intonation is still not where I’d like it to be, but here goes.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silenceArranged in memory of Carolyn B. Drumm, 10/31/1941 – 3/31/2011.
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Of the dozens of (then) popular songs I learned to mimic on the piano as a kid, this one was most requested by mom42. I hadn’t played it in well over 30 years, and the Rhodes’ intonation is still not where I’d like it to be, but here goes.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silenceArranged in memory of Carolyn B. Drumm, 10/31/1941 – 3/31/2011.
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My condolences, bob.
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My condolences, bob.
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#17 ST, Ooohhh, now that proposal sounds like an invitation to Get A Rope….
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#17 ST, Ooohhh, now that proposal sounds like an invitation to Get A Rope….
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Bob, deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother.
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Bob, deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother.
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So sorry for your loss, Bob. I know you’re not the praying type, but you’re in mine anyway.
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So sorry for your loss, Bob. I know you’re not the praying type, but you’re in mine anyway.
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Arranged in memory of Carolyn B. Drumm, 10/31/1941 – 3/31/2011.
Bob, is this your mother? You did not mention this and it has been over a week since March 31. It is not my job to chide you here, but you should let people know, and not be joking around about “dating yourself”, etc.
That being said, if your mother has died since your last mention of her condition, I would like to extend my sincere sympathies to you and the rest of the family.
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Arranged in memory of Carolyn B. Drumm, 10/31/1941 – 3/31/2011.
Bob, is this your mother? You did not mention this and it has been over a week since March 31. It is not my job to chide you here, but you should let people know, and not be joking around about “dating yourself”, etc.
That being said, if your mother has died since your last mention of her condition, I would like to extend my sincere sympathies to you and the rest of the family. -
bob #26;
Sympathies to you and your. Take care and God bless.
Don’t forget you have friends to call upon.
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bob #26;
Sympathies to you and your. Take care and God bless.
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Mark Levin on Budget Deal: ‘This Is a Historic Scam’
Great points from Levin. Including $10 billion of the cuts possibly from the two previous CRs.
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Mark Levin on Budget Deal: ‘This Is a Historic Scam’
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A little song for the “R”s
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A little song for the “R”s
Sing it Danny -
And where is the TeaParty?
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And where is the TeaParty?
Sing it Brother Isleys -
I can only wish. Oh well, a little mornin maniac music just the same.
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I can only wish. Oh well, a little mornin maniac music just the same.
Sing it Gracie -
I am no bodies slave, I am no bodies master
Sing ‘er John
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I am no bodies slave, I am no bodies master
Sing ‘er John
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Thanks y’all I do appreciate the thoughts and prayers.
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Thanks y’all I do appreciate the thoughts and prayers.
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I know it’s late in the day, but my sincere condolences, Bob. I know from your posts how much your mother meant to you.
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I know it’s late in the day, but my sincere condolences, Bob. I know from your posts how much your mother meant to you.
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I spent most of my day working in the yard. I finally moved the walkway from my back porch over to where it will be easier to use. I wanted to get the bricks and loads of dirt moved before the potential rainfall, which I’m hoping will help it settle. I don’t know how many loads of dirt I’ve moved, but if it keeps getting warmer I’ll have to stop soon. I don’t do heat well, and if the mosquitoes arrive, as they always do, then I shall have to spend more time indoors.
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I spent most of my day working in the yard. I finally moved the walkway from my back porch over to where it will be easier to use. I wanted to get the bricks and loads of dirt moved before the potential rainfall, which I’m hoping will help it settle. I don’t know how many loads of dirt I’ve moved, but if it keeps getting warmer I’ll have to stop soon. I don’t do heat well, and if the mosquitoes arrive, as they always do, then I shall have to spend more time indoors.
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I’m just tired of waiting on Hubby to arrive with the backhoe. He’ll watch me for a moment and say “I could do that with the backhoe, you know.” I just look at him, look at the pile of dirt, and say “Bring it!”
And he goes back inside to do something else.
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I’m just tired of waiting on Hubby to arrive with the backhoe. He’ll watch me for a moment and say “I could do that with the backhoe, you know.” I just look at him, look at the pile of dirt, and say “Bring it!”
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Your elected representatives in Washington have declared you incompetent to care for yourself. Your elected representatives in Austin agree with Washington as they work harder to relieve you of the last of your meager savings and freedoms. Your elected representatives in City Hall know your street is full of potholes and there are thieves lurking in the shadows. Sadly, there simply isn’t enough money in the coffers to retain the services of all those policemen, firemen and maintenance personnel. Your elected representatives at the school district are in good shape financially having recently received a favorable vote on the bonds and have let contracts to improve the athletic facilities. Unfortunately, there is a substantial shortfall so numerous teachers will need to seek employment elsewhere. Your nation is awash in unskilled laborers who do not speak the language and contribute mightily to the crime rate increase even as the local constabulary points to rigged figures proving the crime rate is going down. Your elected representatives in Washington are correct.
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Your elected representatives in Washington have declared you incompetent to care for yourself. Your elected representatives in Austin agree with Washington as they work harder to relieve you of the last of your meager savings and freedoms. Your elected representatives in City Hall know your street is full of potholes and there are thieves lurking in the shadows. Sadly, there simply isn’t enough money in the coffers to retain the services of all those policemen, firemen and maintenance personnel. Your elected representatives at the school district are in good shape financially having recently received a favorable vote on the bonds and have let contracts to improve the athletic facilities. Unfortunately, there is a substantial shortfall so numerous teachers will need to seek employment elsewhere. Your nation is awash in unskilled laborers who do not speak the language and contribute mightily to the crime rate increase even as the local constabulary points to rigged figures proving the crime rate is going down. Your elected representatives in Washington are correct.
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#37 – Mister DEEEEEEEEEEP Cut way ta GO SQuawkster!
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#37 – Mister DEEEEEEEEEEP Cut way ta GO SQuawkster!
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TT #42;
And he goes back inside to do something else.
That’s my kind of man!
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TT #42;
And he goes back inside to do something else.
That’s my kind of man!
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#42 tedtam
Maybe you need to fix him a sammich so he can keep up his strength.And make it snappy.
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#42 tedtam
Maybe you need to fix him a sammich so he can keep up his strength.
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Karl Denninger TELLS it like IT IS ………………..once AGAIN
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Karl Denninger TELLS it like IT IS ………………..once AGAIN
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Bob42: May Mom42 rest in peace and you live in peace with your grief soothed.
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Bob42: May Mom42 rest in peace and you live in peace with your grief soothed.
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Well I’ve been outa’ pocket of late, so let me catch up.
Bob, I send my condolences to you and your family, I know that you took real good care of her in the end and I sure that she appreciated it. You were fortunate to see often near the end. God Bless you.
Tedtam, Congratulations to The Boy and YOU, you, Gotter’ Done. It’s hard to believe that your Daughter is Graduating AND getting married and now your Son is starting college, the next thing you know, he’ll be out and on his own. Time really flies when they get this age. -
Well I’ve been outa’ pocket of late, so let me catch up.
Bob, I send my condolences to you and your family, I know that you took real good care of her in the end and I sure that she appreciated it. You were fortunate to see often near the end. God Bless you.
Tedtam, Congratulations to The Boy and YOU, you, Gotter’ Done. It’s hard to believe that your Daughter is Graduating AND getting married and now your Son is starting college, the next thing you know, he’ll be out and on his own. Time really flies when they get this age. -
Bob I reckon I missed the memo………….
Kneemail for Peace, Strength, and Solace are your sir
“Her last breath on EARTH was her first breath in HEAVEN!”
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Bob I reckon I missed the memo………….
Kneemail for Peace, Strength, and Solace are your sir
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Thanks Bones, SD, and Katfish. I’ll be fine, with time. My employer has been quite understanding of my intermittent cerebral paralysis, the pre-rehearsal “milk and cookies” choir crew has been helpful, as are my interactions with folks here (more than y’all can know.)
I’m sorry if I put a downer on the weekend OC. Next time I upload something I play, it will be more upbeat.
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Thanks Bones, SD, and Katfish. I’ll be fine, with time. My employer has been quite understanding of my intermittent cerebral paralysis, the pre-rehearsal “milk and cookies” choir crew has been helpful, as are my interactions with folks here (more than y’all can know.)
I’m sorry if I put a downer on the weekend OC. Next time I upload something I play, it will be more upbeat. -
Oh and Bob, “the Rhodes’ intonation is still not where I’d like it to be, but here goes.”
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Oh and Bob, “the Rhodes’ intonation is still not where I’d like it to be, but here goes.”
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I’m sorry if I put a downer on the weekend OC.
Definitely no apology required there, Bob. There is most definitely a time for grief and it’s wholly appropriate.
I made mention the other day to Squawk that there was more going on than I cared to get into here, and one aspect of that is that I recently lost a really good friend. We were neighbors for many years, and he’s been a part of my family for even more years than that. I’ve thought about it, cried about it, prayed about it, and even ended up laughing about it in a weird way. It just sucks and there’s really no other way to describe it. In the end though, the people around us help make it through.
God bless ya, man.
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I’m sorry if I put a downer on the weekend OC.
Definitely no apology required there, Bob. There is most definitely a time for grief and it’s wholly appropriate.
I made mention the other day to Squawk that there was more going on than I cared to get into here, and one aspect of that is that I recently lost a really good friend. We were neighbors for many years, and he’s been a part of my family for even more years than that. I’ve thought about it, cried about it, prayed about it, and even ended up laughing about it in a weird way. It just sucks and there’s really no other way to describe it. In the end though, the people around us help make it through.
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#54 The tuning is coming along, depending on the key the piece is in. I have several notes that I don’t want to “blow torch” any further because the risk of snapping the tone bar in two is too high. I want to have a few spares on hand before I push my luck.
Fortunately, there is a cult like following of the instrument on the internet and there are several sources of replacement parts, along with a wealth of instruction on the finer points of repair/restoration. -
Bob
I pray God draws you and yours near and keeps you in peace. If you need anything, ANYTHING, do not hesitate to yank my chain. BSue and I are here for you and will come there for you if need be.
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I pray God draws you and yours near and keeps you in peace. If you need anything, ANYTHING, do not hesitate to yank my chain. BSue and I are here for you and will come there for you if need be.
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Bob, that piano restoration is a wonderful project in this time of sorrow, for it awaits your attention when you need distraction. The benefit is you can see/hear the progress made, and that helps blunt the at times overwhelming emptiness of the loss–if only for a little bit each time. Grieving takes its own pace, and there are no rules nor timeframes. Anyone who proclaims there are is an idiot of the first order. God bless you and place His comfoting hand upon your shoulder when you need it most.
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Bob, that piano restoration is a wonderful project in this time of sorrow, for it awaits your attention when you need distraction. The benefit is you can see/hear the progress made, and that helps blunt the at times overwhelming emptiness of the loss–if only for a little bit each time. Grieving takes its own pace, and there are no rules nor timeframes. Anyone who proclaims there are is an idiot of the first order. God bless you and place His comfoting hand upon your shoulder when you need it most.
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Leave it to Ms Adee to make the case much better than the resident
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Leave it to Ms Adee to make the case much better than the resident
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But I don’t see any Neanderthals on Hamous’s couch or in the recliner in the corner or even on the footstool beside the wing chair. I do see good ladies and gentlemen who well understand and care when someone suffers a serious loss, for many of us have been through it by sad experience. Losing a parent has its own intricacies of sorrow; losing the second parent brings the same but adds to it the feeling of becoming an orphan–no matter how many brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles you might have. And perhaps the more jarring realization is that now you are the older generation.
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But I don’t see any Neanderthals on Hamous’s couch or in the recliner in the corner or even on the footstool beside the wing chair. I do see good ladies and gentlemen who well understand and care when someone suffers a serious loss, for many of us have been through it by sad experience. Losing a parent has its own intricacies of sorrow; losing the second parent brings the same but adds to it the feeling of becoming an orphan–no matter how many brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles you might have. And perhaps the more jarring realization is that now you are the older generation.
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#51 SuperDave
Thanks for the nice but premature congratulations. Handsome has a spot on the TEAM, not entrance into the university. He’ll have to test for that, and boy is he stressing out! Keep him in your prayers, that he (1) can find the time to study, (2) makes the time to study, (3) doesn’t lose his focus on his studies, and (4) scores well on his test.In the meantime, I have to keep fending off Barf Kitty. For some reason, she keeps crying for attention and doesn’t calm down unless she finally falls asleep or is touching me somehow (preferably me petting her). It’s really getting annoying.
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#51 SuperDave
Thanks for the nice but premature congratulations. Handsome has a spot on the TEAM, not entrance into the university. He’ll have to test for that, and boy is he stressing out! Keep him in your prayers, that he (1) can find the time to study, (2) makes the time to study, (3) doesn’t lose his focus on his studies, and (4) scores well on his test.
In the meantime, I have to keep fending off Barf Kitty. For some reason, she keeps crying for attention and doesn’t calm down unless she finally falls asleep or is touching me somehow (preferably me petting her). It’s really getting annoying. -
I just found out that I have a new grandnephew. They’ve named him Robert Elliot. Dad’s name is “Robbie”. Does this mean they’ll call the baby “Bob”? NOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!
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I just found out that I have a new grandnephew. They’ve named him Robert Elliot. Dad’s name is “Robbie”. Does this mean they’ll call the baby “Bob”? NOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!
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Bob,
Just got read up on the weekend thread. My most sincere and heartfelt condolences. You will be in our family’s prayers in the days ahead as you pass through the grief and pain of losing a parent.
If there is anything at all I can do, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I live on your side of town, so just give a shout.
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Bob,
Just got read up on the weekend thread. My most sincere and heartfelt condolences. You will be in our family’s prayers in the days ahead as you pass through the grief and pain of losing a parent.
If there is anything at all I can do, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I live on your side of town, so just give a shout. -
Thanks to all for the warm thoughts and prayers. Please rest assured that they are greatly appreciated, that I love y’all, and know that I’m both pleased and proud to call you my friend.
Also rest assured that I’ll be back next week, with my usual snarky, cynical, edgy, sometimes over the line, and hopefully “makes you think” commentary.
Older daughter came by to do laundry. She wants to take me out for some Tex-Mex and Ritas. I’m going to bail out for the rest of this thread, and hope that I can spark a “lighten up” on the mood. (It’s 4:20 somewhere…)
For example, I’m definitely gonna down me some Rita’s tonight. But don’t worry. I’m smart enough to know that you can’t drown your sorrows, but sometimes it doesn’t hurt to take them out for a swim.
Thanks again, and party on…
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Thanks to all for the warm thoughts and prayers. Please rest assured that they are greatly appreciated, that I love y’all, and know that I’m both pleased and proud to call you my friend.
Also rest assured that I’ll be back next week, with my usual snarky, cynical, edgy, sometimes over the line, and hopefully “makes you think” commentary.
Older daughter came by to do laundry. She wants to take me out for some Tex-Mex and Ritas. I’m going to bail out for the rest of this thread, and hope that I can spark a “lighten up” on the mood. (It’s 4:20 somewhere…)
For example, I’m definitely gonna down me some Rita’s tonight. But don’t worry. I’m smart enough to know that you can’t drown your sorrows, but sometimes it doesn’t hurt to take them out for a swim.
Thanks again, and party on… -
Where’s gto?
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Where’s gto?
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Little bits a Bakersfield
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Little bits a Bakersfield
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Twenty years ago, almost to the day, I lost someone I cared for deeply. This song came on the radio that night. To this day it still makes me cry like a baby.
May God bless your mother, Bob42.
Let it roll over me
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Twenty years ago, almost to the day, I lost someone I cared for deeply. This song came on the radio that night. To this day it still makes me cry like a baby.
May God bless your mother, Bob42.
Let it roll over me
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Some guys need to retire. This is a memory killer. Thank gawduhhhhh Gary Wright lost the white boots.
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Some guys need to retire. This is a memory killer. Thank gawduhhhhh Gary Wright lost the white boots.
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Speaking of GoatTrucker, a tip of the hat to ‘im. This stuff is pretty good. Not my favorite Shiner brew but it’s pretty nice right now.
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Speaking of GoatTrucker, a tip of the hat to ‘im. This stuff is pretty good. Not my favorite Shiner brew but it’s pretty nice right now.
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I was in Kroger yesterday and almost bought a six-pack. But I kept thinking “grapefruit” and “beer” and I just couldn’t wrap my mind around the combination. Maybe I’ll try it after all.
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I was in Kroger yesterday and almost bought a six-pack. But I kept thinking “grapefruit” and “beer” and I just couldn’t wrap my mind around the combination. Maybe I’ll try it after all.
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Springsteen and Bon Jovi are also gaming the system in New Jersey by claiming special ‘farm exemptions’ in order to avoid paying the typical taxes on their property.
Thanks to a tax exemption for beekeepers Bon Jovi pays a paltry $104 dollars on 6.8 acres of land in Monmouth County.
Springsteen also found a favorable exemption to help him avoid the standard tax rates on the 200+ acres he uses as a buffer zone around his three-acre home. Because an organic farmer works part of the land, Bruce is charged less than $5000 each year.
Neither of these gentlemen are doing anything illegal. Their tax filings are within the law.
Ain’t it grand to be Born in the U.S.A?
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Springsteen and Bon Jovi are also gaming the system in New Jersey by claiming special ‘farm exemptions’ in order to avoid paying the typical taxes on their property.
Thanks to a tax exemption for beekeepers Bon Jovi pays a paltry $104 dollars on 6.8 acres of land in Monmouth County.
Springsteen also found a favorable exemption to help him avoid the standard tax rates on the 200+ acres he uses as a buffer zone around his three-acre home. Because an organic farmer works part of the land, Bruce is charged less than $5000 each year.Neither of these gentlemen are doing anything illegal. Their tax filings are within the law.
Ain’t it grand to be Born in the U.S.A?
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Hey,it’s Monday morning, rise and shine. Gnaw tthourgh those straps and have a good week.
or not.
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Hey,it’s Monday morning, rise and shine. Gnaw tthourgh those straps and have a good week.
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Condolences Bob. Everything else has been said.
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Condolences Bob. Everything else has been said.
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Good morning Hamsters. Balmy 70 at 6 and humid but not mugly. Light breeze stirs after Sunup, rain chances drop to 10% this morning, disappointment lurks again. Everywhere we watered the yard all is Spring green, but the dry pastures are losing that beautiful tone bit by bit. How deceptive is the scene. Hay will be hard to obatin this summer unless it’s trucked in from farther east where rains have blessed the land.
Fort Bend County Tea Party Society has its April 15th rally in Sugar Land Town Square, 6-8 pm. KSEV’s Sam Malone will boradcast live from the scene. Y’all come.
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Good morning Hamsters. Balmy 70 at 6 and humid but not mugly. Light breeze stirs after Sunup, rain chances drop to 10% this morning, disappointment lurks again. Everywhere we watered the yard all is Spring green, but the dry pastures are losing that beautiful tone bit by bit. How deceptive is the scene. Hay will be hard to obatin this summer unless it’s trucked in from farther east where rains have blessed the land.
Fort Bend County Tea Party Society has its April 15th rally in Sugar Land Town Square, 6-8 pm. KSEV’s Sam Malone will boradcast live from the scene. Y’all come. -
Monday OC thread is open.
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Monday OC thread is open.
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