@kluurs said in This is a Piano Forum board after all: I had a friend with a condo at 680 Lake Shore Drive. That building's address used to be 666 Lake Shore Drive. I used to park there. Also, it had the Gold Star Sardine Bar... Sinatra, Barber, Bennett.

That was my first reaction as well, but y'know...

@Jolly said in Word of the Day: Prolix: I thought prolix applied to your sister... It's a smelly ointment. Didn't work, I might add.

That video had a remarkable ending. First a red headed guy meant to seem attractive, then the surprise gay ending. Ahead of its time. But society will never advance far enough to consider red headed males acceptable.

@xenon said in "He loved looking at my body.": @Renauda said in "He loved looking at my body.": Tough crowd here. I thought he was actually trying to be funny with the affected standup comic delivery. I lol'd. The guy is a decent comedian. He actually does have a sense of humor.

Link to video

@Renauda Thanks!

@jon-nyc said in RIP David McCullough: Wow. Love many of his books. RIP. +1 His books were a real treat.

@kluurs said in Today's Bellyache: it is clearly a sign of the times that cookbooks aren't the go to resource they once were. Looking up a recipe for broccoli puree, Google fetched up -- wait for it -- 4,730,000 hits (in .42 seconds, which I don't care who you are, is scary as shit to think about its ownself). Not believing that this actually meant there are 4,730,000 recipes for broccoli puree even on the Internetz, I clicked on page 10 just to see. Sure enough. We got Healthy Broccoli Mashed Potatoes, Pureed Broccoli with Creme Fraiche, Rosemary Broccoli Puree, Butternut Squash and Broccoli Puree with Homemade Rusks, Broccoli Puree Side Dish, Puree of Broccoli Soup, How To Make Broccoli Baby Food, Precious Puree of Potato and Broccoli, Mustard Powder with Broccoli. Then I came upon Quick and Easy Recipes from Williams Sonoma, which since I love me some Williams Sonoma I took a peek to see what they were up to with broccoli puree. But I got sidetracked with these bowls, which being totally a bowl phreak I WANT. [image: 1660025936342-0113bc81-5dc4-4b66-8f64-ebb115760488-image.png] Then I saw this chip and dip bowl just below the bowls and I WANT IT, TOO. [image: 1660025970499-fbfb7e72-cf43-4151-8dd3-19608648ea8d-image.png] It is now 2:30AM and I'm sorry, but this is all you get. Despite the song of ten million crickets or cicadas or whatever the eff they are, I must rest. 4,730,000 recipes for broccoli puree in .42 seconds on top of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is just too much, I tell you. I must sleep, to escape the horror-filled speculation of what, God help us all, tomorrow may bring.

81,286,365 votes. Supposedly.

In Taiwan, your driver license has a special code if you take your driving test in a manual car. That makes you legal to drive one. If you take your test in an automatic car, you are not legal to drive a manual. (I learned on a manual because that is what my parents had. LOL) ( I think that is a funny but true statement about manual cars less likely to be stolen. An anti theft device!!!)

What a grusome picture. But, isn't there a saying - "the only people who make war seem glamorous are those who were never in one"

@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher: "It's OK to let yourself go.": @taiwan_girl said in Maher: "It's OK to let yourself go.": That was quite good. A couple of comments "How many fat 90 year old people do you see?" At first, this made me laugh, but then think, that yup, he is right. I dont think obesity is so easy to solve. There have been studies that show that A. When people start to lose weight, the metabolism slows down so that they have to pregressivley eat less and less B. some obesity is from whatever was in your "gut" when you were born I think his point, based on all of the context, was not directed at the few who genuinely struggle with obesity. I think he was talking about the growing number of us who have become obese based on poor choices that are encouraged by the body positivity movement. You are absolutely right. I see in very obviously in Taiwan. So many young kids are pretty fat.

That is very neat!!!! Maybe @Ivorythumper will hire him for one his churches!!

I think it is happening, but there are not enough democrats there to make a difference.

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