@Doctor-Phibes said in Living With Lefties: @Jolly said in Living With Lefties: You really, really need to move to a small Southern town. Living in a small Canadian town was probably pretty close. When I visited Boston after living there for a few years, I was stunned by how unbelievably standoffish everybody was - waiters didn't engage in long conversations, people didn't just invite you round to their house for no reason. Sadly, I don't even notice any more. I had to stay a couple of nights in Baton Rouge a few years ago. I was below the low man on the totem pole for a meeting with my regional director, some American Fund guys and John Kennedy. First night I was on my own and asked my SIL for a small place not too far from my hotel. I wound up at a tiny hole-in-the-wall Italian place, where the waiters were older than I was. Food was good, though. It had gotten a little late, there were just a few people left in the place and I'd been talking with the waiter about our grandkids and LSU football. I told the waiter to grab a glass of wine and have a seat. Shucks, I wasn't going anywhere for another five or six minutes. I enjoyed the conversation and I hope he did, too. Never seen the guy before or again in my life.

@Aqua-Letifer said in Today's Dump Thought: How in the world did you miss it? Jazz coma or something? I was aware of the controversy, and I saw at least one documentary about it. But as far as listening to any of their music? Nope. It's possible I've heard it, but I couldn't tell you if it was MV or not. I've led such a sheltered life.

@blondie Great story. I think that since the cavemen, older generations think that the younger ones are on the road to h*ll. LOL I know this is not 100% true, but I think that the human brain doesn't really want to accept new music culture after about the age of 30. For most people, their musical tastes (especially "pop" music) get fixed between the ages of 13-25.

Surprised Randall Cobb is still playing. Good for him.

@brenda :snort:

It’s fairly simple. When governments spend less and consumers spend more, times are good. When Government spends more and consumers spend less, times are less good. When everyone is spending like drunken sailors? Who the Fock knows?

@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey brenda!: @brenda said in Hey brenda!: @Aqua-Letifer said in Hey brenda!: @brenda said in Hey brenda!: Who's at the wheel of this rig? My wife is. She's currently spinning merino from, I think, Baaba. (Yeah they tell you the name of the freaking sheep.) Very cool! Does she knit or crochet with the yarn, or use it in another way? She does nalbinding. Has been for a few years now. Yes, if you're getting that intimate with a sheep, it's proper etiquette to know their name. Just ask Phibes. Indeed! Had to look up nalbinding. Very cool!!!!

Have another slice of pie.

Amiable mediocrities who are exactly as replaceable as their managers hope they are, are the rule at any large company, regardless of the letters after their names that may be prerequisite for applying for their jobs. There is no such thing as a huge company that only hires the best of the best, by definition. There aren’t enough bests of the bests to go around. And actually for jobs that require advanced formal educations, the pool of candidates is generally limited to those who have already failed in their aspiration to become academics.

The new Chuck Norris. Well, maybe the old one. Something like that anyway.

Horsefeathers.

@George-K said in Hay Blondie!: @Mik said in Hay Blondie!: Ahem. "And others. and a little chopped liver..."