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Yeah, I'm still laughing.

@Tom-K said in Where you gonna sit?:

I'd like to trade chord progressions with Taylor.

Is that what they’re calling it these days?

@George-K said in Mistakes have been made:

@LuFins-Dad said in Mistakes have been made:

@George-K said in Mistakes have been made:

@LuFins-Dad said in Mistakes have been made:

The cats are a back and forth for me. They hit me hard Friday morning… I had to take 2 Benadryl and Karla had to drive down to Newport News, but for the rest of the weekend the cats were in the hotel room with us, sleeping in the bed with me and Karla, and not a problem…

Could it be something else in the house?

Nope.

OK - I don't understand.

You're OK with the cats in a hotel, sleeping in your bed, etc.

When you get home, you're not OK with the cats?

Did I get that right?

Some days the cats hit me harder than others. I’m in a bit of an adjustment phase with them.

@jon-nyc said in Want an 80 hour a week job?:

No Christmas for you.

Maybe a lump of coal. From Newcastle.

YOU'RE ATTACKING CHRISTMAS!!!!

Oops. My Lisdexia is at it nagain.

@jon-nyc said in Cormac McCarthy's secret muse:

See what you’re missing for $20 a month?

Hay I'm retired and I gotta save money for (cheap) Scotch watch where the money goes.

@George-K said in Well, that's different.:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Well, that's different.:

I've tried watching JP, but he takes so freaking long to get to the point I inevitably lose interest.

You're not the only one.

I've said it before, but he'd make a great Doctor Who

He’ll be 16 in 9 months but by that time the nannies would be about to birth their own.

@George-K said in Some Prokofiev:

Though a bit slower, it seems to have the rhythmicity and power that the piece needs.

It is too slow. No, it does not have the rhythmicity or power that the piece needs.

It shouldn't be hard to say Gould or Sokolov played a piano piece badly.

Just listen to Argerich or Wang for this piece and be done with it. Heck, even Lang Lang and most Cliburn competitors play this piece better than Gould and Sokolov.

This is good training for those of us who can't imagine not taking a politician seriously. Observe yourself in how you react to this politician's words, and try to figure out how you're managing to not take him seriously, in his literal threat to take up arms against the federal government.

@jon-nyc

Her GRU handlers have briefed her well. She comes with all her answers prepared.

A different question is what Texas law they might be breaking.

Ammo for the lawsuit. Byrd was supremely unqualified to be carrying a firearm, let alone be a Capitol Police officer.

A 2004 incident where Byrd, who was off duty, fired his weapon at a stolen vehicle as it was fleeing his residential neighborhood; A 2015 "conduct unbecoming an officer" complaint filed by a fellow officer after Byrd, again off duty, confronted him while the officer was working at a high school football game in an incident with racial overtones; A 33-day suspension in 2019 after Byrd left his service weapon unattended in a public Capitol Hill bathroom; A failure to pass a routine background check shortly after Jan. 6 when attempting to purchase a shotgun for home protection, after the USCP worked to provide Byrd a department-issued shotgun instead, he failed the training; and Three further referrals to the Capitol Police Office of Professional Responsibility for which records are reportedly missing.

The man was (pardon the expression) a loose cannon.

ETA: "Missing records..."

Snort.

Doesn't stop me from being pissed about the original deal he was cut.

I did my liver-ups in the morning, don’t worry. 3 sets of 25. I knew it was going to be a big day.

@Horace said in Gilmour on Beato:

When title searches go bad.

Ain't nothing jon's sister hasn't seen at least a dozen times.

I'm sorry to hear of soccer's imminent demise. RIP. I know a lot of people will miss it.

@Wim said in First use of ICBM in war:

It was. The Russians informed the US half an hour before launching it

How polite of them. I'm not saying they were lying, but the Russian history of honesty is suspect.

But, it prolly was.

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@Jolly said in No-show:

I promise you...Both of those guys have already lawyered up.

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Oh, wait. These guys won't go to jail because, well, you know.