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@kluurs , I think I’ve seen this person’s videos before … one of those China perma-bull who is always positive on China. Not saying what he says is wrong, just skeptical that the guy may be shilling for China’s interests. That sort of “China good, China better” videos, many with Caucasian Westerners narrating on camera, are fairly common on YouTube (and many are repackaged from TikTok). Not saying they present falsehood (I haven’t invested the time to investigate), just that the way these things show up makes me suspect that there may be state organized propaganda efforts.

Thanks Kluurs. Argerich remains my top favourite living pianist. I have yet to be disappointed by any of her solo recordings out there. Interesting what the article has to say about her relationship to Schumann’s music. I would have never thought that.

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I suppose it's tricky where one chooses one's burial plot when a dead spouse and a remarriage are involved. Should the newly deceased widow/widower be buried next to the deceased spouse? If so where should the new spouse be buried when the new spouse dies? Posthumous three way just doesn't sound all that exciting when it comes to burial plot selection.

My teacher has used the analogy of the music starting from far away, which I found helpful.

Interesting. Never heard of that before. But I am not sure that the middle class is collapsing. I have not really seen signs of that. I have hear that the "wealth gap" is getting larger and larger however.

@taiwan_girl Well yeah! I’d use these. Cool!

When she shows up to audit everyone else: [image: 1741185077985-9caf22c7-0a37-47cf-870e-d1b75a77c818-image.png] When she shows up to audit Jon: [image: 1741185100260-2a95eec6-9b53-4e51-9bad-206a33f3a3f6-image.png]

Spywalled from phones. Will check when I’m on a computer.

Finally, poor people will have million dollar beachfront views. It's about time.

"No more aid" is a bit misleading.

I know I have posted this before, but for some reason, it always makes me laugh. 555 Link to video

@Horace said in Less disease to report already!: Turns out, the DEI department had been doing all the work. This made me chuckle, nice.

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I see them occasionally around here. Might be the same one for all I know.

@LuFins-Dad said in Should Jon and I buy Bosendorfer 230VC today??: @Jolly would you prefer the logo in brass or nickel? Pearl is not an option? (@LuFins-Dad take this back to Bosie/Yamaha HQ; may turn out to be a $multimillion idea.)