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Hi Mark. I am very sorry for her passing. I am glad she was a good mother to you. Mom's are the best thing going on this Earth. We all wish they would always be here with us as long as we are.

If you say so oh sage one. More importantly, there are proven ways to get all that sand out of your eyes and ears after having them buried in it for so long. I can provide links. And I have to ask, curious creature that I am, I thought for sure you would have added your input to my queries on my upcoming piano hunt. I remember the topic of pianos was something you had much interest in with all kinds of good advice. Particularly the Baldwin question. I remember your fondness for them in the days of yore.

@George-K said in Mr. Clemency:

@89th said in Mr. Clemency:

I mean the Jan 6th folks were charged...

Innocent until proven guilty.

Have all the charged been tried?

If not, then that is another travesty of justice. So many holes in the system to count The Beatles get it, probably as many as the Albert Hall.

I hope you all have good chiropracters and are covered insurance wise. That water you guys have to carry gets heavier each day.

His attempts to rewrite history to exonerate himself will fail miserably. Ostrich's arise and smell the tyrannical attempts to do the impossible. I got my popcorn. Got my butter. Got my 90 inch TV and sound system and theater seats and don't plan to miss a single scene. This will be better than Lord of the Rings!

@taiwan_girl said in Mr. Clemency:

Random thought. What if someone robbed a bank in the area right around the time of the riots. Maybe they could come up with some creative excuse as to how it was related to the riots and then claim the pardon applied to them.

better yet, I believe I now have the full right to visit the Rotunda and smear my feces all over its walls as well as erect a hangman's noose outside with my megaphone shouting "hang JD Vance"

This country is getting greater every day. I love America!

@89th said in Mr. Clemency:

I mean the Jan 6th folks were charged and/or convicted of a crime. No such thing for Fauci.

false equivalence is part and parcel with Repbulicans. You can do better than that George.

I posted this to FB this morning as I woke to hear of the pardons.....

Have to get this out of the way as I wake today to learn of the Biden pardons. Haven't read anything as yet on social media but I will bet my paycheck it's full of MAGA binary conclusions that this is proof of "biden crime family" "corrupt J6 committee", "corrupt Fauci, Milley", et al.
No folks, it's only proof that the Republican Propaganda Machine has been very successful in turning the minds of normal decent folk into scrambled brains of hate for other decent normal people who have done nothing more than their duty for this country. The only thing Biden neglected to do with the handing out of these pardons was not to also award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinsinger, Zoe Lofgren, Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin(our next president), Pete Aguilar, Stephanie Murphy, Elaine Luria, Mark Milley, and Anthony Fauci.
This is what the Right has learned, how to successfully take power and keep the masses on their side. The side that only has one true mandate, to cater to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. Morality and Shame have long left the building with their repetitive lies that easily become one's truth when repeated ad nauseam. Thanks Rupert, thanks Rush, you figured it out. How to make wheelbarrows of money and turn the people against each other. Heck Joe, at least Trump awarded Rush the medal, only reinforcing to MAGA that Rush spoke nothing but the truth. lol!
I do believe there will be a day to come, where Truth will come out in full display to show the whole world how history will be written for this era of Trump. And when it does, stand back and take shelter folks, there will be millions of heads literally exploding from the shock that they were deceived this whole time. I am sorry friends and fellow Americans, that you have come to your conclusions that are as false as the Easter Bunny and Santa. The reason for the pardons were because of the corrupt intentions of a man attempting to rewrite history. He will fail in the end. But I am afraid it is now time for all of us to take shelter for the shit storm that is coming.

@kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:

I envy you the journey. Please do keep us along for the journey. Your Steinway B - would most likely be a Hamburg instrument - so a bit different than the US version. I'm not as big a fan of new Bechsteins or Bluthners. While I appreciate Faziolis, I've not fallen in love with any.

I have a B that was a custom rebuild that I got to check in on while it was being rebuilt. I also keepa digital with Pianoteq - and have access to a number of digital instruments. I've mostly been using the Bosendorfer 280VC as of late - works well with the music I'm working on.

I don't know that I'll ever be in the market for another acoustic instrument though I came close to looking at a Baldwin SD10 that I could have had for an incredible price last year. It was a rebuilt instrument - and supposedly in great shape - and less than $5k. I didn't want to try it - lest I think wrong thoughts. One of my favorite piano moments was playing an SD10 a few decades ago. It was delightful.

As for your journey - that $100k limit may be the challenge - but I hope you find your dream piano.

I realize it closes the door on many new 7 footers. Boy, a 100K just aint what it used to be lol. I can't get too carried away with how much I would spend as there are other toys to be purchased to make this retirement complete.

https://www.pianomart.com/buy-a-piano/view?id=58018

1986 SF10, 3 hours drive from me for 18K. Accompanying video here , whaddaya think?

I farted during one of the plays yesterday and the ref threw the 15 yard flag for roughing the passer on Mahomes

I bought this bad boy off Amazon last year. I hardly drive my pickup or suv anymore. Wonderful toy!

I think they should only let bona fide lesbians in combat with the guys. Problem solved.

My dad was a good father to me, but I was adopted by him and mom when I was 5 days old. I do hope his Mississippi genes had no bearing on my stupidities. Those were cultivated mostly in California. He did teach me how to hunt and fish and love grits and greens though. RIP

My Cara Cara orange tree is having a fabulous year. The oranges are bigger and sweeter this year. I paid more attention to its irrigation needs this time I think. Cara caras are dammed tasty oranges, more of a red color inside with a bit of tang as compared to navels.

This conversation is already dated. Now if you all haven't noticed the new guy's eroding dura mater by now, you haven't been paying attention. President Vance in 24 months tops. The anguished cry of MAGA will be heard from sea to shining sea as they will NOT roll over their allegience so easily to Project 25.

Winter is comi......er....... um..... Winter has come! I converse with a friend in Winnipeg and she believes the whole town will go the way of Pompeii, buried by mother nature's charms. -20F yesterday there. Fffffffucking cold!

If one can't bring themself to Italy, dammit, bring Italy to you! Yum! Veal, mmmmmmmm.

Oh, and what happened with Petrof over these last 20 years? They are now Tier 1 priced pianos! What happened?

@Klaus said in Piano upgrade time:

I was in a very similar situation a few years ago, with similar size and budget considerations.

I played every grand piano I could get my hands on. My final short list was the Bösendorfer 214VC, Steinway B, Fazioli F212, Shigeru Kawai SK6, and Yamaha CF6. There are things I liked best about every one of them, but to me the Yamaha was the best of the bunch and I ended up buying it. Second best was the Fazioli. The Shigeru Kawai is the best if you consider "bang for the buck".

Even more interesting that the Yamaha won you over the top brands in the world! I need to try the CF's I guess. It's just that the guy was stark raving gaga over these SX's. Not quite sure of the main differences between the two lines , I heard same parts for the most part, but maybe the CF gets built by the veterans and gets a little more attention to detail?? A Bosie and Fazioli lose to a Yamaha. Who woulda figured? No testdrives on any Estonias in your search?

@Axtremus awwww, now you're talking!