The New Coffee Room

@Horace said:

Which in turn leans into the (established idiotic) idea that the grass is always greener.

And yet, some places have been scientifically proven to be better than other places. So why not just gravitate to the better places?

Also: how come Mik turns out to be a f***ing SAINT? (Further: Each and EVERY Phibes joke is just a rehash of old "Are You Being Served" one liners. We just never saw the original program in America.)

Well, I see this entire Iran war as Trump trying to save Israel (and the world) from Iran starting some nuclear apocalypse. I can't imagine any other reason we have all those boats over there. I totally agree Hezbollah are a bunch of monsters and they need to be scoured off the face of the earth but maybe that could be next year's project? Lets just take care of Iran then Israel can do whatever they want in Lebanon. Maybe Netanyahu could take a little longer view of things.

Hey NS, We don't interact much but I've always enjoyed your posts. So...believe it or not, no one is on your case. Some posts hit, some don't. That's all there is to it.

I remember when something like this happened over at Piano World. Some poster posted a bad review of some interaction he had at a piano store in NYC and Frank got all sorts of legal threats and it got everybody pretty worked up about the whole thing.

Here's a piece on a "learn to play piano fast" scam which it seems 60 Minutes heartily endorses.

This is coleslaw wrestling a variation of mud wrestling and a big thing here in Florida (where you really don't quite know what is living in the mud.)

@AndyD said:

'Bout time to use a few more bombs. Take out the new Iranian leadership and whatever reconstituted military.

Best post in a long time on TNCR.

Best jazz sax solo EveAH!!!

Jolt fires company's entire HR department.

https://www.thehrdigest.com/bolts-ceo-fired-his-entire-hr-team-instead-they-now-have-people-ops/

@jon-nyc said:

The hell with all that. Tell us about the chicks.

The hell with telling us about chick--post pics!

^^^^--The Thread---

"Into each life a little rain must fall."

Maybe I'm a Cool-Ade drinker but I believe those Iranian Ayatollah are BS crazy and they will destroy the world if they aren't stopped. I think Trump's doing the right thing--not perfect and in his own self serving way. (And in this case--mostly I think he's a psychopath.) But in the end he's making the world a better and safer place.

Who are you people?????

On tap. That's it.

@mark said:

@jon-nyc said:

@mark

Tom says he’ll fly up for your piano party. He’s now met two forumites in person and is ready for more.

Cool! Looking forward to meeting you Tom!

It would be wonderful to meet another guitarists in this Sargasso Sea of pianist!

I want to see sex with old Italian ladies!!!!

Well that's the world of "hanging on in quiet desperation" of 21st century American capitalism. There's was the kind of hope of "if you work hard enough you can make it." at the end of the last century. that's gone now so all the workers now are just rats fighting for the last scrap of cheese. It's a meritocracy of the smartest and those just not up to it (smart but just not smart enough) are left behind. There was a place for them in the past--not so much today and so they are desperate and behave a desperate people behave. Kind of sad what America has turned into. We little band of brothers (and sisters) here on TNCR are a lucky few in the grand scheme of things. We're all "piano" kind of people--not to many people can discuss Chopin of Schubert at the drop of a hat. As we all know I just met Jon, as many of you have--can anyone doubt he's one of the most intelligent people we've ever met. We're all just lucky. Lots of other's aren't so much and can't quite cope. It's a little but sad that the American dream isn't for us all the way it used to be.

^^^^A rant!

@taiwan_girl said:

• PROtest/proTEST

I dont get this one. What are the two different words?

Either way--when you are over 70 yo. it sounds like something that Quest Diagnostics offers for a slight upcharge.

@Andrea-B said:

So, how many justices will Trump appoint?

All of them! And knowing Trump he'll appoint a gaggle of gifted teenagers to preside per saecula saeculorum, Amen.

Hopkins is on of the greatest character acters ever--so great that his "characters" become the leading protagonists in his movies he's in. To make that magic happen is an act of genius in itself.