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Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:10 pm
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 7:38 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 6:01 pm
A little recognition of Browne on the part of Dalio would be nice.
It’s like if Greta Van Fleet never acknowledged Led Zeppelin.
I have their "From the Fires" CD. Their first one? I don't even know how many recordings they have. I think I read that comparison and I think I've only listened to it once and remember not coming to the same judgment. I have it in front of me now and I'll listen to it later tonight and see if my opinion changes.
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:30 pm
by dualstow
Focus on the vocals.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 9:47 pm
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 8:30 pm
Focus on the vocals.
I just finished listening to that CD twice. Yes, definitely a Led Zeppelin type sound. But vastly inferior. I have 10,611 songs on my iPod and I would not have added one song from this CD to it.
It's like Led Zeppelin are major league and they are AAA. Or, fringe major leaguers just trying to stay in the big leagues.
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 6:55 am
by dualstow
I couldn’t agree more. It’s the fact that they don’t admit the similarities that bothers me.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 7:17 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 6:55 am
I couldn’t agree more. It’s the fact that they don’t admit the similarities that bothers me.
Where are you expecting them to do this? Or, have they been asked and they deny?
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 8:48 am
by dualstow
yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 7:17 am
dualstow wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 6:55 am
I couldn’t agree more. It’s the fact that they don’t admit the similarities that bothers me.
Where are you expecting them to do this? Or, have they been asked and they deny?
I’m not expecting. But when they first became popular, it was brought up in every single interview. (Naturally, because any Zep fan notices after 4 seconds of listening). Pretty much every time they would say,
Zeppelin? Oh, I guess. Maybe a little bit. We really listen to Aerosmith more. Or this band, or that band. But the vocals may as well be a sound sample.
I’m not saying they’re not talented. They sound nice.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:58 am
by dualstow
From Kat Klub:
dualstow wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 8:11 am
...
I was just reading
‘The World Without Us” a book describing in great detail how nature would retake the earth if humans suddenly vanished (the New York chapter is terrifying, WiseOne. How do they even keep the subways free of water *today*. Answer: with great effort).
There’s a passage that says long after predators have eaten domesticated dogs, feral cats will live on, eating starlings.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Th ... ral%20cats
(PG37)
WiseOne wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 8:24 am
Ooh, that does sound scary. Although, if the subways filled with water but no one were around to use them, why would that matter. Except the rats, I guess. Feral cats are way too smart to mess with subway tunnels.
Probably a more significant problem are the shorelines and steep cliffs held up by retaining walls in various states of disrepair. A nearby one collapsed a few years ago and blocked a highway for several days. The residents of the coop that owned the wall ended up getting stuck with bills of $50K or so each. Not everyone had enough insurance coverage. I made sure my homeowner's policy would cover an event like that, because my coop also has retaining walls.
In the author's scenario, the rats starve off, yay!
Although, if the subways filled with water but no one were around to use them, why would that matter.
It wouldn't. It's just an interesting, detailed description of how the city was constructed and how it could fall apart. The scary part is all the work that is being done right now, every day, to keep water from various sources from getting into the NYC subway system.It was published a good five years before superstorm Sandy, but it talks about how storms occasionally temporarily overwhelm the systems in place.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 4:57 pm
by Smith1776
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Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 8:53 am
by bedraggled
In my 'notifications' section, home page with the bell- top right, I have a '2' next to the bell. When I checked, there are two people who are not forum members with irrelevant info. I usually ignore 'notification' and I did not click/open either one. How did these 2 notifications get to me?
Thanks.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:56 pm
by dualstow
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:56 am
by Kriegsspiel
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 4:57 pm
IMG_6258.JPG
Is there some deeper meaning to this?
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:55 am
by dualstow
Is everyone enjoying the rooftop Korean memes? (Tough armed Koreans from the L.A. riots of '92. The pictures have aged well).
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:56 am
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 4:57 pm
IMG_6258.JPG
Is there some deeper meaning to this?
I didn't get that one either. Where is the photo from?
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:25 am
by WiseOne
link is broken?
p.s. Dualstow thank you for your signature line! I'm safe as blazes where I am....out of the way, unfashionable, low density neighborhood protected by geography. I briefly heard some marchers heading down a main street the other day but they were out of earshot within a few minutes.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:56 am
by dualstow
WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:25 am
link is broken?
If you mean Smith's photo, you can see it on a previous page. Here ⇢
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18&start=48#p197531
Yeah, I spent way too much time, hours, looking at the highly organized looters in New York. Spotters on scooters. The police must be running ragged from this bs.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:48 pm
by dualstow
MangoMan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:01 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:56 am
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 4:57 pm
IMG_6258.JPG
Is there some deeper meaning to this?
I was also going to ask, but I didn't want to seem dense....
Ohhhhhhh.
SOLVED
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusCol ... reopening/
Now that I get it, it's good!
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:23 pm
by Smith1776
You guys had to Google an Alien reference?
For shame.
For shame.
FOR SHAME.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:26 pm
by Tortoise
What, you guys don't instantly recognize a screenshot from a decades-old movie that shows none of its main characters? Duh.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:08 pm
by dualstow
I'll have to watch it again. I have no memory of John Hurt being in that. When the movie came out I was a teenager and that was just...some guy.
---
Now that..is a firearm.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status ... 23589?s=20
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:26 pm
by Libertarian666
WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:25 am
link is broken?
p.s. Dualstow thank you for your signature line! I'm safe as blazes where I am....out of the way, unfashionable, low density neighborhood protected by geography. I briefly heard some marchers heading down a main street the other day but they were out of earshot within a few minutes.
Yes, I understand you are on an almost uninhabited island.
Of course my map may be a little out of date...
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:07 pm
by Smith1776
I just realized something. Under my name and avatar my join time on the forum is specified as "Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:01 pm."
Which definitely means I joined the forum when I was at work. My join time will forever be a testament to my laziness.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:30 pm
by WiseOne
We now have a curfew from 8 pm to 5 am, daily until next Sunday. Wow. The people going out to walk their dogs at 9pm are going to be in for a shock.
Definitely time to stay in and watch TV (or read a paper on microglial function, in my case :-).
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:16 am
by dualstow
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:55 am
Is everyone enjoying the rooftop Korean memes? (Tough armed Koreans from the L.A. riots of '92. The pictures have aged well).
...
Heard Tim Pool talking about it briefly in is latest podcast. I had no idea that he is himself part Korean.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:07 pm
by Libertarian666
WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:30 pm
We now have a curfew from 8 pm to 5 am, daily until next Sunday. Wow. The people going out to walk their dogs at 9pm are going to be in for a shock.
Definitely time to stay in and watch TV (or read a paper on microglial function, in my case :-).
Maybe you should also read up on Texas real estate. :-)
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:45 pm
by dualstow
WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:30 pm
We now have a curfew from 8 pm to 5 am, daily until next Sunday. Wow. The people going out to walk their dogs at 9pm are going to be in for a shock.
Definitely time to stay in and watch TV (or read a paper on microglial function, in my case :-).
You’re spoiled. Ours has begun at 6pm for days now.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:27 pm
by Smith1776
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