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  • France

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  • Cars

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    Link to video The '90's were the best IMHO! I owned a few of these cars (actually literally three) and drove too many to count when I worked as a driver and courier deliverer for my uncle's upstate NY based Tri-State diving service when I was in my early '20's. Driving was my favorite. Better than tennis. Better than gymnastics. Better than anything similar. "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!"-- William Wordsworth
  • Only the best people ... Justice Department

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  • PSA: Your phone charger block can burn down your house

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    @AndyD said: I've had a non brand Makita drill battery literally explode. Yikes!! We had a Bluetooth speaker battery suddenly swell but it didn’t burst. It looked like a failed explosion.
  • Word association thread

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    denied
  • Freezer Logic

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    We had an attached, but unheated garage that woudn't ever freeze - perfect auxillary fridge over the winter!
  • Help with this rolled chord in Clair de Lune?

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    @Bernard She was mostly on board. She sort of started out by saying that it's such a well-known piece and I might try to keep all five notes in the roll. But I said I didn't really want to strain just to get that, so she agreed to dropping a note. And she definitely agreed that the Db is the one to drop! I'm working on this piece up through page three on my score, which is measure 34 (of 72) so I'm about halfway through it. I asked her what I should do for the next week of practice, whether I should focus of the first three pages or should I move ahead and work on parts that are new that I haven't looked at yet. She said move ahead, so that was interesting to me. I only have two more measures and then the key changes (for 8 measures before changing back). So I guess I should work on those two measures, and at least start the key change section. I keep thinking I'm on the edge of giving up on this piece, and then something happens and it feels do-able... And then I realize that is total folly...
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    Tis the season.. [image: IMG_0179.jpeg]
  • Meta-thread: Word association thread

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    Rain ... the 1932 film with Joan Crawford.
  • Can someone who knows Zoom...

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    If you want to practice I’ll send you a zoom link and you can connect to it. (Late this afternoon when I’m home).
  • Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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    Iceland poppies seed themselves here, in yellow and orange, before you knowing they're popping up everywhere in the nicest way
  • Written English, Misc.

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    @RealPlayer said: REgifting. So, that word does not bug me.... well, as long as it's used as a gerund If someone says "Remember that book that Mark gifted me? I regifted it to Sue" then all bets are off.
  • Narrower Piano Keys

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    Narrow keys thread on Reddit link text
  • Charles Spencer is telling tales out of school

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    You can't grieve someone you never loved in the first place.
  • Whoa! I just found a new avatar.

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    Go into your account(lowest left icon on main page), edit profile, edit profile again, change picture
  • One of the best actresses of my generation

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  • What's your Uber rating?

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    @kluurs said: 4.79 - not sure who I displeased. You never know when you close a door a little too hard. Rachel always does that as a matter of habit. I’ll bet her rating is relatively bad.
  • Thanks a lot, *ssh*le

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    @Mik BTW don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for you that yours was funded. Any studies getting funded in this admin should be celebrated. But there is (was) a vetting process in place. Trump just ignored it, the way he ignores everything and just does what he wants. So I wouldn't call that winnowing.
  • Rosecliff Mansion, Newport

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    Newport, RI Chateau-sur-Mer Link to video I've noticed many of these Gilded Age mansions in Newport had dark interiors. I like that. I think it's beautiful and elegant. Darkness is a rare commodity when sunlight is so relentless imho.