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    Great!
  • Word association thread

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    Legislation
  • Mildly Interesting - People

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    AxtremusA
    https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/sudan-civil-war-south-abyei-cataracts-operations-american-surgeon-rcna589629 Medical team traveled to war torn region and performed 1000+ cataract surgeries in 10 days.
  • What are you watching?

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    Latest excellent series of Van der Valk, starring Mark Warren https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/van-der-valk-season-4-release-date-itv/
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • Airlines Charging for Use of Overhead Compartments

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    Wonder why many people hate flying?
  • The Guitar Story

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    Well I played a bit today badly of course; tuned and left out on a stand, so fingers crossed. Back in the 1990s in Malaysia, a brother in law who plays with a bannd lent me a cassette (I think it was called 3.5 Hours) by David Qualey. It had an acoustic version of Scarborough Fair like this earlier version: https://cover.info/en/song/David-Qualey-Scarborough-Fair I loved his playing so much it ended up me buying one of his guitars! The steel string I have was bought because of this: https://m. Link to video Although it's not a 12 string, the tuning would drive me crazy. If I ever indulged again, I'd like a really small deep bodied one like this, I think its Japanese, hand made yamaha? https://m. Link to video
  • Well, Hello!

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    How kind. Thanks so much Dol and jon.
  • 50 years ago today

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    It's all about priorities.
  • Who needs Wuhan and what could possibly go wrong?

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    What could go wrong?
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  • Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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    Black-eyed Susans and glads. Classic late summer flowers! My Susies are going great guns, now that I've eliminated the rabbit menace. They used to eat them down to the ground by June and I never used to see any flowers. I'll divide and move some around either later this fall or next spring. They've been flower for three solid weeks and show no signs of slowing down.
  • About that White House ballroom and the East Wing

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    AndyDA
    Paint it British Racing Green and you'd never notice it was there
  • The ones in my yard aren’t this endearing

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    I took these photos in April 20202, when I was WFHing because of the pandemic. Very cute — until it started chewing on the wooden window sill and then we kicked it out. It never came back (or if it did, it stopped eating the sill) [image: IMG-6294.jpg] [image: IMG-6295.jpg] [image: IMG-6296.jpg] [image: IMG-6298.jpg]
  • From complaints to connection

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    Makes perfect sense.
  • Interesting polling out of Michigan

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    @Bernard said: Rahm's name isn't on the list. I wonder why. He may be followed by the "mayor 1%" name he earned during his Chicago years... https://inthesetimes.com/article/rahm-emanuel-chicago-retirement-schools-mental-health "Their main focus was not his policing strategy or position on gun laws, but rather his failure — or refusal — to invest in the South and West sides: African American and Latino neighborhoods ravaged by violence. While the national movement ignited by the teenagers from Parkland, Florida has focused largely on gun control, in Chicago, marchers on the expressway and countless other residents say devastating gun violence has caused by Emanuel’s actions over his tenure in City Hall: closing public schools, slashing city jobs, shuttering mental health clinics and investing in trendy neighborhoods while struggling ones languish." He was BAD for kids in Chicago public schools when I worked there...
  • Sea shanty Sunday

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    @wtg those are fun! I have a piano score the for Wellerman Sea Shanty, but it’s not very fun as a solo piano piece! @axtremus that’s hysterical!
  • How is everyone's summer going?

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    @Daniel Website is josephkubera.com. Thanks for asking.
  • Pussy no more.

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    @Daniel said: 80 is a good age to reach. RIP As is 90. 80 isn't so far in the distance for some of us to find comfort.
  • Short sleepers

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