Thank you!!

@Steve-Miller said in Virtuoso tuba: Quite different. The Tuba has a much faster rotary valve action vs. the Sousaphone’s vertical valves. The tuba also has a fourth valve, the function of which zine never determined. Very impressive performance. I doubt it could have been performed on a Sousaphone. Very interesting! I didn't know about the differences

https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/lists/living-recipients Veey moving, emotional reading

@Axtremus said in 'Theater Kid' as the New Political Insult: "What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?" They have fun.

@AndyD The idea of rhubarb custard candy made me chuckle. Despite all the positive reviews I don’t think I’ll be sampling it, though.

Not understanding the social "vibe" here (at all) but then I'm anything but a "centrist."

Well, I got 3 of 4. I missed the last one because I misinterpreted what they meant by "where it fits." Yeah, pretty hard test for a non-native speaker of English.

@admin said “now-useless artifacts” I wish you would stop calling me that.

@wtg The clear cover is a great solution.

"Well that was a long walk down a windy beach, to a cafe that was closed" (Bill Bailey)

Attend a regional science fair. You will see many high school (sometimes even middle school) students presenting very advanced biomedical science projects. I have been volunteering as a judge at a regional science fair for several years now, and each year I volunteered I have been thoroughly impressed by the caliber of the students and the sophistication of the science projects they brought to the fair.

wtg to Mr wtg: Want to see a house? Mr wtg, after seeing the first 10 interior photos: That would make a great jigsaw puzzle.

That looks interesting. America has always, in my lifetime anyway, been a pendulum swinging back and forth. Our problem is we keep swinging in ever wider arcs. I consider myself a center right conservative - Buckley, not Trump. Unfortunately, when you use the word conservative you are immediately lumped in with MAGA, which movement is adding $1.8T to the debt every year. That's not conservative.

Yeah, kind of. Lol!

Thanks for your interesting post, Joe. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to retain these skills but so far so good. Gymnastics actually does work the same way. You aren't thinking about your movements when you're executing them. You set your mind to what you're about to do it and then at a point your brain switches from conscious thought to a kind of intuitive memory sequencing. In any case, my last actual tumbling run was when I was 36. I'm lucky I didn't break my neck.

@bernard Ha! On Yahoo, the same Oregon Live article, no paywall.. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/25-favorite-christmas-cookie-recipes-210041370.html

I agree that the FICA cap should be raised. Means testing for benefits? Hard pass.

@ShiroKuro And $369!! To ruin one's hands. I hope whoever buys it knows it's not a good idea.