Perhaps we need apet thread?

That's a very good question! First step would be to keep Trump away from government.....

@ShiroKuro totally agree. Read the profile of him in last week's New Yorker. Truly frightening.

@DeweyLOU

Thank you for sharing this!

It’s tempting to say something like “my work isn’t as important as yours” as a way to excuse myself from taking the risk. But:

@DeweyLOU said in What do I do with this?:

Capitulation is what they're counting on. If we aren't all willing to take a stand, even in the face of potential risk, they'll have already won.

This is a powerful message, one I don’t take lightly.

@Jodi said in Grand Obsession:

I feel like some of these modern piano composers that I like have a much bigger reach than I do,

Yep. I play music by Alexis Ffrench, David Lanz, and George Winston. All of these guys are quite tall, and as far as I can tell from videos, they all have massive hands.

😑

I’ll check out the Messenger.

I need to pick my next pieces to work on after the concert is over …

That woman becomes a part of the piano.
She sits and is simply fabulous, what touch.
My old piano teacher was a bit like her, you'd never guess this kindly 80 year old had such talent. She'd sit and suddenly become a concert pianist.

Suddenly I was reminded of Barenboim materclassing Lang Lang 😄

Cindy - "Part of the problem is that folks just dont understand the reasons they are struggling because the reasons are complex."

I believe this may be a large part of "how did this happen?" - that Republicans have gotten good at providing simple reasons... no matter that those reasons aren't true, they resonate with voters... Seems to me that I remember Hillary having a plan and policy for everything, but it took more than a few words to explain.

Berkshire Hathaway, the stock that's basically a mutual fund...

An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee told ABC News in an interview that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid both his adult clients for sex.

Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News' Juju Chang that one of his clients also witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman -- who was then 17 years old -- at a house party in Florida.

"She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17," Leppard said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-tells-abc-news-2-clients-told-house/story?id=115863675&cid=social_twitter_abcn

@Mik said in Back from Detroit:

Jim's was still excellent in 2010.

I'm glad to hear that.

Big Al

Could be real stone, ribbed marble, but I'm guessing man made.

In hot climates like the photo suggests you'd take off footwear at the door.
Soles of your feet are non-slip.

Cool marble is lovely.
In-laws in Malaysia have marble floors throughout the ground floor, and even wearing socks isn't a slip problem (but you sweat & could get foot rot and quickly learn not to).
Though dress shoes with new leather soles are a bit slippery on marble.

@AdagioM it's apparently a company that makes artificial colors for beverages. Obviously a non-stick end product, but their process uses ammonia, and a large pressurized storage vessel exploded.

@CHAS said in Piano updates:

You are my hero.

Aww thank you! What a kind thing to say!

My mind leaves the room whenever I touch a musical instrument in the company of other people.

Yeah me too though! 😁

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Our Whirlpool washer and dryer have been serving us well since 1995. Built to last. I think newer machines are planned obsolescence.

I can’t believe he’s a candidate. It’s embarrassing and depressing.

It’s close. I’ve seen estimates of 8%.

@dolmansaxlil Thanks, I’ll investigate further. Do you have to have a premium AnyList account to do all that? Mr. AM has a premium account, but I don’t. We have a shared grocery list that he started, but I can’t start and share lists with him.

@Cindysphinx Good points and questions about what he can and cannot do, and where he stands on certain issues.

Vox has a pretty good overview, and as so many things in our lives, not much is simple or straightforward.

https://www.vox.com/health/385541/rfk-jr-trump-hhs-vaccines-fluoride

@AndyD interesting. A quick google search brings up some questionable things they did in the U.S., hopefully the UK operations are better.