Posts made by Big_Al

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If we give in to fear, the haters have already won.

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That article was a real foreshadowing of what may be coming whenTrump is sworn in for his second term.

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I'm surprised we're not talking more about this passing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones

If it got lost in the election conversations, excuse me. There are very few genres of music that he didn't influence.

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I'll probably watch the 11 o'clock news to see how local and statewide races are shaping up because I expect almost complete vote tallies from polls closing at 8 PM. I probably will go to sleep anticipating some decision or at least trend by the morning in the presidential race. After that time, it may depend on whether the Supreme Court is sleeping in.

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https://www.thefp.com/p/rigged-elections-putin-russia-tanya-lukyanova-trump-kamala?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
This appreciation of what our election means in these words from a new citizen puts a better perspective on today.

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Browsing YouTube brought up this rendition of "After You've Gone" by Emmet Cohen and friends:

Link to video
Wistful songs are a staple of the Great American Songbook.

When I play, it's very likely to be something similar. One of my perennial favorites is this (I brought it to Kluur's Chicagoland piano party):

I noodle through a stack of sheet music now and then as well, some I inherited from my father and some I bought myself.

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I returned to this thread to discover the postings of "Memories of You" recordings, which I really enjoyed. The Tatum version was a bit too ornamented an improvisation for my taste after listening to the two pretty straight recordings with only slight ornamentation. I Iiked the Goodman better, but it was very short and sweet.

Watching all four in a row reminded me of something I sometimes do on YouTube when I search for a favorite song by title. Usually, I find a number of covers by different artists and, if I'm in the mood, I'll listen to the version I was looking for and then a couple of other ones for variety.

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Does your electric company have a rebate program for retiring old refrigerators and other appliances. MIne gives a $50 credit but I think you have to turn the refrigerator over to their scrap agency.

I did that several years ago with a very old refrigerator in my garage that still worked.

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That was a very nice explanation of what occurs over the seasons.

I was concerned that the fall colors would be dampened by the near-drought conditions over part of the summer here, but the colors have still been fairly vibrant and the persistent warm weather seems to have allowed the leaves to hang on a little longer.

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I liked seeing people having fun. There's a lot to be serious about, but we all need to smile sometimes.

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@CHAS said in Happy Halloween!:

Going to see jazz singer Samara Joy.

I saw her here in Pittsburgh a few months ago. I'm pretty sure you enjoyed the show.

We haven't had trick-or-treaters at our house for a number of years since the children who lived on our little road grew up. We're the last house on a dead end and pickings are slim so no children come around from other neighborhoods anymore.

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Good mother! That rain seems to be overflowing the nest.

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@wtg
I miss several varieties of fruits and vegetables I ate when I was younger - Midway strawberries, Iochief sweet corn, and Sodus raspberries come immediately to mind. I still find some of my other favorites at some markets - like Rome Beauty apples. There was a Rome Beauty tree growing on the path between the house and barn on the farm where I grew up and, when they were in season, I'd pick one to eat every time I passed the tree.

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https://wapo.st/4e4KjAv

I really like good cheese. I hope those cheddars don't go to waste.

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Some inspiring stories and tributes to human resilience.

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If Jeff Bezos and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong are so frightened of possible retaliation by a reelected Donald Trump that they don't want to risk offending him, how frightened should we plebs be?

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I've seen a couple of YouTube videos about incidents like this one (including this particular incident), but this story added a lot more color to the event than the videos can do.

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I do like a good Saint-Émilion (probably as a result of initially drinking some in France in the company of some Frenchmen. Too bad that Pennsylvania liquor laws keep alcohol off the shelves of Costco here.

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One question: are the detectors that have activated strictly fire/smoke detectors or are they combined fire and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors? Unless your have separate detectors or your detectors alarm with different signals for fire and CO, I'd be concerned about the presence of CO since it is a colorless, odorless gas that can disable and kill without any obvious signs. Be careful out there.

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It isn't easy to acknowledge the past when it doesn't correspond to your preconceptions. I admire their attempt to present the past as accurately as they can. I'm glad to have read that article.

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