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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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GonePlaid said:
I sang in the church choirs(junior then senior)for ~9 years, during which time I was also taking piano lessons and playing clarinet, bass clarinet, and sax in h.s., thusly being able to read the music. I'd pick a part and sing it whether I was s'posed to or not. Choir director was never quite sure where it came from. (Or maybe liked that someone covered the part.) Choirs seem to always have a "star" soprano who, at least, thinks she's "all that"-but really isn't.
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Auch im himmel! I almost forgot about church choir! After college, while raising kids(!), church choir was my main musical refuge! For two or three decades, even thru divorce and subsequent remarriage, stepkids and a vengeful ex, that was my best blood pressure medicine! No time for bands.

Thru quite a few directors, organists, pianists, paid soloists & instrumentalists, contatas, Easter & Christmas programs, I felt mostly free to contribute whatever part(s) I felt were most needed. Most directors "worked with" our volunteer singers musically, but they really thoroughly enjoyed our fellowship! Yes, we called our loudest singers in each section the "bell cows" that others followed. If they got their part, then their section did OK. :laugh: Occasionally we even surprised some of the more serious ones with some truly great performances. Other times, ... well, church is about forgiveness, after all. :angel:
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G-Dog said:
Auch im himmel! I almost forgot about church choir! After college, while raising kids(!), church choir was my main musical refuge! For two or three decades, even thru divorce and subsequent remarriage, stepkids and a vengeful ex, that was my best blood pressure medicine! No time for bands.

Thru quite a few directors, organists, pianists, paid soloists & instrumentalists, contatas, Easter & Christmas programs, I felt mostly free to contribute whatever part(s) I felt were most needed. Most directors "worked with" our volunteer singers musically, but they really thoroughly enjoyed our fellowship! Yes, we called our loudest singers in each section the "bell cows" that others followed. If they got their part, then their section did OK. :laugh: Occasionally we even surprised some of the more serious ones with some truly great performances. Other times, ... well, church is about forgiveness, after all. :angel:
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The "safe" version. "Gott im Himmel" got your mouth washed out with soap! :thumbsup:
 
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GwenOnBass said:
A day with the Katzenjammer (translated, "hangover") Kids is the only birth control class required for most.
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notJaco said:
Really seems like you have to be a good reader to make it all the way through a play...or any book. Unfortunately, I am not. It's a struggle.
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I tried to get through the Canterbury Tales the other year. I found myself rereading about every other sentence. It wasn't any fun. I gave up. I also gave up on Origin of Species because of Darwin's writing style. Got about half way and set it aside.
 
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G-Dog said:
Auch im himmel! I almost forgot about church choir! After college, while raising kids(!), church choir was my main musical refuge! For two or three decades, even thru divorce and subsequent remarriage, stepkids and a vengeful ex, that was my best blood pressure medicine! No time for bands.

Thru quite a few directors, organists, pianists, paid soloists & instrumentalists, contatas, Easter & Christmas programs, I felt mostly free to contribute whatever part(s) I felt were most needed. Most directors "worked with" our volunteer singers musically, but they really thoroughly enjoyed our fellowship! Yes, we called our loudest singers in each section the "bell cows" that others followed. If they got their part, then their section did OK. :laugh: Occasionally we even surprised some of the more serious ones with some truly great performances. Other times, ... well, church is about forgiveness, after all. :angel:
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Ehh, depends on the church.
 
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For the first time I had a package from Amazon stolen. They were good about it and another is on the way. My problem is with the delivery people. The box was left, not at my door, not even near my door. They didn’t call, didn’t knock. I was waiting for them so didn’t miss it.

The customer service person told me to leave specific delivery instructions. Deliver to me, knock at my door. We’ll see how it goes. Meanwhile I have another delivery coming tomorrow.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
For the first time I had a package from Amazon stolen. They were good about it and another is on the way. My problem is with the delivery people. The box was left, not at my door, not even near my door. They didn’t call, didn’t knock. I was waiting for them so didn’t miss it.

The customer service person told me to leave specific delivery instructions. Deliver to me, knock at my door. We’ll see how it goes. Meanwhile I have another delivery coming tomorrow.
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Had one here in Atlanta get caught by a Ring doorbell---she set the box down, took a pic to prove she delivered it, and picked it back up.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
For the first time I had a package from Amazon stolen. They were good about it and another is on the way. My problem is with the delivery people. The box was left, not at my door, not even near my door. They didn’t call, didn’t knock. I was waiting for them so didn’t miss it.

The customer service person told me to leave specific delivery instructions. Deliver to me, knock at my door. We’ll see how it goes. Meanwhile I have another delivery coming tomorrow.
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There's a very real possibility it could have been stolen by the delivery driver him/herself. There was a case that made the news in Atlanta a month or two ago in which an Amazon delivery driver set a package on the recipient's porch, took a picture to show it as "delivered," then picked it right back up and walked away with it. The only way they found out was because the household had a motion-activated doorbell camera that caught the whole thing in bright, clear video:

Atlanta woman says video shows Amazon driver stealing package

There are similar stories that come up in news feeds when searching headlines on "Amazon delivery driver steals package." Might be worth setting up a camera if you don't already have one.

In any case, I'm sorry that happened. It sucks mightily, as do thieves - no matter who they work for. :sour:
 
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The world I grew up in would have only had a package removed from a front stoop or porch by someone other than the homeowner if it was to protect it from bad weather until the homeowner got back to the house. We now live in a world where people complain that their right to privacy is being continually eroded, but behaviors cause everyone from the government to stores to employers to private citizens to believe they need to record everyone's actions every moment of the day.

I would say severe punishment for betrayal of public trust would be in order, but I think the problem is much deeper. IMO it starts with parents and schools no longer teaching responsibilities of citizenship and respect for others.
 
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Al Kraft said:
The world I grew up in would have only had a package removed from a front stoop or porch by someone other than the homeowner if it was to protect it from bad weather until the homeowner got back to the house. We now live in a world where people complain that their right to privacy is being continually eroded, but behaviors cause everyone from the government to stores to employers to private citizens to believe they need to record everyone's actions every moment of the day.

I would say severe punishment for betrayal of public trust would be in order, but I think the problem is much deeper. IMO it starts with parents and schools no longer teaching responsibilities of citizenship and respect for others.
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One might conjecture that we are all taught civic and personal responsibility, and some just don't give a hoot. And there are some who find pleasure in destruction.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
One might conjecture that we are all taught civic and personal responsibility, and some just don't give a hoot. And there are some who find pleasure in destruction.
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As to those who seem to derive pleasure in vandalism all I can say is that it's a crime I've never understood. Stealing a Rolls Royce is a crime that has a purpose, defacing a Rolls Royce serves no one in my mind. Perhaps I lack the necessary foundation, experience, and/or education to appreciate the workings of the deviant or criminal mind, but at the end of the day you can use something you steal, often times no one can sue something that's been vandalized.

As for civic responsibility I've seen a clear shift during my lifetime from appreciation for and understanding of rights and responsibilities to a belief that there are simply entitlements and rights you get for being alive. The only time I hear the word responsibility used these days is when someone made a poor choice and wants to get someone else to pay for the consequences.
 
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