What did you learn today?

[blastoff99]

I look them up on my phone and click the phone link in google.

Fair enough. But when my utility bill, which I was holding in my hand, was clearly wrong, it was easier to punch in some digits than go to the website......

This Android phone doesn't 'recognize' phone numbers like the previous two did. On those, I could long-press a phone number and bingo it would dial. This one not so much; it wants me to select, copy, open Phone, paste... nope. Too much to go wrong there.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I do not like AlNiCo pickups, at least in comparison to ceramic ones.

 

[Inkdork]

I learned today that my therapist thinks I'm doing really well and would benefit more from more frequent sessions. So in a few weeks, I'll be going weekly instead. I'm looking forward to it to be honest.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Allen Dada How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill. This also pertains to ingestion of peanut butter and jelly sangas. I know! Shocked me too. I can laterally save a fortune here

"[…] Let’s say you want to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every day for a month. You could buy a big jar of peanut butter and a jar of grape jelly for less than 10 bucks. Or you could buy some of that stuff where they combine the peanut butter and grape jelly into the same jar. Smucker’s makes it. It’s called Goober. Except in this scenario, instead of its usual $3.50 price tag, Smucker’s is charging $565 for the jar of Goober.[…]"

 

[Tom Bomb]

Faecal bacteria on ice is not nice, but it is a thing - swat I got on the trot. Secondhand mind - no crap. No pun… I mean, I got it from the press, not the mess. … Learned to make my own iced coffees swat I did. Today.

 

[the harp unstrung]

For all the stats and bitching and whining and whinging and moaning and cursing about Atlanta traffic and Atlanta drivers, I found myself surrounded by drivers who were pretty courteous and aware today.
I saw several asshats, but I kept my distance.

 

[tangentmusic]

I learned that the BLM/DOW did not round up the wild horses in my neighborhood like I thought.
Hadn't seen them in a while.
Yay!

 

[fhm555]

For all the stats and bitching and whining and whinging and moaning and cursing about Atlanta traffic and Atlanta drivers, I found myself surrounded by drivers who were pretty courteous and aware today.
I saw several asshats, but I kept my distance.

Had to run about thirty minutes south of town today down I65 and even after 7PM it was bumper to bumper and ran from around thirty up to fifty five for most of the drive. Almost all out of state plates, folks jamming for the beach. In all it almost doubled the drive down, but I waited that late because up to then it was pretty much a parking lot from 459 south for about thirty miles on southbound 65.. Lots of cars, but the big problem is it's still two lane. Lots of folks in a big hurry with short tempers.

 

[ZenG]

I do not like AlNiCo pickups, at least in comparison to ceramic ones.

And why is that, may I ask?

 

[catcauphonic]

Had to run about thirty minutes south of town today down I65 and even after 7PM it was bumper to bumper and ran from around thirty up to fifty five for most of the drive. Almost all out of state plates, folks jamming for the beach. In all it almost doubled the drive down, but I waited that late because up to then it was pretty much a parking lot from 459 south for about thirty miles on southbound 65.. Lots of cars, but the big problem is it's still two lane. Lots of folks in a big hurry with short tempers.

Sitting in traffic is a lifestyle here As a delivery driver for the past decade, I've fortunately now got a schedule that usually lets me stay home between 3-7pm when the volumes are the thickest. But still, i don't really get surprised anymore outside of those times when i find myself going nowhere fast because of an incident ahead, nearby stadium events, construction, rainy (or glaring sun) conditions, etc. I moved here from Los Angeles 10 years ago thinking i wouldn't have to deal with traffic anymore how naive

 

[the harp unstrung]

A Best-So-Far Canada Day to each & every one of us!

Enjoy the fireworks, eh!

 

[PillO]

A Best-So-Far Canada Day to each & every one of us!
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Enjoy the fireworks, eh!

Just two little corrections:

Otherwise .
Fireworks here were excellent.

 

[D M C]

Happy (belated) Canada day ya hosers, eh?

Keep your damned geese off my lawn!

 

[Tom Bomb]

I learnt today that Baby boomer musicians are ripping us off to boost their retirement savings. Go figure

Nothing new, really But this focus is sobering. The saddest passage, if you ask me, reads thusly,

"
It's the ultimate irony that the very artists who revolutionised music by writing original material and performing it have now become human jukeboxes […]

That means young exciting new artists struggle. Earlier this year, Max Jury, one of America's finest new songwriters, had to cancel a tour here because ticket sales didn't justify the trip.

"
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[mapleglo]

I learnt today that Baby boomer musicians are ripping us off to boost their retirement savings. Go figure

Nothing new, really But this focus is sobering. The saddest passage, if you ask me, reads thusly,

"
It's the ultimate irony that the very artists who revolutionised music by writing original material and performing it have now become human jukeboxes […]

That means young exciting new artists struggle. Earlier this year, Max Jury, one of America's finest new songwriters, had to cancel a tour here because ticket sales didn't justify the trip.

"
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I don't know if I buy this (no pun intended).

I just bought the Sgt Pepper super reissue box set (4 CD's, DVD, Bluray). I love it.

I didn't buy anything from Max Jury. He's ok, but to place him in the same category along with "Baby boomer musicians" like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the rest, amounts to nothing less than sacrilege IMHO. Maybe if he were as good and innovative as the Bands from the 60's and 70's, he wouldn't have trouble selling albums or concert tickets. Right, nothing new here folks, move along.

I do buy music from new artists, when they produce good music. Haken is one example. Pineapple Thief is another. But I'm not convinced that recycled chord progressions played by some "up and coming" artists are equal to or better then my old favorites remastered for better sound. Or my new favorites, for that matter.

Fake news indeed.

 

[Tom Bomb]

But,

I didn't buy anything from Max Jury. He's ok, but to place him in the same category along with "Baby boomer musicians"

nobody's comparing Max to Baby boomer musicians

 

[mapleglo]

But,
nobody's comparing Max to Baby boomer musicians

The article you linked states that people like me are buying reissues *instead* of Max Jury.

It's the ultimate irony that the very artists who revolutionised music by writing original material and performing it have now become human jukeboxes — and fans will pay for it.

That means young exciting new artists struggle. Earlier this year, Max Jury, one of America's finest new songwriters, had to cancel a tour here because ticket sales didn't justify the trip.

Fans, like me, are paying for the "human jukeboxes", but not for Max Jury "fine new songwriter" tickets.

Perhaps we have different interpretations of the article.

 

[mapleglo]

I'll add, the whole music industry has changed, as we all know. New artists are supported by young people, not old folks like me. The problem is that young people will just download their music on their phones, and don't go to concerts like we did, because they'll just text their friends while listening to their downloads. There's no money to be made in that framework, except if the listener is using a streaming service. And then it's pennies instead of dollars.

My point is that the news article is totally off base, and is interpreting the facts incorrectly.

 

[Tom Bomb]

True. Lets not quibble I don't subscribe to that article, just so you know. But today, I got wind of it

 

[mapleglo]

It's all good. That article just hit a nerve.