patricia

Man, I just don't fucking get it. This thread is/was in no way meant to be funny. It was serious right outta the gate and it's been so througout. I guess some people are easily amused. DEEP (and man, I mean it...I *DO* STAY FUCKED UP) I respectfully beg to differ. I laughed heartily, fully four times and was thisclose to snickering, to my shame and embarrassment, twice. Otherwise, the subjects discussed so far have been serious searches for the truth. They include scholarly discussions among our number in order to expand our collective knowledge and understanding of the human condition.

Clay, if I'm not mistaken, the applicant didn't get as far as the courtesy of an interview. His feedback was in the form of the e-mail, which he quoted. My opinion stands. I do see your point about intelligence, versis ability to teach, but the screeners, so far, had only his credentials on which to judge his suitability. Fitting into the status quo, already established in the school would seem to be the way that sub-standard results are being obtained. In my experience, setting low standards, both at home and at school produces low standards. If that's the goal, then it's being achieved. Why, by hiring intelligent, motivated applicants, upset the expected results?? Carrying on a tradition which, unfortunately, has gotten the schools where they are today, in the inner cities and elsewhere too. Truly dumb.

SORRY, PATTY, Despite your charming assessment, I didn't save any of it. I'd be willing to bet that KROESEN saved every word. Why not E mail that prick. Note my new log in name. I forgot my password and also the password for my hotmail. Any PM to me have not been read as I forgot how to get on with that log in. GONE! DEEP (I Stay Fucked UP) (I can't wait to see this message mirrored) My apologies if you took offence to my comment. The ongoing saga, to which reference was being made, was funny, ribald and very creative. Your ego is very healthy, if somewhat outsized. Which assessment do you object to?? I'm surprised that your skin is so thin, considering what your comments to me have been. Charming isn't the word I would use to describe your cavalier summing-up of me.

Guaranteed continuing mediocrity. Yeah. Good idea. I echo Maren's reaction. My God. That explains a lot.

I really wish someone had archived that K******opolis thread. That was some of the funniest shit I have ever read on a jazz BBS. I will never look at Miracle Whip the same way again. Well, Jim, knowing our thread-originator's ego, I'm sure he saved every word of the ongoing story. Why not PM him and ask.

I tend to be a little wary of any cleaning agent, or cleaning machine, that may change the makeup of the older discs I have. I can't be sure what they were made of and how a chemical could possibly change the vinyl itself, for the worse. Once that happens, the disc would be wrecked. My whole reason for cleaning them is to simply get the gunk off them, some of it visible, some of it not. Usually it's just common dust, which seems to respond to my clear hot water method, as well as does any actual chunks of unidentifiable material. I' m not concerned with sterilizing them. My whole reason for cleaning them is to be able to play them. Period. I'm not slamming machines, or cleaning solutions, but I'm not concerned with getting every single thing off the disc, just that they are clean enough to play.

I'm afraid that I'm low-tech and use the dreaded very hot, running tap water, getting the gunk off my discs, lay them out on a lint-free dishtowel and pat them dry with a paper towel. I then stand them on their edges, til they're completely dry. Seems to work quite well.

Kids! It is now official: I'm an old-timer. I remember when on double lps, record one had side 1 & 4, and the second lp has 2 & 3. It was a bummer when on Mountian Jam off of Eat a Peach, after the bass solo, you had to take the record off and put another one on! Music lovers had to go through hell back in the day. No wonder our butts are wider these days!!! I blame the remote controls for everything electronic, making our lives almost totally sedentary. Once you're sitting down, you don't have to get up and walk more than once or twice, all evening. Does anyone remember those characters in Li'l Abner who had evolved to the point that they had no feet and legs, just helecopter roters, imbedded in their scalps??

Just tell us where and when. Brilliant Coroners You, McDonough, are delegated to verify the identity of the deseased. No point in celebrating, if it's another Kenny, with a surname starting with a "G". That would be too cruel!!

Found, at my "buck a disc" source, discs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of the Reader's Digest "Great Memories" releases. Only disc 7 is missing. They are in their lightweight paperboard sleeves, but no hard cover. The records themselves look like they have never been played. I don't know why I bought them, except that it was kind of interesting to have a collectiion of all the hits from 1944 right up to the seventies. The first record, side 1, ranges from releases, by the original artists, from 1944-1957. They are not all jazz, but I'll live with that. They are the hits from each year, arranged in groups of twelve on each record. The first, for example, has: Side 1 Rum and Coca Cola-The Andrews Sisters I'll Get By-Harry James Buckle Down Winsock-Benny Goodman The Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe-Kate Smith Sentimental Journey-Les Brown, Doris Day on vocals BUT, when you turn that record over, it's side SIXTEEN!! So, they're meant to be stacked on the spindle [a capitol offence in my house, growing up] and played, one after the other. Each record is like that. Record 2 has Side 15 on the flip side and so on. I've never seen that before. I would guess that these were offered in the seventies, but still, at a dollar each a pretty good deal, I think. The records are those thin, light ones, after the manufacturers switched to Dynagroove. I find the weight of the records from the thirties and forties to have a more satisfying heft. But, maybe that's just me.

I think our thread-originator is bent on world domination and this thread was sapping his intellectual and physical strength. After all, he's not a young man and can't be expected to juggle as many oranges as some of us whippersnappers. His glory days are behind him and he is like the "old ones" in ancient times, relating experiences which are now legend. [OK, OK, he and I are close to the same age, but he has more rough miles on his odometer than I do ] SHOCK AND AWE, but not in the way that Mr Rumsfeld meant. No blood. No death. Just wide eyes, snickers and challenges. I miss that. BTW, welcome back, GROPE.

I was actually surprised that I recognized Masterhit's work as mirror-printing, still in my night-attire and groggy. What astounded me was that our thread originator was cut off at the knees by it. The post itself was, as we now see, not as volatile as his usual contribution and shouldn't have been as effective as a thread-killer as it appears to be. I suspect that there is an underlying factor of which we are unaware. But, as you say, cudgels and rapiers at the ready. Never humbled. Never awed.

Well, if it were the infamous "dwarf-tossing" that was going on, for people's amusement in drinking establishments, some years ago, I'd assume that the little people were being exploited. But, this is a lot more benign and yet, kind of smarmy. Millions gawking, while you, as a little person, are simply trying to find Ms/Mr Right. Strange.

Yes, I remember the K******opolis thread. Like much of satire, it was misconstrued frequently, and taken offence at, more often than you would think. But, you're right, made me guffaw.

The producers of this program's motives may be pure, but I wonder what audience they intend to attract. It has all the earmarks of a circus side-show. Without the *dwarf* vs. average-size aspect, it's just another Dating Game.

Absolutely. Cats trust NOBODY. They let you live in *their* house. Dogs are favour-curriers, with a few exceptions. The very qualities that we admire in dogs, their loyalty, their obedience, are their downfall. Few cats can be trained to do anything that they hadn't already decided, on their own, to do. The reason that cats are never used as guides for the blind is that no blind person relishes the idea of being dragged up on top of the cupboards in the kitchen for a nap. So, trying anything *funny* with them is an invitation to an flurry of claws and fur.

It makes one wonder, doesn't it??? Like how come the first girl on the left only has one cheek moving??? Probably practice. It does make her a little more unique than the other ladies.

Thank you rockefeller center and Jazzmoose. Yes. All the major issues. No subject undiscussed. Love this board!!!

There was a thread on cannibalism??

You guys!!!

Hokey Smoke, Bullwinkle! That would tie in with some men's reluctance to have their male pets neutered. My theory is that they identify with male dogs and cats and other male animals and that their ambivilance toward women, hence female pets is carried forward. This would be much the same as some men thinking that rape of women and girls is not so heinous as rape of men and boys is. Again, an identification and personalization of the victim with themselves.

An impossible task and one which would be reluctantly undertaken, considering that there were so many undercurrents, that defy explanation. The mind boggles.

Well, Brad, perhaps another thread will be started. I have to admit that the sheer volume of this one was amazing. A new poster would have to set time aside to read it and get up to speed, if that was really possible. A FRESH START, by our thread originator would be interesting, but I suspect, like the rest of us, he has a life which demands his occasional attention.

Impossible to disagree. I don't think that any thread, except the *pinned* ones have as many posts. Usually that's a good thing. No blood was shed, and serves were vollied, no matter what the comment was. Gotta love that.

I reluctantly must agree, Clint. But, it had the most varied subject matter of any thread on the board. Much like a gathering of friends, the wine flowed and the topics being discussed became other topics, at the drop of a beanie. I do hope that our thread originator merely slammed the IRON DOOR in a brief fit of pique and will reconsider his rather abrupt departure. We never know what will happen, but since he had limited his input to this one thread, he painted himself into a corner. A shame, but, what can you do??........ [and crickets].