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I was a preteen. I'd spent much of the day circling under a very hot sun on an old Case tractor (propane driven), pulling an undercutter, trying to do it like the farmer taught me earlier in the summe…

Days have passed. As we saw tonight, yes, those Wolves are damned scary. 115 to 70 scary. That's 45 points. In an NBA game. Against the world champions. We're about to see, this weekend, one of the mo…

Indeed, @KNIGHT_c4 , flaps have nothing to do with gender. They have to do with landing. And sometimes with taking off. I await a suggestion in response. Much like the Nuggets awaited a 3-point shot t…

I trust the corgi. And most elder English women. And probably even @clousems.

tl;dr How do you handle writing about the gender of those whose gender is unknown given the facelessness of the internet? It's 2024; and being the kindly and careful hippo that by maturing I have grad…

I like my mother. May she be making them laugh and giving them comfort in heaven, as she did on Earth. On the other hand, she WAS pretty feisty. I hope that's not a mortal sin. For my own sake, as wel…

Before I forget, the polymath @clousems has a patience at which we must marvel. And chooses his or her moments well.

@OctoPinky exaggerates a bit when claiming that Vivaldi was "way more" metal than Shostakovich. But 8P may be forgiven since he is now bringing up Vivaldi and the Baroque (let's say his name out loud:…

Okay, great! Thanks for responding. Frankly, in the post to which I responded (#65) it wasn't clear to me that you were quoting anybody. Sometimes it's hard to tell whom is being addressed in a string…

I'm not sure to whom you are speaking, @Alientcp. If it is to me, I certainly don't want "the people to lose again." To the contrary. I'd like to see the country turn out okay. How do you think things…