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Aug 01, 2015 05:55AM
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Congrats, Rodney. And Joel got it wrong -- the roll must come away from the wall not hang toward it.
Thanks for the invitation! I will now go out and buy some mod clothing to go with the new moniker.
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Cool! I'd pay to see that on you Joel. I had to dress like that when our band played, well not quite that goofy, but puffed sleeves, bell bottoms and Beatle boots were bad enough. I'd just moved into a new neighborhood in the Bronx and I'd been whistled at twice, coupled with one approving "huma-huma!" on my way to the bus stop.
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but I never got up the nerve to wear it in public.
Thank Jebus for that!
I'd pay big bucks to see Joel in that out fit too!East 70's was real preppie back then also, Joel.
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Hope your midriff doesn't get too cold.
That's getting beyond Mod! And that little 'man purse is kinda cute! They'd make great halloween costumes.
And we will know who to blame if standards fall, right?
Will wrote: "And we will know who to blame if standards fall, right?"Melki, of course.
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Melki, of course."
No
And with the weather turning cold again, too!
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Joel wrote: "Just be grateful she didn't mention her prod."I know! But I could still feel a ghost of a current on the back of my neck.
Prod goeth before the fall. Another (Shudder!)
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1. A total inability to play well with others.
2. The proven ability to sleep through any meeting.
3. The social skills of a four-year-old.
--and lastly--
4. Judgement most often based on a coin toss.
...I have to ask, what were you thinking??????
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Jay wrote: "Since my major qualifications are:1. A total inability to play well with others.
2. The proven ability to sleep through any meeting.
3. The social skills of a four-year-old.
--and lastly--
4. Judg..."
Sounds like perfect management qualities to me...
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I think judgement most often based on a coin toss is sheer genius. You should be pres.
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Plus, as a
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She lies! She lies! I am not a nonagenerain - yet. I endure my 90th birthday in another 11 days (if I live until then). Appointing someone of my age has its advantages: you won't have to wait long to replace me if I turn out to be a disaster, bringing disgrace and disrepute upon the HC.Out of curiosity, I have looked up British Prime Ministers, to see who was in office for the least time. It turns out that the Earl of Bath was in office for only 2 days, because nobody would serve in his cabinet. I guess I have already out-lasted him!
I tried to convince Melkie that I was disqualified, being a most immoderate old git, who has avoided all forms of responsibility for (almost) 90 years. She did not think that relevant. Will she regret it? Well, I hope not. I promise to behave myself, refrain from personal abuse and, Joel, I will be happy to buy the first round - and many more.
Thanks to you all, who have given me much to chuckle about during times of gloom.
Martin, who used to answer to the name of "Taff" while in the RN many years ago.
Martin wrote: "She lies! She lies! I am not a nonagenerain - yet. I endure my 90th birthday in another 11 days (if I live until then). Appointing someone of my age has its advantages: you won't have to wait long ..."Welcome as our fearless leader. I have great confidence in you.
Melki wrote: "After making more than 231 comments since joining the group, Martin has earned a turn at being our newest moderator. Truthfully, it's a title that I foisted on him. He tried to bow out, claiming th..."So, basically, you're punishing Martin for typing too much?
Martin wrote: "I promise to behave myself,"Well, THAT sounds boring :-)
Brena wrote: " I have great confidence in you.."Well, that's more than I have, but thanks.
Brenda wrote: "Martin wrote: "I promise to behave myself,"Well, THAT sounds boring :-)"
I'm rather good at boring. Have had years of practice.
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What the hell is this???? I take a few days off, and the minute my back is turned there's a management shake-up! This is intolera...
Oh, it's Martin.
I like Martin.
NEVERMIND.
PS. Hearty congrats, Martin!
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Thank you all for your assorted forms of welcome.Ninety years old today! Ninety is an odd sort of number. It is boring. It is not a prime, nor is it the square of any reasonable number. Just the number of degrees in a right-angle and we have to thank the ancient Babylonians for that. Its decades can be counted on the fingers of two hands, with one finger left over. Might suit someone who has had a finger amputated in an industrial accident.
90 is no more interesting when expressed as a binary number: 1011010. No symmetry there, just boring. Even worse in hexadecimal: 5A, and we won't go into octal. Ninety is definitely odd.
On the other hand, it is divisible by two, therefore it is an even number.
So ninety is both odd and even. The only mathematical number that can be both odd and even is infinity. Therefore I am now infinitely old.
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I'd say you should probably eat and/or drink whatever the hell you want today.
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Actually, Martin, the nineties can be viewed as a time of true wonder.
The 1890s saw the first crude attempts at manned flight, the establishment of the first automobile companies, and the first film show with paid admission. Naturally, these advancements paled when compared to perhaps the greatest invention of all time, the first coin-operated player piano.
Notable discoveries include radioactivity, x-rays, terrestrial helium, neon, krypton, and xenon,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published the first Sherlock Holmes story, Bram Stoker gave generations of readers nightmares with his Dracula, and H.G. Wells invented the Science Fiction genre with his War of the Worlds.
Socially, The Temperance Movement was gaining political power which it would later lose on its inexorable march toward ‘death by popular demand’, and classic symphony was competing with an upstart called Ragtime.
The 1990s saw the invention of the Internet, and a literal explosion of advancements in personal computers and other electronics. And DAMN were they ever popular!!! Even Bill Gates, who made a few pennies with his Disk Operating System (DOS) when he started a company called Microsoft, made an even splashier 90s debut with a series of “Windows” innovations that conquered the PC market.
How, you might ask, did the online community grow so quickly? Well, once the porn industry figured out how to collect secure online payments, monetization and explosive growth were inevitable.
Personal power grew with the technology. For some odd reason, 90s people liked having a phone that weighs almost nothing and fits in one’s pocket. But WAIT! It’s also a digital camera, a mail service, and a tool (app) for damn near everything. This device is referred to as a ‘mobile phone’, but if you count the number of separate devices replaced by the modern cell phone, you’ll notice that number is quite large and continuing to grow.
While some industries failed to keep up, others exploded onto the market. Amazon, Ebay, Yahoo, Google and many others now universally known were born in the 1990s.
Literature may have started slipping a bit against online content, however J. K. Rowling became the first billionaire author. Damn, Harry Potter, wasn’t that magical!
Film was revamped with Pixar releasing Toy Story, the first CGI feature film. James Cameron’s Titanic grossed almost 2 billion dollars, and Disney saw a resurgence with popular children’s films like Aladdin, and The Lion King, causing yet more generations of parents to say, “If I have to watch that one more goddam time...”
On the whole, the 90s stand for marvelous innovation, glimmers of true genius, and above all else, the beginnings of the death knell for The Temperance Movement. So, be of good cheer, Martin...or, go out and buy a bottle. That works, too.
HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, MARTIN!
