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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 17:39:54 GMT -5
This might be a good place to point out that some asshole has lately been posting on the Soundhole as "millring".
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 13:37:46 GMT -5
I had no idea just how good until I listened to the Norman Blake tribute album -- from sulpher springs to rising fawn -- and in a stellar cast of vocalists, I like Chris's cut the best.
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Apr 19, 2024 13:31:11 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 13:31:11 GMT -5
"I'm not biased because it's true" -- begging the question -- is the hardest, most subtle of all the logic fallacies. It's even hard to describe. And certainly the hardest to complain about, given the fact that each and every one of the logic fallacies is, nevertheless, the better part of wisdom. That's why polite people agree to disagree and fools dig in.
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 13:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 13:18:38 GMT -5
I confess. It was me. I sold out radio as part of the giants' devious plot. Many years ago, I answered an advert in The ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Denver, CO. The essence was that a $50 cash payment was mine, just listen to a bunch of music, thirty seconds per song and rate them. "Did I recognize it?" "Do I like it?" "Would I listen to the whole song?" kind of questions. For an hour. I helped build that homogenized radio beast. For a one time $50 payoff. Damn. And joining the Soundhole is your first act upon being released from prison? So much for redemption.
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 13:15:56 GMT -5
Two great legacies left behind -- his music and Chris.
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 5:45:48 GMT -5
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Apr 19, 2024 5:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by millring on Apr 19, 2024 5:07:25 GMT -5
I followed some of these stories as they were covered by NPR, BBC, MSNBC, CNN, WaPo, NYTimes, AP, Forbes, the Guardian, and whatever other sources seemed to have decent sourcing and presentation, and I don't recall seeing the kind of bias Berliner insists exists. I'm not surprised.
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Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 17:38:56 GMT -5
Long time no see. Howzit?
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Apr 18, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5
Obviously Berliner made the internet debating error of creating a list with a weak point or two. So now NPR fans can continue to believe in the objectivity of NPR because someone found a way to rebut a point or two (and some of the rebuttals are pretty squirrely. "SEE! I'm not a registered Democrat! Ha ha ha!" Wanna take bets on how he votes?) If you think the preponderance of the way NPR has presented the stories that Berlniner is criticizing aren't just as biased as Berliner characterizes them , then I suggest you either aren't listening to NPR, or you are a fish who never even considered that the medium you live in is water.
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Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 14:56:55 GMT -5
Speaking of electric vehicles for package delivery. Our Amazon delivery truck for our area is now an all electric Rivian vehicle. I believe these are suppose to have a 150 mile range. So I think the statement that electric vehicles aren't good for package delivery is inaccurate. I think it is probably more that the electric vehicles the "post office is planning for" are not good for packages. I would be curious to know how those are working out for Amazon though. Do they need to constrain routes to be within range, or plan for recharging during the day? Actually, the new vehicles DO take parcel delivery into account and have a sizable and accessible cargo area. My misgivings about them are much the same as my ire at the comparisons of the family car's mileage to that of the "gas guzzling" LLV (words used by an article advocating the electric vehicles). The problem lies in the fact that the postal vehicle isn't driven like the family car. Take the 150 mile range advertised. The family car goes 150 miles in under three hours. The mail vehicle will be out on a 20 mile route for three hours. Now, an electric vehicle won't be running the whole time, so perhaps a 150 mile range is going to be sufficient. Maybe even generous. I don't know. And it seems nobody asked. But, really, the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that everyone who matters in the decision making is completely overlooking the thing that made the LLV such an fantastic postal vehicle. Really, the team who came up with them should have been awarded the congressional medal of honor for outstanding frugality with public money. Yes, they're coming into a lot of criticism now -- for their condition. But think about that. These vehicles are still in service some 30 years after their manufacture. They lasted so long because they were designed to last long. I have my doubts that longevity is even in the consideration for the new vehicles. They are going to be harder to work on (the number of mechanics trained to service electric/computerized vehicles comes at a premium) and considerably more expensive to work on. They were not designed with the same simplicity in mind that engineered the LLV. The designers of the LLV kept them simple and reliant on the availability of parts most likely to remain available for a very long time. The new vehicles aren't just electric motor driven, they are also computer controlled with LOTS of additional electric add-ons that are going to go bad VERY quickly. The Post Office suffers the problem that it focuses on the urban delivery and is VERY myopic about the rural delivery. How could it not be? ...everyone involved in the decision making lives in urban areas. The rural delivery is out of sight out of mind. But, honestly, if the USPS can convince the government that the government needs to pay the USPS back the $100,000,000,000 for pre-paying retirements etc, then like the farmer who wins the lottery and sez he'll keep farming 'til the money runs out, we should be a-okay.
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Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 14:06:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip. Watching now.
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Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 7:52:31 GMT -5
the Bachrach/Warwick coupling was magic.
Off work today so after a walk in the woods I intend to cut the grass, fill the softener tank with salt, and fix the world. The latter might take most of the afternoon.
Got wordle in 3, strands with one hint, and connections came pretty easy. Dementia fended off for one more day.
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Apr 18, 2024 5:05:50 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 5:05:50 GMT -5
This is what passes for adult commentary: How can you guys STAND this kind of thing? Really.
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Post by millring on Apr 18, 2024 4:12:38 GMT -5
I continue searching for the right spots to apply my 4 TENS unit patches to avoid shoulder pains. I usually wait till the end of the day when I want to practice guitar to set up the patches and adjust the settings. Set up the TENS to work in tandem with a metronome.
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Post by millring on Apr 17, 2024 20:00:01 GMT -5
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Post by millring on Apr 17, 2024 17:57:19 GMT -5
Most of you probably know of Chris Jones and the Night Drivers. They've been around for so many years I don't remember when I got the first recording. Chris is a wonderful writer who, with a winsome and humorous style, has covered bluegrass music for a very long time. He's Ron Block's sort-of-brother-in-law (there's no official name for folks who become related by marrying siblings, but that's what Chris and Ron did). The other recordings I have of Chris are discs that Ron gave me upon a chance meeting I had with Ron while I was doing an art fair in Franklin, TN. Anyway, this is one of Chris's newest. He says the song was inspired by an act that did him such good during the pandemic -- that he and his sister wrote letters to each other.
Letters.
I'd say it's a dying art, but that would be belated news (a little oxymoron -- belated news). It's dead. Mostly, anyway. As a mailman I still deliver cards. And occasionally I do deliver what I guess to be a letter. I guess that because the handwritten address is either flawless cursive, or the product of a shaky pen in an aged hand.
My mom was known for her letters. I can remember her sitting at her desk composing, the only light in the room the one illuminating the blotter in front of her. There was often a waste can by the desk, half full of thoughts that didn't make the cut. Starting over. It's a long process. "Sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to write a shorter one." -Mark Twain
Mom's cursive was one of her own devising. It appeared a flawless calligraphy. I don't know where she picked it up, but there was no mistaking it for anyone else's writing. It wasn't flowery or even particularly feminine, but it was beautiful. "Betsey, you should write a book", she often heard in reply to her thoughtful, often wise letters of love and encouragement.
Nerve damage caused Mom's last letters to be typed. Apologetically. She hoped folks would understand the lack of care implied in a typed out letter. Dar is a letter writer. She has a very large file of her correspondences. She knows what she's said to whom, and is very contentious about valuing folk's time. If they're going to take the time to read her letters, she wants to make sure she's not wasting their valuable time with needless repetition. I also see small, torn pieces of paper around the house with a name or two written on them. It's folks to whom she's either mentally composing a letter she will eventually write, or folks she has on her mind and talks with God about.
Letters. I think Chris Jones has caught the spirit of them.
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Post by millring on Apr 17, 2024 17:21:30 GMT -5
It had to be about 20 years ago. Doc Froon's aging dad lived in the Cleveland area. Doc and I had been corresponding quite a bit at the time and figured out that he was going to be traveling home (to his dad's) the very week of late June, early July that I would be doing an art fair in nearby Peninsula, OH. He came to the fair and Dar watched the booth while he and I took guitars out to the parking lot, found a covered picnic area and shared tunes. I remember him commenting on the pleasure of playing in the sun and watching the shadows of fingerpicking fingers dance on the guitar top.
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Apr 17, 2024 17:17:34 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 17, 2024 17:17:34 GMT -5
A Katherine Maher, a former tech executive appointed in January as NPR's chief executive, has been criticized by conservative activists for social media messages that disparaged former President Donald Trump. The messages predated her hiring at NPR. What a peculiar way to frame it.
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Post by millring on Apr 17, 2024 13:37:21 GMT -5
Done with work early. Now I'm off to the dentist for a cleaning and a look at a tooth that's been bothering me. I hate dentists.
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