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|    Ouisie to JimD    |
|    Re: feeling better    |
|    10 Apr 17 06:02:00    |
      From: someone@anywheret.net              "JimD" wrote in message news:2017040922483387692-email@nowherecom...              > saucy jack was a reference to the Spinal Tap movie ..... not something I'm       > actually writting :-)              I figured as much, even though I never saw the movie.              > My life is here in this reality is a finite thing. I can spend it       > debating on the net, wasting time trying to make a passive aggressive       > drummer happy, or ..... do something fun and healty. I vote ride the       > bike .              Besides, there's no place for strife within a band!              > It's a spirtitual thing. I really do believe in an unseen guiding hand.       > And what it's doing now it blocking a path I'm not meant to travel. Ok,       > I'll take a different fork in the road then.              That happens quite a bit - with me I get vibes, one way or another.              > We did a nice duo yesterday. It was fun.              For me it'll be fun when I can make our duo sound more like a band, and I do       believe a second keyboard for me should do it.              > Went shopping with wife today. Drank a beer on the deck and watched the       > sun set. Supposed to be band rehearsal tomorrow. Nope, drummer called       > it off about 9 pm. I got a text. Tried to call back, no answer.              Maybe you should have the rehearsal anyway.              > I'm not talking about people I know, that I'd help. Was referring to the       > new kids, the " young turks " who are on a quest to wiggle in and get       > our club gigs by smoozing with the people in charge.              Still won't help the sound!              -------------------------                     > oh, lemme add this, just so the above stuff will make sense. It's really       > a political term, but here I'm using it to refer to some bands that want       > our gigs so bad they'll play all sorts of backstabbing games to get them.              If they'd just work on sounding their best, at least they'd be in the right       direction.              ---       Young Turk definition              An insurgent person trying to take control of a situation or       organization by force or political maneuver. The term originated from       the mostly young Turkish officers who overthrew Ottoman rulers after       World War I.       The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition       Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.       Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.       Cite This Source                            Jim              A simpler definition would be PEST!              Ouisie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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