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    Mt. Rushmore of Rock Singers

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    21 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

    It’s hard to believe nobody has said Geddy Lee. He has a one of the most iconic voices in rock.

    Geddy has one of the most identifiable voices ever. I wouldn't say he has one of the best. Brad Delp is my favorite all time vocalist, that's why I put him at the top.  

    Any Suggestions For Domestic Vacation Destinations?

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    1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:


    we need to vacation together— three of my favorite places! 
     

    i will say that the next time i go to Sedona, I am thinking of splitting it up and spending more time in Flagstaff. We just spent a quick day over there when we visited the area, and I thought it was a super cool town. 

    My wife and I want to spend about a week in Flagstaff. We're thinking of it being a retirement destination, but not having spent any real time there, we won't be sure until we do. 

    Any Suggestions For Domestic Vacation Destinations?

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    59 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    They went to Kauai and Maui and had a GREAT time. 

     

    Even two plus decades ago I found that I preferred Sonoma to Napa for some reason. We would have benefited from better local knowledge I’m sure, but it was a FANTASTIC trip. We started in San Francisco and then went south seeing Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur, Pebble Beach and all that. We went up to a spa in Calistoga (north of Napa and Sonoma I think) and did the whole wine country thing. Probably my second favorite vacation after Spain and a Windstar cruise form Barcelona to Lisbon. Only about 300 passengers on a ship with masts, not one of the HUGE ships with 4-5k. It was another Windstar cruise we were hoping to take (Italy and Croatia) the next year, but……Covid stuff happened. You might have seen it in the news. 

    We love Sonoma, and Calistoga is my second favorite small town on earth! A pretty good quarterback with the last name of Montana lives in Calistoga. 

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    Any Suggestions For Domestic Vacation Destinations?

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    5 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    Not really a gambler, but the wife will play some blackjack. Having said that, I’ve never been to Vegas without having a good time. There is SO MUCH more to do than gamble. Really, @plenzmd1, it’s true! 

    I second that. My wife and I walked through many casino's, didn't even think to gamble. The food choices and quality was amazing! Walking on the strip with almost no one there was surreal. And the gondola ride in the Venetian was so memorable.

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    Any Suggestions For Domestic Vacation Destinations?

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    My wife and I did a 3000 mile, 3 state driving tour this past January. Flew into Reno, stayed in Lake Tahoe, Lone Pine, California (where westerns in the early days of film were made), drove through Death Valley, stayed in Vegas, Sedona and Phoenix, AZ, stayed in a little town called Solvang, CA which is the Dutch capital of the world, and then to the Bay Area of California to visit my daughter. Out of all these places Sedona was by far our favorite. That would be my recommendation. 

     

    This year we are going to be buying a house so a trip may not happen. But if it does, we are going to Laurel, Mississippi as we see that town on the HGTV Show Home Town, and are super intrigued by it. Many of the home renovations on the show are available as AirBnB's. 

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    Your 2 Bills Drive name

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    My name dates back to 1996. I was a regular on a Hercules, The Legendary Journeys messageboard. (Don't judge.) A girl I was dating called me her knight in shining armor. A character on Xena was named Draco, so they dubbed me SirDraco, and it stuck. When that board folded, my Rush board started at the same time, was SirDraco. One day the members were pissing me off, so I changed it to Draconator to "take care of business". I joined TBD around that time and just went with that. 

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    James Webb Space Telescope And The Search For Our Distant Past

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    On 12/13/2021 at 1:53 PM, WhoTom said:

     

     

     

    Every time you watch a Bills game on TV, you're experiencing the same thing on a smaller scale. It takes time for the cameras to convert the light to electricity, time to convert that signal to radio waves (or digitize it), time for the waves to reach the satellite and back (or your antenna) or for the digital signal to stream and reach your modem/router, etc.

     

    So when you watch the Bills on TV in "real-time," there's a lag. In effect, you're seeing what happened a few seconds ago and, therefore, looking back in time.

     

    Or if you're streaming, the TV is about 20 to 30 seconds behind my computer, so I have to turn the game off on my computer, because I'll yell "Touchdown" and my wife watching on the TV will be like "They haven't even broke out of the huddle! Shut up!"

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