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My apologies if this is not true to the original spirit of the thread, but this band actually got better after they sobered-up. In my younger days, I'd have never believed something like that was possible, until I lived it, live in concert, with my own two ear-holes:

On your first point, I can't seem to find the part about all men with current ID cards, can you? "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." If there is an accusation of fraud, it is incumbent upon the accuser to prove it, at least in the America I think I used to know... so where is any frickin' proof?? All I see are a bunch of pinata bats missing their mark. On Russian collusion, it's just mind-numbing that a (formerly) sitting President would not lead the charge to investigate potential influence by a foreign, hostile, nation. I guess that's acceptable to you...

I also think their drummer choices (Kenny 'timekeeper' Jones and Simon Phillips) were pretty odd considering their sound was based on a frenetic K. Moon style. Ringo's kid was a huuuuge return to normal- damn fine drummer.

It was the Quad tour- I got the year wrong- That show was as good as I ever could have hoped to see them in the post-Moon era!! Townshend's writing nearly single-handedly got me through my teen years, haha. It's weird discovering their early stuff as a teen, 20 years after the fact, and gravitating so heavily toward it. Once I heard the first bomb-drop of Armenia City, and everything of that era, I was just amazed at how it overpowered all the 80's crap... my generation was listening to. ) Good to hear Townser is still pulling out interesting takes on their music- he can definitely hold his own with the all-timers! (not to make you too jelly, but I've got a bunch of original presses/UK originals, Sealed original Live at Leeds, Moon's solo album, Entwhistle's solos- a couple sealed, bootlegs, etc. on vinyl. )

Probably a smart choice. You might as well be wearing a bullseye shirt and antlers.

It's truly heartening to see a new generation of schoolgirls become Bills fans! ❤️

Kind of a funny phenomenon I've seen a few times is old rock bands sucking up a storm in middle age, then somehow getting better- not prime, but better- when they re-emerge as geezers. I remember the Who's Last 1982 tour radio broadcast as a kid, they were a shell of themselves. I saw them live in 1989... (1982 was not their last tour afterall!) and they were in some weird, boring, over-produced phase... then in 1994- they were Dang Good! Not Live at Leeds good, but still dang good, and back to their more stripped-down selves. The SB show was garbage and I haven't seen them since Entwhistle died, so no idea what they are about nowadays.

I mean, it's our duty in America to defend your right to believe whatever it is you want to believe, but when four ba-jillion lawsuits are brought, and laughably shot down by justices across this nation- of all political stripes, wouldn't ya think it's just maybe possible you're barking up a tree that was never really there?

Jimmy the Greek for HoF 2022! kidding, but Facenda taking this long is waaaay past overdue.

Should be required gear for cyclists:

If you feel so strongly for the poor German & Japanese soldiers, and believe America was the wrongdoer, not the Nazi's, maybe you should consider not living here and cheering for the team in red, white and blue??

Wait, so are you saying Allied nations 'dehumanized and eliminated' citizens who disagreed (with the war presumably). Or are you saying the Nazi's eliminated people of certain groups because those people chose to disagree with the Nazis?

Wow! I swear I didn't look at this thread - for weeks - before posting- I was on a road trip. Must be ol' mix tape season or something. Bravo to 70's, Pete & DrW! oh, and if your tastes range there, maybe don't disregard the song I said to disregard... there's an odd beauty to that one for a sweaty front-porch evening listen.

Disregard this post

A little Dramarama appreciation trip here- pretty good band, caught in the middle of the LA post-paisley thing, but too 'alt' for the Sunset Strip scene. Working backwards... sorta, the last song was their first airplay (see Rodney Bingenheimer), the first song was off a mix tape from a girl named Brandy, and the middle one may be... just right

20 years? Shoot, you'll be immersed in an interactive, holographic, laser space-beam cast of every game the National Flag Football League has to offer!

I'm not sure I should admit this here, but I eventually lost some of my B. Cox hate after catching him on some broadcasts- seemed like a like-able smart guy, haha.

Stop playing 4-D chess with me. I can't handle all these amazing concepts.

Any normal team is trying to better their roster, occasional misguided millions is just part of the business on the way to making much more than that. The salary cap 'should be' just a guidepost for the team owners- where you build your desire-able product is maneuvering within that cap. Except for Ralph. Always a ba-jillionairre, playing with this team as if those extra 200 bucks were going to ruin everything. Do you know how much talent he let go, and how much avoidable heartache we've had to endure because of miserly thinking you embrace as, brilliant?? When a player takes a reduced salary, they're doing it because they haven't lived up to expectations, are probably targeted as a potential cut, but believe they can do better and get a good payday in the future. This is not complicated. The team gets a cap break, and the player has a better chance to live to fight another day.

Very good, Ralph- you've just saved your company millions in out-of-pocket expenses, but you haven't reduced the cap hit one microbe by cutting the player. Now you propose to re-hire the player, adding to that cap hit you took ZERO cents off of. Do you think there's a reason why you never see that happen??

If a team straight-out cuts a player they are responsible for the entirety of guaranteed monies and the cap hits which come with it. To then re-sign the player you are adding new guaranteed monies to THAT total.

You can't cut a player then re-sign him at a lower price-point for cap reasons. Saving on the cap is really the whole point of salary restructures/reductions unless Ralph owns your team. )

Too Texas-y, also, the Washington Snyders just has a better... mouth-feel to me. Makes me want to go to a ballgame and buy a pretzel.

And the message is, 'don't be a ***** dimwit, and go get the damn vaccine- we've got a good thing going here...' Stupid isn't a point of view.