You know you've been at GMG too long when . . .

[huntsman]

...when for you, HIP refers to something 99.9% of the world's population consider to be decidedly un-hip.

Grateful Dead?? 

[Brahmsian]

You are still convinced that the Belgian street pianist in Brian's avatar is actually Brian!   

[Kate]

Grateful Dead?? 

Lord, let's hope so...that whole mass popularity thing beginning in the late 80s was a train wreck; I'll take my solace in the isolation of the fringe!/kate

[North Star]

...you end up bumbing some old thread you accidentally bumped into after a search on something entirely different.

[mc ukrneal]

....when you know who posted the particular disc without seeing the avatar or name...

[The new erato]

....when you know who posted the particular disc without seeing the avatar or name...

That's a good one.

[vandermolen]

When I wildly enthuse about a new CD I have just purchased and then realise I had posted about it several years before and already own a copy. 

[Karl Henning]

Ouch!

[Mirror Image]

When I wildly enthuse about a new CD I have just purchased and then realise I had posted about it several years before and already own a copy. 

Hah!

[B_cereus]

...when you keep referring to GMG'ers who have left long long ago (M, Harpie, Scarpia, etc.) and confuse the heck out of newbies.

There's a blast from the past... I wonder if he is still obsessed with La Mer and Pelleas et Melisande? 

[Bogey]

You are still convinced that the Belgian street pianist in Brian's avatar is actually Brian!   

That Brian fashions lutes for a living.  (I do miss that avatar.)

[Bogey]

When you call George from NY from a used record shop to ask him to look up a pressing of a Moravec piano cd.... at 10 pm his time because you cannot find this cd  anywhere on the net....and is $12 too much to pay.

[Karl Henning]

When you call George from NY from a used record shop to ask him to look up a pressing of a Moravec piano cd.... at 10 pm his time because you cannot find this cd  anywhere on the net....and is $12 too much to pay.

:-)

[Brian]

That Brian fashions lutes for a living.  (I do miss that avatar.)

Oooh, that was a great avatar. I like this one too but maybe it gives people the wrong idea of me    that oud-maker was from an Economist cover story on the reconstruction of Iraq, maybe in 2005 or 2006?

[Karl Henning]

In rather a wistful way, I like the pretty optimism of that headline:  Iraq starts to fix itself.

[The new erato]

...when you remember Harry without a beard.....

[Que]

...when you remember Harry without a beard.....

[Florestan]

...when you remember Harry without a beard.....

When I joined, his avatar was Emma Kirkby... 

[Gurn Blanston]

...when there are no longer 6 lesser known piano concertos for you to add to the current list. 

[Que]

Oooh, that was a great avatar. I like this one too but maybe it gives people the wrong idea of me    that oud-maker was from an Economist cover story on the reconstruction of Iraq, maybe in 2005 or 2006?

"Iraq starts to fix itself"....Well, it was a nice thought.....

Sounds a lot better than "Iraq is still broken and the worst is yet to come"

Q