The Thread for Those Who Wish to be Digressive

[LKB]

Actually, scrambled eggs and toast do just fine for me.

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LKB

[Karl Henning]

Sure as eggs is eggs.

[Karl Henning]

Today, I found a Charlie Card (a kind of debit card for MBTA fares) in my wallet.  I don't know how long it has been there;  if I had known, I might have used it for Mark's T rides, while he was in from Atlanta.  I then found myself (as a result of having moved myself there) on the Downtown Crossing concourse, and tapped the card at a fare machine;  I was advised that the card is inactive.  I might have been tempted simply to discard it, only the Charlie Card Store was right to hand, so I got in line.  Inactive though the card is, the agent was able to determine that I had $10.50 on't;  so she issued me a fresh card with the full value.

It was almost like found money.

[LKB]

Guy just got on the bus who is essentially a dead ringer for Mahler, even the glasses are right. Only the hairline is slightly wrong. He even has a European accent...

Whistled a few notes from Sym. No. 1 but he didn't react, oh well.

Reincarnated,

LKB

[Karl Henning]

Mahler would come back, just to spite us . . . .

[Baron Scarpia]

Today, I found a Charlie Card (a kind of debit card for MBTA fares) in my wallet.  I don't know how long it has been there;  if I had known, I might have used it for Mark's T rides, while he was in from Atlanta.  I then found myself (as a result of having moved myself there) on the Downtown Crossing concourse, and tapped the card at a fare machine;  I was advised that the card is inactive.  I might have been tempted simply to discard it, only the Charlie Card Store was right to hand, so I got in line.  Inactive though the card is, the agent was able to determine that I had $10.50 on't;  so she issued me a fresh card with the full value.

It was almost like found money.

"Charlie Card" is a reference to the Kingston Trio song?

[Karl Henning]

The card was dubbed as an homage, yes.

[Baron Scarpia]

Whistled a few notes from Sym. No. 1 but he didn't react, oh well.

If you had it available on your mobile device, the best test would be to play a clip of the Karajan recording of his 6th symphony. If the stranger wrestled the phone from your hand, threw it to the floor and began stomping on it, shouting "that's not my music" it would be a clear tip off that the individual is indeed Mahler reincarnated.

[North Star]

If you had it available on your mobile device, the best test would be to play a clip of the Karajan recording of his 6th symphony. If the stranger wrestled the phone from your hand, threw it to the floor and began stomping on it, shouting "that's not my music" it would be a clear tip off that the individual is indeed Mahler reincarnated.

Oh, you're being ridiculous! The real Mahler would never react like that - he would have no idea that the recording is supposedly of his symphony.

[Ken B]

Guy just got on the bus who is essentially a dead ringer for Mahler, even the glasses are right. Only the hairline is slightly wrong. He even has a European accent...

Whistled a few notes from Sym. No. 1 but he didn't react, oh well.

Reincarnated,

LKB

Guess he's not Hans Rott either.

[LKB]

Mahler would come back, just to spite us . . . .

I don't know about that. I expect he'd rather spend the time revising his symphonies some more.

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LKB

[Mirror Image]

Sure as eggs is eggs.

Supper's Ready!!! Only a true Genesis fan would know this.

[Karl Henning]

Supper's Ready!!! Only a true Genesis fan would know this.

. . . and: Mr Nick (Tom Waits) in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus! 

[zamyrabyrd]

Oh, you're being ridiculous! The real Mahler would never react like that - he would have no idea that the recording is supposedly of his symphony.

He would have no idea that the sound was coming from a small metal box.

[Karl Henning]

Whew, am I glad it's Friday.

[LKB]

He would have no idea that how the sound was coming from a small metal box.

Fixed that for you.

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LKB

[Baron Scarpia]

He would have no idea that the sound was coming from a small metal box.

If Mahler was reincarnated and walking the earth again he would no doubt have familiarized himself with the features of the modern world.

[Mahlerian]

He would have no idea that the sound was coming from a small metal box.

He recorded a few piano rolls, and rudimentary sound recording technology already existed at the time, so it's not that far from his conception.  Now, the idea of modern information technology...that would be something else entirely!

[zamyrabyrd]

He recorded a few piano rolls, and rudimentary sound recording technology already existed at the time, so it's not that far from his conception.  Now, the idea of modern information technology...that would be something else entirely!

I take most of it on faith, myself.

[Mahlerian]

No, the "mere exposure effect" doesn't explain preferences you personally find baffling.  It's only relevant between otherwise neutral alternatives.