The Chat Thread

[Ken B]

I was attacked by my car today. I was driving, fortunately with little traffic and not overly fast, when the hood popped up and smashed the windshield. Interestingly I was quite calm throughout --I tend to be when things go wrong -- but hours later and at home I am feeling a bit rattled. Very lucky really it happened when it did rather than on the highway. The replacement hood latch costs a lot more than the windshield!

[EigenUser]

I was attacked by my car today. I was driving, fortunately with little traffic and not overly fast, when the hood popped up and smashed the windshield. Interestingly I was quite calm throughout --I tend to be when things go wrong -- but hours later and at home I am feeling a bit rattled. Very lucky really it happened when it did rather than on the highway. The replacement hood latch costs a lot more than the windshield!

Woah! Glad to hear everything is okay -- other than the cost of repair, of course.

[Ken B]

Woah! Glad to hear everything is okay -- other than the cost of repair, of course.

Yes, need to cut back on CD buying for a while ...

[Karl Henning]

Glad you're all right!

Some years ago, after a minor fender-bender, our hood didn't look all that unusual, but we had to have it replaced.  We were warned ahead of time that driving it in that condition created a risk of the hood flying open.  Again, greatly relieved to know you're unharmed!

[ibanezmonster]

I'm a little bit creeped out...
one of the managers told me about a lady that complained to her about me "winking at and flirting at her every time she comes in." 
They laughed at her at first but the lady said that she's serious and found it upsetting. I told the manager that if I even had the personality type to flirt with a random stranger, I'd at least target someone in my age group (this lady is supposedly older and "didn't look like my type"). She said that the lady probably has an interest in me, since they at least know that would be extremely uncharacteristic of me.

If this lady confronts me, I'll pretend I have a girlfriend named Yui Hirasawa. 

[PaulR]

Toledo is under a state of emergency due to toxins from algae found in the water supply. 

Thankfully, I am 20 miles south of Toledo and not effected. 

[Ken B]

Oh this is really disturbing and unsettling. It's Bad Romance arranged to sound like a music box. And I find it fascinating and disturbing. Spotify https://play.spotify.com/track/2oHHpjpmFzPJp9ZysvicZc
The group is Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star.

[Karl Henning]

That strumpet!

Unlike the intimidating semicolon, the em dash is feisty, mischievous, and eager to please.

[Ken B]

That strumpet!

Unlike the intimidating semicolon, the em dash is feisty, mischievous, and eager to please.

And horizontal.

[Karl Henning]

So Toni Tennille served the Captain divorce papers this year, after 39 years of marriage?  "I wasn't serious about that 'in sickness and in health' jazz...."

[Szykneij]

So Toni Tennille served the Captain divorce papers this year, after 39 years of marriage?  "I wasn't serious about that 'in sickness and in health' jazz...."

Young and beautiful
Someday your looks will be gone
When the others turn you off
Who'll be turning you on

Not Toni. I'll never listen to Love Will Keep Us Together again!   

[ibanezmonster]

Check out my group post to my UCF program that I have to send on my one week off from year-round work and full-time school:

Does anyone know how long it takes for a hold to be dropped on before you can be register for a class? I had enrolled in 4 classes several months ago, and for no reason I am not enrolled anymore in CEN 4802 or PSC 1121. It won't let me register now because of the hold.

As for this hold, it is one that shouldn't even be there. It is saying that I didn't pay for summer classes, yet I obviously did, with proof from my bank account. I tried to e-mail ucf financial aid and they said it might be 5-7 days before a response, time I obviously don't have. I tried to call. I can't get anyone on the phone because it's always on hold.

So I paid the $1250 that I didn't even owe so that the hold would be gone so that I could enroll in those two classes that I already enrolled in and the hold isn't gone yet, so I can't enroll in them. So how do I get into these classes now?

I don't think UCF could be more creative in being messed up if they tried. (and I also found my summer classes receipt in my e-mail)

[ibanezmonster]

At 6 am, probably 30 min of lightning striking extremely close to the house at the rate of about once per minute (twice per minute if including distant lightning). I probably would have been dead by now if I were walking around outside in the neighborhood during that time.

[DavidW]

At 6 am, probably 30 min of lightning striking extremely close to the house at the rate of about once per minute (twice per minute if including distant lightning). I probably would have been dead by now if I were walking around outside in the neighborhood during that time.

See.. sleeping in is healthy!

[ibanezmonster]

https://www.youtube.com/v/2nXpVl9l43A

See.. sleeping in is healthy!

Ha, definitely.

[ibanezmonster]

Introducing Mahler to my friend... starting with a nice beginner piece: the first movement of the 9th! 

He really liked the Rite of Spring but seriously doesn't like anything classical or baroque. He hasn't tried out Romanticism yet.

Will be interesting to see what he thinks of it...

[EigenUser]

Introducing Mahler to my friend... starting with a nice beginner piece: the first movement of the 9th! 

He really liked the Rite of Spring but seriously doesn't like anything classical or baroque. He hasn't tried out Romanticism yet.

Will be interesting to see what he thinks of it...

You should show him some Bartok or Ligeti. I've had a few non-classical friends who were absolutely blown away by these guys, particularly the latter.

Also, a friend of mine was completely enchanted by the Forlane from Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians is another big hit.

From what I can tell, non-classical listeners seem to react more positively to modern. Interestingly, longtime classical listeners who haven't heard modern classical are more likely to dislike it, at least at first (probably because it breaks "rules").

[ibanezmonster]

You should show him some Bartok or Ligeti.

I will, eventually.

[mn dave]

I will, eventually.

Carcass

[Ken B]

Carcass

Huh? I understand the typical snyprrr post better than that ...