u/WTFaulknerinCA

It was between a Toyota, a Mazda, a Honda… but I went with the Nissan, altimately.

Looking at the painting, the Brit says, “look how reserved and calm they look. They are obviously British.”

The Frenchman says, “no no non, they are beautiful, naked and free. They are obviously French.”

The Russian says, “nah, they are Russian; they are naked, cold, have one apple to eat between them, and have been told they are in Paradise.”

Title. This is really frustrating. Solution?

Already own several harps. Considering a Sparrow because of a need to take it on a plane. Wondering how the instrument and case would do as carry-on (21-bar model).

Also curious about how easy it is to re-felt if needed down the line compared to OS. Are the felt-sizes standard or something different/unique?

To get to the off-side.

I normally get the Sprouts store brand low-sodium which has only 40mg per serving, but I was out of town and the local store only had Silver Palate. It had 140mg per 1/2 cup so I thought I was in for something more tasty. Wrong. I actually prefer the Sprouts brand. Just goes to show that other ingredients matter.

Beef Stroganoff.

When I would anxiously arrive home from the combination book and record store in town with 10-20 albums I picked up for less than $20 total, then I'd position myself lying on my back on the floor with my head perfectly between two 24-inch tall wooden cabinet speakers.

It wasn't background music in a game, or a movie, or ever seen in a commercial or an ad, most of it didn't even have a promotional film or video, and if they did, it wasn't made for the public. It wasn't a playlist designed to maintain a specific, narrow BPM or a mood or "vibe." Even the concept albums took one on a journey, with varying tempos and moods, imparting whatever the artist and producers pulled out of the ether and decided needed to be transmitted out to the rest of us.

I'd lose hours like that, reading the gatesleeve, or closing my eyes. I existed for the music and in that moment it existed for me.

And then if a band you liked came to town, if they were huge you camped outside the ticket office overnight to be first to buy tickets, and if they weren't huge you could catch them on a bill with 5-6 other bands for around $15. Or even better, see the local bands play all day at the end-of-term outdoor parties at the local college, for free.

Music had value all by itself. It didn't need cool visuals, the right hashtags, I discovered it by listening to the local college station or by spending hours going through all the bins at the record store.

And if you had a crush on someone you'd spend hours putting all the best songs on a cassette, doing the math so that every square inch of tape had music right to the end, and if you didn't add everything up right, the last song got cut off you would have to start all over. Yet I still wouldn't call that time wasted.

Because it was still just you and the music.

I want to go back.

There are concerns for people’s safety and also smoke is bad for telescopic equipment. Current AQ readings are >90 but have been rising.

Please check https://lafd.org/alerts for alerts.

Also you can sign up for alerts from the LA County Dept of Public Health: publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=5355

Title. The login screen gets stuck and never loads until the connection times out. No issue on Chrome-based Brave, Safari, Microsoft.

This was and is my main browser but what did they change so that this is happening now?