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1. about 9 hours ago on Pickles

   Well, not just Grandpa’s; Dad, 5 uncles, 7 cousins, 2 brothers, and myself all contributed. And who knows, maybe the guy he bought the farm from and his kin, too…….)

2. about 12 hours ago on Pickles

   SE Ohio. But Grandpa was from Mudsock, WV (they have since, alas, changed the name to something so boring can’t recall it….)

3. about 13 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   1) Live

   2) Reel-to-reel

   3) Vinyl

   4) Cassette

   5) Digital & 8-track (some variation therein, but nothing that rises to the level of 1-4.

4. about 14 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   Also a backhanded reference to how women are oppressed by the Abrahamic religions.

5. about 14 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Having grown up amidst farm kids from Ohio – and being Son, Nephew, Grandson, Cousin, Uncle, & Great-Uncle to a number of them – I can assure you that you are mistaken, at least as regards the Appalachian corner of the state.

6. about 14 hours ago on Get Fuzzy

   And Arnold was not the most effective general the colonials had, he was the most effective, too (when they found out he’d sold the plans for the West Point fortifications to the Brits because he’d fallen in love with a Loyalist babe, Washington* said “My God – if we’ve lost Arnold, we’re lost!”

   *George’s record as a general: 3-6.

7. about 14 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   You’re not stealing from the RIAA, you’re stealing from the performers and songwriters you claim to like.

   And when you convert analog to MP3, you lose about 20% of the musical information.

8. about 14 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   But neither the CDs nor their cases are organic.

9. about 14 hours ago on The Boondocks

   Really??? Then I am even happier that I never saw it; that is Just Wrong! They couldn’t find one real actor willing to do it?

10. about 15 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

    I am, of course, opposed, for both moral and logical reasons, to capital punishment – but I might make an exception for anyone who uses Auto-Tune® to fake yodel……….

    First time Cher did it (to the best of my knowledge, my thought was “Eww, that’s awful! And now everyone will be doing it!”