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I chose 1-5 but, the truth is that we will see after this first year. I'm on the board of a music presenting group and, as others have said, the commitment waxes and wanes. I suspect that the total commitment for the year will be about 200 hours, but there will be a couple of 40+ hour weeks...

63 posts in and there's a tune that I like.:angel: Crosby/Paul was the first #1 with electric guitar, but the first commercial recording with electric guitar seems to have been done in 1938 with George Barnes backing Big Bill Broonzy on two songs. Sweetheart Land: Also, Low Down Dirty...

This is a question that is all too often overlooked in reviews of golf courses - Are there a sufficient number of places available to take the emergency leak?

If I remember 13 year old boys at all accurately, it is just about the optimum age for that behavior. Old enough to be interested and too young to notice the social cues that might lead a person to look away. Speaking as a former teacher, of course. I was never that clueless.:whistling:

Thanks for the comments so far. A little context, we have begun to contemplate the purchase of a new car independent of DW's driving or non-driving and, since most new cars are so equipped, it had occurred to me to think if these new technologies could help her confidence. I'll share comments...

Here's the story. Due to deteriorating eyesight in her left eye, DW has not driven in almost 3 years. Her stated major reason for this is her inability to determine the precise location of the car in a lane, especially at night. Her vision has been cleared by her opthalmologist and the state as...

Don't get me started on the errors that I find in, ostensibly, academic history monographs. I'm currently reading a very fine book about Washington, D.C. in the Civil War and there is a complete sentence that appeared two pages before its proper place and then reappeared at the proper place...

Apparently, Google voice recognition still has trouble with Texas accents. This was the transcription of a voice message for my wife: "Hummus dips, this is Tucker with the market or energy. We’re on gas company out of Dallas. I was calling about severe ozone and Martin County taxes. If you...

Yesterday, the choral group I sing with recorded a 15th century choral work that, as far anyone can tell, and there are people who investigate these things;), has no available recordings, commercial or otherwise. Last fall we gave what we are reasonably certain was the western hemisphere premier...

Our annual budget is $15K and over the last 7 years we have spent: $16K, $11K, $18K, $13K, $9K, $15K and $15K. Typically, we do one large trip (3 weeks or longer in Europe or Hawaii) and a couple of smaller ones (week to 10 days domestic). We are going to be well under for this year, because we...

A couple of comments. 1) A couple of people mentioned time between innings and pre-1970 baseball. I've watched a couple of old World Series games and the time between innings was almost exactly one minute. I was SHOCKED (pleasantly) to see MLB reduce the time to 2 minutes. And relief pitcher...

When I was in grad school I was proctoring a history exam when I noticed a young woman constantly looking down into her lap. A common cheating method (male and female) is to have note cards on your lap during an exam. However, when I did a circuit around the room, I saw nothing untoward. After I...

For classical music, the best site, by far, is https://imslp.org/ . This is an incredibly large archive of public domain editions, home publishing PDF editions, scanned manuscripts, etc. It can be overwhelming at times and the interface is a little clunky, but it is a rich, rich resource.

I tried really hard to keep the workplace away from home life and succeeded for the most part. But, the emotional impact of going to work everyday plus the hours that it took away still was a major factor in reducing the number of "golden moments" before retirement. Many days, the sole highlight...

Heck, when I was 25 I had a 2 year old and BigOil was giving me all of 2 weeks of vacation each year so that all went to visiting family at the holidays. I agree that there is a broad middle ground, but I would have no problems with her taking option 2. Certainly both of my daughters have had...