Minor things that please you

[TheCatalyst31]

is there a street named after him in his hometown MKE metro area?

Mike

No, though West Milwaukee named their high school auditorium after him.

[kphoger]

Drop D tuning

[kernals12]

Atlanta in the state of Georgia and Tbilisi in the country of Georgia are sister cities

[SEWIGuy]

is there a street named after him in his hometown MKE metro area?

Mike

No, though West Milwaukee named their high school auditorium after him.

He grew up on 60th Street in West Allis and graduated from West Milwaukee High School. He provided numerous scholarships and other financial support for the high school's music programs right up until he died. My wife went to that high school and sang in the choir at his local memorial service.

Alas, it is no longer a high school, but a middle school.

[1995hoo]

The Chicago Tribune has an outstanding headline about a well-known restaurant's bankruptcy filing:

"Restaurant chain Hooters goes bust and files for bankruptcy protection"

[Scott5114]

Drop D tuning

I think it's impressive that people can switch back and forth between that and standard tuning without losing track of what they're playing.

I tried doing drop D tuning on my crappy no-name bass once and the string was loose enough that it made a horrific clattering against the frets, so I tuned it back to E.

[webny99]

When approaching a red light and there's a line of cars in one lane, but the other lane is open: timing my approach to hit the intersection just as the light is turning green and zooming past the line of stopped traffic without so much as tapping the brakes, and then being like a quarter mile down the road before the line of traffic even gets up to speed 

[1995hoo]

When approaching a red light and there's a line of cars in one lane, but the other lane is open: timing my approach to hit the intersection just as the light is turning green and zooming past the line of stopped traffic without so much as tapping the brakes, and then being like a quarter mile down the road before the line of traffic even gets up to speed 

My only concern about doing that is the risk that someone in the stopped lane will wake up and abruptly change lanes without looking. Especially given how some people leave massive gaps between cars.

[kphoger]

Drop D tuning

I think it's impressive that people can switch back and forth between that and standard tuning without losing track of what they're playing.

I tried doing drop D tuning on my crappy no-name bass once and the string was loose enough that it made a horrific clattering against the frets, so I tuned it back to E.

I play acoustic guitar.  While I have filled in on bass in church a couple of times, it took all of my brain power to just barely make it through.  With more practice, I suppose I could get better, but I don't really have any desire to.

Years ago, I started messing around with Low-C tuning, which is C-G-D-G-A-D.  I once asked an electric guitar player I knew (from our church back in Illinois) if he had ever tried that tuning.  He said yes, and I asked him what he thought.  His answer was that it was like stringing his guitar with dental floss.

I play guitar in Drop-D tuning so much more than standard tuning, that now I sometimes play incorrectly in standard tuning.  (I don't play lead, just chord shapes.)

In the band at our church, there's one song for which the bass player tunes his low string down to E♭-A-D-G.  Now, that would mess with my head wa-a-a-ay more!

[webny99]

When approaching a red light and there's a line of cars in one lane, but the other lane is open: timing my approach to hit the intersection just as the light is turning green and zooming past the line of stopped traffic without so much as tapping the brakes, and then being like a quarter mile down the road before the line of traffic even gets up to speed 

My only concern about doing that is the risk that someone in the stopped lane will wake up and abruptly change lanes without looking. Especially given how some people leave massive gaps between cars.

That's fair enough. The example I was thinking of this morning was actually a case where two lanes merged into one just down the road anyways, but I suppose it is still a risk.

[kphoger]

I play guitar in Drop-D tuning so much more than standard tuning, that now I sometimes play incorrectly in standard tuning.  (I don't play lead, just chord shapes.)

By the way, it's also so common for me to use a capo and just transpose the chords in my head, that it's now actually hard for me sometimes to play the correct chord shapes without a capo.  When I'm playing without a capo and see a B♭ chord written, my brain will now occasionally interpret that as 'G chord, capo 3', and so my hand will make the shape of a G chord instead.

[1995hoo]

When approaching a red light and there's a line of cars in one lane, but the other lane is open: timing my approach to hit the intersection just as the light is turning green and zooming past the line of stopped traffic without so much as tapping the brakes, and then being like a quarter mile down the road before the line of traffic even gets up to speed 

My only concern about doing that is the risk that someone in the stopped lane will wake up and abruptly change lanes without looking. Especially given how some people leave massive gaps between cars.

That's fair enough. The example I was thinking of this morning was actually a case where two lanes merged into one just down the road anyways, but I suppose it is still a risk.

Don't get me wrong. I would certainly use the open lane to pass the stopped cars. I just might not zoom past without slowing down.

On Tuesday I saw someone change lanes into a lane of stopped traffic because his lane was going to become left-turn-only. His offense? He pulled into the middle of an intersection to do it, taking advantage of other people who did the right thing by not blocking the box (and resulting in his blocking it).

[kurumi]

When I've underestimated a public figure (music, literature, sports, etc.) and they do something interesting or impressive, and I'm happy to be proven wrong about them.

Example: Willow Smith (daughter of Will Smith, we all remember "I whip my hair back and forth")... releases a song in 7/4 time with neat chord changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtVSNmYCNg

[TheCatalyst31]

When I've underestimated a public figure (music, literature, sports, etc.) and they do something interesting or impressive, and I'm happy to be proven wrong about them.

Example: Willow Smith (daughter of Will Smith, we all remember "I whip my hair back and forth")... releases a song in 7/4 time with neat chord changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtVSNmYCNg

Along the same lines, Rebecca Black of "Friday" infamy is making some pretty good dance-pop songs now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBPrAJf52E&rco=1

[kernals12]

When I've underestimated a public figure (music, literature, sports, etc.) and they do something interesting or impressive, and I'm happy to be proven wrong about them.

Example: Willow Smith (daughter of Will Smith, we all remember "I whip my hair back and forth")... releases a song in 7/4 time with neat chord changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtVSNmYCNg

Along the same lines, Rebecca Black of "Friday" infamy is making some pretty good dance-pop songs now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBPrAJf52E&rco=1

I'm glad she's managed to make a career for herself.

[wanderer2575]

The way my cat always needs to be in the same room as me.

[Max Rockatansky]

Except when it is all four dogs who all want something different from you.  I have two that want to play, one wants cuddle and another who wants to be petted.

[kkt]

I saw a bald eagle today.  It was perched about 50 feet up a tree at Greenlake in Seattle.

[kernals12]

I saw a bald eagle today.  It was perched about 50 feet up a tree at Greenlake in Seattle.

Did you give it some Minoxidil?

[jeffandnicole]

I saw a bald eagle today.  It was perched about 50 feet up a tree at Greenlake in Seattle.

We have a few bald eagles that live within a few miles of our place.  On rare days they're visible overhead at our house.

[vdeane]

Campbell's appears to have discontinued the 15 oz microwavable Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup.  It's a shame - it was tastier than the regular Chicken Noodle Soup, and presumably more nutritious, since it actually had vegetables.  Given the relative amounts on the grocery store shelves, it was the better selling variety too.  Why would they discontinue the better one?

Quoting this here because I just did grocery shopping yesterday and it was back as if it never left - even though I could have sworn that the space had been reallocated between the different soup types and the price tag on the shelf gone.  I feel like I'm going crazy.

[kernals12]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
Tesla's US sales are down 9% over the same time last year even as EV sales overall are up 11%

[Max Rockatansky]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
Tesla's US sales are down 9% over the same time last year even as EV sales overall are up 11%

More like minor things that please you (or me rather).

[Molandfreak]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
Tesla's US sales are down 9% over the same time last year even as EV sales overall are up 11%

More like minor things that please you (or me rather).

That's the thread.

[Max Rockatansky]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html
Tesla's US sales are down 9% over the same time last year even as EV sales overall are up 11%

More like minor things that please you (or me rather).

That's the thread.

Yeah misread which thread on my out the door on my way to Sacramento.  Glad we are all in agreement.