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  1. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I must sheepishly admit that recent mention of Nigella Lawson has, because of some resemblances (at least to me), reacquainted me with my long time crush on the French Soprano Veronique Gens. Heavy sigh... As for being smitten with talented women, perhaps someday I'll share the tale of the...
  2. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Meh. My life would be complete if I never heard the Nutcracker ever again. Shostakovich on the other hand, I do enjoy. There's just something about the torment ingrained in his music, Prokofieff to a lesser extent. I don't have much use for 19th century Italian Opera. Now early seicento Italian...
  3. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    More of a low grade frustration than a source of anger: the lethargic pace of the wheels of justice. Last May, shortly after my mom came to the decision to sell the homestead (at 91 she was living with my brother) the house was broken into and turned upside down and inside out in a malicious...
  4. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Rasputitsa can be considered both a blessing and a curse.
  5. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    True, especially so with local news which is already rife with meaningless banter.
  7. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    While we're on the subject of broadcast media, news in particular, why do we have to know the name of the person reporting? Does anybody really care who is on the scene, in the chopper (in my experience ALL traffic reporters seem to be named Pat), in the weather command center or otherwise...
  8. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Why are radio announcers, or perhaps more on point, the engineers behind them, so seemingly smitten with cranking up the bass on the microphone? Is it supposed to somehow impress? Convey commanding power? Credibility? (No, you need an English accent for that.) Erudition? Apparently they don't...
  9. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Re recent car woe (see post 13834) Complained like a fishwife about the company's stance of the situation not being a safety concern, and I reminded them in no uncertain terms of the current environment. They ended up covering the cost of the motor which essentially cut the cost in half. In the...
  10. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In more than forty years as a professional musician, I have absolutely NEVER heard that term used seriously. It is purely an affectation.
  11. Hercule

    Experimenting on foods.

    Potatoes are o Potatoes are interesting, as I understand it, their carb value varies with the manner in which they are cooked and by the temperature at which they are consumed, and that repeated cooking-cooling cycles diminishes their impact as carbs. I suspect such may also be true of many...
  13. Hercule

    Experimenting on foods.

    Merde de poulet (aka the aforementioned "Chicken Shit")
  14. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Come to find out that quote is attributable to Vince Lombardi.
  15. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Im sure they already have better lawyers than any I could get. Interesting point about deductions though. We'll see what tomorrow brings when I pick up the car. Rest assured I'll try to get as much as I can out of them. Meanwhile, ive been enjoying the 2021 loaner. First time I've ever...
  16. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Why must I always feel beaten up whenever I come away from the car dealer? Finally got tired of the anemic blower motor which stopped yesterday afternoon (temps here in the low teens F). Good thing is that the maker finally recognized the issue and released a bulletin on it. Bad thig is that...
  17. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Didn't he also say "we didn't lose, we just ran out of time"? While not being sports minded myself, I can certainly appreciate the attitude it invokes.
  19. Hercule

    The Mandela Effect

    It's a lost art. Especially when it comes to literature or other such cultural literacy things. How many of us have much of anything committed to memory? A line or two of this or that perhaps, the usual stuff that's in the public conscience.
  20. Hercule

    The Mandela Effect

    It's interesting that you should bring up the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Of late it has been a recommended topic for me on YouTube. Kismet - my interest is now piqued and I definitely need to look into that some more.
  21. Hercule

    The Mandela Effect

    Ah, back stories. Now there's an interesting topic to ponder with regard to all your favorite shows and movies. As are retelling stories from another point of view - there have been a few movies involving this recently, if I recall. Alternate stories are fun too. When my son was younger, we...
  22. Hercule

    The Mandela Effect

    There are a couple of books on the movie Casablanca and the making thereof, have you read them? I have and they're worth tracking down if you have any interest in the movie. I don't remember any copyright issue re Horst Wessel Lied. I'm not saying it wasn't the issue, I just don't remember that...
  23. Hercule

    The Mandela Effect

    True, but be careful saying that to a writer of fan fiction. Some of them are quite serious about it and no doubt more than a few harbor visions of a screenplay offer. Though it needn't be pedantic where the canon is concerned, and it depends on the genre that you're cribbing from - TV or...

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