In article >,
says...

> >
> > I recall having a faint urge to slap Joni Mitchell back in the day.
>
> i like her song 'coyote' on the band's 'the last waltz,' but the rest you
> can have.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Twisted caught my attention briefly.

Scotty

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On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:43:45 -0800 (PST), Food Snob® wrote:

> On Feb 25, 6:35*am, Omelet > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>>> > Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>>> > which they recorded.
>>
>>> > You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>>
>>> > This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
>>
>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
>>
>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>
> Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> renditions? I will.

i suggest that you also call the police.

blake

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:09:40 -0800 (PST), Food Snob® wrote:

> On Feb 25, 7:36*am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Food Snob® wrote:
>>> On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
>>
>>>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>>>>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>>>>>> which they recorded.
>>>>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>>>>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
>>>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
>>>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
>>>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
>>>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
>>>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>>>> Steve
>>>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>>>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>>
>>> Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
>>> terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
>>> ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
>>> renditions? *I will.
>>
>> Sure. *Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. *Let us know how
>> that works out for you.
>
> At the end, silly. If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> very well.

we know you only too well, bobo. maybe you should change you name to
boorishbo.

blake

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:45:02 -0500, George wrote:

> On 2/25/2010 7:35 AM, Omelet wrote:
>> In >,
>> "Steve > wrote:
>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>>>> which they recorded.
>>>>
>>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>>>>
>>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
>>>
>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
>>>
>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>
> I think it is because they are so clueless they think they are just
> singing a song and don't realize what it means. Maybe because popular
> culture that performers favor says the US is rotten and all of that....

where's kate smith when you really need her?

blake

Steve B wrote:
>
> We rescued a dog about a month ago. Cute little poodle terrier mix.
> When we got to the front office, a quonset hut that was sealed, the dog
> started screaming, and I mean like those ice pick in the ear screams only a
> four year old can do. People looked like their heads were going to explode
> like on Mars Attacks when they explode to Slim Whitman music.

Back when I lived in LA metro I thought one of the neighbors tortured
their pet chihuaha. I wanted to turn them in but I never saw the dog
and I never saw them hurting any animal. Then one day the shrieking was
a little slower than usual and I realized it had words. It was a
mixture of Armenian and Russian. It turns out the crazy lady who lived
there was the one making the noise. She would hose down people as they
walked by. Lunatic.

Armenian food. Wonderful stuff. Armenian men who take care of crazy
old ladies. The patience of Job is hardly even a starting point.

On Feb 25, 10:33*am, I am Tosk >
wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 25, 9:13*am, George Leppla > wrote:
> > > Food Snob wrote:
> > > > On Feb 25, 7:36 am, George Leppla > wrote:
> > > >> Food Snob wrote:
> > > >>> On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
> > > >>>> In article >,
> > > >>>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
> > > >>>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > >>>>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
> > > >>>>>> which they recorded.
> > > >>>>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
> > > >>>>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
> > > >>>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
> > > >>>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
> > > >>>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
> > > >>>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
> > > >>>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
> > > >>>>> Steve
> > > >>>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> > > >>>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
> > > >>> Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> > > >>> terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> > > >>> ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> > > >>> renditions? *I will.
> > > >> Sure. *Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. *Let us know how
> > > >> that works out for you.
>
> > > > At the end, silly. *If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> > > > very well.
>
> > > And yet, I don't feel deprived.
>
> > You shouldn't. *You'd probably dislike me just as much in person.
>
> > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SStEMsI4lqk
>
> > > Is that you doing the "singing"?
>
> > It's punk rock, and I don't think it's supposed to be "singing."
> > Still, there aren't any obvious pitch issues, and I certainly wasn't
> > pitch corrected.
>
> > >*Uh.... if so, I wouldn't be talking
> > > about other people's singing ability if I were you.
>
> > It's punk rock, and it's an original. *I'm not trashing a beautiful,
> > classic melody. *Boy, Daltrey was seriously awful during the SB
> > halftime show, but it was his own material to shit on as he saw fit.
>
> > > George L
>
> > --Bryan
>
> Uh, not to be picky but it's a bad version of "Death Metal" aka "Hard Core"...

It is NOT hardcore. I know the difference. I *was* a punkrocker
"back in the day."

>
> Technically it is an offspring of Punk, but Punk was a bit more "Poppy"

There's some more "poppy" stuff on the MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/thebonobos

> and kind of rhythmic, being (in my opinion) the middle finger flown at disco!

Not just disco, the stupid crap like Boston and Peter Frampton and the
like.

> Anyway, when you say punk, this is more what I think of:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc

I was skateboarding around St. Louis wearing a hooded sweatshirt that
I had gotten a copy of The Ramones' first album iron-on transferred
onto back in 1977. I started and fronted the first punk band in St.
Louis in 1978 (Minimal State). I pretty much detested hardcore, and
didn't really listen to much made after 1981 or 1982. No hardcore, no
metal, just poor sound quality, as it was recorded on a handheld
analog camcorder.
>
> Scotty

--Bryan

On Feb 25, 10:01*am, George Leppla > wrote:
> Food Snob® wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 9:13 am, George Leppla > wrote:
> >> Food Snob wrote:
> >>> On Feb 25, 7:36 am, George Leppla > wrote:
> >>>> Food Snob wrote:
> >>>>> On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
> >>>>>> In article >,
> >>>>>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
> >>>>>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>>>>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
> >>>>>>>> which they recorded.
> >>>>>>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
> >>>>>>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat..
> >>>>>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
> >>>>>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
> >>>>>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
> >>>>>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
> >>>>>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
> >>>>>>> Steve
> >>>>>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> >>>>>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
> >>>>> Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> >>>>> terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> >>>>> ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> >>>>> renditions? *I will.
> >>>> Sure. *Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. *Let us know how
> >>>> that works out for you.
> >>> At the end, silly. *If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> >>> very well.
> >> And yet, I don't feel deprived.
>
> > You shouldn't. *You'd probably dislike me just as much in person.
> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SStEMsI4lqk
> >> Is that you doing the "singing"?
>
> > It's punk rock, and I don't think it's supposed to be "singing."
>
> Great. *Then we agree.... you aren't singing.
>
> > Still, there aren't any obvious pitch issues, and I certainly wasn't
> > pitch corrected.
>
> Like you say... it is punk rock. *Hard to tell if you are on pitch or not.

The poor quality of the recording might make it difficult.
>
> George L

--Bryan

In article >,
George Leppla > wrote:

> Food Snob® wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
> >> In article >,
> >> "Steve B" > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
> >>>> which they recorded.
> >>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
> >>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
> >>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
> >>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're
> >>> either
> >>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple
> >>> with
> >>> a pair of Klein pliers.
> >>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
> >>> Steve
> >> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> >> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
> >
> > Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> > terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> > ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> > renditions? I will.
>
>
> Sure. Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. Let us know how
> that works out for you.
>
> George L

<laughs> Too true!
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In article
>,
Food Snob® > wrote:

> On Feb 25, 7:36*am, George Leppla > wrote:
> > Food Snob® wrote:
> > > On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
> > >> In article >,
> > >> *"Steve B" > wrote:
> >
> > >>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
> > >>>> which they recorded.
> > >>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
> > >>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
> > >>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those
> > >>> black
> > >>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're
> > >>> either
> > >>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple
> > >>> with
> > >>> a pair of Klein pliers.
> > >>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
> > >>> Steve
> > >> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> > >> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
> >
> > > Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> > > terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> > > ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> > > renditions? *I will.
> >
> > Sure. *Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. *Let us know how
> > that works out for you.
>
> At the end, silly. If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> very well.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SStEMsI4lqk
> >
> > George L
>
> --Bryan

I suggest that those singers sound like howling coyotes...
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In article
>,
Food Snob® > wrote:

> At the end, silly. If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> very well.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SStEMsI4lqk
>
>
> --Bryan

While that was fun to listen to, I honestly could not understand a
single word of the lyrics. :-( Do you have a better recording?
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Omelet wrote:
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>
> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.

The Star Spangled Banner as it is written does go all over the scale.
It's very hard to sing as written even for most trained singers. I wish
some easier song had been picked. Singing it with a small number of
notes butchers it as badly as the folks who wander the scale with it.

I grew up close to the border and I watched hockey. To this day I can
still sing along with both anthems. The last time I went to the roedo
with my younger daughter she stared at me and asked me where I'd learned
that. I laughed and started in on Anchors Away ...

One of the reasons I like Oh Canada so much is even if an untrained
yahoo like me tries to sing it, I don't butcher it all that badly. It's
written to be easy to sing. I think national anthems *should* be
written to be easy to sing.

I also think Alma Mater songs should be written to be easy to sing.

E^x d(y)/d(x), E^y d(y). Fake to the right, jump to the left and
run on by. Secant tangent cosine sine. Pick a side run down the line -
A lot of cheer songs are way more fun than Alma Mater songs.
Especially the Beaver ones from engineering schools where the visitors
have no idea what's going on. ;^)

Generally college food does not equal good food, but while in college I
got exposed to an entire world of ethnic cooking. Viewing China as a
place with as many regional cooking styles as Europe is a good thing.
Viewing India as a place with that many regional styles is an equally
good thing. And so on major population to major population across the
globe.

In article >,
Doug Freyburger > wrote:

> > I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
> > the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>
> The Star Spangled Banner as it is written does go all over the scale.
> It's very hard to sing as written even for most trained singers. I wish
> some easier song had been picked. Singing it with a small number of
> notes butchers it as badly as the folks who wander the scale with it.

I have no trouble singing it as written.
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"George Leppla" > wrote

> Like you say... it is punk rock. Hard to tell if you are on pitch or not.
>
> George L

It has been my experience in life that people who do not sing well sing
L-O-U-D!

Steve

"I am Tosk" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>
>> >
>> > I recall having a faint urge to slap Joni Mitchell back in the day.
>>
>> i like her song 'coyote' on the band's 'the last waltz,' but the rest you
>> can have.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Twisted caught my attention briefly.
>
> Scotty

I like Raised on Robbery.

Steve

"Omelet" > wrote

> I suggest that those singers sound like howling coyotes...

We have coyotes in our yard. Some times of the year, they yip from just
behind the fence, about 75 feet behind the house. I have never really heard
them howl long and yodeling like wolves do, but more quick yip yip yips.
About time for them to start coming in. We have a new dog, and I wonder
what she's going to think about them.

Steve

"Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
...
> Omelet wrote:
>> "Steve B" > wrote:
>>
>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>
>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>
> The Star Spangled Banner as it is written does go all over the scale.
> It's very hard to sing as written even for most trained singers. I wish
> some easier song had been picked. Singing it with a small number of
> notes butchers it as badly as the folks who wander the scale with it.
>
> I grew up close to the border and I watched hockey. To this day I can
> still sing along with both anthems. The last time I went to the roedo
> with my younger daughter she stared at me and asked me where I'd learned
> that. I laughed and started in on Anchors Away ...
>
> One of the reasons I like Oh Canada so much is even if an untrained
> yahoo like me tries to sing it, I don't butcher it all that badly. It's
> written to be easy to sing. I think national anthems *should* be
> written to be easy to sing.
>
> I also think Alma Mater songs should be written to be easy to sing.
>
> E^x d(y)/d(x), E^y d(y). Fake to the right, jump to the left and
> run on by. Secant tangent cosine sine. Pick a side run down the line -
> A lot of cheer songs are way more fun than Alma Mater songs.
> Especially the Beaver ones from engineering schools where the visitors
> have no idea what's going on. ;^)
>
> Generally college food does not equal good food, but while in college I
> got exposed to an entire world of ethnic cooking. Viewing China as a
> place with as many regional cooking styles as Europe is a good thing.
> Viewing India as a place with that many regional styles is an equally
> good thing. And so on major population to major population across the
> globe.

Yabbut, I don't ever recall screaming being a part of the National Anthem.

Steve

blake murphy wrote:

>
> where's kate smith when you really need her?
>
> blake


She sang "Gpd Bless America" not the SSB.

gloria p

On Feb 25, 3:26*pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
> "George Leppla" > wrote
>
> > Like you say... it is punk rock. *Hard to tell if you are on pitch or not.
>
> > George L
>
> It has been my experience in life that people who do not sing well sing
> L-O-U-D!

When people sing loudLY (adverb modifying "sing"), you can hear that
they do not sing well. More likely, folks who do not sing well sing
more softly.
>
> Steve

--Bryan

Doug wrote on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:49:57 +0000 (UTC):

> Omelet wrote:
>> "Steve B" > wrote:
>>
>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>
>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to
>> wander all over the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.

> The Star Spangled Banner as it is written does go all over the
> scale. It's very hard to sing as written even for most trained
> singers. I wish some easier song had been picked. Singing it
> with a small number of notes butchers it as badly as the folks
> who wander the scale with it.

> I grew up close to the border and I watched hockey. To this
> day I can still sing along with both anthems. The last time I
> went to the roedo with my younger daughter she stared at me
> and asked me where I'd learned that. I laughed and started in
> on Anchors Away ...

> One of the reasons I like Oh Canada so much is even if an
> untrained yahoo like me tries to sing it, I don't butcher it
> all that badly. It's written to be easy to sing. I think
> national anthems *should* be written to be easy to sing.

Since the tune of "The Star-Sangled Banner" is that of a pre-existing
drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven" it is not surprising how difficult
it is to sing. Perhaps, being drunk makes it easier :-) Anacreon was a
Roman poet with a nororious thirst.


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:49:57 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

<snip>

>I grew up close to the border and I watched hockey. To this day I can
>still sing along with both anthems. The last time I went to the roedo
>with my younger daughter she stared at me and asked me where I'd learned
>that. I laughed and started in on Anchors Away ...

Uh, that'd be "Anchors Aweigh." ;-)

Just sayin',
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

Dimitri wrote:
>
> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson which
> they recorded.
>
> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>
> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.

Is this a personal story experienced first-hand or something you heard
anectodotedly <---- is that a word? -- passed down??

Sky, who couldn't help but giggle

--
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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

Doug wrote:

> Armenian food. Wonderful stuff.

Dammit dammit dammit dammit... Earworm.

"But if you dig Armenian food, well come over to my work I'll have him cook
you something that you really love..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK5MC8pa_cY (NSFW)

(Subtitle lyrics are wrong; the singer says what I've written above. Maybe
he was *supposed* to sing "on vegan food," but got it wrong. Happens every
now and then [1].)

Bob
[1] Lin and I have an ongoing discussion about this. For example, the Red
Hot Chili Peppers' (ObFood) song "Lonely View" allegedly contains the lyric,
"With the birds I'll share this lonely view." But what the singer actually
SAYS is, "With a Bertha's shed is a lonely view." Of course,
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is the best-known example.)

sf wrote:

>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're
>> either looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her
>> nipple with a pair of Klein pliers.
>>
>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>
> I can't stand the way any pop singer sings the national anthem. They
> haven't sung it since they were in grade school and they've not only
> forgotten the words (gawd forbid they should refresh their memories
> before showtime), they've forgotten the tune as well. Well, to be
> honest their range is probably two notes and that song spans an octave
> and a half.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIr-S6mwFk


Classic.

Bob
"Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo!"

blake replied to Bryan:

>> might I suggest that we all commit ourselves to at least *trying* to
>> muster up the nerve to "boo" such renditions? I will.
>
> i suggest that you also call the police.

He's more likely to find and poison the singer's dog.

Bob

In article >,
"Steve B" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote
>
> > I suggest that those singers sound like howling coyotes...
>
> We have coyotes in our yard. Some times of the year, they yip from just
> behind the fence, about 75 feet behind the house. I have never really heard
> them howl long and yodeling like wolves do, but more quick yip yip yips.
> About time for them to start coming in. We have a new dog, and I wonder
> what she's going to think about them.
>
> Steve

I hope you have a control plan. Mountain Wolves (aka coyotes) will eat
your dogs, cats, small children and anything else they can...
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> "Omelet" > wrote
>>
>>> I suggest that those singers sound like howling coyotes...
>> We have coyotes in our yard. Some times of the year, they yip from just
>> behind the fence, about 75 feet behind the house. I have never really heard
>> them howl long and yodeling like wolves do, but more quick yip yip yips.
>> About time for them to start coming in. We have a new dog, and I wonder
>> what she's going to think about them.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I hope you have a control plan. Mountain Wolves (aka coyotes) will eat
> your dogs, cats, small children and anything else they can...


There are a lot of coyotes in this area too, I am often awakened by
their carrying on very close to our house. We have lost a number of cats
and our neighbours have lost chickens and turkeys. About two months ago
coyotes killed a woman hiking in Nova Scotia.

There is a huge one living in the bush behind our house. I found his den
last summer. I had seen his tracks in the nursery and talked to Farmer
John. They were as big as those of my old dog Harry, but Harry was gone.
Farmer John had seen this coyote and said that it is huge, probably
about 100 pounds.

Food Snob® wrote:
> On Feb 25, 3:26 pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
>> "George Leppla" > wrote
>>
>>> Like you say... it is punk rock. Hard to tell if you are on pitch or not.
>>> George L
>> It has been my experience in life that people who do not sing well sing
>> L-O-U-D!
>
> When people sing loudLY (adverb modifying "sing"), you can hear that
> they do not sing well. More likely, folks who do not sing well sing
> more softly.


People who sing well usually sing from the diaphragm, and that helps to
sing loudly and in tune.

You have probably noticed that stupid people seem to speak loudly. Ever
notice that when you are in a public place there is usually some doofus
who can be heard above everyone else.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Food Snob® wrote:
>> On Feb 25, 3:26 pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
>>> "George Leppla" > wrote
>>>
>>>> Like you say... it is punk rock. Hard to tell if you are on pitch
>>>> or not.
>>>> George L
>>> It has been my experience in life that people who do not sing well sing
>>> L-O-U-D!
>>
>> When people sing loudLY (adverb modifying "sing"), you can hear that
>> they do not sing well. More likely, folks who do not sing well sing
>> more softly.
>
>
> People who sing well usually sing from the diaphragm, and that helps to
> sing loudly and in tune.
>
> You have probably noticed that stupid people seem to speak loudly. Ever
> notice that when you are in a public place there is usually some doofus
> who can be heard above everyone else.

hehe. My contractor is VERY loud. And yes, what you say is true
9about him).

--
Jean B.

"Sky" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>> which
>> they recorded.
>>
>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>>
>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
>
> Is this a personal story experienced first-hand or something you heard
> anectodotedly <---- is that a word? -- passed down??
>
> Sky, who couldn't help but giggle
>
> --
> Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
> Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

Just thinking while someone was practicing here in the house.
Someone = Nameless

Our Chorale director uses the house to give voice lessons - long story


--
Dimitri

Searing

http://kitchenguide.wordpress.com.

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:28:25 -0700, gloria.p wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>
>> where's kate smith when you really need her?
>>
>> blake
>
> She sang "Gpd Bless America" not the SSB.
>
> gloria p

whatever. i'm just thinking she's probably white enough for the
complainers here.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:28:25 -0700, gloria.p wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> where's kate smith when you really need her?
>>>
>>> blake
>> She sang "Gpd Bless America" not the SSB.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> whatever. i'm just thinking she's probably white enough for the
> complainers here.

Kate Smith sining "God Bless America" was a good luck charm for the
Philadelphia Flyers. I just looked it up and they had 77 wins, 21
losses and 4 ties when she sang or they played a recording of her
singing instead of the national anthem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smith

George L

In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Steve B" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Omelet" > wrote
> >>
> >>> I suggest that those singers sound like howling coyotes...
> >> We have coyotes in our yard. Some times of the year, they yip from just
> >> behind the fence, about 75 feet behind the house. I have never really
> >> heard
> >> them howl long and yodeling like wolves do, but more quick yip yip yips.
> >> About time for them to start coming in. We have a new dog, and I wonder
> >> what she's going to think about them.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
> > I hope you have a control plan. Mountain Wolves (aka coyotes) will eat
> > your dogs, cats, small children and anything else they can...
>
>
> There are a lot of coyotes in this area too, I am often awakened by
> their carrying on very close to our house. We have lost a number of cats
> and our neighbours have lost chickens and turkeys. About two months ago
> coyotes killed a woman hiking in Nova Scotia.
>
> There is a huge one living in the bush behind our house. I found his den
> last summer. I had seen his tracks in the nursery and talked to Farmer
> John. They were as big as those of my old dog Harry, but Harry was gone.
> Farmer John had seen this coyote and said that it is huge, probably
> about 100 pounds.

Sounds like a crossbreed. Even more dangerous. Please do the world a
favor and shoot the damned thing.
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein

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Omelet wrote:

>> There is a huge one living in the bush behind our house. I found his den
>> last summer. I had seen his tracks in the nursery and talked to Farmer
>> John. They were as big as those of my old dog Harry, but Harry was gone.
>> Farmer John had seen this coyote and said that it is huge, probably
>> about 100 pounds.
>
> Sounds like a crossbreed. Even more dangerous. Please do the world a
> favor and shoot the damned thing.

Farmer John saw it and he thought it was a coyote.

In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> >> There is a huge one living in the bush behind our house. I found his den
> >> last summer. I had seen his tracks in the nursery and talked to Farmer
> >> John. They were as big as those of my old dog Harry, but Harry was gone.
> >> Farmer John had seen this coyote and said that it is huge, probably
> >> about 100 pounds.
> >
> > Sounds like a crossbreed. Even more dangerous. Please do the world a
> > favor and shoot the damned thing.
>
> Farmer John saw it and he thought it was a coyote.

Wild dogs are even more dangerous than coyotes. Google for incidents
with them in the California desert.

I'm not kidding.

I used to live in an area (Mojave) where wild dog packs were a serious
problem. Abandoned dogs tend to revert to the wolf state and have little
to no fear of humans. Crossbreeding with coyotes makes the problem even
worse. If anyone boondocked in that area without a gun or a covered car,
they could run in to them with serious consequences.

Assholes seem to think that dumping their unwanted dogs out in the wild
is a good idea. They either die or revert. Survivalism at it's worst...

On the up-side, one of the most wonderful dogs I ever had was a
corgie/sheltie cross that got dumped. He was adopted briefly by a
sympathetic family before he was given to me. Great dog but had some
"issues" due to the way he'd been treated.
--
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"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein

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Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
> >I grew up close to the border and I watched hockey. *To this day I can
> >still sing along with both anthems. *The last time I went to the roedo
> >with my younger daughter she stared at me and asked me where I'd learned
> >that. *I laughed and started in onAnchorsAway ...
>
> Uh, that'd be "AnchorsAweigh." ;-)

Depends on my military status. double-;^) As a veteran it's
now "away". When I was current military it was "aweigh".

Huh, for that matter when I was current military it was more like
topedoes away! I didn't notice any anchors on the planes. And
being in a patrol squadron with land based planes we didn't even
have tail hooks. P-3 Orions are too big to land on a carrier.