So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Basvarken]

I do think she was pretty (a long time ago)

[Pilgrim]

I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!

Thank you.

[uwe]

But if I had gone, then when someone said they liked Dolly's acting in "Steel Magnolias." I could have said, "oh, yeah, I was in that movie, too."


Alas!, all those missed chances in life ...

[uwe]

I do think she was pretty (a long time ago)

I guess I had that type of big hair-base already covered with Farrah Fawcett! There was simply no room for Dolly in my adolescent mind.

[westen44]

But if I had gone, then when someone said they liked Dolly's acting in "Steel Magnolias." I could have said, "oh, yeah, I was in that movie, too."


Alas!, all those missed chances in life ...

In that particular case all because I didn't want to risk losing a job.  As it turned off, the travel agency boss was an oaf.  If I had followed that customer's advice and become an extra, it would have most likely turned out to be something positive or at least better than what I ended up with. 

[Dave W]

I'm tempted, but not gonna do it.....

I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!

My turn.

[slinkp]

In that particular case all because I didn't want to risk losing a job.  As it turned off, the travel agency boss was an oaf.  If I had followed that customer's advice and become an extra, it would have most likely turned out to be something positive or at least better than what I ended up with.

About 22 years ago I was asked to join a band that was rehearsing for a tour of Europe. They were obscure and would have played small clubs, but I really liked their music and I'd never had that experience and always wanted to. I turned it down because I'd just got my first real programming job after a scary period of unemployment and debt. Programming has been a good life for me, but I still wish I'd done the risky thing while I still had some youth left in me. The band broke up soon after, so maybe it wasn't that great an experience for them, but who knows.

[Pilgrim]

My turn.

Ahhhh, balance has been restored to the universe!

[uwe]

Yes, and it seems to be the case with the redheaded lady too.

The talent of this forum and its members to dig up profanity appears endless.

[westen44]

About 22 years ago I was asked to join a band that was rehearsing for a tour of Europe. They were obscure and would have played small clubs, but I really liked their music and I'd never had that experience and always wanted to. I turned it down because I'd just got my first real programming job after a scary period of unemployment and debt. Programming has been a good life for me, but I still wish I'd done the risky thing while I still had some youth left in me. The band broke up soon after, so maybe it wasn't that great an experience for them, but who knows.

For me, though, that job ended up being way worse than I had expected.  Travel agency jobs are notorious for being bad.  That one was worse than usual.  I had nothing to lose, but didn't realize it at the time.

There was also a band I was in that I didn't want to leave before college.  They also broke up after a while.  However, I always wondered what it might have been like if I had stayed.  There would be other bands, but none with that much talent.   

[westen44]

Yes, and it seems to be the case with the redheaded lady too.

The talent of this forum and its members to dig up profanity appears endless.

As far as I'm concerned, the video with the redhead deserves an award.  There can never be too many redheads.  Outstanding. 

[uwe]

We've had Possum recipes and Dolly as subjects recently, this here combines both:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_NA1c2RH5-c?si=6HYtj33xUSQ5eTxg

Dolly's dad was wrong though: Opossums aren't rats (= rodents), they're marsupials, short-legged kangaroos in essence.


We ain't no rats !!!

[Dave W]

Possums eat insects. They're okay with me.

Anyway...

Local friends, playing at the 50th birthday bash of another local friend, 7 years ago.

[uwe]

Is that an original or a cover?

[uwe]

Meanwhile, back in the Blair Witch Forest, Santa and his elves have lost their way and misplaced their leather garments ...