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Happy Birthday Twisted Clocks!:hat::chef:

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Because it's not as much fun as anything else on the planet!:rolleyes: Best way to get started is to have a place where only you and the homework exist..;) Now, what was I thinking..:thinking: Oh yea! A zillion and one things go on at once, and we can only manage the basics, and a part of the whole. I wonder if the idea of eco-plastic artificial grass turf for Palm Springs would fly, instead of the billions of gallons of water they now use just to water turf? Greens could stay grass - that's such a small area.. I wonder if there's some way to get the artificial turf both an eco-plastic, and have it soft enough to feel like grass??

Well, I suppose it's a matter of contention, but if the commercial broadcaster's want things to change, why don't they promote really great talent, and improve their ratings, instead of trying to aim at the deals and choices made by BBC? Not that it's any of my business, but if it were the case here with public broadcasting, I would think that if the commercial sector want's the market share, then earn it with better ratings (which they sometimes do!) by fostering new talent, and improving existing talent. sounds like sour grapes to me!

Ah, such sincerity!:laugh3: If Coldplay is today's Beatles, then who's today's Rolling Stones??:P

Actually it's a special fish they uses - the fish has musical scales!:P

Welcome Dan!:cool:

Lutefisk seems like something invented on April 1st, that's all I know!:laugh3: (you know it's made with soap, don't you?)

@ Rick; Norwegians don't engage in April Fool's pranks then??:rolleyes:

Once upon a time, on a planet similar to ours, but with a different set of stars, there lived these two super bands. One went by the name "The Rolling Stones", and the other band called themselves, "The Beatles". In the continents below, a fan battle ensued, fighting over who was the greatest band on earth. Who would win, and what measures of success were considered legitimate? Well, I honestly can't remember, but either way, everyone had a rip-roaring good time going to concerts, rioting in the streets, and chasing the band members to keep them in great shape.:P

:laugh3:^^ Yes, that might hinder our acceptance into China's lower middle class..:P Free Canada!;)

:juggle::drummer::gossip::rolleyes3::dance::lock::laugh3: Well alright then! YAY!!

:sunny:Welcome Katja:sunny: :)Enjoy the madness of it all!:jester: Dankeshane for joining!;)

:laugh3:Alright Kels:shy:, but you'll get zapped from the static cling on the monitor!:kiss: (I knew a noonan once, so I can say that!:P)

The Republicans and Democrats are similar, but non-identical in all instances. Please look at the money they get for their campaigns, and who throws tax breaks to whom. Yes, I would have to agree that when it comes to big wall street firms, commercial banks, and legal firms, they all take big sips of the cool-aid. But not so when it comes to oil and coal - mostly that goes to Republicans last time I checked. Peak oil isn't a matter of speculation, but a matter of time, and while some projections show a longer, broader peak, many go on to a peak which is occurring about now, and some have predicted we're already past peak oil, only accelerating the rate of depletion to keep and upward curve, with a consequential steeper decline then to follow. No need to worry anyhow, except for the effects those fuels have on our environment - we are so wasteful, we could easily do more "work" with only 10% of the current energy production. The waste is mind-numbing, and is simply unnecessary. Although 29 of 50 Democratic senators supported the war initially, I think it was clear who was pushing the war (and the false evidence) - the Republicans and this past administration. The Democrats didn't all have the spine they needed to buck the bull****, as they were afraid more of loosing seats than voting their conscience at the time (an ignoble moment in our history). But the real issue is money controlling representatives through campaign donations and soft money. That's where we're loosing our Democracy; Money, contrary to certain right-wing supreme court members, is not free speech; it is a corrosive eating away at the underpinnings of our Democracy. The right to fair elections is the right through which all other rights are secured.

I just want to emphasize the elephant in the room - called efficiency. That's where the low hanging fruit are - it's soo much easier to get the efficiency of our homes and appliances maxed, and it's much, much less expensive. Do that first, and then solar is pretty cheap to add when you only need a fifth of the energy!;)

To make electricity Jay, to my astonishment as well, I discovered that the most efficient solar process to do so (watts in, watts out) is using parabolic mirrors focused on sterling cycle engines coupled to generators. It's quite bizarre to see an obscure heat engine out-competing the best solar cells, steam turbines, and other heat cycle engines, but it's true. How long they'll hold up might still be another matter (there's a pilot plant in the desert SW somewhere..) I'm not quite as up on the nano-solar dots and other methods (chemical solar films, etc), but it seems like a good idea to keep searching! The best value for solar PV right now are the amorphous thin-film "cells", actually a roll that can be rolled out between the seams on standing seam metal roofing. Payback is in the range of 1/2 to 2 years time, a pretty cool deal! (sure, they're not as efficient, but then the real answer is with improved efficiency in everything - Planet Green's got Ed Begley and Bill Nye competing to make their houses super-green. worth watching, if for nothing else than entertainment's sake! Lots of energy-efficient ways, like sun tubes, home-mounted wind turbines, etc. Gotta love those Californians!:laugh3:)

Please get well soon Angel Eyes! :sunny: Insya allah

:happy2::smash::smash::smash: backlit can be a new word too! How about foamboard too?? Noonan noonen noonin noonon and noonyuan!:P

English is a living language; just have everyone type noone as a word, and eventually it will become one! (and noone can stop us!):P Noonday the spell checker likes, and goodbye was once "and may god be with ye", and airplanes were aeroplanes once, and so forth and so on..

Like Stokey the Bear burning down half of Canada?:laugh3: (It could happen!!:stunned:) Somewhere something bad is happening at almost any time, any day.. but we can't live our lives in mortal fear, because something bad is happening; best we can do is minimize risk, but not worry ourselves to death about it, as it happens, and the stress from constant worry kills more than the event ever does. (maybe that's the point of April 1, in the modern sense.. )

PPLEASE NOO!!!! Anything but the Rick Roll! :stunned::lol: Haven't we progressed past that (ever?!).

The piano sample was my gift to the world, to be used however anyone wished. How can anyone steal anything that's just simply free?

:sunny:Welcome Salyujn; enjoy the board and all it's merry members!!:hat::hat::hat::joker::jester::daisy::guitarist:

A warm welcome to you, dstn1211! Coldplay on Cello or Piano? YouTube has a large selection of instrumentals from their music, and the Twelve String Girl's Band I believe can be found there, where at least the cello piece could be similar to their instrumental compositions. Best to you in your quest!!:)