Yeah - you've been here for years, didn't you
loin anything about us?

Perhaps a bit... ;)

Just kidney you.

Deliverately, I see... ;)

Stick to thy music.

Which would have made a lot of sense in those
days of more pricy communication.

I was given to understand that it was somewhat a flaw in the software,
not intentional...

If it was a flaw, it was a convenient one for
cost-cutting sysops.

True, somewhat... as long as it didn't engender too many extra messages,
as people would have two messages instead of one, and the second would
say very little but have all the overhead of a single message again...

If the messages just got truncated, how many
would go back and redo the last part and send
it again?

It requires much more proficiency with pointing devices and their magic spells as opposed to the keyboard magic spells I can handle just

fine...

No way to map keyboard shenanigans, which you
should be good at, with the editing functions?

The wizard does the mapping shenanigans, not me... and I don't know if
it is possible or not...

Having a good wizard to rely on is a pleasant
luxury, but being too dependent isn't a great thing.

I wasn't massively confrontational but was perfectly
happy to aid anyone who in my eyes needed such support,
well, with one exception, a terminally annoying kid
who, as many such do, ended up being a deejay.

There was one guy in our college radio station who got picked on, justifiably, regularly... he saw me as a staunch supporter, mainly
because I didn't overtly join in and was quiet about things... I also
didn't disabuse him of the notion (nor positively affirm it)... he was arrogant enough to not really notice others' treatment of him anyway...

So in some way he deserved his treatment?

I'm against it, having seen outward charm and physical
attraction carry way too much weight. It's been represented
to me that the visual aspect is part of the enjoyment
of a performance, but I've countered that the quality
of the music must come first by a wide margin.

Agreed that the quality of the music should come first... The visual
sapect might be entertaining, but good music, one can close the eyes and still enjoy... in fact, sometimes that is preferable... Not to say that
I don't enjoy watching a pianist's hands on the keyboard, as I do... :)

Luckily, that's not an issue for me, though I did
enjoy sitting close enough to Gidon Kremer to see
his fingerings at a concert this summer.

It's interesting that of the seven most current members
of this committee, six are performers, and four are
accounted very attractive, and the other two of us
are not so bad.

Attractive isn't a bad thing... and I'd guess that most people aren't so
bad, either... :)

Attractiveness is a bad thing if one starts to
coast on it.

Our chair has recently turned in her
resignation both from the committee and from the
association itself, as our board of directors has been
hostile to our attempts to focus our financial aid on
worthy but less privileged candidates. She is joining
the board of a nonprofit whose mission is to put
musical instruments in the hands of the very needy
and that is potentially one of our beneficiaries.

The nonprofit she's joining is potentially a beneficiary...? I give her

Yep, but there's going to be no enforceable
conflict of interest at that point.

credit for sticking to her guns, and finding a way to get the help to
those that need it... :)

I agree with that and have told her so.

Armenian Kidney Bean Salad
Categories: middle eastern, vegan, main
Serves: 4

1 lg tomato, seeded and diced
1 lg green pepper, seeded and diced
1 md onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 red bell pepper, minced
2 ts chopped oregano leaves
1 Tb minced parsley leaves
2 cn (15 oz ea) red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 lemon, juice of
1 Tb olive oil
1/2 c apple cider vinegar

In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients.
Allow the salad to marinate for 1 hr, if longer
put in the refrigerato

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-30-18 16:37 <=-

Which would have made a lot of sense in those
days of more pricy communication.

I was given to understand that it was somewhat a flaw in the software, not intentional...

If it was a flaw, it was a convenient one for
cost-cutting sysops.

True, somewhat... as long as it didn't engender too many extra messages,
as people would have two messages instead of one, and the second would
say very little but have all the overhead of a single message again...

If the messages just got truncated, how many
would go back and redo the last part and send
it again?

To avoid the truncation, you'd have editors/readers like Ruth's that
would split the messages willy-nilly at some predetermined point... so
there's where the two instead of one with extra overhead comes in...

It requires much more proficiency with pointing devices and their
magic spells as opposed to the keyboard magic spells I can handle
just fine...

No way to map keyboard shenanigans, which you
should be good at, with the editing functions?

The wizard does the mapping shenanigans, not me... and I don't know if
it is possible or not...

Having a good wizard to rely on is a pleasant
luxury, but being too dependent isn't a great thing.

Perhaps... Computers are useful tools to me, but there's a lot I really
don't seem to be able to retain well about the actual workings...
without a wizard, dunno if I would be doing much with them... :)

I wasn't massively confrontational but was perfectly
happy to aid anyone who in my eyes needed such support,
well, with one exception, a terminally annoying kid
who, as many such do, ended up being a deejay.

There was one guy in our college radio station who got picked on, justifiably, regularly... he saw me as a staunch supporter, mainly
because I didn't overtly join in and was quiet about things... I also
didn't disabuse him of the notion (nor positively affirm it)... he was arrogant enough to not really notice others' treatment of him anyway...

So in some way he deserved his treatment?

Pretty much... He was a pleasant enough fellow, but a bit bumbling...
and didn't realize any of his faux pas... Richard would refer to him
(not to his face, though) as the gazelle.... ;)

I'm against it, having seen outward charm and physical
attraction carry way too much weight. It's been represented
to me that the visual aspect is part of the enjoyment
of a performance, but I've countered that the quality
of the music must come first by a wide margin.

Agreed that the quality of the music should come first... The visual
sapect might be entertaining, but good music, one can close the eyes and still enjoy... in fact, sometimes that is preferable... Not to say that
I don't enjoy watching a pianist's hands on the keyboard, as I do... :)

Luckily, that's not an issue for me, though I did
enjoy sitting close enough to Gidon Kremer to see
his fingerings at a concert this summer.

Similar situation.... :)

It's interesting that of the seven most current members
of this committee, six are performers, and four are
accounted very attractive, and the other two of us
are not so bad.

Attractive isn't a bad thing... and I'd guess that most people aren't
so bad, either... :)

Attractiveness is a bad thing if one starts to
coast on it.

True.

Our chair has recently turned in her
resignation both from the committee and from the
association itself, as our board of directors has been
hostile to our attempts to focus our financial aid on
worthy but less privileged candidates. She is joining
the board of a nonprofit whose mission is to put
musical instruments in the hands of the very needy
and that is potentially one of our beneficiaries.

The nonprofit she's joining is potentially a beneficiary...?

Yep, but there's going to be no enforceable
conflict of interest at that point.

Had she stayed on the committee, there might have been, though... wise
move on her part...

I give her credit for sticking to her guns, and finding a way to get
the help to those that need it... :)

I agree with that and have told her so.

Good.

ttyl neb

... The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. Carnegie

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