Recent content by retiredtraveler

Ex mediocre percussionist. Piano lessons starting at age 6, the rest of percussion in junior high. Concert band, marching band (football games and parades), orchestra, chamber orchestra, local symphony orchestra, jazz band, percussion ensembles giving demos at other schools, played in school...

It's rare that I get any real mail, I mostly receive advertisements and charity appeals. Oh, not getting those would affect me because I wouldn't get free greeting cards and return address stickers. Oh, and calendars too. Second that. On top of the cards, stickers, and calendars, we get fridge...

Read older sci-fi. I'm a news junkie so I don't want to read any books that are 'contemporary' because I get too much news of the ills of the world. I read for escapism.

Pretty damn sad if we hafta go without meat in order to eat. Wife and I have opposite view. We often have vegetarian meals only. We only use 1-2 pounds of meat a week, total. No red meat. I don't know what steak tastes like (had a few of them in my 20's ---- 50+ years ago), never have had ribs...

As a drummer in a former life, good posting. "Sing, Sing, Sing" is my fave. There were other drummers before Krupa such as Chick Webb who 'elevated' drumming, but who was first could be argued all day.

Really? Banned? Did they ban this ----- "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

I ate the bran flakes. Hubby liked the grape nuts. I ate Grape Nuts. Wife calls it kibble.:)

I thought everyone knew this. I'm from Chicago area and this is nothing new.

"....The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday, December 19, as it continues to hurtle through the solar system. On that day, it’ll be around 170 million miles from our home planet, or roughly twice the distance between Earth and the sun. It’s only the...

Soylent Green or composting.

One of the (arguably) good uses for AI. "....Artificial Intelligence (AI) and voice interfaces have been game-changers. In 2025, the role of AI in assistive technology for the visually impaired is more prominent than ever. Devices now recognize complex environments, interpret social cues, and...

They do. Lots of video showing that

You put a question mark on that????

8-part Brit series "SAFE".

Something that's become a bit of a thing here (UK) and in Northern France is to use obsolete telephone boxes as book exchanges. When we visited and stayed with our daughter and her French husband in Brittany a couple of years ago, I was surprised to see an English K6 red telephone box on the...