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Re: Cholesterol testing on the cheap - help me interpret my results - 2 days ago

QuoteSpeedy QuotergG QuoteSpeedy Take a statin. Truly hope you are kidding. Statins are overprescribed and nearly killed my husband I like a combo of 2 and 3. Also, my husband’s cardiologist says cholesterol numbers are not the be all end all for judging heart health. Read a little on how many think they are not as important as once thought. Ok, how about niacin and fish oil? The

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Re: 1971: The Year that Music Changed Everything trailer is out - 2 days ago

Wow! Brings back a lot of memories. Can’t wait to see it!

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Re: praise the lawd?!.....RIP: Lloyd Price [ R&B singer ] at 88...... - 5 days ago

Nice post on FB from Bobby Nathan, audio engineer and Unique Recording Studios owner in NYC: rip Lloyd Price - March 8, 1933 - May 6, 2021 Lloyd Price was my mentor when I was not much older than Lloyd was when he recorded his first hit record “Lawdy Miss Clawdy “ back in 1952. He hired me as head bartender for his Turntable club on Broadway and 52nd Street. I was the only white employee

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Re: Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 5 days ago

On a related note, I was using PayPal to collect money paid for one of my original songs as a download for a while until I got a notice that I needed to supply them with my SS# in order to continue. I used to leave the money I earned in my account and debit it as I made purchases with PP. I decided I didn’t want PP to have my SS# considering the small amount the song generated so I stopped sell

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Re: Anyone here gone to iOS14.5.1 ? - 5 days ago

No issues on my iPad and iPhone 12 Pro.

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Re: Speaking of Old Time Baseball - I found some of my Dad's Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia - 7 days ago

Quoterobfilms i grew up in Brooklyn but later than the Dodgers heyday. But my Mom was a huge fan. Her guy was Cookie Lavagetto. "Cookie" "Cookie" "look dis way, Cookie" All screamed in a shrill Brooklyn accent! There is a pix of Mom, me and my younger brother, with our hands touching a shuttered Ebbets Field. She wanted us to memorialize the shrin

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Re: Speaking of Old Time Baseball - I found some of my Dad's Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia - 7 days ago

Quotehal QuoteJoeM I've checked the value on ebay and other sites. The New York Journal team photo looks to see for between $100 and $200. The '46 picture pack looks to go for about $225. I'm sure they are worth much more to you to keep them around. What a great collection - love the promo pics. My dad was a Brooklyn fan too (NJ boy). Yes much more important for me as a keepsake to remember s

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Re: Speaking of Old Time Baseball - I found some of my Dad's Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia - 7 days ago

I've checked the value on ebay and other sites. The New York Journal team photo looks to see for between $100 and $200. The '46 picture pack looks to go for about $225.

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Speaking of Old Time Baseball - I found some of my Dad's Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia - 7 days ago

My parents grew up in Williamsburg Brooklyn and my dad and I as a young boy were Brooklyn Dodgers fans while my older brother was a Yankees fan, especially Mickey Mantle. My parents were friends with some of the Dodgers Sym- PHONY Band that came from Greenpoint and Williamsburg. Here is the New York Journal-American colorized 1946 team photo and the 1946 player photo pack in it’s original ma

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Re: Happy Birthday Willie Mays - he's 90 today! - 7 days ago

I didn’t realize that he was still alive. I was really happy to see he was this morning on the news.

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Re: examples of music that was 'ahead of its time' - 8 days ago

Quotehal I still have no idea how Mahavishnu Orchestra performed that stuff live or even how it originated. It seemed like a whole band improvising together, but then there would be a change and everyone was THERE in sync. Only saw him once with Remember Shakti in Berkeley around 2008. That was absolutely thrilling. Saw Ravi Shankar (with Anoushka) the next night. Great double header! I drag

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Re: examples of music that was 'ahead of its time' - 8 days ago

Ahead of its time, for me - Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame, 1971. At this time time I was already a professional musician. I could play just about any rock or acoustic rock song that was out before and after that time. Then The Inner Mounting Flame came out and I was totally lost. I couldn’t figure out what these guys were doing, couldn’t count it, couldn’t play it. My introd

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Re: Movie for Guitarists: the Pedal Movie - the history of effects pedals - 8 days ago

Quotehal really glad you approve of my J9 - it's really pretty The Fernandez actually plays a little smoother and has a wonderful strat sound, but I like the J9 and it seems able to achieve a very wide range of sounds. Truefire looks really good and not terribly expensive. I might well give it a go if I get stuck and maybe if I don't. Lots of amazing players on staff there and I see you buddy

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Re: Interesting and well-done music analysis, even if you're not a musician, composer or music theory expert - 8 days ago

I think I saw Bob Dylan do that once. Either that or his shorts were too tight.

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Re: Need a new toaster. Any favorites? - 8 days ago

QuoteMarkintosh We have the Cuisinart CPT-420 Touch to Toast Leverless 2-Slice Toaster, Brushed Stainless Steel It's coming up on 4 years of good toasting from waffles to various breads and bagels. My favorite feature is the "countdown" bars that give you an approximation of how much time is left. I have learned to make use of that time unloading the dishwasher, cleaning the coffe

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Re: Movie for Guitarists: the Pedal Movie - the history of effects pedals - 9 days ago

Good to hear you are sticking with it. Finding comfortable gear when you’re on a budget can be a challenge and what’s comfortable today can wind up not working in a few months. The Washburn J9 is really nice. Reminds me of the old Guild Starfires.I wish I had YT when I was a kid learning. I think it’s amazing. The lessons on Truefire are great. If you haven’t already you might want to tak

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Re: The AMAZING Story Behind "Green Onions" - 9 days ago

Such great times to be in the music business. I have the original 45, bought when it was released. Thanks for posting hal!

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Re: Anyone ever knock on the music you listen to? - 9 days ago

My wife, who grew up on disco used to needle me whenever The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald came on and I turned it up. She jokingly complained that there were too many words in the music I liked and she couldn’t dance to it. I recently dug out and hooked up my old turntable and receiver along with my vintage LP collection. After hearing some of my old foogie music she’s now going through my

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Re: Movie for Guitarists: the Pedal Movie - the history of effects pedals - 9 days ago

This is great, thanks for posting! How’s your guitar playing coming and now that you’ve had your semi hollow body for a while, how do you like it?

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Re: Got Moderna #2 shot this afternoon - 9 days ago

I had intense whole body pain for a night and a day on Moderna #2 and after that fine. Hope you experience nothing and congratulations!

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Re: Al Schmitt passes - 13 days ago

Another of the greats gone now. Thankfully he has left a wealth of knowledge behind for those we create recorded music. RIP

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Re: F/U on eye floaters and trip the opthamologist - 14 days ago

Glad the floaters pose no immediate danger. Did he mention whether you might have an Astigmatism? It would be good to know as having it could predispose you to possible problems with the retina down the line. Most people will experience floaters as the age because the vitreous, which is like jelly when we are young, starts to liquify as we age and parts that are solid break off. Some are small an

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Re: F/U on eye floaters and trip the opthamologist - 15 days ago

Glad the floaters pose no immediate danger. Did he mention whether you might have an Astigmatism? It would be good to know as having it could predispose you to possible problems with the retina down the line. Most people will experience floaters as the age because the vitreous, which is like jelly when we are young, starts to liquify as we age and parts that are solid break off. Some are small an

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member WI Boilermaker - 15 days ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member M A V I C - 15 days ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member S. Pupp - 15 days ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member Carm - 15 days ago

Happy Birthday!

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Re: (Bad news, Facebook)'The anti-tracking shield included in iOS 14.5 arrives' - 15 days ago

QuoteSarcany QuoteJoeM I just updated my phone and checked in Privacy to see that I wasn’t allowing sharing of info, then took a trip to Facebook and spent some time there. Nothing happened and I got no notices. If you have the toggle set to not allow apps to share info then you don't get popups asking if you want to allow your apps to share info. Oh, that makes sense. Goodie, no pop up

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Re: (Bad news, Facebook)'The anti-tracking shield included in iOS 14.5 arrives' - 16 days ago

I just updated my phone and checked in Privacy to see that I wasn’t allowing sharing of info, then took a trip to Facebook and spent some time there. Nothing happened and I got no notices. Maybe mañana?

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Re: Eye floaters just increased almost exponentially - 17 days ago

Floaters are normal in older folks. The vitreous tends to liquify and break down as we age causing pieces to separate. It could be normal but you should be seeing an eye doctor to establish a base and then have regular checkups. The real danger is if you happen to see arcs of light flashes. This indicates that the retina is detaching and repair needs to happen immediately to prevent blindness. I�

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