Joe Original

Retired former IT; worked in social services, law enforcement, teaching. English major; student of language, science, history.

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@Acyn That far-left liberal rag The Wall Street Journal thought it worth reporting.

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@IbexPublishers I was a linguistics student of his, many moons ago.

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@MeidasTouch And 20,000 on Mastodon. That’s more than Donald Trump has there.

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@DevinCow The major advertisers are coming back, just like Elmo promised!

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@FrankiLoveMusic In my era is was AM radio, which was diverse and interesting in the ‘60s. My mother had a console stereo and played rock-n- roll (50s era, plus Beatles) and my father played older country (Porter Waggoner). My mother derided FM as “elevator music” in the ‘60s.

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@KaylaChowShow Yes, until just 5 years ago.

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@lynsys57 @rickyricksmusic That song was hot stuff for me when I was 7. I could not understand why my parents thought it all so funny.

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@rickyricksmusic I had a major crush on her at age 7 due to her “Boots” hit. And I think I remember her TV specials. I did not realize who her father was until the ‘70s, and it wasn’t until the ‘80s that my tastes had gotten sophisticated enough to become a fan of her father also.

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@MadScientistFF Skin Deep (1989). Awful movie.

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@cat_yawns Freda, who I call Kitty Kitty, is always trying to tell me something, but I have no idea what she’s saying. I don’t have this problem with the other cats.

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@MadScientistFF I think a few Led Zeppelin albums.

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Apparently, I’ve been on Mastodon’s social server since 2018. So I was on Mastodon before Mastodon was cool.

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@my6girls2012 @rickyricksmusic Somehow mine got water-damaged. I kept it in the basement, and when I took it out of the camera bag, it had a lot of mold on it. So I donated it to Goodwill.

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@EVargasTV All sorts of reactionary crap has been popping up in my feed for over a month, usually under the rubric of “business personalities” or “tech entrepreneurs,” urging me to “follow for more.”

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@PrezWisdom This looks to be around the time of the Nazi rally at Madison Square Gardens, where George Washington was featured.

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@rickyricksmusic I am now! We were invited over to a neighbor’s for dinner in the mid-60s. The mother was from Poland, and she made them. Being a kid, I didn’t like them, which I have forever regretted.

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@MadScientistFF I’ve had a small one wake me up at 2 am.

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@PrezWisdom We do have a death mask for George Washington. It both differs from and resembles his official portraits in a way that a photograph would.

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@PrezWisdom Spitfire.