No politics? When the president of the USA (or any other country) calls upon idiots to "riot" (a too modest discription of what happened in Washington DC) because that president (who cheated the American tax system over and over again before given the ultimate job) can not accept his clear and unmistakeable defeat, it's even worse than politics, it is criminal politics. I looked u
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Absolutely great story, Rockman! Those kind of experiences are the diamonds in the life of a true fan! I love those stories. And ... I know how it feels I've talked to a few people about it, but not on a public site, where one can expect all kinds of silly/disbelief responses. Somebody else then: the wife of a very good friend of mine (both Stones fans) did get, out of the blue (!) an ema
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QuoteBeast <> I know you know the answer as well as I do! But don't get me started... Yep, so please don't start. When I get fed up with whatever, my remedy is to get me some Stones songs and play them LOUD with my eyes closed. Man, it helps To Nate ... music man, music!
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QuoteNate There’s about as much chance of Arsenal becoming champions of the premier league as there is of the stones announcing a tour next week. Nate You have a point there So the title is likely to go to the North of England and ... the Stones will rule again in 2022
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QuoteIrix QuoteSomeTorontoGirl I would be very surprised if there is an Olympics this year - I hope I’m wrong as many athletes train for years and only get 1 shot at it, but I’d bet against it. "Tokyo 2020: Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead, says Japan's PM amid rising infections" - - (1-Jan-2021). "Yes, there will be an Olympics in 2021, organizers say. Here&#
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QuoteSomeTorontoGirl Quotegeorgie48 ... Obviously the Japanese government and businesses are slightly over the edge worried, because they have a major interest in the Olympic Games. ... I would be very surprised if there is an Olympics this year - I hope I’m wrong as many athletes train for years and only get 1 shot at it, but I’d bet against it. When Japan was chosen for the 2020 OG, I was i
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QuoteBeast And still Japan is reportedly on the verge of declaring an emergency situation in Tokyo because of rising cases. Right, here you go. I mentioned the behaviour of many young Japanese these days (we do get frequent inside "reports" from people in Tokyo). Obviously the Japanese government and businesses are slightly over the edge worried, because they have a major interest in
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For sure we all have different setlists, but this one s*cks ...
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QuoteHairball Fond memories of visiting Liverpool several times in my life, and this tune always takes me back... RIP GERRY Thanks Hairball! (Also for NFA ).Yes, Gerry and Liverpool are one. My Anfield visits in 1971 were filled with this song every time! Gerry will never be forgotten in Liverpool!
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Quotebv Many countries with one party systems are doing great related to the pandemic, avoiding many deaths and infections. Then still, Australia, New Zealand, Japan have more than one party, they are doing great too. Norway have more than ten parties, still we are doing better than countries with two party systems. Same with the other Nordic countries. I think it is more to this than politics.
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A tear in my eye. RIP Gerry.
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Hi Hairball, I use this thread to thank you for your compliments (on that other thread). I feel blessed to be able to use my analytical qualities, but I'm also human and sometimes make misjudgements off course. I'm going to put on Not Fade Away (the first ever song I heard by the Rolling Stones) as a token of appreciation! By the way, being gifted with artistic qualities is a great we
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QuoteGasLightStreet Quotegeorgie48 QuoteTheflyingDutchman In a small country like Holland it's almost impossible to control the movements of ca 17.000.000 people.People want to move, stay in touch physically etc. We cannot suppress basic instincts unless you put every single person in a prison cell. The only way out is a vaccin for almost everyone. Until then the amount of Covid infections w
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QuoteTheflyingDutchman In a small country like Holland it's almost impossible to control the movements of ca 17.000.000 people.People want to move, stay in touch physically etc. We cannot suppress basic instincts unless you put every single person in a prison cell. The only way out is a vaccin for almost everyone. Until then the amount of Covid infections will increase despite all the measur
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Arsenal appears to have waken up. Any (theoretical) change that they become champion? I go for Liverpool, because I lived there for a short while long ago and friends from university took me to their matches (nothing against Everton though ...) in spectecular Anfield! Just for the record ... I love British "no nonsence" soccer
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QuoteNICOS Quotenoughties 1971 was definitely a great year in music, although the two previous years were great too. I have posted my view on this year some years ago in another thread and received immediate approval. One person`s random memory of all the releases this year will truly be impressive enough. The prog thing, the heavy thing and the singer/songwriter thing seemed to peak
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QuoteChris Fountain CDC cites "jaw dropping" actual US Covid related death figures - close to 500,000 Not surprising really. Maybe these are even optimistic figures. A week or so ago the CBS in the Netherlands reported an "overkill" which was even higher than the around 12.000 official Covid-19 deaths reported. So we ended up this year with around 25.000 corona related d
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Quotebv Joe & The Juice is an example of a company who do not really take the pandemic seriously. Sure they say so in public, but the way they act for real is different. We have covid-19 rules, and inspectors who make sure that everyone do follow these rules. When they inspect Joe & The Juice locations, they have to report again and again that they are breaking the rules. They do allo
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QuoteMileHigh Quotegeorgie48 QuoteMileHigh QuoteKoen QuoteMileHigh Please explain to me how if you have been vaccinated and you have immunity that you can still transmit the virus. Please explain to me how the fact that this virus presumably came from an animal that this somehow makes our understanding of how viruses operate is not applicable anymore. Neither question is answered in your
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QuoteMileHigh QuoteKoen QuoteMileHigh Please explain to me how if you have been vaccinated and you have immunity that you can still transmit the virus. Please explain to me how the fact that this virus presumably came from an animal that this somehow makes our understanding of how viruses operate is not applicable anymore. Neither question is answered in your link. This is the kind of &q
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QuoteMileHigh QuoteBeast QuoteMileHigh QuoteGasLightStreet What you are losing, or have lost, is the ability to understand that opinions are not facts. Rationale stops when ridiculousness enters the picture. A fantastic display of that is that you think just because one gets the vaccine that they can not transmit the virus and therefor won't need to continue to wear a mask. I will not
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A very memorable year for me. I moved from NL to the UK and was treated with some special concerts: The Rolling Stones (Colston Hall, Bristol) ***** The Who (University Liverpool) **** - - - Led Zeppelin (University Liverpool) ** Rolling Stones Records ... great logo! Sticky Fingers ... great album! Also bought some albums, very much worth mentioning, by .. The Who, Led Zeppelin,
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MileHigh, I'm not going to name you anything, only trying to make you relativate a previous remark you made in terms of a virus is a virus, "so you can expect them to act similar". It's like saying that lead (Pb) is a poisonous chemical and arsenicum (As) is also a chemical so it will behave like lead. Well, surprise .. it does when you "eat" it. Difference however i
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QuoteJordyLicks96 QuoteTaylor1 This in my opinion is as great a song as anything the Stones did in the 1960s and 1970s.It together with some other songs after 1981 are just as good as anything on the Big Four Absolutely love Slipping Away. This is my dad's favorite Keith song. Saw them play it live in New Jersey last year. Unfortunately, people decided to use the song for a bathroom/drink
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QuoteJadedFaded QuoteMileHigh In my opinion "long term effects" is another abused term in this day and age. You can probably state with nearly 100% confidence that whether they be old vaccines or new-style vaccines, the small amount that you inject into your body is essentially 100% metabolized and broken down into "trash" within a week. The body's "garbage cleanu
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Quoteslewan Quotegeorgie48 Can anyone explain why the number of US casualties reported by the New York Times is systematically around 7000-8000 lower than that of "worldometers". I've found the latter very consistant, based on daily reports from many countries (double check ). There are some doubts on their list, though. I found it strange that f.i. Macao, the famous, crowded, form
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Can anyone explain why the number of US casualties reported by the New York Times is systematically around 7000-8000 lower than that of "worldometers". I've found the latter very consistant, based on daily reports from many countries (double check ). There are some doubts on their list, though. I found it strange that f.i. Macao, the famous, crowded, former Portuguese, now Chinese
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Quoteexilestones Freddy Sessler and Carol Bernson Were you also at Freddy's birthday party in the Memory Motel? I was. I can't remember Carol was there, but as the (pro bono) creative lead editor of SPM I spent the whole night (till around 04.00 in the morning) talking with James in his room with the colorful painted wall. Highly stimulating conversations we had, also about Caro
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QuoteIrix Quotegeorgie48 the corona virus feels at home in both warm and cold circumstances From a symposium of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - "Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic", 4-6 August 2020 - : "Current peer-reviewed publications on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease do not show a robust and
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Like GLS I also think, different from the “standard” flu virusses, the corona virus feels at home in both warm and cold circumstances. In different countries the number of infections went down primairily thanks to lockdown and alike actions. However due to the misbehavior/ignorance of many during the summer COVID-19 could spread almost invisibly as to surface in larger numbers even before the su
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