Sequence - Shmequence!

You still have about half a dozen replies about to volley your way. You can't
shake me *that* easily.

Since I updated you last, I purchased 425^2' of 3/4" prefinished oak flooring,
for about 60% retail. Then, returning from my favourite auction house, I found
my car crammed with a bundle of red oak banister rails, trim, and a seven ft.
piece of step  molding, that resembles more a solid 3x10 quarter sawn
chunk of oak, than any other piece of decorative or structural member than I
have ever seen.

I know woodwork likely isn't your forte, but in care we have some lurkers...

Besides, on the 'puter front, I found two in the trash I just disassembled, and
pulled a USB DVD-RW, 'external' drive apart, so I now have an IDE DVD-RW
'internal' drive, plus a USB brain and power supply for a project box.

What gave me the confidence to pull that unit apart, was a Dayteck 'external'
USB mini drive, that I used to swap the HD with the 'portable' 'puter I am
typing on now with. The 'puter was supposed to only make sense of 20G, (Some
clap-trap about 1024 cylinder limit dances through my vast expanse of a
noggin'.) but the drive is 30G, and Linux couldn't really care less. 

Gee, it smells of testosterone 'round here. Hold on, that might be my stinky
pits. 


On or about 12-12-05 10:02, Ardith Hinton did engage James Bradley

 JB>  I once saw a dissertation about "She's Leaving" by a
 JB>  scholar, and he concluded by, "Who would have logically
 JB>  tried that? Not me." Very crafty boys, the lot of them.

 AH>           Yes, not everyone wants a steady diet of songs about failed
 AH> romances and teenage infatuations... or if they do, many
 AH> outgrow it.  At the time, this song struck a responsive
 AH> chord with older adults as well.  And now the Beatles are
 AH> enjoying a renewed popularity with their children &
 AH> grandchildren....  :-)

I don't know if we should go too far here with the music critique, as there are
perfect echoes without traffic on the subject. I just wonder if the pendulum
has swung as far to the bazaar as Elvis the Pelvis could turn over in his grave
with, but maybe the gloss-pop, safe 'acrobatic' vocal trend is the opposing end
of the same pendulum? Safe lyrics, comfortable image even if it is provocative,
nude bodies is something that doesn't present that much a challenge these
days... ... ...

 JB>  Me, always a Walrus guy. That should indicate the bent?

 AH>           I think so.  Lennon must have written the lyrics.  They
 AH> remind me of his book A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS... he seems to be
 AH> playing with words.  What I like about the examples I
 AH> mentioned is that they're playing with the sounds of
 AH> instruments one would not expect to hear in twentieth
 AH> century rock music.  And they tell a story or paint a
 AH> picture so simply that even I can get it....  ;-)

And in my estimation, the closest the band ever came to Haiku. No, not
literally of course, but the vagueness was something that caught my wayward
imagination.

 AH>           The Walrus's imagery is more complex... but
 AH> either way I see someone who would probably notice, with a
 AH> mixture of detached amusement & frustration, how the folks
 AH> in the fast lane scurry around with a coffee cup in one
 AH> hand & a cell phone in the other or slavishly follow the
 AH> whims of a fashion designer in SomePlace Else.  So do I.
 AH> My own inclination would be to say the banker never wears a
 AH> mac (or whatever) and play with with timbres & harmonies,
 AH> though.  :-)

Macintosh from what I recall. Either it was a nick-name for an 'Slicker' or a
process for making an approximation from plastic. It's a British thing, none
the less. And no, a banker would never be found DEAD in one. Probably a snub at
the banker, as it turns out to be one of the most effective garments ever.

 JB>  Only now, am I truly appreciating George's composition,
 JB>  and skill. Ringo... Well, he was so off the wall, the
 JB>  record company didn't trust him to carry the early
 JB>  recordings. Once he started to out play the "pro" in
 JB>  the imagination department, did they push to record
 JB>  Ringo. Viva la trouble-makers!


 AH>           Years ago, some of the later stuff was a little
 AH> too off the wall for me.  Like you, though, I think I might
 AH> understand it better now....  :-)

I could never argue the Sgt. Pepper concept, as it created the concept. For me,
clinical self indulgence has never exceeded Rush. Like I say, if you want to
move this en-mass to another echo???


 AH>  While you're busy with other stuff??  ;-)

 JB>  You *had* to mention the "S" word, didn't you? I need to
 JB>  clean up the disassembled couch from the front yard before
 JB>  the kiddies start running around on their annual sugar rush.


 AH>           Yeah, there's always something... (sigh).



 AH>  I think Nora learned a good lesson on this trip too.  She
 AH>  got stuck in the reeds at one point.  Dallas & I both refused
 AH>  to tow her out.  And as we'd suspected, she could solve the
 AH>  problem herself with a bit of verbal instruction....  :-))

 JB>  Comes readily to mind, the day I was to play in the new
 JB>  snowbank out in the front yard. After mom turns blue with,
 JB>  "But it's cold. You'll get stuck."


 AH>           Nora had a teacher in toddler group who often said things
 AH> like "Don't do that... you'll fall!"  Drove me nuts.  I'd think

... But keep this here. <-;

 AH> "Maybe she will & maybe she won't.  So what??  She's in a
 AH> carefully managed environment where she won't get hurt too
 AH> badly."  This woman died of cancer a few years later, and I
 AH> can't help wondering how much her fatalistic attitude had
 AH> to do with the outcome.  Because Nora remained in the group
 AH> for some time after her diagnosis of leukemia, there was
 AH> readily available evidence that people can & do survive
 AH> such diseases.  :-/

Q: How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It has to *want* to change.

 JB>  Sure enough, I found the deepest drift I could waddle up to,
 JB>  and sink myself in to my hips. "MOM!?!"

 JB>  She pulled me out once, but the second time, I was on my own.

 JB>  There *are* benefits to growing up with a pro in the house!


 AH>           Uh-huh.  Speaking as a mother & a teacher, I
 AH> imagine she was keeping one eye peeled to make sure you got
 AH> yourself out the second time too....  :-))

The way mom tells it today, is she had to leave the kitchen to resist the
temptation, but she checked up on me in about twenty minutes. I was a
loud-mouth kid too, so she likely had to do something on the other side of the
house to get away from my incessant wailes.  The neighbour across the street
didn't exist at the time, but my God-Father lived next to us. If they were
home, I'm sure the buzz around town would haver been what a terrible mother I
had. 


... James
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