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On 5/17/2023 at 7:37 AM, Bong-Man said:
America is entering a Forever Labor Shortage (msn.com)
It's about long-term demographics and profits, not politics. Nothing causes long-term inflation more than lack of workers to do the job or perform the service. Advances in technology will solve part of the problem, but we'll still need bodies willing and able to work. Quit worrying about what country they're from, who they choose to worship, or what color they are. Open the door and let them in. It's an economic and a national security issue.
I agree this feral government-santioned illegal alien invasion is an economic and national security issue.
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13 hours ago, Plant77 said:
Hahahahahhahahahaha! That was a perfect response! I was drinking Bud lite and I did have on a pair of really long gloves if you know what I’m saying.
Great response.
Bud Light. The Queer of Beers.
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On 5/7/2023 at 11:04 AM, Bong-Man said:
I think the Hotel/Motel industry has been the worst.
Hands down. I was literally asked at check in tonight if I wanted housekeeping during my stay. I looked at the Receptionist like they had two heads.
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7 hours ago, Plant77 said:
I can understand that. I just feel like you have always come up with some gem that we didn’t know, or maybe we had forgotten. Either way, I know it is a lot of work. Thanks for the threads/posts Steve. Lots of people here enjoy them, and I think we are getting new members that would like to have some information on the band. But again, I get that it is actual work coming up with it. I’m still holding out hope for Mr. Strider to give us his 72 memories. Not kissing anyone’s ass on this forum, but there are a group of you that I remember reading from the old board, and a bunch of you are still around. It’s cool for the younger generation to be able to soak up the information while you guys are still active on the forum.
Thanks again.
The younger generation is only here to find free ringtones. They don't know Peter Grant from Peter Pan.
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6 hours ago, Plant77 said:
I just want us all to be safe, healthy, and to move forward in a positive way.
Were you wearing clothes that make you feel pretty when you posted that?
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5 hours ago, jabe said:
Why exclude band members input?
As you've recently stated, many of us are on "the back nine" in our lives.
Let the band enlighten us or correct the mulligans as they see fit... it's pretty friendly here....The point I made was there are few if any significant unresolved Zep-related "mysteries" remaining that could possibly be solved without band member's input. In other words, the reason I seldom post to the Zeppelin Mysteries Thread anymore is there is little point in doing so knowing it would likely take a band member's input to solve the discussion topic. The band members do not contribute to or participate in this forum in any meaningful way and seldom shed new light on anything elsewhere. Of course it would be great if they did, but they don't.
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Just now, Strider said:
Someone mentioned the latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame results. Missy Elliot and Sheryl Crow get in but not Iron Maiden, Joy Division, or Warren Zevon. Hell, if you're going to put in a rap act A Tribe Called Quest deserves it far more than Missy Elliot.
And Tom Jones is still not in...but they're going to put in Sheryl Crow, queen of the bland soccer mom pop?
It is as it always is...Jann Wenner/RnRHoF = 💩
Yep. It's a privately owned tourist trap with all the gravitas of a styrofoam Big Mac container.
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2 hours ago, sam_webmaster said:
If you have unresolved Zep-related topics that could be resolved without band member input I cordially invite you and others to post them to that thread for further discussion. As I recall the last one we did try to resolve was identifying the actress in the Japanese 'Communication Breakdown' promotional video to no avail.
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On 5/2/2023 at 5:28 PM, Plant77 said:
That’s the best post I have read in weeks. You have a way with words my friend. You always make me laugh! Have a great night and week Steve. If I may, please post on your thread. The Zeppelin files and all of the knowledge and information you have is a real treasure. Not kissing ass, that is the first site/thread I look up after Striders concert files. Well, maybe it is 3rd after Nit Picking Page by our friend, and then Strider, and I really miss your posts on several topics you created.
Have a great week Steve.
I'd like to post to the Zeppelin Mysteries Thread but it seems some 50 years after the release of the debut album there's very little left unsaid or unsolved. Much of what is not known is only known by the band members themselves, and they aren't telling, or others who are long since deceased.
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4 hours ago, reids said:
Phenomenal songwriting which for listeners was almost conversational.
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On 4/27/2023 at 2:14 PM, paul carruthers said:
RIP Dick Groat...
Groat was a Dick. I'm not speaking ill of him, that was his name.
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18 hours ago, rm2551 said:
Who the fuck benefits from this "design" Steve? I can't see how this makes sense as a "design".
Government benefits from this design. Ignorant, unarmed citizens are powerless citizens.
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4 hours ago, rm2551 said:
I don't think that is a gen z - or any other generation specific issue - I think ALL generations have/had it in spades, but maybe it is more so now. It is that certain stage of youth where you suddenly know more than your elders/parents and in place of entertaining other views or advice they simply dig in. It's interesting to observe this from #1 son. He's not too bad, very open minded, but some of the gems he comes out with are hilarious (without meaning to be).
Example, he had brake issues with his car this week and said he was going to tell the mechanic what he thinks it is after googling. 🤣 I couldn't talk him down from that, but had a good laugh at him.
Hey, at least he google it, I'll grant him that. I've said before I'm convinced that farm hands and long haul truckers from 75 years ago had more practical knowledge than the average college graduate in 2023. They knew a lot about a little, or at least something. This Gen Z though, they don't know anything about anything. It's frightening to realize this is all by design too.
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13 hours ago, Zep Hed said:
We could all use one of those in our brains, right? A search function!! 😄
Sure! As well as pause and delete. 😇
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The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a certain type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge. These Gen Zs have it in spades.
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2 hours ago, rm2551 said:
So someone is obviously upset at someone on this forum and has chucked a tanty.
tsk, tsk tsk you sook......
It had all the characteristics of a bot attack. Annoying, but at least the board content is undamaged.
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12 hours ago, ncdoc said:
Saw this recent article on a feed.
Robert Plant Named the Song He Would Need an ‘Iron Lung’ to Sing: ‘A Hell of a Challenge’ (msn.com)
Anyone have that video from Iceland? Think he is minimizing the vocal changes. Love the man even until today. Is this his typical Zep deprecation?
I'm sure an audience recording must exist but I don't have it to offer. The majority public opinion is he pretty much blew his voice out by mid-1973.
He remained great afterward, but his voice was never quite the same.
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9 hours ago, Plant77 said:
Thank you for all the wonderful information Steve. If I am mistaken I apologize, but I thought the Esperanza label was before Shaken and Stirred. I thought that Album dropped in 85. I know that his 87/88 album Now and Zen was 2/88. He absolutely started playing Zeppelin after and or during that time. I am sorry, I am looking it up now and you are correct. The label and the management was absolutely in the timeline you explained above. Damn, you are good Sir. Please offend someone soon, I miss it.
Thanks Steve. I appreciate your unbelievable knowledge of this band. It blows me away. People can feel like they are a Zeppelin fan, but they really need to read any number of your threads to realize that they/I have a lot to learn.
Cheers Steve. Thanks again.
Well, just to be clear don't conflate his selling his rights to receive royalties from sales of Led Zeppelin's back catalog with his change of bandmates and management. They were two separate and distinct events, with the change of bandmates and management occuring afterward.
Just between us girls, there was a time in my life when my ability to recall events and capacity to aggregate information and retain it was rather remarkable if I do say so myself. That was a very long time ago and I have become convinced I'm entering the back nine of mental acuity. I am exceedingly hesitant to post anything from memory anymore. Oh sure, I usually will get the gist of it right but the finer details escape me. Fortunately, I always journaled a lot, took copious amounts of notes and my unpublished memoir was drafted long ago. The upside of getting old is one reaches a point in life where one has little left to say, if only because it's all been said before and there's a search function.🙂
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10 hours ago, redrum said:
Drop und giff me twenty, osshole. 😄
Program it to have Arnold do Eddie Murphy's Honeymooner's monologue.
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13 hours ago, hummingbird69 said:
bootyjudge literally calling the kettle pot with his remarks about her being on the committee while he himself is the transportation secretary and has done nothing about any of the disasters that happened o his watch. Oh the irony.
I can't fucking stand the twerp. He hasn't worked an honest day in his life and he's arguably the most inconsequential cabinet member in the history of this country.
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29 minutes ago, hummingbird69 said:
bidens campaign will be done with AI so it will look like he still has all his faculties. His speeches will be done with AI voice over and his looks will be tailored so that he appears healthy and alert. He won't have to lift a finger.
I still laugh until my sides ache over Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg debating each other.
It was like watching the two biggest dorks in high school argue over which one was a nerd.
What a couple of insufferable lightweights.
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^^^ That is amazing! Imagine what AI will be capable of producing 10 years from now. It's already to the point I won't call people I don't know because of this mimicking capability.
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37 minutes ago, Cookie0024 said:
Thank you, Steve!
It's been discussed here in the past with more lucidity, but the search function may or may not reveal the precise threads. Perhaps search key words "royalties" or "back catalog".
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