Tessellater - Posted - 08/12/2010:  05:31:29

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Originally posted by g-hog

So... I'm still not getting why it's weird that I knew my grandparents... one grandfather I never knew... two step grandfathers throughout my childhood in his place... but that grandmother, her mother, and her grandmother... that makes a mom, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, and a great-great grandmother... doesnt' it? Another grandmother and grandfather... grandfather's parents not there, but grandmother's father and mother... that makes... father, his mom and dad, his mom's mom and dad... father, grandmother and grandfather, great-grandmother and great-grandfather... right? Plus numerous great-great aunts and uncles, great-aunts and uncles... not so many aunts and uncles, fewer and they left the area and I didn't see them much.

Am I counting this wrong? I'm baffled as to why this is seemingly so confusing, unless I count grandparents differently than everybody here. I'm regretful that my grandson doesn't have much of my family left, but on his father's side he has a lot, like I did... some great-greats and greats, as well as grandparents, uncles and aunts. Very little for him to know on my side... just us, grandparents, an uncle and aunt who we never see, and a great-grandfather, my dad, now alone without my mom... but he's got plenty to make up for on the other side. Now, is he weird too for this?

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I don't think anyone could penetrate the dark depths of your abject confusion.

Don Borchelt - Posted - 08/12/2010:  05:36:51

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Everybody take a deep breath. There is no reason to get this topic locked.

BANJOJUDY - Posted - 08/12/2010:  05:42:13

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Originally posted by oldwoodchuckb

Shall I sing a few choruses of "Bang Bang Lulu"?

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Why are you dragging LULU into this discussion? Oh - yes, she's back in town!

AND I would love to hear you sing Bang Bang Lulu!

Tessellater - Posted - 08/12/2010:  05:53:24

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Originally posted by g-hog

Ok.. then what do the rest of you here call your mothers' mother, or what do you call your grandmother's mother... and what do you call her mother? I call them my grandmother, my great-grandmother, and my great-great grandmother. is that MY abject confusion? Is there another way to refer to these relatives????? And, seriously... you didn't know any of your grandparents, greats or great-greats?????

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I don't refer to them.

Kitt - Posted - 08/12/2010:  05:54:35

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And, seriously... you didn't know any of your grandparents,

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Directly quote any person here who wrote that that they didn't know their grandparents.

bluemule_77 - Posted - 08/12/2010:  06:00:49

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Hang in there folks. She's at that tipping point where she deletes all her posts, so don't waste too many keystrokes.

Mark Johnson - Posted - 08/12/2010:  07:17:18

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Can any of you wordsmiths lend a helping hand? I'm trying to rework the lyrics to this a bit, but the flow isn't quite right:

I don't mind a cocktail or glass of wine on occasion,
I used to smoke,
I don't mess around with acrimonious threads on internet forums

Do I have too many syllables or something?

robertsart - Posted - 08/12/2010:  07:50:48

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Originally posted by Mark Johnson

Can any of you wordsmiths lend a helping hand? I'm trying to rework the lyrics to this a bit, but the flow isn't quite right:

I don't mind a cocktail or glass of wine on occasion,
I used to smoke,
I don't mess around with acrimonious threads on internet forums

Do I have too many syllables or something?

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I think this might have to be a crooked tune...

Marc Nerenberg - Posted - 08/12/2010:  08:33:17

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Originally posted by Mark Johnson

Can any of you wordsmiths lend a helping hand? I'm trying to rework the lyrics to this a bit, but the flow isn't quite right:

I don't mind a cocktail or glass of wine on occasion,
I used to smoke,
I don't mess around with acrimonious threads on internet forums

Do I have too many syllables or something?

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How about:

I sometimes drink,
I used to smoke,
Don't know much about a greasy coat.
But fightin' 'bout nothin's
Not my style.
Gonna find me a thread that makes me smile.

Mark Johnson - Posted - 08/12/2010:  08:57:27

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well, I guess that will work. I was really fond of "acrimonious", though... Fine job, Marc!

Marc Nerenberg - Posted - 08/12/2010:  09:06:03

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Originally posted by Mark Johnson

well, I guess that will work. I was really fond of "acrimonious", though... Fine job, Marc!

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Ask and it shall be given:

I sometimes drink,
I used to smoke,
It ain't worth fightin' 'bout a greasy coat.
Acrimonious barbs just
Ain't my style.
Gonna find me a thread that makes me smile.

Paul Roberts - Posted - 08/12/2010:  09:15:08

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Music is the one thing I can think of, which brings people together beyond their differences.

Listening to Don Borchelt's recent posting of Greasy Coat is a good reminder, for me, of why I started playing the banjo. There's a certain essence in fine banjo music that calls to me. And, I'm very appreciate of this forum as a means of supporting each other in this passion we all share.

We may not agree on everything (I suppose that would be boring, anyway), but when we listen to a master player, like Don, we can be together in a place - that essence - that we all share; in that sense of wonder and beauty, where transcendent banjo playing is capable of taking us.

See you on Sound-off.

PauL
banjocrazy.com/ Gold Tone instruments, and artist profiles and interviews

Bill Rogers - Posted - 08/12/2010:  09:30:21

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Moved to Off-Topic, where it should have been all along I think.

Castania - Posted - 08/12/2010:  10:04:02

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Sorry to jump in late here: weren't some fabric coats "greased" or "oiled" to make them water resistant/proof?

Seems like I read that somewhere . . .

Ken

Marc Nerenberg - Posted - 08/12/2010:  10:16:08

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Originally posted by Castania


Sorry to jump in late here: weren't some fabric coats "greased" or "oiled" to make them water resistant/proof?

Seems like I read that somewhere . . .

Ken

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Sounds logical to me. Then a "greasy coat" would probably be a "rain coat". My grandmother always called a plastic tablecloth an "oil-cloth" because that's what they were when she was young.

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Edited by - Marc Nerenberg on 08/12/2010 10:17:30

Tessellater - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:06:11

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Originally posted by Marc Nerenberg

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Originally posted by Castania


Sorry to jump in late here: weren't some fabric coats "greased" or "oiled" to make them water resistant/proof?

Seems like I read that somewhere . . .

Ken

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Sounds logical to me. Then a "greasy coat" would probably be a "rain coat". My grandmother always called a plastic tablecloth an "oil-cloth" because that's what they were when she was young.

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It wouldn't be unheard of it for that to also refer to a condom. Just like we call them "rubbers". Someone in the future seeking to whitewash history might say "that was just golashes they were referring to". that would be wrong, though it does mean galoshes too.

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Edited by - Tessellater on 08/13/2010 06:36:22

Tessellater - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:08:24

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They're all forms of outerwear. London Fog Please.

Don Borchelt - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:09:13

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I went to listen to one of g-hog's "Sound-Off" posts this morning, and discovered that her account has been locked. I assume that it was voluntary. I hope she reconsiders, I really enjoyed her contributions. We all need to be a little more circumspect in the tone of our debating, myself most definitely included. It's easy to forget that our debating opponents are people, not faceless email addresses. Some folks love a good knock down, dragged out fight, but some were not raised to it, and that should be taken into account.

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Edited by - Don Borchelt on 08/13/2010 05:12:16

Tessellater - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:12:03

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She's not a victim.

Don Borchelt - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:13:37

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I never said she was.

Tessellater - Posted - 08/13/2010:  05:22:12

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Sounds to me like you're saying she's a victim of tone. but I guess i just can't read good.