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    Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

    Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out. 

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • proudfoot
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    help me, fellow Deadheads

    I am in an online meeting right now with the topic of...

    MARKING ATTENDANCE IN AN ONLINE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

    wheeeeeee....

  • Slow Dog Noodle
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    Multiple Acts

    Another one that doesn't measure too high on the ol Richter scale. Summer 2004 I was following MMW around and they played a show in Columbus with the Roots and 311. I think MMW was the first act, then Roots, then 311.

    Hendrix, Sexfist is a long-time Chicago bluegrass outfit. They started to hit the bigtime and began touring all over the world as the Henhouse Prowlers. Over that time they've had a bunch of different members, so occasionally they'll play the odd show with former members under the old moniker.

    Also, I caught Gary Clark Junior last fall in Chicago. He came on close to midnight and played for 2.5 hours straight. I think it was a lalapalooza aftershow or something. Pretty impressive.

    Looking forward to the first 4-disc Dave's Pick!!

  • frankparry
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    Great bands in small venues

    Saw the Derek Trucks Band at the 02 in Birmingham U.K. - pretty small venue and probably no more than 3/4 full. Saw Tedeschi Trucks last February and by way of contrast was in the horrid cavernous Wembley venue instead of the much better London Palladium the year previously. Blackberry Smoke were also on the ticket and seemed nonplussed at the lack of atmosphere.

  • Oroborous
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    Small Venue gigs

    Way too many to remember. Numerous Band, and Ziggy Marley Gigs at clubs and small venues (doing merch). Bob, Jerry in different forms, Go Ahead, Kansas, Hunter, Jorma/Tuna, Bromberg, lots of Jazz, Miles in 86 at Chautauqua institute, Bela and FT with Chic Corea band in 2017, Dimeola at collage pubs, Wynton Marsalis, Chuck Mangione at the Tralf.
    Return to Forever at Sheas and Paramount. Pat Metheny in several small settings, so many awesome small theatres, gyms, sheds and clubs....
    Shea’s Buffalo, the Warfield, the Tralfamadore (Buffalo), Rochester Auditorium Theater, Darian Lake back when it was a tiny little bandshell before they recked it: Neil Young, the Allman Brothers, Bob Weir, Santana etc..
    Boulder theater, too many too remember. Red Rocks, the Gorge, State Bride Lodge, Toga, Merriweather, Alpine, Shoreline, Rieverbend, so many sheds.....
    Probably my favorite fun night at club show was a totally unplanned night out fall of 88 at a tiny old theater turned Bar called the Chance In Poughkeepsie NY seeing the Radiators! 2 Go Ahead shows in 86 at the Tralf were serious fun too with Billy literally walking around with a mic like a drunken MC! Smoked Hash and helped Harry and crew load out and thus gave them wrong directions lol. They were 100% right, except backwards...instead of take 3 lefts I said 3 rights for some dumb reason, stoner!
    Another favorite, Jorma playing solo electric at the Tralf. Our table was so close we were pouring him beers outta our pitcher. He sat and played through all kinds of effects etc and it was amazing, especially that close!
    EDIT: shheeeeeiiitttte, how could I forget the fabulous Philmore in Denver! Saw many an awesome Phil show there including some momentous jams with Trucks & Tedeschi ala Derick and the Dominos

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    Did Slow Dog Noodle say "Sexfist"??

    Just that band name made me feel so much better about my life...... What was the band's next incarnation, "Up to Our Elbows"??? (Sorry, had to... perverse thrills are becoming a bigger part of my life at this point.)

    Multi-band shows:

    Watkins Glen, Day One: ABB, The Band, Grateful Dead (laid out on my sleeping bag, tripping and smoking dope, for the GD's evening performance on a summer evening)
    Watkins Glen, Day Two: Grateful Dead, ABB, The Band (GD come on at NOON, as we snorted our breakfast of chocolate mescaline and ate blotter for lunch)

    Also, Jesse Colin Young, The Beach Boys, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Mile Hi in Denver, July 1974.

    I've been cured of interest in festivals since July 1973.....

  • Oroborous
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    With the Dead: the Band on numerous times, Little Feat at Maine in 88, Sting 93, Steve Miller a few times in 92. Had dinner with him at Buckeye 92 show I worked production. Sitting in crew catering and he comes in and sits caddy corner across from me. Very pleasant, just too dudes shooting the shit about the heat etc...
    Also, 10,000 Maniacs, Youssou n Dour, Dylan/Petty, Rusted Root, CSN, and perhaps my favorite, Violent Femmes at 91 Buckeye (Rueben & Cherise) Not sure we knew who they were, but it freaked us out, then cracked us up! Might of been tripping, now my ole buddy Howard was, so early on some of their more violent lyrics freaked us out until we got it! Then we started giggling like school children. Truly Bizarre opener for the boys!
    Saw Bobby & the Midnights at small theatre in Chrotchfester in 83 with Joan Jett opening. Sad to say but the crowd was unruly and nearly booed her off. If not for her background a lessor artist would of walked off for sure.
    7/28/78: my second show, first stadium summer show, and first big cobill show: Bob Welch, Pablo Cruise, Foreigner, and Fleetwood Mac!.
    Saw Muddy Waters open for Clapton in 79 and they blew Clapton and my adolescence the mind away.
    Uriah Heap open for Tull in 78. Probably best all around bill as far as performance was 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, and the Outlaws on 12/3/79, which was the night all those poor folks were trampled under foot in Cincinnati. Saw The Who the next night in Buffalo, unbelievably emotionally charged performance.
    First Red Rocks show was Fishmans Vision fest 7/7/97. Grisman quartet, Merl Saunders, Govt Mule, and Fishman with ??
    Place was maybe half full....awesome!

  • Oroborous
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    FESTIVALS: like Jim not a fan. Too much music, people, everything. Personally like smaller shows with bands that play long. Like to get fully entrained and go deep with the music. That can be taxing and if loud cause listening fatigue.
    So more is not better. Same with people...that being said, I’ve seen a few, and the small ones like Rocky Grass are nice, or used to be....Top ones I can remember:

    ROCKY GRASS: 2009-2016 & 2018 (small, beautiful site, VIP all the way)
    FOLK FEST: 2011, 2014, 2015 & 2019 (same as above) 2011 Bob, Jackie Greene and Chris Robinson played. Very Unique, fun set in intimate setting.
    RELM FEST: 2006&2007: played. 2007 Vince Herman of LOS sat in with us.
    FURTHUR FEST: worked merch from Pittsburgh on 7/14/96 through till the end on 8/4/96. (14 shows). Went to local Denver shows in 1997 & 1998 as a civilian.
    WINTERHAWK BLUEGRASS: 1990
    VAIL MUSIC FEST (part of annual taste of vail) played 2003 or 4?
    WOODSTOCK 94: worked at main Saugerties site before, then sent down to original site until Saturday, Returned late that night to main site and road in on back of corporate company pick up via private road, bodies in the woods and everywhere, fucking surreal! Didn’t have to work much until breakdown on Monday....aftermath Surreal! Still have a jar of mud from the site. Best momento I could think of considering....saw Aerosmith late, late Saturday, End of Arrested Development because they were before the Allman Brothers on Sunday, with I believe a very young Duane Betts on a couple tunes. Can you imagine being that young in front of that many people. I was overwhelmed and I was just hanging out lol.
    Also saw Traffic, Santana, and Jimmy Cliff, p/o Metallica from afar, and Dylan from too far. Messed my knee up so couldn’t do the long slog through the deep mud anymore by then...truly a once in a lifetime event, I still get overwhelmed looking at pictures of the huge crowds.
    Many more small local style ones which I think are better in many ways, too numerous to remember lol.

  • Oroborous
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    Last live music...

    ....before the Vid:

    9/5/19 Gary Clark jr. @ Ford Amphitheatre (small)
    8/19/19 Nate Ratecliff and the Nightsweats @ Ford Amphitheatre (small)
    8/16&17/19 Folk Fest in Lyons at Planet Bluegrass home site. (small festival)
    7/5&6/19 Dead & Company @ Folsom Field

    Would of gone to D&C, Rocky Grass, Folk Fest, what ever interesting local stuff came to Ford Amphitheatre and was going to get Bravo Vail Classical package, and of course our local Bonfire block party...sigh....
    Good thing we really like to stay home AND listen to the Dead!

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Love Van Halen

    Don’t love Van Hagar.

    Got to see VH in 2007 and 2015. It wasn’t the glory days, but at least I got to see them.

    Think I’ll watch VH 5-29-83 US Festival tonight.

  • JimInMD
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    Ha.. Work Avoidance, Good Coffee and Good Old GD..

    Lazy or a sign of intelligence? We all have it. I am finished procrastinating.. Just roasted a couple batches of mighty fine coffee, city plus to French roast?? I usually wait until the next day to brew but I am out so I am grinding and brewing while still hot and oily. Getting ready to listen to some March 68 GD and believe it or not doing some scary (to me) work on a steep graded roof.

    Three weeks until touchdown on the next Dave's Picks. I think they announce the next subscription sometime around Thanksgiving.. so we get a peek into #37. Then sometime around Christmas/New Years we get a sneak peek into #38.

    I am going to celebrate New Years this year so long as I am healthy. I believe 2021 will not be quite the shit show 2020 was. I will be sure to be blasting GD as loud as anyone around me will tolerate, I will not be driving and I will be partaking in something special and enlightening (I hope). Here's to flushing out 2020 and preparing for 2021. May the four winds blow you safely home.

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Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out. 

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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....to keep me alive via the mail.
Taps head.
The fact that this virus is a political stance to begin with is pathetic. Fuck.
Look up the postmaster generals wiki. There you go.
This matters because we want our Daves.

You are of course entitled to your opinion. Believe the union president or take in the news and see what's happening. I don't work for the usps but interact with them daily. They are doing a damn good job all things considered.
I don't mean to start a fight but I felt the need to stand up for people doing a hard job under very difficult circumstances.

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....we've disagreed before. But I agree that there are factors that we cannot control. That needs to change.
Difficult circumstances....

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I'm not denigrating the USPS...they're just doing as instructed. I have much respect for them and think the Postal Service is still one of the best, if not the best in the world.

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I think the biggest hold up is the mail innovation. They seem to send out "sent" notices when the word is given to ups. They then have to label and mail. I think they hold everything until the truck going somewhere is filled. You in the backwater, 400 packages a week, may take a week to fill. NYC, maybe trucks going everyday. Also UPS don't work no weekends. Mine got to UPS local Friday, but USPS won't see till Monday, Post Office will have it here next day!

Just for a chuckle, order new slippers from New Zealand got here in 1 week.

Bob had a line that spoke of his time there I believe....

The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work

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When I ordered the Comander Cody release from Bear's Sonic Journals,back in July, I received that in a week at the most. They get their stuff out real fast. I believe Im going to adopt one of their reels. I have had nothing but great service from them, and always a great product.

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Listened to 8/2/69 while I cleaned up my garage today...enjoyable show, great sound quality, excellent suggestion.

It was more enjoyable getting stitched up in the ER this morning..

Then reading some of the political banter here. Glad you enjoy it. I'd rather gargle with cheap tequila mixed with broken glass. To most of us its a buzzkill.

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so it used to be somewhere in Tenn was where this journey would start...from there to Ohio to Phoenix to Flagstaff and then to me...for the first time ever it started in Carlsbad, CA and went to Salt Lake City...why it didn't go from Carlsbad directly to Phoenix I have no idea...this in itself will add two, maybe three days to getting it still...oh well...

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I do a lot of business with ebay and amazon. I think the issue is with the seller. All the services mark it shipped when the seller notifies them they printed a lable. Ebay sellers are usually very good. But some are doozies. One guy marked an item as shipped then didn't give it to the po for 3 weeks. With all these delivery companies business is way up ( yes the most definitely jobs to be had) but for obvious reasons already mentioned they're having a tough time making goals
One other thing we all need to look in the mirror. We are so used to instant gratification we get freaked out if we don't have it now. That includes me.

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Last 5, I think.....

Stay Sick - The Cramps -"keep the rewards, I'd just as soon stay sick"-fine advice.
Baggy Rehearsals CD 1 and 2 - Jimi Hendrix
Magick Brother Mystic Sister - Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth
Spice Doubt - Ozric Tentacles -vey aromatic, this one.
and last but not least
Complete Recordings 1929-1934 CDs 1 and 2 - Charley Patton - a few snap crackles and pops on these-but if you can tune in you get transported to another world. Amazing.

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Wooh! Checked the UPS tracking site this AM and i finally see updated location info for my #9274... should get to me in a couple days. That is a big refreshing SIGh of relief

very good show, great guests, always liked David Laflamme's violin 🎻 Great sb on archive, pick of the day?
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Montrose
Jade Warrior 1st & 2nd
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
Tangerine Dream In Search of Hades "Oedipus Tyrannus"
Randy California and Ed Cassidy Potatoland

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Like others my DAP has been sitting in Fontana, CA since the day it shipped last week. Same thing happened with WMD 50th, ended up taking 10 days to get to me.

Just for reference I ordered GarciaLIve 14, and I think I got it in 3 days. Don’t think it is USPS, probably Warner cutting costs.

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Thanks Billy for bringing up the Ventura Anniversary dates....always had a blast...the '82 shows allowed camping in the parking lot and it was a wild scene as can be imagined...we had friends who had rooms at the nearby Holiday Inn which we made our base to shower etc...after that the folks I would go with camped at McGrath State Beach down the road in Oxnard...we had reserved campsites for five spots in '86 when the news broke about Jerry's illness...since we had folks from all over the country driving/flying in we decided just to go and invade the campground anyway...we drove in and set up on Thursday the 11th and stayed through Monday the 14th...Lots of others had the same idea so the campground rocked all weekend...one funny moment occured when I was walking with some of the Ladies to one of the restroom/shower areas and an elderly woman stopped me and asked very politely "Excuse me Sir but i can't help but notice there are a lot of you folks here wearing the same kind of T-shirts...are you some sort of club?" I told her "Yes Ma'am...we're a musical appreciation society gathered for the weekend"...she put her hand on my forearm and said "Oh how nice"...great great moment...Musically 7-18-82 had a great shimmering "Crazy Fingers" that I will never forget....

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My attempt at tracking gives this message

‘UPS could not locate the shipment details for this tracking number. Details are only available for shipments made within the last 120 days. Please verify your information.’

As I said yesterday any time in August will be great. At least my previous DaP’s have eventually arrived which isn’t the case for everyone. Of course, dead.net have us all over a barrel since they are the only source of the music.

To be fair, my Garcialive #14 was shipped on 17th July and tracking did nothing until 25th and 26th. Since then it has gone quiet. I expect it will turn up eventually.

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4/20/84 should arrive this week...maybe even today.

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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Ventura was a blast, it was a non stop party. The Dead played alot of cool places in the 1980s , Ventura , Frost, Greek , Warfield, and the Marin Civic Center. I bet they played a lot of nice places back East, I never went further east than Nevada to see the Dead.

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I don't know where my Dave's 35 is, but I got PLENTY of things to listen to(too many if you ask my wife!!)
I don't see a second box set this year(but maybe American Beauty will fit the(duck) bill.

Last 5:
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester-Farewell Aldebaran
Willie Nelson-Shotgun Willie(So Good!!)
Joe Beck & David Sanborn-Beck & Sanborn(CTI Label)
Bill Frisell/Jim Hall-Hemispheres
Mighty Baby-Day Of The Soup

Not gonna let anyone take my joy away.

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Anyone know anyone who won the Jerry Sandals on Saturday?

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My tracking info for both Dave's Picks 35 & GarciaLive 14 is identical to yours.

For Dave's Picks 35 UPS reports: "UPS could not locate the shipment details for this tracking number. Details are only available for shipments made within the last 120 days. Please verify your information."

And for GarciaLive #14 it was shipped on 17th July and tracking subsequently showed some action on 25th, then 26th when it departed the processing center.

I guess there is nothing to be done but tough it out.

Has anybody actually said that the anniversary of American Beauty will be coming out this year? In a way, it would make sense to hold it back until next year.
I assumed that 3/1/69 would be coming out on vinyl for RSD this year on the strength of 2/27 and 2/28 coming out the previous two years. Completely wrong. Unfortunately. But its not always easy to second guess what will happen next on the strength of what has happened in the past.

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Maybe they are waiting for 2/28/69 to sellout , before they put out 3/1/69. I would think that American Beauty would come out in Oct since its original release date was in November, but you are going to have a Dave's Pick come out in Oct, so who knows.

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Less than 2 hours after I checked the status of my Dave's Picks 35 order and UPS couldn't locate the shipment details, the order has been processed and is on it's way to a UPS facility. Moving real slow, but moving...

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0.0--The exact equivalent of my productivity this week. How does Boss Wormer expect me to telework this week with hockey on TV...all...damn...day?!?

Can they see my beer bottle and weed on this Zoom call? Did I just say that out loud?

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One of the benefits of living a stones-throw from Salt Lake City....

DP35 # 20002 / 22000 arrived safe and sound

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I for one am looking forward to a good sounding and hot 80's show. Nice change of pace.

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It says mine was in Carlsbad on Friday. I wished they had called me, I could have picked it up. But it's gone now.

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My copy just arrived in Bensenville, I reckon by covered wagon. For all I know its somewheres betwixt Springfield and Shelbyville.

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I encourage everyone to say whatever they want regardless of topic and express themselves freely. I enjoy all of you, even when you get a little salty. Our little forum here is a microcosm of society at large, even if it's usually a bit more pleasant than that.

The crux of the biscuit is the music of the Grateful Dead, and Jerry Garcia. But read an interview with Garcia or any of the guys in the band; it always ends up being a free-from improvisation that goes anywhere and everywhere, just like their music.

I see no reason why this forum should be any more controlled, restricted or censored than the actual source. Of course, deliberately being hurtful or hateful cannot be encouraged, but IMO all else is fair game.

Be well everyone.

\m/

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....Vegas Golden Knights won today 5-3. Twas a fair game.
I wish the MLB all the best, but they are screwing it up.

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Back and forth politics? Anywhere but here. It never ends well. Take it to facebook or send PMs. You can say what you want here and no one is going to censor you for the most part.. but it's deflating to read political points and counter points haplessly snuck into a Dave's Picks thread. It's too far off topic and it turns most people off. It's the written, posted form of Brown Acid. Write it down, keep a journal.. save it up.. and bring it to your next Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws after a few bottles of wine where it belongs.

Any other topic less human sex trafficking and serial murders is welcome.

Tell me again why political banter belongs here and why we all come here to read about your political views?

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Square peg, round hole.

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I don't mind what people post on here. If I don't like the look of something, I just whizz past it. I can't ever remember being angry or annoyed about anything anyone's posted on here. Apart from when one poster is intentionally rude towards another. But I have probably been guilty of that myself in the past.

I wonder if lockdown has impacted on the type and range of subjects put forward for discussion. Certainly, my opportunities for talking to people face to face have reduced drastically over the last 4 months. Being single and having no family in the country ( as well as being an awkward bastard) it might well be next Sunday when I next speak to someone. So what I might once have said face to face might now spill out to an unexpected person- the postman for example- or on a forum not designed for that topic. Maybe we should all give each other a bit of leeway-at all times-but never more so than now.

USPS has been notified by UPS that UPS has a package with my name on it that they need to hand off to USPS.
Waiting for the hand off......

UPS, just call an audible and bring it directly to me. I know you are capable, your brown trucks come down my street everyday and my dog barks at them.

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Haha. My dog used to bark at the ups guy all the time. Then I started giving him a treat every time. He started spinning in circles at the front door

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