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  1. Mr._Graybeard

    Bitwarden account - Attempted hack today

    LastPass seems to be a popular hacker target, FWIW.
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    We just Returned from a 9-day Cruise and were somewhat disappointed.

    We took a pretty upscale cruise a few years ago on the Silverseas line, a repositioning trip from Seward to Tokyo. The amenities were nice but the other passengers seemed stuffy and even a little unfriendly. Maybe we were the riff raff on that trip.
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    post your favorite oldies

    Here's one from ... yikes, 50 years ago.
  4. Mr._Graybeard

    post your favorite oldies

    I'm partial to a similar tune from Leo Kottke (who once characterized his voice as sounding like geese farts on a muggy day).
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    Muni Bond (and Muni Bond Fund) Discussion

    On the fidelity platform, you click the "news and documents" tab after selecting the bond you're interested in. From there you'll see a link under a header labeled "primary market documents."
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    Muni Bond (and Muni Bond Fund) Discussion

    I wouldn't consider it standard verbiage, and I always read the offering statement before investing in a bond. Then I try to find any outside news reports about the debtor's financial condition ... although those are becoming more scarce with the decline of newspapers. My approach is that bond...
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    What OLD series/movies are you watching? *Spoilers welcome!*

    That was Glenn Ford, not John. Personally I think Ford was miscast, but he was a hot box office star at the time. And the movie was a big hit.
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    What OLD series/movies are you watching? *Spoilers welcome!*

    I don't think I posted to this thread before, but if it's a duplicate, I apologize. I recently bought an 8-season boxed DVD set of the USA series "Burn Notice." It is such a well-put together series, a semi-spy thriller with lots of action and an irreverent flavor. Jeffrey Donavan is Michael...
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    Cayman Islands update

    This is a global phenomenon, according to an NOAA researcher. The sweltering seas are proving perilous for the world’s corals, living structures that support roughly 25 percent of all known marine species. When stressed by rising temperatures, corals expel the vibrant photosynthetic algae that...
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    The Blues (music)

    I do some volunteer work for a nonprofit Madison radio station called WORT. They have some great genre-specific programming, including a Saturday night show called "Two for the Blues." It's accessible on the station's online programming archives. wort Archive
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    The Blues (music)

    :blush::laugh:
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    The Blues (music)

    The Hot Tuna reference reminds me of a song they covered by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell called "How Long Blues." It was a popular tune in the late 1920s by the duo, who were based in Indianapolis. They had great success until the moody Blackwell split with Carr over money and song credits...
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    The Blues (music)

    Hopkins and T-Bone Walker were contemporaries from rural east Texas who both knew Blind Lemon Jefferson as children. It's interesting how the two diverged in style as both gained immortality in the blues genre. Edit: Uh, make that immortality.
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    The Blues (music)

    I bought that album in about 1970. Kaukonen has a concert scheduled at a local venue in May. I heard another one about that time called "Jamming with Edward." The Stones put it out with Ry Cooder and Nicky Hopkins while Keith Richards was in rehab. To me, Cooder is about the most versatile...
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    The Blues (music)

    West Helena, Ark., has a blues festival in August. You might want to add that to your intinerary. I've never been to it, but it looks interesting. In the '80s I went to several Chicago Blues Festivals. Little Milton was there one year.
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    The age when you actually retire, vs. the age when you begin taking social security

    Right, that option ended for people born after Jan. 1, 1954.
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    The Blues (music)

    You could say the same about rockabilly. By 1964, Carl Perkins was viewed as a has-been and even Elvis was struggling outside the big screen. The Beatles recorded two Perkins tunes ("Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying to be My Baby") for their '65 album. Of course, rockabilly itself is an...
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    The age when you actually retire, vs. the age when you begin taking social security

    DW was born before Jan. 2, 1954, and I think that is the last date when you could do this (correct me if I'm wrong, SS specialists). Using OpenSocialSecurity.com, we learned that we'd get the best payout if I claimed earlier (I did it on my 67th birthday), enabling DW to claim spousal benefits...
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    The Blues (music)

    Absolutely. The British Invasion of the '60s rode on a blues revival wave. Animals, Yardbirds, Stones. "British blues" was a common musical category back then. A Finnish friend sent me a CD a while back of an accordion artist who likes to play Cajun and Norteno music. The Tex-Mex master Flaco...
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    The Blues (music)

    Yeah, with "new" I was thinking 21st-century vs. other artists I've mentioned. I do like Jake -- he is also in a Steve Buscemi film, I think. I caught his act in an unusual venue in Madison, Wis., Kiki's House of Righteous Music. It's a basement in a woman's '50s-era ranch home.
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    The Blues (music)

    I remember Leroy Airmaster well. They did a regular show at the old Murray Tap on Milwaukee's east side. Steve Cohen was the front man, similar to Corky Siegel in the '70s. Another white kid playing the blues was Jim Liban, who fronted a band called Short Stuff. Google turns up a brief New York...
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    The Blues (music)

    Paris was hot in Milwaukee circa 1970. His band opened for the Grateful Dead in March 1971. He's still active in New York, AFAIK.
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    The Blues (music)

    If you were in Milwaukee back then, you may remember Jon Paris. He left Milwaukee for bigger venues and was Johnny Winter's bassist for a while. Jon's wearing the Chuck Taylor low-tops that were de riguer at the time.
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    The Blues (music)

    Howlin Wolf's guitarist, Hubert Sumlin, also played regular gigs in Milwaukee when he was living there. He had a pretty bare-bones style, a little like Muddy Waters. A pianist who also backed Wolf regularly was Sunnyland Slim. Here's a video of Slim with Sumlin maybe 60+ years ago.
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    The Blues (music)

    These are great, thanks. I have spent most of my life in the Chicago-Milwaukee area, and saw a number of the Chess veterans when I was younger, like Muddy, Wolf, Willie Dixon, etc. I think T-Bone Walker's influence is underappreciated. A lot of people credit him with establishing the electric...
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