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If you stay inside alone you shouldn't get any STD's. Wait... Oh! You have questions about SSD's! ? Nevermind. My bad. ?

Um, yes? ? ?

But, as Bauhaus reminds us: ? Jethro Tull found a way as Ian explains in the start of this:

For the rest of the readers: "Too long" is, apparently, 16 seconds. ?

Losing a lot this year...

Very creative!

And how do you feel about that? (?)

*News alert!* "A small plane crashed into a cemetery today killing all onboard! Police have discovered over 100 bodies so far and are still digging!"

A young Naval Officer was in a terrible car accident, but due to the heroics of the hospital staff the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear. Since he wasn't physically impaired he remained in the military and eventually became an Admiral. However, during his career he was always sensitive about his appearance. One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Sergeant Major to add to his personal staff. The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview. At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, "Do you notice anything different about me?" The Master Chief answered, "Why yes. I couldn't help but notice you are missing your starboard ear, so I don't know whether this impacts your hearing on that side." The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office. The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same question, answered, "Well yes, you seem to be short one ear." The Admiral threw him out also. The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major. He was articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Master Chiefs put together. The Admiral wanted this guy, but went ahead with the same question. "Do you notice anything different about me?" To his surprise the Sergeant Major said, "Yes, Sir. You wear contact lenses." The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine. "And how do you know that?" the Admiral asked. The Sergeant Major replied, "Well sir, it's pretty hard to wear glasses with only one freakin' ear." ?

They do now! ?

Yep! I bet my lungs look like I was a pack-a-day smoker even though I've never smoked (played darts in smoky bars for decades and saw lots of live bands in same). Here's Walter Trout's Artic White Strat that I took a picture of when it needed a string change!

Pitifully enduring nearly intelligible sentences! ?

Reminds me of the most common last words said by a redneck: "Hey everybody! Watch this!" ?

Hey, it's worth a shot! ?

Maybe you should get a better dictionary? ?

Oh... Just a collaboration attempt. The topic title seemed far more spicy than that! ?

Was just reading this thread when this song came on my player (albeit the cover by Dream Theater from Change of Seasons, but...). ?

I definitely have some memories of Checkpoint Charlie like having machine guns pointed at us! (1981) We were also "saved" by German riot police because we almost walked right into a nasty anti-US protest. Fun times! ? https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/09/30-German-leftists-arrested-in-anti-US-protest/1366366177600/ (Oh, and I'm also a fan of Deep Purple! ??)

From one Corvid to another...

A good candidate for one of those "You only had one job!" websites! ?