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Thanks, Justi. I'm glad I'm back too! Yeah, my wife and I got over the "rough patch," but we're still picking up the pieces as far as our property is concerned. Branches and whole trees everywhere! Little by little, day by day . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 15, 2012 at 5:23 AM
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I like your writing and glad you are back. Hope both of you are doing well.
posted by
Justi
on November 14, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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Re: JimmyA
Sorry, Wiley. I usually try to keep my word count to between 600 and 800 words, but sometimes I get a little carried away. Details, details . . . gotta list those details! Thanks for reading anyway!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 14, 2012 at 5:53 AM
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Glad you enjoyed it, Ram. Anything in particular that you found so amusing? 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 14, 2012 at 5:50 AM
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Yes, it was, Bright. However, I don't think it will make much of a difference, given that this particular group of musicians will probably never amount to anything more than a simple "garage band." As long as they're having fun . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on November 14, 2012 at 5:47 AM
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JimmyA
1016 word posts are more than I care to read pard.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 13, 2012 at 7:59 PM
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....LMAO. The post was quite a tickle, my friend.
posted by
RamfamilyWritings
on November 13, 2012 at 5:58 PM
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Jimmy, I would have done the same believing that I was saving them embarassment but the outcome was a SHOCKER! 
posted by
BrightIrish
on November 13, 2012 at 5:07 PM
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Just from some of the other comments I got, luster, I'll bet a lot more than you might think!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 11:43 AM
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Re: A case of the cure being worse than the problem?
I don't think so, Straight. When something is blatantly wrong, correcting it doesn't necessarily have to be worse. Who knows why they chose the direction they went in next? Perhaps the other band members wanted their current name all along, and it was the singer who insisted upon Dead Man's Hand. We'll never know . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM
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I wonder if they hadnt changed it how many would of noticed or cared
posted by
Lanetay
on November 13, 2012 at 8:17 AM
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A case of the cure being worse than the problem?
posted by
Straightforward
on November 13, 2012 at 7:19 AM
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If you could see and hear these guys, Utah, you would know that there's really not much of a chance of that happenin'! Thanks for being on my side on this one! Apparently, many others felt I should have kept quiet about it! Oh, well . . . it's a moot point now!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:35 AM
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Dead man's finger, C C T? Really? You would have been that upset? Hmmm . . . okay, the next time I see a band calling themselves The Sneakers, and their logo is a football helmet, I'll stay quiet! As for those tree branches, it's an arduous task, but we're getting there. No, we don't have a wood burner, but many of our neighbors have fireplaces, and are more than welcome to take whatever they want! If you're looking for a pile, help yourself! If you can figure out a way to transport them, they're all yours! 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM
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In think, TAPS, in some of those occasions, it may depend on what the correction pertained to. It wasn't as if I got up on the stage and made an announcement to the audience that the band's logo was wrong, embarrassing all of them! A huge percentage of the time I would normally keep quiet, but since I knew the singer, I simply felt compelled to point it out. Believe me, he was more angry with himself than at me!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:13 AM
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Re: Rule of Thumb #14
Was that Rule of Thumb #14, Ciel? Hey, like I wrote, I have no doubt that others would have noticed the error as well, and sooner or later, someone else would probably have pointed it out to them. I just took the initiative, that's all. Yeah, sometimes you can let sleeping dogs lie, but for some reason, I just couldn't let this one go!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:07 AM
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Oh, believe me, mariss, it was! At least the Dead Man's Hand was simply a part of Western lore that many people, especially poker players, knew of. I actually didn't think it was a bad name or concept to build a band around. If only they didn't mess up the logo! And like I wrote, I absolutely refuse to upset or offend anyone by relaying the name change. Don't worry . . . they are dieing a slow death in the club curcuit!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:03 AM
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Well, Annicita, the fact was, the singer at least knew of the Dead Man's Hand, and knew that aces and eights were a part of it. But like I wrote, he was off just a bit in his apparent research, and messed up the logo completely by adding that third ace, thus changing the hand. I just felt compelled to point it out!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 6:00 AM
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Re: JimmyA
Absolutely not, Wiley. I'm not sure if my wife's co-worker was thinking or hoping that this band would actually become the next Led Zeppelin, but if they're having fun with it, who cares, right? And with their latest incarnation, I believe their ladder of success just lost a rung or two!
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 5:57 AM
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Re: Sorry to your lovely wife, but this band sounds like a mob of real looses.
No need to apologize, Kabu. Bands like that are a dime a dozen, at least here in New Jersey, and change their names so often, and come and go so quickly, no one really pays all that much attention to them anyway. One out of every 100,000 may actually go on to some kind of success, while the rest flounder going from club to club until they disappear altogther. It was just the novelty of seeing the band perform with someone in it that we actually knew. And the name they changed to would not just have made you blush, it probably would have angered you as well. Yeah, a bunch of losers . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 5:50 AM
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Re: Jimmy
That's true, Naut! Why they decided to swing the pendulum in that direction was beyond me! Believe me, with the style and variety of music they were playing, it probably didn't really matter what they called themselves. And like you, when I see such a blatant error or mistake, I just can't keep my trap shut either, as I have just displayed. As far as a Blogit poker table, I would absolutely love to . . . if only I could find the time! I actually haven't sat down and played a rousing game of poker in over ten years! I do miss it.
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 5:44 AM
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Well, FSI, that's one of those pieces of information a friend and I like to refer to as a part of our "S.O.U.K." . . . or Store Of Useless Knowledge! I had read about the Dead Man's Hand a long, long time ago, and being an avid poker player, it always stuck with me. Others knew of this legend as well, because whenever anyone turned over aces and eights, inevitably someone would simply state "Aah, the dead man's hand!" It was rare, but it did come up.
posted by
JimmyA
on November 13, 2012 at 5:38 AM
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I would have noticed it right off too and if the chance came would have done what you did...It was bound to happen and I bet in another month it will change again and they will be playing folk music down in the Village or something.
posted by
UtahJay
on November 13, 2012 at 12:30 AM
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Well Jimmy I guess you will not get a ringside seat invite. If I had been the band leader
I would probably have called it dead man's finger. Could you fault that? Hey how are you getting on with cutting up your trees, hope you have a wood burner. Wood costs an arm and a leg here.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 13, 2012 at 12:23 AM
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You were right when you said, "I know everyone hates to be corrected." Not only that, they don't usually much like the persons who correct them.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 13, 2012 at 12:18 AM
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Rule of Thumb #14
More times than not, it's okay to let someone be wrong.
posted by
Ciel
on November 12, 2012 at 10:23 PM
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Neither sounds like a positive statement; the last sounds a lot worse. 
posted by
mariss9
on November 12, 2012 at 8:39 PM
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im the same way....i would have said something...might actually have asked like why they chose that logo and then say did you know.....
posted by
Annicita
on November 12, 2012 at 8:04 PM
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JimmyA
Well I hope your wife gets more successful with co-workers, no band employees.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 12, 2012 at 5:18 PM
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Sorry to your lovely wife, but this band sounds like a mob of real looses.
posted by
Kabu
on November 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM
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Jimmy
You and I should start a Blogit poker table, LOL...That aside, I too would have pointed out the error to them - I'm notorious for not being able to keep my trap shut, LOL...And there was no way you could expect they would sink from error into smut...
posted by
Nautikos
on November 12, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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I did not see that third option comig...You know a lot more about poker and Western lore than I do.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 12, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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