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BIRTHDAY BOY!! Best Wishes!

'The context of that statement comes right after a paragraph where I'm bemoaning that other artists don't get their rightful due in the context of music history because the context of The Beatles looms too large -- naturally in that context the next paragraph reads as a fervent hope that as the people who hold them so highly on a pedestal become less and less influential that "wrong" will be righted. It's less about what I think about music, and more of a desire to see history as a whole gain some perspective on popular music through the passage of time. That's why I feel is kind of disingenous to quote only that part as if that's the only thing I said in that post. I'm pretty certain I also won't like some of the acts that do become more prominent as time goes on, but I'll be glad to see the change come anyway.' Disingenuous? Hardly. The statement I quoted is a logical construct, complete in itself. I understand the point of your post completely and have no problems with it at all. My post was really a protest about the couching of that point in what I see as unnecessarily offensive and provocative terms.

Congratulations Andrew. Special times for you.

YAY!! HAVE A GREAT ONE! Best wishes for your birthday.

'I can't wait for the generation that worshipped The Beatles to fade away so perhaps their notoriety can be taken down a notch and they can be reassessed as the twee popular band they were who, musically, didn't really do anything all that special compared to the some of the people who came before or after them. I think I might even hate The Beatles more than Miley Cyrus.' There's nothing wrong with hating the Beatles. Anyone is entitled to do that. BUT Looking forward to the deaths of the people with a different opinion, so your own opinion might have more validity, seems rather harsh - to put it mildly.

When I was a youngster my family moved to a new town every four or five years and then when I became a teacher the moves started off frequent then steadily became less so. Overall I have had fifteen different towns for my primary domicile. No more moves now though - I've been at my current abode for twenty-six years and intend to stay here. For most of my life 'home' was where my parents lived. When I knew I was settled for good 'home' became this one.

There is a website http://www.dpreview.com/ It's a great help with making decisions. Hmm! - the link works even though the address doesn't show up on my browser.

Oops! I missed. Sorry! Best wishes for the extended and related activities.

Wow! What a feather in your cap!

BEST WISHES FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!

GO CEL! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

YO DD! HAVE A GREAT DAY! ALL THE BEST. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The Cadre and the Rogue - bad, bad guys!Thanks for your thoughts Sandrewn.

Thanks again Daithi. Yes, they are at that time of life when potential starts to be realised.Something in the near future? Well! Well! I wonder.

Thank you and yes, some 'nuts and bolts' writing was needed.

'da bomb' - I love it!something big? Lol - I can't answer that. You'll have to wait.

Pratchett and Gaiman?

Barbecues? - that must be another clue.

Aha! Very appropriate Z. Is it something to do with Dunkirk?

lol - how confusing! The quote talks about the beach and the pic looks like it's the middle of the desert - maybe even outback Australia?

Yes,I think that there are limits, set by our current world paradigms, and changing as those paradigms develop. I also think that within those limits, a bit like Zeno's paradoxes, there is infinite variety and capability of expression.

Thanks Dd,I'm glad you found it interesting. Yes, they have had pivotal parts in great events.

ATTUNGA Part 27. Wirrin's representative job with Freedom kept him busy for longer than he'd planned, but not by too much, and other people did start doing a lot of the work, otherwise he wouldn't have coped. With almost 300 million people, a different way of doing things, conditions good but not up to the standards of Attunga and Warrakan, and quite a large technology gap, there was great eagerness from Freedom to benefit in every way they could, and Wirrin found himself involved in meetings

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREBS!!

Oops! Thanks Thorn.