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Hansen got into some really good sounding cover last I heard.  Did they really "sell out" ?  I know little about them..  I was impressed towards the end, assuming it was :the end:,  I haven't a clue..

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

Where and when I grew-up once the producers took an interest it was assumed that the artist sold-out.

I was being unfair and hasty in posting the earlier opinion.

Genuine what??  What are you saying here???  You told me that you wouldn't tell...Gosh darn what am I gonna do now???I spend all this time working on trying not to be genuine....

Thanks!!!!

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Will sing or fish for food!!I'm not quite right!!

Well, When I met No Vocals and Saturday singer, I don't remember what I did specifically..I spoke on the phone with steve once maybe twice before he got here but it was very brief.  Dave and I arrived at the meeting location hours in advance.  We were so excited and I couln'dt remember what they looked like so every person that walked in got stared at...  When they did walk in Dave and I looked at each other and said in unison "That's Them!!"  I think we hugged.....


I'd prolly just hug everyone!!!  And then just start talking about the same kinda junk we talk about on here....

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Will sing or fish for food!!I'm not quite right!!

heeey yah! There's an idea!

I'll hire James to beat some "donations" outta people!

You in James?

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EDIT: I said something stupid.

EDIT: I said something else stupid.

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EDIT: Said more stupid stuff.

Now I've done it.

What a fool am I?

No answer needed. I think I already know. My social skills suck.

awwww lookit yer avatar! We can see yer face now!!


you're SOOOOOOO up to somethin' in that pic....... what did you do?

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I said something stupid, what's worse is that it was unapealing too.

Chuck,

You really start some interesting threads.  And now you've got everybody stirred up and all.  And the reality is that we're all probably worried about something that will never happen anyway.  It sure does make good conversation though so thanks for starting it up.

Against my better judgement I joined an on-line dating service a while back.  It was more to "test the water" than anything else.  I met a lady on-line and we corresponded for several months.  She had somewhat more experience at this stuff than I had and had gone through a number of odd and thoroughly non-productive dates.  So she suggested that we meet long before I was even ready to start thinking about it.  

After a couple of months of putting off a face-to-face meeting I finally suggested that we get together at a local tavern and have a beer.   We did and it turned out to be a very delightful experience.  She looked just like her photo and she was a very nice lady.  We didn't start dating but we're still corresponding and I wouldn't say that there is no possibility that we will ever start dating.  Shortly after we met I got back together with someone and the timing just wasn't right.  So we'll see. Anyway, my first and only experience was a good one.  But I was really cautious and will be again.

If things go right I'll meet Big Mike tonight.  It may not happen because there is a lady involved and I'm not entirely in charge of the social calendar for this evening.  But if it does, and Big Mike turns out to be 5'0" and 110 lb. I'm going to be very disappointed.  I may even through a tantrum.  Maybe not because my shoulder's been bothering me lately and throwing anything has become a very uncertain enterprise.

My sense is that this forum is a bit different from some of the others that all of us may have experienced.  In the first place the reason this forum exists is because we all have a common interest and that interest doesn't have anything to do with the "birds & bees" stuff that goes on elsewhere.  That's not to say that there aren't risks but it seems to me that those risks are of a different nature than we might encounter elsewhere.

For example; BlueStainedShoes has portrayed me in another thread as a nice guy.  It's an image I've been stuck with all my life and that I am desparately trying to overcome.  But tarnishing my squeaky clean repuation seems to be more difficult than one might expect.

I'll bet Chuck is anything but mediocre and if that's his aspiration he must be hell bent on going backwards.

I'll also bet that if Keith strayed very far from the pasture Mrs. Keith would whup his skinny a$$ but good—despite his all his flirting and carrying on.

And I'll bet that some of us would like to appear to be more successful and/or knowledgeable than we really are.

But all of these things are pretty harmless in the larger scheme of things.  However, if any of you ladies makes me an offer I can't refuse, I think I'll keep my money in my shoe just in case!  

Larry

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"Life is too short for diet soda and lite beer"

Thanks Larry.

I hope people haven't been stirred too much, or even shaken for that matter.

I am actually here to work on my social skills. I used to be a very impatient person until just a few years ago. I have to change a lot of my habits in how to talk to people. I still have a few triggers to untrain. Fortunately, I was told of this website and the people here are much more open to hear what I have to say than the others I used to go to.

I won't mention the name of the last place I went but it was  a dating website. The cut-throat mentality that overwhelmed that site didn't deter me from staying there for a while. I went there because it was highly recomended for the discussion threads. I was not looking to cheat on or leave my wife. It didn't look good though, when it came up.

She knows I was there and that I was a good boy. That wasn't very hard to maintain because those people lashed-out at everything. I styed as long as I did on that website to learn tolerance. I think I have regained much of the tolerance I wanted to get.

So here I am in a near utopian society on this website. There are still, from what I have seen in some posts, some people who still like to "flame" others. I have not had that happen yet. If and when it does, I hope to handle myself respectably.

blah! Too many words.

Hey Larry-

Sundance tonight, 9:30-2.  First beer's on me.  I'll wear my fat suit so you aren't disappointed!  Drop me a line if you need directions.

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Spreading the karaoke gospel

Chuck, up until now, the best forum I have ever gone to was on Plenty of Fish, a dating website. It was pretty open discussion and could get quite entertaining at times. I found flaming wasn't an issue, at least when I was there. Once I got with my last boyfriend I deleted my account and still miss the forums there. I know what you are saying about learning social skills... I was an introvert for many years and it's hard to get past that. Years of being told I was ugly made me think there was noone who would want to be around me. When you are a kid names DO hurt. It stuck with me until I left my ex husband, then I started to learn self esteem. Believe it or not, the internet helped with that. Then the singing in public came... (it started with me singing on voice for net friends) I consider myself a pretty social and confident person now, even in person. Noone would have known me even 3 years ago. I like the forums here, people are pretty respectful from what I can see, and the topics are not mundane.

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Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.)

Before I met Gayle I used to browse the personals. I was lonely, too lonely. I met some pretty women but since I was a little too much on the need side then, they would soon lose interest. Which is fine because I did too.

It turned out to be a fun experience overall. I could have gotten myself into a really bad situation, but I didn't. I took risks, for some it is riskier than it was for me. I was careless with the way I handled myself at that time.

If I was alone again I would be a lot more careful this time. I would also be a lot less needy.

I don't mean to scare anybody with the OP in this thread. I was just curious to see what precautions people would take. I also wanted to hear some dirty stories.

dirty stories eh? I can give you a funny one. When I first started dating using the net, I went on a date with a guy from Toronto. He took a greyhound and we cabbed everywhere for my safety. Dinner wasn't too bad, just a little awkward. By the time I finished dinner, I was calmer and getting comfortable. We went to see a movie after, and maybe 10 minutes into the movie he swooped onto my lips and shoved his tongue in my mouth and started kind of sucking on my mouth. It was like being kissed by a hungry fish! I grabbed him by the face and shoved him away. I said stop and he did, then he tried again on the cab ride back to where my drop off point was. The next day he messages me and says "I think it went well, how about you?" I blasted him for being so pushy the first time we met in person and told him I didn't even want to talk to him let alone date him.  Then I clicked block.  LMAO  I have other stories but they can wait for some other time.

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Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.)

I already looked up the directions and I believe you sent them to me last week anyway so they should be on my computer at home.

If I can successfully impact the "keeper" of the social calendar I'm looking forward to meeting you and shamelessly copying as many aspects of your show as I can.  

Larry

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"Life is too short for diet soda and lite beer"

That is the website I was speaking of. I got flamed a few times in there. Sometimes it was because I was married and on a dating website. They even ganged-up on me a few times.

I met some cool people there too. It made it hard to leave.