Ramblin Wreck
| Favorite team: | Georgia Tech  |
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| Number of Posts: | 3908 |
| Registered on: | 8/20/2011 |
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re: Favorite Album Covers
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 8/1/24 at 1:06 pm
Since you posted Boston's spaceship, I'll add ELO's.
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/ELO-Out_of_the_Blue_Lp.jpg[/img]
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Favorite Album Covers
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 7/31/24 at 7:34 pm
With digitized music the norm, album covers are a thing of the past. Post some of your favorites.
[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lkQAAOSwmCFmTmTQ/s-l1600.webp[/img]
[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AjkAAOSw5xBge4E4/s-l1600.webp[/img]
[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aA4AAOSwmQ...
re: Who here remembers the Bicentennial of 1976?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 7/6/24 at 9:38 am
[quote]Huh ? Any of us here on this board who are in our 40s and 50s- which im guessing is one of the prime demographics here- we most certainly had fathers and uncles who fought in the Vietnam “conflict[/quote]
I was born in 1966 and there were a lot of people my dad's age that had fought in Vie...
When bands were Prog
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 6/30/24 at 12:53 pm
There are lots of bands that have changed their styles over time. Bands that had lots of Top 40 hits sometimes started out with completely different sounds. Post some of your favorite early songs by bands considered Top 40 bands when they were Prog or represented other styles of music.
Live rec...
re: Happy 79th Birthday to Debbie Harry
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 6/30/24 at 12:33 pm
[quote]This thread is a massive failure.[/quote]
After 5 errors when trying to add a picture, I gave up. I'm sorry I failed......
Edit - found a picture that I could upload. Hopefully I am forgiven....
Happy 79th Birthday to Debbie Harry
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 6/30/24 at 12:28 pm
Born July 1st, 1945. She was older during her prime than most people realize. I wonder how many teenage boys realized that the poster of the woman on their bedroom wall was their mom's age.
[img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCg-ClK5YJHrFKKoXxXLwtkaOliSFG0Y6EMw&s[/img]...
re: Gays Against Groomers
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 6/30/24 at 12:11 pm
[quote]The problem with your Bible is it was translated from Hebrew.
So it doesn’t actually say this. And it’s talking about incest.
Also back then, the word homosexual didn’t exist.[/quote]
I tend to stay out of discussions on here but saw that no one replied to this. I don't intend on ju...
The UFL has been very entertaining
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/19/24 at 4:33 pm
With the two leagues merged, less teams competing for the better talent, and a couple of seasons under their belts, the games have been a pretty high quality this season. I've enjoyed having the option to watch football this Spring. The league is still challenged with low attendance with the excep...
re: Will any SEC school give Holtz and Chavis a chance? Stallions continue to dominate.
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/13/24 at 9:33 pm
Stoops seems to think so....
Will any SEC school give Holtz and Chavis a chance? Stallions continue to dominate.
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/13/24 at 9:23 pm
Just curious if anyone thinks they will ever be considered for an opening.
Skip Holtz is 19-3 with the Stallions, has won both the championships and the team appears to be even more dominate this season. The USFL / UFL is probably a pretty easy gig for the pay, so maybe they aren't interested. ...
re: Suggestions for simple music software
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/11/24 at 8:58 pm
Wow, I really appreciate all the suggestions from everyone so far. I have a PC but think I will invest in a Mac based on TN Tygah's comments. It is also good to know that I can adjust timing afterwards. Since I usually make up stuff as I'm playing, my timing can be off slightly whenever my hands ...
re: I had no idea that Georgia Tech had grown to be larger than UGA
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/9/24 at 8:17 pm
[quote]Georgia Tech's latest enrollment figures are just over 19,000, not 47,000 as Yekkies love to lie so much all the time.
Oh, you continue to live under a rock.[/quote]
That is just undergrad students. With graduate students the number is 47,000....
Suggestions for simple music software
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/9/24 at 8:14 pm
Let me first state that I am not a professional musician, don't ever plan to be, and have very limited knowledge of the functions of what I own. With that stated, I own two older keyboards, a Proteus EMU and a Roland RD-1000. I enjoy playing them for my own benefit. The limit of my technical know...
I had no idea that Georgia Tech had grown to be larger than UGA
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/9/24 at 7:47 pm
I guess I have been living under a rock. I graduated from Georgia Tech in 1989 when enrollment was about 13,000. I have always thought of GT as a small engineering school. I admit I've only stepped foot on campus about 5 or 6 times since I graduated, so haven't been there to notice the enrollment...
re: Anybody else getting a ridiculous amount of requests from the IRS on past years returns?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/2/24 at 6:56 pm
No, but I don't post on PT too often and use an old burner laptop when I do....
re: Goal for retirement savings as a ratio of salary
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/2/24 at 6:49 pm
[quote]I don't subscribe to this line of thinking. Do you know your current spending? Can you forecast how that will change over time? Can you put placeholders for major expenses (car, roof, air conditioner, etc.)? Can you make assumptions about how things that are important to you will impact finan...
re: Goal for retirement savings as a ratio of salary
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/1/24 at 2:54 pm
[quote]that’s with a rental property [/quote]
The great added benefit to a rental property is that if you get in a bad situation, you can always sell it or borrow against it. I don't consider the worth of my RE properties in the value of my retirement account. I view the real estate as more of ...
re: Goal for retirement savings as a ratio of salary
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/1/24 at 2:43 pm
I based 20X off real simple principles. One is the assumption that you will be spending in retirement about the same amount per year you do the same year you retire. That is probably pretty conservative. Using the same example, if you are making $150K the year you retire, a 5% rate of return-on-in...
Goal for retirement savings as a ratio of salary
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 4/1/24 at 1:40 pm
I see these types of posts all the time, so why not one more? My total retirement savings goal has gone up quite a bit over the last few years due to inflation, primarily the increase cost to build a home where I plan to retire. My current view is that a good target is to have 20 times your income...
Funny comedy sketches that wouldn't be allowed today
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 3/22/24 at 9:20 pm
I don't want anyone banned so don't get too carried away. What are some of your favorite sketches that would upset the apple cart too much today to be shown?
[link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijIfNwqzdzs)]Jamie Kennedy Experiment - Spring Break "That's a dude, dude"[/link]...
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