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Mione134 said:
Admittedly, I want to go to this concert. But Ticketmaster is a joke and prices are insane. And the price gouging is atrocious. Guess I won't be going unless I win a contest or something 😂
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I don't care for her (at all) so I am all set.

Unfortunately, most of the artist I want to see are dead or too old to do concerts.
 
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First snowfall of the year....wet heavy crap.....only a few inches but it sticks to my satellite dish....knocks our reception.

A few years ago my son got me a super soaker for Christmad to use for this occasion .....instead of climbing on the roof, I fill SS with hot water, get the litte giant and am able to shoot the hot water onto the dish and melt the snow off
 
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Fenway said:
Congrats @Gee Wally

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Aussie Bruin said:
The whole Artemis program has a projected spend of $93 billion. I'm pro space exploration, partly because I think humanity is better when we're looking beyond ourselves and doing things that remind us how small we are and how petty our differences are compared to the vast weirdness and grandeur of space, and partly because I missed the moon landing and would like to see something similarly ground-breaking in my lifetime, although that prospect is becoming remote. But that's an eyewatering amount of money, and just for one project.
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No question it is a lot of money. However keep in mind that back in the 1960s when NASA was trying to reach JFK's goal of landing an astronaut on the moon by 1969 its budget was virtually limitless. Basically it was the Manhattan Project for space- damn the costs, just reach the goal. Plus NASA's object isn't to make a profit either, so the mind set just isn't there the way it is for SpaceX, etc. then add in the US Congress who loves projects like this because it means tons of money for their districts...and you get Artemis/SLS/Orion.

Thankfully the countdown & launch were successful, I could almost hear the sighs of relief from the launch crew in Florida. 🚀
 
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4ORRBRUIN said:
I'm with you,

Being 62 I have witnessed greatness in many forms of music.

Today, its mostly garbage. including this hack
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The last concert I went to was in 2018...Jackson Browne at the Pavillion in Boston. My daughter brought me for Mother's Day. Jackson was very good.

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Alicat said:
Til just after Christmas. I'm working from here
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That is nice!

Amanda is coming home for Thanksgiving and then going back to Calif.... and them we are going to St Martin the first week of Dec. She will be home for Christmas and then back to Calif. She is also flying back for the Winter Classic. I haven't seen her since July, so I am looking forward to time with her.
 
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Ladyfan said:
That is nice!

Amanda is coming home for Thanksgiving and then going back to Calif.... and them we are going to St Martin the first week of Dec. She will be home for Christmas and then back to Calif. She is also flying back for the Winter Classic. I haven't seen her since July, so I am looking forward to time with her.
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It definitely is.

Glad she's coming east for the holidays and you'll have fun on your tropical vacation :)
 
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Everyone is mad at Ticketmaster this week

I just bought a pair of tickets to see Pink at Fenway but the transaction went through MLB. Tickets were $60 and the total came to $160 for two. So taxes and such added 33 percent.

But…none of that dynamic pricing bullshit. Musicians can cry that they have nothing to do with it all they want, but I’m guessing they are the very root of the problem. Artist sells the ticketing rights to Ticketmaster for a flat rate, which guarantees the artists get their money. Ticketmaster then has power to do whatever the hell they want
 
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Fenway said:
GO BABY GO!!!!!!

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Beached said:
That was much brighter and louder than a Falcon 9
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Fenway said:
I was in Orlando during a night launch of a Shuttle mission and the ground was shaking nearly 60 miles from the space center.

The launch tonight only cost FOUR billion.
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My last squadron in the Navy was a weapons test and evaluation squadron, and two of our planes had gyro-stabilized telescopic cameras, so we often got hired for special projects. We supported multiple launches for the Iridium global communications satellite constellation, providing visual launch footage from the west, where no land based cameras existed. These were out of Vandenberg AFB in CA. We would be about 8 miles from the launch pad at 10,000 feet, so we got to see the rocket (They used Delta II variants) go from the launch pad below to up above us as we turned and slipped to keep the cameras pointed up. It was pretty cool - as I'm sure @BMC would agree.

I stopped keeping track of Iridium when they declared bankruptcy in 1999, but they actually revived the business and are publicly traded (IRDM)! Kinda neat to have a small part of that history.

But I forgot about the Artemis launch last night - now I'll have to replay it on YouTube...
 
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A pound of pork in the slow cooker, covered with hickory sweet baby rays and just about everything i had in the spice cabinet. It smells glorious in here now. The kids apparently enjoy bbq pork sandwiches, so we are fixing to have ourselves a feast tonight. Dad approved.
 
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Ladyfan said:
Yeah, I would have liked to see him. James Taylor is still great too.
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Me and the missus saw James Taylor in Paris last month. It started as a last minute Christmas present (I was thinking he'd be at Great Woods or Fenway), and when I realized he was touring Europe I quickly summonsed my daughters and asked if they would hang with their brother so that the two of us could take a mini-vacation to Paris. The trip was amazing, and so was the show. The venue was small, and we were probably 75 feet from the stage.

The Paris trip was also great in that we decided that would be Christmas, birthdays and mothers day / fathers day because we don't need to buy anything for each other any more.

My kids are into concerts at Foxboro. They don't have as many shared experiences when we did as kids (when we all watched the same tv shows at the same time, and the annual showing of The Wizard of Oz, Its a Mad Mad World, and The Deer Hunter were appointment television). So I can appreciate their enjoyment of the big shows that come through town. I'm too old for that, and when I see a show I want to be within a couple of hundred feet from the band.
 
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Glove Malfunction said:
My last squadron in the Navy was a weapons test and evaluation squadron, and two of our planes had gyro-stabilized telescopic cameras, so we often got hired for special projects. We supported multiple launches for the Iridium global communications satellite constellation, providing visual launch footage from the west, where no land based cameras existed. These were out of Vandenberg AFB in CA. We would be about 8 miles from the launch pad at 10,000 feet, so we got to see the rocket (They used Delta II variants) go from the launch pad below to up above us as we turned and slipped to keep the cameras pointed up. It was pretty cool - as I'm sure @BMC would agree.

I stopped keeping track of Iridium when they declared bankruptcy in 1999, but they actually revived the business and are publicly traded (IRDM)! Kinda neat to have a small part of that history.

But I forgot about the Artemis launch last night - now I'll have to replay it on YouTube...
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Absolutely! If you're a big space geek like me, watching a launch is at the top of your bucket list. I envy people who have seen more than one.

So far Artemis/Orion has met all its objectives, it's amazing how smoothly everything has gone given how much trouble they've had putting it together & prepping for launch. 🚀
 
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BMC said:
No question it is a lot of money. However keep in mind that back in the 1960s when NASA was trying to reach JFK's goal of landing an astronaut on the moon by 1969 its budget was virtually limitless. Basically it was the Manhattan Project for space- damn the costs, just reach the goal. Plus NASA's object isn't to make a profit either, so the mind set just isn't there the way it is for SpaceX, etc. then add in the US Congress who loves projects like this because it means tons of money for their districts...and you get Artemis/SLS/Orion.

Thankfully the countdown & launch were successful, I could almost hear the sighs of relief from the launch crew in Florida. 🚀
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Yeah I agree, there's at least an attempt to keep things with vaguely acceptable limits these days. I think the other half of that in terms of justifying the cost is seeing actual results. Getting Artemis 1 off the ground is a good start. Actually landing someone on the moon is scheduled for 2025 and while somehow I doubt it actually happens then as long as it does occur successfully with a year or two after that and doesn't massively blow out then the whole thing will look like a productive investment. I'd also say getting people back on the lunar surface will reignite wider public interest in space.
 
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