The PW Camp

[haggis]

Redludvig.com somehow forgt the rest of the story.<BR><BR>"The Central London branch of the British Musicians' Union has rejected a motion calling for Israeli artists to be banned from performing in Britain and British artists to be banned from performing in Israel. <BR><BR>The motion, presented to a meeting of the 30,000-strong union in London on Monday, described Israel's "illegal occupation of the West Bank" as "a vicious form of apartheid" and urged members to support the boycott until "Israel ends its occupation." <BR>It was rejected by a margin of 38-16 with 16 abstentions." <BR>The Guardian, a left-leaning London-based daily, last year described the 109-year-old musicians union as <BR>"a left-wing, doctrinaire organization as secretive and tight-lipped as the KGB." <BR>According to the paper, "If it's widely known for anything, it's for imposing a labyrinth of infuriating bureaucratic restrictions on the performance or recording of music." <BR>The union is also known for taking decisions that have not always served the interests of its members. Until the end of the 1950s, for example, the union prohibited American musicians from performing in Britain because, it was argued, they would be taking work from British musicians. <BR>The decision was reversed only when the American Federation of Musicians reciprocated by prohibiting British artists from performing in the US."<BR><BR>The devil is always in the details

[bignaf]

who cares about details? <BR>seriously,the fact that it didn't past just shows that most of them have the barest minimum of a sense of justice. the fact that it came into consideration shows that there is a major portion who don't.

[bignaf]

weather report for my area.<BR>Temp. 16 F. Windchill: -1 F.<BR>cold is great but only if you are compensated by a cool July. but we suffer from sub zero in winter and from over 100 in summer. i wonder how this area (northeast) is the most heavily populated in America.

[haggis]

Bignaf said:<BR> [quote:920cebfdfb] i wonder how this area (northeast) is the most heavily populated in America.<BR>[/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>Interesting observation although I just always assumed that people living in cold places were serving some type of non-incarcerated, societal sentence. "For littering and creating a disturbance you are sentenced to spend three winters in Minnesota, or ten winters in Pennsylvania...." you know, they HAD to be there.<BR>However, a quote from a Census Bureau press release> was also informative.<BR>"Historically, the center of population has followed a trail that reflects the sweep of the nation's brush stroke across America's population canvas. The sweep reflects the settling of the frontier, waves of immigration and the migration west and south. Since 1790, the location has moved in a westerly, then a more southerly pattern. The new center of population is now more than 1,000 miles from the first center in 1790, which was located near Chestertown, Md."<BR>There’s even a pictorial representation of the U.S. Center of Populations> web site.<BR>The bottom line is those who are mobile, have a coupla bucks and just HATE the cold are moving south.<BR>Next hour we'll have a lecture on: "the sexual immorality and depravity of the U.S. Snail Darter and the direct correlation to the decline of quality in U.S. television programs, especially “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer”

[barfle]

bignaf, in Washington, DC it's about 25 with wind chills down to 10 or 11. I miss Southern California!!

[OperaTenor]

Hi Haggis, just a little salt in the wound....let's see, you moved to Dayton from where? Oh, and by the way, how's the reading coming along? :p

[bignaf]

thing is that it not only cold. heck I don't mind living in Alska at least you have a nice summer there. here in New England you have arctic winters and HOT, <I>HUMID</I> summers.

[OperaTenor]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by bignaf:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]HELP!!!!<BR>check out the poll on the entrance page. London #### symphony is leading!!! vote for VPO!!! emergency call to arms!!![/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>I seem to recall hearing that most europeans don't consider England part of Europe.<BR> :p

[treebeau]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by Haggis:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]...Next hour we'll have a lecture on: "the sexual immorality and depravity of the U.S. Snail Darter and the direct correlation to the decline of quality in U.S. television programs, especially “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer”[/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR><BR>Man, first people diss the Church lady, then the BUFFster. Well, at least Ms. Ronstadt still seems to be held in regard.<BR>Haggy , That album is called "Canciones de mi Padre" and is pronounced "con-see-OH-ness day me POD-ray" and it is one of my very favorites.<BR>Regards,<BR>Tim B.

[priya978]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by operatenor:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]<BR>I seem to recall hearing that most europeans don't consider England part of Europe.<BR> :p[/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>I wouldn't either.

[bignaf]

brrrrrrrrrrr.......

[OperaTenor]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by bignaf:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]brrrrrrrrrrr.......[/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>Speaking of salt in the wound, you really don't want a weather report from SoCal at this time, do you?<BR> :p

[haggis]

Hey! Don't get me wrong! I love(d) Buffy. <BR>Unfortunately, starting with the, in my opinion, disastrous Anya / Zander wedding episode, the program has gone more or less down hill. <BR>That one episode had all the potential of a classic program ala "Moonlighting’s" “Taming of the Shrew” or “The Lady in Black.” Instead it turned into a weepy “Felicity in Angstville” <BR>The past season got a little better since they brought Josh Weedon back, but there’s still something missing.<BR>P.S. I lived in England for 10+ years and not only do they not think themselves “European” they cast distrustful glances towards France and can be heard mutter darkly, “…we’ve picked the wrong country to goo to war against”

[bignaf]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by operatenor:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]<BR>Speaking of salt in the wound, you really don't want a weather report from SoCal at this time, do you?<BR> :p[/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>you lucky ####!<BR>I can check in weatherunderground.com to see your weather in SoCal.

[bignaf]

nothing.

[OperaTenor]

Hi Big. Look, the antagonist in me just can't resist(especially since I tried to get under Nicole's skin & she didn't bite ): at my work we [b:920cebfdfb]BARBEQUED BRATWURSTS OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SUN!!!![/b:920cebfdfb] <BR>Okay, okay, so we have earthquakes. And then there's that summer brush fire season thing. Yeah, yeah we live in a drought-ridden desert, too. But do ya hafta rub it in?!!

[OperaTenor]

[quote:920cebfdfb]Originally posted by bignaf:<BR>[b:920cebfdfb]nothing.[/b:920cebfdfb][/quote:920cebfdfb]<BR>BTW, is this just to keep your thread at the top of the list? Pathetic, my boy, just pathetic.<BR> :p

[OperaTenor]

Eugene's probably gonna be mad at me for not posting this on <I>his</I> thread, but oh well.<BR>As a bulletin board novice, I wonder:<BR>1) Are there other boards similar to this one?<BR>2) And if there are, are they anywhere nearly as cool as this one?<BR>It seems to me that we have quite an eclectic and interesting group of people (could read "misfits") here, and I wonder if we're unique, or just another blotch in the vast quagmire of the information superhighway. Just curious.

[TJRDN]

OT,for what it's worth another board worth looking up can be accessed at www.classicalmusicguide.com> This is the other board I frequent. It can get alittle testy at times.

[priya978]

Testy? (Translation-The people are rude.) <BR>OT,