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Movies & TV / Re: TV/Movie News
« Last post by Typhon on Today at 08:30:49 AM »
Vice President JD Vance honored Sylvester Stallone’s legacy.  Stallone will be one of the Kennedy Center honorees at their next event.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1997140437610447092
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General Discussion / Re: All Things Vinyl
« Last post by Vyn on Today at 01:44:33 AM »
Inspired by my recent Thin Lizzy score, I ventured out into the wasteland of Kansas — where one of the few surviving record shops within 200 miles of home is situated. This place has been around forever, and honestly? I never liked it. The prices were ridiculous, and the owner was… let’s just say “not known for his sparkling customer service.”

But apparently that business model had legs, because they’re still kicking. And on this trip, I learned two things and walked out with one of them:

1. The owner actually passed away about fifteen years ago.
2. I stumbled across an imported gatefold copy of *Thunder and Lightning* — two LPs, one of them live.

I already have the original U.S. pressing I bought when it came out. It looks a little rough these days but still sounds fantastic. This UK copy, though? Nearly mint across the board, and it absolutely *smokes* the U.S. version. More dynamic, more punch, and when Gorham and Sykes start ripping, the whole thing hits harder in the best possible way.

Did I get it for five bucks? Haha...nope. I dropped $30 on it without blinking.

Totally worth it.

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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by Typhon on December 06, 2025, 05:36:00 PM »
 :lol:
I take it you listen to Sabbath when she is not around or with headphones.

For me, I need the big stereo sound.
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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by KiloDeltaCharlie on December 06, 2025, 05:26:34 PM »
She loved Ozzy-- and his family* -- from the MTV TV series. But until he died she didn't really know much about his music, bar the odd song but only in passing. She's now trying to get books and such like about him, but this evening we watched the Classic Albums episode the making of Paranoid... she really liked the programme but wasn't necessarily that enamoured by the music clips...

... she's more into boybands!

* Jack has been on I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here this last week or so, she's been hooked on that!
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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by Typhon on December 06, 2025, 12:50:23 PM »
^^^^^^
 :think: I was wondering, does the girlfiend like any?
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Black Sabbath General / Re: What Black Sabbath did you listen to today?
« Last post by KiloDeltaCharlie on December 06, 2025, 11:40:13 AM »
I've listened to my 5 favourite Sabbath albums in the last few days:

H&H, MR, Dehumanizer, SBS and Sabotage
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Matters of Life and The Universe / Re: The Sami People and Cultural Sensitivity
« Last post by Vyn on December 06, 2025, 08:29:51 AM »
Yeah - I think there were three Indians operating under an organization name I don't recall who lobbied a complaint against the Redskins name, as part of an annual "complaint list" that they sent out regarding all kinds of shit. The KC Chiefs are on that list. Most of the noise was coming from the professionally offended folks you mentioned.

Ultimately, the accountability falls on the ownership of the Redskins team who went ahead and changed the name. Or, rather, dropped the Redksins name without having a replacement thought up and thus making them a laughing stock for a while. Which made the whole thing doubly stupid.
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Matters of Life and The Universe / Re: The Sami People and Cultural Sensitivity
« Last post by Typhon on December 06, 2025, 07:50:12 AM »
Quote from: Vyn on December 05, 2025, 10:01:19 AM
I can look at today's native Americans and yeah, there's a small percentage that run around talking about cultural sensitivity, and sometimes, rarely, they get their agenda turned into action (Washington Redskins -> Commanders, for example), but most native Americans, including the handful that I know, don't really care.

It is my understanding that natives were not bothered by the name.  It was the A-holes whose hobby it is to get offended by anything they can find, that wanted the name changed.

It turns out that the very first coach of the Washington football team was an American Indian, and they were named the Washington Redskins to honor him.
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Just for fun / Re: Amazing Science!
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:23:44 PM »
And then that got me to look for stuff by Julius Sumner Miller. I loved watching his Physics presentations back in the day. I still do love them.

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Just for fun / Re: Amazing Science!
« Last post by Zzzptm on December 05, 2025, 01:18:08 PM »
This thread gets me to discover some really cool stuff.

Today I learned about total internal reflection. It can be demonstrated with water, but it's also how fibre optic cables work:

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