This is a stand alone because it so precisely sums up every complaint I have had about the "experts" for the past decade. They always imply the "science is settled" and you should just shut up and believe what the experts say.
As a scientist, I have been crushed to hear the stupidity...that you are not supposed to question. My most concerning moment came when they started to dictate masks. I looked up the studies for using masks for viruses...and they all said they were useless...especially for lay people who wouldn't use/fit them properly. I then went back to those studies a few weeks later and they had been taken down...WTF. And not because the data was found to be faulty, but for political reasons.
Fooled one time is a lesson, fooled twice is a choice...never again.
Congratulation to @Steve-allen. . Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Steve-Allen
What person did you realize that you totally misjudged after meeting them?
What is something stupid you did as a teenager that still scares you when you think about it?
Congratulations to @Junemarie53 and @NJFLA. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Junemarie53 What book were you forced to read for a class book report that you hated?
@NJFLA What’s something you grew up with that kids today have no idea about?
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A lil-bit-o-fun with music & a story that reminded me of a story I taught years ago to my Level 3 readers & a song to go with it
And from FB: 80s Music Fan
There was an art to making a mixtape off the radio.
You heard the first few notes of the song you wanted and immediately lunged for RECORD.
Perfect timing.
No static.
Nobody walked into the room talking.
You were actually going to get the whole song this time.
Then the DJ decided he had something important to say.
"And coming up later tonight..."
GET OFF THE SONG.
There was no downloading a clean copy five seconds later. If you wanted that song on your tape, you waited until the station played it again and hoped the DJ showed a little restraint next time.
Eventually you had a cassette full of your favorite songs, complete with missing intros, chopped-off endings and the occasional DJ voice permanently baked into the recording.
It wasn't exactly studio quality.
But that tape went everywhere with you.
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