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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:54 AM Original message |
Wall Street Occupiers Fear Drummers Will Be Their Undoing |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. You gotta be good neighbors if you want people to respect or follow you. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Who is being a bad neighbor, though, the occupiers or people who want the occupation to stop |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. For the most part it has been going quite well I think |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's always the drummers that wreck things. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. At least they aren't keyboard players. |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Hey!!!! What's wrong with keyboard players??? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The piano IS a PERCUSSION instrument |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. What do you strike it with? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. In a real piano the player strikes the key and a hammer strikes the wire producing the note |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You can save a step by striking the piano directly with a hammer |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Destroying instruments is mindless...let musicians find utility with them. The piano IS a PERCUSSION |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. So is a guitar |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. LOL |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Keyboard "demonstrators" jberryhill... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Don't "count US out" meanathing? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Yes. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. There was never a stuff-wrecker like Keith Moon, may he RIP |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
92. I beg to differ... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Classic problems with a non-structured movement |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. Technically, it's a private park whose owners allow access. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I was speakingt to the movement in general |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I understood what you said. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. The drummers need to be shunned if they are a threat to the survival of |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
85. First they came for the DRUMMERS... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. people are so immature. especially performers. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
86. The whole world is but a "stage"-who in their right mind is "fearful of drummers", huh? |
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LittleGirl (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. I would be furious if I had to listen to NOISE |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. I love a good drum jam, but... CONSTANT drumming? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Relentless TB,... |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. And just who is this "trusted friend and respected activist" |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. Now, come on, it's called OCCUPY Wall Street. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Someone once told me...if you want to drive your friends nuts, buy their kid a drum. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. lol |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. if you want to drive your neighbors nuts, buy your kid a drum |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. You know what they call a guy who hangs out with musicians? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. A groupie... |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. How to get drummers to play more quietly |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. What did the drummer get on his SAT's? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Blocking should be based upon the expressed intent to leave the occupation & there should be |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. IMHO, there would be no blocking other than blocking with intent to leave the occupation. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Occupiers should just get together and smash the drums |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm bobthedrummer and I endorse OWS! In fact I'm part of a OWS drum circle locally. K&R. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. These must be drummer plants by TPTB |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. drummers provocateurs! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Basswood layered floor tom, 14" diameter, honey-amber, Tama Rockstar... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. I really have to ask why drumming...I'd go nuts if I was down there all day. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. the "drummers' union" is an informal but established characteristic of the counter-culture movement |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. pre-Ice age, you got it patrice... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Have also seen them in D.C. & NYC on several occasions prior to this. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. P.S. I love!!! them. & I love this movement. I hope they can co-exist. Everyone NEEDS to |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. GA- ban all noisemaking. allow vocal speeches only |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. Can the GA really do that? |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
88. It could be a lot worse |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Has it occurred to anybody that the drummers could be TRYING to cause a problem? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Say that slowly sister... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That is a possibility that makes blocking-with-intent-to-leave a valid necessity and, as I sketched |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. We have that problem here... |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. I would ask the drummers to quit for the good of the group. |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. They should be forbidden to play in 4/4 or in any variation thereof |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. What's 9/8 |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Zeimbekiko! |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. It typically has the feel of a "triplet waltz" |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Good explanation here |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. And only irrational time signatures after dusk |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. So... I'm guessing it's not cool drumming like this... |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. Could be worst. They could be mimes. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
93. Let the Mimes do the drumming. Problem solved. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. The drummers are what most people complain about. nt. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Switch the drums for banjos! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I was thinking of a polka band! nt |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I'm thinkink more of a bagpipes and tubas jam. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. 'nuff of that |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. There is always a few assholes ruining everything |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
56. Spotted at OWS... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. The drummers should go drum someplace else. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. I don't get the protest drumming... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. I put up with endless drumming at Grateful Dead encampments. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. WHY are there drummers there? I mean, are other instruments represented? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Bagpipes what OWS needs is bagpipes!!! |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. +1 |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. +2.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Not cowbell? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Maybe, but only after we have our own pipe and drum corps |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Spicy McHaggis! |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
75. Seriously - What is the POINT? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. There is |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
78. already the movement's.... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
81. Why can't the police remove JUST the drummers, for disturbing the peace? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. BANG! |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
82. Nice subtle attack. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Do you deny human nature? |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
89. They need this |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
90. Give the drummer some! |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
91. "The drummers don't necessarily go along with the general assembly" |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
95. odd posting error... |
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