I hope to never have to have one, but, if they give me a choice of tunes I think I will ask for Steel Panther.
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Whatās on my mind right now is a new laptop. It was delivered yesterday afternoon. I havenāt opened it yet. Iām long overdue for a new one, but I dread setting it up. My current machine is old and slow and the display is getting wonky, but it āknows meā and the specter of spending the weekend getting the new machine to fit me is just 
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Good luck & I hope it all works out fine. One thing I truly love about Apple products: they practically set themselves up.
Well so far so good. At least it recognized my network. I think the machine pretty much sets itself up, I just have to get my various accounts recognized on the new device.
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I asked for Pink Floyd or Alan Parsons Project and there was no comment and no music. Surgery, tho as done fine with my requests. Its a generational thing, the surgeons are all my age, anyway. We had Phil Collinsā āThe Brazilanā in the labor room 35 years ago. 
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Iād rather stick a fork in both my ears than listen to even a minute of Rush 
As a drummer from grade school through college, spanning the entirety of the 80ās, I am required by law to regard Neil Peart as a god who walked among mortals.
While I enjoy it, I recognize that Geddy Leeās voice is a hard pass for many.
But even if itās not your thing, the three of them were virtuoso level players of their respective instruments, and Peart defied ādumb drummerā tradition by being the bandās lyricist.
If it is indeed Leeās voice thatās a major obstacle, Iāll leave you with this instrumental epic prog-rock classic:
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Yeah, thx. My bassist (who also teaches music education) is a huge Rush fan. Iāve heard all about their virtuosity and talent. I just canāt stand more than 20 seconds of that.
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I have so far had that option and hope to continue.
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Sitting on the deck . Its 93 degrees here today . Prepping for pizza Saturday. Having a cold beer beneath the sunflowers.
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Perfection.
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Yes I surrendered to the borg about 12 years ago, and Iām the freak who knew all the DOS commands to run dorm the prompt to beat Windows into submission. Life is easier now, although I will admit to having a Windows VM on my compter. Because Iām a tech hoarder, I guess. lol. 
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Bees are on my mind after my husband and I just got stung while doing pruning. Iām Team Pollinator all the way, and in fact, we have lots of plants to keep them well-fed. I think we accidentally crossed paths with some aggressive ground bees I have been taking care to avoid.
Can bees be jerks? 
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Almost sounds like yellow jacketsā¦donāt they burrow in the ground?
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Yes, vicious bastards. One stung me on the head and the whole left side of my face went numb.
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I donāt know about bees being jerks, they make honey, donāt they?
Bald faced hornets (aka referee wasps) are my nemesis. One afternoon while bringing goods to the compost boxes, I disturbed a nest of them somehow (I thought they were paper nest builders) in the compost and they flew up my dress. Twenty three stings. Thank goodness I am not allergic. They are not attracted to the usual ājacket trapsā. Saturating the compost, did that nest in. After that incident, I took to whacking them with the ābadminton racketā type mosquito zapper as they fed on my plants or planters.
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I had 5 or 6 chase me for 150 yards a few years ago, then sting me. I made it to 48 or 49 before having any wasp or yellow jacket stings.
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Thanks all, for commiserating with me on yesterdayās attack of the yellowjackets or bees or whatever. Though I suspect that @ChristinaM will prove correct that we have a nest of yellow jackets, which have taken over a vacant chipmunk burrow on the edge of a garden path. Super aggressive nest, unfortunately.
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