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I hate Firebugs.

However, now that I realize that the OP is serious, I must admit that I am EXTREMELY fortunate to live in a very small neighborhood, here, where ALL my neighbors are EXTREMELY sane, with me being the only mental case exhibiting signs of "benevolent narcissism". I just wish for your sake, although this might never happen, that if you live in a neighborhood with pyromaniacs, that the gov might consider putting Thorazine in the water supply, even if they refuse to fluoridate it. We all know what happens when the gov fluoridates the water supply. Carries go down, supposedly. And, people go crazy. And, we also might guess what might happen if the gov added Chlorpromazine to our water supply. Nobody would go crazy, anymore.

Sorry. I had thought this was just another post about PM 2.5, until I had read it for the second time.

My Thai friend suffers from Sanguivoriphobia. She was prescribed a dash of Thorazine, last year, to be taken bis in die (b.i.d.), for the rest of her life. Now, she's doing better. Yet, she still refuses to go out at night without a scarf around her neck. Those bloodsuckers are everywhere, if you ask me.

Do you ever worry about your LIVER? Take your liver pills. Even then, Hepatitis-C might do you in.

There is very little doubt that Will Shortz is far more culpable of wasting Many Millions of man-hours than I ever was, here. Talk about somebody with Too Much Time on his hands... Will Shortz is your man!

And, I think what you have stated sounds, again, like the same old refrain one often hears, anytime somebody "thinks too much".

Probably not a matter of Egos. You are comparing Apples to Oranges. But Beck was way above these fruits. Beck was a musician.

Right. Clapton has a sole, but ONLY on the bottom of his shoes. Everybody knows this. So solly. Beck is a man for the Ages. Beck's music will endure. BubbleGum will always fall by the wayside, and be trodden upon by the soles of shoes worn by most of Clapton's peers. Mark my words. Here is the sole of Clapton, compared to Beck, for example...

In fact: Compared to BECK, Clapton just plays BubbleGum. This is a fact.

Compared to Beck, Clapton was always a Bimbo. Anyone who has ever held a guitar knows this. Clapton was the Bimbo. Beck was the MAN!

Such cinematography as this is rarely seen, granted. The licking of a bowling ball, for example. Jeff Bridges has always been an underrated actor, as was his father. Both actors went off the rails, it seems, when they agreed to appear in the TV series, Sea Hunt. This is where everything went terribly wrong.

Knowing what I know about upcoming Modern Medical Miracles, and just judging by the genes in my family, I figure I have about One-Third of my life still ahead of me, though I already consider myself to be quite old. Sometimes I ask myself: Will my life never end? Recently, this past week, I have read about the predictions, from IATA, that Thailand will soon see 200 million visitors to Thailand by the year 2031. If this prediction comes to fruition, then what about me? What about you? Whatever happened to the lovely life depicted in the beautiful books, MANEE MANA? Just like you, I am stuck between the culture of the Thai past and present. IF most of Thailand becomes just another tourist site, such as has become the case for all of the islands of Hawaii, then why stay in places like Chiang Mai? I cannot even imagine myself being forced to live another THIRD of my life in this world, until the year 2060, when I can finally lay me down to rest. When I was born, the world's population was 2.5 billion. Now, the world's population is 8 billion. By 2060, the world's population is projected to be 10 billion. And, the population pyramid, of Japan, in 2060, is projected to look like this: HaHa! Looks good, right? SURE! It looks good. It looks good, unless you know anything about what the population pyramid is designed to show. And then, it doesn't looks so good. Maybe this is why Musk is so worried, these days? So... I ask you. If anybody here, (female), who wishes to head on out to Japan, to establish a home in the countryside, with plenty of animals, maybe set up a kiln to make pottery, please hit me up. Japan is looking great to me, these days. I would love to live in the Japanese countryside, with the snow, and the Spring Snow, as told by Yukio Mishima, for the rest of my life. I have two options: One option might be to try to find a forgotten village in Japan, where nothing happens all the time. Another option might be to try to find a village, further north, in Thailand, where not much happens all the time. Much of our lives are lived, virtually, anyway. Therefore, why not move to a place in Thailand where there is both beauty and peace, not to mention the last vestiges of มานะ มานี? Just asking. I am sure I would go....

Although Beck might not be a total Rostropovich in the strings department, Still, Beck is definitely a full level above Hendrix in many important ways. Beck seems to have been top of his game in Tokyo, Even though he probably never thought so. Time will prove this correct, no doubt. Although, Beck was so great in so many ways, in so many venues, It is difficult to say who is right about this, actually.... Right?

Look, Man. I am, like, color blind I am completely LGBT tolerant, and then some. But, I am just saying, that Hendrix got a leg-up by being black. Everybody recalls him with such nostalgia, as some semi-black iconic figure, with his huge thing. Beck was better. But, Jimi's thing was longer. Beck was in awe of Hendrix. So sad, really, because, probably, he died without realizing he was, in fact, even better than Hendrix, in many ways. Beck was better. Jimi was more flashy. Hard to listen to Hendrix, for long. Maybe to intense. Maybe not good enough.

IN FACT...He DID...In Tokyo...Y'all! Beck is white. Jimi is black. So, in the music world, Jimi wins. Right?

You know, just as I had been hoping that Beck was the greatest,... Then, Jimi Takes Over. Play it again, Sam! ACTUALLY, BECK could play the same, and even better. You better believe it.

The basic problem with any Hendrix tunes is that his tunes have become so very outdated over the years. Sure, this might be just a result of his dying. BUT, probably not. By comparison, Beck's music will live on. Really... So outdated, this tune by Hendrix about living for just today.... I am so tired of it, already.

Why am I an Anglophile? Over Seven Decades ago, I was born in New England. In those days, in New England, almost Everybody identified with Old England, still. And, I do, even today. I am also an inveterate tea drinker, just as I am a lover of Gin and Tonic. Life was far better when the world was run by Great Britain. Hong Kong was better, too, for that matter. Yes. I am truly an anglophile of the type you might have seen in the 50s. All good things come to an end, just as it should be.

Personally, I don't give a darn, Scarlett. I just think it is so unfair that the world has been denied the likes of... Beck and Finney. Before their time.

One thing I cannot understand. Maybe you can explain it to me. How could BECK be so ALIVE in Tokyo, in 1999,.. And, be deceased today? Beck is not dead. He is only deceased. Be this as it may, the question I pose is... How can one be so fantastic on stage in Tokyo in 1999, one day,... And now, not here, today, just so few years later? Seems strange to me. Maybe you can make some sense of it? Doubt it.

God Bless Tiny Tim, and Dickens, too.... I am, unabashedly, an anglophile, through and through. I want MORE of the British Empire, Not less!