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Agree completely. A bit formal, but still relaxed and comfortable... With or without tie. Sometimes loafers, the brown ones, of course.

Jumped out at me when I first listened to The Cars, or the first time in a very long time, last week. I was sitting listening, and it became readily apparent. So then, I figured I needed to discuss this similarity with my friends on TV. Not a bad Topic, but difficult to keep entirely on-track,...which is a very good kind of Topic... For me.

Actually, it sounds French, to me. Pablum must be one of those French words. And, a word that is not often used. If the word is French, anyway, and I use it about three times in my adult life, and probably never used it when I was below the age of two... Does it really matter? Everybody misspells French words, and nobody bats an eyelid.

Are you sure?

What is the carbon dating on those bones, please.

And, just where did it all begin?

I once had a house cat that could whine better than Dave. Dave could make any dog howl. But, let's forgive young Dave...because.....NOBODY who was born so late in the gave, and never grew up in the 50s, 60s, could ever understand. YES, Dave could make us all, including our dogs.... Howl....surely....and loudly....

Yes, of course. Goes without saying, actually.

Are we now about to have an academic discussion on TV? Next time, please give us a warning. Shifting gears too quickly, just might give most of us.... Whiplash.

Or, all along the watchtower !!!!!!!! Incredible. Still, even after 60 years.... Shivers Down the Spine....

OR...so says some AI you managed to unearth.

One can only shudder....IF...they might be.... hand painted by your students. I guess you probably already know that.....Dawkins' ties are.... Hand-painted. Richard keeps his wife's nose to the grindstone...painting his ties... So the story goes. Obviously, it requires a very LOVING husband to wear a tie such as this one, painted by a wife.

Yes. Out of Africa.... A Billion Years.... Beating on Drums.... fantastic old songs.... It ALL began in Africa.....

You mean... Sort of like the Bach family.... Right?

Yes. I do. But, The Chieftains, too, for sure. The Chieftains in China, particularly.

My opinion is not so important. Let's just go with the opinion of the famous prof Pettis. He should know. He made a bundle on Wall Street, I think.... Trading Short, probably. I never liked his taste in music. Maybe....just perhaps....he might be... Tone Deaf. STILL: I can usually accept almost all kinds of music. And some music resonates more gracefully with me. JS BACH is....GOD.

Forgettabout...dallas...for now. But what do you really think about Susanna?

Mary Kay Cosmetics is pretty HIGH CLASS, let me tell you. A great company....IMHO....

Just in case....you might not have understood the allusion.....then....

When I think of Dallas.... I think of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

No WAY, no HOW! Pettis was very...DOWN...on ... Dumb bands from the West. He always maintained that in recent decades.....bands in the West had become....mostly... PABLUM. This is why he opened his own club in Beijing...to...FIGHT against.... PABLUM. One club was D-22 (PUNK ROCK).... As you can see here, from Gemini, the AI that seems to know everything: But....what did D-22 really sound like, about ,,, more than a decade ago? Heaven Forbid.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sounded...... REFRESHING..... According to Pettis. As I say: A very interesting fellow. (((Wow, Man....almost TWO DECADES AGO....This so much dates me. Even though, at the time, nobody would date me. Such a LONG TIME GONE, passing.....))) IMPORTANT NOTE: This was BEFORE the XiJinPing ERA....Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neither as good as The Carsick Cars, either. Bet you never heard of this band. This is actually an Arbitrage Trading Band.... This band, as far as I recall, was one of the stars put forward by the Beijing Professor.... Who once owned a metal-club in Beijing. Long Time Passing, but I still remember a bit. So, you have: The Cars The Carsick Cars Just a matter of TASTE. As far as I know, that prof is still teaching in Beijing....even post-Pandemic. Pettis, I think, was an arbitrageur who did well, and got out, just in time, before the big crash. But, he didn't foresee the Carsick Cars crash, obviously. The Cars And Boston Are still doing better, even now. I guess one would need to be interested in China to know a lot about this garbage, as a matter of course. It's happenings such as this that we in China, Old China Hands, know about...even though we might not necessarily care about... Such nonsense. Pettis is a very interesting fellow. I once kept up with him and his exploits. But, finally, he tired me out...and...I just.... Gave up.

Did you mean...a...naively.... Optimistic.... Era... Perchance?

That's fine. Support surges. But.... Does it even matter?

Rush seems to have some of the Boston/Cars feel to it....must admit....