This is a true story: a friend got me a nice shirt with cartoon versions of the main three Rat Pack on it, so I wore it to Christmas dinner, where we'd invited one of my wife's friends from Nigeria. She's about 30 or so, and a wonderful person.
Later, someone asked if she knew who those three (Martin, Davis, Sinatra) were and she didn't know them at all. Wow.
Then, somehow we moved to "do you know who Elvis Presley is?" Nope
Reminds me of the time in our early dating period with Mrs Miser when talking about the Pirates of the Caribbean movies led me to say something about Johnny Depp basing his character on Keith Richards brought about an inconceivable "Who is Keith Richards?" from her.
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Dec 28, 2025 - 4:18pm
Steely_D wrote:
This is a true story: a friend got me a nice shirt with cartoon versions of the main three Rat Pack on it, so I wore it to Christmas dinner, where we'd invited one of my wife's friends from Nigeria. She's about 30 or so, and a wonderful person.
Later, someone asked if she knew who those three (Martin, Davis, Sinatra) were and she didn't know them at all. Wow.
Then, somehow we moved to "do you know who Elvis Presley is?" Nope
Untainted thoughts.
A great chance to influence her badly.
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Dec 28, 2025 - 3:07pm
This is a true story: a friend got me a nice shirt with cartoon versions of the main three Rat Pack on it, so I wore it to Christmas dinner, where we'd invited one of my wife's friends from Nigeria. She's about 30 or so, and a wonderful person.
Later, someone asked if she knew who those three (Martin, Davis, Sinatra) were and she didn't know them at all. Wow.
Then, somehow we moved to "do you know who Elvis Presley is?" Nope
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Dec 17, 2025 - 9:06pm
ColdMiser wrote:
I see a lot of familiar names in the original incarnation. Some not familiar at all. What happened to Not-a-Fish? Seemed he was the original initiator of the club. Crazy it's been going on for 16 years. And I was surprised to see I've been a member for 13 years! There have been times when it seemed like it would go by the wayside. Happy to see it continue. It would be great if some other older members jumped in for a spell.
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Dec 17, 2025 - 9:04pm
ColdMiser wrote:
Looks like 2026 is sneaking up. I'm not an original member but am curious as to how many years this thing has been going. Speaking of old members we have Serious Lee joining us for the coming year. He was a member when I first joined under a different handle but departed shortly thereafter. Welcome back!
Proposed lineup
January - Cold Miser
February - Serious Lee
March - Miamizsun
April - Kurt from LaQuinta
May - Lazy 8
initially this looks good
my only concern is tax time here in the states
feb and march are pretty heavy for me
so i'm going to give this a whirl and if i need to swap, i'll let everyone know
been proactive on optimizing work flow so i'm expecting smoother sailing
and welcome back lee
I can swap with you if you think you can do January on short notice.
Looks like 2026 is sneaking up. I'm not an original member but am curious as to how many years this thing has been going. Speaking of old members we have Serious Lee joining us for the coming year. He was a member when I first joined under a different handle but departed shortly thereafter. Welcome back!
Proposed lineup
January - Cold Miser
February - Serious Lee
March - Miamizsun
April - Kurt from LaQuinta
May - Lazy 8
Chime in on what works or doesn't.
initially this looks good
my only concern is tax time here in the states
feb and march are pretty heavy for me
so i'm going to give this a whirl and if i need to swap, i'll let everyone know
been proactive on optimizing work flow so i'm expecting smoother sailing
Looks like 2026 is sneaking up. I'm not an original member but am curious as to how many years this thing has been going. Speaking of old members we have Serious Lee joining us for the coming year. He was a member when I first joined under a different handle but departed shortly thereafter. Welcome back!
Proposed lineup
January - Cold Miser
February - Serious Lee
March - Miamizsun
April - Kurt from LaQuinta
May - Lazy 8
We started in 2009. Lazy and I are original members. This will be my 23rd mix this month. And it should be done by the weekend (I hope) Change the post order of the thread and go back and have a look at the long history and all he different RPeeps who have participated over the years.
I see a lot of familiar names in the original incarnation. Some not familiar at all. What happened to Not-a-Fish? Seemed he was the original initiator of the club. Crazy it's been going on for 16 years. And I was surprised to see I've been a member for 13 years! There have been times when it seemed like it would go by the wayside. Happy to see it continue. It would be great if some other older members jumped in for a spell.
We started in 2009. Lazy and I are original members.
This will be my 23rd mix this month. And it should be done by the weekend (I hope)
Change the post order of the thread and go back and have a look at the long history and all he different RPeeps who have participated over the years.
I see a lot of familiar names in the original incarnation. Some not familiar at all. What happened to Not-a-Fish? Seemed he was the original initiator of the club. Crazy it's been going on for 16 years. And I was surprised to see I've been a member for 13 years! There have been times when it seemed like it would go by the wayside. Happy to see it continue. It would be great if some other older members jumped in for a spell.
Looks like 2026 is sneaking up. I'm not an original member but am curious as to how many years this thing has been going. Speaking of old members we have Serious Lee joining us for the coming year. He was a member when I first joined under a different handle but departed shortly thereafter. Welcome back! Proposed lineup January - Cold Miser February - Serious Lee March - Miamizsun April - Kurt from LaQuinta May - Lazy 8 Chime in on what works or doesn't.
We started in 2009. Lazy and I are original members.
This will be my 23rd mix this month. And it should be done by the weekend (I hope)
Change the post order of the thread and go back and have a look at the long history and all he different RPeeps who have participated over the years.
Looks like 2026 is sneaking up. I'm not an original member but am curious as to how many years this thing has been going. Speaking of old members we have Serious Lee joining us for the coming year. He was a member when I first joined under a different handle but departed shortly thereafter. Welcome back!
Proposed lineup
January - Cold Miser
February - Serious Lee
March - Miamizsun
April - Kurt from LaQuinta
May - Lazy 8
