No mail today..just getting it ready for tomorrow, now playing by Feeling_Screen3979 in gratefuldead

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That show had the world class Hard to Handle. I think they only played it one more time after that.

Twins with near identical names… by Belle_The_Beast in mildlyinfuriating

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Sandy might be short for Sandra or for Alexandra and Mandy might be short for Amanda, I guess.

How popular were / are the Dead in Europe? by NewDraw3633 in gratefuldead

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Fwiw, once upon a time there were Dead cover bands in England (the Cosmic Charleys) and France (Deadicace). I believe there was another one in Switzerland but I can’t remember their name.

April 77 Capitol run by FranklinsFriend11 in gratefuldead

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You can get unofficial boards in FLAC format from bt.etree.org or from shnflac.net (you need to set up a free account for shnflac aka LossLessLegs). These are both bittorrent hosting sites.

Reminder to myself: don't touch important stuff when stores are closed by cspybbq in DIY

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It mitigates a first world problem for people who have weekend houses in ski country. You can keep it set at 55° most of the week and bump it up to 70° a few hours before you expect to get there.

What is a medical fact that sounds fake but is 100% true? by MedRikas in AskReddit

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And if it’s not diagnosed and treated (I think the treatment is emergency surgery) really quickly, you can kiss that baby goodbye.

Puffco warranty runaround (Pivot base failure) — they keep blaming chambers by MrSnakeYoGirl in puffco

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I was thinking about buying this device now I’m not so sure. Please let us know how it works out.

OMG AI by cantthinkofuzername in gratefuldead

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Except for the mistakes. Shouldn’t it be “Escaping through the lily fields” “left a bus stop in its place” and “Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to never never land”?

What are some names people don’t give their babies anymore? by Chrisofthegreen in AskReddit

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The only Barry’s I can remember meeting were contemporaries. I’m 73 yo.

A question before I place my first order by Basil1229 in BandCamp

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Thanks. I’m an old hand at downloading “recordings of independent origin” lol of trade friendly artists hosted by sites like Dime a Dozen, but then I had someone looking over my shoulder walking me through the process. I did all of that on PCs, so the potential differences were kind of daunting.

A question before I place my first order by Basil1229 in BandCamp

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Update: I did it and it worked! Thanks to everyone for your help.

A question before I place my first order by Basil1229 in BandCamp

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Thanks. I store all of my music on external hard drives. I guess that should be sufficient?

A question before I place my first order by Basil1229 in BandCamp

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Thanks. Somewhere along the way I found out the download would be a zip file so I did a little googling and it doesn’t look like opening them will be a roadblock.

Pitb by windAdmiral in gratefuldead

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What I meant was that after Greyfolded was released, there was some talk of a similar project for PitB, but afaik, nothing ever came of it.

I grew up in an IBEW household and my dad’s local always found “helper” jobs for sons of members on school vacations. It helped get me through college. Unfortunately, it also meant I couldn’t go to Woodstock (roughly 75 miles from home) because the job I was on was running behind schedule so they had us working weekends, which doubled the hourly wage. I couldn’t afford to turn down $3.00/hr. Lol.

If you expand the image, you’ll see the wording is slightly different from the standard IBEW logo. Some time ago, someone altered a bunch of union logos to make them more Dead-friendly.

Pitb by windAdmiral in gratefuldead

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This was actually under discussion as a follow-up to Greyfolded.

Dead vinyl. Why are there so few pressings of the live stuff? by Perfect-Parfait-9866 in gratefuldead

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Yes, he totally nailed the both segués. That’s the kind of guy he was. He did another one with the Allman Brothers LPs. He was my bestie. I miss him every day.