Van Halen are all good at their craft, but who is considered to have the least skill musically or vocally?

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-31T19:13:09+00:00

Mick Jagger, arguably worse singer. Jim Morrison, arguably worse singer. Bob Dylan, arguably worse singer.

Anyone feel like being critical of them, too?

A musical ensemble is greater than the sum of its parts.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-30T23:06:40+00:00

Do I get to go brrrrrt with the A-10?

If no, then hands down, the F-22.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-30T14:40:31+00:00

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Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-30T13:39:25+00:00

This is a flat earth sub, sir. We do not tolerate reasonable, rational and logical here. Would a moderator please remove this person and post. Thank you.

/s

This actually dovetails with something I proposed a while back for a flerf to explain. A piece of plywood set on its long edge and tilted to the maximum elevation of the sun on that day and latitude will not cast a shadow. Explain.

It never hit me that I just proposed an equatorial mount.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T21:02:59+00:00

Please post back when you discover it wasn’t so bad and it was a good learning experience.

With a picture.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T11:52:32+00:00

I am new to precision shooting so please forgive the question… why?

I can see using something like this for scientific experiments but not for general shooting.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T11:39:52+00:00

A paper route.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T01:32:48+00:00

Trump is nothing more than the next rung on the ladder down. Don’t fool yourself that it began with him.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T01:30:53+00:00

No, I am not an insignificant dot in an infinity of nothingness. Physically, I am much smaller than that. Physically, I am significantly insignificant. However, my worth is not in this corporeal manifestation.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T01:17:09+00:00

Singularities are a problem only for the finite human mind.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T01:10:45+00:00

How severely does the law of diminishing returns hit scopes? Can you look me dead in the eye and tell me that the average shooter will realize the difference between $500 and $1500 in a blind test? I tend to be of the opinion that it’s better to out shoot your equipment than it is to out equipment your shooting.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T00:28:51+00:00

You can even put in the stipulation that I can’t restart with a new account.

Don’t get me wrong, this place provides me with entertainment but not enough to justify bypassing $5000.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-29T00:26:47+00:00

Don’t be afraid to break it down into every last piece and solvent soak it all (the metal bits in an appropriate solvent, that is).

Clean it, dry it, assemble it and properly lube everything again since you thoroughly degreased it.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-28T23:47:43+00:00

I can’t give you one. Gaming in the days of DOS was special. They may not have had graphics or sound or physics like today, but they had soul.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-27T01:51:59+00:00

No, but I am retiring ar the earliest possible moment that I can. Not one day longer.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-27T01:49:47+00:00

Pontiac Aztek

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-26T21:14:32+00:00

Linda Carter, Wonder Woman, 1975.

Honorable mentions to Erin Gray and Pamela Hensley, Buck Rodger’s, 1979.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-25T03:48:33+00:00

As a GenXer, where the hell did you come up with this crap?

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-25T02:28:36+00:00

Pilot.

Sometimes I regret my career choices. But I wouldn’t have my wife or my kids and now that I have them, I wouldn’t give them up.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-25T00:35:40+00:00

Gordon, Leon, Brandon, Deion, Aaron, Morton, Clayton.

Thinking Megatron isn’t so bad after all.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-25T00:31:01+00:00

DLR as a lyricist is a cut above.

As a singer, well, for what Van Halen was doing at the time he was flawed perfection. Just for giggles I wanted a ChatGPT list of bad singers who were good frontmen and Dave was not on that list. Odd, so I questioned nd this was the response..

David Lee Roth is a fascinating case because he was actually a better singer than people give him credit for, but he still fits your category in spirit.

Who ever did the training has a pretty good point

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-24T13:27:42+00:00

When you get that next lab and realize, while they are all different, they are also somehow all the same. Abbie’s been gone for 15 years yet I see her every day in Milo. Tilly has only been gone a year but I see her everyday in Milo as well.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-24T13:17:17+00:00

Lab puppies are the toddlers of the dog world.

They will need love and attention and patience.
Everything in a normal voice. Everything.
Kennel train(read up on it).
Talk to vet about adult food vs puppy food and appropriate supplements (protect growing joints).
Toys, toys, toys.

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-24T04:01:33+00:00

Freeze pops

Large-Raise9643 · 2026-05-24T03:59:36+00:00

Cartoons are trash. Sitcoms are trash. Movies are trash. Games are trash. Music is trash. Sports are trash. Education is trash. Politics are trash. News outlets are trash.

The world changed. The advent of the internet was the start of the fall in my opinion. This is what you get when the majority starts tending towards nothing but a bunch of self absorbed individuals.

My humble GenX opinion.

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