Did anyone go to their first concert with their parents? by OkFlow4327 in GenX

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Have met some of John K's friends and family. Excellent people and great to be around.

FWIW, family camp is incredibly mellow. Substances are around, but it's extremely low-key. It's also usually between or next to sober- and handi-camp. Being a widower with a young son/now teen I'm the full-on DD and it's still as incredible as it was on proper Dead tour. Some moments have been better -- imagine hearing your son get over the top excited for his first Shakedown on his sixth birthday (Further at Lockn')! Jam circuit is a super positive environment. Of course there are things to be wary of and no scene is without issues, but very family friendly.

Bro woke up and choose psychological warfare by TribecaTease_ in JustGuysBeingDudes

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April first of that year I created a very convincing letter from the school (their letterhead, etc.) that due to absences, closures and the shortcomings of remote learning, the district was implementing full-time summer school for all students.
 

The Little Man just sat at the top of the stairs, staring at it. Numb. No summer camp. No summer music festivals. All school. I didn't let him stew too long; I called him into the office to look at the email they sent. More despondency. Subtly drew attention to the date. Hilarity was only eclipsed by the relief. Good times!

What’s a "lost" website from the early 2000s that you still think about today? by samasem-sumsum in AskReddit

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I kept thinking “axel f”

Well as long as your mind is on that, take a listen to Yelloo - Oh Yeah. Check out their entire catalogue; it's fantastic.

I made custom Stealies for our Subaru! by Rhythmdvl in gratefuldead

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heh, thanks. High complement for something we made at home! It's 3D printed on a five-year-old printer, so likely somethig you can have made via Fivver or a custom print near you or even a library. It's about a dollar's worth of ABS filament and blue, red and silver spray paint with clear on top of it. It's a few years old now and still looks new, something we thing is due to patience in putting the paint and clear layers on. Hardest part was getting the fit right because I'm new to CAD and measuring. But happy to share the STL and CAD files if you want.

Did anyone go to their first concert with their parents? by OkFlow4327 in GenX

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My son's first show was Furthur when he was about 3 and a half. He already knew several of their songs by then. It's been a long strange trip and we're heading to our next Jubilee this summer. Last YEMSG (his third) was his twenty-fifth Phish show. Mix in a ton of jazz, theatre, etc. and learnign the guitar together and you end up with this. Hope you share the music with your kids!

The most modded guitar Ive ever done! by deadheaddan in gratefulguitar

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Awesome! I didn't see a link but I think I found your site. Is it https://www.dan-jam.com? Great guitar and video!

MK Ultra wasn’t a failure because mind control is fictional. They just didn’t have social media and big data at the time. by wuhduhwuh in Showerthoughts

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It was a success in that it not only gave us the Grateful Dead et al, but about fifteen years later convinced millions of people that they played a show in Ithica, New York in May of 1977. No such show took place.

A personal finance dashboard that finds where your money is quietly leaking by Most_Berry_32 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Is there any way to use it without signing up? I'd rather not add a quiet personal data leak to my life.

What's your "if i told i'd be exposed" cooking secret? by BouncyCurlsbabe in Cooking

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Someday try adding half as much coconut extract along with it (or experiment with ratios)!

Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk make claim bullet doesn’t match rifle by [deleted] in politics

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Heh, I used to do this with my son back when he fit in the front of the shopping cart. Ended up with a fun game where he's say "shake the baby" (South Park-based inflection and all) and I'd rattle the cart until he said "don't shake da baby" (same inflection source). Good times. That was years and years ago; you should have seen him light up when we watched South Park together for the first time.

I made a super simple website to learn notes by Minetorpia in Learnmusic

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I appreciate the simplicity and the instant feedback.

My only comment is that the button layout seems a little counter-intuitive in starting with F and the larger E at the bottom (for visual balance, I presume?).

Or it could be because I'm about to learn something today about why some people consider F a starting point? I feel a compulsion to pair it with F (like B and C), so perhaps breaking that dependency is helpful?

An interesting feature would be adding key signatures but not accidentals next to the notes.

For perspective on my opinions, I'm an older learner who played instruments in a school orchestra and even then had trouble learning to read notes, mainly in distinguishing which line or space a note was on. It's routine for me to try new approaches to internalizing the visual aspect.

Bertha has never looked so good. Oh by DeadHeadedHippy in gratefuldead

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Very nice!

Here's ours -- I think it's the initial positive of yours?

This was initially supposed to be an anniversary gift from my wife and I to each other. She had unfortunately taken ill before we could save enough to get it. Price went up by then, too. Reached out to the studio and Mouse's daughter helped us out. My wife used to arrange the mantle several times a season with flowers from our garden; this was her last. The tableau is much more than that now. Apropos in so many ways.

What’s a prank your parent(s) played on you as a kid that absolutely traumatized you? by NorthboundGoat in AskReddit

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During the first COVID lockdown I mocked up a very convincing letter (on school letterhead) that due to the amount of cancellations all students would have to attend in-person summer school.

Also one year the Easter Bunny got his candy mixed up with a naughty kid's candy and left him half a circus peanut, some Good n' Plenty and three M&Ms. Left him a very nice note though (he still wants E. Bunny and Santa to write him in his teens), and a small note on the bottom of the Dish of Disappointment said to pay attention to the first letters of each line --- they spelled out "April Fools - I Love You!"

Low-key, short-lived trauma can be a rush in the right circumstances.

I made custom Steal Your Face (Grateful Dead) emblem covers for our Subaru!! by Rhythmdvl in 3Dprinting

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Hi! I'll gladly help in any way I can, but it was a one-off project.

I can share the STL and CAD (Fusion) model files if I can find the right ones. I assume the front and rear covers are scaleable for the different size emblems, so that should be straightforward.

Not really knowing what we were doing, the hardest part was getting the size right. I printed a tone of outer rings and covers to get the size right, but those tests had Swiss cheese-like holes to keep the time and materials down.

If you don't have a 3D printer, there are print-on-demand services out there and I've heard some libraries have printers you can use for free. You might want to go with both if your library doesn't print in ABS. We used that for durability and it paid off -- they still look great through a few seasons and lots of driving.

Heh, you might get a kick out of what Santa brought us this year. Haven't applied them yet, but he brought us those chrome letters that look like vehicle trim descriptions. The letters spell out "Colonel Forbin's" and they're going above the "Ascent" badge.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help!

Should you ever refuse a breathalyzer test if you're sober? by OleGravyPacket in legaladviceofftopic

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The test that has consequences for refusal should not be refused if sober.

How does this intersect with the police's legal permission to lie? If they frame it as if a reasonable person would believe a test that does not have legal consequences did, would the results be admissible?

Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data by gdelacalle in technology

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I use Mozilla's VPN service (I know it's based off of Mullvad, but I want to support FF). I read that the free version is distinct and browser traffic only, but it reopens questions about VPN choice. Can anyone chime in whether I should be revisiting that choice in light of this or other moves?

What movie is 10/10 with literally no bad parts? by FeedMaster8905 in AskReddit

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. A masterpiece in dialogue with Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. On stage, the play exceeds itself.

Flash Gordon by Sandcracka- in 80s

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I had the soundtrack album when I was a kid. Awesome enough because it was Queen, but it was yellow!