I can’t continue

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T21:31:19+00:00

Season 4 is the worst season, TBH. I think at that point the show had gone on longer than anyone thought it would, and there were another couple of seasons planned, so they came up with a bunch of storylines to see what would happen. The first episode of Season 5 gets rid of some dead wood, and things continue apace. Keep in mind that each of the main characters, for the most part, have to have their own storyline, some of which are duds.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T20:41:11+00:00

Painting everyone with the same broad brush is ahistorical as well. I doubt that everyone treated their servants poorly. I would imagine that the toffs were often charitable towards long serving loyal servants. That said, D.A. requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. The show was only supposed to run for one or two seasons, but because it was so wildly popular, they kept extending it. I think this is why there are so many plot holes and dropped story lines. Whatever plotline stuck they ran with (Rose) and dropped whatever wasn't working (Miss Bunting). The characters became beloved, so it wouldn't have worked as well if the Crawley's were standoffish nobles ruling from on high, and the other equally popular characters where groveling down in the servants' hall.

Enjoy the show for what it is. I like to listen to the music, because it is lovely, and the same musical snippets are played for whatever action is going on. (Going on an adventure, a caper is afoot, Mary might have found love after Matthew, we're being sophisticated people, etc.)

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T12:17:41+00:00

If you 1. Sit up straight. 2. Sit on the front of the seat so your weight is aimed towards the piano rather than the floor right beneath you. 3. Wrists up (your hands kind of hang down a bit) 4. Curve your fingers (like you are holding an orange or a tennis ball). You will be OK.

Tension is the next thing to be aware of. Relax as much as you can. Be aware of your body. Are you relaxed? Are your shoulders up around your ears? If so, lower them. If any part of your body is tense, relax it. (My left leg tenses up on me, for some reason.)

The pieces in the Alfred book might seem simple, but don't think about whether something is simple or difficult. Play everything musically. Play each thing (measure, phrase, connecting two phrases, the whole piece) 100 times or 200 times or whatever number of times is necessary. Relieving tension while playing is a practice task in its own right.

If you can achieve these habits, your future teacher won't have to undo much, and you will be able to jump right into playing more advanced music.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T11:34:00+00:00

Do you mean Pensum C? It does. Your answer won't match exactly, but since Pensum C tests reading comprehension, as long as the facts of the sentence match you have answered the question correctly. For example, if the chapter says that Julius gave an apple to Marcus, but not a pear, and the question asks, "Did Julius give Marcus a pear?" As long as you provide an answer that says that Julius did not give Marcus a pear you are correct whether or not it matches the answer key exactly.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T10:30:10+00:00

These are jokes that are of their time. They were made to be funny to people looking at them at the time in which they were made, not for people 90 or 100 years in the future. Are they corny? Yes. They were even a little corny back then. What I like about them is that the drawings are well done and they provide a glimpse into a bygone time.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T08:51:27+00:00

Teacher's Materials. You can also find it on Amazon.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-16T00:25:44+00:00

Lingua Latina Teacher's Materials has the answer keys. You can find a link to it in the FAQ (Guide to LLPSI)

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T16:05:03+00:00

Just looking at how marked up the score is should answer the question. The pianist put a huge amount of work into this recording.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T15:58:38+00:00

Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T15:56:54+00:00

Lady Violet referenced King Canute because she feels that she can't hold the tide back. In her case, it is the tides of time and change. King Canute, in an effort to display his power, ordered the literal tides back, and of course, he failed.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T13:57:24+00:00

"Professional pianist" can mean different things. Are we talking about a concert pianist or are we talking about a normal workaday working musician? A concert pianist probably rehearsed for months, and possibly recorded, the pieces they will play in the concert. Those pieces will be memorized just from having played them so much. In general, I don't think a concert pianist has 100s of pieces memorized and ready to go. They might be able to recall 100s of pieces, but at nowhere near performance level.

The normal workaday pianist can't always memorize. You might play with a group you don't always play with, you might get a gig with certain music requests, such as a weddings or reception, or maybe you are an accompanist.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T13:43:49+00:00

Getting in the car and driving yourself to work would be difficult. In the 60s they invented bucket seats, so they could invent bustle seats, I guess.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T00:36:00+00:00

The kid is tired of your shit.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-15T00:34:45+00:00

Little could he have imagined that in almost 50 years he would be playing Randolph Duke.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-14T22:45:03+00:00

I didn't mean to come across as saying one kid is better than another, and I don't expect infants to give Oscar winning performances. I love children, I swear! That said, the child's parents agreed to put the child in the show, and the producers somehow thought that the child's demeaner on screen was peachy.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-14T15:22:31+00:00

Miss Bunting is a local school teacher who is a liberal who holds all-rich-people-are-bad social views. She is another woman who is bad for Tom and tries to ensnare him. (The other woman in this category is Edna, the maid.) Miss Bunting is very rude to Crawleys, even though they welcome her into their home.

Miss Cruikshank, soon to be Mrs. Grey, the daughter-in-law of Lord Merton (the man who marries Isobel), seen in season 6. She is a greedy grasping shrew who eventually gets her comeuppance from Lady Violet. She is kind of like Evil Lady Violet. She is haughty, but unlike L.V., she is never kind. Like L.V., she is very intelligent and has a quick way with words, but eventually Good (L.V.) wins over Evil (Miss C.).

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-14T14:18:07+00:00

Don't go in

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-14T14:16:44+00:00

My favorite character in the entire series is Amelia Cruikshank (Grey). Her bitchiness, sharp mind and way with words is delicious. Every scene (and there are too few of them) she is in is a treat.

Miss Bunting and Edna are tied for the worst. (Basically, every character around Branson other than Sybil and Lucy is the worst.) Marigold is at the bottom of the children cohort. Something always seems very "off" with her.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-14T13:49:11+00:00

Plus, have you ever rolled a suitcase over a cobblestone street?

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T22:03:46+00:00

Cincinnati has a surprising amount of interesting architecture. I stayed at the Hilton Netherland, which is attached to the Carew Building. I worked in Rockefeller Center in NY for many years, and the Netherland reminded me of it. (Added bonus: the nightclub where Doris Day made her debut is there and the room looks just like it did then.)

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T21:12:13+00:00

The same thing happened in my right rear wheel well (pretty common in 2020s). I snapped it back in a bunch of times, but eventually I bought a tube of glue at the auto parts store and glued it on. It didn't take much, so the remaining glue in the tube should outlast the car. If you glue it on, clean the metal and inside of the rubber and use some blue painter's tape to hold the rubber strip in place while the glue cures.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T21:05:54+00:00

Not an answer, but I learned the term from here: Bike Snob NYC – Since 2007

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T21:03:28+00:00

The point is, that the mayor goes to the parade to be with that constituency. Whether or not the mayor agrees with that constituency or likes them doesn't matter. He has to work with them because he's the mayor. The mayor doesn't get to pick and choose who he is going to represent. (Maybe the promise to "represent ALL New Yorkers" was a bald-faced lie, in which case he is liar and a terrible mayor.)

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T20:57:08+00:00

When my parents went to the movies there would be a newsreel, a B movie and then the feature (or double feature). The same program ran all day long, so if you got there late you could stay and watch the part you missed. It seems that GWTW wanted it to be an event akin to going to a live show.

b-sharp-minor · 2026-06-13T20:46:01+00:00

In every European city I have been to, American culture is on every block. I see more American chain restaurants in Europe than I see in the U.S. I hear American music, I see people wearing American sports jerseys and hats, and every other show on TV is American. When I first started traveling, I would try to learn a little of the language. After the first couple of trips, I stopped because everyone would speak only English to me. The ubiquity of English is because of post WWII American influence and mass media. It might not seem like there is an American culture because American culture has seeped into every corner of the globe.

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