A thing I learned today

[Cowboy Junkie]

I agree about the way John Fogerty got shafted,another classic story of a band getting ripped off was Badfinger whose 2 main songwriters Pete Ham and Tom Evans wrote[and recorded] Without You was a mega world wide hit for Harry Nillsson in the early 70s and an even bigger hit for warbling vocal gymnast Mariah Carey.Messrs Ham and Evans got diddly squat/nowt/jack shit for that song and tragically they died young in rather sad circumstances.In recent times, i believe their families have tried to get hold of any royalties through the legal system,but without much success.Now that is criminal man.....

[old barney greyheron]

You banging on about John Fogerty, i'm gonna have to dig out me Creedence now...and I was just about to hit the fartsack...oh fuck it...

[Jane]

I learned that many people around me, who spent huge amounts of time complaining about the problems in their life, could have avoided those problems if the had exersised even a minimum amount of effort to prevent them in the first place. Lots of trying to shut stables doors after horse has bolted type stuff.

[fluke]

After John Fogerty left CCR and had to sign away all of his royalties, Saul Zaentz sued him, saying "The Old Man down the Road" on the Centerfield album was a replica of "Run through the Jungle." So.......... Zaentz was sueing Fogerty for plagiarizing himself.

I wonder whether I am the only person in the world who didn't know this before.

In any case, it only strengthens my souring belief in humanity.

http://pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9429&start=15

The way he reacted to his band mates..

[phro37]

sneezing while brishing your teeth requires more care than i gave it this morning

[jennylois]

sneezing while brishing your teeth requires more care than i gave it this morning

Brishing teeth is a delicate job.

[phro37]

sneezing while brishing your teeth requires more care than i gave it this morning

Brishing teeth is a delicate job.

hahahaha whoops

[old barney greyheron]

ello fro

[Heather]

Buying a separate mouse for your laptop is a good idea. You can speed through web pages a lot quicker than if you were to use the mouse on your laptop.

Happy days!

[firehazard]

Buying a separate mouse for your laptop is a good idea. You can speed through web pages a lot quicker than if you were to use the mouse on your laptop.

Indeedy. But a thing I learned a while ago is that if you're using a wireless mouse you need to keep a spare pair of batteries at hand. And when the comp tells you they need replacing, you need to believe it and do it immediately. Otherwise you have to do a mad rush up to the local shop, while all the internet has to hang around and twiddle its thumbs while it's waiting for you.

[Heather]

Buying a separate mouse for your laptop is a good idea. You can speed through web pages a lot quicker than if you were to use the mouse on your laptop.

Indeedy. But a thing I learned a while ago is that if you're using a wireless mouse you need to keep a spare pair of batteries at hand. And when the comp tells you they need replacing, you need to believe it and do it immediately. Otherwise you have to do a mad rush up to the local shop, while all the internet has to hang around and twiddle its thumbs while it's waiting for you.

Thanks for that, it is a wireless mouse, but we do keep spare batteries in fortunately.

Another thing I've learned is never put it on a coffee table, you'll get a bad back because coffee tables are lower than ordinary tables.

[Nemanjic]

Though it's hotly debated topic, do not make your wife's pregnancy announcement to early. If your wife miscarry, updating the announcement is such a pain in the ass.

[Sportin' Life]

Though it's hotly debated topic, do not make your wife's pregnancy announcement to early. If your wife miscarry, updating the announcement is such a pain in the ass.

Ouch. That sucks. But get back up there on that horse:

http://www.figo.org/news/fertility-news ... age-002737

[Heather]

When you reply to a thread on a forum, think carefully before you write anything as you may write it the wrong way and people will end up hating you. Also never reply to a thread on a forum after a few glasses of your favourite tipple as you may live to regret it.

[old barney greyheron]

I write any old shite when drumk and don't care who i offend...but then...i'm an arsehole so.........