Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
So, happily in my zone and puttering in the kitchen, tunes come into my head and I sing while doing housework, chopping up some feed for the cluckers, toasting a bagel, happily singing Rock the Casbah to myself, Clash, 1982 (I was 32 when it came out). Then I remembered that singing that song in the wrong place could get me beheaded. Fuck this world sometimes, you know? There are days I just disengage and live in the present, be here now kind of stuff. And I sing when I am happy, and tunes from the past always come out of my mouth. Nostalgia for a simpler time.The pop music was danceable, Reagan sent ships to the Falkland Islands was the big military event, and Bladerunner, one of the best movies was in theaters. Sharif don't like it, and we didn't care, we thought we could rock the Casbah and dance. There's no going back and I pity the younger folks who have no idea how free and easy it all was, we ruled the world as Americans, and felt safe everywhere. How naive. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bJ9r8LMU9bQ