I find it amusing that the modern person thinks people in the past were ignorant rubes and how we are so much more sophisticated today. We could never be taken in by a "medicine show".

It got me thinking about the biggest "medicine show" of my lifetime: Y2K.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Tapping out since this isn’t about the Big Audio Dynamite song

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Are we talking about ER or Dr. Pol type medicine shows?

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I liked Old Crow Medicine Show.

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Giza Dream Sheets type medicine shows.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I was hoping for a Dr. Hook flashback.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Frank Thomas would like a word with you

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Insanely good live band.

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Not a mult.

Or Dr. John if you're lucky.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

People in the past were ignorant rubes. Doesn’t mean people today aren’t.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

They do the best wagon wheel of any band.

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I was lucky enough to see them both. Dr. Hook at the “Old Chicago” theme mall back in my youth (circa 1979) and Dr. John at Summerfest in Milwaukee in the early 90’s.

Old Chicago had some pretty big names back in the day including Chuck Berry, The Four Tops, Chubby Checker, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Guess Who, The Ramones and The Jam.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

I think about that place every time I get on 55 coming from Bolingbrook. I can still see the empty arcade of shops and smell the electricity burning there. And God knows I loved going there.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

That's fair. Human nature is the one thing we can count on.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Yeah Old Chicago was a thing wasn't it? As for Dr. Hook, whenever I hear one of their songs on Sirius/XM 70s I can't help picturing that pirate patched straw hat dope looking guy from a 70s tv broadcast performance like Bandstand. He might even have had a friggin parrot.

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Elections have consequences.

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Is that the guy from the Nugenix commercials?

I would say anything in the diet field.

Parents are being taken for thousands of dollars by people from sports to academics promising to make their kids elite

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I play it better than Hootie.

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I've been around the block a few times and my conclusion is Elite is gifted at birth. You either have a cannon for an arm or you don't. You either have the quick twitch or you don't. You either have supersonic vision and reaction time or you don't.

I think the crazy parents and their money can make their kids serviceable over their natural talents. I also think though they are as likely to drive them away and into bad things.

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Elections have consequences.

I think it's more than likely they get driven away. It's pretty discernible whether a kid has a love and desire or he likes being around his friends. Once puberty has set in, it's easier to push an elite kid. The stars get the cheerleaders.

I argued with my computer nerd wife about the scam that was Y2K last night. She insisted it was not a scam and that preparation was the right thing to do. I was like, wait a minute. The smartest guys in the fucking world, they can program anything, they can make a super computer that fits in your pocket, but they were uncertain about what was going to occur at 12:01 on January 1, 2000? Really? I call absolute bullshit. These fuckers knew that the only thing that was going to happen was a wrong date, but they sold software and consulting services for billions of dollars. It sure beats mixing elixirs next to a horse drawn wagon!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

What are your wife's thoughts on "black watering Indians"?

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You are actually both kind of right and kind of wrong. Y2K was a major problem though the year 2038 is a MUCH larger problem. The thing is that Y2K was fixed because of the panic and the huge money spent on it. It was known about for years prior and patched in any vital system well before it would have been an issue. It did make for a great media story which kept it in the news all the way up to the day.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

OMG! What's gonna happen in 2038? Do I need to contact John McAfee for assistance?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Counting your chickens there aint ya JORR?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

In the year 2038, we hit the max date allowed in most computer systems. So they will roll over to an incorrect date of some sort.

Luckily, we have 19 years to figure it out and given my calculations climate change will end us all about 10 years before it happens.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't know about that...I remember reading that Italy basically said fuck it and didn't spend a single lira...and came out of it ok.

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