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How?

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How is all the shite that will have to get done in the dark, especially school bus pick up.

The other thing no one takes into account is all the trades and jobs that typically start at daylight, not before, like construction and all ancillary business to it, trash pick-up, etc. By delaying those early bird workers it will place them on the same commute as those who work 8 or 9 to 5. Both to and from.

Not that I give a shite, but it will absolutely negatively impact rush hours during the winter. FAFO.

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Carruthers and his alleged accomplice, James Montgomery, were convicted of kidnapping, torturing, and burying alive a mother, her son, and his friend back in 1996.

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I don’t agree with others trying to lump this bad arrest in with those who lost jobs or had posts censored by private companies for actually cheering Kirk’s murder due to politics and creating threats against others with same views by calling for more to get the same as Kirk.

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Agreed. Huge difference.

People who dance over murder are straight up pieces of shite. Human scum.

My first summer out of high school I worked on a tree trimming crew in Minneapolis taking down Elms with Dutch Elm disease and a work order came in with the name Carl Eller on it. We show up mid-morning and it's a mansion on the Mississippi River. Around noon as we were doing a final clean-up a woman emerges from the castle and gets into a sports car - gone! Then out comes the man, the Carl Eller, dressed in a robe and sandals like Hugh Hefner and handing out Schlitz to everyone.

My first brush with celebrity and it was more than I could have ever hoped for! :bow:

The explanation of the bass line on this song...

I hate-hate posting this one.

Another legendary rock voice silenced. RIP

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Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook Lead Singer, Dies At 76

By Tim Lammers, Contributor.
May 17, 2026, 03:19pm EDT

Dennis Locorriere, who sang lead vocals on several Dr. Hook classics including “Only Sixteen,” “A Little Bit More” and “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman,” has died.

Locorriere’s management announced in a statement on Sunday that the singer-songwriter-musician died on Saturday of kidney disease. He was 76.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dennis Locorriere, who, after a long and courageous battle with kidney disease, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on May 16, 2026,” the statement reads on the band’s website. “Dennis faced his illness with remarkable strength, dignity, and resilience throughout, and remained deeply cherished by all who knew him.

“He will be remembered for his warmth, love, and the lasting impact he had on those around him.”

No information was given about where Locorriere was at the time of his death. The Independent reported that the performer had lived in the U.K. for the past 24 years.

Born Dennis Michael Locorriere on June 13, 1949, in Union City, N.J., the musician helped form what was first known as Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show in 1968. The group’s name was shortened to Dr. Hook in 1975.

Dennis Locorriere, along with original bandmates Ray Sawyer, George Cummings Jr. and Billy Francis, found success in 1972 with the hit “Sylvia’s Mother,” which was followed by “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” in 1973, and “Only Sixteen” and “A Little Bit More” in 1976.

Dr. Hook’s other big hits in the 1970s included 1978’s “Sharing the Night Together” and 1979’s “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman,” before they began the next decade with such hit tunes as “Sexy Eyes” (1980) and “Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk” (1982).

While some of the band’s hits were covers of other successful artists — “Only Sixteen” is a cover of singer-songwriter Sam Cooke’s 1959 hit — others were original tunes, some of which were penned by famed author Shel Silverstein.

As a songwriter, Locorriere penned tunes for the likes of Olivia Newton-John, Willie Nelson, Crystal Gayle and Bob Dylan.

While Locorriere sang lead on several Dr. Hook songs, Ray Sawyer, who largely sang harmonies, took the lead on the hit “The Cover of the Rolling Stone.”

Sawyer, whose stage presence was amplified by the eyepatch he wore after losing an eye in a car accident 1967, died in December 2018 at 81. Cummings Jr. died in December 2024 at 86 and Francis died in May 2010 at 68.

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But, you continue to clap like a seal.

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Barry Manilow had many hit songs in his day.. most of which, he wrote himself.. One of the very few he did not write was…………. “I Write the Songs .”

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It was written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys.

Why so long in the face??