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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 21 (2026)

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Maister said:
Glenn Campbell was a GIANT in the music industry. He played guitar with the infamous Wrecking Crew (early credits include working with the Beach Boys). And he had a successful solo career as well with lots of country-pop crossover hits. (e.g. Wichita Lineman, Galveston, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Rhinestone Cowboy, etc.)
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I never realized Campbell was a member of the Wrecking Crew but I knew he played with The Beach Boys for a while - he started out as a session musician (and they were using the Wrecking Crew at the time so it tracks that he was probably with them) and then took over touring duties for Brian Wilson back towards the end of '64 when Wilson decided he only want to write and work in the studio and not tour anymore. Or maybe I did know Campbell was in the Wrecking Crew but forgot it somewhere along the way - they had such a lineup over the years and played on so many different albums it's hard to keep straight who was a session player and who was an actual bona fide member of whatever band they were playing with.

There used to be a pretty good documentary about the Wrecking Crew on Amazon Prime. I'll have to go check to see if it's still there.

I always liked the Campbell's By the Time I Get to Phoenix, which clocks in at 2:42 seconds, begat Isaac Hayes's 18 minute+ version of the song, which then begat this:

 
I was dropping my daughter off at school this morning and somebody had managed to get their small SUV hung up on a snowbank across the street from the school... not just a small snowbank but a spot where the plows had pushed a bunch of snow into a pile at least 4' or 5' high. The SUV was totally high centered with all 4 wheels in the air.

She had to have some speed going to have enough momentum to be up there like that and it's even more impressive given how heavy traffic is right there and that you usually cannot even go the 25 mph speed limit in that area in the morning.
 
Every morning, I wash out the dishes in the sink in the office kitchen - it's a nice little ritual to cleanse the day - but please do not disturb that moment with a serious work conversation - lol/sigh
 
Mrs. P didn't believe me when I told her last night the roads were basically clear. She asked me to drive her to work this morning - which isn't a problem since its on the way.

During the commute this morning she said, I guess the roads aren't that bad. Can you pick me up at lunch to go get my car? I smiled and said yes.

She never actually said I was right, she just recognized the fact the roads were clear.

I just smile.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
Every morning, I wash out the dishes in the sink in the office kitchen - it's a nice little ritual to cleanse the day - but please do not disturb that moment with a serious work conversation - lol/sigh
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Have a few here that just dump in the sink and the dishwasher is within arms reach; just like my kids at home.
 
dandy_warhol said:
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I guess I am now. Thanks for all the horrible foot images that are now running through my mind.

My wife was selling a couch and someone asked if she could send a video of her walking on it to see how soft it is. It was sitting outside so she wore shoes. He then asked if she could do it barefoot because some excuse about the shoes. She was about to do it when she told me what she was doing. I looked at her and told her about foot fetishes. My kids started laughing because she didn't know. She stopped to look it up and got creeped out. She has a major foot fetish the other way. She hates them. Don't even look at them.
 
DVD said:
I guess I am now. Thanks for all the horrible foot images that are now running through my mind.

My wife was selling a couch and someone asked if she could send a video of her walking on it to see how soft it is. It was sitting outside so she wore shoes. He then asked if she could do it barefoot because some excuse about the shoes. She was about to do it when she told me what she was doing. I looked at her and told her about foot fetishes. My kids started laughing because she didn't know. She stopped to look it up and got creeped out. She has a major foot fetish the other way. She hates them. Don't even look at them.
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"Yes, that picture helps more, with your bare feet. Maybe....could you ask your husband to get up there too? He should also be barefoot. It's for.....science? Yeah, science. Can his toenails be painted? Well, I think it's odd you'd think that's perverted. Maybe YOU'RE the pervert! Nope, you're right, it's me."
 
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I wonder if they still use paper TPS report cover sheets?

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