Just chatting

Tenn__Man

Megan Hah! Your response made me laugh. I don't know which part of the country you live in or if you've ever heard of Kentuckian singer-songwriter John Prine, but he told a similar joke once in an interview. The host asked Prine how he started playing the guitar, and Prine talked about the sorts of instruments his siblings played, and how they taught him. Then the host kinda expected Prine's dad to know how to play music. Prine said no, but he played the radio sometimes and we listened to the Grand Ole Opry together in the kitchen.

Megan

Tenn__Man Hah! Your response made me laugh. I don't know which part of the country you live in or if you've ever heard of Kentuckian singer-songwriter John Prine, but he told a similar joke once in an interview. The host asked Prine how he started playing the guitar, and Prine talked about the sorts of instruments his siblings played, and how they taught him. Then the host kinda expected Prine's dad to know how to play music. Prine said no, but he played the radio sometimes and we listened to the Grand Ole Opry together in the kitchen.

Yes that is where I got the joke from 😁 I didn't think of it!

Tenn__Man

Angelina Interesting. I initially took your "first violin" comment literally.

Angelina

youdontknowme Pretty much the opposite of playing second fiddle.

Exactly 😂

Maija Lol, sorry 😃

😛

Tenn__Man Do you play the first violin in an orchestra?

as i have already explained it is a german proverb 😉

Tenn__Man Interesting. I initially took your "first violin" comment literally.

that was my intention, good that it is clarified 😃

Saintprudence Goody is a community theatre actress (which she really misses in covid, bleh) who once played Elizabeth Proctor and thought it would be funny to use on here since I already had a religious name!

do you also call her goody at home or with her real name ? 😉

Tenn__Man

Kris How about "the thigh band"?

Anyways, band names aren't exclusive nor copyrighted, in the U.S. at least. I don't know about the EU.

Saintprudence

Tenn__Man How about "the thigh band"?

… this is genius!

Owl

Tenn__Man
As far as I understood, you can't get a copyright for a band name, but you can register it as a trademark. Admittedly, the difference is far from obvious IMO since both terms seem to be commonly used in close proximity.
Here is a link dealing with the topic: https://copyrightalliance.org/copyright-vs-trademark-can-i-copyright-my-band-name/

I'd consider myself far from being an expert in intangible property rights, though. Not the most exciting topics, IMO, but I am quite sure a substantial number of people in the world see it differently. Probably that's why they became lawyers etc.

Kris

Tenn__Man One of the best know, yes 😃

Tenn__Man

Who else is well known in Europe, country music wise?

Tenn__Man

Saintprudence Lol!

Your spouse's username, GoodyProctor, reminded me of the book I had to read for 10th Grace English, The Crucible. Surprisingly, that book didn't manage to de-convert me despite having to write numerous essays on it. But I'm no longer a believer anyways.

Saintprudence

Tenn__Man Goody is a community theatre actress (which she really misses in covid, bleh) who once played Elizabeth Proctor and thought it would be funny to use on here since I already had a religious name!

Saintprudence

Tenn__Man (We’ve talked about how her surprising eagerness to play along with the chastity thing is at least partially because it exercises the “playing a different role” mental muscles for her. Once she started thinking like an actress, doing things like trolling her mom and the country club crowd was second nature!)

Saintprudence

Angelina real name. She does have a couple of friends who call her Goody because theatre people tend to do that when they’ve spent several months together rehearsing and performing a role!

Angelina

Saintprudence

yes, that is understandable. I just asked 😃

Angelina

Owl

as far as I know, there is a patent protection for such things that prohibits others from publishing things under the name of the applicant. 🤔

Avery

Wonder if I can get some opinions from folks in other countries, primarily Europe, I guess. In ten days is the Boston Marathon road race, a very big deal where I live. They have just announced that no one who lives in Russia or Belarus will be allowed to run, tho people from those countries who live elsewhere, e.g. students who live in the US, will be allowed to run. I wonder about this. I see the gesture, but ordinary folks who live in Russia and Belarus generally have no more say in what's going on in the Ukraine than I do. What do folks think. My interest is only because I am a runner.

Max9

Avery I think you're right. It's not directly the fault of the citizens there. Though they could do more about it ... like a revolution ... but many of them don't even know about the war because there's only state run media and no internet connection to western countries. And some even support it, probably a result of the state run media brainwashing them... still, they should knpw that massacres like that are not ok. difficult situation, all in all

Megan

Avery
Its not their fault.
If they aren't going back to Russia they could stand together and say they are not for war.
But then would they get in trouble in russia???

Angelina

Avery

i agree with you and frankly i have already been very angry about it. the athletes can't do anything about what Putin is doing and in my opinion they should be allowed to compete. sport is supposed to help overcome rifts, then a sign (for the cohesion of society) should be set there.

Joh

Avery
They elected him and also approved the constitutional amendment so that he can be in office again. In my opinion, they are also partly to blame and must now bear the consequences.
There are certainly some who are against him, but it is not possible to please everyone.
On the other hand, this kind of action is a way to show them that what is happening in Ukraine is not okay. Maybe they will think about it when it is done by many countries.

Angelina

Joh

two comments on this. firstly, not every russian voted for putin, so not everyone can be responsible. and secondly, if olaf scholz attacks austria tomorrow, no one can be blamed but himself. not even those who voted for him

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