groyster1
3219 posts
Aug 05, 2018
2:11 PM
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listening to him play on blues channel.....he got undergrad degree from oregon and masters from oklahoma state.....he served in vietnam same time period as I
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SuperBee
5536 posts
Aug 05, 2018
5:56 PM
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I heard him a couple times in Clarksdale; he can blow the living s*** out of the high end of a harp.
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harpcrab
109 posts
Aug 06, 2018
10:41 AM
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He's also a member of MENSA. Very intelligent.
Bluesharp- If you don't blow you suck...
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groyster1
3221 posts
Aug 06, 2018
4:32 PM
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sorry just violated forum creed......forgot
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nacoran
9933 posts
Aug 06, 2018
8:39 PM
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Groyster, how?
Harpcrab, I read a joke once that was touted as being a from the Mensa Magazine, although I've seen it other places... Rene Descartes walked into a bar and ordered a drink. When he was done the bartender asked him if he'd like another to which he said, "I think not" and poof, he disappeared.
I never knew what to think of Mensa. It always seemed a bit elitist. Yes, being smarter than average might lead you to have a certain set of interests, but it seems to me the better way to deal with that is to have a group for that interest. And the cutoff seems kind of arbitrary, what is the difference in interests between someone in the 97th percentile and someone in the 98th when you get right down to it? It always seemed more about social signalling.
My aunt, by the way, got a perfect score on her SATs.
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groyster1
3222 posts
Aug 07, 2018
1:14 AM
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somewhat political statement about viet nam war and stated I was part of viet nam vets against the war....I deleted it.......the post was about slims accomplishments besides being great harp player
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nacoran
9934 posts
Aug 07, 2018
6:03 AM
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Ah, okay. When members self-police it does make it so much easier to moderate! :)
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The Iceman
3640 posts
Aug 07, 2018
6:07 AM
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I lived with a MENSA woman....MENSA is mostly a group of like minded people who can easily relate with each other...kinda like a harmonica chat group!
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Buzadero
1330 posts
Aug 07, 2018
12:45 PM
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Many years ago I was "recruited" to join a Mensa group that was local to where we were living at the time.
I thanked them and politely declined, roughly paraphrasing the old Groucho line that I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
At the time it didn't occur to me to ask, but to this day I still don't know how (or more specifically why) they would have cause or motivation to approach me.
Don't know nuthin about them.....
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indigo
517 posts
Aug 07, 2018
3:59 PM
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my son is a member of Mensa but when it comes to common sense he is as thick as two short planks.
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NiteCrawler .
359 posts
Aug 09, 2018
4:19 AM
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Hi Folks,I just wanted to let any N.J. or Philly harpers that Slim is playing on Sun.,8/19 7 pm at a small 60 seat venue called Lizzie Roses Music Room in Tuckerton,N.J..If anyone is interested check out they,re web site www.lizzierosemusic.com for not only this particular show but for shows in the past and in the future.Its pretty amazing to see the acts that Lou and his wife book in this small intimate venue.HAGD
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groyster1
3223 posts
Aug 09, 2018
6:55 AM
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slim drew a crowd at clarksdale juke joint festival where I could not get in......not only great harp player but fellow viet nam vets against the war......this man has a masters degree
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