You have explained yourself very well. as to speaking different languages, you make a good point. I however believe that you can't understand me. Your statement about being in the gulch and my perhaps not understanding that fact is a good point. I was never one to easily step into the gam playing aspect of many sites here people take on different personalities other than their own. please understand that I'm not comparing you and your friends to these "players." I looked at this site as an ongoing forum for discussions with Atlas Shrugged as a guide and using that guide to address todays economic problems and politics. If I'm late to the conversation, then I apologize for my tardiness. Frankly, I wasn't aware of this forum til a couple of days ago. It's not humor I found distracting, only the celebrity gossip part. believe me, I fully understand the need for humor as a release and I guess maybe we all just misunderstood each other. I have seen the other postings under the various subjects indicated on the header and have engaged some of the authors of the various posts and they have been enlightening. My intent was not to insult anyone intelligence or dfvotion to the subject of Ayn rand's philosophy and books.

I can only hope that this will put an end to this particular series of posts regarding this matter.

Thank you for engaging me on this subject matter. Hopefully the future will allow us to find common cause.

Fred

"Ayn Rand's work deserve to be remembered and taught to future generations."
I think most of us are working on just that. :)

Fred,
I feel like we're speaking a different language. The timing of your gulch entrance was pertinent to your complaints. We talk Rand often, more often than anything else probably...BUT we talk about other current events, interests, bla bla bla etc etc etc. You came in and went around and complained how disappointed you were with our discussion topics. It IS the Gulch (although cyber version) and we are individually minded people who contemplate on many subjects. Some might seem silly, and you know what...sometimes the gulch needs some silly. We have senses of humor that we often exercise just to lighten the mood of our current event discussions.
And yes, Fred, we ARE living and breathing Atlas Shrugged in this country more and more every day. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone in here who disagrees with that. Well, maybe fuches...but we don't talk about him.

Hello rockymountainpirate,

This is pretty close and it gets you in the right places, but I think there are a couple of slight inaccuracies in the arrangement.
http://www.jellynote.com/en/sheet-music-...

I recently picked up a RockSmith game so I can jam with a band (accompaniment anyway) anytime I want. It is pretty cool. It is like karaoke for guitar. I can play with some of the greats as my backup! The game came with fifty songs; some I already knew, and there are more downloads available. A combo arrangement of Surf Hell comes in the basic play-list. I have it down pretty good. Check out this performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2tZd6nH...
I think with your skills you can learn it from what you hear and see on these two links. If you re-watch the first video (previous post) you will see the guitar player using his thumb on the low e string quite a bit…

Best wishes for your brother.

Have fun!
O.A.

You are probably correct in your comment. I guess that my initial disappointment is the subject matter was based on the constant drivel that appears in many websites that sound serious by their titles but seem to be inhabited by 12 year old nitwits. It's also sad to constant read the many personal attacks found on these sites along with so much name calling. this is not the first site I have made such criticisms. It seems that without some sort of moderator many sites deteriorate and die. I would hate to say that happen here. Ayn Rand's work deserve to be remembered and taught to future generations.

Thank you for your comment,

Fred

I have posted. Look under "Are American Bankers the Jews of 1938 Germany." It deals with the comparison of Hitlers persecution of bankers and Obamas persecution of bankers today and his continuing blame shifting.

As to my criticisms, I beg to respectfully differ with you because of the name of this site. "Galt's Gulch" is not the same as TMZ or many other gossip sites. We differ in our opinions, it's as simple as that. I guess it's the German part in me that is the stickler for proprieties. It doesn't mean that i think anyone is not capable of having serious discussions. As to your timeline, what difference does it make when I chose to participate, frankly I haven't had the time until my retirement now. For your information, I have been a devoted reader of her books though few, for over 50 years and am very happy that the book has finally been turned into a first class series of movies.

Thank you for your comment,

Fred

Psssst, Bambi, Experian doesn’t agree with you. Women are better at money than men are.
http://www.experian.com/blogs/news/2013/...

Buy a muzzle; let’s talk.

I didn’t know who she was. Thanks for that. Beautiful violinist.

Turn the clock back 40 years.....

Fully. No take backs. ;-)

Need more chalk? A few pebbles?

Barbie

I was going to ask Scott. Or somebody. 8-0

Lol

I'm a woman, playing video games as I type this.
Does that make me twice as attractive?

Not a Feminist. Just a human being, with unalienable rights. I happen to have breasts. Human beings should never be the property of another human being. As King Arthur found out (as the legend goes) that what a woman really wants is to be in charge of her own life. Clearly you hold yourself in high esteem. Yes, we've all read Shakespeare. Anyone can pull a quote from anywhere, that doesn't make it truth. You're forgetting that if the husband should die while at his painful labor at sea or on land, the woman (since she was property) would be left with nothing. Destitute. All security passing to the closest male heir. If a woman were beaten or abused, or if the husband should stray, the woman had zero recourse but to endure it. If she were to leave, the children were given to the monster she had the misfortune of marrying. No thank you. Love my husband, I love being a wife and mother. But then, my husband actually loves me. In the true meaning of the word. As lancelot discovered when he allowed the witch he was forced to marry, to choose her form. Love = Respect and admiration. Sad to think you live such a shallow life. I'm done, reply all you want. It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder, and I really can't be bothered.

I like that. Do you have the tabs? I haven't played since the gig on Halloween because I didn't want to make noise for my brother, but he's in surgery on Thursday so I can start playing again.