Akron used to do that with the orchestra under one of the Innerbelt overpasses back when they did Independence Day fireworks there. Quite awesome.
Tons of people who work at nearby huge tech giants? It's literally THE only thing I miss about my previous gig .
Microcenter is a great place, that is dangerous to walk into. My wallet feels like an endangered species when crossing the threshold. I have been surprised several times at how competitive they price, plus they match I think Amazon and Newegg. Mobo + CPU bundles are probably the best priced items in the whole store.
And if said business or other freely-owned enterprise want to dictate a dress code, they're more than welcome to to present whatever image they want. More power to them. To then interpret that image as a quantifiable indicator of class or some other aspect of one's character is absolutely ridiculous.
I don't want to run those cannons... They use a wax plug instead of a warhead to create the big white billows of smoke. They also make your gun absurdly dirty and a pain in the ass to clean afterwards.
I once made the drive from Beverly to the Microcenter in Columbus 3 times in one day. Bought a graphics card that didn't work, took it back, second didn't work and went back again to get a third replacement that finally did work. Afterwards, I think the issue was the motherboard and not the card. lol
Nothing like the fear of plugging it all in together for the first time, flipping the 'on' switch, and... nothing happens.
That's when I usually freak out, double check all my motherboard connections, and then realize I forgot to turn on the power supply.
A friend once told me that computer stuff is magic... All smoke and mirrors. It doesn't work after you let the smoke out.
The magic white smoke is what makes it work. As long as the magic white smoke is still inside, you're fine - but once it's released... You're screwed. lol
A proper engineer is prepared to go from mucking out a sump somewhere to a meeting with the clients about the next $1 million project that needs done.
Retracing to the origins of this (and really any of the) tangent(s). The snowball has tumbled. I blame the engineers and the lawyers.
The other night they showed the Centennial Celebration of the Cleveland Orchestra on TV. If you missed it, wow. Just wow. Anyway, the audience seemed fairly evenly divided between men in black tie (that's a tuxedo for some of you boobs) and dark business suits. Most of the ladies were similarly appropriate, some in floor length some in cocktail but well put together for a formal event. And every time they shot straight back from the stage into the depths of Severance hall, there in the second row was some guy in an old Case t-shirt. He was probably very proud of not "conforming" to society's "antiquated rules" and going along with all that "judging people" stuff and also enjoying how comfortable he was, because he can do what he wants. Don't get me wrong - the man can come without pants for all I care. But at some point, who wouldn't feel just a bit stupid?
My grandfather had dozens of HO- and O-gauge Lionel trains - complete with boxes. He was really into trains and for Christmas would put up these awesome trainboards under the trees. Control panel with the whistles, smoking engines, switches... Was soooooooo cool. They will be passed down to my brother and I once my mom and her sisters pass on. They all agreed that if they were going to sell any of them, all three of them had to agree to do so.
Often that's true. But a quality silk tie has much less bulk, and also quickly narrows after the first foot and a half or so. You can wear a Windsor knot as long as you have the right shirt collar for it. There was a guy on ESPN, Merril Hodge, who always wore a Windsor knot on some cheap bulky nylon tie and it looked ridiculous. The knot was as big as his head. Something I've never learned is how to tie a bow tie. A real gap in my education.
Some of those model trains are serious bank as antiques...or so I heard at the train exhibit at the state fair a few years ago.
Oh I need to watch that on our PBS Passport subscription. Thanks for the reminder. I've been enjoying a month's free trial of the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall. Seeing Ives' 4th Symphony performed is simply a stunner. Wow! Also enjoyed some John Adams (conducted by himself), a feather in the cap for the American minimalist, Lorin Maazel conducting his Wagner's Ring Without Words, and Sir Simon Rattle conducting Dvorak's Slavonic Dances. The great works abound. I'd dive into the Mahler, but we already have a ton on Blu-ray. Abaddo's Lucerne Festival collection and Tilson-Thomas's Keeping Score. (The Ives episode of that is top notch!) I wore a t-shirt and sweats the whole time... and went and recorded weirdo electronic spacerock afterwards.