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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    LittleLionHeart1 wrote: »
    That the Chain is broken again. :'(
    Fleetwood Mac has fired Lindsey Buckingham after a disagreement over the band's upcoming tour, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The band announced Monday that Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House will replace him.

    News of Buckingham's departure initially broke when former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnette shared an April 4th tweet that has since been deleted, saying: "Breaking news: Lindsey Buckingham is out but I'm not in." Rolling Stone has confirmed Buckingham's departure, though no specific tour dates have been announced.

    Fleetwood Mac issued a collective statement about the news, saying: "We are thrilled to welcome the musical talents of the caliber of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn into the Mac family. With Mike and Neil, we’ll be performing all the hits that the fans love, plus we’ll be surprising our audiences with some tracks from our historic catalogue of songs. Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honoring that spirit on this upcoming tour."

    Mick Fleetwood added, "Fleetwood Mac has always been about an amazing collection of songs that are performed with a unique blend of talents ... We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realize that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style. We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound."

    Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974 along with Stevie Nicks. He wrote and sang many of their most memorable songs, including "Go Your Own Way," "Tusk" and "Second Hand News." He left in 1987 shortly before the Tango On The Night tour (where he was replaced by Billy Burnette) and rejoined in 1996 for The Dance reunion tour. He remained active on the road with them for the next two decades. They last played full sets at Classic East and Classics West in July of last year, through they did play a brief set in January at the pre-Grammy MusiCares concert in their honor. The set ended, fittingly enough, with "Go Your Own Way."

    In August of last year, Mick Fleetwood spoke to Rolling Stone about the band's next tour. "I was in Italy recently and met Stevie out there," he said. "She said to me, 'Let's sit down and really listen to some stuff that sort of almost got forgotten.' So I know she's already thinking she wants to do some things we haven't done in years. I always think that Stevie and Lindsey should do a Buckingham Nicks song in the set. And have Christine do a blues song. I hope it certainly won't be the same show as we did before. We always played nearly three hours, and we cut it back a little bit for the wear and tear, but we do over two hours. And when you got three singers, which is, like, three bands, really, to get that perfect set, it's a trip."
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    TIL Fleetwood Mac is a band. ;)
  • cee134
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    TIL two of the founders of the punk band the Germs were classmates at an alternative high school where they were allowed to create their own class. They created a class for themselves called Fruit Eating in which they would go to a market, eat fruit for an hour, then return to school.
  • cee134
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    TIL of a woman who has won the Lottery four times since 1993. She was outed as a PhD of Statistics from Standford University and had figured out the pseudo-number generator for the distribution of the winning tickets. She won a total of $17million, and has since moved to Las Vegas.
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,835 Member
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    That I'm more bold than I ever thought I could be! ;)
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,570 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL of a woman who has won the Lottery four times since 1993. She was outed as a PhD of Statistics from Standford University and had figured out the pseudo-number generator for the distribution of the winning tickets. She won a total of $17million, and has since moved to Las Vegas.

    that *kitten*! :laugh:
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
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    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
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    Hahahahahahaha!!! Awesome! :joy:
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    edited April 2018
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    TIL....about bot cloths.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,035 Member
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    TIL the US has accepted only 11 Syrian refugees so far in 2018
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?
  • beagletracks
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    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    I think it’s sort of like baby wipes to clean the bottom, but not disposable.
  • cee134
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    TIL opossums and possums are not the same thing (with different spellings). They are not even from the same animal group.

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  • cee134
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    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    I think it’s sort of like baby wipes to clean the bottom, but not disposable.

    I was thinking bot was short for robot.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    You musta missed this on the "Remember when that was a thing" thread last week. Except it was just a thing for that one person's family lol.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,035 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    I think it’s sort of like baby wipes to clean the bottom, but not disposable.

    I was thinking bot was short for robot.

    I was trying to be hilarious.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    I think it’s sort of like baby wipes to clean the bottom, but not disposable.

    I was thinking bot was short for robot.

    I was trying to be hilarious.

    I want robots and a need to clean them with a special cloth! (also I believed you because I still have no idea what they are)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    TIL....about bot cloths.

    What is that?

    You musta missed this on the "Remember when that was a thing" thread last week. Except it was just a thing for that one person's family lol.

    I skim alot these days. What are they for that person?
  • beagletracks
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    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL opossums and possums are not the same thing (with different spellings). They are not even from the same animal group.

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    Does a possum turn into an Opossum if it’s fed after midnight?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL opossums and possums are not the same thing (with different spellings). They are not even from the same animal group.

    z3cojfgr2zl7.png

    Does a possum turn into an Opossum if it’s fed after midnight?

    Interesting fact. no. :D

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