Yes, he did survive. he had to have 5 surgeries to fix his heart, which was about the size of the pad of my little finger. he was as strong as an ox; a little tiny, leggo ox.
Yes, a 13 lb baby is possible, usuallly because the mom has gestational diabetes. It’s likely the larger twin was getting most of the nutrients. It’s called a vampire twin. (But never to the mamas)
They’re in their late 50s, perhaps even 60. She had a vague notion of who LZ was, but not a clue about their music. When I said I raised my kids on Boston and Queen and other 70s-80s rock, she got a really vague look on her face. I don’t remember where the convo went after that, but it was fairly boring. I know a lot of people our age went from rock n’ roll to country or to jazz fairly early on. Bands like LZ or ZZ Top or even Aerosmith were just too radical for them. I remember friends who couldn’t get past 50s music and were horrified by Hendrix and the like.
When my oldest son got married the first time, it was to the daughter of a religious, straight-laced family. When my son had the DJ put on Bohemian Rhapsody, I was out banging it with him and his frat brothers. The father walked over to me afterwards and asked “You actually KNOW that music?” “Yup; who do you think introduced him to it?” We never spoke again.
That sounds right for that baby. I don’t remember how I found out about that but we may have even asked. All three of my kids were Caesarean so my wife was in the hospital a few days each time and we had time to know details about the other babies and their parents, although I don’t recall any other unusual situations like Bomber’s.
It would take some really peculiar mother to be able to handle having her baby called a vampire! Especially if it died. 
My guess is that you didn’t miss just a whole lot. When you say “first time” did the religious aspect cause friction or was it the music? 
Hey, I’m only 58, but can I play? Years ago I cut the soles off my shoes, climbed a tree and learned to play the flute.
I do frequent educational lectures to audiences of very disparate ages, and it often comes up that I’ll make a cultural reference and those over 40 will get it, and those under will not. If I’m not paying attention and keep making the same mistake I’ll have to tell the youngsters “Wiki it” several times in the same lecture.
Of course, you can jump right in, with or without soles. Just curious if you did those tasks in order at the same time. To me the flute seems out of place.
I like that. Instead of Google, just go right to the source. Maybe your crowd might be more into Yahoo! Answers? 
Yeah, but you should’ve joined with millions of your neighbors and taken off your shoes - for INDUSTRY!
In case y’all don’t check the “Who Posted?” list as often as I do, we just had our 40th player join the gang. None other than koeeoaddi hit that mark. Exactly half have posted once and the other half more than once.
And if you didn’t already know it, you can use that list and click on individual names and go straight to that person’s profile.
…for the DEAD! 
What the hell is a “Who Posted” list, and where is it?
And Zeldar, you’re just anal. 
If you’re on one of the pages that shows the list of threads, (such as the forum homepage, or the “New Posts” list), over where it shows the number of posts you can see that that’s a “hot link” so just click it and a list of everybody who has posted pops up. The usernames are also hot links to their profiles.
Yes, I’m obsessed with such stuff. For me, it’s fun. But then I used to love burning ants with a magnifying glass or turning flies into walks. :eek:
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Here’s a sample page: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=10636102
She was a piece of work. Had him listening to country music within a couple of years (the kid was a metal head when he met her) and not speaking to other family members. Thank god he divorced that bitch and married someone decent.
Perhaps I missed a consensus on a group name, but here is an article with a few more in addition to Pheezers/Freaky Geezers…
Here in Portland we’re called “Honored Citizens”. But it’s Portland, so there’s that. Better than “Senior Slackers”, I guess. Or “Heritage Hipsters”.
There hasn’t been a formal consensus, certainly not a vote as such, so (at least in my mind) it’s still in the works. My wife points out that maybe for the women things that refer to farts and anal emanations are not appealing.
If there were some way to have a poll where we could limit participation to just this group we could get a good overall opinion bordering on a consensus. Minus that, maybe just everybody who cares posting with a preference – one already mentioned, one in your list, or one made up for the purpose – would give us a feel for where to go next.
Glad you had the idea to mention those more appealing and more exalted options. Thank you, jasg! BTW, how do you pronounce that?
Dude! You may have paved the way for 4H! Highly Honored Heritage Hipsters. Who would bitch at that? We could brag to anybody that “We’re in the 4H Club.”
After a moment’s thought I had an idea that would keep the voting in-house. If jasg would accept the honor of being Vote Counter, we could all PM jasg our preference and he (or is it she, sorry for the asumption) could post the results after 2/3 of the crowd (or some reasonable number) had responded.
What say, jasg?
If that will fly, we can all contribute to a list of options for everybody to select from.
Another wrinkle: jasg PM’s everybody the list we come up with. Each recipient picks one name on the list and replies to jasg. That way nobody gets left out unless they choose not to play. And jasg will know when the voting is over.
There must be an even better method I haven’t thought of. Anybody?
I will accept the role of vote counter. Let’s all sleep on a list, voting process etc. I’ll be back tomorrow.
p.s. jasg is an old nickname - pronounced ‘jazz-gee’
Good ideas! Is that -gee hard or soft G? Jee or ghee? Since you had jazz- I assume it’s not jazz-jee, right?
You won’t believe all the combinations I was considering, including yass-guh as in Yasgur’s Farm
M/F?