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[britechguy]

According to the wikipedia page on Men at Work, says this regarding Greg Ham and his death: Ham took the verdict particularly hard, feeling responsible for having performed the flute riff at the centre of the lawsuit and worried that he would only be remembered for copying someone else's music,[28] resulting in depression and anxiety.[29] Ham's body was found in his Carlton North home on 19 April 2012 after he suffered a fatal heart attack at age 58.[6]

I do remember (and wikipedia confirms) that Paul Hester of Crowded House committed suicide.

I'm with @HCHTech regarding the life of the professional musician. I can't imagine life on the road as much as that career requires.

 

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[frase]

Love Samhain, Misfits & Danzig - went to a gig back in the 80's and saw Danzig. Would be a good CD...

 

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[Markverhyden]

I don't know whether it's only "an American thing" or not, but it's incredibly common (especially for kids) to use plastic bags over socks when they're going out for snow activity to keep their feet dry after snow works its way inside the boot and melts. Even when you're wearing wool socks in thermal boots, it's much warmer if you can keep water off your socks, and, by extension, your feet.

Bread bags were (and still are) the perfect size for this purpose for many feet. There's often a rubber band used around the leg to hold the top of the bag firmly against the leg (or pants). These days, plastic grocery bags would probably be more commonly used.

West Virginia (and Western Pennsylvania) sock waterproofing.

Haven't heard that since I was a kid in Illinois in the '60's. And I do remember using bread bags with rubber bands. Surprisingly I never heard that when I was living in New England.

 

[britechguy]

since I was a kid in Illinois in the '60's

Change Illinois to Western PA, and you see why I knew what this referred to. I don't presume this is a worldwide thing, but nor did I think it was a "couple of counties" niche thing, either.

 

[HCHTech]

Really - there was a meeting somewhere and someone actually approved this? Sure - let's go with that one!

 

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