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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:35 PM Feb 2013

It's 6:35 PM in Macomb, MI. Back by popular demand, it's another installment of ASK MrSCORPIO!

Allow me to soothe your worried brow, help you find the answers to those questions that are nagging you and resolve, for once and all, those mysteries in your life.

I am offering my tremendous brain power to help you, the wearied DUer, in your moment of informational need. I do not know the answers ahead of time, you must ask the question first before discover those answers together.

AS always, you may or may not LIKE the answers that I will give you, but they will be my honest ones indeed.

Take a dare, only your peace of mind at stake.

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It's 6:35 PM in Macomb, MI. Back by popular demand, it's another installment of ASK MrSCORPIO! (Original Post) MrScorpio Feb 2013 OP
A burning question...why 42? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #1
It was discovered by programming coders MrScorpio Feb 2013 #2
I would ask you for the meaning of life, Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #3
The answer is right under our noses MrScorpio Feb 2013 #5
You are incredible. Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #7
I'm not a psychic MrScorpio Feb 2013 #10
Can you explain to DUers.. AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #4
You bet! MrScorpio Feb 2013 #8
Ok. harmonicon Feb 2013 #6
Dude, you know me. I'd just do a remix and leave it with that MrScorpio Feb 2013 #9
It actually is a sort of remix that I'm doing, but for live orchestra. (nt) harmonicon Feb 2013 #20
What is constitutes the other 3/4 of a quarter horse? Grantuspeace Feb 2013 #11
The other three quarters of a mile that it's not running MrScorpio Feb 2013 #13
"You may not like" was part of what I said just before: are you really sure you want to know. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #12
Lay it on me nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #14
Why am I . . . either totally correct or totally clueless. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #17
Because you're human. MrScorpio Feb 2013 #23
Why is life so hard some times? Denninmi Feb 2013 #15
To help us know what to appreciate about life and when to appreciate it nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #16
I may not like the answer but.... llmart Feb 2013 #18
Because they trusted him MrScorpio Feb 2013 #22
He didn't fool me either. llmart Feb 2013 #24
What's the difference between a duck? nt LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #19
Unless it's inhabiting another dimensional plane, not much. nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #21
The answer is: LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #41
what happened to Christmas? rurallib Feb 2013 #25
OMG! We lost Christmas!!! nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #27
Michigan or Michigan State? rurallib Feb 2013 #26
Hail to the Victors, baby nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #28
To improve your believability, might I suggest... agracie Feb 2013 #38
So, at the local grocery store, they have products not labeled in English. Denninmi Feb 2013 #29
It's always a great time to learn a new language nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #31
What should be done about Detroit ? steve2470 Feb 2013 #30
Detroit is the biggest example of what's happening to the rest of America MrScorpio Feb 2013 #32
well said ! nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #33
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck.... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #34
They better stop chucking my damn wood nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #35
Who wrote the book of love ? And, when is the movie coming out ? nt agracie Feb 2013 #36
I did! MrScorpio Feb 2013 #37
Who will play the part of MrScorpio ? nt agracie Feb 2013 #39
It's an autobio nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #40

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
3. I would ask you for the meaning of life,
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:21 PM
Feb 2013

but I'm not in the mood for the answer......so

Why do the Republicans get so many votes??? I am flummoxed.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
5. The answer is right under our noses
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:25 PM
Feb 2013

Too many people like being lied to and the Republicans are expert liars.

When people accept lies, they'll accept anything. That's makes it so very hard to admit that they could be wrong.

It's much easier to believe in more lies.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
4. Can you explain to DUers..
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:23 PM
Feb 2013

Just how easy it is to sign up at TWITTER, and yeah.. how cool is it to TWEET!

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
8. You bet!
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:31 PM
Feb 2013

It's free and easy and so much fun.

All you need is your name, your email and put in a password

https://twitter.com

You can find lots of friends, like me: https://twitter.com/Mr_Scorpio

If you find out that that guy you're following is a fundy wing nut, you can drop 'em without any drama!

And tweeting is fun, quick and easy.

Come on and tweet with me!

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
6. Ok.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:27 PM
Feb 2013

So, if I'm working from an early classical source, like Haydn, and it asks for oboes and english Horns at different times (but hardly ever english horns), is it ok for me to sometimes substitute one for another if otherwise doing so would require having two english horn players just sitting around doing nothing for the most part?

I guess I could make this decision myself if I knew more about the period instruments. How different were 18th century double reed instruments from those we have now?

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
9. Dude, you know me. I'd just do a remix and leave it with that
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:34 PM
Feb 2013



Why be overly complicated, when you can do a remix instead?

llmart

(15,540 posts)
18. I may not like the answer but....
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:03 PM
Feb 2013

why did so many Democrats, some of whom are my friends and highly educated, vote for Rick Snyder?

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
22. Because they trusted him
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:16 PM
Feb 2013

There are times when education and politics can't account for simple naiveté.

But then, I'm pretty much of the mind that a lot people WANT to be fooled.

He didn't fool me.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
24. He didn't fool me either.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:18 PM
Feb 2013

I was just thinking about him while finishing up my 2012 MI taxes and finding out that we're all getting royally screwed by his changing the Homestead Credit.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
29. So, at the local grocery store, they have products not labeled in English.
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 11:19 PM
Feb 2013

If I can't read the label should I guess at what it is and buy it anyway?

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
32. Detroit is the biggest example of what's happening to the rest of America
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 11:37 PM
Feb 2013

We need to rebuild and reinvest here and the same needs to be done for the rest of America.

In order to do that, we need to have our government get off of it's ass and stop deferring to the corporate elites and monopolists.

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