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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=];;oY@:m <68156c85$0$3832$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <681585c5$0$4266$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <68162269$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <681640fb$13$3830$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Content-Language: en-GB From: Graham In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 31 Message-ID: <68166503$0$4265$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1746298115 reader.netnews.com 4265 127.0.0.1:52495 On 2025-05-03 12:14 p.m., Bruce wrote: > On Sat, 3 May 2025 10:17:30 -0600, Graham wrote: > >> On 2025-05-03 8:21 a.m., Dave Smith wrote: >>> On 2025-05-03 10:04 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote: >>>> On 2025-05-03, BryanGSimmons wrote: >>>> >>>>> Everybody fucks up the US anthem.  The only times I've heard it sung >>>>> well in this century was several times on opening weekend of the StL >>>>> Symphony, when the audience joins the orchestra. >>>> >>>> I forget her name, but the best I heard was an opera singer. (USA) >>>> >>>> The Canadian one I cannot sing anymore because they changed >>>> the words *3* fucking times in my memory and always fall >>>> back to what we sang as youngsters and get out of sync &c. >>> >>> I avoid the confusion by singing it in French. IMO anthems are no long >>> anthems when thy change them. The last change was especially annoying. I >>> thought if it was really important to have new words they could have >>> altered one of the other verses instead of the one everyone seems to >>> think is the only one. >> >> I detest ALL national anthems! > > Me too. > When I lived in Aussie during the early 70s, the Advance Australia Fairies were succeeding in getting it to replace Waltzing Matilda, a song that is indelibly associated with the country,