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When I was working (briefly) for a meat packing plant in the Bristol Indiana test kitchen where Ponderosa products were made, I was in said test kitchen when my boss walked in a group of other food creator guys.
One of them spoke. “I was there when the cheese stick was invented”
I found it quite uninspirational. I’d taken a break from college, to pursue a career in music.

Meat packing versus music? Wow.
I do love music. I grew up listening to my father's classical music. It was WONderful.
I played the piano during my teens. I gave it up for BOYS/MEN in my 20's! Now I listen to ONLY to classical music and love the piano sonatas, etudes, etc.

Off the subject: I went to a Halloween party when I was 22 and there was a ouija board there. I had never seen one and DIDN'T know that it was devil-inspired.
Anyway I asked the board the NAME of the man I would marry. It spelled out MOZART. LOL. It was then that I knew that the ouija board might well have been Satan inspired. Satan and his minions can't see the future...so it was a guess. WRONG...oh, how wrong. :o)

Back to music: In my 30's I developed a LOVE of opera. I still see and listen to them. The DVDs are wonderful! And one can listen to European classical radio stations as well.

My father was a classically trained tenor, and sang at The NY Met back in the 50's. He was also an accomplished acoustic guitarist and musician. I grew up with opera and symphonic music playing in the house and car. I spent four years in high school choir, and took two years of voice training. We actually recorded three choral albums, back in the days of vinyl. I can appreciate it. I saw Pavoratti perform back when he was in his prime.

Where did that get me? I still have shaggy hair and listen to stuff like Bad As I Am by The Hollywood Vampires. (Hey, you put Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry in a group together, what can go wrong?) Age and gravity may be taking it's toll, but from the neck up, I'm still 23 and playing a Japanese Strat knockoff through a cheap 15 watt amp.