Pyroclastic Flow Fills River Bed with Ash - Semeru Volcano Nov 19, 2025

Totally off topic. Mother Nature is UNDEFEATED!!! Enjoy while you can. Maybe something is trying to tell us something!!! Mainly… ENJOY EVERY DAY!!! All this is meaningless… When it comes down to brass tax… PEACE!!!

For sure - focus on the most basic issues ( currently ) facing you. Here’s what I got by doing a AI-Google on brass tacks:

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Cute

is it tax or tacks?

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tacks. Just like ‘rigamarole’ is actually rigmarole and ‘tenderhooks’ is actually tenterhooks. Common expressions become mis-pronounced over generations and then are ‘ingrained’ ( incorrectly ) into the fabric of social discourse.

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I ALWAYS thought Hendrix sang “Kiss This Guy”

FWIW I always thought it was tacks. Tacks made out of brass. Logical :nerd_face: