As the oldtimer said to me, "You ain't learnin' nothin' by talkin'."

Joe, your technique of listening was excellent. I do it and then people wonder later when I say something like, "You play the ocarina. Does it have something to do with your overbite problems?" I probably learned both things (ocarina and overbite problems) by listening to them discuss it in the past, but I get the reputation of being One Who Knows Things.