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02-07-2013, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RaginRog  Ha...I'm not 6'6. But, I am 6'0 about 220 with many tattoos...hopefully that will be enough to intimidate. Maybe I can drop a name, like..."yeah, I used to spar with Chuck Norris." | It sounds almost like you enjoy intimidating guys before you destroy their lives. I'm and with every possible respect just checking up to see if my interpretation of your post is accurate. |
02-07-2013, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by boristhespider9 The best part about being a "mid-life" bass player is ___________. | Never being able to sleep late after a gig...oh wait. |
02-07-2013, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by qervo Good for you Phillybass! | Thanks. Bass is an awesome instrument. And bass players are some of the most cool people on the planet.
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02-07-2013, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by shadven Yeah, it is really nice being able to afford the gear. And, I feel like I can play almost anything they throw at me.
Also, if my gig is out of town I can afford to get a hotel rahter than drive home at 3 in the morning. We make mini-vacations out of the out-of-towners. I could never do that in my 20s.  | Definitely an improvement. |
02-07-2013, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by qervo Good for you Phillybass! | Indeed. Way to be Phillybass101!  I won't stop either. I can see ending up in Boston at Alewife (Red Line stop) with my upright and a battery powered amp, soloing over be-bop tunes... maybe badly, but I won't care. Hey, I don't now!
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02-07-2013, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by BawanaRik It sounds almost like you enjoy intimidating guys before you destroy their lives. I'm and with every possible respect just checking up to see if my interpretation of your post is accurate. | Intimidating would be boyfriends that I don't want dating my daughter (if that's what I have)- Check.
I'm a bigger guy, but a teddy bear. I haven't been in a fight in 20 years, and the ones I was in always involved sticking up for people. If a kid seems decent, hell, I'd give him money towards a date with my girl. When my stepdaughter(previous marriage) of 12 had her first boyfriend, the kid stood on the other side of the kitchen table...it was pretty funny (about 8-9 years ago). I rented some movies and ordered pizza for them. The way I look at it, you'll want to respect a daughter's choice to a degree, or chance losing her respect.
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02-07-2013, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BawanaRik It sounds almost like you enjoy intimidating guys before you destroy their lives. I'm and with every possible respect just checking up to see if my interpretation of your post is accurate. | Seemed to me he was being 'cheeky' there. You kind of ran with that I think... funny, a mad bad-ass, teeth kicking-in boot-boy sitting at a computer, contributing to a discussion on having a mid-life crisis while playing bass in a rock band...
Too funny! 
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02-07-2013, 06:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | At least nowadays I don't worry about trying to "make it." Just enjoy playing.
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02-07-2013, 07:52 PM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New Jersey | | That's good advice. By the time a child gets to dating age the parents have had the chance to raise to child and should be secure enough to trust the out come. Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginRog Intimidating would be boyfriends that I don't want dating my daughter (if that's what I have)- Check.
I'm a bigger guy, but a teddy bear. I haven't been in a fight in 20 years, and the ones I was in always involved sticking up for people. If a kid seems decent, hell, I'd give him money towards a date with my girl. When my stepdaughter(previous marriage) of 12 had her first boyfriend, the kid stood on the other side of the kitchen table...it was pretty funny (about 8-9 years ago). I rented some movies and ordered pizza for them. The way I look at it, you'll want to respect a daughter's choice to a degree, or chance losing her respect. | |
02-07-2013, 09:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | Oy. My girls are only 1 and 3. I'm so glad I don't have to think about that stuff quite yet. Although, I will go through the rest of my life knowing that my 3 year old said the name of her favorite boy before she ever said "Daddy" for the first time. His name is Holt. And when I picked her up from daycare one Friday, (couple years ago when she was 1) all I heard all weekend was "Holt? Holt?" She kept crawling around looking for him. Couple that with the fact that she is gorgeous at 3 and I already know I'm in for a ride.
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02-07-2013, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by two fingers Oy. My girls are only 1 and 3. I'm so glad I don't have to think about that stuff quite yet. Although, I will go through the rest of my life knowing that my 3 year old said the name of her favorite boy before she ever said "Daddy" for the first time. His name is Holt. And when I picked her up from daycare one Friday, (couple years ago when she was 1) all I heard all weekend was "Holt? Holt?" She kept crawling around looking for him. Couple that with the fact that she is gorgeous at 3 and I already know I'm in for a ride. | My wife has taken hold of our daughters' sex education, and filled them in on all the pitfalls, what jerks most of us are, they know about Herpes and the rest of them, and that "kiss goodnight" business that's the beginning of a boys' trying to 'get something' out of the night. BS... The more truth they know, the better.
At the end of the day, if she has self-respect and knows the actual meaning of the words "good time", you're all set.
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02-07-2013, 10:48 PM
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02-07-2013, 11:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | The old fart that I am has been sick all week this week, since last Friday. But, I also had to play a high profile show this past Saturday and play in the host band at the blues jam Tuesday. Now, I'm also facing having to play out of town this Saturday. Whew, it ain't like the old days. Used to be I could handle anything. Nowadays, at age 63, it's much harder, and when I get sick it seems to be more severe and lasts longer. Maybe I'll be better by Saturday, I hope.
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02-08-2013, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by boristhespider9 Yikes, this thread is going off the rails. | We have kids, it's part of the mid-life crisis thing, right? 
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02-08-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Count Bassie My wife has taken hold of our daughters' sex education, and filled them in on all the pitfalls, what jerks most of us are, they know about Herpes and the rest of them, and that "kiss goodnight" business that's the beginning of a boys' trying to 'get something' out of the night. BS... The more truth they know, the better.
At the end of the day, if she has self-respect and knows the actual meaning of the words "good time", you're all set. | I hope...if I have a girl...that she knows that it's okay to spray pepper spray in the eyes of boys that try and take it too far...that's what Chuck Norris would have done if he had been a 15 year old teen girl. |
02-08-2013, 07:46 AM
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02-08-2013, 08:29 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | My younger daughter, at the age of 15, wouldn't let her boyfriend "do things" so he broke up with her. She was upset but she knew she did the right thing. Fast forward six months, and he now wants to date her again. She was very pleasant to him, but told him she would never date him again.
She said she has her whole life to have sex, she's just not ready yet. I'm so proud of her. |
02-08-2013, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Count Bassie We have kids, it's part of the mid-life crisis thing, right? | Well, I thought it was about how that relates to bass playing... |
02-08-2013, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob My younger daughter, at the age of 15, wouldn't let her boyfriend "do things" so he broke up with her. She was upset but she knew she did the right thing. Fast forward six months, and he now wants to date her again. She was very pleasant to him, but told him she would never date him again.
She said she has her whole life to have sex, she's just not ready yet. I'm so proud of her. | A million kudos...to both of you. |
02-08-2013, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob My younger daughter, at the age of 15, wouldn't let her boyfriend "do things" so he broke up with her. She was upset but she knew she did the right thing. Fast forward six months, and he now wants to date her again. She was very pleasant to him, but told him she would never date him again.
She said she has her whole life to have sex, she's just not ready yet. I'm so proud of her. | +1 Common sense prevails! Congrats! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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