Ugh, I'm having a terrible time with attachments today. <grumble, grumble, old fart stuff>In case I disappear between now and then, as I am wont to do sometimes, let me emit a somewhat premature birthday greeting in your general direction!
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Many thanks.
it's the 28th before anyone begins asking. I see my surgeon about my foot the day prior. Late this afternoon the insurance re-authorized the medication I've been using all along. That's only a week without and a lot of calls.
Doctor's office is still trying to figure out why the other two routine authorizations aren't going through 
I use washers but I also like leather straps, and some of the end pins don't leave much room for washers unless I hunt down some fairly thin ones at the hardware store.
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nice avatar ^
Yes several leather straps I own simply won't work with washers, mechanical or Grolsch party favours. The Levy's is one, for sure. I take extra care to see the straps are all secure on the strap buttons.
Yes several leather straps I own simply won't work with washers, mechanical or Grolsch party favours. The Levy's is one, for sure. I take extra care to see the straps are all secure on the strap buttons.
An inexpensive option, found it be a Dunlop Lok strap.
Are those as simple as they seem at first glance?!
No messing with the pin that's already there, just 'the black disk slides over the strap and holds everything in place?!'
$4?!
I need to buy a couple dozen of these!!
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Then there are these from a fancy beer bottle.
You can see mine on my new avatar pic. Similar to those bottle washers, but black.
EVH strap lock. A dollar from the hardware, $40 from his store.
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My 64th birthday is next week. Came to bass "late" after taught on saxophone in the traditional system. See notes, read and play notes. In a way the bass opened my way to actually playing music instead of merely playing the music as written. Will make it there someday
You're a whole week older than I am.
I didn't have a name for a while because my parents were expecting another girl - surprise!I took piano lessons for a short while, didn't get past the boring 'music' and didn't stick with it. The only reasons that I played clarinet for a short while was that I wanted to be in the school band, my parents didn't have much money with five kids in the house, and my aunt had one that wasn't being used. I always had an appreciation for music, but when I really started paying attention in the late sixties (The Animals, Zeppelin, Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, Alvin Lee, Motown, etc...), I was totally focused on the bass lines. I finally got into the bass clef with a trombone. Switched to baritone horn so I could play faster, and finally traded the old 'bone for a POS Kingston violin bass, learning lines from 45's. Still foolin' around with bass geetars after all these years...
I'll still feed you (if you're in my neighborhood) when you hit the magic number.
I made my very first meatloaf a couple of days ago and it turned out great. 
I use these.
Yes. They are plain and simple.
Yes. They do work.
No. I do not have to drill bigger holes in my
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019...sa_cr_id=7999930100101&ref_=sb_s_sparkle_slot
Yes. They are plain and simple.
Yes. They do work.
No. I do not have to drill bigger holes in my
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019...sa_cr_id=7999930100101&ref_=sb_s_sparkle_slot
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All the best.
As you get older, it's better to start celebrating a week or two before, just in case.
I bought these, but they were too thick for my strap.
You're a whole week older than I am.
I took piano lessons for a short while, didn't get past the boring 'music' and didn't stick with it. The only reasons that I played clarinet for a short while was that I wanted to be in the school band, my parents didn't have much money with five kids in the house, and my aunt had one that wasn't being used. I always had an appreciation for music, but when I really started paying attention in the late sixties (The Animals, Zeppelin, Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, Alvin Lee, Motown, etc...), I was totally focused on the bass lines. I finally got into the bass clef with a trombone. Switched to baritone horn so I could play faster, and finally traded the old 'bone for a POS Kingston violin bass, learning lines from 45's. Still foolin' around with bass geetars after all these years...
I'll still feed you (if you're in my neighborhood) when you hit the magic number.
Enjoy your birthday week. It truly was a great musical time to grow up in.
I wasn't even expected, at all! My mother had a son, then five minutes later, a foot popped out!!!
We put a clarinet inside our fireplace surround during our living roon renovation. Here it is>
Near the upper left, to the upper left of the fire extinguisher; can you see it?
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Thankee sai
Born on the cusp, really, so I'm a wood goat. Technically, goat-monkey. The New Year in 56 didn't begin until February 12.
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You're a whole week older than I am.
I took piano lessons for a short while, didn't get past the boring 'music' and didn't stick with it. The only reasons that I played clarinet for a short while was that I wanted to be in the school band, my parents didn't have much money with five kids in the house, and my aunt had one that wasn't being used. I always had an appreciation for music, but when I really started paying attention in the late sixties (The Animals, Zeppelin, Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, Alvin Lee, Motown, etc...), I was totally focused on the bass lines. I finally got into the bass clef with a trombone. Switched to baritone horn so I could play faster, and finally traded the old 'bone for a POS Kingston violin bass, learning lines from 45's. Still foolin' around with bass geetars after all these years...
I'll still feed you (if you're in my neighborhood) when you hit the magic number.
And happy pre-birthday wishes to you.
Oh yeah they had a boy name all figured for me. That didn't work out the way they believed it would
I wasn't even expected, at all! My mother had a son, then five minutes later, a foot popped out!!!
We put a clarinwt inside our fireplace surround during our living roon renovation. Here it is>
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Near the upper left, to the upper left of the fire extinguisher; can you see it?
Too distracted by those speakers
I've been using Grolsch beer seals for ten years on my Levy straps...just on the end pin.
But see Fender finally caught on
But see Fender finally caught on
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