Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Polish Thunder]

I can see athletes wanting a bigger piece of the mega pie, after all they are the talent. But I assume that each and every one of them is on a full scholarship with food, housing and extras supplied.

Are they really graduating in the hole?

Division 1 Football and Basketball Athletic Scholarship Athletes are given full rides. That means all of their room and board, tuition, and books are paid for. They also get first dibs on class schedules. If a student-athlete (I use the term student loosely) comes from a financially strapped family (i.e. poor), then they are eligible to receive a $5,000 a year no-pay-back stipend, which is to cover additional everyday costs (i.e., a pizza).

I know this as a fact because my son was recruited by several D1 schools for basketball and I attended a seminar that explained all of this. The kicker is that in my son's senior year, he decided he is sick of basketball (playing year round for over 6 years) and does not want to play ball in college.

So I happen to be one of those that do not think athletes should get paid. They are already getting a top D1 education for free! It is the athlete's responsibility to take advantage of this gift. Also, for the top athletes that folks say they should be getting paid to have their likeness on school programs, billboards, and media, these "taken advantage of" top athletes are going to be millionaires after they graduate, or leave school.

I, myself, was the first one in my blue collar family to go to college. I went to a Junior College and worked. I then went to a four-year school...and worked. It took me 6 1/2 years to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree, but I did it with no help from anyone. My only debt was a $10,000 personal student loan to pay off when I graduated.

Signed,
Grumpy Old Pollack

 

[beans-on-toast]

You can apparently buy degrees on the interweb.

A large wholesale butcher shop that I patronize has recently cut their hours. They can’t find enough trained butchers. All building trades are working to get more people into schools. Jobs are waiting.

 

[GwenOnBass]

St. James Infirmary? What about big band blues with a BL armed with a Telefunken U47? (okay maybe he was.)

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[GwenOnBass]

Some kids looked forward to returning to school in the autumn. Moderately concerned about kids who don't want school to end.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Division 1 Football and Basketball Athletic Scholarship Athletes are given full rides. That means all of their room and board, tuition, and books are paid for. They also get first dibs on class schedules. If a student-athlete (I use the term student loosely) comes from a financially strapped family (i.e. poor), then they are eligible to receive a $5,000 a year no-pay-back stipend, which is to cover additional everyday costs (i.e., a pizza).

I know this as a fact because my son was recruited by several D1 schools for basketball and I attended a seminar that explained all of this. The kicker is that in my son's senior year, he decided he is sick of basketball (playing year round for over 6 years) and does not want to play ball in college.

So I happen to be one of those that do not think athletes should get paid. They are are getting a top D1 education for free! It is the athlete's responsibility to take advantage of this gift. Also, for the top athletes that folks say they should be getting paid to have their likeness on school programs, billboards, and media, these "taken advantage of" top athletes are going to be millionaires after they graduate, or leave school.

I, myself, was the first one in my blue collar family to go to college. I went to a Junior College and worked. I then went to a four-year school...and worked. It took me 6 1/2 years to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree, but I did it with no help from anyone. My only debt was a $10,000 personal student loan to pay off when I graduated.

Signed,
Grumpy Old Pollack

Well done. Our generation has a different work ethic which we got from our parents and grandparents. The great depression and WWII was a hard school that taught them life lessons.

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[GwenOnBass]

And yet when one factors the amount of income a university makes from a top sports program, the cost of giving a few students carte blanche is nothing. The kids get their education from a sports coach instead of an academic. Few will make it from university to the pros. The rest will have to figure their way though a world without the benefit of the education they supposedly received. Restaurant owner for the lucky few. grump grup grump

Well to remember the Romans also complained about the easy lifestyles of their top athletes.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Some kids looked forward to returning to school in the autumn. Moderately concerned about kids who don't want school to end.

I was a glutton for punishment. Didn’t care for school at all.

 

[beans-on-toast]

A friend got a golf scholarship in Florida. Golf!!! Everything was covered and more. He received a degree in sports physiotherapy so did well.

 

[Jeff Scott]

One has to be careful about the 'octave up'. A little(less than 1/2)is plenty, otherwise very un-clean.

I found it sounding a bit too synthy for my needs, but the octave down was wonderful.

When I look at prices on my 77DX, I am reminded to treat it with great care! Dang!!

I wish I still had my Western Electric 639B. Here is a recording made with it, utilizing both sides of the ribbon picking up two amps I used to make this recording:
February '67 4005WB
Mid '70s Traynor YSR-1 into a Bullfrog 2-12 slot-ported cabinet, using the tremolo on the amp.
1978 Furman PQ-3 > Crown D150A > front loaded folded horn cabinet I built with a JBL 2225 driver run through my old 1974 MXR Phase 90.

"Seduction of the Blue Princesess" Copyright © Stephen J. Rago 1981 All rights reserved.

St. James Infirmary? What about big band blues with a BL armed with a Telefunken U47? (okay maybe he was.)

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I'll see your Stan Kenton and raise you one Count Basie.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Apparently some people do Rodney Dangerfield themselves to a degree? Imagine what sort of world it would be if anyone could buy a degree.

Psssst......... actually, anybody CAN. I work for the city and one of our departments is the police department. One time maybe 15-17 years ago the city hired a police chief who had a degree in police science and administration. He moved in and posted a whole bunch of autographed promo pics from various bands-- even-- namely the Beatles. Turned out someone called the city and told them to check his degree. Guess what-- it was bought from a no name outfit that was good at posing as a college. Annnnd: all those autographed promo's? Phonies. He quietly departed Sitka and moved somewhere in Arizona....

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Some kids looked forward to returning to school in the autumn. Moderately concerned about kids who don't want school to end.

Those are the ones who eventually go on to become professors!

 

[Jeff Scott]

This recording reveals the 639B more clearly. A song I wrote in 1982; I played all the parts (two 12 string guitars and two bass parts).

The guitar parts were mic'd with an AKG D200E through the aforementioned Phase 90, and the basses went through the Traynor YSR-1 into the folded horn cabinet, mic'd with the 639B.

This all went into a Tascam 3440 with the dbx conpander built in to it.

"Walking Towards Infinity" Copyright © Jeffrey P. Scott 1982 All rights reserved.

These recording were made during my time at OSU, of course, after all homework was completed.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Signed,
Grumpy Old Pollack

Go here for lunch, might make you less grumpy. If it is still around, it is in Baltimore, MD.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I wish I still had my Western Electric 639B. Here is a recording made with it, utilizing both sides of the ribbon picking up two amps I used to make this recording:
February '67 4005WB
Mid '70s Traynor YSR-1 into a Bullfrog 2-12 slot-ported cabinet, using the tremolo on the amp.
1978 Furman PQ-3 > Crown D150A > front loaded folded horn cabinet I built with a JBL 2225 driver run through my old 1974 MXR Phase 90.

"Seduction of the Blue Princesess" Copyright © Stephen J. Rago 1981 All rights reserved.
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It’s in a loop?

I’d need a chart of some sort to play a song like that live.

 

[LBS-bass]

Go here for lunch, might make you less grumpy. If it is still around, it is in Baltimore, MD.

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Grew up in that area, used to go there occasionally. They did have good dogs, back in the day. No idea if they're still around.

ETA: Looks like the physical locations have shut down but someone is still selling products under that brand name. Kind of a shame; this was a big Baltimore tradition.

 

[Jeff Scott]

It’s in a loop?

The MXR? No loop, I just ran the bass into it and jumpered the two amps together, IIRC (that was a long time ago, and in a higher state of being, on occasion ).

I’d need a chart of some sort to play a song like that live.

Charts? We don't need no stinking charts. But then, our memories were more intact in those daze.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Go here for lunch, might make you less grumpy. If it is still around, it is in Baltimore, MD.

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I’d start with the beer batter onion rings and a dog.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Grew up in that area, used to go there occasionally. They did have good dogs, back in the day. No idea if they're still around.

ETA: Looks like the physical locations have shut down but someone is still selling products under that brand name. Kind of a shame; this was a big Baltimore tradition.

We used to go there when Rare Blend was in Baltimore for the shows we did at Orion Studios. One of those was a double bill with Tunnels. Percy was always a great guy to visit with and that was the only time we played at a show together (2004). The first time I saw him was in the mid '70s with Brand X.

 

[Jeff Scott]

When I used the Phase 90 with acoustic guitar, I plugged the D200E into an in-line transformer to convert the balanced signal to unbalanced, then, into the pedal.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The MXR? No loop, I just ran the bass into it and jumpered the two amps together, IIRC (that was a long time ago, and in a higher state of being, on occasion ).

Charts? We don't need no stinking charts. But then, our memories were more intact in those daze.

It’s a long progressive song, when I heard a click I wondered if it was a loop edit. Old folks might need a comfort (pee) break in the middle.