Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Corrupt officials were easy prey in the wild wild west.



Calamity Jane was a madame. A friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

 

[GwenOnBass]

When I see photographs of lemonade stands with mirrors that run the length of the bar, I wonder how. How, that is, nobody has been thrown in the mirror.

 

[spiritbass]

Unwary men beware

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Beware the Fleet Street hussies!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Saw last week The Five - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper was recently released. Didn't rush out for my copy.

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold review – the untold lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims

 

[spiritbass]

The 'hussies' reminded me of my uncle Chuck, who taught me how to walk on a bass neck on his '63 Precision. He actually got to play with Speedy West when he was in the army!!! Before I headed out to boot camp, and when I was back on leave, he made a point of telling me to "watch out for loose women". Never did ask him about what experiences he had that would prompt that warning to me...

 

[Polish Thunder]

That kidney thing is pretty well debunked AFIK Kidney Theft

Yeah, well, better safe than sorry. I am not ready to confirm whether Snopes is accurate. A wallet, not so hard to replace. A kidney, well I would be "pissed off" if one of mine got stolen....

 

[the slug]

Opium dens in the Victorian era were also fraught with danger[/QUOTE
still are......or so I'm told

 

[shadowtippy]

Yeah, well, better safe than sorry. I am not ready to confirm whether Snopes is accurate. A wallet, not so hard to replace. A kidney, well I would be "pissed off" if one of mine got stolen....

What an icebreaker it would be. Think of all the ways you could work it into a conversation.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Geez get admitted to the hospital for week and the subject goes to loose women an opium dens. I must have really missed something. Btw I was a good boy the time around and did not get visited once by the administrator. That is why I am in a Grump!
Bob

 

[LBS-bass]

Geez get admitted to the hospital for week and the subject goes to loose women an opium dens. I must have really missed something. Btw I was a good boy the time around and did not get visited once by the administrator. That is why I am in a Grump!
Bob

Hope you are ok, Bob!

 

[Bobhmcs]

Hope you are ok, Bob!

On the whole I am doing fairly ok. Apparently the was a slight rejection going on but that was brought under control fairly quickly. In english my body didn't like the stuff I got and vice a versa. They fixed it quick. I was able to work on a bass today so that's progress.
Thank you for asking.
Bob

 

[Bobhmcs]

My Grandfather was a CPO in the Danish Navy and just before I to leave for Bootcamp he sat me down and explained to me how Sailors were easy Mark's for loose women and why I should avoid the opium dens especially in Shanghai and San Francisco. Keep in mind my grandfather was in the Danish Navy before the turn of the 20th century and sailed 3 masters. When Ships Were Made Of Wood and Men Were Made of Iron. Most people know of them as Clipper Ships. All I could say was "San Francisco? WHERE?!!"
Bob
Edit: Hey it was the 60's! What can I say?

 

[GonePlaid]

On the whole I am doing fairly ok. Apparently the was a slight rejection going on but that was brought under control fairly quickly. In english my body didn't like the stuff I got and vice a versa. They fixed it quick. I was able to work on a bass today so that's progress.
Thank you for asking.
Bob

So, " Senior Chief Corpsman, heal thyself" isn't a thing?

 

[Bobhmcs]

So, "Corpsman, heal thyself" isn't a thing?

Only if you have your Unit 1 or Unit 10 issued and in your possesion.
;[)
I have neither.
Bob

 

[GonePlaid]

Only if you have your Unit 1 or Unit 10 issued and in your possesion.
;[)
I have neither.
Bob

Well, just stick with us. Good to have a fellow 'squid' among the group.(64-68, 2 Westpac deployments on 'bird farms'; last year and a half in 6th ND, Charleston, SC.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Well, just stick with us. Good to have a fellow 'squid' among the group.

Thank you!

 

[biguglyman]

Well, just stick with us. Good to have a fellow 'squid' among the group.

(74-79 three med cruises, a north atlantic cruise, last med cruise went down the suez to the persian gulf)

We'll call ourselves "The Squid Squad"....




...or not.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Calamari Crew, behold an Alembic

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[beans-on-toast]

Calamari Crew, behold an Alembic

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He looks much happier when he’s allowed to sing.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Dean has a V-headstock bass which is similar to the Alembic. I see Rick Wakeman on organ.

Dean USA John Entwistle Spider Redwood 25 Pc