Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

To some, all Irish are lepers

Are you saying that there is distance between the orange and the green in Ireland?

 

[GwenOnBass]

There was something so Aadams Family about her armadillo purse — it even had the feet attached — that caused a lot of excitement wherever she went.

 

[Charlie Tango]

There was something so Aadams Family about her armadillo purse — it even had the feet attached — that caused a lot of excitement wherever she went.

Did it have all its fingers and toes?

 

[beans-on-toast]

There was something so Aadams Family about her armadillo purse — it even had the feet attached — that caused a lot of excitement wherever she went.

The purse must have turned heads. It reminds me of the stoles that were once common.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Did it have all its fingers and toes?

 

[Jeff Scott]

The SVT in my image is a nice sounding '71. I was still in the process of restoring it, the front grille cloth needed to be replaced. That was a big job, I started with a basket case. It was reskinned, the metal painted, a lot of electronics work including redesigning the power supply. It turned out well.

Now, I feel even more grateful that all I had to do was walk up and plug in!

I need to prep for painting the kitchen but just can't seem to bring myself to start this morning.

Does this mean we didn't have to paint the porch that is about to be torn out (Tuesday, weather depending)?

Side note (this time, in C♯): Note the fancy W. VA ceiling light fixture we put up to test the colors under artificial light? And, I finally removed the fancy schmancy carpeting last week in preparation for the demolition. Here is a preview:

A friend of mine carried a handbag made from an actual, taxiderminated, armadillo. I want to tell you, she is a gal who gets noticed when she enters the room. Finished her masters in molecular chemistry at the Sorbonne, too. Very cool chick, her specialty was optical glass. She was not overly impressed with the quality of West German optics (like my Leitz lenses).

When does you friend start her own optical lens company?

Your new neighbors look very questionable, to me.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Now, I feel even more grateful that all I had to do was walk up and plug in!

Does this mean we didn't have to paint the porch that is about to be torn out (Tuesday, weather depending)?

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Side note (this time, in C♯): Note the fancy W. VA ceiling light fixture we put up to test the colors under artificial light? And, I finally removed the fancy schmancy carpeting last week in preparation for the demolition. Here is a preview:

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When does you friend start her own optical lens company?

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Your new neighbors look very questionable, to me.

Will there be a new porch to replace the old one? Structural issues? Was it original to the house?

Did you ever resolve your driveway discussions with the town?

A while back you were going to paint. Plans evidently change. BTW, I like the ceiling board look.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Did it have all its fingers and toes?

Oh yes, and the top of the armadillo's back was hinged. Definitely a statement piece. She was good at being herself. Except for the part of her also being an identical twin.

Now, I feel even more grateful that all I had to do was walk up and plug in!

Does this mean we didn't have to paint the porch that is about to be torn out (Tuesday, weather depending)?

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Side note (this time, in C♯): Note the fancy W. VA ceiling light fixture we put up to test the colors under artificial light? And, I finally removed the fancy schmancy carpeting last week in preparation for the demolition. Here is a preview:

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When does you friend start her own optical lens company?

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Your new neighbors look very questionable, to me.

Ain't a rough neighborhood until that West Virginia floodlight's been shot out.

... not seen my friend in these 35 years ... she was doing technical stuff with optical glass for what I understood was for extremely high resolution photography and not talking microscopic. Hers was a brutal travel schedule. She complained of being called in the office on a Thursday and told to go home early to pack for a trip to Japan tomorrow. And complained when she arrived on site, she would be typically asked where's your boss? "Domo. I'm boss here," and stood her ground but absolutely not easy.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Will there be a new porch to replace the old one? Structural issues? Was it original to the house?

Did you ever resolve your driveway discussions with the town?

A while back you were going to paint. Plans evidently change. BTW, I like the ceiling board look.

Yes, we are building a much better mouse trap in its place. The original 1917 open porch was crudely enclosed in the (best guess) early 1940s. it is cold and drafty or very hot and stuffy, depending on the time of year as the nine casement windows are, essentially, not functional. Those painting swatches I had posted photos of a while back were just to look at potential colors for the porch (we, profusely, thank all of you fine TBers for your help and guidance in that ). We've done the same in our other projects, painting large areas to get a better read on the colors, in room. The walls are/were coming down anyway, so why not "paint the town"?

We are turning the porch into a fully insulated 4-season room, still porch-like in its overall look, though, with a mix of Gustav Stickley and Green & Greene aesthetic to it, trim-wise. We will be keeping the original ceiling board design with new T&G ceiling board as that matches another (previously enclosed) porch and a small den, along with T&G (or shiplap) V-groove boards vertically oriented all around the room. New, 2:12 hip roof, with much wider eaves/soffits (19") for better weather protection and lots of insulation (we're putting in 2x6 walls for same, pretty much standard modern construction, these days; the rest of the house is 2x4 wall construction, standard for 1917). The original roof is virtually flat with only about a 6" overhang all around. Also, lights (yay!) and other electrical, including a 6' Runtal electric baseboard heater. There will be a small closet built into one corner using the old closet door from an earlier renovation project (our '13 kitchen renovation that spilled into the bedroom above it) that I finally finished sanding, staining, and tongue tung oiling.

The driveway project is on hold for now. The city was a relative breeze to deal with; the issue was problems with the concrete contractor. Maybe, we'll get to it later this year or next Spring.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Guessing the nicest door at Lowe's is out of the question.

 

[Jeff Scott]

She was good at being herself. Except for the part of her also being an identical twin.

I am quite a bit different compared to my twin brother!

... not seen my friend in these 35 years ... she was doing technical stuff with optical glass for what I understood was for extremely high resolution photography and not talking microscopic.

So, she was using Kodak Recording Film 2475, eh?

 

[Jeff Scott]

Guessing the nicest door at Lowe's is out of the question.

Absolutely!

Maybe, Home Depot, though, like, these.

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[beans-on-toast]

Yes, we are building a much better mouse trap in its place. The original 1917 open porch was crudely enclosed in the (best guess) early 1940s. it is cold and drafty or very hot and stuffy, depending on the time of year as the nine casement windows are, essentially, not functional. Those painting swatches I had posted photos of a while back were just to look at potential colors for the porch (we, profusely, thank all of you fine TBers for your help and guidance in that ). We've done the same in our other projects, painting large areas to get a better read on the colors, in room. The walls are/were coming down anyway, so why not "paint the town"?

We are turning the porch into a fully insulated 4-season room, still porch-like in its overall look, though, with a mix of Gustav Stickley and Green & Greene aesthetic to it, trim-wise. We will be keeping the original ceiling board design with new T&G ceiling board as that matches another (previously enclosed) porch and a small den, along with T&G (or shiplap) V-groove boards vertically oriented all around the room. New, 2:12 hip roof, with much wider eaves/soffits (19") for better weather protection and lots of insulation (we're putting in 2x6 walls for same, pretty much standard modern construction, these days; the rest of the house is 2x4 wall construction, standard for 1917). The original roof is virtually flat with only about a 6" overhang all around. Also, lights (yay!) and other electrical, including a 6' Runtal electric baseboard heater. There will be a small closet built into one corner using the old closet door from an earlier renovation project (our '13 kitchen renovation that spilled into the bedroom above it) that I finally finished sanding, staining, and tongue tung oiling.

The driveway project is on hold for now. The city was a relative breeze to deal with; the issue was problems with the concrete contractor. Maybe, we'll get to it later this year or next Spring.

Sounds like it’ll be a welcome update. Will there will be a place for critters under the new porch?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Absolutely!

Maybe, Home Depot, though, like, these.

gallery.

Stained glass is always nice.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I am quite a bit different compared to my twin brother!

So, she was using Kodak Recording Film 2475, eh?

I miss my Agfapan 25.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I am quite a bit different compared to my twin brother!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Sounds like it’ll be a welcome update. Will there will be a place for critters under the new porch?

No critters, well, some spiders, occasionally, maybe the odd centipede or millipede, too. Under the porch is the kitchen pantry, back hallway, and basement stairs.

I miss my Kodak TMX and Konica IR750.

 

[Charlie Tango]

I want my Kodachrome!

Sounds like "I want my Maypo!", doesn't it? For those unaware, Maypo was/is a thoroughly disgusting hot breakfast cereal, meant to remind one of oatmeal with maple syrup. The old commercials were annoying and offputting, even to a kid of my then-tender age.

 

[Charlie Tango]

The purse must have turned heads. It reminds me of the stoles that were once common.

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In a previous life I knew an older woman who had one of those. Hers had a spring-loaded lower jaw to the beastie, and the wearer draped the hideous thing around her neck and secured the thing's tail with its little teeth. Made one shudder to see it, it did.

 

[bobyoung53]

I wonder if the yellowish color is the lighting and a mapleglo finish. I like my '88 mapleglo 4003S. Kind of looks a mellow yellow.

It has a narrow neck like a JBass. Feels good to play. I did a capacitor mod years ago that make it like a vintage. The only thingthat nags me is the pickups. They are the high output ones. I always wonder if I should try lower output scatterwound vintage set. I can unwind the ones that I have but don’t want to let that genie out of that bottle. I doubt that the magnets are the same. It would be an expensive experiment.

Anyone have any opinions on vintage vs modern Rickenbacker pickups?

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It could have been yellowed I have a 79 4001 that's yellowed. That's a nice bass, I had a white with black trim years ago. First thing I do when I buy an old ric is to bypass that cap. Incidentally I think your bass is a normal 4003, the ones without the trim and the dotted necks are the S models.