Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

The wiki entry for Hammond organs states some were manufactured with modesty panels. Ladies needed the freedom to play the instrument in a skirt in church without offending anyone's sense of propriety.

Now that you mention it, it makes me realize that many church and performance organs are enclosed and they do install shrowds around the B cabinets. Musicians were required to comport themselves in a way that doesn’t draw attention away from the music. Tori Amos likes to break those rules.

My first Hammond was like the one below. It was a lot bigger than the B. I wish that I still had it.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Vas ist dis "common sense" ov vich you speak?

Unfortunately we're old school and in today's instant everything world the value of stopping to think for a moment or exercising caution/patience isn't as in vogue as it once was. The funny thing is that we probably have enough technical knowledge to take a risk or move faster and still stay out of trouble, but our knowledge also tells us we shouldn't.

Kids today know nothing of common sense. People never fail to come up with actions that designers wouldn’t imagine could ever come into play.

The EU seems to have taken the lead in childproofing electronic appliances. For instance, open back classic switchcraft type jacks are not allowed. It provides an entry port into the amp if one were to stick something in there. In the old days we all assumed that nobody would be so stupid as to push something in there.

 

[Al Kraft]

I kind of like that thinking ahead is actually required (or was, back when I was learning to fly) by Federal Aviation Regulations and/or the Airmen's (now rebranded "Aeronautical") Information Manual. Good ol' FAR/AIM: Acronyms R Us. The kind of thinking they required fit my notion of what was only proper and sensible for operating a flying machine, or pretty much any undertaking, as long as a woman wasn't involved, in which case any sensibilities I may have possessed flew right out the window.

I think the earlier days of aviation (maybe tech in general) were generally more rooted in understanding how things worked and how to use that knowledge to your advantage in any situation. Today we seem more oriented around how to simply use things (not always fully undertanding how they work and why) and being proficient in operating the technology.

It's a subtle difference, but when seconds count in an aviation incident, that deeper knowledge can mean the difference between a hard landing and one you don't walk away from.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Not yet Will. The Washington DC metro area has been more locked down the rest of Maryland and Virginia. However, I have been busy working with agedhorse and Chef on the new Mesa TT-800 roll-out. I'm not allowed to talk about those things during the devleopment phase, but once Mesa makes the announcement we get quite busy answering questions.

Andy hit it out ofo the park again with the new SW TT-800. Frankly I hadn't expected to like it quite as much as I do. Months ago when we were doing the manual I figured it was mainly going to appeal to all the folks who have wanted a 400 inspired version of the SW, but the 400 was never a favorite of mine. I'm a Walkbaout fan and having had the chance to work with Andy on the WD development am a huge WD fan!

Fast forward to prototype number 2 sitting on top of my cabs and I have to tell you the Boogie channel on the new head is simply addicting. The SW channel is also excellent. That channel is like an 800+ with more of a WD tube kind of texture to the tone.

Bottom line is that while I've missed playing out, I at least got to do some fun music oriented stuff with Andy and the Mesa folks. Hey, I'll take my fun where I can get it these days!

Sounds cool, Al!

 

[GwenOnBass]

I think the earlier days of aviation (maybe tech in general) were generally more rooted in understanding how things worked and how to use that knowledge to your advantage in any situation. Today we seem more oriented around how to simply use things (not always fully undertanding how they work and why) and being proficient in operating the technology.

It's a subtle difference, but when seconds count in an aviation incident, that deeper knowledge can mean the difference between a hard landing and one you don't walk away from.

Nigel Tufnel is instructed in the use of the new Marshall amps

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[Charlie Tango]

Kids today know nothing of common sense. People never fail to come up with actions that designers wouldn’t imagine could ever come into play.

Kids didn't have common sense in days of yore, either, and I'd submit that men in general don't have much until about age 25 or so. Then there's me, the one Mrs. Tango calls her "perpetual seventh-grader."

My dad had lotsa photo equipment. One day in my fifth year I got ahold of one of his cable releases. You screwed it into the shutter release button, then pushed a hypodermic syringe-like button at the other end to take the picture. It provided isolation from the stationary camera so you wouldn't make it move during the press of the shutter release. Aaanyway, I was going around giving "shots" to everything, from my teddy bear to the stuff on my mom's dresser. And then I gave a shot to the electrical outlet. It promptly gave me a shot right back, my mom heard me yell, and *she* gave me a shot on the backside after she made sure I was okay. I've had quite a respect for electricity ever since. Go figure.

 

[Charlie Tango]

I think the earlier days of aviation (maybe tech in general) were generally more rooted in understanding how things worked and how to use that knowledge to your advantage in any situation. Today we seem more oriented around how to simply use things (not always fully undertanding how they work and why) and being proficient in operating the technology.

It's a subtle difference, but when seconds count in an aviation incident, that deeper knowledge can mean the difference between a hard landing and one you don't walk away from.

I had a couple of IT certifications, the kind that required you to know how computers did what they did and how they talked to each other in networks. The knowledge was a help when something was screwier than usual. I've always liked knowing how things work. My flying has been limited to sims for years, but I still prefer traditional instruments rather than glass panels, because I understand them.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Kids didn't have common sense in days of yore, either, and I'd submit that men in general don't have much until about age 25 or so. Then there's me, the one Mrs. Tango calls her "perpetual seventh-grader."

My dad had lotsa photo equipment. One day in my fifth year I got ahold of one of his cable releases. You screwed it into the shutter release button, then pushed a hypodermic syringe-like button at the other end to take the picture. It provided isolation from the stationary camera so you wouldn't make it move during the press of the shutter release. Aaanyway, I was going around giving "shots" to everything, from my teddy bear to the stuff on my mom's dresser. And then I gave a shot to the electrical outlet. It promptly gave me a shot right back, my mom heard me yell, and *she* gave me a shot on the backside after she made sure I was okay. I've had quite a respect for electricity ever since. Go figure.

So what part of you who knows what electricity is wasn't functioning? The same part of me that wasn't functioning when I touched a hot electric fence as I had one hand on the horse's rump. We both got a surprise.

 

[Charlie Tango]

So what part of you who knows what electricity is wasn't functioning? The same part of me that wasn't functioning when I touched a hot electric fence as I had one hand on the horse's rump. We both got a surprise.

The part of me that would lead a casual (Southern) observer to conclude, "That boy's just et up with the dumb@$$."

 

[GwenOnBass]

Recalling Mark Twain's observation that a cat who sits on a hot stove will never sit on a hot stove again, but neither will she ever sit on a cold stove again.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Recalling Mark Twain's observation that a cat who sits on a hot stove will never sit on a hot stove again, but neither will she ever sit on a cold stove again.

And in similar vein he wrote, “A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was getting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.”

 

[GwenOnBass]

And Neil Gaiman writes anyone who believes what a cat tells them deserves everything they get.

 

[Charlie Tango]

And Neil Gaiman writes anyone who believes what a cat tells them deserves everything they get.

As I said before, exchange "woman" for "cat" and you've got the story of my life.

 

[2tonic]

The part of me that would lead a casual (Southern) observer to conclude, "That boy's just et up with the dumb@$$."

Well, bless his heart.........

Look at him tryin'!

 

[BargeOn]

Wish I could remember the source of this, it was a woman comic strip author
Cats only say two things:
Where's that dinner.
And
Everything here is mine.

 

[2tonic]

One of those professions that went out with buggy whip manufacturers is traveling stencil artist .... Men of low repute, it is said, same as piano tuners ....

I've always tried to be a man of low dispute.....





Not 100% successfully, sad to report.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Well, bless his heart.........

Look at him tryin'!

On the rare occasions Mrs. Tango says something stupefying I always remember to say, "Sure are pretty, though."

 

[GwenOnBass]

Wait, what, you have all your hearing?!

 

[Charlie Tango]

Wait, what, you have all your hearing?!

Huh?

 

[SoulReflection]

Kids today know nothing of common sense. People never fail to come up with actions that designers wouldn’t imagine could ever come into play.

The EU seems to have taken the lead in childproofing electronic appliances. For instance, open back classic switchcraft type jacks are not allowed. It provides an entry port into the amp if one were to stick something in there. In the old days we all assumed that nobody would be so stupid as to push something in there.

Not to mention the old and new definition of "McD's Hot Coffee". Nice that lawyers a protecting us for their profit and our expense. Did you say "childproofing"? Doesn't say much for us "adults".

If I had a lawn, I would say "get off of it"!