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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Passinwind
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I don't get F1 on TV any more but I still follow it fairly avidly. Really wanted to see how Shooey's kid made out in the practice that got scrubbed, but I expect we'll be seeing plenty of him in F1 soon enough.
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Chiming in on Saturday for our Friday role [CQ]* call to confirm basic functions are in place. The dressing on my right foot that extends to my knee is scheduled to be either removed (crossing fingers) or replaced on Tuesday. Meanwhile I'm the GOF at the supermarket who uses an electric cart. This is what my F1 has come down to. 
Returned from my triumphant lap of the dog food isle with a chewy for Odin.
* cq is editor's markup for "let it stand". In other words, the word in question that looks funny has been checked and determined to be correct. So don't change it in the belief you're more correct, is what CQ means
Returned from my triumphant lap of the dog food isle with a chewy for Odin.
* cq is editor's markup for "let it stand". In other words, the word in question that looks funny has been checked and determined to be correct. So don't change it in the belief you're more correct, is what CQ means
Yeah. If I do a roll call, it's at the Krispy Kreme.Chiming in on Saturday for our Friday role [CQ]* call to confirm basic functions are in place. The dressing on my right foot that extends to my knee is scheduled to be either removed (crossing fingers) or replaced on Tuesday. Meanwhile I'm the GOF at the supermarket who uses an electric cart. This is what my F1 has come down to.
Returned from my triumphant lap of the dog food isle with a chewy for Odin.
* cq is editor's markup for "let it stand". In other words, the word in question that looks funny has been checked and determined to be correct. So don't change it in the belief you're more correct, is what CQ means
And a late response to the roll call. Finishing up coffee #3, one more than usual, but the engine was a little sluggish getting started this morning. The golfing ladies are playing a major tournament this week, at Aronimink outside Philly, which is a classic course that's giving most of them a challenging time of it. If the men were playing there, they'd be whining that they can't get a level lie nearly anywhere on the course, and the greens have so much undulation they can't get any putts to drop. The women look at what's to be done and go do it, just as in life. So I'm going to watch them instead of watching the men blast it around some contrived modern abomination in Nevada. The ladies pro game is much more relatable to the amateur man's game than the men's pro game is, but most men won't acknowledge it. Though the lady pros would thoroughly demolish those amateur guys on the course any given day.
Sold one of my larger amp heads today. Still downsizing. But still got a lot of stuff for a non gigging musician.
Kinda sad on my part. I think I like the equipment as much as gigging.
Edit: almost felt like crying...
Kinda sad on my part. I think I like the equipment as much as gigging.
Edit: almost felt like crying...
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Well, it is a different country!
Do you recall falling asleep in said recliner?
What job? To make a nice looking finished hole in the ceiling above your growing Christmas tree?
It is important to distinguish Shooey from a shoey!
I’m building toys for Santa Claus and Hanukkah Harry. They’ve adopted a distributed manufacturing model this year because of covid. So I’m allowed to work at home. The Christmas tree is mandatory.
Let's just say 'I came to laying in my recliner...'
God bless you for what you're doing for the kids. I wish I had your talent.
It isn’t only kids that receive gifts.
Let's just say 'I came to laying in my recliner...'
Mayhaps an alien abduction???
They cost a little more, but I only buy eggs from free range hens. So called battery hens, which is where most eggs come from, live a life never seeing the sun, never being able to walk outside. These birds live an abused life and it shouldn’t be like that.
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How do they choose which pedestrians to kill for others' safety? That's what you have to know.
One thing I can report in my corporate experience that surprises exactly none here — the higher up on the chain of command who invites me to dinner, the higher probability I am the main course. Dinner with the publisher is hazard-pay worthy. What I never saw, and never hope to see, is the publisher at the after-hours lemonade stand that serves the newspaper crew when the edition's been put to bed.
A life I held, perhaps for a moment in time, as I consider important things like
five strings
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When I think of MarkBass, I think of Milan-Malpensa. Last I was through (a fair while) it is painted yellow and black. Of late Linate is way easier, and we'll see about that. Don't ever order the sausage butty at ShannonWait, amps, Elf, MarkBass. Is this left and right hemispheres talking?
The one statement I can relate to is-- I like Markbass amps. I don't know why I didn't buy the legendary MB121 combo. I loved it from the moment I heard it. Yet somehow I ended up being a GK guy. I'm happy either way. I guess it was the price they were charging for their amps back then... still like their looks though...
Checking in much later than usual because even though it's a "holiday" weekend, it doesn't look like I'm going to get a day off. One of the tech's that was supposed to be working this weekend called in sick with a cough and a fever...oy. He has been on vacation the last two weeks so I'm not too worried about the 'rona, but a day off would be nice. Of course I am being well compensated...
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Here on Sunday on the Isle of Everywhere, I still haven't played a MarkBass. I saw a Jeff Berlin model at a distance at the local youth music school. I was surprised just how big and cube-like it is, and decided I didn't want to carry that anywhere without a dolly. That's my total experience with MarkBass.
Saw a local CL listing for a Kustom 200 head in blue sparkle tuck and roll for $350.
Saw a local CL listing for a Kustom 200 head in blue sparkle tuck and roll for $350.
Lucky Yoga.
And Your Bird Can Sing! In Gloster, there really is such a thing as a singing Beatle canary.
And Your Bird Can Sing! In Gloster, there really is such a thing as a singing Beatle canary.
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