Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[the harp unstrung]

^^^aint enough Likes...

 

[notJaco]

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My how things have changed. The amps are facing backwards, no mics on the drums, no stage monitors.
And 8000 screaming fans...

 

[biguglyman]

The amps are facing backwards

That may have been the first "in the round" concert. They'd turn their amps and spin Ringo every couple of songs. There was at least one minor malfunction/cord caught moment too where Ringo's spinning stage wouldn't spin...

 

[beans-on-toast]

That may have been the first "in the round" concert. They'd turn their amps and spin Ringo every couple of songs. There was at least one minor malfunction/cord caught moment too where Ringo's spinning stage wouldn't spin...

Things have changed. Ringo used to get up and spin the riser around. Something the talent would never do today. John's telling him, just turn it around. Eventually they help him.

 

[notJaco]

Things have changed. Ringo used to get up and spin the riser around himself. Something the talent would never do today.

Nothing that the 'Starr' of the show would do.

 

[mikeoso]

I can attest that it's a hard slog working and going to school. I did the night school thing after high school while working all day in a factory. People in class doing the same would fall asleep only to be lectured by an arrogant prof. Then I worked full time for a while, quit and went back to school. Worked jobs to pay the rent while attending school full time. I honestly don't know how I managed to do it.

I did my undergrad on the GI Bill. I was going to school days and working nights...carrying 18 credits and working fulltime. Had every second Sunday off. Dont know how I did it.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I did my undergrad on the GI Bill. I was going to school days and working nights...carrying 18 credits and working fulltime. Had every second Sunday off. Dont know how I did it.

After having people shooting at you, life that follows has to become easier.

 

[Charlie Tango]

I did my undergrad on the GI Bill. I was going to school days and working nights...carrying 18 credits and working fulltime. Had every second Sunday off. Dont know how I did it.

Me too, but not with that large a load. School in the mornings, part-time work in the afternoons to early evenings. Took awhile.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Me too, but not with that large a load. School in the mornings, part-time work in the afternoons to early evenings. Took awhile.

I swore to FSM (blessed be his noodley appendages) going back to work after grad school would be a blessing because there'd be fewer hours in a week. I was sort-of right, but not the way I hoped.

 

[mikeoso]

I swore to FSM (blessed be his noodley appendages) going back to work after grad school would be a blessing because there'd be fewer hours in a week. I was sort-of right, but not the way I hoped.

Like...same amount of work, just fewer hours in which to do it?

 

[Deleted member 268085]

I built a Ravensburger puzzle with that top castle in the scene.

I've taken a couple of tours of Neuschwanstein. The ceiling in each royal room was hand-carved wood. Each ceiling was different. The ornate wood carving that topped Ludwig's four-poster bed took years to carve. A dumbwaiter in the kitchen on the lowest level served all of the floors above it. The ugly, boring castle lower down and closer to the Austrian border was his uncle's.

I took the top 13 pre-Olympic women gymnasts on a tour of his summer palace south of Munich in addition to loading them on a train for Fürth and the Neuschwanstein. You see those two palaces and you can easily imagine how Ludwig bankrupted Bavaria.

Classic view of the Neuschwanstein

View from the Neuschwanstein back to the pedestrian bridge from which the above photo was taken

Front door of Ludwig's summer palace

View when exiting via the front door

I've not included any photos with the girls. Several were, sadly, involved in the Dr. Larry Nassar affaire. None of that had come to light by 2006, but they still deserve respect and privacy.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

For those who like chemistry. I had started down this path in high school and early college. Cool stuff.

Periodic Table - Ptable

My parents could never understand how I could go through so many chemistry kits. If they'd had the courage to watch me and my best friend 'cooking', they'd have understood. We only wanted to make boom-booms. Any chemical that didn't aid in that quest never got touched. We eventually got into b&w photography because we could buy much higher volumes of the chemicals we needed for our boom-booms. Plus, developing our own pics was fun.

Contact explosives were the most fun. Keep the liquid between 54-58°F, no boom-boom. Paint the liquid on something and let it dry? Boom-flash! We did his driveway once, right before his dad got home from work. That turned out WAY cool! We had to run.

 

[gtmalone]

I can attest that it's a hard slog working and going to school. I did the night school thing after high school while working all day in a factory. People in class doing the same would fall asleep only to be lectured by an arrogant prof. Then I worked full time for a while, quit and went back to school. Worked jobs to pay the rent while attending school full time. I honestly don't know how I managed to do it.

I found I appreciated the education much more when I was a "grown adult". lol. The first two years were at Harding University in Searcy, AR. The last two runs were Webster University in St Louis and University of Phoenix. Graduated with honors as compared to my "scholarly" performance the first couple of years. University of Phoenix gets a bad rap at times but it worked well for me. I almost did the masters degree but it would have been two more years with no benefit to the career path.

I had to keep the drive to stick with it and it was difficult at times. Sure was hard to study on a weekend when you look out the window at sunshine and 75.

 

[gtmalone]

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My parents could never understand how I could go through so many chemistry kits. If they'd had the courage to watch me and my best friend 'cooking', they'd have understood. We only wanted to make boom-booms. Any chemical that didn't aid in that quest never got touched. We eventually got into b&w photography because we could buy much higher volumes of the chemicals we needed for our boom-booms. Plus, developing our own pics was fun.

Contact explosives were the most fun. Keep the liquid between 54-58°F, no boom-boom. Paint the liquid on something and let it dry? Boom-flash! We did his driveway once, right before his dad got home from work. That turned out WAY cool! We had to run.

10 yrs old, chemistry set, what could possibly go wrong? lol.

I made a molotov cocktail once...once. Let's just say it worked better than expected throwing it against a concrete culvert in a ditch and the fire was difficult to manage. 10 yrs old, gasoline, matches, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[beans-on-toast]

I've taken a couple of tours of Neuschwanstein. The ceiling in each royal room was hand-carved wood. Each ceiling was different. The ornate wood carving that topped Ludwig's four-poster bed took years to carve. A dumbwaiter in the kitchen on the lowest level served all of the floors above it. The ugly, boring castle lower down and closer to the Austrian border was his uncle's.

I took the top 13 pre-Olympic women gymnasts on a tour of his summer palace south of Munich in addition to loading them on a train for Fürth and the Neuschwanstein. You see those two palaces and you can easily imagine how Ludwig bankrupted Bavaria.

Classic view of the Neuschwanstein

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View from the Neuschwanstein back to the pedestrian bridge from which the above photo was taken

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Front door of Ludwig's summer palace

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View when exiting via the front door

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I've not included any photos with the girls. Several were, sadly, involved in the Dr. Larry Nassar affaire. None of that had come to light by 2006, but they still deserve respect and privacy.

Absolutely amazing what they were able to accomplish. Especially given the technology of that era.

 

[gtmalone]

My long time friend was going through some of his dad's old stuff and found this check paying for his Ampeg GV22 and my Gibson Thor. Shivelbines is in Cape Girardeau, MO and is still in business.

I've known him since we were about 14. We went to Harding University together and started a Chicago type horn band.

 

[notJaco]

10 yrs old, chemistry set, what could possibly go wrong? lol.

I made a molotov cocktail once...once. Let's just say it worked better than expected throwing it against a concrete culvert in a ditch and the fire was difficult to manage. 10 yrs old, gasoline, matches, what could possibly go wrong?

Had to be a guy thing, right?
A buddy had a Gilbert chem set....may even been the same one. We'd spend hours trying make something to wreck something else.

Then we'd go to the sporting goods store in the mall and steal cans of gun powder...it was just sitting on the shelf at anyone's disposal. Loaded up galvanized pipes with it and BBs, shooting it at old TV picture tubes, 2X4s, whatever needed breaking. I am lucky to still be here today, and him, he turned out to be a State Police officer.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Had to be a guy thing, right?
A buddy had a Gilbert chem set....may even been the same one. We'd spend hours trying make something to wreck something else.

Then we'd go to the sporting goods store in the mall and steal cans of gun powder...it was just sitting on the shelf at anyone's disposal. Loaded up galvanized pipes with it and BBs, shooting it at old TV picture tubes, 2X4s, whatever needed breaking. I am lucky to still be here today, and him, he turned out to be a State Police officer.

So, your buddy is still shooting at things, eh?

 

[Jeff Scott]

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We had one of those when we were wee laddies. Don't recall blowing anything up so we must have done something wrong.

 

[GonePlaid]

We had one of those when we were wee laddies. Don't recall blowing anything up so we must have done something wrong.

Or the explosions 'clouded' yer mem'ry.