Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[bobyoung53]

Some good Boston bands include, Boston, Aerosmith, Pixies, J. Geils Band, and of course The Cars.

Entertainers make a good song, better.

Boston Lore:

I saw the J Geils Band in a little club in 1969 when I was 16, they were unbelievable live and had the place rocking, it was an underage Sunday afternoon matinee. You KNEW they were going places, they were probably recording their first album at about this time and it's always been my favorite by them. Peter Wolf started out as the night DJ at a new underground FM station called WBCN while a member of the band but had to leave as they got more successful, he is one of the best frontmen I've ever seen. That's where he got his woofa goofa patter from

A buddy of mine used to play in a band called Sledgehamma and used to open for Aerosmith all the time during the early 70's before I met him, he even had one of those booklets that booking agents used to pass around with his band on the cover and Aerosmith on the inside. They were pretty good, the guitarist went on to replace the guitarist in REO Speedwagon and still plays with them. He said Aerosmith were really good live (I never saw them until 1974 even though they played all over the place) but didn't always try too hard depending on they were they were, they got 'discovered' and their first big manager used to go out on some of the gigs, I forgot his name but he was fairly well known and was a high powered guy. At one gig I guess they were a little sloppy or something or other and at the end of the gig when everyone came into the dressing room he threw everyone out besides the Aerosmith band and the other guys could hear screaming and yelling from inside, he said the guy punched Tyler in the mouth. A lot of the slightly older people I played with had known them on their way up, had interacted with them, played on the same gigs etc and were all jealous they got so big. But here was a lot of talent in Boston back then.

WBCN used to play the Cars demos quite a bit before they were well known so they were scheduled to play at an outside gig at a place called Dean Park in Shrewsbury MA which was a pretty nice place, in fact I saw Andy Pratt of Avenging Annie fame there who was I believe another Boston boy but I digress , in the meantime The cars released their first album and it got so big so fast they had to move the Dean Park Concert to the Providence RI Civic Center, they obviously weren't used to playing big rooms when we saw them there.

Boston had a lot of great bands back then, many of whom never really made it but WBCN used to play all the local bands, in fact I think they had a weekly top ten of local bands during the 70's, I really miss that station.



Andy played the bass in this, check out at 4:13 where it sounds like a roaring prop plane. If you watch it on YouTube click 'show more' and he writes about the genesis of the tune. This song was huge in my area and you heard it on various FM stations although out the 70's.

 

[bobyoung53]

Here's a little joke that bombed over at 'Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise- Now Boarding' thread, although it seems to be winding down a little now as it's been going all night but I figured you folks over here are a little more discerning and have a better grasp of sophisticated humor.


Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise - Now Boarding!



An ‘ol salt swaggers into a bar.

He has a ship’s wheel stuffed into the front of his trousers.

The bartender says, “Hey, you’ve got a ship’s wheel in your trousers!”

The ‘ol salt says, “Aye mate and it’s driving me nuts!”

 

[notJaco]

Here's a little joke that bombed over at 'Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise- Now Boarding' thread, although it seem to be winding down a little now as it's been going all night but I figured you folks over here were a little more discerning and would appreciate it better as I feel sophisticated humor goes over better here.


Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise - Now Boarding!



An ‘ol salt swaggers into a bar.

He has a ship’s wheel stuffed into the front of his trousers.

The bartender says, “Hey, you’ve got a ship’s wheel in your trousers!”

The ‘ol salt says, “Aye mate and it’s driving me nuts!”


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I'd rudder not hear that kind of talk.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have no real fear of heights, as long as there is something substantial to stand on. High bridges, tall buildings, roller coasters, etc. don't bother me. For a time, I worked building apartment complexes, and walked the top plate setting trusses. But, I have no desire to jump out of an airplane, climb a sheer cliff, just so I can come back down, or jump off of anything with an oversized rubber band attached to my body. So I guess, I have more of a fear of falling.

Nope. The sudden stop.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I have no real fear of heights, as long as there is something substantial to fall onto...

FIFY

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Here's a little joke that bombed over at 'Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise- Now Boarding' thread, although it seems to be winding down a little now as it's been going all night but I figured you folks over here are a little more discerning and have a better grasp of sophisticated humor.


Wobble's First Annual Classic Rock Cruise - Now Boarding!



An ‘ol salt swaggers into a bar.

He has a ship’s wheel stuffed into the front of his trousers.

The bartender says, “Hey, you’ve got a ship’s wheel in your trousers!”

The ‘ol salt says, “Aye mate and it’s driving me nuts!”


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I heard that everyone on the cruise got ship faced.

 

[bobyoung53]

I heard that everyone on the cruise got ship faced.

You should post that over there.

 

[gtmalone]

Rode the scooter for about a half hour then started raining. Pretty heavy rain this afternoon, about 1.7 inches since noon. High changes of rain for the next week. That cancels out our road trip. We were going to Laurel, MS or Utah. How's that for a diverse pair of destinations.

Anyways, just finished Earl Gray tea, smoked gouda, crackers, and strawberry-rhubarb preserves.

Blew up stuff on the home theater the past two nights and again tonight with the three original Star Wars movies. We've seen Rogue One (pretty good), and Episode VII: The Force Awakens (pretty good, too). Episodes I,II,III, eh, not so much. About the only thing useful was the back story for Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. That could have been summed up in about a half hour instead of six.

 

[Al Kraft]

I have no real fear of heights, as long as there is something substantial to stand on.

Despite a lengthy career in the aviation business I am not comfortable with heights. To be very clear on this point, I'm not even comfortable being as tall as I am!

Oddly enough though I don't perceive altitude in aircraft the same way as say standing on the roof of a house. Perhaps my preoccupation with not contacting the ground at an attitude and speed that are outside of the design envelope consumes all my ability to be uncomfortable about anything else.

Full disclosure: I typed this while sitting in my desk chair at its lowest setting, in the lower level of my house.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Despite a lengthy career in the aviation business I am not comfortable with heights. To be very clear on this point, I'm not even comfortable being as tall as I am!

Oddly enough though I don't perceive altitude in aircraft the same way as say standing on the roof of a house. Perhaps my preoccupation with not contacting the ground at an attitude and speed that are outside of the design envelope consumes all my ability to be uncomfortable about anything else.

Full disclosure: I typed this while sitting in my desk chair at its lowest setting, in the lower level of my house.

 

[shadowtippy]

I'd rudder not hear that kind of talk.

That ship has sailed.

 

[notJaco]

Despite a lengthy career in the aviation business I am not comfortable with heights. To be very clear on this point, I'm not even comfortable being as tall as I am!

Oddly enough though I don't perceive altitude in aircraft the same way as say standing on the roof of a house. Perhaps my preoccupation with not contacting the ground at an attitude and speed that are outside of the design envelope consumes all my ability to be uncomfortable about anything else.

Full disclosure: I typed this while sitting in my desk chair at its lowest setting, in the lower level of my house.

I kinda have that same sense. In an airplane (as a passenger) it does not bother me in the least to see the ground falling away from me but getting near the windows at the top of the John Hancock building...I just felt that I needed to grab onto something or my sense of balance would leave me.
It has gotten worse with age.

 

[bobyoung53]

Despite a lengthy career in the aviation business I am not comfortable with heights. To be very clear on this point, I'm not even comfortable being as tall as I am!

Oddly enough though I don't perceive altitude in aircraft the same way as say standing on the roof of a house. Perhaps my preoccupation with not contacting the ground at an attitude and speed that are outside of the design envelope consumes all my ability to be uncomfortable about anything else.

Full disclosure: I typed this while sitting in my desk chair at its lowest setting, in the lower level of my house.

I have fear of heights but I just don't look down . Seriously though I've been climbing on roofs and up trees all my life putting up ham antennas and the only time heights bother me are when I look down. I'll look out the windows of a plane when we're landing but hate turbulence.

I was starting to watch a channel on youtube that realistically recreates plane crashes with computer images of actually being inside the plane and the cockpit and it just got too morbid for me so I stopped. The last one i watched was a couple of Russians with actually dialogue subtitled, they knew they were in trouble and one of them supposedly had alcohol in his system but it broke me up when they realized it was too late, no thanks.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Doc didn't say no climbing!

Still have your chalk bag?

Cams were available but I carried a selection of Invalid Link Removed. Now I see they make Invalid Link Removed.

Those moments when exposure is required is when I either take in the view or wish I were anywhere but where I am now. Seldom felt that exposure. For me, a rock face is something navigated on the way too somewhere else. Yes this is me who asks, out loud, when does it get steep? as I ascend with hands and feet.

That's youth.

 

[Al Kraft]

Cams were available but I carried a selection of Invalid Link Removed. Now I see they make Invalid Link Removed.

Those moments when exposure is required is when I either take in the view or wish I were anywhere but where I am now. Seldom felt that exposure. For me, a rock face is something navigated on the way too somewhere else. Yes this is me who asks, out loud, when does it get steep? as I ascend with hands and feet.

That's youth.

I actually do better going up and concentrating on the journey. It's the looking down and wondering how not to end up traversing that distance in the most ungraceful and painful manner imaginable where I tend to fail miserably.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Most can traverse a path the width of a pedestrian crosswalk without a thought. Add an 8,000 foot drop on one side and a 10,000 foot drop on the other, and bits of our brain that were idling a few second ago take over.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

While riding my Harley, I swerved to avoid hitting a deer, lost control and landed in a ditch, severely banging my head.
Dazed and confused I crawled out of the ditch to the edge of the road when a shiny new convertible pulled up with a very beautiful woman who asked, "Are you okay?
As I looked up, I noticed she was wearing a low-cut blouse.
"I'm okay I think." I replied as I pulled myself up to the side of the car to get a closer look.
She said, "Get in and I'll take you home, so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head."
"That's nice of you," I answered, "But I don't think my wife will like me doing that!"
"Oh, come now, I'm a nurse," she insisted. "I need to see if you have any more scrapes and then treat them properly."
Well, she was really pretty and very persuasive. Being sort of shaken and weak, I agreed, but repeated, "I'm sure my wife won't like this."
We arrived at her place which was just few miles away and, after a couple of cold beers and the bandaging, I thanked her and said, "I feel a lot better, but I know my wife is going to be really upset so I'd better go now."
Don't be silly!" she said with a smile. "Stay for a while. She won't know anything. By the way, where is she?"
"My guess is that she's still in the ditch."

 

[beans-on-toast]

As a kid, I was a tree climber. Big trees. I also climbed telephone poles. Those sort of heights never bothered me.

Standing on the roof of a skyscraper and looking over the edge is something else. It gives me the willies. A strong wind makes it worse, a building literally can sway several feet back and forth, they also shake. I get a tingling feeling, the rush of adrenalin kicks in. I’d never climb a tower on a rooftop like that.

 

[gtmalone]

Cams were available but I carried a selection of Invalid Link Removed. Now I see they make Invalid Link Removed.

Those moments when exposure is required is when I either take in the view or wish I were anywhere but where I am now. Seldom felt that exposure. For me, a rock face is something navigated on the way too somewhere else. Yes this is me who asks, out loud, when does it get steep? as I ascend with hands and feet.

That's youth.

Oh, geez, not again. This is nuts.

 

[SoulReflection]

smoked gouda

Didn't know you could smoke that stuff...

That ship has sailed.

Without a rudder...EEK!

Cams were available but I carried a selection of Invalid Link Removed. Now I see they make Invalid Link Removed.

Can't leave well enough alone, can you ?