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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Ken Morgan said:
I answered you on your other thread, but in a nutshell, tres bien!

What you tech types need to do is built me (of course for a price) an ICE amp, 600 watt or so, in something about the size of a double stompbox
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Thanks for the words of advice @Ken Morgan and I think there's a model out called Powerblock that's dang near the size of a pedal. I think maybe @agedhorse @Passinwind or @BadExample mentioned the name of the amp, if not, I'll bet they have ideas on that suggestion! :thumbsup:
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Thanks for the words of advice @Ken Morgan and I think there's a model out called Powerblock that's dang near the size of a pedal. I think maybe @agedhorse @Passinwind or @BadExample mentioned the name of the amp, if not, I'll bet they have ideas on that suggestion! :thumbsup:
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I would double check to make sure these things are FCC certified though, for sure.

IIRC the Powerblock was an ancient Crate power amp intended mainly for guitar.
 
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Good news here: martial law will only apply to the southern, restive part of the island I live on.

Bad news: our pet kitty cat suffering from intestinal problems got accidentally locked in my studio overnight two days ago and discharged what seemed like half her body weight in feces. Scatter gun style. Picked some really creative locations.

Life goes on.
 
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I hope you all have a great Memorial Day..... I remember our brothers we lost giving their lives in service to our country. There was a special bond in the Army that I never found again after my honorable discharge. I didn't realize I was living an adventure that I would remember the rest of my life.

They died that we may all live free.

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alaskaleftybass said:
I hope you all have a great Memorial Day..... I remember our brothers we lost giving their lives in service to our country. There was a special bond in the Army that I never found again after my honorable discharge. I didn't realize I was living an adventure that I would remember the rest of my life.

They died that we may all live free.

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Amen brother!
 
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Now for a humorous true story that happened this morning. I've always been a fan of Milla Jovovich in the Resident Evil series. Wife was watching one of the Saturday morning animal shows on tv, we just waking up. I was watching Youtube when a dialog pops up saying, "enable Chromecast?" Well, being half asleep I said yes to get it out of the way.

Well imagine on TV one minute a cute goat getting worked on by Dr. Pol when all of a sudden Milla pops on, all leather suit and boots, boobs popping out of the screen... YIKES! Well after 30 years not much surprises the wife. 'well, says I, rather embarrassed, 'I was trying out a new feature by Google Chrome and that was a demo video... of course.... :whistle:....' wife says, 'let's see that doesn't happen again, shall we?'

Wipes forehead..... whew! :bag:

So, GOF's be careful what you look at if you're watching on Youtube and you have a smart TV! :laugh:
 
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Oooh Yah!

alaskaleftybass said:
I hope you all have a great Memorial Day..... I remember our brothers we lost giving their lives in service to our country. There was a special bond in the Army that I never found again after my honorable discharge. I didn't realize I was living an adventure that I would remember the rest of my life.

They died that we may all live free.

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YouTube stays off the TV here, just on the iPad. TV set reserved for watching Bluray, DVD, and streaming movies from Amazon, Startz, and Netflix...occasional reruns on BBCA, HGTV, or "American Dad" cartoons...other than that --- pffft, it's off.

Wife gets on YouTube to look at something someone sent her, next thing ya know she's been there 2 days.
 
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Up in the great White north we don’t have that “holiday” but I often think of the times I spent on the Conlins Road bridge over the 401. Our fatalities were flown into Trenton Air Force Base, I’ve played there, and driven to Toronto for autopsy. The vehicles would drive in the outside lane of the Express lanes and we would gather and wave our Canadian flags. The families who accompanied their loved one(s) would wave back. they appreciated the fact that we all gave a damn for their loss. We lost far too many good people to that country.
 
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I'm surprised Canada doesn't have a holiday to honor the fallen. UK does? It's a big day here, but I don't know how many really take it seriously. I'm often to busy to do any sort of celebration, but I say a prayer to my father, grandfathers, great grandfather and pray for the soles of all who have fallen or passed on after their wars. I'm too far away from my ancestors burial sites to visit on a three day weekend, or I would. Like all holidays, it's been commercialized as the unofficial first day of summer and the opening of summer recreational ares, but there are still many of us with enough honor to care about where we came from. I don't get choked up very easy, but the pick AKlefty posted got a bit of a lump in my throat, imagining even the great bald eagle bows down to our hero's.
 
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