In dog years, you're a really old fart at 21. Age is often defined by how well things don't work. Which can make anyone grumpy.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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According to posts early in the thread, folks like runmikeyrun or myself might be considered " GOF's in training". That means you can tag along....maybe ask a question here and there, but you still don't qualify for GOF status.
You might be a grumpy fart, but you're not a grumpy Old fart. And on the internet, "GF" means an entirely different thing.
You might be a grumpy fart, but you're not a grumpy Old fart. And on the internet, "GF" means an entirely different thing.
Dog years? (Graciousness noted-- grumpiness seriously in question).
I know its just for fun, but whats the point of having clubs if everyone qualifies for every club? Should I be a member of the Fodera club because Id really like to have one someday?
Just sayin'
So it's settled, then. Motion passed: Membership shall be restricted exclusively to grumpy OLD farts, without "social", "in training" or "associate" membership status given to kids.
(But...how exclusive can a club be that allows someone like me to not only join, but is given the honor of being of "Member #1"?)
(But...how exclusive can a club be that allows someone like me to not only join, but is given the honor of being of "Member #1"?)
I’d say your being 62 makes you qualified. I got an impression somewhere on the thread that 50 might be a reasonable minimum, but don’t think it was adhered to.
Actual grumpiness is a bit more subjective, but we can give benefit of doubt, there...
Puts me in mind of Woody Allan's great line "I wouldn't want to be a part of anything that would consider me as a member."
Id say your being 62 makes you qualified. I got an impression somewhere on the thread that 50 might be a reasonable minimum, but dont think it was adhered to.
Actual grumpiness is a bit more subjective, but we can give benefit of doubt, there...
62 and still rockin' 4 hour gigs with a bunch of 20-somethings.
(The grumpiness sets in after the gig when I can barely walk to the car.)
I'll never really be grumpy, but I can act grumpy.
All it takes is one serious life changing event to occur. When you make it through, everything else in life becomes easy.
I just picked up some stuff for work from an outfit called "Skelton & Woody".
I'd say if you can not only recognize and appreciate the Skelton reference, but are old enough to have been around during Red's hayday, you just might qualify.........but what do I know...I'm just some wet-behind-the-ears know-it-all whippersnapper who doesn't qualify for your club.
Mine re emerged on my back and my butt. I look like a freekin bald sasquatch now.
Red Skelton was one of my favorite shows...back when there were only 3 channels to choose from...and one of those required rotating the rooftop antenna.
Hey, theres a lost tradition! I have never sent my 10-year-old up on the roof to twist the antenna while I attempt to shout at him up the chimney.
I'm not balding (yet), but my forehead is starting to grow.
I've been keeping my hair long enough that what grows out of my ears doesn't show.
Much of the hair on my chest, arms, etc. never grew back after a course of rather nasty meds.
After my Grandpa and Grandma retired and moved to town, they got some fancy doo-hickey where you turned a big knob on a big box by the TV, and it turned the antenna on the roof (by electric motor?), and thus tuned in Red Skelton....as well as Benny Hill.
My Grandpa loved Benny Hill, my Grandma...not so much. Us kids still had to get up and go change the channel.
This continued through my Mom and Dads era. I think they got their first remote control TV when I wasn't too far away from moving out.
Now they have a HD flatscreen and I don't.
Oh, the joys of not having kids to support anymore.
Ok, I get it now, why this is in Amps. Member, things that don't work so well anymore, meds, and so forth.
So the real question is what internet site do you guys use to get the best deal on the blue things to amp up your tubes?
So the real question is what internet site do you guys use to get the best deal on the blue things to amp up your tubes?
Hair moves from where the sun shines to where it don't - general rule of thumb. Oh, and I love my Ampeg B15 (classic vintage, like yours truly) for the mod.
Not really sure I want a number.
Although I am getting, shall we say, just a tad long in the tooth.
I don't actually have a lawn as that would require ownership of a lawn mower which is definitely out of the question.
But this whole thread, once I saw how many responses there were, got me to wondering...
Are there more older bass players than there are older guitar players?
Do bass players hang with it longer in life and keep on playing longer than guitar players do?
Seems like, at 62, I am often the oldest player on stage.
Anyone else got a sense of this?
Although I am getting, shall we say, just a tad long in the tooth.
I don't actually have a lawn as that would require ownership of a lawn mower which is definitely out of the question.
But this whole thread, once I saw how many responses there were, got me to wondering...
Are there more older bass players than there are older guitar players?
Do bass players hang with it longer in life and keep on playing longer than guitar players do?
Seems like, at 62, I am often the oldest player on stage.
Anyone else got a sense of this?
Well after reading all the diatribe on my right to having a number or not, I understand the decision that was made.
And... as a matter of fact, I DO have homework to do... I returned to school a couple years ago (nursing) after 17 years as a firefighter/paramedic. As for being grumpy, you've never seen me have to respond to a toothache call at the end of a 14 hour shift that holds us over another hour...
Now I'm gonna go rent Grumpy Old Men. I'll see if i can find it on VHS, because I happen to like that format. Not old enough indeed.
Edit: If i helps, I'm not the "typical" NEOhioan... I don't own a gun, I don't eat meat, and I don't like the Browns/Indians/Cavs.
And... as a matter of fact, I DO have homework to do... I returned to school a couple years ago (nursing) after 17 years as a firefighter/paramedic. As for being grumpy, you've never seen me have to respond to a toothache call at the end of a 14 hour shift that holds us over another hour...
Now I'm gonna go rent Grumpy Old Men. I'll see if i can find it on VHS, because I happen to like that format. Not old enough indeed.
Edit: If i helps, I'm not the "typical" NEOhioan... I don't own a gun, I don't eat meat, and I don't like the Browns/Indians/Cavs.
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