Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[G-Dog]

Attention GOF’s. Report front and center. All fingers and toes appendages accounted for? Tonight is a quiet night at home. There is no place like home with my bride. We will take it easy and do whatever she wants, that’s fine by me!

What say ye GOF’s? What have you planned for this weekend?

Present! All appendages nominal, Sir! My bride's off in a neighboring state helping her favorite sewing store prepare for The International Quilt Show happening soon. Walking a little better every day.

No plumbing probs to report at this time, knock wood. Sending good hydrologic vibes to @Stumbo so downsizing, whatever that is, may proceed!

That is all.

 

[GonePlaid]

Attention GOF’s. Report front and center. All fingers and toes appendages accounted for? Tonight is a quiet night at home. There is no place like home with my bride. We will take it easy and do whatever she wants, that’s fine by me!

What say ye GOF’s? What have you planned for this weekend?

Lotta sports on the tube. No gigs this weekend so the fingers get a rest. The other extremities weren't doing anything anyway-but they're all there

 

[BadExample]

Attention GOF’s. Report front and center. All fingers and toes appendages accounted for? Tonight is a quiet night at home. There is no place like home with my bride. We will take it easy and do whatever she wants, that’s fine by me!

What say ye GOF’s? What have you planned for this weekend?

Here King Neptune, Sir!

I think I have a new part growing in. I'll check back on that in a few weeks.

 

[GonePlaid]

Here King Neptune, Sir!

I think I have a new part growing in. I'll check back on that in a few weeks.

Uhhhhhh.................

 

[BadExample]

FYI: If you haven't renewed your driver's license lately, since 9/11, there has been a process in place to have states follow federal guidelines for issuing cards that are secure and to be used for commercial flights and access to some secure federal facilities.

Here's a link for more info: Real ID Public FAQs

Good to bring that up.

They offered that my last two renewals. I opted out. Just renewed online last spring, so DL is good until well after I'm gone from IN for good. As far as I can tell, there's no reason for me to get a Real ID. Unless your state only offers that as a drivers license, you can opt out and use any of these to fly:

• Driver's licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)
• U.S. passport
• U.S. passport card
• DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
• U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents
• Permanent resident card
• Border crossing card
• DHS-designated enhanced driver's license
• Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID
• HSPD-12 PIV card
• Foreign government-issued passport
• Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card
• Transportation worker identification credential
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
• U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential
• Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, if you plan to use your state-issued ID or license to fly within the U.S., make sure it is REAL ID compliant. If you are not sure if your ID complies with REAL ID, check with your state department of motor vehicles.
  
  
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  I highlighted a few that might likely apply to some of us.
  

 

[BadExample]

Wife dug this out of my neck:

I put it in a stray cat.

 

[BadExample]

Uhhhhhh.................

Oh wait, I scratched it, fell off, dog ate it. No more eating in bed.

 

[GonePlaid]

Wow. What a night. What a week. Where to start. Think I'll go backwards on this one. Played my first gig tonight with my new 2 12 av. I was most impressed with it. It covered everything my 8 10 did with no problems. Hmmm , 64 lbs. or 169 lbs. Don't think the 8 10 will be getting much work anymore.
Next... I have wanted to play in a band with a brass section since I was a kid. Did a sub gig a few weeks ago with a guy that has a couple of bands , one with a killer brass section. I guess he liked my work 'cause a couple of days later he called me and asked if I wanted to play in his band with the brass section. I jumped on it. First rehearsal with them is Sunday.
Now the bad news . I told the BL in my current band I had taken this position. He said he wasn't going to try to book around someone in another band. Funny thing is that when I joined his band I was already in another band and he booked around that band for over a year. I told him I would finish out any bookings we had and would be glad to pick up anything else that came up if I was free but it looks like I'll be out as soon as he can get a replacement. So be it.
And now for the really bad news. I picked the last tomatoes off of my vines this week. No more home growns till next year now.
Hey , new band that has been a dream of mine for years and a new cab that I like that will save many arguments with my back. Oh yeah. Seahag likes the new band better than the old one. Life is good.

In 2017, we had our NYE gig booked by March. This year, our regular group still has nothing and I got the offer to play in a Big Band(17 pcs)for Good money. The other members of our group told me to go for it since our prospects seem dim at best. Besides, 1 of our guitarists doubles bass so if they get something last minute, they can do it as 3 and have a better split on the $. I played in a "Chicago"-style band in the 70s. Great fun but harder to get bookings for more than 5 people(more than 3 these days). Hope it works out for you.

 

[GonePlaid]

Lost 105 lbs. without dieting!

 

[BassmanPaul]

Is there a heavy cloud over Toronto now that dope is legal?

In the first hour that the stuff was legal 35000 orders were placed on line in Ontario. The first Weed impaired driving charge was laid in Winnipeg.

 

[BassmanPaul]

On Monday four guys went to a friends cottage near Huntsville, Ontario. We go up every year for a few days. We had a great time and ate almost continuously. One of the guys, Selwyn, took care of the dishes. Another, Dave, cooked Pizza from scratch. A third, John, did all the other cooking. I did absolutely nothing! They wouldn’t let me lift a finger! I slept like a log!!!

 

[BadExample]

In the first hour that the stuff was legal 35000 orders were placed on line in Ontario. The first Weed impaired driving charge was laid in Winnipeg.

Getting laid in Winnipeg is on my bucket list.

 

[BadExample]

One day this past week the city shut down the sewer lines on the street from 08-23 hrs. No using the drains, no flushing the toilet, no showers. All this with 24 hours notice. We had to improvise.

They were extruding a lining inside the old street pipes to seal the leaks. The pipes are apparently built out of bricks. They must have been constructed in the 1800’s.

Did you mount a neighborhood group flush in protest just before they break for lunch?

 

[Ken Morgan]

Sad day..

A bassist I had worked with off and on for near 30 years passed away this morning, losing his battle with cancer. Jody was a dear friend, confidente, supreme musician. If you've ever listened to old school Tejano jazz, you've likely heard his work. Jody Orona was the consummate musician and more importantly a dear friend.

Visited him yesterday afternoon...today he is no longer of this earth.

Life is too short.

 

[Passinwind]

Next... I have wanted to play in a band with a brass section since I was a kid. Did a sub gig a few weeks ago with a guy that has a couple of bands , one with a killer brass section. I guess he liked my work 'cause a couple of days later he called me and asked if I wanted to play in his band with the brass section. I jumped on it. First rehearsal with them is Sunday.

Sweet. The best paying and most fun bands I've ever played in have all had a horn section. For a while I gigged in a Real Book sextet featuring the first chair guys from the community big band. Everyone in the band had the option for three solo choruses on every tune and I used that option a lot. Nothing like hearing the next man up quote your solo going into his.

 

[BadExample]

No condoms , but I've found syringes galore. I'd rather not touch them but I pick them up and drop them into a gallon of bleach just to keep small children from picking them up and playing with them.

I found a kit with syringes and bags of scag in it in my back yard. Cops said if I had touched it, I could OD from a chemical they cut it with. If you're gunna, don't ride the white horse. If you're gunna ride, ride the white pony. White pony.

I never see the hookers out here, except when daddy takes them out shopping, or in the arrests section. They live here in da hood, but I guess they do biz online or the other side of town.

I remain here for the same reasons. Cost of living in my rat shack is probably about $1000/mo. plus food. All bills, gas, everything. No idea what I spend on food. Don't care. If I want to eat it, I buy and eat it. That's about 1000 unless something breaks, like my 19 year old grand cherokee, house, wife, or one of the dogs.

This is a small town. All this escalated when Chicago shut down welfare housing and paid the refugees $2000 to move here. Its not racial, its locational. Most are decent people. Some a friends and neighbors. And like most of the world, those from the city did not bring in the meth, which is the bigger problem. It's our fault for being such good customers.

 

[BadExample]

Sad day..

A bassist I had worked with off and on for near 30 years passed away this morning, losing his battle with cancer. Jody was a dear friend, confidente, supreme musician. If you've ever listened to old school Tejano jazz, you've likely heard his work. Jody Orona was the consummate musician and more importantly a dear friend.

Visited him yesterday afternoon...today he is no longer of this earth.

Life is too short.

Damn, I'm sorry to hear about that bro. Ken.

 

[G-Dog]

Sad day..

A bassist I had worked with off and on for near 30 years passed away this morning, losing his battle with cancer. Jody was a dear friend, confidente, supreme musician. If you've ever listened to old school Tejano jazz, you've likely heard his work. Jody Orona was the consummate musician and more importantly a dear friend.

Visited him yesterday afternoon...today he is no longer of this earth.

Life is too short.

Condolences, Ken. I will always remember the day I heard one of my jam mates had died. Such a shock! And I hadn't visited him recently at that time, I'm sorry to say. Still saddens me. Life is, indeed, too short.

 

[GonePlaid]

Did you mount a neighborhood group flush in protest just before they break for lunch?

 

[GonePlaid]

Sad day..

A bassist I had worked with off and on for near 30 years passed away this morning, losing his battle with cancer. Jody was a dear friend, confidente, supreme musician. If you've ever listened to old school Tejano jazz, you've likely heard his work. Jody Orona was the consummate musician and more importantly a dear friend.

Visited him yesterday afternoon...today he is no longer of this earth.

Life is too short.

We lost our lead singer 4 years ago to cancer-diagnosed too late. There was a fundraiser shortly before he passed. He was in a wheelchair, barely mobile-'til he came on stage to do 3 or 4 songs. For a few minutes, he was the same as ever. Good to have a farewell performance for loyal fans.