Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Passinwind]

And enough about that...is everyone finished with winter?

Hardly. Winter didn't really start until Feb. here and there's been fresh snow nearby for at least 22 of 27 days this month. Looking at ~6" of new snow in my front yard this morning, even the hummingbirds are a bit disgruntled. On the bright side, the mountain snow pack went from 53% to over 100% of normal in three weeks.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'll take our occasional tropical storms over that...uh....'stuff' any day.

 

[Passinwind]

I'll take our occasional tropical storms over that...uh....'stuff' any day.

Hot and humid is not really my jam, but vive la difference!

 

[Al Kraft]

I'm settling for the middle ground weather we get in Washington DC metro area...although I could do with a lot less traffic.

 

[lowplaces]

Bell bottom jeans and a tee shirt. The uniform of the non-conformist.

And the old platform shoes

 

[rust_preacher]

I own a full tails and white tie garb, wore it already three times.

 

[GwenOnBass]

My view of February

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Now over on the news production side of things we tend to see the world just slightly differently. There's one fellow out there I worked with whose wire service assigned him to live with the hippies for a year. The stories he filed became so sensitive they had to be hand-delivered to the main office, lest they be spiked before they reached the top desk. His deputy editor at that fine newspaper started his career at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. As to a personal angle, I hold the dubious distinction of watching conflict unfold from my seat on the editor's rim (a horseshoe-shaped desk with a hole in the center where hard copy is dropped to the linotypers) in my role as a wire editor. Oh my. Different worlds.

Most of the smaller news outlets relied on wire services for their reports from Southeast Asia. And one tale concerns (I believe) a UPI reporter recalled from his post in Hong Kong after the Fall of Saigon. He wired the home office: "expect reimbursement for relocation of self, personal effects and junk". The bill UPI received included the cost of moving his junk, as in the one that sails on the water.

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[GonePlaid]

My view of February

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Now over on the news production side of things we tend to see the world just slightly differently. There's one fellow out there I worked with whose wire service assigned him to live with the hippies for a year. The stories he filed became so sensitive they had to be hand-delivered to the main office, lest they be spiked before they reached the top desk. His deputy editor at that fine newspaper started his career at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. As to a personal angle, I hold the dubious distinction of watching conflict unfold from my seat on the editor's rim (a horseshoe-shaped desk with a hole in the center where hard copy is dropped to the linotypers) in my role as a wire editor. Oh my. Different worlds.

Most of the smaller news outlets relied on wire services for their reports from Southeast Asia. And one tale concerns (I believe) a UPI reporter recalled from his post in Hong Kong after the Fall of Saigon. He wired the home office: "expect reimbursement for relocation of self, personal effects and junk". The bill UPI received included the cost of moving his junk, as in the one that sails on the water.

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That particular word has quite a few meanings.

 

[GonePlaid]

We're doing an outdoor cocktail party at a country club this afternoon from 5 'til 8. Shorts and 'Aloha' shirts, Rumble 40 and 67 TBird.

 

[Thumpr]

If I'd known about 'octavers', I prolly never woulda bought the Les Paul 5er back in 97. My EHX Micro POG is always in the gig bag if I think I'll need it.

Twofold here. Separate issues in a way. (Been watching the convo) The other reason I like a fiver is those notes are available very efficiently on the B from a fretting position- which is not about frequency emulation but a playability issue. Also as mentioned though only 5’10” ish I have fingers that wrap around a jazz neck like twice and I like big fretboards. My new (to me) Am Pro Jazz 4 feels like a toy. (Sure doesn’t sound like one though!!!)

 

[the slug]

Per standard TB regs, please provide pics!

I know, no pics, it didn't happen. I sure wish someone had taken pics. I also remember in 93 or 94 at an April fools day dead show at the Nassau Coliseum, at the beginning of the 2nd set, barney the dinosaur came out to play bass. turns out, phil was playing off to the side of the stage and the guy in the barney suit with a bass was hired to entertain the band kids. at first I thought I was the only one seeing him, then looked around to see thousands of other tripping dead heads amazed at a bass playing purple dinosaur what fun!

 

[shadowtippy]

 

[Raymundo49]

I know, no pics, it didn't happen. I sure wish someone had taken pics. I also remember in 93 or 94 at an April fools day dead show at the Nassau Coliseum, at the beginning of the 2nd set, barney the dinosaur came out to play bass. turns out, phil was playing off to the side of the stage and the guy in the barney suit with a bass was hired to entertain the band kids. at first I thought I was the only one seeing him, then looked around to see thousands of other tripping dead heads amazed at a bass playing purple dinosaur what fun!

Is this what you mean??

 

[beans-on-toast]

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5BX, an old air force regime.

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[GwenOnBass]

Wasn't there an Air Force fitness drive in the 60s?

 

[GonePlaid]

We're doing an outdoor cocktail party at a country club this afternoon from 5 'til 8. Shorts and 'Aloha' shirts, Rumble 40 and 67 TBird.

Update on outdoor cocktail party:we got rained on. FL weather. Sheesh.

 

[Al Kraft]

Wasn't there an Air Force fitness drive in the 60s?

IIRC it was called golf...at least that's how most Naval aviators I know would answer the question.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Wasn't there an Air Force fitness drive in the 60s?

Probably was. The 5BX, five basic exercises, was adopted in Canada in the early 50's. There was a womans plan as well, XBX or ten basic exercises. If featured exercises for ladies of the time.

I did this in the 60's. It was a good cardio-vascular fitness plan.

 

[beans-on-toast]

IIRC it was called golf...at least that's how most Naval aviators I know would answer the question.

Apparently golf has fallen out of favor. Clubs are closing because they can't attract sufficient numbers of younger members.

 

[GonePlaid]

Apparently golf has fallen out of favor. Clubs are closing because they can't attract sufficient numbers of younger members.

Maybe, but the ones that were there tonight were our demographic(45+)so it keeps us working.