Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GonePlaid]

For the most part , the thing about loud pipes being safer is a myth. Those pipes are sending the noise out the back and somewhat to the side. Anyone that thinks people in front of you can hear loud pipes is pretty much fooling themselves. For the record , I rode big chopped Harleys for over 20 years and although my pipes were a bit louder than stock ones , they were fully internally baffled , more to save my hearing than anything else. I rode with many folks who ran straight pipes and for the most part , just found them annoying to be around. I tried to avoid riding on the exhaust side of those guys bikes when I was riding with them. Nobody in the twenty or so years I was riding was ever saved from anything due to their loud pipes. As for helmets , hated the things. Like wearing a parachute tied around your neck. For a short ride , it wasn't too bad but on a long run , the fatigue factor was mind numbing. Never wore one back in the day. I have worn one when riding Seahags bike occasionally but more because it's the law now than desire. I was in a pretty good accident a couple of years ago on it. Broke my hand in three places , got a pretty good burn on my leg , not so much as a scratch on the brain bucket. Don't get me wrong , I am NOT advocating riding without a helmet. I just personally can't stand the things.

I got broad sided in 66. W/o the skid lid, I wouldn't be typing this.

 

[GonePlaid]

Banjo bass, see the second video.


BB-400+: Banjo Bass with Pickup | Gold Tone Folk Instruments

It's on my "after I win the lotto" GAS list.

 

[Passinwind]

An aluminum bass works for metal. Doesn’t that head shape scare you?

Drummers and stage crashers were mostly the ones getting scared, but yeah, it is all pointy and may have done a little damage over the 40 years I owned it. It was an amazingly durable instrument in all kinds of crazy climates.

 

[GonePlaid]

Because none of the old farts want to talk about the new forensic proctologist.

 

[GonePlaid]

1 mile or 5,280 feet...

Whichever comes first?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Yep, Kazoos have a special place...out of sight, out of mind .

Where would the Troggs be without the Ocarina.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...e-of-rocks-classic-songs-20151119-gl2v10.html

 

[GonePlaid]

Where would the Troggs be without the Ocarina.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...e-of-rocks-classic-songs-20151119-gl2v10.html

I have one-inherited from my dad.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I have one-inherited from my dad.

Is it Clay?

Better than inheriting a banjo bass.

 

[GonePlaid]

Is it Clay?

Better than inheriting a banjo bass.

Hmm. Might be. It's black but there's one little chip out of it(doesn't affect the tone)and it looks sorta 'grainy' in there.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Why is the letter W called double U, shouldn’t it be called double V?

It is called double V in french.

Interesting to note, the english alphabet used to have six additional letters:. See Wynn.

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Talk about old, the bassist pictured at left knows how to use those letters. She would, actually, as one fluent in Middle English and passably familiar with Old English. And reads the runes.

And in the spirit of GOFs, "in the day" only mens are permitted to create runes. The rune stones they carve might read like: I, Humongous, built this bridge on the occasion of the marriage of .... Roof beams, door frames are hewed to embed multiple runes that carry the combined meaning of individual runes. Kind of like a rune sentence in a single rune that protects and blesses the dwelling.

It's the wimmenfolk who read the runes for divination. She never touches the runes and instead draws them from her bag with rabbit fur mittens.

Little harder to make a steady living reading the runes these days. Never all that far from that sort of thing, really. The first people to overstay their visas in the new world built the house with a shoe in the chimney to protect and bless the house (now a museum in West Haven, Connecticut). Living high on the hog there, what with nine or ten people (and sheep) sharing a one-room cottage in Ireland... That's the old, old cottage, not the old cottage where the man who lived there only put electricity in about 1990 or so .... Prayer beads still right where he left them.

The new cottage, well, as they say at TB no pic, didn't happen, so here at the new cottage



Something other than a rune but there it, is and the company here is top drawer.

Back here in the pleasant company of GOFs we observe how talk about the new forensic proctologist is not considered polite dinner conversation, and deduce it best to avoid asking why there is a new one.

Oh yeah forgot about Travis Bean. Pretty certain I seen one "back in the day". Pretty much always on the lookout "in the day" for any bass that's not a P or J. Because every bass is a P or J and that guy playing the Ripper is a standout. And everyone I know with a P or J has done something with it, brass nuts are big, same as Seymour Duncan is big and not a one of them gives a [noun} about the value of that P bass 40 years down the road.

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[beans-on-toast]

Talk about old, the bassist pictured at left knows how to use those letters. She would, actually, as one fluent in Middle English and passably familiar with Old English. And reads the runes.

And in the spirit of GOFs, "in the day" only mens are permitted to create runes. The rune stones they carve might read like: I, Humongous, built this bridge on the occasion of the marriage of .... Roof beams, door frames are hewed to embed multiple runes that carry the combined meaning of individual runes. Kind of like a rune sentence in a single rune that protects and blesses the dwelling.

It's the wimmenfolk who read the runes for divination. She never touches the runes and instead draws them from her bag with rabbit fur mittens.

Little harder to make a steady living reading the runes these days. Never all that far from that sort of thing, really. The first people to overstay their visas in the new world built the house with a shoe in the chimney to protect and bless the house (now a museum in West Haven, Connecticut). Living high on the hog there, what with nine or ten people (and sheep) sharing a one-room cottage in Ireland... That's the old, old cottage, not the old cottage where the man who lived there only put electricity in about 1990 or so .... Prayer beads still right where he left them.

The new cottage, well, as they say at TB no pic, didn't happen, so here at the new cottage

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Something other than a rune but there it, is and the company here is top drawer.

Back here in the pleasant company of GOFs we observe how talk about the new forensic proctologist is not considered polite dinner conversation, and deduce it best to avoid asking why there is a new one.

Oh yeah forgot about Travis Bean. Pretty certain I seen one "back in the day". Pretty much always on the lookout "in the day" for any bass that's not a P or J. Because every bass is a P or J and that guy playing the Ripper is a standout. And everyone I know with a P or J has done something with it, brass nuts are big, same as Seymour Duncan is big and not a one of them gives a [noun} about the value of that P bass 40 years down the road.

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Nice to keep the language heritage alive.

I like old stone buildings. Especially ones with deep, two foot or more, walls. There are a lot like that around. A concern with old buildings is asbestos. Not only was it used to insulate pipes but it was added to the plaster. Then there is lead in the paint. Many old structures have low ceilings. Renovations bring complications.

Nice bright open space in the new cottage.

I modify all my instruments and most amps. Value is never a concern, these days none of them are sold. All my mods are reversible. What I don’t want, I enjoy giving away or donating to a music school charity.

 

[GonePlaid]

Talk about old, the bassist pictured at left knows how to use those letters. She would, actually, as one fluent in Middle English and passably familiar with Old English. And reads the runes.

And in the spirit of GOFs, "in the day" only mens are permitted to create runes. The rune stones they carve might read like: I, Humongous, built this bridge on the occasion of the marriage of .... Roof beams, door frames are hewed to embed multiple runes that carry the combined meaning of individual runes. Kind of like a rune sentence in a single rune that protects and blesses the dwelling.

It's the wimmenfolk who read the runes for divination. She never touches the runes and instead draws them from her bag with rabbit fur mittens.

Little harder to make a steady living reading the runes these days. Never all that far from that sort of thing, really. The first people to overstay their visas in the new world built the house with a shoe in the chimney to protect and bless the house (now a museum in West Haven, Connecticut). Living high on the hog there, what with nine or ten people (and sheep) sharing a one-room cottage in Ireland... That's the old, old cottage, not the old cottage where the man who lived there only put electricity in about 1990 or so .... Prayer beads still right where he left them.

The new cottage, well, as they say at TB no pic, didn't happen, so here at the new cottage

View attachment 3350370

Something other than a rune but there it, is and the company here is top drawer.

Back here in the pleasant company of GOFs we observe how talk about the new forensic proctologist is not considered polite dinner conversation, and deduce it best to avoid asking why there is a new one.

Oh yeah forgot about Travis Bean. Pretty certain I seen one "back in the day". Pretty much always on the lookout "in the day" for any bass that's not a P or J. Because every bass is a P or J and that guy playing the Ripper is a standout. And everyone I know with a P or J has done something with it, brass nuts are big, same as Seymour Duncan is big and not a one of them gives a [noun} about the value of that P bass 40 years down the road.

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I have sufficient trouble with current(modern?)English!

The cottage looks very cool.

I've never owned a P or J. Strayed from the norm in 73 and haven't looked back.

First bass was one of these:

 

[SoulReflection]

Where would the Troggs be without the Ocarina.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...e-of-rocks-classic-songs-20151119-gl2v10.html

Here they are...Ocarina at 1:18:

 

[GwenOnBass]

Forgot until now the number of crossings I've had with ocarina kind of instruments. Forgot until now the invitation I accepted to participate in a Peruvian ceremony with clay pipes.

I got broad sided in 66. W/o the skid lid, I wouldn't be typing this.

"Doc, it wasn't my fault"

-- 100 percent of patients in recovery from a motorcycle mishap

Is it Clay?

Better than inheriting a banjo bass.

^ bidding on movie rights around the idea of an inherited banjo bass
needs to be film noir

 

[Passinwind]

Oh yeah forgot about Travis Bean. Pretty certain I seen one "back in the day". Pretty much always on the lookout "in the day" for any bass that's not a P or J. Because every bass is a P or J and that guy playing the Ripper is a standout. And everyone I know with a P or J has done something with it, brass nuts are big, same as Seymour Duncan is big and not a one of them gives a [noun} about the value of that P bass 40 years down the road.

The first Bean bass I saw was in John Kahn's hands. IIRC it was in Woolsey Hall at Yale, with Nicky Hopkins playing piano and some old hippie git playing a TB guitar as well.

 

[GonePlaid]

Not in my case. It was my fault/stupidity. The best part was when the corpsman(Navy days)asked-and I quote-"do you have any internal injuries?" I replied:"hey 'almost a doctor', how would I know?"

 

[GwenOnBass]

Yes, the old "where did you take your medical degree?" works every time.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes, the old "where did you take your medical degree?" works every time.

Semi-random musing: add an e to corpsman and it takes on a whole different meaning-corpse man.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Because to some that makes for a high priority target, so given to understand. My boss in a time that used to be "now" was a special forces colonel with four tours of duty in 'Nam. Part of his used-to-be-now held strong enough a pull that he absolutely refuses to get in a boat or helicopter for any reason. (I don't ask.) He has me clutching my beads every time I am a passenger in his car. It does my mind better just to watch him drive and never look out the windshield.

 

[GonePlaid]

Because to some that makes for a high priority target, so given to understand. My boss in a time that used to be "now" was a special forces colonel with four tours of duty in 'Nam. Part of his used-to-be-now held strong enough a pull that he absolutely refuses to get in a boat or helicopter for any reason. He has me clutching my beads every time I am a passenger in his car. It does my mind better just to watch him and never look out the windshield.

When I was on liberty in the Asian countries where they drive on the 'wrong' side of the road, I found it best to sit in the front seat of taxis and turn to talk to my friends in the back seat.