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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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biguglyman said:
Not to suddenly change the subject or anything... (yeah, I know, too late) I gave away my P-bass Sunday. My son, the already incredibly talented pianist and percussionist, has been trying to broaden his musical horizons for several years to include the bass. He had already grabbed my cheapest (and crappiest) 5-string to play around with. He's been struggling somewhat and I keep telling him he needs to try a better bass, preferably a four string. He finally brought the crap bass back Sunday when he came to visit mom. I gave him my MIM P-bass with Precision flats on it. He already sounds and plays better. Hopefully this will encourage him to work at it more. He's a very talented kid.
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When I finally got back into playing after a long hiatus, I bought one just like this on the day that George Harrison passed. In an interesting parallel, I also blessed someone with it. I gave it to a very talented multi-instrumental nephew of mine (he was blown away ;)).
 
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biguglyman said:
Not to suddenly change the subject or anything... (yeah, I know, too late) I gave away my P-bass Sunday. My son, the already incredibly talented pianist and percussionist, has been trying to broaden his musical horizons for several years to include the bass. He had already grabbed my cheapest (and crappiest) 5-string to play around with. He's been struggling somewhat and I keep telling him he needs to try a better bass, preferably a four string. He finally brought the crap bass back Sunday when he came to visit mom. I gave him my MIM P-bass with Precision flats on it. He already sounds and plays better. Hopefully this will encourage him to work at it more. He's a very talented kid.
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Beautiful.
 
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Before personal drones, real photographers do real photographer things.

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biguglyman said:
While it is a sad time for those left behind, the ages people are passing at seems to be going up. People passing in their 90's? Yeah, that's a GREAT run. Frankly, at age 63, I'm hoping to make it to 75. That would give me a good 6-8 years to enjoy retirement. Having a child pass at the age of 16 may give me a different perspective on this.
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I see too many in their 90’s that are propped up by modern medicine, physically able to carry on, but their mental state contributes to a poor quality of life. They exist, not knowing if they are coming or going, waiting to die, unable to enjoy life like they used to. Many are very lonely throughout the long days. Others are in chonic care hospitals unable to function without aid.

Someone that lives a long happy live without any physical or mental issues is truly blessed.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
I see too many in their 90’s that are propped up by modern medicine, physically able to carry on, but their mental state contributes to a poor quality of life. They exist, not knowing if they are coming or going, waiting to die, unable to enjoy life like they used to. Many are very lonely throughout the long days. Others are in chonic care hospitals unable to function without aid.

Someone that lives a long happy live without any physical or mental issues is truly blessed.
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There's no profit in curing a chronic disease. There's a great deal of profit treating chronic disease.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
There's no profit in curing a chronic disease. There's a great deal of profit treating chronic disease.
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My wife once worked in a chronic care hospital. Nothing in life can prepare you for what you experience doing that. It isn’t just older folks in those facilities, it’s people of all ages.

You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave…
 
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biguglyman said:
Not to suddenly change the subject or anything... (yeah, I know, too late) I gave away my P-bass Sunday. My son, the already incredibly talented pianist and percussionist, has been trying to broaden his musical horizons for several years to include the bass. He had already grabbed my cheapest (and crappiest) 5-string to play around with. He's been struggling somewhat and I keep telling him he needs to try a better bass, preferably a four string. He finally brought the crap bass back Sunday when he came to visit mom. I gave him my MIM P-bass with Precision flats on it. He already sounds and plays better. Hopefully this will encourage him to work at it more. He's a very talented kid.
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I remember when Gatorbait was about 13 and after playing Tuba in middle school , wanted to try out one of my basses. Later he got into and arts oriented high school with tuba as his major there. A few weeks in , the bass player in the jazz band moved away and he volunteered to pick up the bass. Soon after he changed his major in school to bass guitar. By the time he graduated high school he could play rings around me and I had been playing for over 40 years at that point. He also picked up stand up bass in his second year there. Since graduating , he has played in several plays and sat in several pits for plays. Even picked a few acting parts in plays. He's done the Buddy Holly Story in four different states (three acting , one just playing) and done a couple of productions of The Million Dollar Quartet acting in both of them. All because he thought the bass line to Shaky Ground was cool when he was 13.
 
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