Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GwenOnBass]

That was my thought, too. Given the time, someone lost in the war, perhaps?

Yeah strikes me as a sad story.

Resuming our normal Saturday as we wait for an NBD link

Speaking of VW

 

[GonePlaid]

Wouldn’t want to parallel park one of those. Trucks these days must have cameras all around, makes aligning and backing up to the shipping dock a lot easier.

I retired from driving in 2007. At that time we had these innovations called "mirrors".Work really well, if you use them. AFA cameras on TT's, since I pulled a different trailer each trip, the cost of putting back up cameras on each trailer-with a receiver in each tractor-is prohibitive. Great idea for an o/o* who always pulls the same wagon.
*owner/operator

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah strikes me as a sad story.

Resuming our normal Saturday as we wait for an NBD link

Speaking of VW

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Kinda like this:

 

[GwenOnBass]

Kinda like this:

That breed is missing something

 

[G-Dog]

... ... It sounds like you knew my English teacher. Now for a story about her. She took half the class period to explain some things that would be on our final exam. She asked if anyone had any questions. One student, Jimmy, raised his hand and asked, "Mrs. Holmes, why do you wear a man's wristwatch?" Her mouth dropped open, she stood in stunned silence, started crying, and went to sit at her desk for the rest of the period.

We still don't know why she wore a man's watch.

Silly me. I just thought she seriously wanted to teach the kids something and the question indicated that her efforts were for naught!
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Yeah strikes me as a sad story. ... ... Speaking of VW

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Reminds me of a time long, long ago, when I was a new teenager, and my preteen sister and I, played Rusty and Audrey Griswold riding in the backseat of our 10-years-older-than-me brother's VW beetle as he and his wife drove us all thru, and it did seem like ALL thru, west Texas one summer. It was actually a nice change from our parents' usual Family Vacations driving thru Arkansas and Louisiana to visit our kin!

But, Sweet Jeezy Pete(!!!) we thought the not-too-old beetle had developed a problem as we inexplicably slowed to what-seemed-like 20, then 15, then 5mph on the highway to Carlsbad Caverns. Oh, no! But, bubba kept on driving 'cause we were in the middle of nowhere in a gorge with towering mountains on both sides! The conversation turned to, "how far back was the last gas station?" and "would the next town be closer to walk?"!

Then the highway took a turn and the mountain on the right dropped away to a precipitous cliff and we could see we were thousands of feet above the desert floor beyond, and on a very steep upward grade to boot! And the cars on the curves ahead of us were also creeping along! Then some hotshot sports car passed us like we were standing still, as we almost were.

Then our own brother "Clark Griswold" snaps, "That car is fuel injected! All of us with carburated cars aren't getting enough oxygen up on this mountain!" My sister and sister-in-law had no idea what that meant, but I was already a fan of the Corvette and understood the basic statement, if not the technicalities. A while later the road grade slowly tipped downward and we began to pickup speed nicely. We made sure to go around, instead of over, mount El Capitan on the way back!

It was a lesson well learned. Some decades later, while visiting my brother and his family in west Texas I mentioned wanting to take my wife to Carlsbad Caverns, but my car didn't have fuel injection and it was too far to go around. He tossed me the keys to his new Nissan 300ZX saying, "No problem! Y'all coming back tonight or taking a day or two?" I told my wife this story as we passed a couple of carburated cars on "El Capitan".

Happy summer vacation to all!
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[beans-on-toast]

I retired from driving in 2007. At that time we had these innovations called "mirrors".Work really well, if you use them. AFA cameras on TT's, since I pulled a different trailer each trip, the cost of putting back up cameras on each trailer-with a receiver in each tractor-is prohibitive. Great idea for an o/o* who always pulls the same wagon.
*owner/operator

Picture the future with a drone that takes off and hovers over the back of the truck. It sends commands to the vehicle and it parks itself. Part of the computerized guidance system.

Their goal is to replace human drivers.

I hope that it doesn’t happen during my lifetime.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I went to Walmart today. Beside the inner entrance door was this sign and camera. So if person number 3272 tries to enter the store, the camera must put the building into lockdown.

What will they think of next.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I went to Walmart today. Beside the inner entrance door was this sign and camera. So if person number 3272 tries to enter the store, the camera must put the building into lockdown.

What will they think of next.

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I'll bite.

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Appears to me replacing humans is typically presented as a good idea, but the devil is in the details.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'll bite.

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Appears to me replacing humans is typically presented as a good idea, but the devil is in the details.

Not always good, it depends on whose perspective.

 

[GwenOnBass]

And none too keen on taking a Johnny Cab

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oh as one for whom an S4 is a big car, offering this tale

J- and I are friends now since 79-80 and she is / was (the was part follows) a bit of a motorhead. What she really wants in one point of her life is a Ferrari. She does this and

and it doesn't really work out the way she thought it might. Has to turn off the engine to order a take-out because they can't hear her over the engine. Can't reach the takeout window from the driver's seat. Oh and she says the car isn't up to city driving .... Felt great for a while.

By now after a lifetime in cars she's just about had it. Major credit, though, when she shows up on a summer day in a 356 Roadster. She still enjoys the show sometimes (more power to her). She is who sold me my S4 and I'm sold.

[OldPersonTalk]Paddle shifters on the steering wheel? Where's the clutch? Hey this PRNDL shifts better than I can .... [/OldPersonTalk]

 

[Jeff Scott]

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This is "who" immediately sprang to mind. ​

 

[the harp unstrung]

(Look Up!)

 

[the harp unstrung]

 

[LBS-bass]

The new bass did indeed arrive today. I'm really thrilled with how it sounds. Had some minor issues which I've sorted out for the most part. The thing sounds phenomenal, feels amazing, and I can't wait to play around with it more.

Here's my lame NBD thread.

NBD: Sire P7

Since I posted it, I've fixed the problem with the stacked knob. The truss rod will probably be adjusted a tad tomorrow. The string spacing, well, that's just something I have to get used to and it's minor. It's a really nice bass for the money.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

It's Saturday! It's (supposedly) also new bass day, although UPS hasn't updated their tracking yet this morning. As of yesterday evening it was still on its way to me, due to be delivered sometime between 11:00 AM and 3:00PM today.

I am a little nervous that I won't love it since I've never played this model (Sire P7); it was highly recommended by many on the forum here so I took a chance. The fact that they had it in translucent white sent me over the top on this purchase.

If it works out, it will fill a hole in my arsenal (inexpensive p/j fiver) and will likely be the last bass I buy for a while. If it doesn't work out I may flip it and buy a Schecter Model T fiver because I know I love my Model T 4 string. We shall see.

Because my husband and I are still working but both will be retiring in a few years (he's retiring next year, me probably in another five), I'm hoping to get all my gear needs settled while we still have the income to pay it off. I need one more cabinet and probably a small assortment of pedals and that's going to be it until something blows up or falls apart. At least I keep saying that....

I figure I have around 3 years left at work. I'm kinda youngish for my age (wife would say sometimes childish ) and I love the group I work with. I work for the city government. I remember when I was young all the workers looked so much older, now half of them or more are younger than our kids! Keeps me young minded I guess.

But yeah, I'm still going to buy a couple basses and sell a couple. I've got a nice small PA and 8 lights (LED) and need to buy a light tree. Ahhh I never get tired of toys!

 

[LBS-bass]

I figure I have around 3 years left at work. I'm kinda youngish for my age (wife would say sometimes childish ) and I love the group I work with. I work for the city government. I remember when I was young all the workers looked so much older, now half of them or more are younger than our kids! Keeps me young minded I guess.

But yeah, I'm still going to buy a couple basses and sell a couple. I've got a nice small PA and 8 lights (LED) and need to buy a light tree. Ahhh I never get tired of toys!

I'm really hoping that this will be the last bass I buy, at least for a good long while. I feel like all the holes have been filled for things that I'm likely to need now and in the future. I can see myself eventually wanting to sell off the four strings although I have a hard time imagining I could part with the one in my avatar, which is the best bass I own and the most cherished of them all. But I still have gear needs, of course. I don't know if we'll ever create a perfect world of instruments and gear but it sure is fun trying.

 

[Munjibunga]

If I see you shooting cell phone video in portrait mode, sure enough, I will come over there and slap you.

 

[beans-on-toast]

A nice day for dad to zonk out.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The new bass did indeed arrive today. I'm really thrilled with how it sounds. Had some minor issues which I've sorted out for the most part. The thing sounds phenomenal, feels amazing, and I can't wait to play around with it more.

Here's my lame NBD thread.

NBD: Sire P7

Since I posted it, I've fixed the problem with the stacked knob. The truss rod will probably be adjusted a tad tomorrow. The string spacing, well, that's just something I have to get used to and it's minor. It's a really nice bass for the money.

That's one sharp looking bass!

Keeping the factory strings?

I figure I have around 3 years left at work. I'm kinda youngish for my age (wife would say sometimes childish ) and I love the group I work with. I work for the city government. I remember when I was young all the workers looked so much older, now half of them or more are younger than our kids! Keeps me young minded I guess.

But yeah, I'm still going to buy a couple basses and sell a couple. I've got a nice small PA and 8 lights (LED) and need to buy a light tree. Ahhh I never get tired of toys!

Perhaps you'll find (as I have) yourself busier in retirement than at the day job.

I'm really hoping that this will be the last bass I buy, at least for a good long while. I feel like all the holes have been filled for things that I'm likely to need now and in the future. I can see myself eventually wanting to sell off the four strings although I have a hard time imagining I could part with the one in my avatar, which is the best bass I own and the most cherished of them all. But I still have gear needs, of course. I don't know if we'll ever create a perfect world of instruments and gear but it sure is fun trying.

Observing it more fun to think about amps than basses has me be present to some groovin' going on.

A third bass, as in bass number three not the tired old Abbot & Costello routine?

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This is how to get a shoe thrown at you, if I recall my cartoons correctly. Okay not a DB. Digging my semi-hollowbody enough to want another, really. But that's not filling a tonal hole. Betrween the 'Ray and the Chowny that is a lot of tonal landscape. A shortscale .... [OldPerson] Sure is easier and more fun to play [/OldPerson]

 

[GwenOnBass]

Fathers.