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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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You see, one should never partake in gluttony and laugh at the same time.
Rock'n'roll in mono get along well together.
The myths of Chrysippus:
He died during the 143rd Invalid Link Removed (208–204 BC) at the age of 73.[4] Diogenes Laërtius gives two different accounts of his death.[17] In the first account, Chrysippus was seized with dizziness having drunk undiluted Invalid Link Removed at a feast, and died soon after. In the second account, he was watching a donkey eat some figs and cried out: "Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs", whereupon he died in a fit of laughter. His nephew Aristocreon erected a statue in his honour in the Kerameikos.[18] Chrysippus was succeeded as head of the Stoic school by his pupil Zeno of Tarsus.[19]
It's really his just deserts: y'all gots to admit it was a pretty lousy joke.
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Didn't have a stereo system when stereo was introduced. Didn't have a quad system when quadraphonic was introduced. Seeing a pattern here.
(they're cooking)
Both ways are acceptable ways to go in my book. No guarantee my joke will be funnier, which makes it all the sweeter.
"Ha, ha, ha! I'm the funniest guy I know! Did you hear the one about the donkey and the figs? Ha, ha, ha! Oh, I kill me! Ha, . . . . Wait! What?? . . . . (gasp)"
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When you die at the palace, you really DIE at the palace!!!
"The Main Room?"
He was certainly one of my influences. The second bass I bought was a Hofner like his. My Dad approved saying it was more of an instrument that the white solid body VOX Clubman bass it replaced.
Sadly it was stolen, along with a Burns Trisonic guitar from our van in Widnes Lancashire.
From one Paul to another: Happy birthday Sir Paull! You're four years older than I but, God willing, next January I’ll get one back.
He was certainly one of my influences. The second bass I bought was a Hofner like his. My Dad approved saying it was more of an instrument that the white solid body VOX Clubman bass it replaced.
Sadly it was stolen, along with a Burns Trisonic guitar from our van in Widnes Lancashire.
From one Paul to another: Happy birthday Sir Paull! You're four years older than I but, God willing, next January I’ll get one back.
Happy birthday, Sir Paul! I never owned a violin shaped bass. I somewhat liked Paul's bass playing back then but there were others I idolized. It wasn't until decades later that I discovered the genius of his simple but melodic bass lines. I have a newfound respect for the man and his instrument.
I did love a blonde teardrop shaped bass that Bill Wyman played for a short while. I liked the Vox stuff-- it was unique and modern to my young eyes....
The VOX instruments were manufactured by a company that manufactured furniture. The nut on mine was a nylon block held in place by a couple of slotted round head wood screws.
Black looks way better than the poo brown.
How does it sound with the new skin? What speaker cab?
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Sure can take a long time to manifest dreams 'round these parts, what's with that. "Now" is always best option 
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Paul’s Hofner 500/1 is apparently very special sounding. He has a number of them but none have the magic like the main one that he uses. He used it in the early days and put it away till he was recording with Elvis Costello. He forgot how good it sounded.
His Rickenbacker 4001S is still used in the studio. Paul sent it back to Rickenbacker for some repairs. John Hall said that he never saw a more played bass. The one request was don’t touch the action. Paul likes a high action, higher than most people can play. He has very strong hands and likes to dig in hard. Just like James Jamerson.
I had a chance to buy a NOS Vox teardrop bass for $50. This was many years ago, I was at an auction. An old music store was going out of business, the owner was like a pack rat. He had a warehouse / time capsule filled with new and used equipment. I passed up a lot of good deals that day. It was a once in a lifetime event.
In the 60’s people were paid to play Vox instruments publicly but I don’t know anyone that wanted to record with them. Despite that, I regret not buying it. I was somewhat financially embarrassed at the time. I did manage to buy a Hammond organ and two Leslie cabinets which I still own.
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And here it is today, solstice. The cell phone thing, I see, is full of solstice greetings including a video of jasmine. I reply it's going to be a long day. "Even in South Africa?" comes the reply from Cape Town. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, I key in and send, thinking of Heinlein.
See Vox offers straps and it looks like they're capitalizing on the vibe. I like the detail.
See Vox offers straps and it looks like they're capitalizing on the vibe. I like the detail.
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