Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GwenOnBass]

Friday On My Mind

A day in 1967 Germany, 52 years ago. A new generation, just twenty two years after WWII.

They were really digging in to their instruments. The song is the last in their set, starting after 9:00. A very good performance.

Would it even be possible to find that fabric today? Would anyone want to?

This is what I had in mind-'til I looked at my bank account.
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A moving home (of sorts) that doesn't fly or sail the seas? Say whut?

We have the Dinky Amp Club now you are talking about Dinky homes. How about this.

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Oh well present and accounted for and back from the salon.

 

[Stumbo]

Good morning GOF's. Please report front and center all appendages, fingers toes, etc. here and accounted for. It's been very hot for little Sitka, Alaska. Most homes don't have air conditioning because up until a couple years ago we didn't need it. It never got this hot in the summer. Always a cool 60 something. But the good news is it seems to be cooling down. Wife Carey warned me and warned me to get air conditioners last spring but did I listen? Noooo!

Well, we will be making a trip to Juneau in October (much the same as Andy Griffith going to Mt. Pilot) and at that time we will go to Home Depot to buy a couple compact air conditioners. We don't live in a big place but at least we want it cool next summer. I don't see the heat getting less, I only predict it getting hotter. Sorry state of climate we live in now. This has affected our food supplies, we've had shortages for the first time in 40 years. Other than that, going to make some salads and probably some slow cooked meals so we don't have to cook weekdays next week. What say ye, GOF's? What have you planned for this weekend? @Al Kraft and @Passinwind ....

Still playin' after all these years...

Air Con? Temps in the 60's? Whuuut?

 

[mikeoso]

Present, semi-functional.
Re: unexpected need for a/c....When I designed the parrot shelter bldg, I made it as energy efficient as possible. Earth sheltered, passive solar heat, radiant infloor backup, etc. The plan for cooling was to open it up at night and pull cool air through with a 40" fan, then close it against the heat in the morning. That worked well until three years ago...then it pretty much quit cooling off reliably at night...temps were getting into the 80s during the day inside.

Fortunately that was the year Bob Barker's foundation handed us a $50,000 grant for facility upgrades. So, we put in a five ton air unit...and a 9 kw solar panel set to offset the added electricity. Last month we had a long string of days in the high 90s...kept the interior at 74, had an electric bill of $140 for the 25,000 cubic foot bldg.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Still playin' after all these years...

Air Con? Temps in the 60's? Whuuut?
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Well it's hot for us dad gummit!!!!
Those graphs are never accurate for Sitka. Last week on our porch it got to 89 degrees. To compare with where all of you live, add 20 degrees. Our blood is thicker from colder winters, so when the temperature goes above 70 it feels like 90+ to us.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Would it even be possible to find that fabric today? Would anyone want to?



A moving home (of sorts) that doesn't fly or sail the seas? Say whut?

We have the Dinky Amp Club now you are talking about Dinky homes. How about this.

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Oh well present and accounted for and back from the salon.

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Cool.

 

[LBS-bass]

Present? I suppose so. This has been a challenging week and I'm not really feeling too chatty, but here I am.

Got a show tonight with one of the bands I'm in; it's not my best effort, but it's supposed to be a fun diversion from our serious projects. Unfortunately it's ending up not being that much fun, for a few reasons that I sort of knew I should have avoided but got pulled toward anyway, mainly having to do with the fact that some spouses just don't belong in bands together. Mine is not happy, which makes me unhappy. It's too much to get into. It just shouldn't have happened, but it did.

Anyway, he's not at the show tonight because he's playing with his other band, and he's not critical personnel, so we'll see how this goes. I have a feeling everyone will be happier.

There's not much else to report. My main band has successfully recruited a new guitarist who is really good, has a fast ear and a great voice for harmony, so we now have three-part vocals. So far we're pulling off some amazing covers in rehearsals. There's an annual show we're booked for in October called "Dead Rock Stars" where 9 bands will play a few songs each from various people who have passed away. We pulled "When Doves Cry" out of our collective nether-regions last night and we all fell into our vocal parts instantly and everyone knew the words; in a word, it was amazing. I'm playing the high keys part on the upper frets on the bass, since there's no bass line, otherwise and I don't want to drag a keyboard there. So we're doing that and a few others for this show.

I'm super excited again for this band, which is nice, because I was ready to pull the plug on it a few months ago.

Otherwise, I'm just tired and feeling a little down. It'll pass.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Present? I suppose so. This has been a challenging week and I'm not really feeling too chatty, but here I am.

Got a show tonight with one of the bands I'm in; it's not my best effort, but it's supposed to be a fun diversion from our serious projects. Unfortunately it's ending up not being that much fun, for a few reasons that I sort of knew I should have avoided but got pulled toward anyway, mainly having to do with the fact that some spouses just don't belong in bands together. Mine is not happy, which makes me unhappy. It's too much to get into. It just shouldn't have happened, but it did.

Anyway, he's not at the show tonight because he's playing with his other band, and he's not critical personnel, so we'll see how this goes. I have a feeling everyone will be happier.

There's not much else to report. My main band has successfully recruited a new guitarist who is really good, has a fast ear and a great voice for harmony, so we now have three-part vocals. So far we're pulling off some amazing covers in rehearsals. There's an annual show we're booked for in October called "Dead Rock Stars" where 9 bands will play a few songs each from various people who have passed away. We pulled "When Doves Cry" out of our collective nether-regions last night and we all fell into our vocal parts instantly and everyone knew the words; in a word, it was amazing. I'm playing the high keys part on the upper frets on the bass, since there's no bass line, otherwise and I don't want to drag a keyboard there. So we're doing that and a few others for this show.

I'm super excited again for this band, which is nice, because I was ready to pull the plug on it a few months ago.

Otherwise, I'm just tired and feeling a little down. It'll pass.

Hope all goes well for you, sorry that you're down. It happens. But I try to pick myself up. Knowing me, no easy feat!
Glad you have some high points anyway. Sounds exciting. Maybe a good weekend nap will do you good....

 

[spiritbass]

Tired & spacey but present. Didn't get back to sleep after the early morning bathroom visit. Worked half a day, then came home and filleted four fish. I'm slowly replacing rivets in my old john boat with screws & stop nuts with a dab of silicone for sealing. It would be easier with another pair of hands to help, but with appropriate contortions, I'm managing. Not going out to fish tonight as my son is driving in from Kansas City for a visit.

 

[LBS-bass]

Tired & spacey but present. Didn't get back to sleep after the early morning bathroom visit. Worked half a day, then came home and filleted four fish. I'm slowly replacing rivets in my old john boat with screws & stop nuts with a dab of silicone for sealing. It would be easier with another pair of hands to help, but with appropriate contortions, I'm managing. Not going out to fish tonight as my son is driving in from Kansas City for a visit.

I hate that thing of waking up at 3 or 4 AM and not being able to get back to sleep. Seems like it happens a lot now that I'm older. Hopefully you'll get that boat repaired, and have a good visit with your son!

 

[LBS-bass]

Hope all goes well for you, sorry that you're down. It happens. But I try to pick myself up. Knowing me, no easy feat!
Glad you have some high points anyway. Sounds exciting. Maybe a good weekend nap will do you good....

Thanks; I'm sure I'll feel better soon. You'd think I'd be ecstatic with how certain things have been going, but I had another band fold a couple of weeks ago and I have just been super down about it; hit me way harder than I would have imagined. It was a good project with a lot of promise, but when people can't get along there's just no fix for that.

A nap sounds great; I woke up early today and did take a little nap after my work this afternoon. Tomorrow is a rare day with absolutely nothing on the books for work, so I plan to sleep in, if I can.

 

[SoulReflection]

Tired & spacey but present. Didn't get back to sleep after the early morning bathroom visit. Worked half a day, then came home and filleted four fish. I'm slowly replacing rivets in my old john boat with screws & stop nuts with a dab of silicone for sealing. It would be easier with another pair of hands to help, but with appropriate contortions, I'm managing. Not going out to fish tonight as my son is driving in from Kansas City for a visit.

Nice to see there's another fellow fisherman on board! Rivets on boats are a problem...you are handling that in a good way. Fortunately, my little 16' Jetcraft is welded.

What kind of fishing do you do?

 

[GwenOnBass]

I hate that thing of waking up at 3 or 4 AM and not being able to get back to sleep.

It's not only you.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Nice to see there's another fellow fisherman on board! Rivets on boats are a problem...you are handling that in a good way. Fortunately, my little 16' Jetcraft is welded.

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What kind of fishing do you do?

Is that a boat elevator?

 

[spiritbass]

Nice to see there's another fellow fisherman on board! Rivets on boats are a problem...you are handling that in a good way. Fortunately, my little 16' Jetcraft is welded.

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What kind of fishing do you do?

Living in Missouri, fresh water. I like going for sunfish and crappie early in the year and large-mouth bass after that. I discovered earlier in the week that I need to get myself invited to go crappie fishing with the mailman who delivers mail at my work. He showed me what he and his sons had caught last weekend. BIG, beautiful crappie!!! Bigger than I have ever caught, for sure.

 

[spiritbass]

I hate that thing of waking up at 3 or 4 AM and not being able to get back to sleep. Seems like it happens a lot now that I'm older. Hopefully you'll get that boat repaired, and have a good visit with your son!

Thank you! I might see if he wants to have a 'father/son project' and replace some rivets in the morning when it's cooler. It'll get done, just not all at once. Five or six years ago, I covered all of the rivet heads (on the water side) with JB Water Weld epoxy. It worked, but eventually degraded and the leaks returned. The screws/nuts/silicone is a more permanent solution! I agree that the sleep problems are an age thing. I'm not complaining - not all get to live this long.

 

[GwenOnBass]

@LBS-bass

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LOL

Nah.

 

[LBS-bass]

@LBS-bass

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Could be the aliens waking me up.

 

[spiritbass]

Could be the aliens waking me up.

 

[beans-on-toast]

A good fishing song.

 

[spiritbass]

Liked this one the first time I laid ears on it: