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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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Auspex said:
I do not like the Camaro, but the z/28 is murdering tracks. I don't like the mustangs, either. Will be interesting to see what an IRS does for it, though.

I'm a wagon fanatic. Dream wagon is a Merc C63 AMG 507, or an E63 AMG. Right now I'm only able to afford to live in the land of Japanese mass market rides...Subaru Legacy GT wagon, but that's a ride that can be beefed up considerably on the cheap
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Wagons are phenomenal. One of my (many) dream vokswagens is a 1993 Passat Wagon. Boxy wagons are where it's at, imo.
 
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Auspex said:
I do not like the Camaro, but the z/28 is murdering tracks. I don't like the mustangs, either. Will be interesting to see what an IRS does for it, though.

I'm a wagon fanatic. Dream wagon is a Merc C63 AMG 507, or an E63 AMG. Right now I'm only able to afford to live in the land of Japanese mass market rides...Subaru Legacy GT wagon, but that's a ride that can be beefed up considerably on the cheap
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My pops has a hellcat challenger on its way.
 
#9,964
RAMUSIC said:
Forgot to mention, I finally checked out SubRosa. Tasty stuff. Once they're back here (I think they're doing some kind of tour dealy), I'll have to go see em!
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I actually was really surprised when I saw them, with just how loud and intense they were in person. I don't think it's really captured on videos, either.

I think they're currently on some east coast tour with Boris or something like that.

Blank_0101 said:
Holy ****, yea that dude totally blocked me and I will have words with him but don't want to talk to him either really for the moment... But my actually really good friend who introduced me to the girl did not realize that the girl turns into a gremlin if you let her drink and don't feed her.

When her and that friend came back to my house she said she thinks I'm OCD, then kept grabbing everything in my house and making a mess (sure enough internally I was freaking out over the turmoil). Then she started a pattern of telling me to put something specific on to watch, then would grab a random piece of produce from my fridge exclaim her jealousy of my healthy eating habits take elaborate messy steps to clean said produce then run outside and smoke and take a bite of my produce then chuck the rest in the yard. Then she'd come inside and say no no let's watch something else and then repeat the smoke/produce wrecking break. Part way through this I got bored and fed up with the duo so as the two guests were smoking and drinking I took out my pellet gun and started shooting my can targets in the yard, then she kept talking and being a gremlin so when she put her beer down I spun around and shot it so she'd be out of beer. She then was impressed and asked to try the gun which I reluctantly let her use if I showed her everything and pointed it. She says ok whips around and shot at the church across the street. So I took the gun from her and she asked to go look at the cemetery and the dude offered to show her and I ran inside and locked the door behind me and went to bed.

She paid for everything so it's whatever, but lol she asked today if I am going to hang with her again tonight she's paying but idk... Free shouldn't come with such a price.

So is my life consistently just very weird to you guys or do you just not share these moments?

I did meet a married couple we played pool with before she became a gremlin and the wife offered to let me shadow her as she's a self employed realtor and that really intrigues me.

It's weird when I met the girl she was just a quiet little lady who worked at the hospital.
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Maybe your friend knew that she turned into a weirdo when drunk.

Some people just shouldn't drink.
 
#9,966
The_Janitor said:
Jesus Christ, that sounds ****ing obnoxious. I have no patience for that kind of ********.

What goes on in your life doesn't sound too far off from what I was doing at that age, before I made better friends and really started playing a lot of music. I was also dating a ****ing basket case at that time that thought it was cool to make friends with homeless people and bring them home, after which they'd eat all of my food, steal anything of value that wasn't nailed down and try to drink my booze (I drew the line at that one).

What I finally figured out, was that the ******, obnoxious people I knew had more normal friends that were actually good people. I liked those people a lot more than the losers that I met first. One of them had a sit-down talk with me, basically saying what we're saying to you: You can do a lot better (friend-wise and girlfriend-wise). He was right, and I did.

Ditched the losers, made friends with good the people and played in their bands. Instant group of awesome friends, no more poopiness or annoying people.

So Askrere, you can do better.

You're a nice guy, and you don't want to have conflicts with people, which I totally relate to - but you can't let people walk all over you. I'll leave you with some advice that I got from my gym teacher on my first day of high school - advice that I should have taken to heart, but didn't. It was only after years of having this lesson pounded into me over and over I realized he was right.

The conversation went like this:

Him: "You seem like a nice guy, are you a nice guy?"

Me, somewhat proudly: "Yeah, I think I am"

Him: "Well let me tell you something son, nice guys get **** on."

I didn't want to believe him at the time, but he was 100% right.

Don't let people **** on you.
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Truth.

I do have decent friends, but the characters make stories, and I think I end up in these situations partly out of curiosity of what's going to happen like you say you did. Also aside from the occasional fridge raid by someone, people refuse to ever let me pay for anything or for myself I'm not sure why, but it helps the situations. I'd be a raging dick if I was paying for all these situations.

Though like I said in this situation me and my good friend had no idea the quiet lady was gonna become such a crazy person, I did not anticipate that or I'd never have gone out in the first place.

My lack of interest in causing a conflict with that dude is largely because I don't have a truck and he does.

I'll call people out and get mean and do. I've made guys cry before when they pissed me off and I told them my opinion of them. I just don't like being that way I mean it's not like I'm timid as I'll say or do anything to anyone. My feeling is I rather everyone at least assume I'm chill with them. I do meet a lot of more chill people through people like you say.

No bums allowed in my casa. If someone tried to steal from me I'd flip some serious poopie.
 
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Korladis said:
Maybe your friend knew that she turned into a weirdo when drunk.

Some people just shouldn't drink.
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Nah me and him meet for lunch or dinner or both pretty much every day and today lunch I let him know. He had no real idea. We've all gone out before and she would get more talkative after a few drinks but still nothing alarming.

His night was with this unemployed chick that needs you to pay for everything.We call her the cat, she shows up doesn't talk but to complain a bit, only wants to eat fish then let's you pet her a bit afterwards.

And yea dude I've met more and more people who should not be drinking as much as they do or at all probably.
 
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RAMUSIC said:
Agreed, I can't stand all of these crossovers/SUVs. Wagons are the answer!
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Station wagons and hatchbacks.

A lot of people seem to assume you need something that's basically a truck for moving gear, which I think is kinda ridiculous unless you're playing gigs that require a lot of off-roading, lol.

Music gear is bulky, and we think of it as heavy, but it actually isn't. My cab doesn't weigh as much as I do. And I regularly ride in the back seats of even small cars.

Getting an SUV to haul music gear is a waste of gas money if it doesn't have any more cargo space than a station wagon/hatchback.
 
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Korladis said:
Station wagons and hatchbacks.

A lot of people seem to assume you need something that's basically a truck for moving gear, which I think is kinda ridiculous unless you're playing gigs that require a lot of off-roading, lol.

Music gear is bulky, and we think of it as heavy, but it actually isn't. My cab doesn't weigh as much as I do. And I regularly ride in the back seats of even small cars.

Getting an SUV to haul music gear is a waste of gas money if it doesn't have any more cargo space than a station wagon/hatchback.
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Drove one of these as a first car, only had just started playing when I had it so no major hauls, but I can just imagine what crazy gear Tetris that would have allowed.

I do know from what my uncle who gave it to me told me is that it's an excellent car for upright players. Bassists would always be offering to buy it from him.
 
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Blank_0101 said:
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Drove one of these as a first car, only had just started playing when I had it so no major hauls, but I can just imagine what crazy gear Tetris that would have allowed.

I do know from what my uncle who gave it to me told me is that it's an excellent car for upright players. Bassists would always be offering to buy it from him.
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I bet that could hold a ton of gear.

Best gear haulers I've used via City Car Share are a Scion Xb. Subaru Outback, and this weird hybrid Ford C-max. I could fit probably two 2000S cabs in each of them, with room to spare.
 
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Blank_0101 said:
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Drove one of these as a first car, only had just started playing when I had it so no major hauls, but I can just imagine what crazy gear Tetris that would have allowed.

I do know from what my uncle who gave it to me told me is that it's an excellent car for upright players. Bassists would always be offering to buy it from him.
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My first car was a 79 Volvo. Second was an 89, same color as that one. I drive a V8 truck now, but it's just a work truck. I actually don't own a car anymore, unless you count the fact that I'm technically co-owner of my wife's car. Last car I had was an early 2000's Toyota Corolla and I used to pack up my bass rig (old Peavey 1810) and guitar player's half stack and go to show's with room for one passenger. It's nice having a big truck with a camper shell for moving stuff, but not absolutely necessary.
 
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Auspex said:
I do not like the Camaro, but the z/28 is murdering tracks. I don't like the mustangs, either. Will be interesting to see what an IRS does for it, though.

I'm a wagon fanatic. Dream wagon is a Merc C63 AMG 507, or an E63 AMG. Right now I'm only able to afford to live in the land of Japanese mass market rides...Subaru Legacy GT wagon, but that's a ride that can be beefed up considerably on the cheap
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I like wagons too, but it seems like all the cool ones are being discontinued. I really like the Acura TSX wagon. I also like the A3s, but my Volkswagen soured me on any vehicle from das auto.
My Mazda 6 wagon is decent. Little small poopie keeps breaking though, and that is starting to get annoying. I'd like to see a fusion wagon ( or even a hatchback). I'm a sucker for the gen 5 Accord wagons too.
 

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