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5StringBlues said:
I just know of the relation, I really have no idea about either R. Kelly's song or weird Al's. My favorite weird Al is BOB, which I'd love to link here but I'm still on the damn fire stick.
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It's good - very Zippy the Pinhead

 
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There's someone here who may be interested in these strings...

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JIO said:
Such driver/deliverer irresponsibility is epidemic with all carriers since Covid. I can only think management is partially to blame - 'encouraging' their drivers to do more deliveries in a day to profit the carriers so cutting corners wherever possible. Luckily it was only popcorn, and luckily it was not left out in the open in my SF neighborhood - it would be gone in a heartbeat.
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The house next door has been empty for years (owned by offshore people) and a few months ago I noticed one of the house numbers had broken and fell off. So some couriers delivering to our house see 3 correct digits, stop looking and drop the package at the front door…
I can’t get through to the owner, so today I drew a 5 on a piece of cardboard, stuck it in a baggie and screwed it in place.
 
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JIO said:
LaBella Deep Talkin' flats - they aren't especially "cheap" either (less expensive than Thomastik-Infeld which I tried but didn't like) but in general flats last forever and the DTF's feel & sound great.

Just saw they make a gold set for around the same price as their standard set.

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Their Low Tension set is great on a Pbass I have.
 
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Regarding Weird All Yankovich - in some ways I feel he's a brilliant artist. He's obviously very talented as a musician, performer, conceptualist. But at its base is he is solidly linked to history as 'the barb', or 'fool'. We're more familiar with barbs/fools during Medieval times (maybe mimes began then also!) I bet it goes back even farther. But since humor was most likely from day 1, taking jabs at the hierarchy and/or society comedically couldn't have been far behind. So his profession is sorta timeless - he'll always have something to creatively mock. And he's quite good at it. You don't have to 'love' his schtick - but he's nailed the genre.
 
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dagrev said:
Their Low Tension set is great on a Pbass I have.
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I've yet to try them and generally like high-tension flats. Before using the LaBella's, I used/still use GHS Precision flats, which are very tight. Thanks for the recommendation! :thumbsup:
 
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JIO said:
I've yet to try them and generally like high-tension flats. Before using the LaBella's, I used/still use GHS Precision flats, which are very tight. Thanks for the recommendation! :thumbsup:
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Very welcome. The Low Tensions are more mello and bigger sounding to my ear, but not dull. No doubt due to the round core--yet they are not floppy. They are the smoothest flat I think I've ever tried.
 
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