Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

I’ve been a flat lander now going on two weeks. When all is said and done there will likely be three feet of snow.
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19 degree air feels nice and fresh if you are surrounded by pine and cedar.

 

[GBassNorth]

Yesterday around 1:15 pm - very strong, gusty winds - this over 200yr old sequoia is just down the block where I sometimes walk Mona at the corner of a park/rec center. Our streets' power was off until noon today.

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Some strong winds for sure. Wouldn’t it be cool to have about a 6 foot long log from that tree, once dried it would make some sweet guitar bodies. Probably illegal to harvest it though.

 

[Gaolee]

Interesting article and summary/explanation of various frequencies. For me anyway.
Audio Spectrum


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That explains why a high-low pass filter works so well. Set to 60 for high pass cleans up the bottom end a lot. I don't remember exactly what the setting for the low pass is. I know it's lower for bass guitar than it is for upright.

 

[Gaolee]

White Bass Wednesday?
I guess it’s a good time to post this one.
50 years later. I bought this new in ‘73.
I was playing as a weekend pro at 16 years old. I had to be snuck into some of the clubs that we played.because of my age.
I drove the band bus on a learners permit.
Although it’s been modded ( to my preference) it’s still in my collection with a never sell tag on it.
I would show it over on the Rickenbacker page but it might give some of those folks a heart attack.
I ran it with a brand new 72/73 SVT .
The Rick still weighs the same. ..I don’t.

WBW!
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It is the perfect Ric.

 

[Gaolee]

Lovely day here in Seattle, my view at the south end of downtown as I come up from riding the Sounder (heavy rail).

The snow hadn't started when I left the house this morning. I decided not to ride the motorcycle for some reason. Good thing. There was a decent layer of snow on the road when I got downtown a bit before 8. The bike would have been problematic.

 

[Gaolee]

It's already quit snowing, just cold for the next 5-7 days - It's still winter for about 30 days.

And then it will be ok until June. Then we get Junuary. Then we get summer.

 

[TBird1958]

The snow hadn't started when I left the house this morning. I decided not to ride the motorcycle for some reason. Good thing. There was a decent layer of snow on the road when I got downtown a bit before 8. The bike would have been problematic.

Supposed to be a balmy 26 degrees tomorrow at 8:00AM...........Glad I have the day off to be more of a home body Queen - Except Frank and I will go out for dinner

 

[Gaolee]

Wow! Hope no one was injured. I never thought of sequoias being in yards, just way out in the woods.

We have a dawn redwood in our front yard. We put it there about 20 years ago. It took a long time to really take off, and now it's getting big. It's only about 10 feet from the house. The great thing about it is that it is deciduous, so we get filtered shade in the summer and light in the winter. It's not a true sequoia, but I am pretty sure it's closely related. We have a hemlock and a Douglas fir in the back yard that came up from seeds. It's amazing how many trees fit on a small urban lot along with a house. The thought of what would happen if one fell has crossed my mind on occasion. But we are insured.

 

[Gaolee]

Supposed to be a balmy 26 degrees tomorrow at 8:00AM...........Glad I have the day off to be more of a home body Queen - Except Frank and I will go out for dinner

The temperature won't faze me a bit. The slippery stuff on the road does. If it's just cold, no problems.

 

[Gaolee]

Some strong winds for sure. Wouldn’t it be cool to have about a 6 foot long log from that tree, once dried it would make some sweet guitar bodies. Probably illegal to harvest it though.

It probably wouldn't. That wood looks nice but it's soft and splintery, as I recall. There's a reason those didn't get all logged off before anybody figured out that big trees like that are a national treasure.

 

[TBird1958]

The temperature won't faze me a bit. The slippery stuff on the road does. If it's just cold, no problems.

Easy for you to say, me, I'm a delicate flower

 

[Gaolee]

Easy for you to say, me, I'm a delicate flower

As a proper CroMagnon, I never claimed to have a brain. If you are gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.

 

[JIO]

Favorite tree in NorCal. These are only 35 years old. The 17” of rain we got around Christmas under cut one about that size just down the bottom of the hill from me.

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Looking at the 'guts' of a 200yr old tree was a bit unnerving to tell you the truth. Being the (pink-red) colour it was at it's core brought its 'living-ness' into sharp focus. If a tree can feel pain - that had to hurt!

 

[BklynKen]

Easy for you to say, me, I'm a delicate flower

Like Judy Tenuta?

 

[Stealth57]

Like Judy Tenuta?

As in bawdy onstage persona?

 

[JJR58]

It's a trap, Jeff. They want you out there for free labor. They will keep you in that warmer climate and not let you go back to cold and crowded NYC.



OK, maybe it's a good deal and you should go. They'll take good care of you.

They all took such good care of me.
My labor could not match the kindness of the gang.

 

[JIO]

Wow! Hope no one was injured. I never thought of sequoias being in yards, just way out in the woods.

I haven't heard any news regarding it 'impacting' passer-byers. If so it would probably be on the national news. I can imagine a number of people/drivers saw it happen being it was mid-day on a driven/peopled street/park. I know that if I was walking Mona - she would have warned me at the instant it happened. They say pets (dogs & cats) will respond/warn of an earthquake right before it happens. Something about natural vibration sensors in their bodies. Part of the 'fight or flight' instinct.

 

[JJR58]

Easy for you to say, me, I'm a delicate flower

You left out, "hot house".

 

[MCF]

19 degree air feels nice and fresh if you are surrounded by pine and cedar.

Up there it’s pine and a variety of an oak. Not coastal oak though.

 

[wango55]

Is it White bird or white cat Wednesday? I guess they’re all technically white with black mixed in.