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#252,801
Stealth57 said:
Not sure all that exercise really is worth it. My experience is it wears out your parts faster. So far, elbow, shoulder, abdominal, heart, knee surgeries and a torn meniscus and hosed other shoulder that haven’t had surgery…yet. Might have been better to be a couch potato.
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Good bad or indifferent - for my entire adult life I’ve always subscribed to maintaining an active lifestyle, not being sedentary, but never interjecting a physically stressful fitness regimen either (such as weight lifting, running, biking…). Just normal daily activities beyond sitting on a sofa. I figured like anything mechanical, there’s only so many cycles you can put a joint through before it fails.

I was very fit and athletic in high school, thought I was pretty much indestructible. It’s where I did the most damage to my body, not to mention my brain. Here I am 50 years later and weighing in at about 10 pounds more than I did 50 years ago (albeit distributed a bit differently) and I’m happy with that.

Unfortunately, since entering my 60’s I’ve come to find that pretty much every injury I got in high school playing football, skiing, skateboarding etc, is coming back to haunt me. Lower back is just about shot, both rotator cuffs are torn, joints in my hands and arms are locking up with arthritis and both knees will need medical attention soon.

Oh well, those are the breaks. Ya deal with it, and life goes on.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Good bad or indifferent - for my entire adult life I’ve always subscribed to maintaining an active lifestyle, not being sedentary, but never interjecting a physically stressful fitness regimen (such as weight lifting, running, biking…). Just normal daily activities beyond sitting on a sofa. I figured like anything mechanical, there’s only so many cycles you can put a joint through before it fails.

I was very fit and athletic in high school, thought I was pretty much indestructible. It’s where I did the most damage to my body, not to mention my brain. Here I am 50 years later and weighing in at about 10 pounds more than I did 50 years ago (albeit distributed a bit differently) and I’m happy with that.

Unfortunately, since entering my 60’s I’ve come to find that pretty much every injury I got in high school playing football, skiing, skateboarding etc, is coming back to haunt me. Lower back is just about shot, both rotator cuffs are torn, joints in my hands and arms are locking up with arthritis and both knees will need medical attention soon.

Oh well, those are the breaks. Ya deal with it, and life goes on.
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Stealth57 said:
P.S. if you have insurance through work or a spouse, make sure you only sign up for part A.
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There might be some circumstances that would drive a different plan of attack.
I have retiree healthcare from the company I used to work for. But it’s only supplemental to Medicare A&B. It’s worked well for me so far. My Wife’s bout with cancer has run up a three quarter of a million dollar doctor bill so far this year. My out out of pocket and deductible costs are only sitting at about $3,000. In my case, whatever Medicare B doesn’t cover is picked up by my retiree health care provider.
Fingers crossed that the coverage and costs don’t change going forward.
 
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Ringhammer said:
Always loved this bassline, even though I think it’s a keyboard thing…
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Talk Talk was such a great band - their "greatest hits" LP/CD is exactly the - every song a hit. I love their music.

Also related to our current health/life topic -

 
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Ringhammer said:
Always loved this bassline, even though I think it’s a keyboard thing…
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It's a bass guitar. Paul Webb is a superb bassist.

On "Life's What You Make It" there's only a piano playing the bassline 'though Mr. Webb did play it too when they performed it live.

Talk Talk's last three albums from 1986 to 1990 are just amazing. A perfect example of a band doing their own thing without compromises and against record company's wishes. Of course "The Colour Of Spring" (1986) had hits but the synths had already been replaced with organs and pianos and by the time of "Spirit Of Eden" it's almost like a more raunchy (soundwise) ECM album.
 
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40SpecialDelux said:
Greetings T-bird lovers! Hope your all having a fantastic morning!

Quick update and asking for guidance.....
I decided to keep the bridge on my T-bid to cover/fill the holes that were in it after the original modifications. I got it powder coated black to match the original 3-point bridge I put it back on and I think it turned out pretty nice. (Please ignore the finger smudges, its hot and humid down here)

I realize the string alignment isn't perfect but neither is my bass playing.
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I also added a Goth T-bird to my small collection. All black is really cool but I'm not crazy about the pickguard. Eventually, I might swap it out for a custom black with white T-bird on it. The symbols dont get any better than the original to me.

I want to replace the strings on both and do a complete setup on them. Any suggestions on strings for each one?
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I prefer stainless rounds. SIT Power Steels or Dunlop Marcus Miller Superbrights.
 
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PhR75 said:
I know it's a cliche but 'birds of a feather:
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*now the Killing Joke song plays in my head*

The natural Tele-P with TB+ has the bridge pickup in the VP location and the neck pickup is about half a centimeter closer to the bridge vs. VP.
Hmm, doesn't this mean I also need a modern 'bird as their neck pickups are closer to the neck than on any other 'bird I own? I think the answer is yes. Maybe after I have restored the broken VP.
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Yes you should! I actually love my 1990 with the modern spacing.
 
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JIO said:
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What the internet thinks Thunderbird vs. Phoenix should look like......

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..... sometimes I wish I could've had the talent (and focus-abilies) to develop the skills to be an artist.......






Chucky Stiletti said:
nice post…..:thumbsup:
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Thanks! :)
 
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We chose to ignore the radar hoping to get some of the set in, in retrospect we should have paid attention. It was a deluge rain coming from every direction, like being inside a dishwasher. As always I had my trusty roll of plastic sheeting. We were soaked through, fortunately I got my birds in the cases before the worst of it. Would you believe the gong is mine? Lol We have a new drummer and I didn't want to make having a gong part of the audition process so I bought my own, my wife's a jem to go along with this nonsense.
 
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MCF said:
Gibsons were too god to do this to.
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Ironically trying to top Pete Townsend. More Irony When Hendrix arrived in England he sought Pete's advice on equipment and the Marshall/Straocaster combination of Hendrix came to be.
 
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