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Hah, they'd actually make a terrible pet. They can move fast if threatened, but they eat so few calories per day that their movements compensate for that. And two-toed sloths are very aggressive. You don't want to approach one. And three-toed are so delicate that you could give them a heart attack by approaching them. The two and three toed are as genetically different as cats and dogs.
That's our sloth lesson for the day.
Okay, maybe a pet rock is a better idea.
I've heard about scaring the three-toed sloths before, but not the two-toed. Learned something new today. Several things from this thread, in fact. Suggesting kids don't need to go to school. They can learn pretty much everything important right here.
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It was this kind music from the UK in the early '70s that really made me want to play the bass - I was immune to what was popular on the radio in the late '60s and early '70s, all that Wrecking Crew pop and motown didn't resonate or inspire me to want to play. Overend Watts, Slade, T Rex, Bowie, Free and later Alice Cooper and Kiss, that's my musical youth, big, gnashing guitars and loud drums - I was an odd, awkward child.
Get enough and you could have a rock concert!
depends where you need .000000047Fd of capacitance….
if in a debifrilator for example a DC rating of 24Vdc is probably enough… in a microwave oven you’ll probably need 2000Vdc at least, in an x-ray machine you may be looking at 80000Vdc (they put a bunch of caps in series) in a passive guitar 10Vdc would be fine…although a smaller value (2Vdc) would work, you get into lower rated capacitors that although exist are rarer and hence more expensive…..the whole thing is a juggling act…
@JIO The voltages in a passive guitar are so low you don't need to worry about the voltage rating on the cap, other than if you get one with a really high rating, it might be too big physically.
And here it’s not in the signal path. It’s shunting signal to ground.
I'm going with the cat.Random Saturday morning thought:
Does it say more about my house or about my cat that the floor squeaks when he walks by?
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I'm older so back then I liked '60s Top 40 pop & Motown & early Rolling Stones, late '60s psychedelic rock, (Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, Vanilla Fudge, Led Zeppelin, early Pink Floyd), all versions of Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Wishbone Ash, early Alice Cooper but not so much Slade or Kiss and definitely not any spandex, poophie hair & pointy guitars '70s 'arena rock'. I didn't like Queen much at the time but have gained a new appreciation for them in recent years.
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String related debacle: Since perhaps Summer 2023, i've had Dr Hi Beams stainless steel on a Pbass of mine, 45-100 gauge. Have played that bass the most it just sounded good. The strings were rough under the fingers when new, but broke in nice after a month of solid playing. Cleaned after each play, but perhaps from constant playing, yesterday it was just dead sounding/feeling. I tried my hand at boiling them today (a first for me ever), & while it got some zing back in them & the bass overall. But, i've decided to get some SIT PowerWound Nickels, The PowerSteels on the bird don't feel as rough under my fingers the first few plays as did the DRs, & while i dig the tone, i'm very much used to nickel wound strings. Less irritation so to speak, & a nice clean break-in time, & i do enjoy the mellowness of Nickels.
Such is my "rant"
Such is my "rant"
I have the SIT Power Wounds on my Pro IV. They are a bright string and don’t feel rough, which is saying something since I prefer flats.String related debacle: Since perhaps Summer 2023, i've had Dr Hi Beams stainless steel on a Pbass of mine, 45-100 gauge. Have played that bass the most it just sounded good. The strings were rough under the fingers when new, but broke in nice after a month of solid playing. Cleaned after each play, but perhaps from constant playing, yesterday it was just dead sounding/feeling. I tried my hand at boiling them today (a first for me ever), & while it got some zing back in them & the bass overall. But, i've decided to get some SIT PowerWound Nickels, The PowerSteels on the bird don't feel as rough under my fingers the first few plays as did the DRs, & while i dig the tone, i'm very much used to nickel wound strings. Less irritation so to speak, & a nice clean break-in time, & i do enjoy the mellowness of Nickels.
Such is my "rant"
The vet said he had lost a lb. from the previous visit so I upped his morning and evening portion from slightly under an oz. of wet to slightly over an oz, plus he gets some dry to nibble throughout the day and night.
Also, the house is on a slab.
I just got done restringing my pbass with the Power Wounds, & after plugging into my combo amp, i gotta say they hold true to their name! Loads of power behind those strings, bright enough for my needs, & they feel as good as the D'addarios/GHS boomers i'm used to. I've found that bass' string set & gauge, Slowly going over to SITs, but i'm positive most of my basses will stick with GHs or D'Addarios (mainly for certain gauges & feel overall)
I've found Elixir Nickels to be my string of choice. Last aggggggeeeeeessssssss... and i prefer the brightness of nickel to steel. Yet so many say steel is brighter. Does'nt work for me haha
I got hooked in college because we were so close to OCIR. I love going to Famoso, but it has sadly been about ten years since I’ve been up there. The March meet is always special.Interesting. I love watching about any racing but never really fell in love with drag racing for some reason. I like watching once in a while, but I honestly don't keep up with who is where in standings. But the Daytona 500 is just around the corner.....Of course they'll fill the LA Colosseum with dirt first and race there.
