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went to my brother’s (from another mother) service on Sat…..
smoking harpist….sux…..:rollno:
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moral of the story…..play lotsa bass and be happy….
 
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Stealth57 said:
Hillsborough? So one of those Richie Rich folks...my wife's grandmother lived on Bridge Road. She had a very nice Hammond B3 with full bass pedals and a couple of Leslie cabs. It went to someone else in her will. I guess I wasn't tops on her list. :crying: Oh well, nice lady.
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I did a lot of high-end decorative painting in Hillsborough. Also Los Altos, Woodside, Palo Alto and Atherton. At one time I read Atherton had the most concentrated wealth per capita in the US.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
went to my brother’s (from another mother) service on Sat…..
smoking harpist….sux…..:rollno:
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RIP IT UP ROB!!
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moral of the story…..play lotsa bass and be happy….
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Many of us are entering (many already have) an age where we will be losing long time friends and family members, much more so than when young(er). I have been fortunate to not have much death in my life up until recently. Most of the passing of persons in my orbit, over my life, have been expected due to age or health reasons. Thankfully, only one unexpected tragic death of a close friend when in my 30’s (Thankful for it being only one, not for the event itself, of course). Any others were a few degrees of separation from me, so while sad and unfortunate, not personally devastating. That will be coming….:(
 
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JIO said:
I did a lot of high-end decorative painting in Hillsborough. Also Los Altos, Woodside, Palo Alto and Atherton. At one time I read Atherton had the most concentrated wealth per capita in the US.
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Yes, my work has brought me into some amazing properties. New modern dream homes, impressive renovations and old vintage classic mansions.

I used to say, while the work was hard and could get dirty, I’d rather be working at a nice property on the peninsula (Hillsborough, Atherton, Los Altos, Woodside, etc.) during a nice spring, summer or fall day, than almost anywhere else.
 
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Ringhammer said:
Many of us are entering (many already have) an age where we will be losing long time friends and family members, much more so than when young(er). I have been fortunate to not have much death in my life up until recently. Most of the passing of persons in my orbit, over my life, have been expected due to age or health reasons. Thankfully, only one unexpected tragic death of a close friend when in my 30’s (Thankful for it being only one, not for the event itself, of course). Any others were a few degrees of separation from me, so while sad and unfortunate, not personally devastating. That will be coming….:(
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totally with you and fortunate (as you) in the same way….what got me was how fast it happened, had a bit of a hard time recognizing some folks I’ve known for decades!…. not because of memory loss (maybe some?) but mostly because everybody looks so different….:bored:
 
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Ringhammer said:
Yeah, it’s a weird little industry I have been associated with essentially since birth. The evolution of which is similar to communication tech, but has always been a few years behind. I have almost all of my systems using internet with cell backup to communicate signals to my central station (which then they follow whatever instructions are set for the account, eg; call contact, call authorities, or do nothing unless more that one device activates, etc.). 14 years ago when I went out on my own it was still typical to connect to phone lines. I worked hard to get every client I took on to use internet which cellular backup, and any system I took over I would push in that direction. At those time I have less than 10 still on dialtone comm. even now with some area wide internet outages, those systems are still on line with the cellular backup comm.

Not to mention the convenience of apps that allow for remote control and notifications of what’s going on with your system, it’s a far cry from the “tape dialer” of the ‘60’s -‘70’s. Literally a device that would call a service and play a recorded (to tape) message say some to the effect of “THE ALARM SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AT ABC PLUMBING, 123 MAIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO”. My father’s first “central station” was an ambulance dispatch /answering service.

Sometime in the ‘70’s they introduced the “digital dialer” which would call a compatible receiver at an answering (with a printer tape) and would communicate some basic information digitally over the customer phone line (think modem), account number and one of 10 alarm codes 0-9. The “operator at the service would ready the tape, find the account information in the “file” (Rolodex card) and respond to the alarm code appropriately (police or fire or sometimes ambulance if it was a medical button).

In the 80’s regulations of some sort said an answering service could no longer be a “central station”, and also computer processing systems were starting to happen. At that time my dad decided to expand and be his own “central station” and paid some serious ‘80’s $$$$ for a “CAPS” Computerized Alarm Processing System. In addition to monitoring his own systems (employing 24 hour “staff” essentially one person, of which I was one from the time I was 16 until around 18 or so before I started working in the field after HS, working weekend days while still in HS, an then S/S days and 3 swing shift nights that first year after graduating HS), he also immediately became a “contract central station”, charging a small fee per account to monitor alarms for other small alarm companies. This decision made for a good life for my dad, step-mom and 1/2 sister and brother. I was out of the house at 18, so I was on my own when the family moved to the nice house in Hillsborough. That is not to say I had it bad, but during the years I lived with him and my step mom it was a solidly middle class life (which was great!), but if I wanted something I had to work for it. This is something I can only appreciate immensely now!

Thanks for reading if you got this far, I think my coffee is extra strong this morning.
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At some point we need to get together for a chat!
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
but mostly because everybody looks so different….:bored:
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both my gf and I are lucky (individually, we only have 9 years together and a small handful of common friends) in the way that when we see old friends that one or the other of us haven’t seen for 15-20 or more years, they seem to be surprised that we look like we have barely changed. Aside from a very little more weight (on us both) and a lot less hair (on me), I can see what they mean. Some people really change with age.

Maybe we looked old at 30-40? lol.
 
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Ringhammer said:
Yes, my work has brought me into some amazing properties. New modern dream homes, impressive renovations and old vintage classic mansions.

I used to say, while the work was hard and could get dirty, I’d rather be working at a nice property on the peninsula (Hillsborough, Atherton, Los Altos, Woodside, etc.) during a nice spring, summer or fall day, than almost anywhere else.
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Did you ever work at "The Western White House"? It was in Hillsborough off of Crystal Springs Rd set back into the landscape. It was archirecturally based on the White House but smaller.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
totally with you and fortunate (as you) in the same way….what got me was how fast it happened, had a bit of a hard time recognizing some folks I’ve known for decades!…. not because of memory loss (maybe some?) but mostly because everybody looks so different….:bored:
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As Scott says: Life is short. Buy the bass!
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
totally with you and fortunate (as you) in the same way….what got me was how fast it happened, had a bit of a hard time recognizing some folks I’ve known for decades!…. not because of memory loss (maybe some?) but mostly because everybody looks so different….:bored:
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Last summer, I went to a college reunion. I had not been to one, because I thought it was a bit silly to look back like that. It was good, though. There were some people who looked exactly the same and others who were completely unrecognizable. It's also a little daunting to find out how many of us are gone.

My hair started thinning at 19, so the bald patch didn't fool anybody.
 
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Stealth57 said:
I was working in semiconductor manufacturing in the days of CoCom. We had interesting conversations regarding export controls with the DoD and DoC, including some CIA related ops when the DoC issued export licenses that weren't supposed to be approved. Oops, things went bang.
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I can't say much (and wouldn't since it might seem political and bring the mods in), but I'll just note that, like Chuck, things are quite interesting in the IP sector (hardware, software, mushware, etc.) WRT the current geopolitical situation. They already were, but everything's ramping up.

So far, I haven't had a need/opportunity to buy/sell a TBird, amp, pedal, or accoutrements from/to other countries, so it hasn't impacted me personally...
 
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Engle said:
As Scott says: Life is short. Buy the bass!
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It’s this kinda thinking that has me sitting on 28 basses (newer high quality slightly modified ones and somewhat modified -value decreasing- vintage ones), 13 amps, and 11 cabs. Knowing that stuff isn’t selling keeps me sitting on a lot of the amps I want to sell, (I don’t need 13! Maybe like 6-7 :D) because I’m not at the point of selling stupid cheap. The only basses I want to let go (currently 3) are listed locally and not getting any interest.:banghead: Again, not gonna drop price to stupid just to sell.
 
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