…at least the billionaires will be ok…
All I (selfishly) hope for is at least ten years of a somewhat comfortable retirement. Working consistently since I was 14, I think I have f-ing earned it!
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…at least the billionaires will be ok…
All I (selfishly) hope for is at least ten years of a somewhat comfortable retirement. Working consistently since I was 14, I think I have f-ing earned it!
2 younglings out there. One of them is doing field conservation, the other is studying to become a sonographer. They're smart and savvy, but they have to work at their worlds in ways that I didn't. But we're here, in some part, to build and make better. Yeah, it's challenging. Sometimes I'm sorry it's the way it is, but they each have good attitudes about their life. They have done much better than I did at their age, and older.
But just to be fair to myself here, I do play a Thunderbird... I'm trying to pass the torch...
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This is a fair statement. I call it Hezekiah syndrome (Bible reference, in The Book of Samuel somewhere), and it's a pragmatic and reasonable stance. Peace and safety in your day is worth gratitude. Every generation has their challenge, we have had ours too. We've done our best, screw ups and victories included.
Some are less sapient than others. Devo was right.
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I have a son and daughter in law. They want kids. I assume that will happen. So like you, I have a reason to try to make things a little better than they would have been without either of us. There's no guarantee that either of us will make much of a difference, but I like to think an inch here or there from all of us adds up in the end.
Agreed. I think the fact the humans are social, and clannish, makes that happen. Put something of yourself into it, next thing you know a barn is up.
AI's not a novel concept by any means....you may remember fuzzy logic (multi logic state) from back then that was limited by noise and never really achieved......today, with PAM (pulse amplitude mod) and what seem like limitless wireless bandwidth.....
You’ve already made a huge difference in their lives. And they appreciate it.
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Used the Squire today. Been fighting some kind of sinus thing and felt like.... But I have to admit that thing sounds really good. Really warm sounding. I found I tended to like the "thinner" of the two options (which isn't thin) the best I think. Had a touch more upper mid bite it seems.
Plays great and no dead spots I noticed. Really great playing and comfortable bass. A tad lighter wold be nice but I didn't find myself thinking about the weight much when playing. Some Squires may not be well done, but this one sure is. I might ditch the color regardless of what I do.
I had DTFs on it and was completely happy with what I was hearing but might try a different string Wed for the heck of it. I really expected I would not be thrilled given it sounded really good at home but was shocked how good it sounded. Who knew? I'm definitely going to have to play it a few times before I seriously think about pulling the pup and installing the Koreabucker. But I'm thinking if that strat pup sounds that good, how good will the Thunderbird style pup sound? Who knew this crazy thing would actually sound good?
Plays great and no dead spots I noticed. Really great playing and comfortable bass. A tad lighter wold be nice but I didn't find myself thinking about the weight much when playing. Some Squires may not be well done, but this one sure is. I might ditch the color regardless of what I do.
I had DTFs on it and was completely happy with what I was hearing but might try a different string Wed for the heck of it. I really expected I would not be thrilled given it sounded really good at home but was shocked how good it sounded. Who knew? I'm definitely going to have to play it a few times before I seriously think about pulling the pup and installing the Koreabucker. But I'm thinking if that strat pup sounds that good, how good will the Thunderbird style pup sound? Who knew this crazy thing would actually sound good?
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Is that one of those Squires with the baseball bat neck?
Aircraft carrier.
I had one, sold it. Now I have an FSO that has a similar neck, but it's super light and sounds really good, so I don't mind it.
With you there... zero gaps since 15.
Maybe 3 to go yet.
But Id prefer 25-30 if still well & able.
Sapience... bad idea, generally. Leads to all manner of foolishness.
I personally have long identified as a Hetero Habilus.
Has tools; thinks different.
Well... People say that but I don't think it's large. Feels like my basically '55 which I think is great. Nice and round, very comfortable. But those can vary a little. I've played other '58 Pbasses that didn't feel much like mine. I find the early/mid 60s Fender necks my least favorite. They are seem wider but may not be but are flatter. My '64 Pbass has a late '63 neck and it's like that. It's comfortable but would prefer a little thicker in a perfect world. But that obviously doesn't exist. Fender says the nut on the Squire Pbass is 1.685 (42.8mm). If anyone were to think that really large, the nut on the new NR is 1.6 (40.64mm)
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Indeed. Common in autofocus systems from Polaroid and others early on.
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I bought a Fender CIJ '51P RI new in '06* and liked it for a while - it did the P-bass thing really well. But I eventually turned it into this (T2K MkII) - needless to say, much more versatile.
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My wife asked about me retiring a couple years ago and I told her I've worked my whole life and don't know remember what it's like to not work. The only time I don't remember working was when I was a little kid. By 11 was doing regular work for people not long after that I was doing simple maintenance for two guys that owned a bunch of apartment buildings. One was a slum lord. We collected rent weekly. One of us would go to the front the other out back for those who wanted to live there free. I will say he treated everyone fair and never took advantage of anyone. They will in parts of town that should have been avoided, but even criminals had some morals back then! Lost of stories there. But I'm not sure I'd know what to do to not have to get up and have things to do. No wonder I'm tired an wore out! I earned it!
