Until seeing this, I refused to admit that when I hit 60, grumpy old man syndrome kicked in. Now I admit it. I usually embrace new tech, but not this. And it comes from Canada? Are they polite robots?
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Thunderbird Club
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My daughter liked Deadmau5 when she was 16. Now it's a quaint memory, almost makes her a little misty.
Lol. I think it's cute of her.
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Sure those werent 45s? 33 1/3 was for LPs.
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After a couple of abortive attempts lets try this....
With the Greco, first song first set, the guitar needs a mic.
with the Jackson, the guitar is mic'd
With the Greco, first song first set, the guitar needs a mic.
with the Jackson, the guitar is mic'd
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An 'S' is hotter than a 66B (bridge) pup so in the neck position it's a lot hotter than a 66N (neck). They're Alnico magnet pickups. They need to be much closer to the strings than any post '69 USA Thunderbird pickup, especially ceramic magnet post '79 pickups.
Basically set ThunderBuckers so that when you fret the highest note you normally play they just miss touching the string. Then lower as necessary to balance the neck and bridge.
500k Volume Pots, 250k w/.047 cap Tone Pot. Back off one of the two volume pots slightly for hottest signal.
And after you’ve dropped the money into the bomb, you sorta want x more life to justify the spend in your mind. Which never seems to eventuate.
Or is that just me ?
Cars (like many other things) have an ongoing cost of ownership. Buying a new car, all the parts are new and very little maintenance beyond routine oil changes etc. are required. But, as a car ages, parts wear and need repair/replacement. If you care to do the math, cars have an operating cost (beyond consumable gasoline etc) that is a function of distance and time. In a new car this takes the form of loan payments (for those that finance or a lump sum to those that don't), in an older car it takes the form of periodic repairs. The cost of repairs is not the price of continuing to drive, it is the price of the driving you have already done.
When driving, I often think about the consumption of tires, brakes, filters etc. that is happening as I am on my way.
My 10 year old has started listening to Deadmau5 (pronounced dead-maw-five) but at least it is balanced by some Rush, Dream Theater etc.
Don't forget the price of NOT driving an older car...
Yep - machines need to run periodically to keep fluids in all the places they need to be and keep things from precipitating out... Note that I said that the operating costs ere a function of distance and time.
Entropy is patient and always wins over time.
Thermodynamics.....did a paper in school to analyze entropy in NYC's garbage disposal challenges....
never lies..
You know what they say...
If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate. [/chemistry geek humour]
Gaolee
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Well, that isn't the ideal passtime. It's gloomy this morning, but at least I can see West Seattle out of the office window.It was such a lovely October day here in Seattle too, unfortunately, I choose to have a root canal done today, so I've dozed a good portion of it off in a Valium haze.
Much better view than downtown Brooklyn.
Gaolee
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Yes. Eventually a sunk cost is just a sunk cost. When the dashboard wiring failed, I figured it was a sign from Cthulu that it was time for the bomb to detonate somewhere else. I took the manifold and carb off of it, because those were actually reasonably functional. The rest got turned into rebar or wind up toys or something. I hope.
I buy used vehicles because the original owner takes the biggest hit. After about 10 years, a modern vehicle is still just fine for a long time, but far cheaper. It won't get a whole lot cheaper after that, unless there's something really wrong. There might be a few repairs, but nothing like what a car payment and depreciation cost.
A friend has a 10 year old Nissan of some kind that she bought used. She currently owes money on it, more than it's worth. She doesn't do numbers. Oh, well.
....which we could condense to create a potentially better solution. [Been around too many lab geeks]
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It'll be raining soon, days like this are made for model trains...………………….
Here's the one I was scratch building, all finished up.
Gaolee
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Excellent! It's been a while since we had some train pictures.
