Thunderbird Club

[Dadagoboi]

So those guys eat roaches?

Yeah, the variety of roach that grows to an inch and a half. Absolutely harmless otherwise and don't make webs. Their silk egg purses are the size of a nickel.

 

[Count Bassie]

Two of my favorite things: Great Value and The Roach Patrol.

Wolves?

 

[Dadagoboi]

They ain't lambs.

 

[Count Bassie]

They ain't lambs.

They look like wolf spiders I mean. Very fast, you find them hanging around in the bathtub from time to time. Hard to catch!

 

[Dadagoboi]

They look like wolf spiders I mean. Very fast, you find them hanging around in the bathtub from time to time. Hard to catch!

Definitely. They also don't get out of the way unless there's a reason.

 

[Nocturnal]

Wolf Spiders? Used to see them down south but not here in the desert.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Wolf Spiders? Used to see them down south but not here in the desert.

wolf spider florida - Google Search

 

[Engle]

Here’s some video from my cover band’s last pub gig. Those are Cobalt flats on the VP. The LED lights seem to cause strobing within iPhone cameras.
I didn’t notice In the moment, but Karen is playing trumpet and tambourine at the same time.

 

[Nocturnal]

wolf spider florida - Google Search

Apparently they live in northern AZ but I don't think I have seen one while living in the Phx area.

 

[Klondike]

Maybe you're willing to spend 50% more on food than you have to, I'm not. It's not as if I stopped shopping Walmart they'd go away. Why should I suffer because other people can't figure out how to make their obsolete business model work?

I bought a one way ticket to China after realizing I couldn't compete manufacturing in the US. I didn't speak Chinese and had one tenuous contact. I have little patience with whiners who need a villain to blame for their failures, be it competition or immigrants.

Im not whining and Im not blaming anyone for anything. Going to a grocery store will not increase prices by 50%, your not shopping at walmart will not put them out of business, nobody even suggested that. You only suffer in your mind and "... obsolete business model"? You have an attitude problem, your full of yourself and condescending. that is how my wallet slammed shut at the idea of buying anything from you.

I will step off my box now and not return.

 

[Engle]

Wolf Spiders? Used to see them down south but not here in the desert.

We have them in BC. They are big...and fast.

 

[Engle]

Im not whining and Im not blaming anyone for anything. Going to a grocery store will not increase prices by 50%, your not shopping at walmart will not put them out of business, nobody even suggested that. You only suffer in your mind and "... obsolete business model"? You have an attitude problem, your full of yourself and condescending. that is how my wallet slammed shut at the idea of buying anything from you.

I will step off my box now and not return.

Dudes! Chill! Peace! More Basses! More Kittens!
Less politics please!

 

[Engle]

Looks like Mick got into Bianca’s closet.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Im not whining and Im not blaming anyone for anything. Going to a grocery store will not increase prices by 50%, your not shopping at walmart will not put them out of business, nobody even suggested that. You only suffer in your mind and "... obsolete business model"? You have an attitude problem, your full of yourself and condescending. that is how my wallet slammed shut at the idea of buying anything from you.

I will step off my box now and not return.

It would raise MY grocery bill by 50%, which is what I said.

Yes, in general having a bricks and mortar store is an obsolete concept. Here's an example: This morning I was looking for an LP jr. online. Lots of used ones on GC's site. One for $89 in Greensboro, NC. They'd ship it to Gainesville FL for a reasonable rate but I'd have to go there to pick it up. Wouldn't matter if they shipped it direct to me, I'd still have to pay Florida tax because they have stores here. Instead I went to the Musician's Friend site, found a new, P-90 equipped, cosmetically challenged one for $104, including free shipping, AND NO TAX. Florida is having a helluva time enforcing their tax on anything that ships into the state, almost every out of state seller is ignoring the Supreme Court decision that upheld it. Most people my age (friends, anyway) don't consider sales tax when they buy stuff. Savvy consumers do and try to find a way around it. The irony is GC and MF are owned by the same Corp.

I've had an attitude problem since Kindergarten, I doubt it's going to improve.

 

[GBassNorth]

I'm like you about not going out of my way to eliminate any living thing, which usually comes down to adverse contact with bugs of one sort or another. Sometimes our interface is unavoidable. As a cyclist I occasionally run-into/have mid-air collision with bees and wasps....I do miss fire-flies and cicada's.

In the summer of 1988 in Cincinnati I bought a brand new Alfa Romeo Veloche Spyder. Really fun and nice looking little convertible sports car. As I'm driving it home from the dealer I had the top down to get the full sports car experience. Unfortunately I drove head on into a swarm of millions of cicadas. The highway was completely covered with them, couldnt even see the pavement, it was like driving on ice. They were bouncing off my windshield and smacking me in the forehead. Those evil little red eyed buggers hurt at 55mph. All I could do was speed up and hope the aerodynamics would carry them over the car. Needless to say, living in California now and I sure don't miss the cicadas.

I drove one across country once. The hood is so long in front of the car - like a dinner table! So unlike most cars today where the front-end slopes away from your vision. The other car I really like is the Volvo P1800ES. I'd take one over the TR6 because of the transport space. The newer version was ok, but the original had such great style. Never drove one but I'm sure I'd like it having owed a nice '66 122S estate wagon for years.

The Volvo P1800 coupe and wagon are both sweet rides and very collectible. But I hear parts are getting hard to find for them, unlike the Triumph sports cars.

Here’s some video from my cover band’s last pub gig. Those are Cobalt flats on the VP. The LED lights seem to cause strobing within iPhone cameras.
I didn’t notice In the moment, but Karen is playing trumpet and tambourine at the same time.

Excellent! (Well, with the exception of the video quality).
Horn section was tight, singer was spot on her vocals and stage presence even when not singing. Bass solo was great. Transition to Tequila was a neat touch and perfectly pulled off. Crowd was dancing and I assume drinking. All in all, a perfect performance! Well played sir to you and the band.

Always love to see these live videos since I'm not playing out anymore. I get to live vicariously through others that way. Everybody, keep em coming!

 

[GBassNorth]

Looks like Mick got into Bianca’s closet.
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If I were the fashion police I'd arrest these two for flagrant violation of sporting sensible and attractive apparel in public. Seriously, those outfits look hedious. JMHO YMMV

 

[JIO]

Yeah, the variety of roach that grows to an inch and a half. Absolutely harmless otherwise and don't make webs. Their silk egg purses are the size of a nickel.

I've seen some big roaches - I saw a kid once (people I worked for) that had a really big one in an empty fish tank as a 'pet'... I prefer the spider.

 

[Count Bassie]

Apparently they live in northern AZ but I don't think I have seen one while living in the Phx area.

Good! Lol.

 

[Count Bassie]

Here’s some video from my cover band’s last pub gig. Those are Cobalt flats on the VP. The LED lights seem to cause strobing within iPhone cameras.
I didn’t notice In the moment, but Karen is playing trumpet and tambourine at the same time.

Nice relaxed swing on Tequila!

 

[TBird1958]

Two of my favorite things: Great Value and The Roach Patrol.

Being truly arachnophobic, I can see Florida would be my undoing. This creeps me out.