Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Blown away by the part where two teammates picks up an opponent (notice how she's assisting them-staged move) and they throw her over the fence onto a concrete floor 7 ft below! I mean, how do you not get hurt having that happen! I remember the many 2 hands on the fence flips over the fence, but I don't remember them being thrown completely over it!

It may be staged, but those people are tough as they come. Movie stunts have to be easier and safer. Movie stunts actually look like they could be kinda fun in one of those pull-the-cord-and-hope-it-works kinds of way.

 

[Gaolee]

My daughter came home from pre-school raving about a book they were read called green eggs and ham. So, having food colouring around, I made green eggs and ham for dinner.

Keeping the kids happy and amused and engaged is what we do. It generally works out pretty well. The world is going to be a better place when us old gits get out of the way and let the kids screw it up in a new way.

 

[Gaolee]

No.

Restless leg syndrome is a sensation that is relieved by movement - some call it "the jimmy legs". It is a sensory problem. Usually easily treated with a low dose of dopamine agonist.

Night time leg cramps is muscle cramping - an uncomfortable and uncontrolled tightening of muscle and is often relieved by movement. It is a motor problem. Quinine acts as a mild muscarinic antagonist to reduce nerve impulses to the muscle which usually results in reduced muscle tone.

Some of us are just wiggly. Leg cramps are a whole 'nother issue. They are no fun at all when a calf muscle or foot just fires off into a ball of pain at some random time at night. I had those as a kid, and they turn up randomly even now. Staying hydrated helps, as does making sure there's enough potassium in my system (bananas). I will very rarely get hand cramps and foot cramps, and those are entirely a hydration issue.

 

[Gaolee]

Not as much fun as 'restless eye syndrome'.

That syndrome gets me into lots of trouble. I walked into a post, and my wife has never let me forget it. I'm not sure she knows why I walked into the post, though.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

at least you got sun....played an outdoor party at Kelly lake today and thought I was getting hypothermia....it's June for crying out loud!!..
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I don’t see the castle?

 

[GonePlaid]

There is no blue food in nature.

"I even like the chicken if the sauce is not too blue"-ZZ Top-"TV Dinners"

 

[Larry V]

There is no blue food in nature.

Blue cheese.

*BOOM*

 

[MCF]

Great info, I'll have to compare notes tomorrow. How are you measuring the neck relief?

Neck relief measurement using the E string. Capo on the first fret. Depressing the 17th fret. Using feeler gauge at the 7th fret. .012. It’s the same depressing the 15th fret. And recall I followed the EB instructions re sticking the end in the tuner hole, then half wrap around the post and back through the slot, then wind down the post. A PITA given how stiff the cobalts are under the silks and how narrow the posts are.

 

[TBird1958]

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Are you letting this one go Carlo?
It's a lovely bass.

 

[JJR58]

Neck relief measurement using the E string. Capo on the first fret. Depressing the 17th fret. Using feeler gauge at the 7th fret. .012. It’s the same depressing the 15th fret. And recall I followed the EB instructions re sticking the end in the tuner hole, then half wrap around the post and back through the slot, then wind down the post. A PITA given how stiff the cobalts are under the silks and how narrow the posts are.

I've never used the EB recommendation on how to wrap the strings. Have not had a problem at all so far.
But i do agree about how stiff they are when it comes to wrapping them around the posts.

 

[JIO]

Yeah, I think this predates the Hulkster by several decades...

I was going to mention GG -

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I don’t see the castle?

amazing how well you recognize the area....the pic faces west...the castle would be facing 156..north..

 

[Count Bassie]

No.

Restless leg syndrome is a sensation that is relieved by movement - some call it "the jimmy legs". It is a sensory problem. Usually easily treated with a low dose of dopamine agonist.

Night time leg cramps is muscle cramping - an uncomfortable and uncontrolled tightening of muscle and is often relieved by movement. It is a motor problem. Quinine acts as a mild muscarinic antagonist to reduce nerve impulses to the muscle which usually results in reduced muscle tone.

I wonder if regular stretching and some rigorous exercise would alleviate that?

 

[GBassNorth]

Some of us are just wiggly. Leg cramps are a whole 'nother issue. They are no fun at all when a calf muscle or foot just fires off into a ball of pain at some random time at night. I had those as a kid, and they turn up randomly even now. Staying hydrated helps, as does making sure there's enough potassium in my system (bananas). I will very rarely get hand cramps and foot cramps, and those are entirely a hydration issue.

Hydration and potassium are the key to preventing leg cramping. Another super fast acting cure is dill pickle juice. Just take a couple of swallows of pickle juice and those cramps will stop right away.

I have restless leg (mostly foot actually) syndrome and it's really no big deal. However, it can be annoying to others when you're constantly moving your foot or leg. It's something I have to focus on to stop doing, which is also no big deal. There are worse afflictions one could have.

Restless eye is something just about all of us have at one time or another. The watchout is when it's joined by restless hand syndrome. About the only cure for that combination is a good divorce lawyer.

 

[JIO]

That syndrome gets me into lots of trouble. I walked into a post, and my wife has never let me forget it. I'm not sure she knows why I walked into the post, though.

Reminds me of a very lucky instance on my VFR. I was stopped at a signal in the far right lane of a 4 lane'r. I noticed a nice looking woman walking on the sidewalk and when I turned my attention back to the front the light had just changed. Normally I would have launched as soon as a light changed, but the car to my left had already started forward. ~BAMM!!!~ a city bus going full steam ran the yellow and slammed into the front side of the car spinning it around! If I had gone first, I would have just seen a mass in my peripheral vision before being broadsided by a city bus! (or at least had been part of us both being hit) On that intersection I would have not considered someone, let alone a city bus attempting to run a light as there are 7 lanes (3 in the opposite direction)! I stopped and gave the stunned drive (he was ok as the airbag kept him safe) my # and told him I witnessed the whole thing. I guess I could thank that pretty woman for the distraction!

 

[GBassNorth]

Neck relief measurement using the E string. Capo on the first fret. Depressing the 17th fret. Using feeler gauge at the 7th fret. .012. It’s the same depressing the 15th fret. And recall I followed the EB instructions re sticking the end in the tuner hole, then half wrap around the post and back through the slot, then wind down the post. A PITA given how stiff the cobalts are under the silks and how narrow the posts are.

Ok, glad I asked. I've always cappoed at the first fret and depressed at the last fret then used a feeler gauge at the 8th fret. I'd suspect measuring at the 7th will result in a slightly smaller gap. I'll give it a try today.

When I was on my quest for the perfect string for the Eppi VP (which has an incredibly long distance from the ball anchor to the G string post) I tried Cobalt Flats and noted the winding instructions. I like three wraps on my posts, two at a bare minimum. The EB method comes in handy if the strings are so short that you can only get one or less traditional wraps around the post.

The normal stringing method only has one sharp pressure point to anchor the string so two wraps are really required to keep it from slipping. The EB method has three sharp anchor points so you can get by with only one full wrap or less without it slipping.

That said, I suspect what's really behind the new EB wrap instruction is a bit of value engineering. If EB can make each string one inch shorter then they can realize a 4 inch savings on every set or 40" on every 10 sets, which is basically an entirely complete set of free strings for every 40 sets they make. Not a bad little cost savings plan when you make as many sets of strings as they do.

 

[MCF]

Blown away by the part where two teammates picks up an opponent (notice how she's assisting them-staged move) and they throw her over the fence onto a concrete floor 7 ft below! I mean, how do you not get hurt having that happen! I remember the many 2 hands on the fence flips over the fence, but I don't remember them being thrown completely over it!

As a kid growing up in SoCal, we had Dick Lane’s wrestling and roller derby show (The LA Thunderbirds were our team!) on channel 5 KTLA. Lane was a B movie actor who turned to being a wrestling announcer in the early days of TV. It was all bogus, but entertaining.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My daughter came home from pre-school raving about a book they were read called green eggs and ham. So, having food colouring around, I made green eggs and ham for dinner.

Sounds to me like you're dadding quite well.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Are those the same as 'restless legs syndrome'?

Leg cramps hurt like hell and you have to stretch to get them to stop, but the pain is bad enough that the last thing you want to do is move. RLS has your legs moving constantly. (Or so I am told on RLS by others who have experienced it (in themselves or someone else in bed).

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Then there is periodic limb movement. It most often involves legs but can also be arms. It is an involuntary twitch, sometimes violent, and is a motor "problem". There is no specific treatment.

Out of the blue, for a couple of years now, I start "fighting or running" in my sleep, according to my wife. Only once have I awakened during such a time, which was scary- in the dream I was about to punch a monster in the face. I awoke and stopped my fist mid-flight, heading toward my wife's head. That was scary. Thankfully I haven't hurt her! Usually she wakes up and moves away or just wraps me up too tightly to move until I calm down. We hates it my Precioussss.