Well if some scientific predictions are correct, 30 years is about all we have left for Earth to support life. I really hope it's something akin to scare tactics to get our sh1t together.
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Thunderbird Club
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So back on the topic of Thunderbirds... I am defeated. The GAS has assumed complete control. I got an opportunity to pick up a second 2018 ‘Bird, this one in black, for just over a grand... and I took it. Gotta have one for standard/drop D and one for BEAD. The GAS commands it.
COMMANDS IT!
Pics will of course be forthcoming when it shows up.
COMMANDS IT!
Pics will of course be forthcoming when it shows up.
Rort-
INFORMAL•AUSTRALIAN/NZ
a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. eg. “a tax rort"
“To engage in sharp practice”
So - if you are ‘in on it’ you get the benefit & happy days,
Otherwise you look on enviously on someone else good fortune - generally from being ‘smarter than the average bear’ - and cry ‘not fair’
INFORMAL•AUSTRALIAN/NZ
a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. eg. “a tax rort"
“To engage in sharp practice”
So - if you are ‘in on it’ you get the benefit & happy days,
Otherwise you look on enviously on someone else good fortune - generally from being ‘smarter than the average bear’ - and cry ‘not fair’
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That's why I mentioned that number. (I'm aware or the forecast for sustainable life on earth) It also coincides with an approximate time I have 'left' on the coil. Personbally I do feel it's more than a 'scare tactic' at this point.
What, precisely, is the function of the capo-or the hand?
Gaolee
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It is not weakness. It is seeing what the world could be. I may have a skewed view of things, being around energetic, optimistic, creative, and just flat out good hearted young people fairly often. Our neighbors' oldest son finished eighth grade and had a party in the back yard. He and three other boys threw together a band in six weeks. They sounded pretty good. Even better, the kids who came to the party acted like exuberant kids while also being polite and respectful. They are the future. Point being that it will be better in time. We will even live to see it happen.
Gaolee
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I didn't expect 30, let alone double that. The crystal ball is cloudy plastic.
Wait'll ya hit 73(74 in August)and look back and think "why did I_________?"
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I know it is not a weakness - creativity is a powerful strength that some people lack and they try to squash every chance they get. A parallel example is that real humor is not at the expense of another but is the sharing of the experience of our shortcomings as fallible humans. We laugh because we are all in the same boat (inclusive) - not them vs us, which divides us. I will wholeheartedly support the overwhelming creativity of youth when and if it happens.
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My 2013 has some kind of small, catastrophic chip/ding/bite taken out of it at the upper "sweep" of the hip of the bass, but it's still a thing of beauty. It was a "Rescue Bird", after all.
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Same here. When I was approaching 20, 30 was a joke.
I'm 58 in a couple weeks, joke's on me. Except that I've retained my sense of humor, so I can get it too.
You're making me nervous man! Get those birds in a stand. Much too pretty to be damaged by a fall to the floor.
Had a funny experience the other night. We had a show at the local Vinnies during their dinner service for the local needy. It so happened that the accordionist had his wife with him. She hung around with us so as to not interfere with the service.
Afterward we asked her for her opinion. All good except ‘the accompaniment was too loud” . Poor bloke looked a bit crestfallen.
Afterward we asked her for her opinion. All good except ‘the accompaniment was too loud” . Poor bloke looked a bit crestfallen.
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I grew up with my Polish grandmother - an accordion is what my parents would have loved me to be interested in/play back when I was a kid!
But I only wanted a guitar (of some sort!) Oh well... so much for an accordion like Lawrence Welk played!
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You chose wisely grasshopper.I grew up with my Polish grandmother - an accordion is what my parents would have loved me to be interested in/play back when I was a kid!
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In an interview with The Chronicle when the band was about to undertake its first tour three years later without Wyman, guitarist Richards didn’t sound too concerned about his absence. “It’s not like it’s Charlie Watts, is it?” he said.
~Ouch!~ I think Bill Wyman was the first bass player I knew by name. I'm definitly going to check this new doc out. (83 yrs old? - how is that possible?)
In an interview with The Chronicle when the band was about to undertake its first tour three years later without Wyman, guitarist Richards didn’t sound too concerned about his absence. “It’s not like it’s Charlie Watts, is it?” he said.
~Ouch!~ I think Bill Wyman was the first bass player I knew by name. I'm definitly going to check this new doc out. (83 yrs old? - how is that possible?)
Speaking of documentaries... I watched Satan & Adam today. Very cool story
