Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

I get it. Just don't give up.

Thanks Glenn.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Yeah, a big massive pre-planned power outage.

PG&E’s way to protect themselves from lawsuits such as the ones from last year after the big Shasta fires...

 

[TerribleTim68]

PG&E’s way to protect themselves from lawsuits such as the ones from last year after the big Shasta fires...

This has Enron written all over it tho.

 

[PillO]

Today is October 9, 2019.
A quick google search showed that a pack of Marlboro's cost $14 in NYC.
As of today, Sweetwater is selling Tbirds at $2299.
Assuming that you smoke a pack a day, if you quit tomorrow and start saving that $14 a day, 165 days from tomorrow, on March 23, 2020, you'll have enough to pay cash for a new Bird

I'm bored and should do some work

It seems that the only time i'm successful at it is going cold turkey. And it works every time i've done that.

I will argue that you have not yet successfully quit if you have resumed each time.

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The physical dependence can be broken fairly quickly. If you can go cold turkey for a few weeks, you have broken the physical dependence. However, the social cues can remain. Activities that are associated with smoking are typically what results in resumption. The best method to break this is to break the social cues. develop a rigorous regimen associated with smoking and limit smoking to those times. Then on quitting day, stop doing those activities. It sounds simple but requires a meaningful amount of preparation.

 

[PillO]

Can I post a P Bass here?

Yes. You may suffer some amount of ridicule (no where near as much as others here), but it is not only allowed but well tolerated.

 

[JJR58]

I will argue that you have not yet successfully quit if you have resumed each time.

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The physical dependence can be broken fairly quickly. If you can go cold turkey for a few weeks, you have broken the physical dependence. However, the social cues can remain. Activities that are associated with smoking are typically what results in resumption. The best method to break this is to break the social cues. develop a rigorous regimen associated with smoking and limit smoking to those times. Then on quitting day, stop doing those activities. It sounds simple but requires a meaningful amount of preparation.

So, so true.

 

[PillO]

Well, not sure i can give you a rational answer to that question.

The irrational answer would be interesting/entertaining...

 

[Kriegs]

Can I post a P Bass here?

Here's mine to break the ice

 

[JJR58]

The irrational answer would be interesting/entertaining...

I wish it were, then i'd gladly share it.

 

[PillO]

so, no morte sicura (MS) for you?

I have no idea what that means, but I like it anyway!

Don't throw up on the mouse.

I'm not sure what that has to do with Thunderbirds, steaks, smoking, and/or cars...

 

[PillO]

Ok, here we go.....fire season...PG&E just cut power to about 800k folks in NorCal...

PG&E have been at that for years. I recall my first PG&E bill when I lived in Silicon Valley - it noted which blackout block I was in so that I could listen to the radio/TV for the rolling blackouts.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

I believe this thread may be sponsored by Phillip Morris, Car and Driver, Good Housekeeping and the Beef "It's what's for dinner" Industry.

 

[PillO]

The guitar player in my band used e-cigs to help him quit cigarettes. It worked, except now he's addicted to e-cigs!!!!

I have said for years that those are no safer than cigarettes. The lining of the lungs is some of the most sensitive tissue in the body and you want to bombard it with chemicals (or any type)? There is a good reason that the FDA very rarely approves drugs delivered to the lungs for non lung indications!

 

[JJR58]

Here's mine to break the ice
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Might as well throw the whole gang in there.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

Lovely P basses you both have. I'll get around to posting my P bass soon - maybe tonight. . . but soon.

 

[Gaolee]

hmm... ok... so:
7(10 x 5-6)/30g(60/(6.40+.60+1.50/120) x € + $ =
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That's a description of lawyers trying to do arithmetic.

 

[Gaolee]

Ok, here we go.....fire season...PG&E just cut power to about 800k folks in NorCal...

Enjoy the dark. At least it is not snowing.

 

[Gaolee]

This has Enron written all over it tho.

Not exactly the same, but same effect. PG&E have a whole bunch of conflicting directives they are supposed to follow, and this is one of the results. I don't know enough about it to say any more. But, the grim joke is that they are Pacific Gas & Explosion.

 

[Richard I]

so, no morte sicura (MS) for you?

Absolutely not! That wasn't the aim of my post and I'm obviously not suggesting anybody to smoke.

Of course!

And, since you were chosen by a 'Bird, you will always be a 'Bird person, whether you have one at the moment or not. Another one will find you one day.

One way or another. I kept my Hercules stand for A 'Bird

Ok, here we go.....fire season...PG&E just cut power to about 800k folks in NorCal...

Hope nobody gets hurt by that.
In Italy, power (electricity and gas) rises every winter. But I won't put on the political side, because I'd get angry.

Anyway, here it is: American Original 60s P Bass! Such a growly 60s P bass tone. Couldn't pass over it.

 

[Gaolee]

Anyway, here it is: American Original 60s P Bass! Such a growly 60s P bass tone. Couldn't pass over it.

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Plus it's a sweet color! I don't care for the salami pickguard, but you can't have everything.