Thunderbird Club

[fasterpussycat]

It's a little known fact #62 was entirely injection-moulded from tort.

 

[PillO]

That’s where mine go. I don’t do acid.

 

[Gaolee]

If I stopped smoking I could probably buy an epiphone thunderbird every month or so.

Maybe I should take up smoking in order to quit and justify a VP.

 

[GonePlaid]

Wiarrhea!

No, unfortunately. I do keep my old ones and have a bag of them at work to bring to a store here that's part of D'Addario's string recycling program.

With the price of cigarettes these days that's totally true!

I quit smoking when they went up to $.35/pack from the machines on the Navy base(1968).

 

[StephnG]

That's a rad Ric.

Thanks,
I was hoping I wouldn't get in trouble for sporting the "FrankenRic" here although in my defense, it's the only bass I own with *Blades" it's a 76', I'm the 2nd owner since 81 needless to say it's gone through a few changes LOL

 

[Gaolee]

I quit smoking when they went up to $.35/pack from the machines on the Navy base(1968).

$0.35 was real money back then. Just saying.

 

[GonePlaid]

$0.35 was real money back then. Just saying.

Yep. And my petty officer 3rd class pay wasn't.

 

[GonePlaid]

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

Why?

 

[GonePlaid]

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

Howsabout cold fried chicken instead?

 

[GonePlaid]

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

That sucks.

 

[PillO]

Maybe I should take up smoking in order to quit and justify a VP.

Winning!

 

[GonePlaid]

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



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



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.

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Passover isn't 'til April.

 

[Count Bassie]

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

[Quasi-Rant/] Good answer, because it's addiction... and the answer tends to venture into abstract territory. That is still a kind of hard reality however, because it's part of who we are as humans. So in this sense it's rational.
This world is treacherous and interrupts our peace, our path of happiness, et al.
We need to elevate, push it all away, escape it. Addiction isn't stigmatic, it's a perfectly logical response to the unnatural stress put upon us by the powers-that-be who dominate this life.


[/End Quasi-Rant]

 

[PillO]

I quit smoking when they went up to $.35/pack from the machines on the Navy base(1968).

Well, you'll never be able to afford a Thunderbird unless you develop some more expensive habits. Maybe give cocaine a try...

 

[JJR58]

[Quasi-Rant/] Good answer, because it's addiction... and the answer tends to venture into abstract territory. That is still a kind of hard reality however, because it's part of who we are as humans. So in this sense it's rational.
This world is treacherous and interrupts our peace, our path of happiness, et al.
We need to elevate, push it all away, escape it. Addiction isn't stigmatic, it's a perfectly logical response to the unnatural stress put upon us by the powers-that-be who dominate this life.


[/End Quasi-Rant]

Well. In all honesty CB. What you just said is truth.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

[Quasi-Rant/] Good answer, because it's addiction... and the answer tends to venture into abstract territory. That is still a kind of hard reality however, because it's part of who we are as humans. So in this sense it's rational.
This world is treacherous and interrupts our peace, our path of happiness, et al.
We need to elevate, push it all away, escape it. Addiction isn't stigmatic, it's a perfectly logical response to the unnatural stress put upon us by the powers-that-be who dominate this life.


[/End Quasi-Rant]

that bass tone! man...

 

[PillO]

[Quasi-Rant/] Good answer, because it's addiction... and the answer tends to venture into abstract territory. That is still a kind of hard reality however, because it's part of who we are as humans. So in this sense it's rational.
This world is treacherous and interrupts our peace, our path of happiness, et al.
We need to elevate, push it all away, escape it. Addiction isn't stigmatic, it's a perfectly logical response to the unnatural stress put upon us by the powers-that-be who dominate this life.


[/End Quasi-Rant]

Addiction is a complex process in the brain. But some of what is known is that the "reward system" primarily activates though dopamine receptors. Various behaviours can cause the release of dopamine and the result is a desire to do that activity again for that dopamine release. Amoungst other things, we know that having sex causes dopamine release. It is also known that video game designers try to develop games that will produce a regular release of dopamine in the brain so that little adolescent brains get hooked on the games.

 

[Gaolee]

So, explain why we beat ourselves up at the gym. Dope-I-Mean? The reward is being winded, then really tired, then sore. Then do it again.

 

[Count Bassie]

So, explain why we beat ourselves up at the gym. Dope-I-Mean? The reward is being winded, then really tired, then sore. Then do it again.

Admit it... it feels good.

(Right!... lol)

 

[Count Bassie]

that bass tone! man...

I love that tune.