Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Exercise won't ever be fun the learning a new song on the bass is for me, but it's become part of my weekly routine and I do feel and look much better than I did, say two years ago.

Go, you! Congrats!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Was someone looking for measurements?

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We really need a wiki.

 

[JIO]

Running was work. Biking is joy.

Running is slow and hard on your body - as long as you keep the rubber-side-down, cycling is way better.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

you got peanut butter on my chocolate!

You got your mahogany on my walnut!

 

[GBassNorth]

Me, too. I had to teach myself it was ok not to clean my plate. Then I taught myself better portion control when putting food on the plate.

I grew up in a family of seven in a lower middle class household. Mom always served breakfast, lunch and dinner and you ate everything on your plate. No seconds. No dessert. You drank milk with every meal. And you ate by the clock, hungry or not at 8:00, noon and 5:30. No snacks between meals, no skipped meals.

When I got married and moved away from home the inlaws got a kick out of asking if I was hungry. I would instinctively look at my watch to see if it was time to eat yet. I kept those habits for about 20 years after leaving home and had zero weight gain issues. In my mid 40's I started doing a lot of international business related travel and could no longer eat by the clock. So I ate when I was hungry or when others ate. And my meal portion sizes quickly became equivalent to whatever others were eating. Pounds started to pack on.

Now that I'm retired and not traveling nearly as much I'm trying to get back to eating by the clock and eating smaller portions. When I stick to it I can easily drop 5 pounds in a week. The key is sticking to it.

 

[GBassNorth]

Some sweet mahogany, rock maple, walnut, and tiger maple on one of my Alembics.

 

[JIO]

I grew up in a family of seven in a lower middle class household. Mom always served breakfast, lunch and dinner and you ate everything on your plate. No seconds. No dessert. You drank milk with every meal. And you ate by the clock, hungry or not at 8:00, noon and 5:30. No snacks between meals, no skipped meals.

When I got married and moved away from home the inlaws got a kick out of asking if I was hungry. I would instinctively look at my watch to see if it was time to eat yet. I kept those habits for about 20 years after leaving home and had zero weight gain issues. In my mid 40's I started doing a lot of international business related travel and could no longer eat by the clock. So I ate when I was hungry or when others ate. And my meal portion sizes quickly became equivalent to whatever others were eating. Pounds started to pack on.

Now that I'm retired and not traveling nearly as much I'm trying to get back to eating by the clock and eating smaller portions. When I stick to it I can easily drop 5 pounds in a week. The key is sticking to it.

Yep - not to leave out that as we age our metabolism slows down. When young, we could eat anything and burn it off w/o a thought. I remember that change happening to me at around 40. I was still an active bike racer then so diet and discipline was already established. I re-learned last year after having my left hip replaced (end of January 2020 - first major surgery) - add to that Covid had established itself so I ended up sitting around eating out of boredom and gained 20lbs. Hated it. After the other hip was replacement in June (crazy year) - I put myself on a structured diet and cycling regiment and within 2 months lost those 20lbs. It's all about commitment or as you put it - sticking with it.

 

[11th Street Kid]

Scotch and Fig Newtons are a fantastic non-obvious combination.

My wife is South African and grew up eating cheese and jam (strawberry) sandwiches, which she loves and I can’t get my head around. I’m sweet OR savoury, the concept of them together between slices of bread doesn’t compute.

She did turn me on to bacon and banana sandwiches though which I had a similar reaction to at first but loved it when I tried it!

 

[RedVee]

As an artist I find the "pink thing" very interesting. Even in the (road) cycling world, owning/riding/racing a pink bike was making a statement at one time. Having a pink (something/anything) is more common now and hardly anyone batts an eye seeing something pink. It shows you the power of colour. Think Prince and the one colour that is tied to his legacy. French artist Yves Kline was know for his "International Kline Blue" - wouldn't it be great to be remembered with a colour. FTR, "International Colours" denotes an international standard for colour mixed to specific pigmentation and density. So, to have a colour on their list is huge. I helped curate an art show/exhibit by a European artist who specified a wall be painted in a specific International Colour, which luckily here in SF I had a known paint store that could mix that. Standards are very useful when you are talking international.

The annual cricket Test match in Sydney has a “pink day” where (a lot of) the crowd dressed in pink in support of a breast cancer charity.
Pink Test 2021 - Help Raise Funds For Our Nurses - McGrath Foundation

This is very well supported. The pink test seems to grow every year in donations.
The charity is named for the wife of one of our greatest Australian cricketers who died of breast cancer.

 

[RedVee]

My wife is South African and grew up eating cheese and jam (strawberry) sandwiches, which she loves and I can’t get my head around. I’m sweet OR savoury, the concept of them together between slices of bread doesn’t compute.

She did turn me on to bacon and banana sandwiches though which I had a similar reaction to at first but loved it when I tried it!

My Dad was known to eat jam and cheese sandwiches on occasion... which I thought odd but there you go.

On holiday on the NSW Nth Coast (about 88/89) the Pizza place sold a ‘dessert pizza’. Yes, banana and bacon. Bloody nice too!

 

[PillO]

As is dark chocolate and beer.

Beer and carrots (no dip) is surprisingly satisfying.

 

[PillO]

We really need a wiki.

This thread IS the wiki. Just that it isn't very well organized or indexed.

 

[PillO]

Running is slow and hard on your body - as long as you keep the rubber-side-down, cycling is way better.

<snip> I re-learned last year after having my left hip replaced (end of January 2020 - first major surgery) <snip> After the other hip was replacement in June (crazy year) <snip>

Your experience might contradict your assertions...

I was a marathoner in my 20s. In my 30s I switched to rollerblading because my knees had suffered a number of injuries. I do specific physio for my knees to keep them relatively pain-free for skiing.

In my 20s I played rugby and a few other things. My hands, particularly the knuckles, are now arthritic. One of the reasons I started playing bass was to try to keep my fingers moving.

In part anything we do will cause problems later in life. In another part, we also outlive our service life.

The problem is that our bodies can provide up to about 40 years of useful service. Historically, lifespan was (ignoring infant deaths) not much more than age 40. It is the advent of civilization (clean water, food security, security from predators and outsiders etc.) that provided the first big lift in lifespan (to about age 60). The second big lift came in the last 100 years with the advancement of medical science. In the wild, no animals die of old age.

 

[RedVee]

The first time I had marmite I nearly gagged on it. Super salty kinda smokey flavor IIRC. I spread several large dollops on toast which was apparently the wrong way to serve it.

Once done right it's not a bad thing, actually kinda good but you have to do it right to even tolerate it. It seems the proper way to eat it is to spread butter on the toast first then swipe an incredibly small amount of marmite (about 1/4 as much marmite as you use to butter your toast, maybe even less). I still prefer jam but marmite will do in a pinch.

Serve with a beaker (mug) of hot Builders Tea with cream and sugar for the win.

Yes, it’s very salty and yeasty and is a by product of the beer making process. It’s made in Burton-upon-Trent here in the UK and if you’ve ever been there the smell of Marmite hangs in the air!

Marmite typically goes on toast, there’s another yeast paste, Bovril, which is (was?) more typically turned into a drink.

I much prefer Vegemite. But I’m sure that is just from being raised on the stuff.
A favourite tourist trap is to allow them to spread their own vegemite on the sandwich or toast, some try it on a spoon!

 

[RedVee]

Peanut butter on a slightly tart apple is also real good.

Try Granny Smith slices with a slice of Tasty (cheddar) cheese on top. Yummo!
Also cuts cracker biscuit consumption

 

[RedVee]

So, all this talk of building NRs leads me to a question.

If one was to build a 30.5” scale NR TBII, would the body size be scaled down as well ?

 

[Count Bassie]

I'm to the point that I almost, almost - like working out, I still have to mentally kick my butt into doing it, but after not working out at all for at least 40 years I did expect this to be a bit of a battle, as is learning how to eat like an adult.

I'd love to have a waistline half as sexy as this...............

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I went to physical therapy to see about healing tendons in my shoulder that have been beaten to the likes of old frayed clothesline... now I've been working with big rubber bands to strengthen those little muscle groups in your back associated with shoulder blades. *AND* pushups, which I hate almost as much as pullups! Which are coming...
Anyway it's been working, and my work habits and posture have gotten noticeably better.
I also have to guilt myself into doing it, but since I've gotten results it's not that much of a chore. It's also good for my mental/ emotional state, a little lactic acid goes a mile...

 

[Count Bassie]

Exercise won't ever be fun the learning a new song on the bass is for me, but it's become part of my weekly routine and I do feel and look much better than I did, say two years ago.

Yeah, it's good too feel good, right?? Of course we'll need to see a new dress pic!

 

[dagrev]

From the later '70s into the '80s - multi-lam construction became common. Neck-thru construction was already there - but the advent of "natural" finishes and use of more exotic woods lead to showcasing that 'look'. The "hippy sandwich" was born.

Thanks!

 

[dagrev]

I haven’t built a bass from scratch for a long time, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be an upside down Ric shape using Thunderbird construction, including the thinner wings. After I get the Ghia on the road

I have often wondered if that wouldn't be a good look, with a few modifications for play-ability. Can't wait to see it. The Ghia can wait! We're talking about a new and revolutionary bass design here! The world is waiting!