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Thunderbird Club

#178,783
Gaolee said:
Eventually it will all be paved over with suburbs, office parks, and factories. And all of those will be abandoned about five years after completion when Texas completely runs out of water.
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You grossly overestimate our water supply. We won’t even finish expanding I35 from here to Dallas before we run out of water.
Then again, even with infinite water, we wouldn’t finish that.
 
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#178,785
BklynKen said:
Ahead of our first show on July 2, I was just lemon oiling the fretboard and polishing the rest and wow do my frets look like crap. They feel smooth, though. I guess they just need a polish?

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JIO said:
I have one of Stew Macs fret erasers (not sure what to they call it but its like a hard eraser) that does a quick fret polish. If you don't have one - tape off the fb and use fine steel wool. (0000) Shines the right up!
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It may not need mentioning, but just in case: if using steel wool, don't forget to tape off (or otherwise cover) the pickups too! :unsure:


GBassNorth said:
Thunderbird…
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Ooops, wrong kind.
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Maybe wrong kind, but definitely right color! :thumbsup:
 
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#178,788
Miles_ONeal said:
Or fortunately, depending on viewpoint :D
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I've followed the trends and we may see a very different Texas in the near future. Still, hard to imagine after the recent power outage fiasco and their (powers-that-be) bogus excuses related. I'll reserve possible further responses to... you know where...
 
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STOP THE PRESSES! STILL ATTACHED! (as of 0050, 06/24/2021)[24/06/2021 for some]
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Miles_ONeal said:
we love you despite your lack of cooth in this arena!
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I really feel it has to do with the exact time/era you heard what you heard. (from PF) If I entered their universe for Dark-side of the Moon - I too would have been put off. (apologies to all out there who love his song/era) I bought "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" as a cut-out in a grocery store "budget rack" (99cents) I thought, Wow! sooo psychedelic! (as in, I'd never heard of them but loved that cover!) I followed them through Ummagumma, and Atom Heart Mother - and then stopped listening to them. I considered anything after that "commercial" - (as I said, MY opinion and not slagging those who love PF post AHM)

Not attempting to convert you (at all) to listen to PF - just translating my own connection to them. BTW, feel similarly about The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and King Crimson (to name only a few bands in this category). Loved their first few LP's and sometimes a couple others... but definitely lost interest for each at a certain point.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
we love you despite your lack of cooth in this arena!
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Well, as I replied to Jeff's post that Alice Cooper was my first concert and Slade was really the first band that I "got", PF was far too mellow and lacking in loud gnashing guitars and pounding drums. Another component of it was the "(drug) culture" that seemingly came with listening to PF, I can't speak for everyone but it seemed like the "thing to do" was get stoned and zone out to PF........Not sayin' I didn't smoke certain things in the '70s, but I realized I liked life without that kind of stuff a lot more and by the time High School was over I'd left the "culture" (and listening to PF while enjoying it) behind. When I hear it now, it reminds me of that time in my life and I don't regret leaving it behind.


TL;DR I'm odd, always have been............

I count at least 25 Thunderbirds in this picture.

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#178,796
PillO said:
Please define a successful bus strike...
;):laugh:
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Hold my beer...

I will be out of town tomorrow. The VP will arrive tomorrow. I 'fessed up to my wife who rolled her eyes and asked if it was another cymbal. She looked amused when I told her it was just a bass guitar.

I play upright or drums most of the time these days, fer chrissakes!. But never mind. She won't refuse delivery if it comes here. She was fairly pleased that it was in pensive for what it is. I kinda wish she understood music and instruments better, but I take indulgence and say thank you.
 
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