Wow! I forgot how fast things move on this thread. One day (Saturday) away for a funeral and I'm several days behind. How does that even happen?
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Thunderbird Club
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
My dad took me and my brother to it when it first came out. We all loved his opening monologue.
I hear you. I always ship things like I want some thing shipped to me. Plenty of care and protection. I've sure seen some weird packing over the years and been amazed it arrived safe. I never mind mentioning good packing/shipping or sorry packing in feedback.My wife laughs at me when I am packing a bass for shipping because I go a bit overboard. I just hate it when I buy something and it arrives damaged, especially when the packing job isso I do my best to ensure nothing happens to anything I ship.
The worst package I received was an Epi BlackBird with the headstock snapped of. The seller used very little bubble wrap around the body and no protection around the neck at all, so no surprise it was damaged.
The second worst shipment was my green Epi NR. The bass was put in the case, a shipping label attached to the handle, and shipped. Nothing keeping the case closed, no protection of any kind in the case, address was wrong, but somehow it arrived at the office. The UPS driver was even going door to door looking for me because there was no suite # on the tag. Its a miracle that it made it here.
Volume, Ken. We need sound! Cool pic. Love to see members in action.
As much as I love Ampeg--some things I don't care for and the most of their 410 are on the don't care for list. My Heritage 410 is a completely different animal.
Darwin might have said leave the dog in the drink, but I have problems of logic, rationality and probability there, so I'm glad you did too, if but for a moment and pulled that little lovable fur ball from the water and almost certain death. I'm also glad he didn't knock you in the head, throw you over and steal your kayak. Not much kayak-jacking here, but trends always start with just one incident. And now we all know you're and ol softy!
Point taken, but have you forgotten those retina burning pics he's posted?
Wait, that ain't no motorcycle. Somebody slipped in an AMX in that last pic.
Well, ya had me 'til jalapeno. Don't like the flavor. No problem with the heat.
Spaceballs.
Point taken, but have you forgotten those retina burning pics he's posted?
He gets a mulligan for saving the pup
Fortunately our old Grady just doesn't seem to care.
Most of our friends dogs freak out. As do many vets with PTSD which don't seem to get much consideration.
It's starting to pick up around here so, time to pour a bourbon barrel aged porter and go comfort the cat.
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Just received an email from a friend about Independence Day:
Today as Americans we celebrate the birth of our great nation. This is a time to come together with family and friends, enjoy some good ole fashion summer time fun, shoot off fireworks, and reflect on all the wonderful things that make our country the best in the world.
While America is not perfect, we have more freedoms in life than anyone on the planet. Let us all be thankful for the blessings we have today and remember the price paid by so many so that we can have the opportunity to achieve our dreams.
From my family to yours, we wish you a happy and safe 4th of July.
Context is everything. He is a 6'6" guy from Sudan. He's the darkest complected person I've ever known and I love telling people we're brothers. He has worked, visited or lived in many places around the world (mostly not the tourist type places) and has a big picture perspective on things. He's see it all. He speaks Arabic as his first language. After 9-11, he understood he could play in important role as a translator and understanding certain middle eastern cultures. He enlisted in the army and quickly became an officer with top secret clearances and was a trusted translator for many of the people that are well-known names from the middle eastern conflicts. He could have chosen to live anywhere, but chose here. Came here with little to nothing but now owns a nice business he started.
Today as Americans we celebrate the birth of our great nation. This is a time to come together with family and friends, enjoy some good ole fashion summer time fun, shoot off fireworks, and reflect on all the wonderful things that make our country the best in the world.
While America is not perfect, we have more freedoms in life than anyone on the planet. Let us all be thankful for the blessings we have today and remember the price paid by so many so that we can have the opportunity to achieve our dreams.
From my family to yours, we wish you a happy and safe 4th of July.
Context is everything. He is a 6'6" guy from Sudan. He's the darkest complected person I've ever known and I love telling people we're brothers. He has worked, visited or lived in many places around the world (mostly not the tourist type places) and has a big picture perspective on things. He's see it all. He speaks Arabic as his first language. After 9-11, he understood he could play in important role as a translator and understanding certain middle eastern cultures. He enlisted in the army and quickly became an officer with top secret clearances and was a trusted translator for many of the people that are well-known names from the middle eastern conflicts. He could have chosen to live anywhere, but chose here. Came here with little to nothing but now owns a nice business he started.
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Cat prefers to hide under the couch. Beer is from 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Pete, FL.
I don't think you need to comfort the cat. I think it's already been into the aged porter. From the semi-conscious look, you may not have any left and my want to go check.
It is here as well. Just waiting for some nut to torch a house or something on a property.
Saw that in our old neighborhood. Stupidity + fireworks is bad. Adding booze is like adding gas. I'll watch for a short time, but it's just not that interesting and much prefer watching other people literally burn up their money.
I've seen the WDW nightly fireworks show many times. Better than most Holiday special shows.I don't think you need to comfort the cat. I think it's already been into the aged porter. From the semi-conscious look, you may not have any left and my want to go check.
It is here as well. Just waiting for some nut to torch a house or something on a property.
Tonight's their first show in over a year. Bet it's a monster.(I'm 135 miles away so I'll miss it).
We have a huge display on the river just before the Ky Derby (Thunder over Louisville). It's supposed to be one of the largest in the world, according to what we're told. Watched it on TV a time or two, but would never venture downtown to be among the 100k that gather to watch. The interesting part is the aviation show. All day long there are various military planes and helicopters of all ages. We used to go over near the airport and watch them take off and land. One year prior to 9-11 you could enter the airport and get up close to some the aircraft. Saw a stealth B-2 fly over while driving in town one day. Just something you don't see around here.
Mine has gone into hiding as well, somewhere.
Probably under the bed, hiding amongst the Thunderbird cases....
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