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Thunderbird Club
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Yes, those Epi Ebony EB3s are great lookers, especially for the price!
Agreed about the maturity content. I stand as exempt but it's a thoughtful observation, for the most part.
I cut off the top of my thumb once. Wasn't quite as horrible looking as that, but might have been at least as shocking... clean as a whistle, thumb stops being there just before the tip, suddenly flat as glass. A real surprise to the sensibilities.
Sorry for your loss there... seriously it sucks to have an accident that leaves a deep mark like that, my inappropriate sense of humor aside.
Did she like her new kitchen?
Not inappropriate at all, I dish enough of the stuff out so if I can't take it and all that 
I had a slightly more serious injury to that hand about 5 years before that while being distracted, a 15mm (5/8) chisel went in and out of my middle my finger between two middle knuckles then back in again just below the adjacent lower knuckle then carried on going through my finger and hand and eventually came out halfway down my palm. That made a right mess, destroyed tendons, blood vessels and removed bits of bone, I was in surgery for four hours getting it fixed. To this day it still has restricted movement and has a big impact on a day to day basis.
Yes she was over the moon with it, or she feels so guilty she can't bare to tell me she hates it
Join up, get yourself an Epi classic IV and all your worries will be over, no more GAS
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Great "bird in the hand" action shots!
Some interesting threads on that Dude/Dudette in the last pic.Must be a story behind that outfit!
The show was a Tribute Bowie show, where all bands were to play a couple of Bowie covers together with their own original material...
The dude (Ras Bolding) is pretty colorful and always dresses up for his performances - This time his hair was red as Bowie had in the old days + a similar haircut. For other shows he's been either wearing a silver suit + blue hair, or a Dr. Frankenfurter from The Horror Picture Show outfit (that was for a Halloween show)...
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hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Nope, Mark... A 10 day work week....
I have a few fun scars, but I can't keep up with this level of small!-scale disaster! I'm Bowing out here- but I do always say that if I screw up my hands bad enough, I'll sell everything and go get a Chapman Stick or a Krappy touch board... hope you can still get on with your playing- I imagine so...
I had a slightly more serious injury to that hand about 5 years before that while being distracted, a 15mm (5/8) chisel went in and out of my middle my finger between two middle knuckles then back in again just below the adjacent lower knuckle then carried on going through my finger and hand and eventually came out halfway down my palm. That made a right mess, destroyed tendons, blood vessels and removed bits of bone, I was in surgery for four hours getting it fixed. To this day it still has restricted movement and has a big impact on a day to day basis.
Yes she was over the moon with it, or she feels so guilty she can't bare to tell me she hates it
Lol.Join up, get yourself an Epi classic IV and all your worries will be over, no more GAS
Ok,ok... I want to play the worst injury game!
July 18th, 2006... (that's how you know it was bad, you remember the date) I shattered my right leg's fibula and tibia while mountain biking. I didn't realize how bad it was until I looked down and my foot was flopped over in a very unnatural position and my riding buddies were telling me not to move and just lie there. Surprisingly, not a lot of pain as I waited for my ambulance ride to the hospital. Once in the ambulance an IV was given and I was off in the arms of Morpheus. First time ever receiving morphine and it was ridiculously soothing. I don't remember much after that except for waking up post-op with two of the gnarliest scars I've ever seen. It was three days later when I woke up seeing how they couldn't operate on me for fear of not being able to close me back up. Unbeknownst to me, my ankle had swelled to the point of almost splitting the skin so they needed to get that under control first, so I slept not knowing anything about what was transpiring. Two days of unconsciousness prior to the surgery and one day post-op.
Till this day and most likely till my last, I carry 13 titanium screws and 2 titanium plates with me and surprisingly have no limp. God bless modern medicine!
I still ride and still consider mountain biking to be an excellent outdoor activity and sport.
July 18th, 2006... (that's how you know it was bad, you remember the date) I shattered my right leg's fibula and tibia while mountain biking. I didn't realize how bad it was until I looked down and my foot was flopped over in a very unnatural position and my riding buddies were telling me not to move and just lie there. Surprisingly, not a lot of pain as I waited for my ambulance ride to the hospital. Once in the ambulance an IV was given and I was off in the arms of Morpheus. First time ever receiving morphine and it was ridiculously soothing. I don't remember much after that except for waking up post-op with two of the gnarliest scars I've ever seen. It was three days later when I woke up seeing how they couldn't operate on me for fear of not being able to close me back up. Unbeknownst to me, my ankle had swelled to the point of almost splitting the skin so they needed to get that under control first, so I slept not knowing anything about what was transpiring. Two days of unconsciousness prior to the surgery and one day post-op.
Till this day and most likely till my last, I carry 13 titanium screws and 2 titanium plates with me and surprisingly have no limp. God bless modern medicine!
I still ride and still consider mountain biking to be an excellent outdoor activity and sport.
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and get strip- then cavity-searched everytime you go through a metal detector.
Hmmm worst injury game?
I was just a kid at the time but I remember it well.... They told me not to run, I should'a listened. I stubbed my toe at the pool. There was blood all over the
tip of my big toe.
P.s. Not making light of any of you who have suffered bad injuries, from what I've read, certainly some bad injures!
I was just a kid at the time but I remember it well.... They told me not to run, I should'a listened. I stubbed my toe at the pool. There was blood all over the
tip of my big toe.
P.s. Not making light of any of you who have suffered bad injuries, from what I've read, certainly some bad injures!
It does affect my playing quite a lot between the two fingers but what can you do? I play for my own enjoyment now so what the hell, it's not going to get any better so I make the most of it
Ouch! I can't beat that, it sounds as painful as you like
He had the option to have them taken out too
Honestly, it hasn't been an issue, I quite enjoy it!
Security must see lots of metal in folks all the time so a wave of the wand and a gentle pat and I'm on my way. With the full-body scanners now in use, I just get waved right on through, no wanding or pat down.
I know I left some stuff in that reply that you can tee off on. Have at it!
He had the option to have them taken out too
That's actually true. The surgeon gave me the option after one year to have the hardware removed but he said I'd be better off leaving it alone if it wasn't giving me any trouble. And by any trouble I mean that the screws could be backing out.
I broke my thumb once, small and insignificant break at that too. It throbed. Lol
Thats my story.
Thats my story.
Haji
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Since I didn't see it noted and there was discussion of Hipshot tuners: be aware that they're exactly the diameter they're marked as being. There will probably be some finish in the peg holes that's going to need to get cleaned out (all four of the ones on my TB IV did) so the tuning machines will fit. They're right fitting!
