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Yeah, I Wore Shorts!
- Thread starter EdwardofHuncote
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Me it was L4=L5. The opposite happened with me... But I can tell you I don't look near as good as you do in shorts... for some reason that bass looks bigger now...Both! C5-C7 diskectomy and cervical fusion last Fall after a lifetime of hard knocks. I got really bored sitting around for 12 weeks waiting for bones to fuse, so I started walking to kill time. About the same time, I started taking meds that control debilitating headaches. It worked great, but it also turned off the switch that tells you to go eat something.
Walk more, eat less. I went from 235 to 175. They told me to stop, and I didn't know how to. At 155, I got put on a special diet. What you can't see is the gather in the back of those shorts!
Here's a split screen of me with the same bass, roughly 6 months apart. (not shorts!)
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July 2018 / May 2019
Wild, huh?
See post #52 above.
I saw. That seems a little extreme, although I'm very glad you made it through. I was hoping for night sweats or something.
THE SHORTS AREN'T THE PROBLEM!!
IT'S THE SHOES YOU ARE WEARING WITH THEM!!
LEARN FROM YOUR DOBRO PLAYER!!
IT'S THE SHOES YOU ARE WEARING WITH THEM!!
LEARN FROM YOUR DOBRO PLAYER!!
Love it, man. Well stated! 
Well, Barbara Eden is happily married, going on 88 years old next month, and still working too. She is the sole surviving cast member of IDOJ after Bill Daily passed away at 91 last year. I think they were pretty close, and occasionally made appearances together. A lot of folks don't know, but he really was a bassist, and would often use the bass as a prop on the show. He played all the way up until the end.
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Now, the Girl in the Bottle... me and her go waaaay back. Barbara just introduced us.
Normally I pop into these threads to be a smartass about the Shorts Police but I'm far too busy having massive amounts of anxiety about your rig being that close to water.
I'd be driving to my gigs today in the '87 245 but its still on jackstands in the garage after a heater core, blower motor, head gasket, timing belt job. Getting the dash back together is the hardest part, and there have been too many gigs to get in and finish it. So back seat of the work car it is.
Which speedo is best for metal? Sting takes a break from his eighteen-hour-super-endurance-sex-yoga to offer a suggestion:
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Talk about "Shorts Police"...
Not sure what the hangup is around here with people wearing shorts. I wear them as soon as it gets nice enough (50), and don't take them off until it gets like (35) the next winter. I've never looked down on people that decide to wear them to a gig. I guess it just depends what type of band you're in. That makes all the difference.
I can’t unsee that!Which speedo is best for metal? Sting takes a break from his eighteen-hour-super-endurance-sex-yoga to offer a suggestion:
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Talk about "Shorts Police"...
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I love a chance to talk about my buddies... the dobro player and me go back almost 30 years. Man... I've learned a ton from Ernie, and I'd like to know for fun how many miles of the music road we've traveled together.
Me and Ernie, after a Winter gig somewhere a couple years ago...
But nay, I don't do without shoes. Not even for Ern. My brite-whites there have gel insoles, so my ankles and knees thank me, every night after I weigh an extra 10 lbs for a 3 hour-long gig.
- Aug 21, 2013
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- I privately own and operate a local musical instument repair shop.
Me it was L4=L5. The opposite happened with me... But I can tell you I don't look near as good as you do in shorts... for some reason that bass looks bigger now...
Those Lumbar fusions are tough... my Mom has had two now. But she chews up nails and spits out barbed wire. I'm pretty sure my next one will be T1-T2. Not looking forward to that.
I bet the hardware didn't fall far from the toolbox.
Yeah, it's tough around here with the self styled fashionistas that can't wear shorts as they have ugly leg syndrome, or the alleged musicians that can't appreciate good music unless the band is dressed in PC acceptable uniforms for musicians. But those childish concerns aside, WHO THREW THE DRUMMER IN?
Practically passed out a week ago for a gig with little or no ac, warm lights and a sweat bath while wearing jeans. Complaining to a lady friend during break I was told "no jeans in july" and after that experience live by those words!
