davio Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Ho-hum...it's kind of like saying "Hey! The mail man delivered the mail again today!" Just not that intersting anymore. I'm much more interested when ANYBODY else wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I believe they are now called mail-persons, or mail-carriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 No...this is a mail carrier: http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Chain%20Mail%20Shirt%20&%20Coif.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Oh...and my carrier is definitely a mail man. If he's replaced by a woman I'll call her a mail woman or mail person or mail female or whatever she likes. I'm not going to step on my own balls for the sake of other people who act like they're offended that I referred to another hetero self-identifying male as a man. If he tells me he wants to be identified in neuter terms, that's fine. But until then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Oh, boo hoo. Just wait, another 82 more years for the second curse to pass. Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Your mother was a hamster. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/TrentKojiras/FrenchTaunt.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I'm not saying I agree with it, I just think it's amusing. http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/funny-graphs-downloading-illegally.jpg Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Here's why I don't feel bad about it: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200009/file-sharing Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 And we're posted on the web. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gdvisions#p/u/3/T-ANRZyupQk Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 One of the four original copies of the Magna Carta is currently on display at the Fraunces Tavern Museum located at 55 Pearl Street. Tickets (adults $10, children $5, children under 5 free) The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Maybe not too much OT. Last nite I played on a HUGE show, the Xmas party of what is probably the biggest FM network on the country. I had the chance to share the stage with some well-known names of our national music industry (such as the legendary pop-rock band "Aditus", now powered with old friends of mine in a Brass section, such as Rodolfo Reyes (Sax) and José Ramoncini (Trumpet), and "Pocho" Serra on guitar, also played "Los Amigos Invisibles" (Venezuelan-gone-international band, currently signed to Luaka Bop records) , of which two of them were students of mine back in ... I won't tell , and also a Reggaetón duo (dunno-who and dunno-who-else, I just can't remember) with whom was playing an old friend of mine and former band colleague -his other band, his own project, is a Dream-Theater-like prog-rock band, mind you!- ). Right after us jumped onstage (with his orchestra) a man who is known around here as a "Legend" of the EUB.. most exactly, the Ampeg Baby Bass, one of the most famous Venezuelans in the world, and a prominent Salsa musician: OSCAR DE LEON. Does anybody around know him? He's a sweet guy, polite and an absolute delight to share backstage with. And a titan on stage, period. It was a honor to share stage and backstage time with him. Here a video I found on YouTube, of a song he wrote dedicated to his Bass.. "Mi Bajo y yo" (My bass and me), which states that "My bass and me are just like brothers... ". Wouldn't any of us say such a thing about our instruments? Here it is. [video:youtube] Quote Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 You can tell it's hunting season here. My neighbor(s), for some strange reason, field dresses his kill in his back yard. My 18 lb terrier sees this as way better than Dad's Lamb and Rice dry food. She eats her fill, which is equivalent to putting four pounds of shit in a two pound bag. Then she barfs it all up, and always on the carpet. So glad I have a wet-dry shop vac. Dunno how we ever had pets before these things came around. Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I just bought this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-5-string-fretless-bass-neckthough-no-hardware_W0QQitemZ170419175589QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item27adc640a5 I have great plans for it. Will post a new thread when it's done, along with where the hardware came from...... Question; should I set it up as a 34" or 35"? It'll be strung with a high C, so I'm leaning 34". Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 So a week or two ago I started having pain in my right thumb. I recently started working for a general contractor and it's kicking my sorry butt back into shape. Between strenuous hammer swinging, holding heavy nail guns and drills at odd angles and all sorts of other stuff I've also been working a lot on my slap technique. One of my room mates is a physical therapist and informs me that it's tendonitis...in my thumb! Who does that?!? Fortunately most of the work I've done in the last week or so has been demo so I don't have to aim the hammer when I'm knocking holes through walls so I've been using my left hand as much as possible. We've also had the last two weeks off of band rehearsals due to everybody traveling for the holidays since we didn't have anything booked so I've laid off the slap as much as I can. My thumb hurts most when I first wake up and the gf tells me I have a weird habit of popping my knuckles while I'm asleep (when I wake up half way to roll over or something). So I've rigged something up with a thing about the size of 1/2 a roll of quarters and an ace bandage where I put the roll between my thumb and forefinger and tie down my thumb at night so it's not extended or flexed. It's been feeling a bit better the last few days so I'm hoping I've got it almost beat. Only thing is that work goes back full swing tomorrow and rehearsals start back up Tuesday. I hope I can keep my thumb on the mend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I need to type. Last wed. night the manager/optician of the store I work in died. 41 years old. I liked him very much, and enjoyed working with him. Talents? Sure. But what set him apart from the bazillion other managers and opticians I've worked with is that he gave a shit. All you really have to do in life to make a difference is give a shit. Simple, isn't it? I will miss him both personally and professionally. And I'm pissed. I wish he gave a little more of a shit about himself. Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFLA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm sorry to hear that Paul, but it's the sad reality that the ones who care the most about those they serve also tend to put themselves at the most risk. Of all the chemists and biologists and technicians I've had the pleasure to work with (in the Public Health arena), most have held their responsibilities and obligations above that of their own health and well being. There's no reward for that, but you and I know that they would not (and could not) have wanted it any other way. My thoughts go out to his family and to those (like yourself) who appreciated him and his work and efforts. Sincerely, Jim Quote Jim Confirmed RoscoeHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Last I checked, there wasn't a DOE charge code for "giving a sh*t". Especially in a union shop. One has to do that for free. Those people are few and far between, and helps make it worthwile to get up and go make a living. Quote Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I give one every morning after my second cup of coffee. What?! Quote "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Too... much... information!!!! Must... remove.... frontal .... LOBE! Quote Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Lemme give ya a hand with that pal. Gawd I'm selfless . . . Quote "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I got the new Carvin catalog yesterday. A couple new products, including 1500 watts class D monster. Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 hmmm. I may have to make a trek down and try out that BX1500. I tried the BX500. It was cold and lacked balls. Quote "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 You're cold and ... never mind. Quote Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Quote "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Paul - sorry about your friend. Funny about the Carvin being "cold". I felt that way about the first Acoustic Image amp I tried. Later I realized that it would take very little (like a SansAmp pedal) to warm the thing up. Let us know how the new stuff sounds. Tom Quote www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Ah, another sad day. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34778153/ns/us_news-life?GT1=43001 Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 NY Jets are alive for one more week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Evidently this earthquake in Haiti is a pretty big deal, made worse no doubt by the crappy infrastructure. I've flown over Haiti a bunch of times on the way to Aruba. Looking down from the plane it's bizarre how the Haitian desert brown landscape turns to a lush green right at the Dominican Republic border. Ouch. Those people are gonna be hurting even more than usual. And on a lighter note, wow that Cardinals game was exciting on Sunday. I don't follow football much, so I hope that those well informed would please let me know if the offenses were that good or if the defenses were that bad. Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Mama Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Looking down from the plane it's bizarre how the Haitian desert brown landscape turns to a lush green right at the Dominican Republic border. Ouch. Those people are gonna be hurting even more than usual. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. You want to read an incredibly inspiring book, try "Mountains Beyond Mountains," by Tracy Kidder. You want to donate to help the perennially unfortunate and destitute Haitians, go to pih.org (Partners in Health). Quote Queen of the Quarter Note "Think like a drummer, not like a singer, and play much less." -- Michele C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 The Misa Digital Guitar I'd be interested in what other sounds it could produce. From what I see here, meh. Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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