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Zurf wrote:Well, I went to the Costco in Winchester, Virginia with a buddy of mine and we almost hit Oliver North as he was headed into the store. Then when we were done and on our way out again, guess who stepped off the curb in front of us and we almost hit? Yep. Oliver North again. But I knew who he was.
I took a guided whitewater trip one time and there was an old-timer with a young gal (twenties or so) in an old beat up aluminum canoe with a terrific home made tandem skirt. The guy was wearing jeans and a sweater for a cold bottom-release run on a controlled river. Definitely an old school paddler. Well, his canoe takes on a ton of water and I'm getting nervous about seeing him back there behind us on all the lines with his sloshy canoe and made mention to him that it might be time to bail out. "Soon. Soon," he replied. A little later, "Dude, that canoe is really listing. You need to bail." "Oh, I'll be all right. There's a pinhole in the skirt. We'll be fine." I figure the guys a doofus who doesn't know squat and he can learn his own daggone lesson the hard way. At the takeout, he came up and introduced himself. Said it was nice of me to try and make a safety recommendation. It was Lou Matacia, an absolute whitewater paddling legend with more first descents than anybody his age except maybe Randy Carter. It'd be like meeting Eric Clapton and making some recommendations on putting together a blues lick. And, by the way, guess who was shivering like mad and in the early stages of hypothermia? Not Mr. Matacia in his denim jeans. I was in all my fancy clothes. So it would be like playing a really horrendous lick ending on a sour note and THEN suggesting to Eric Clapton ways to spruce up his solos.
- Zurf
Which reminds me............................
A couple of months ago I was looking after my friends music shop whilst he was in the UK and a guy came in lookng for a set of guitar strings and with my best salesman hat on I offered to fit the strings (for a small fee of course) and also tried to talk him having the guitar set up suit the strings, not forgetting that it needs the intionation right to get the best out of it when playing up the fretboard. The gentleman thanked me and politely declined my offer. OK you win some and lose some.
A week or so later I walked in the shop and the same guy was taking to my friend Howard (the shop owner) and on seeing me the guy and I exchanged greetings and a handshake. Howard said "So you guys have met then?" and I explained that in Howard's absence I had sold him a set of string but could not get him to have his guitar set up. With a very large smile on his face Howard said to me "I better formally introduce you to Ian Gillan from Deep Purple then". Deep purple was about the colour of my face, but we did have a good laugh.
Roger
Hi Wayne,
Nice one, my friend. I enjoyed listening to it and (hope you don't mind) made a couple of small changes to your post so I could print it out to give it a whirl myself later today.
Roger
I have removed the link from PapaTom after finding that Manicbassman is claim is correct.
Roger
Doug_Smith wrote:Welcome back Roger..... some of us thought you'd expired....?
Thanks Doug, but you can't get rid of me as easy as that 
. A serious PC crash followed by a minor illness and a trip to the UK for my baby girl's 40th birthday have kept me off line for a while.
Aplogies to Lieven for going off topic.
Roger
gitaardocphil wrote:MY POINTS ARE
1) If you sing, the melody coming out from your vocal chords, will be different, because of the anatomic structure, so if you record your voice and listen, it sounds different.
Lieven when you hear yourself talk or sing normally a good percentage of the sound is transmitted internally to your eardrums but when you hear a recording you are hearing externally through your ears canals only (just as everyone else hears you) which is why you sound so different. I, and I am sure many others who record regularly, are so used to this that we do not notice the difference anymore.
Roger
May I add my welcome to Lawrence and to Ngeruu.
Lawrence there are several Members who play in their churches and I am sure they will be able to offer help with any specific hymns you want. As for rhythm, this is always the most difficult area to explain in writing, listening and feeling becomes fairly easy over time but having someone demonstrate is probably best. At the start of the Acoustic section is a 'Sticky' with some strumming patterns that may help.
Roger
Zurf wrote:AHA! Am7/G does have the same chord fingering as C/G!
I always thought that C/G was 332010 whereas Am7/G is 302010.
Roger
I have just had a message from Camdener that the UK postal strike is messing things up causing the delay in moving the picks on.
Roger
Hi Helena,
It is great that you and Sue have eventually met each other after all this time as cyber friends. Although the weather loooks decided chilly there plenty of warmth in your smiles.
Roger
Do not use the asterisk! It is the same as using the full word and will get deleted. The English language has far better and meaningful adjectives than profanities.
Roger
Hi Kenny,
I am so pleased that your day in court went well. The long wait is enough to give anyone an anxiety disorder and start them smoking but I hope you can relax now and get back to normal.
Roger
mekidsmom wrote:As long as these aren't your relatives, I think we're ok! LOL!
Interesting to note that the males are very handsome and the females plain 
Roger
I was told the other day never to assume anything as it makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'.
Roger
mekidsmom wrote:We also have a 30 gallon tank full of guppies that just continue to multiply! LOL!
I hope you are not taking my family name in vain .
Roger
Hi MH and welcome to Chordie,
This subject has been discussed before. Please read the following threads to shed some light on this issue.
http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11720
http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic. … 20&p=1
Roger
Russell_Harding wrote:Thank you Roger and its not belated as today is the 13th and my birthday started out good I woke up this morning
Roger Guppy wrote:Sorry, I missed this one so it is a belated birthday wish from me and I hope you had a good one.
Roger
Perhaps I need lessons on how to read a calender . I will now have an ice cream and beer to celebrate with you as today is the day. Cheers, Happy Birthday and bottoms up.
Roger
Sorry, I missed this one so it is a belated birthday wish from me and I hope you had a good one.
Roger
Welcome back Hannah. I, and I am sure many others, have missed your input so it is great to hear from you again.
Roger
Here is one of my favourites. The original words were written and performed by Leny Escudero with music by Leo Missir. Released in the UK by Richard Anthony in 1963 with English words by Alan Holt.
I have the original sheet music for this song which cost me 2/6 (two shillings and six pence, equivalent to twelve and a half new pence, for those of you too young to understand the shorthand for the old currency )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9SxFYEbq8g
Roger
Hi Starbuck and welcome to Chordie,
I am sorry to hear of your password problems and if you are still in difficulties please write to me privately by clicking my E-mail on the left and I will sort it out for you.
Roger
To follow SouthPaw'a theme:
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, give him a rod and you will feed him forever.
Roger
Hi Boot,
I am so pleased to hear you again, your prescence has been sorely missed, but glad that you have been busy and keeping out of mischief .
Welcome back,
Roger
My favourite is 'To Make You Feel My Love': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6n01sou … re=related I have to admit though that I had never heard this one until recently when Catarina, a student of mine, introduced me to it. It has been covered fairly recently by Adele.
Roger
Hi Jeff,
The lady concerned is away for the weekend but I know that they were not received on Friday. There has been a postal dispute in the UK and that may be the cause of the delay.
Roger
Hi John,
This vid might help with restringing your classical guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wkunMK_ … re=related
And this one with your Floyd Rose: http://www.ehow.com/video_2389184_restr … uitar.html
Roger
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