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This picture...
... will soon be used in three different publications. A brochure for a charity that I support, a web-site promoting environmental stewardship for the Shenandoah River, and a tourist bureau book for Front Royal, VA (where the picture was taken).
Pretty cool.
I was offered money for it, but I only requested photo credit. Given that these are charities that I support financially, it seemed a bit odd to ask for some of the money back. Well not the tourist bureau book, but they're a non-profit enterprise as well and money's super tight for nearly all the non-profits.
- Zurf
Yep. Good thinking. It's a lot easier to find work when you have it than when you need it.
My brother's been out for quite a while, and he's an accomplished engineer with a long list of cost-saving implementations and plant start-ups to his credit. It's rough. I thank God on a regular basis for my own good fortune.
- Zurf
Sounds like a right good summer.
mekidsmom wrote:I don't recall being nieve enough to be fooled. My little brother didn't have x-ray glasses but he did purchase some sunglasses (he was about 8 years old) with mirror on the INSIDE of the glasses to see behind him while we were in Daytona for vacation. My sister and I were disgusted that he was looking at the gals in string bikini's without making an effort to turn his head, I think my dad was jealous! LOL!
I had a pair of those too, but to prove what a dweeb I was, I used them for bike riding. It was convenient for being able to see cars coming up from behind. I didn't get to a beach nor use them for girls in string bikinis. Of course, a couple of my bike riding partners didn't look bad in those painted on shorts and shirts...
- Zurf
Well Dirty Ed, I don't think any of those unfortunate souls in Norway had recording contracts. It's not people or even news about whom the media are concerned, but celebrity. It used to be that sort of nonsense was reserved for "gossip rags" or in respectable news sources to "gossip columns." It was clearly and unabashedly recognized for what it was - gossip. What we have now is completely reversed. The media brings us hearsay, gossip, and opinion, which is then interrupted for a few minutes of news.
Makes me want to puke.
- Zurf
No. I unfriend or ignore folks like that. No need to deal with drama queens/kings. There's enough drama in every day life not to have to make stuff up.
The folks with whom I associate all tend to be WYSIWIG kinds of folks. Oh, we get silly and ridiculous, but it's understood that we're being silly and ridiculous. We're not trying to make anyone actually believe that stuff.
Now I must be jetting off to the coronation. Hanging out with all this royalty is so tiresome. And can you believe Rudolfus sent the Citation? I was expecting the Lear or the Hawker as a minimum.
- Zurf
Dirty Ed wrote:Zurf wrote:If anyone has some favorite left-hand (fret hand) exercises, please share. Links to Youtube especially welcomed. There are so many out there, it's hard to know which to use and which not. So if anyone can help to separate the wheat from the chaff, it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
- Zurf
I don't have any youtube links, however my main left hand exercise is:
Reach into cooler with left hand
Pull out cold bottle of adult beverage
Grasping bottle with left hand, remove bottle cap with twist of right hand
Raise left forearm (bending at elbow), bring bottle to lips
Ingest bottle contents - amount determined by thirst or mood
Repeat
Hope this helps
DE
You're a mess. Now play thet midjit song!
- Zurf
The Tusq saddles are a piece of cake. They come with instructions for replacing. The one thing I would stress to you is to sand on a flat surface. I laid the sandpaper down on a board and then was careful to drag the saddle acrosss the sandpaper upright. I checked every few strokes to be sure it was still square on the bottom. I got much better sound out of Ol' Reliable with a Tusq saddle.
- Zurf
One for the Evel Kneivel remote control stunt bike with ramps. It didn't work very well.
As a side note, we call my youngest daughter Ajax sometimes. I'll let y'all figure that one out.
- Zurf
Mine are folks with whom I've shared a campfire and some music.
I've said it before that it was Bo Crowder who gave me the excuse and desire to start playing, Dirty Ed who gave me the encouragement as I learned, and Gary Owens (a good friend who doesn't come on here) who gave me some early lessons and additional encouragement.
Without those three, I'd not be playing. I owe each them a tremendous debt of gratitude.
And now I have to add Normtheguitar to the list of inspirations as he has made me rethink doing covers and has challenged me to improve.
Those are my favorite players.
- Zurf
What Jerome said is the brutal truth. A sad waste of talent. Too many have gone out the same way.
- Zurf
Coffee and I'm in the US. But there are many times when a wee drop of tea (that's what my Gram always called it) is just the thing to hit the spot. I also like herbal teas and will often have an herbal tea like peppermint or chamomile in lieu of a nightcap.
- Zurf
If anyone has some favorite left-hand (fret hand) exercises, please share. Links to Youtube especially welcomed. There are so many out there, it's hard to know which to use and which not. So if anyone can help to separate the wheat from the chaff, it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
- Zurf
Oh good! A happy ending.
- Zurf
Thanks for the recommendation.
Yeah man! That's the way to do it. Well done Jamier.
- Zurf
The protocol the doctors follow is to rest for pain reduction, then physical therapy to teach you how to move the joint and to increase strength and reduce "instability". If that doesn't work, then usually surgery is required. That's what I've heard from everyone I know who has had shoulder pain, and it's what was done for me on my right shoulder. My left shoulder is on the exercise path, so surgery probably isn't too far away. It was so successful and relatively simple on my right shoulder that I will not delay to have it done to my left when the appropriate time comes.
When I had the surgery, I could not move my right elbow behind my back and I could not raise my arm to above 90 degrees (straight out) in any direction without extreme pain. After the surgery and restrengthening, I had full mobility and was back to rowing and paddling and swimming within two months. Not everyone's experience is that good, but two months is nothing after the amount and length of pain and limits on movement.
- Zurf
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-5-3-2-----------------------------------------------------
-------5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------
--------------------5(bend it)-3-6 5 3---------------------- (low E)
The 6 5 3 is gratuitous. Johnny doesn't play it that way, but I think it resolves and finishes the solo better. Also there may be one too many 5's in the middle part. Again, this is for playing it in G. Because there are no open notes, you can move it up or down. If you move it closer to the nut, you can go two half steps because at that point the 2 becomes an open note and will otherwise have to be moved down the A string to move it further.
I hope that helps and doesn't confuse. I don't know how to write these things up.
- Zurf
I'll try. I've never tabbed anything. Is there some software or something for drawing the lines?
I play it in G, but I think Johnny plays it in A, so my tab will be a whole step off.
- Zurf
Good one.
You know. Not for me. In case my wife's reading, there is no humor here.
Go to bed now honey.
- Zurf
p.s. Good one.
By God Pete you are right. There has GOT to be a song in that.
Come to think of it, Roger might be a bit weird too for sharing his margarita with a raccoon. But Roger's open-minded and no specie-ist.
bensonp wrote:Never seen a drunk possum. It's conjuring up a great visual. Sounds like good song material also. Maybe Ray Stevens style.
I kid you not. A 'possum staggered right past Normtheguitar and I Thursday night. Right past the campfire, right past us playing guitars and singing, right on by down to the river. Staggering like he was on a three day drunk. George the raccoon tried his best to disassociate himself from poor Jack the drunken 'possum and took a more civil and courteous approach. He just casually walked around the picker's circle Friday night on his way to my cooler. Must have been a dozen of us watching and he walked on by casually, like he figured we wouldn't notice he was a raccoon or something. Later he came out and really did sip on one of the guy's margaritas and hung out beside him by the fire for a time. I've never seen the like.
Geez. And I thought my 70's music was old.
Can't help you. Sorry. But I do wish you the best of luck finding what you want.
- Zurf
bensonp wrote:Finally got the sound bits to work. Way to go guys. Almost like I was there. Almost
You just need a shameless raccoon to sit beside you and sip on your margarita while you both laugh at a disoriented and possibly intoxicated 'possom. Then your experience will be complete.
- Zurf
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