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OK. I feel the need to apologize.
I didn't notice that this was posted in the Poem category. I always hit the "recent posts" button when I stop in and didn't see which heading it came under.
I never would have gone on the way I did if I had actually opened my eyes and seen that.
Well....... I'm on the other side of this fence and I must, respectfully, disagree.
The human species are explorers. We have a natural curiosity to find out what else is out there; and that curiosity didn't start with space exploration.
Whether you're on the creation or evolution side of our beginnings, most folks can agree that we as human beings started our journey in Africa or the Middle East. From there we spread out across Europe and Asia and eventually to the Americas.
During the age of "enlightenment" known as the Renaissance, European governments spent copious amounts of money funding expeditions around the globe. There was plenty of poverty at home at that time just as there is today, but they felt there was much to be gained from the investment; raw resources, shorter trade routes, etc. Granted, they took what they wanted by force which has left a permanent black eye on their "enlightenment" but they discovered that there was much more to the world than they ever could have imagined.
I view space travel in the same way. There is so much out there in the vastness of space and we don't have a clue. There are opportunities and resources that, given time, will be explored and harvested economically. The recent success of the Space-X reusable launch vehicle is the first step in making that possible. Up until this point we were basically throwing away our car every time we took a trip down to the store. That has now changed and traveling to space will get a whole lot cheaper.
There is one more point I'll put forth for the investment in space travel.
Terra-Firma is a bit of a misnomer. Our planet is fluid and ever changing. There have been extinction events all through the earth's history. Species have come and gone. Mankind's arrogance implies that we're immune to such things. It may be 10, 100 or 1000 years but I have no doubt that it will happen again. Maybe I have my tin foil hat on but it seems to me that if we spread ourselves out into space we have a much better chance of surviving as a species in the event of a global catastrophe.
But hey, that's just me. YMMV. 
Merry Christmas to one and all!
Bad or not, he's not going to be a happy Santa if he sits on my chimney since this is the time of year the fireplace is always active.
It's really hard to strum and have something come out as an easily, recognizable song. There are only so many chords and they are used over and over. As was mentioned earlier, adding a few lead licks will help a lot. Stepping through the chords with individual notes can help as well.
Give a listen to this and you'll see what I mean about only working with a limited number of chords. There are 25 +/- songs played in this 4 minute video. They are all using the same 4 chord progression.
and Grateful Dead "Foolish Heart" no features along right side....
I missed this yesterday.
Nice to meet you both.
Have a Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year.
Nice!!
I'll have to keep that one in mind.
My idea is to sell a bunch, put the money aside and get a really nice Martin..
Can't go wrong there.
And if you have some money left over, you can put it towards a road trip to attend 1-2 of the chordie events that are somewhat near you.
Syracuse, NY. and Harrisburg, Pa. come to mind.
nice one graham, but where's the photo?
Seriously!!
Pics or it didn't happen.
I'm not much of an electric person but I am a big fan of Epiphone, having 6 of them in my herd.
Thanks for the heads-up TF and for the link TIG.
Low 50's and rain here.
Tomorrow starts our next bout of 2 day at a time winter. Low 40's for Friday and mid 30's Saturday. Then it's back to 50 for Monday.
I could get used to winters like this.
never named any of them
Ditto.
I've never given a name to any inanimate object.
With a career spanning 40 decades,
WOW!!
He is a lot older than I realized.
Good old whats-his-name from Grateful Dead was also missing a lot of his middle finger. Jerry Garcia! That's it. Anyway, he figured it out.
But it's his right hand that's missing the finger so no problem making chords or playing those sweet licks.
About time to revive this thread.
Last year we had our first snow right before Thanksgiving. It got cold in November and never let go until late March/early April. Same with the 13/14 winter.
It couldn't be any more different this year. We've been getting some modest cold spells but it warms right back up. Highs have been in the 50's and overnight lows in the 30's. Only going down to around 45F for the next few nights with highs in the mid 60's.
The weather gurus are saying no brutal cold or snow into Christmas. That's as far out as they're willing to guess.
The guys I play with decided to try a new cover on Sunday when we got together; Van Morrison- Bright Side Of The Road
They showed it to me early in the day and we taped it right before we called it a night. I got lost at one point. 
But it didn't come out too bad for our second time playing it.
Superb!
Wish I had "a rough first take" that sounded that good.
I still have one can left in my fridge for a special occasion.
Roger
The Zombie Apocalypse?
They look like they have boxing gloves on.
Are you involved in kangaroo fighting? 
unclejoesband wrote:dino48 wrote:I got your e-mail Roger and sent you the photo I owe you some Mountain Dew or Dr.Pepper! Vince Thanks very Much Roger and think I owe you TWELVE pack of Mountain Dew.f
Back in August, in New York, Roger discovered he liked Birch Beer.
UJB I did not think he drank any beer,or is that root beer?
Similar to root beer yes. Non alcoholic.
Roger Guppy wrote:Happy NGD Dino; but where are the photos?
Roger
I got your e-mail Roger and sent you the photo I owe you some Mountain Dew or Dr.Pepper! Vince Thanks very Much Roger and think I owe you TWELVE pack of Mountain Dew.f
Back in August, in New York, Roger discovered he liked Birch Beer.
JJJ?
Give that man a cigar!
I saw NGD and who do you think my first thought was before I looked at the name??
Happy New Guitar Day dino.
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