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Topic: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

I don`t see much going on here lately. So I`m just saying hi to everyone.
To those I know personally. I got a stable bill of health. Not a clean bill of health. Far from it. I`m good with stable. Especially after what I was told over two years ago. You won`t ever see me drinking again.
   Oh well. Self inflicted pain deserves no sympathy. .
I did have one good friend tell me that my attitude is what saved me. I told him I wanted to die sober. Then I changed my mind. I told him I wanted to live sober. I was good about the whole situation. Didn`t blame other`s. Kept a sense of humour about it.
  I`m still around. Not 100%. Still holding my own. Still irritating Chris. We`re still together.
See some of you sometime this year. 

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Nothing In Moderation  -- Live Fast. Love Hard. Die Young And Leave A Beautiful Corpse. -- Buy It Today. Cry About It Tomorrow.
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Re: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

Glad  you   are  getting  better ,there  are  still a  few  of  us  around  . Ive just  played  my  first  out door  gig of  the   year at  Ilkley  North  Yorkshire  . Just  an acoustic  set   with  our  bass  player  Paul     as   drummer   Jim is   on tour  with   another  band  in europe   for  a  short  while . Will  post   a  vid  soon when I  can   extract it  from my  wifes  i phone     

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Re: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

JJJ

Congrats Joey- good to hear you are dong much better.

Did you cut back on the Bread Machines as well ?  smile

I was just thinking last night about all the people that used to participate in the forum.

I miss Mojo   (Joe B.) as well - loved his Texan drawl and great songs !

Take care, stop by often

Jim     

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Re: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

TIGLJK wrote:

JJJ

Congrats Joey- good to hear you are dong much better.

Did you cut back on the Bread Machines as well ?  smile

I was just thinking last night about all the people that used to participate in the forum.

I miss Mojo   (Joe B.) as well - loved his Texan drawl and great songs !

Take care, stop by often

Jim

Did you cut back on the Bread Machines as well ?  smile
The bread machine got damaged when I hit the brakes in my car one day. It`s gone now. It does live on in pictures.
  There used to be a lot of traffic here. Those days are gone.     

Enjoy Every Sandwich
Nothing In Moderation  -- Live Fast. Love Hard. Die Young And Leave A Beautiful Corpse. -- Buy It Today. Cry About It Tomorrow.
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Re: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

Grah1 wrote:

Glad  you   are  getting  better ,there  are  still a  few  of  us  around  . Ive just  played  my  first  out door  gig of  the   year at  Ilkley  North  Yorkshire  . Just  an acoustic  set   with  our  bass  player  Paul     as   drummer   Jim is   on tour  with   another  band  in europe   for  a  short  while . Will  post   a  vid  soon when I  can   extract it  from my  wifes  i phone

I`m  supposed to be getting together with other players soon myself. Starting tomorrow.
Warm weather is coming. I love being outside. I`ve played with other`s at different times. Some say I`m hard to work with. Some say I`m easy. I`ll have to see how it goes.
  I did play some sober open mic`s. It went well. Those are gone. The meeting house closed.
Obviously. I don`t have the energy I did a few years ago. Partly from health issues. Partly from just plain getting old. I`m still at it all the time.     

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Nothing In Moderation  -- Live Fast. Love Hard. Die Young And Leave A Beautiful Corpse. -- Buy It Today. Cry About It Tomorrow.
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Keep   at  it  Joey  I'm   70  now  and  still  playing  bars  , festivals  and  open mics  when ever  I  can  . Our  trio   has   a  total age  of 199  and  our  drummer   age  69  has  just  gone  on tour  in spain   with  his  other band  . we  will  rock  till we  drop . Stay   well  G     

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Re: Just saying Hi. Updating myself.

Welcome back Joey good to know you're still playing. At 73, I only play to amuse myself these days as I gave up gigging after covid. I know how you feel about old age slowing you down, I can only do DIY jobs for a couple of hours then crash out for the rest of the day.     

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