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Post by kenlarsson on Oct 20, 2021 7:24:22 GMT -5
 good morning. Having trouble working up the motivation for my morning bike ride today, I WILL do it.........  |
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Post by majorminor on Oct 20, 2021 7:51:00 GMT -5
Enchiladas and Red Bull for breakfast.
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Post by drlj on Oct 20, 2021 7:52:30 GMT -5
Lovely day shaping up.
Enjoy it if you can.
We drove, at 25mph, through Chicago rush hour traffic yesterday and didn’t get shot at once. There were plenty of insane, angry, drivers everywhere but it seemed to be a firearm free day. Maybe there is a bullet shortage. Supply chain thing.
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Post by Cornflake on Oct 20, 2021 8:16:26 GMT -5
Good morning. Be of good cheer.
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Post by paleo on Oct 20, 2021 9:27:05 GMT -5
There were a few sprinkles of rain this morning, now the sun is shining.
We have a gig this afternoon in North Liberty so that pretty much Takes care of the day.
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 20, 2021 9:31:13 GMT -5
good morning. Having trouble working up the motivation for my morning bike ride today, I WILL do it......... That squirrel is expressing my thoughts so cogently. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Oct 20, 2021 9:39:43 GMT -5
Water falling out of the sky this am. We are supposed to get 1.5 to two inches through the weekend. The weather has definitely changed from summer heat to fall rains.
Last night I played a deeply meaningful and intellectually challenging folk song by Arlo. One of the things I like about folk music is it’s ability to spiritually speak deep truths.
This is the one I’m talking about.
Mike
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 20, 2021 9:50:30 GMT -5
I actually covered that song for awhile at open mics.
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Post by t-bob on Oct 20, 2021 10:10:27 GMT -5
55° in Northern California - drizzle or raining. I'm barely good morning. I like in the evenings anyway. I'm recovering - the valve surgery - today and I think I'm going to work on Thursday or Friday or Monday Enjoy your days - pickers/old farts.
A normal day….
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Post by Marty on Oct 20, 2021 10:10:34 GMT -5
Good morning. This morning I am doing the final work on Russel's 1919 Martin 0-18. He brought it to me in late 2019 for a neck reset and in doing the work it became obvious that it would need a refret also. Problem being it had solid bar frets, very rare these days, but I did manage to find some new old stock bar wire. In the day this bar wire stock came in many sizes but since they quit making it 60 or more years ago sizes are limited and all I could find was the highest stock for the width I needed. I got the reset done right away and once I had the fret stock I got the frets in, we all know what happened to me in early 2020. after I got out of the hospital it took me months of therapy before I was strong enough to get down the stairs to my shop, it's still slightly difficult. Those frets were in need of a lot of filing to get them to working size. The bare stock was .158" high and the slots about .062" deep and that leaves .096 of fret sticking above the fingerboard. I like a fret height of about the .040 range meaning .056 needs to be removed. Before the hospital event I wasn't all that bothered by filing off that much fret, it would be a bit of work but I could deal with it. Once I got back down to my shop it was a whole different story, 5 minutes of filing had me totally worn out. In hindsight I could have asked for Terry's help but instead I trained my grandson Tyler to refret and once he was able to do a really good job, on my junkers or his own guitars, I put him to work on the Martin. I had done about half the frets but it took months, he got the to rough height in a few hours. Then I took over for the final level to working height and checking every fret fret to make sure it was seated properly. Bar frets come loose real easy. I also learned a bit of history when doing this job, modern diamond files are ok but I needed to use the old fashioned burr and triangular files to get those frets shaped properly. Those are the types of files I learned the trade with and still have unused for many years, until now, in my fret tool drawer. Now you know why I have drawers full of unused tools. And kudos to those that actually read through that boring tryst of pontification.  |
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Post by Marshall on Oct 20, 2021 10:16:34 GMT -5
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 20, 2021 10:37:38 GMT -5
Loved every word and punctuation mark Marty!
We had a wonderful day of golf yesterday with two bandmates at Grey Eagle in Sauk Centre. Weather was spectacular.
Good fellowship and enough good golf moments that everyone drove home happy.
Grey Eagle is a real sleeper. Championship design, perfect condition, public, and cheap.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 20, 2021 11:22:07 GMT -5
A bizjet just flew over my place on final to St. Paul Downtown Airport. FlightAware reveals that it departed Bozeman, Mont., less than two hours ago.
Must be nice to have that kind of vehicle at your disposal.
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Post by david on Oct 20, 2021 11:41:48 GMT -5
Cozy here in my office watching the moisture develop outside - it is supposed to rain for the next 5 days, but I see a bit of sunshine. Maybe I should run out and get in it before it goes away.
Oil changed in the 4Runner, new wiper blades attached, new Grundens bib rain pants. I guess I am ready for winter.
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Post by Marty on Oct 20, 2021 12:20:56 GMT -5
Loved every word and punctuation mark Marty! We had a wonderful day of golf yesterday with two bandmates at Grey Eagle in Sauk Centre. Weather was spectacular. Good fellowship and enough good golf moments that everyone drove home happy. Grey Eagle is a real sleeper. Championship design, perfect condition, public, and cheap. I have to be as careful as possible with that as I am Hammond's prime target for correction. |
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Post by Marty on Oct 20, 2021 12:22:47 GMT -5
Just had a BIG roll of thunder, better check that both cats are in.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 20, 2021 12:38:28 GMT -5
I have to be as careful as possible with that as I am Hammond's prime target for correction. Totally untrue -- I grant you clemency every day. |
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Post by Marty on Oct 20, 2021 12:39:08 GMT -5
Both cats in, good, it was raining rather hard before it switched to pea sized hail.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 20, 2021 12:48:13 GMT -5
Huh, John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas did a record together, and are touring behind it now (Mpls being their next stop).
All of this was news to me.
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Post by drlj on Oct 20, 2021 12:59:56 GMT -5
Huh, John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas did a record together, and are touring behind it now (Mpls being their next stop). All of this was news to me. They did a performance on the infamous Book of the Face. There should be some videos out there, too. Like this one. |
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