Random Ramblings

MikeInFla wrote:

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

I'm afraid to do a family tree thing... since my family is full of depression and stuff.  My Mom's uncle was one of the first people to ever hijack an airplane.  Gee, so proud of my history

I didn't know you were related to D.B. Cooper, that's interesting!



While FBI investigators have stated from the beginning that Cooper probably did not survive his risky jump,^[5] the agency maintains an active case file—which has grown to more than 60 volumes^[6]—and continues to solicit creative ideas and new leads from the public. "Maybe a hydrologist can use the latest technology to trace the $5,800 in ransom money found in 1980 to where Cooper landed upstream," suggested Special Agent Larry Carr, leader of the investigation team since 2006. "Or maybe someone just remembers that odd uncle."

You mean "Dan Cooper"?  That was the alias that he gave when he purchased his ticket.

Staybrite wrote:

Very cool old photo, bummer to hear he left a family behind (especially at such a young age).  Does he look a little like you (or you like him)?

Maybe he looks a bit like me, although I'm not black and white, I'm full colour 

For a second, I thought Fundy was Kerrick. *laughs and cries*

Fundy wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Very cool old photo, bummer to hear he left a family behind (especially at such a young age).  Does he look a little like you (or you like him)?

Maybe he looks a bit like me, although I'm not black and white, I'm full colour 

Don't you mean full "color"?  Sheesh when are you Brit's gonna learn how to spell!  Next you'll want to spell recognize and authorized with an "s" instead of a "z".

True story my son and I were watching this show called "Wolf Blood" and it takes place in Britian (somewhere) which is good since it is all British actors.  And these kids were in "hospital" and I saw a sign on the wall that read "Authorised Persons Only".  Got me to thinking....what words do Brits use the letter "zed" for?

Staybrite wrote:

Fundy wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Very cool old photo, bummer to hear he left a family behind (especially at such a young age).  Does he look a little like you (or you like him)?

Maybe he looks a bit like me, although I'm not black and white, I'm full colour 

Don't you mean full "color"?  Sheesh when are you Brit's gonna learn how to spell!  Next you'll want to spell recognize and authorized with an "s" instead of a "z".

True story my son and I were watching this show called "Wolf Blood" and it takes place in Britian (somewhere) which is good since it is all British actors.  And these kids were in "hospital" and I saw a sign on the wall that read "Authorised Persons Only".  Got me to thinking....what words do Brits use the letter "zed" for?

zebra
zucchini
zygote
zygomatic

xenonlion wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Fundy wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Very cool old photo, bummer to hear he left a family behind (especially at such a young age).  Does he look a little like you (or you like him)?

Maybe he looks a bit like me, although I'm not black and white, I'm full colour 

Don't you mean full "color"?  Sheesh when are you Brit's gonna learn how to spell!  Next you'll want to spell recognize and authorized with an "s" instead of a "z".

True story my son and I were watching this show called "Wolf Blood" and it takes place in Britian (somewhere) which is good since it is all British actors.  And these kids were in "hospital" and I saw a sign on the wall that read "Authorised Persons Only".  Got me to thinking....what words do Brits use the letter "zed" for?

zebra
zucchini
zygote
zygomatic

You can't answer....you're not British.  I am fairly certain they don't have zebras or zucchini in G.B.  Instead they have sebra and succhini.  Not sure about zygotes, they might have those....they are only an island nation but I think they have several kinds of goats.

Man, I am getting good at shopping at Goodwill!  I bought a new (to me) computer chair for the living room about a month ago for $10.  Today, I got a new computer chair for my study/studio, a beautiful wine box from California that is at least 16 years old, and a cool Parcheesi set with a wooden box all for the bargain price of $11!  The Parcheesi box and the wine box will someday become guitars!  The computer chair will have my big butt sitting in it!

That wine box will be a very cool wine box guitar.

I'm in a really good mood today.  And I don't think it is because my mother-in-law just left to go back home after spending nearly 240 hours staying with us.

I'm off to see Tesla, Styx, and Def Leppard tonight. I'm not sure why. 

While I like Styx' and DL's older stuff, I don't own anything more recent than Kilroy and Hysteria, and the only Tesla I have is the greatest hits CD from 1995! I'll still have a good time and enjoy the music, but I won't know any of the newer songs. Did I say newer!? HA! The Tesla CD I have is 20 years old, while the "newest" Styx and DL CDs I have are over 30 years old!!!  

Suddenly I feel very old.

Most of those bands don't play many of their newer songs in concert.  They know most of the fans came to hear their 80's hits.  I saw Poison about a decade ago and I never owned any of their albums, still I recognized at least 80% of their set list.

It's here very warm and last days we've gotten thunderstorms.

I am nervous and excited about entering one of my guitars into the fair.  Sadly, I have to wait until Friday when the fair begins to find out if I won in my category.  The category was:  Amateur Wood Working.  I chose amater instead of professional as I have now built 8 of these and have only sold two.

Staybrite wrote:

Most of those bands don't play many of their newer songs in concert.  They know most of the fans came to hear their 80's hits.  I saw Poison about a decade ago and I never owned any of their albums, still I recognized at least 80% of their set list.

Not a single song from Tesla's set was post-80's LOL! Every one of the is on the 1995 greatest hits CD.

Q:  How do you know when the next song at a classic rock band's concert is gonna suck?

A:  When they say, "And this is from our new album..."

Staybrite wrote:

BearDad wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Most of those bands don't play many of their newer songs in concert.  They know most of the fans came to hear their 80's hits.  I saw Poison about a decade ago and I never owned any of their albums, still I recognized at least 80% of their set list.

Not a single song from Tesla's set was post-80's LOL! Every one of the is on the 1995 greatest hits CD.

Haha I'm not at all surprised!

All of Styx' songs were from prior to Kilroy as well.  Def Leppard, however, did two or three that I didn't recognize, and judging by the crowd's lack of response I suspect they were from the forth-coming album. Sadly, Joe's voice was not in top form; he called it a "touch of laryngitis" and said that his "top end" was gone. Any songs from the 80's with high, "screaming" vocals ... which is just about all of them, sound like a tape with just music and background singers! LOL!  He tried ... when listening very carefully I could here him, but it was barely there.  It was like an internal muting switch would get hit when he went from "normal" range to "80's rocker" range.

Overall the better performances were by Tesla and Styx, IMO, but it was quite clear that it was DL's show.

How did it go?
Your cigar box guitars on the fair?
Did you have sold one ... or maybe more?

I won't find out until the fair actually starts.  With all the different exhibits that you can enter items into from canning, needlepoint, painting, photography, woodworking, etc., you get a lot of people that enter.  The fair board judges all of the entries prior to the fair opening and the ribbons will be on display during the whole event.  We took the guitar this past Saturday but will not know if we won anything until this coming Friday when the Wilson Co. Fair will open.  First place in each category gets a ribbon and $10, 2nd gets a ribbon and $7, and 3rd gets a ribbon and $5.  Everyone else just gets their work displayed during the fair.

Saw Michael Sweet this past Saturday at an acoustic solo gig.  He was interacting with the crowd, taking some request and joking around as well.  I thought about asking him to play something from Robert's Love Trash album or a Joshua tune 

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Saw Michael Sweet this past Saturday at an acoustic solo gig.  He was interacting with the crowd, taking some request and joking around as well.  I thought about asking him to play something from Robert's Love Trash album or a Joshua tune 

Oh man, he might have had you thrown out of the show for that one.  I'm willing to bet he doesn't even know any of Joshua's songs.

Tuesday we've climbed to the top of a mountain.
The way to the top was steep and down hill was heavy too.
The view on the top was awesome.

Yesterday we went to a glacier.
It's very impressive to see all the snow and ice.
But it makes me sad to see the glaciers are melting.
To protect the glacier in the summer they put big white fleece blankets on the vunerable parts of the glacier.

It will refreeze in the winter.

Searching for a new home is always fun

I was unaware until yesterday that if you have an opinion about not allowing dogs (not counting service dogs) into retail stores with a deli, fast food restaurant, bakery, and groceries made you a judgmental, hate-filled person who needed to question their Christianity.  Who knew?