craigb

I'll definitely be checking that out later!  Thanks!

Three pretty boys and a guitarist... 🤣

50 minutes ago, Notes_Norton said:

...here is the important part:

Whatever you do to replace the music in your life, I hope it gives you great enjoyment and fulfillment. 

What Bob said!

I've had several times in my life where something I enjoyed doing became an income source, then work, and then lost it's fun so I stopped.  Life's short enough as it is, take a break and you may find yourself drawn back to making music again.  Or, this might give you the time and space to discover something new entirely!

Isn't that two too many? 🤔

😬

13 minutes ago, Grem said:

 

Except whole bean. Grind myself with burr grinder.  

 

Again, whole bean.

 

 I drink both espresso style with steamed heavy whipping cream and a shot of chocolate.  Mmmm

Just don't use those coffees together or you'll wipe out the whole Community? 😂

And this one just came up in my YouBoob feed!  Some solos from that "other Craig" (who was also my guitar teacher and very short-time bandmate!). 🙂

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

1 hour ago, 57Gregy said:

I got the impression that he tired of all the 'when is the new version coming out' posts that all had the same answer; nobody knows. And the next day there would be 5 more asking the same question and getting the same answer ad infinitum.

Q:  Where's scook?

A:  Nobody knows...

😁

Found this featuring my buddy Walter!  Interesting line-up too.  I wondered if I would still see him playing after Jimmy (the bass player) died and he had his own health issues.  Guess I shouldn't have been too worried, eh? 🙂

On 4/12/2024 at 1:41 PM, Mesh said:

 

Ok, I think we have a winner.  That one scrambled my brain!

There's been a few on here that make me shake my head, but I can at least kind of guess the concept.  Not so much here!  Dayamn! 😮

With all those hammer-ons, maybe the bass player should have been playing a Chapman stick to match!

On 4/12/2024 at 10:32 AM, Mesh said:

 

Paul would be a kick to hang out with!

Just noticed the magnetic slide holder!  I was like "Hey!  Where'd it go???" and had go back and see what he did with the slide.  Great idea!

Never seen an intentional 5-string acoustic guitar before!  (In this case a Taylor.) 😮

Applies to Frat houses too! 😁

7 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

My mistake must have been adding  my solo to this thread after Reverend Billy Gibbons 🤣

                                 

You say you played something there Ken ?

Kenny

Nope!  Heck, with all due respect to the Reverend, I preferred your solo Kenny!

No, the only mistake was a missing "h" in the word "Rhythm" in your title! 😎

Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days

1 hour ago, kennywtelejazz said:

I'm going with this one as my favorite guitar solo 

Kenny

Me likey! 😊👍

Heck, I only spotted one error during the whole video! 😜

(And that one was before you started playing! 🤣)

3 hours ago, Rain said:

I had been chewing antacid tablets like candy for years. I went on for a few months without any reflux at all, even when I drank wine on the weekends. Even the food that used to trigger reflux was no longer a problem. 

I had a bad acid reflux problem, usually in the middle of the night (one reason for not drinking coffee after noon) however... I discovered that the LAST thing you want to do is try to neutralize the acid!  The issue is actually the opposite!  You need to ADD acid during your meal so the food gets digested properly.  In my case, I started having what amounts to about a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar (a.k.a., ACV) in about eight ounces of water after every meal.  At first the taste made me wince, but now I don't even notice!

Oh, and I haven't had acid reflux ONCE since I've been taking ACV!  Well, there was one time, but that was the one and only day that I had forgotten to take my ACV!

What a difference!!!

Side-note:  That mug is from the first rock and roll album that I ever owned! 🙂

6 hours ago, bitflipper said:

Ditto. I still think back on the bamidi mystery and its sad resolution.

If I were to suddenly kick the bucket, I'd hope that craigb might note that bitflipper hasn't posted in awhile, thus leading to the discovery of my rotting corpse slumped over my keyboard. I'm counting on you, Craig.

*Pfft!*  Heck, you might outlive me Dave!

3 hours ago, Rain said:

I got myself addicted to coffee on purpose when I started college. I needed some kind of routine to help me get out of bed in the morning.

Well, it worked. I would drink two or tree pots a day, plus a couple of bottles of cola. 

Eventually I reached a point where I didn't enjoy the taste at all. 

I managed to switch to tea a few years ago. It works great for me.

With coffee, when I needed a little upper,  I'd get that initial jolt but I would crash shortly after. But if I went to bed I couldn't sleep for more than 2-3 hours. 

Tea has less of a kick but the energy is more even. To me anyway. Not the most exciting beverage, but I developed a taste for it. It's also less tempting to load it with sugar and all kinds of stuff. Another advantage is that it's a lot easier on my stomach. And lastly, it's a lot cheaper. 

That being said, the smell of coffee is like nothing else. Really makes me miss it, but I'm not sure I would actually enjoy it.  Part of me does wish, though.

I still enjoy coffee, but no longer have any after noon.  Then I also switch to tea (I've got around 14 types to choose from! 😆).  One side-note, for any of you who have started including fasting into your life (which I had to a few years ago due to some health issues), The Earl Grey shown above is the one you want to be drinking while fasting.  It includes bergamot which helps a lot during a fast.  Oh,(another side-note!), if you get any "jolt" from drinking coffee, it actually means that you haven't been sleeping correctly!  Once that's corrected (I even have a course I can put online if anyone's interested), you can actually drink coffee and go right to sleep if you needed to (not recommended though since it can cause acid-reflux).

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That said, I may have to check the rules to see if it's ok to be in the Coffee House wearing a tea-shirt... 🤔

😜

22 minutes ago, 57Gregy said:

Man, what is up with the prices of graphics cards lately?

They are MUCH better today than they were just a few years ago!  I still don't have a real video card for my newest i9 screamer (wonderfully put together by Jim Roseberry here! 😉👍), I'm just using the on-board graphics.  When I was doing IT consulting for a few years right before the C0VID scam killed that employment and two side businesses, we couldn't even buy a lame video card for a client for less than around $2,000!  I went to a Best Buy one afternoon and saw a line of people milling about outside .  When I asked what was up I found out that they were going to be camping there all night so they could be first in line to buy a video card the next day when the store opened because some were finally arriving!  WTF??! 😮  This was all due to crypto-miners.

Although my on-board graphics can power my 40" 4k monitor for work stuff (albeit with visible glitching from time to time), I certainly can't do any high-end video processing or play games with it...

Oh, and I have a wealthy friend who bought a high-end PC online two years ago so he could live-stream on YouTube.  When it had an issue (because one of the included hard-drives was a repurposed security drive that had failed - yes, he got scammed!), I found out he had paid $3,400 for just the video card with the entire rest of his computer costing him $2,900.  I recommended him to Jim here (ironically his name is also Jim), but he chose to just replace the parts that weren't up-to-spec instead.

What's a "TV" again?  I've forgotten... 🤔

Magenta - The One

Back when an entire song could be 2:13!  On some now that's just the intro.  🙂

Oh, and the way they're dancing looks dangerous! 😆

I'll go with one of Wibble's favorite artists instead! 😁

Morrissey - You're The One For Me, Fatty