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2 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

The raccoons in my yard are naked. Other than masks over their eyes. Obviously to hide their identities. (not hiding their t*tties). Streakers I presume. Fortunately I don't have any children to be exposed to animal nakedness.

Aren't you and your wife children, Bob? ?

(If not, then where in the heck DID you come from??! ? )

2 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

Drugs? I did some drugs when I was a hippie. They didn't affect me affect me affect me affect me affect me affect me affect me affect me affect affect affect affect affect . What was I saying?

Something about becan I think?

Maybe we should all change our names to Norm...

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21 minutes ago, Gswitz said:

@Starise

If you get some time, Mickey Hart's book 'Drumming on the Edge of Magic' is a worthy read.

He often delves into discussion of music, spirit, and the magic of it. 

I started typing in a section and decided I would be typing too much for a post.

Another interesting read of Mickey's is 'Song Catchers: In search of the world's music'.

Hehe, thought you were in a different thread Gswitz? ?

Personally, I wouldn't want to have to stare at that while I'm PhotoShopping...

I wonder if they'll do one of the eventual loser too?

That Wagakki guitarist is awesome!  Kenny started a thread about them and got me into their stuff.

(I will ignore the fact that I also have a thing for Japanese ladies. ?)

Coincidentally, I'm playing my roommate's nice Martin while I'm reading this! ?

4 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

I wonder why? What's the connection?

I'm just curious.

Portland is weird.

I actually almost ended this guy when I was exiting a car garage downtown and he sped right in front of my car.

Of course, this was back when we still had clients downtown and were willing to go down there!  There are a few blocks that are practically destroyed now...

2 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

I went to play fetch with him and he jumped up and stole the chuck it from me ...I think he thinks I'm gonna fetch and run the ball down .

*Man, this one's a bit slow isn't he?  Well, nobody said training a new human was easy!  I'll just have to keep working on him.*

    ~ Milo probably

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2 hours ago, Bapu said:

What could go wrong?

A five-year old might get offended?

(Not sure how a five-year old got Mod powers though...)

A Bayou Bill apology is definitely the "norm" around here! ?

Windows 2004??!  Wow, and here I am, still stuck waaaaay back on Windows 10!  ?

He's a regular pundemic!

Other than a local band that (wonderfully) played a cul-de-sac neighborhood gig one street over from my house, the last gig I saw was in Las Vegas in mid-February, 2004!

I had won a trip to Vegas to play in the U.S. Dart Nationals when I find out that two of my friends had been recruited by Poison's touring keyboard player Stu Simone to be the guitarists for a parody band called Hair Guitar (a complete spoof of the Glam bands of the 90's).  Turns out they were going to be playing the SAME WEEK as my Nationals, just earlier (Sunday thru Wednesday while my tournament would be Thursday thru Sunday).  Unbelievable good luck!  So, I was able to go early (for free), be their official roadie and was also included in a few of the on-stage skits.  One skit had my friend Jeff doing this multi-tap solo part but in such a way that it was physically impossible.  Stu yelled "WTF?" then pulled back a curtain where the crowd could see me playing instead (I'm no star player so it was literally just that one two-hand arpeggio, but it got a good laugh).  Below is how they dressed up (I was in complete black so I could sneak around without really being seen).  That's Stu at the mic, my friend Jeff on the right and my buddy August (of Dennis DeYoung and Waiting for Monday fame) is out of the frame.

The other main spoof I was involved in used a fake stack I had made for fun.  During one part of the show, Stu yelled "Stop!" then claimed that the stack was on the wrong side of the stage.  So I jumped into action to move it and, as soon as I did, everyone could see that behind that full stack was only a tiny practice amp.  A good poke on all those stage acts that had fake backlines.  There was a lot of good music, a lot of laughs and a ton of fun for those nights!  Plus staying up all night playing slots and getting wasted was fun too! ?  We took over a bank of Wheel of Fortune slot machines and, whenever someone got to spin the wheel, we all stopped and gathered around.  Good times.  Here's my fake stack.  It folds up so it can be carried like luggage.

The bottom line is now I can say I've been on stage in Las Vegas and for two completely different reasons since I also made the stage in one event of the dart tournament that followed the Nationals try-out!  It's going to be hard to beat THAT week! ?

22 minutes ago, pbognar said:

You mean it's going to be more in 8 days and that's why we should tell our friends?

No, it won't be "more" in 8 days, it will still only be "it."

Something from Steve post-Vindaloo? ?

Good, that will give him something productive to do over the next four years! ?