Hypoxia

[lovecraft68]

He got busted lying about military service and is hiding until he hopes it's been forgotten.

He's also claimed to be wealthy off of....something. Wonder if that's bogus too?

 

[Captainnumnuts]

He got busted lying about military service and is hiding until he hopes it's been forgotten.

He's not the only one. Got something to do with The Stolen Valor act. Nothing new. What's new is that sometimes it's actually enforced. Nobody likes such an impersonator. While it may not be illegal to actually say you were in the military, it's definitely illegal to wear a medal or uniform you DID NOT earn the right to wear. IF someone catches onto it, don't be surprised if the offended party takes the offender out of this world as others turn their heads.

I can wear mine, but only on special days as some sort of rememberance or decorative event as it pertains to those who've made great sacrifices on behalf of their country and it's citizens. Guys****** like me can actually be recalled to active duty and be courtmartialed for something long forgotten OR pretending we're still in the service..

Also, my spellchecker isn't working right and this took to long to post.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

back on today

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

Yeah, I was glad to see that. He was missed.

 

[pointless]

then next time you should try aiming for where he's going instead of where he is.

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

You mean like stalk him?

I’m not opposed to stalking on principle, it’s just so much work.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

You mean like stalk him?

I’m not opposed to stalking on principle, it’s just so much work.

He's talking about leading him. It's how you hit a moving target.

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

Oh. Well, hell. I guess that’s why I usually miss. This thread being a classic example...

I’m better at following.

 

[Que]

Oh. Well, hell. I guess that’s why I usually miss. This thread being a classic example...

I’m better at following.

~administers a corrective tug on the leash~

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Why do people like this guy anyway? Most of what he says is bullshit, he's almost obnoxiously dumb and flat refuses to tolerate anyone who doesn't totally agree with him. I mean that's just a simple definition of asshole.
Like who you want of course, I just don't get it.

 

[pink]

Glad you are back.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Why do people like this guy anyway? Most of what he says is bullshit, he's almost obnoxiously dumb and flat refuses to tolerate anyone who doesn't totally agree with him. I mean that's just a simple definition of asshole.
Like who you want of course, I just don't get it.

It's an ardent ride or (D)ie (D)emocrat fan that fucking loathes the USA, so it gets a full pass on everything just like RobDownSouth with his prolific lying and racial slurs.

 

[toeskr]

Not a fan, didn't miss her bullshit in the slightest.

Got caught lying, gonna be dying.

Think the stress finally caught up with her.

What color of flower should I send for non service?

 

[Hypoxia]

He's not the only one. Got something to do with The Stolen Valor act.

I feel no need to discuss my service record with sniveling coward jerkoffs who never put their goat-smelling asses on the line to defend their nation. The only honor I claim is what I earned. The VA knows who I am. The End.

Muchas gracias for all your well-wishes. I truly appreciate!

It's been a weird few weeks. We faced impending medical procedures and an incoming blizzard our vehicles couldn't drive through -- a few feet too many of snow -- so we evacuated in our little RV to the North Bay lowlands for well over a week. WiFi was iffy and failed completely on my regular laptop. A US$7 USB widget handles it now that we're back in our mountain home.

Anyway, we evacuated, and then got a call that a cardioversion (electric jump-start) was fast-tracked for me. For the next day. We dashed to Sacramento for that but they canceled at the last minute because I wasn't sick enough. Go figure. Now I have a few more preliminaries, then go in for ablation (cardiac rewiring) in a few weeks. Till then may be our last opportunity to travel for some months, so we'll be in the small RV again, with iffy WiFi again. So be it.

Back to recent history. While evacuated, we revisited our old Sonoma County territory, home for almost 25 years. We surveyed our Santa Rosa neighborhood incinerated in the wine country fires just a few months ago. Our homesite is now only one of thousands of bare lots ID'd by Debris Removal tags. A neighbor's cinderblock wall remains. All else is gone. Rebuilding proceeds slowly.

I'll be here irregularly for another couple weeks, then sparser after that. The hiatus gave me much more to do than waste time on LIT forums, plus I'll have a Mand'uke to handle. The world awaits. See y'all here and there.

--Hypoxia Smurf [gasp!]

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

Holy shit. Medical procedures. Evacuation. Fires. Rebuilding. And on top of all that, No WiFi?! That’s just too much.

Thank you for the update. It’s nice to see you back.

Take good care of yourself.

 

[Taint_mAnn]

I agree, Que is a sniveling little queer.

 

[Hypoxia]

Holy shit. Medical procedures. Evacuation. Fires. Rebuilding. And on top of all that, No WiFi?! That’s just too much.

Lacking WiFi (except on tablet) and so not sparring with GB slime frees up an amazing amount of time for other stuff. I may build a cigar-box lyre or harp with an Erector set. A lyre to go with my new Mand'uke, oh yeah.

Thank you for the update. It’s nice to see you back.

Take good care of yourself.

That's what the medics and my partner are for. I'll just stumble along and try not to leave goop trails.

 

[Hypoxia]

Since I've been given this thread, I may use it to blather. About small modern lutes. You've been warned.

Technically, a lute is an acoustic stringed instrument with a neck sprouting from the soundbox. Fiddles, viols, and cellos are bowed lutes. Guitars, mandolins, banjos, 'ukuleles, bouzoukis, 'ouds, and balalaikas are plucked lutes. Pedal steel guitars, like dulcimers and kotos, are zithers, not lutes, because no neck. Solid or wire-frame electric guitars, fiddles, and mandos are electrophones, not lutes, because no soundbox.

'Ukuleles and mandos are the little lutes I'll highlight here. (I may go into viols too, which are sorta like fretted violins strung like guitars.) To get there, I'll go into three main stringing and tuning systems for Western lute-like axes: fifths, and fourths, and fourths-with-a-third.

More in part II.

 

[Hypoxia]

Three main stringing and tuning systems for Western lute-like axes: fifths, and fourths, and fourths-with-a-third.

No, those aren't fractions, but musical intervals. A major scale runs C-D-E-F-G-A-B-c. That's called diatonic; see the white keys on a piano. That numberth language counts steps. C-D-E is a third. (Don't worry now about major thirds vs minor thirds.) C-D-E-F is a fourth. C-D-E-F-G is a fifth. Et fucking cetera. Standard guitar tuning is E-A-d-g-b-'e, spanning three octaves.

Fourths: bass guitar, bass viol
Fifths: fiddles, cello, mandos, bouzouki
Fourths-with-a-third: guitar, 'uke, classical lute

Pure fourths and fifts ease moving chord and melody patterns around the neck, Fifths give extended tonal range. Fourths-with-a-third make forming numerous chords easy. That's how I see each system.

Mandolins are like fretted violins in fifths tuning (G-D-A-E) and range. The size of mandolins and violins is pretty uniform, with a scale length (distance from nut to bridge, the length of an open string) of 13 inches or so. Mandolas and violas are larger versions, but NOT standardized. I'll get to that later; it's the crux of my posting.

A bass guitar is strung and tuned in fourths like the bottom stings of a standard guitar: E-A-D-G. A baritone 'ukulele is strung in fourths-and-a-third like a guitar's top strings: D-G-B-E. The other common 'uke sizes (soprano, concert / alto, and tenor) are tuned a fourth higher: G-C-E-A. This means guitarists can easily finger chords on 'ukes.

Yeah, 'ukes follow the basic pattern, but devilish details lurk in octaves. Before I get to octaves, note that these are standard tunings, but an infinity of variants exist. Most commonly, tune the top string down a whole tone. On a soprano or tenor 'uke, that's G-C-E-G, a nice open chord. Good for barring or sliding.

More in part III.

 

[Hypoxia]

Pretty soon now, I'll get back to lutes, especially 'ukes and mandos, but now I'm on lyres. A lyre has a soundbox, often but not always round, with two side arms and a crossbar. Strings run from the bottom over a ridge (bridge) on the soundbox and up to the crossbar. Simple.

I'm especially enamored of the obokano, the double-bass of East Africa. A Galapagos tortoise-size wooden bowl with a skin drumhead, like a big banjo, with yard-long arms and strings. Too bad I haven't room for one.

Let's see, with an Erector set, I can make a cigar-box lyre, not obokano size but it costs nothing. Has anyone done this? [/me gargles Cigar Box Lyre] Yes, but my Erector set idea seems original.

Old European lyres varied a lot. Some were almost guitars, or fiddles, or harps. You can call me a taxi but don't call my a lyre.

Back to lutes next time. Sympathetic strings come later.

 

[Tryharder62]

A lute went to the pub for a drink, but the bouncer stopped him and said, "Sorry mate, you're bard."

 

[Dr. Groove]

A lute went to the pub for a drink, but the bouncer stopped him and said, "Sorry mate, you're bard."

The Lute looked the banjo-bouncer up and down and replied, "A bit plucky today, aren't ya?"