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[HumpDayHoratio]

In college, my dorm was near my university's chapter of his fraternity. They heard me play guitar in the breezeway. I did a two hour set and didn't repeat a buffet song. They paid me to play a few of their parties

The world is just a little less “breezy” without Jimmy…

I tend to put him in rotation this time of year…before I shoot six holes in my freezer! Gonna need it when I get home. The snow came and went, but the deep freeze remains for the next week. Temps in the low 20’s at night. It will pop up into the 40’-50’s during the day though.

It was 55 and windy in Miami last night! . I froze my @$$ off! I get a little taste of warm today then back home to dig the tribe out…they’ll have cabin fever by then. I might better stay on tour!. A grumpy SWMBO is no fun.

Tis Sunday I do believe. Everyone have a good one. Stay warm…that goes for ya Florida types also!

——Some warm Sunday wishes for those trying to thaw out MZ——

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Wat wanted guitar lessons. Dr. Tyler ordered him up some . . . piano lessons. No interest, not even a little. Fuck, it's not like I'da become no Duane Allman or even his 10th cousin.

Off to the good little doctor's to tidy up another loada sheeyit . . . .

Growing up we had this family of gospel singers that nabbed a morning slot on Sunday local TeeVee. The boy bout my age in the group played the banjo. I thought that was cool as we watched a healthy amount of Hee Haw on Saturday evenings around then.

I go ask Momma if I can learn how to play that thar thang, and she was like (in her most incredulous voice) “THE BANJO?”…. See, she was from the Elvis era…and they wont no BANJO’s in the Elvis band.

I ended up scabbing lessons off my oldest when he was encouraged to play WHAT HE WANTED! I then picked it up myself when I needed to rehab my crushed hand…story for another day.

I can strum a little ditty here and there, but not good.

Never did pick up the banjo…

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I never had lessons. I just swiped my dad's old Martin and figured it out. It took like... 3 months before I made something that sounded like music that way, but I made some headway

I’ve got a Mexi-Martin. 0000-1 I think the numbers on it are. I love that guitar. I love the way it plays, I love the way it smells when I pull it out of the hard case.

It’s a weird sort of attraction to an inanimate object…I mean the curves and lines…

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

It's a semi-true story. Belive it or not! I've made up a few things, and there's some i forgot.

Since we’re geeking out on all things JB…a quote from the dedication of his first book…

“This book contains factual fictions, and fictional facts!”

 

[AlexAtNight]

I have that one, somewhere. Now, Where is Joe Merchant was my favorite of his books.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Hard to believe that Kenny Rogers performed that song!

Welcome back to the suck…

I had never heard it till Big Lebowski…and as mentioned above…we watched a shatload of Hee Haw and Grand Ol’ Oprey around Hillbilly House.

I’m pretty sure there was a Kenny R record laying round the joint also. Still never heard it.

 

[Oldermom935]

Marsha was ugly too

 

[Wonderer67]

Ya beat me to it!

 

[Wonderer67]

Jan was cute. Ish.

Mom was hotter.

Mrs Brady was pretty hot. Cute.

Wasn’t Greg boinking her IRL?

 

[AlexAtNight]

Mrs Brady was pretty hot. Cute.

Wasn’t Greg boinking her IRL?

There were a lot of people boinking each other in that cast, but I think Greg and Mrs. Brady were a couple

 

[Crownvic]

There were a lot of people boinking each other in that cast, but I think Greg and Mrs. Brady were a couple

Mrs Brady rocked..

 

[AlexAtNight]

Mrs Brady rocked..

I would enjoy it more if it was a grind more than a rocking motion... oh rocked

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Switching gears…. Has anyone here ever been on the radio?

I had a college radio show in the early 90’s. But before that, I would call in for requests, promos, talk radio to talk local sports….

Anyone ever do Radio?

I’ve been told I have a face for radio! .

Here’s my two brushes with Radio Greatness.

Brush #1: I was maybe 10. Listening in on the local AM station and they had a question about driving. Something along the lines of; how far do you follow the car in front of you? Well…ten yr old me knew the answer, called in. Got on the radio, won the T-shirt (Save Lives, Drive 55…in a lovely color of brown…). Not the target audience for sure, but hey…

Brush #2: I was on a George Harrison kick and on a whim called in and asked for Have a Little Help from my Friends…the dude recorded the exchange and played it before he played the song.

I’ll take my bow now…

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Growing up we had this family of gospel singers that nabbed a morning slot on Sunday local TeeVee. The boy bout my age in the group played the banjo. I thought that was cool as we watched a healthy amount of Hee Haw on Saturday evenings around then.

I go ask Momma if I can learn how to play that thar thang, and she was like (in her most incredulous voice) “THE BANJO?”…. See, she was from the Elvis era…and they wont no BANJO’s in the Elvis band.

I ended up scabbing lessons off my oldest when he was encouraged to play WHAT HE WANTED! I then picked it up myself when I needed to rehab my crushed hand…story for another day.

I can strum a little ditty here and there, but not good.

Never did pick up the banjo…

I think that I might have, at best, learned to be a mechanical instrument player, as opposed to a musician.

I asked Junior once if'n he wanted git-tar lessons since he seemed to like music, but he declined. I let it be his choice. As it should be . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Mrs Brady was pretty hot. Cute.

Wasn’t Greg boinking her IRL?

I don't know, but if not, he should have. She needed to be bent over furniture and things like that.

I think that other show could more aptly have been called Chachi bones Joanie.

 

[Boat1]

So when that happens do you still get two weeks off? Or does your next hitch happen the same number of days later?

Or are you just fucked?

Just fucked... the ONLY reason they use lube is to get the sand to stick!
...and yes, you're exactly right on the HMFIC acronym!

 

[Wonderer67]

Just fucked... the ONLY reason they use lube is to get the sand to stick!
...and yes, you're exactly right on the HMFIC acronym!

Goddam it. I’m gonna be your guys foreman.

They better be payin ya 2-3x wages.

Cocksuckers.

 

[AlexAtNight]

Goddam it. I’m gonna be your guys foreman.

They better be payin ya 2-3x wages.

Cocksuckers.

I can jump in in a tech support capacity?

 

[Boat1]

Goddam it. I’m gonna be your guys foreman.

They better be payin ya 2-3x wages.

Cocksuckers.

Straight day rate, regardless of holidays or staying over...
It all balances out in the end, but I'm not joking one bit, when I tell you that I'm READY to go 28/28 instead of 28/14!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

https://i.imgur.com/uGB8o08.gif

 

[AlexAtNight]

Full throttle hurry up and wait, huh?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Goddam it. I’m gonna be your guys foreman.

They better be payin ya 2-3x wages.

Cocksuckers.

You should be the union rep.


I wanna be the F.I.S.T. part . . . but with a Little Sumfin Extra . . . .

 

[Wonderer67]

You should be the union rep.


I wanna be the F.I.S.T. part . . . but with a Little Sumfin Extra . . . .

Federated Interstate Truckers.

Great movie!

Or is it Fire Support Team.

Prolly the latter.

 

[likes2watchU]

Waves as you head back out. I just got up. No snow this am. Nothing that I could see. Drinking my first cup so not going back to bed.

Been up for a bit. Waiting for a haircut now. Light snow. Makes the roads greasy. More like skiing than driving at times. Good thing I take the quieter back roads.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Federated Interstate Truckers.

Great movie!

Or is it Fire Support Team.

Prolly the latter.

More like the clenched fingers holding the cudgel.