Everything posted by Not that Bob
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The Guitar Pron Thread
What is the cheapest way to ship guitars? I am giving a couple of mine to a friend and UPS wants $130 each...big boxes with guitar in the case, one bass weighs 30 lbs. I love the guy, but not $130 worth.
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The OxyContin family
One of the most disturbing images from my childhood is that of Opium Dens. Maybe a leaflet describing and picturing Opium Dens should be required reading before getting a prescription for these drugs.
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Amazon Wildfires
As I recall from many years ago, one of the best things in the world was an ice cold Pearl gulped from a returnable bottle. Returnable bottles ftw.
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The Guitar Pron Thread
Parrot. Machine/mechanical vs soul. Sort of spectrum type personality. Better than me, though.
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The Stevie Ray Vaughan Thread
Thank you for posting that amazing footage. I had never seen that.
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The Stevie Ray Vaughan Thread
Is honey "better" than sugar? Is coffee "better" than beer? Let's just leave "better" out of it. Jimmy was/is a master of a style which previously was the sole ("soul") style of older black players, much like Bill Campbell, a white boy who you would swear was black if you closed your eyes. The phrasing. The turn arounds. The vibrato. The licks. The pulls. Campbell and Jimmy were/are like no other white players, at least none that I know of anyway...Johnny Richardson flirted with that league sometimes. Stevie, I think, could play what Jimmy and Campbell played, but he just had more to say. It's not the same, at all, and to put one over the other diminishes both.
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Dart Bowl closing after 62 Years
My God. It’s full of stars.
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PSA - if your AC unit stops working
Compressor and its fan come on but no air from ducts. So I'm gathering fan compressor...but it's intermittent. Sometimes air to ducts, sometimes not. Any thoughts on intermittent?
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Vinyl
How should I sell a collection? I have 1000+. All styles of music. Mostly rock, classical, blues, a little country. Couple dozen Japanese pressings and MFSL. Tons of classical cut outs still in shrink wrap. All stored straight and vertically. It’s time to downsize. Want to move all, not one at a time.
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Adios, El Patio...
For me, they get the chili gravy/cheese ratio right. That photo that BearCountry11 posted over in Noach Austin is all wrong, for my tastes anyway. Way too much cheese unless there is an ocean of chili gravy under that cheese. At El Pat I always have enough gravy left, after eating the main stuff, to dip another few tortilla chips or a corn tortilla, or slurp it up with a spoon, which always gets "that look" from my wife. Guess I'll have to get used to waiting an hour at Dart Bowl.
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Pergola/Roof Gable -- Overall Home Improvement
How do you keep the shades from flopping around in the wind?
- Tex Mex
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Cayman Islands
Anyone know what is now on the site where Victoria House was, or the address of Victoria House. I would like to stay as close as possible to the place of my fond memories. Damn you, Ivan!
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Big Fight Went Down at Disnleyland
Say...come here Goofy, you buck toof mutha fucka!
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Homemade Ice Cream
Any secret tips to making custard? I could never find the sweet spot between raw egg/scrambled egg.
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recommend me a portable battery pack to recharge phone
I have a Jackery and an Anker. They seem about the same and will charge a phone about 2 1/2 times. Model depends on what size you want to carry around and how much you want to spend. The one's I use are about the size of a pack of cigarettes. Got both on Amazon.
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recommend me a portable battery pack to recharge phone
Not trying to be a dick, but if she doesn't remember to charge her phone she's not going to remember to charge a battery pack. Essentially, you're going to have to make it part of *your* routine. That's what I ended up doing.
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Converting old video tapes to digital
Dub King in Austin.
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What are your favorite movie quotes?
Peachy's gone south for the week.
- Austin dive bars.
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Who is your current favorite announcer?
"Bobby Lackey at quarterback for Texas. He bows under and barks the signals."
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Who is your current favorite announcer?
Kern Tips
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Austin City Government - Circus of the Insane
Dear Mayor and Council Members: I own the property at xxxxxxx on Lake Austin, next to the xxxxx, in the xxxxx subdivision, which I purchased in 1978. For planning and control purposes in about 2000, the City did a special purpose annexation of lakefront land and since then has subjected us to full City of Austin development and environmental controls. My property is 100% in the County and I receive no city services -- water, sewer, fire, police, EMS, trash, etc.. I am not taxed by the City currently, nor should I be taxed, unless and until the City commits to providing our location with full city services, which I understand is required under Texas law. Currently there is no plan for the City to ever provide us with such services. I saw in the paper over the weekend an article on a proposed taxation of properties along Lake Austin, which I assume would impact my property, but not my neighbors' property on the bluff side of xxxxx (about 20 houses in the subdivision). If not against the law, it would at least be inappropriate and unfair to tax my property until you can provide me the city services which property taxes are intended to pay for. Also, before any action is taken, you should inform all property owners who are affected by this proposed taxation, and hold a public hearing to give the many homeowners along Lake Austin a voice in this decision. Thank you for your consideration of these arguments against the proposed taxation of properties on Lake Austin that have not been fully annexed into the city and do not receive any city services, yet must bear the cost and burdens of City planning regulations that place serious constraints on the use of our homes and land. Thank you. Sincerely, xxxx Street address: xxxxx, Austin, TX 78733 Council District: 10
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Ken Burns: Country Music. 8 episodes. 16 Hours. Starts Sep. 15.
Lost Highway BBC Documentary is a good filler until the Burns comes out.
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Interior painting
You can also run a bead of clear calk along the tape line, smooth the calk so it gets under the tape, paint and remove the tape before the paint dries. I've never done this, but I saw a painter do it and was amazed.