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Not that Bob

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  1. I prefer a Henley
  2. Try to look at it this way, the eating, drinking, gambling, etc. are actually diversions to occupy long stretches of time used to travel large distances. What you see at these distances is the actual point of a cruise. Go to the ship's library and study about your destinations. You have the free time to do this since you dont "gotta go hit the tables". When you get to these destinations reinforce what you learned in the ship's library, go to the significant historical points rather than seeking out a bar or restaurant. Study the ship. Take a tour of the engine room if that is offered. Take a tour of the bridge if offered. Sit and watch the animals which are different from land animals. Watch a crew member and study his job. What does it take to operate a ship? Enjoy your steps with the fascinating view you will have as opposed to just "around the block". Smell the air. Use the stairs and go explore other areas of the ship. Check out the crew's quarters. Check out the posh upper floor. Walk slowly, you are "doing and activity" not just killing time. Watch the crew when they dock the ship. At night go look at the stars which will be fantastic since you are away from most light pollution. You are in a different world. Study it. Enjoy it. Don't be in a rush. Slow down and really absorb your surroundings. Learn something. You have freed up much free time that in the past was used on the things you now avoid. Fill that new time with activities, don't let be a burden of temptation. Relax. You don't have to rush to the bar. Use the cruise for it's "real" purpose, not for the diversions offered.
  3. What is a "shit brisket"?
  4. I have not. Do tell.
  5. I think all avenues are plausible. It may be that the "what are you getting" syndrome, while starting as a cultural artifact, may have been so powerful that it became part of the female dna. But bottom line, we will never really know because it makes no sense and is unknowable to the more rational male mind.
  6. I know I'm straying from the spirit of this thread but I just had a memory, and by God it ain't often that my mind works well enough to cough up a memory, so let me postulate while throwing out some ancient history. Back when I was in the dating stage of life one would ask a girl out "to dinner". That was sort of a formal thing, more formal than just a movie or something. Well you take your surry with the fringe on top and go pick up the lass and surry her to the establishment. Back then it was expected that the guy would pay for the gals dinner. Out of kindness or nervousness she would ask "what are you getting?" so she would have some idea of how much you were willing/able to pay. Sort of an unspoken courtesy I suppose. My postulation is that this behavior became ingrained in the female culture. I'm probably full of shit but I didn't want to waste that ancient memory. Carry on.
  7. I'm still intrigued by the Oreos on the toaster. Is that a thing? Should I be doing that? Are we toasting Oreos?
  8. Probably the most difficult and best thing you've done in your life. Congratulations man.
  9. That is a nice laundry room. Maybe you could punch out the window and install a laundry chute so you can easily chute all that crap outside and be able to enjoy the intended ambiance.
  10. Come on man! Holding hands in public is sure puss, and no one wants to put up with the River Walk unless there's sure puss at the end.
  11. Get in the groove! Get! In! The! Groove! Stay in it!
  12. Only 5 minutes? You won the lotto man.
  13. The first day of Ron Mullin's first term on City Council.
  14. Any recs for Austin person/company to fix/install/throw in the trash a Pentaire Screen Logic? I've tried. Two other guys have tried and none of the above can make it work consistently.
  15. Beatles. Mr. Postman
  16. Contentment is a gift hard won.
  17. Pushin' that B3. Oh yeah!
  18. I'm two days in to trying to take of 10 lbs and I'm a complete bitch. 10,000 steps and my back is killing me. I don't know how you do it.
  19. So, do you just go stand at 24th and San Antonio and ask all the passers by, "Got any shrooms?"
  20. Well, I'm behind the times. When I think flashing I think sheet metal.
  21. Can someone give me a tutorial, or a vid link, to the proper way to flash a window/door. Emphasis on "proper way".
  22. If you've seen some of my other posts, you know that I think MD Anderson is the best in the world. Try to not rush it. Take more days off than you may think you will need. Take a "leisurely" walk around the place. Get familiar so you don't add the anxiety of having to find an office at the last minute. IOW make a dry run if possible. Take someone with you to act as a secretary or scribe. You will get hit with much more information than you will be able to remember without someone being with you to take notes. If your initial consultation says, "Get an x-ray tomorrow", go at that moment and see where the x-ray department is. It's a big place. Become at least somewhat familiar. Take a deep breath. There is plenty of art work and other stuff to see which is not sickness related. See the sights. Let some of the tension come out of your shoulders. You are at the right place.
  23. Looks like two Dual Showmen, a Bassman, and maybe a Tremolux. Oh Baby! This was loud!
  24. The frisbee golf goal really ties the room together.
  25. NB, don't sell that 12 string. At some point in your life you will want what it does. Even my nice Martin is a bear to play. The neck is big. Push down the low string of the pair and you still have to push harder to sound the high string of the pair, and you have to do that without pushing so hard that you pull it out of pitch. It is a different animal. I look at as "exercise". My hands are stronger and better on a 6 string because of the strength the 12 string has "forced" me to have. I played with a pick all my life, I still have a drawer full of blue Wabash, but I have started using my bare fingers. Not really finger picking, but sort of using my fingers the same as I would a pick...sort of...I'm still developing my "style". Anyhow, the fleshy part of your finger may calm some of the "noise" as you call it. Let me be redundant...do not sell that Martin. Some day you will want to hear that "Chorus of Angels".
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