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Post by william on Feb 24, 2024 7:28:44 GMT -5
Civil War (and after) tale of two Irish brothers who escape the potato famine and come to America....
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Post by zambini on Feb 24, 2024 9:47:14 GMT -5
Tried to avoid waking the family but sort of failed:
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 24, 2024 14:52:48 GMT -5
Yep. A whole lot on my mind last night. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 24, 2024 14:53:41 GMT -5
Tried to avoid waking the family but sort of failed: Good to see you. How are your family? |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 15:46:38 GMT -5
 Having only one functioning arm at the moment has had me staying in and listening to music more. I was just going to listen to Disraeli Gears on vinyl, but I decided to pull out my full Cream set on cd instead, I think I’ll listen to all of it. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 24, 2024 16:15:35 GMT -5
Having only one functioning arm at the moment has had me staying in and listening to music more. I was just going to listen to Disraeli Gears on vinyl, but I decided to pull out my full Cream set on cd instead, I think I’ll listen to all of it. I'd plumb forgotten about your busted wing. How's that going? |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 16:20:39 GMT -5
Having only one functioning arm at the moment has had me staying in and listening to music more. I was just going to listen to Disraeli Gears on vinyl, but I decided to pull out my full Cream set on cd instead, I think I’ll listen to all of it. I'd plumb forgotten about your busted wing. How's that going? Not good, I’m hearing that I might regain as much as 50% use of it in about six months if I have surgery or 30% if I don’t. At least the pain is manageable. Thanks for asking. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 24, 2024 17:04:42 GMT -5
I'd plumb forgotten about your busted wing. How's that going? Not good, I’m hearing that I might regain as much as 50% use of it in about six months if I have surgery or 30% if I don’t. At least the pain is manageable. Thanks for asking. Wow. They're saying 50% is the best it's ever going to be? Wasn't expecting that. What are you thinking about the surgery? |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 24, 2024 17:16:58 GMT -5
I'd plumb forgotten about your busted wing. How's that going? Not good, I’m hearing that I might regain as much as 50% use of it in about six months if I have surgery or 30% if I don’t. At least the pain is manageable. Thanks for asking. Wow...that sucks. I hope that they are wrong, and that we can find you doing arm wrestling tournaments down the road. |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 18:05:50 GMT -5
Not good, I’m hearing that I might regain as much as 50% use of it in about six months if I have surgery or 30% if I don’t. At least the pain is manageable. Thanks for asking. Wow. They're saying 50% is the best it's ever going to be? Wasn't expecting that. What are you thinking about the surgery? Yup. To be fair that mostly relates to strength, only a little movement is lost either way. I’m not sure about the surgery yet, I may get some other opinions before I decide anything. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 24, 2024 18:14:41 GMT -5
Having only one functioning arm at the moment has had me staying in and listening to music more. I was just going to listen to Disraeli Gears on vinyl, but I decided to pull out my full Cream set on cd instead, I think I’ll listen to all of it. I've only ever had Wheels of Fire, but I had 4 copies. 1 8-reack, 1 cassette, 1 vinyl, and one CD for the car. Before going into high school, I listened to the 8-track full blast in my Oldsmobile Cutlass. Full album. Only way I could face the day. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 24, 2024 18:18:38 GMT -5
Wow. They're saying 50% is the best it's ever going to be? Wasn't expecting that. What are you thinking about the surgery? Yup. To be fair that mostly relates to strength, only a little movement is lost either way. I’m not sure about the surgery yet, I may get some other opinions before I decide anything. I hope you recover better than the highest estimate. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 24, 2024 18:35:33 GMT -5
Wow. They're saying 50% is the best it's ever going to be? Wasn't expecting that. What are you thinking about the surgery? Yup. To be fair that mostly relates to strength, only a little movement is lost either way. I’m not sure about the surgery yet, I may get some other opinions before I decide anything. Sounds sensible. |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 18:59:58 GMT -5
Having only one functioning arm at the moment has had me staying in and listening to music more. I was just going to listen to Disraeli Gears on vinyl, but I decided to pull out my full Cream set on cd instead, I think I’ll listen to all of it. I've only ever had Wheels of Fire, but I had 4 copies. 1 8-reack, 1 cassette, 1 vinyl, and one CD for the car. Before going into high school, I listened to the 8-track full blast in my Oldsmobile Cutlass. Full album. Only way I could face the day. I have a car related memory of Disraeli Gears. Many years ago I was leaving a hotel at Detroit Metro airport after a night of extreme debauchery. I popped the cassette in and crashed the Ford Escort I was driving when I entered the freeway way too fast. Good times. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 24, 2024 19:04:28 GMT -5
I've only ever had Wheels of Fire, but I had 4 copies. 1 8-reack, 1 cassette, 1 vinyl, and one CD for the car. Before going into high school, I listened to the 8-track full blast in my Oldsmobile Cutlass. Full album. Only way I could face the day. I have a car related memory of Disraeli Gears. Many years ago I was leaving a hotel at Detroit Metro airport after a night of extreme debauchery. I popped the cassette in and crashed the Ford Escort I was driving when I entered the freeway way too fast. Good times. Aha! So this arm thing is just karma catching up with you! |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 19:18:28 GMT -5
I have a car related memory of Disraeli Gears. Many years ago I was leaving a hotel at Detroit Metro airport after a night of extreme debauchery. I popped the cassette in and crashed the Ford Escort I was driving when I entered the freeway way too fast. Good times. Aha! So this arm thing is just karma catching up with you! I think crashing the car would have been the karmic repercussion in that instance and it was totally worth it. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 24, 2024 19:45:23 GMT -5
Aha! So this arm thing is just karma catching up with you! I think crashing the car would have been the karmic repercussion in that instance and it was totally worth it. But it was an Escort. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 24, 2024 23:21:07 GMT -5
I've only ever had Wheels of Fire, but I had 4 copies. 1 8-reack, 1 cassette, 1 vinyl, and one CD for the car. Before going into high school, I listened to the 8-track full blast in my Oldsmobile Cutlass. Full album. Only way I could face the day. I have a car related memory of Disraeli Gears. Many years ago I was leaving a hotel at Detroit Metro airport after a night of extreme debauchery. I popped the cassette in and crashed the Ford Escort I was driving when I entered the freeway way too fast. Good times. It's hard for me to picture entering the freeway too fast. Must be a Detroit thing. 😁 |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 23:37:24 GMT -5
I have a car related memory of Disraeli Gears. Many years ago I was leaving a hotel at Detroit Metro airport after a night of extreme debauchery. I popped the cassette in and crashed the Ford Escort I was driving when I entered the freeway way too fast. Good times. It's hard for me to picture entering the freeway too fast. Must be a Detroit thing. 😁 It’s part of a small freeway loop that runs off the main freeway, goes to the airport and to the hotels, etc. then rejoins the main freeway. The entrance ramp comes off a road that runs along side this freeway, but about fifteen feet higher than the freeway surface, since it’s built below grade to accommodate a couple of overpasses. So it’s a short, steep ramp with an almost immediate shift at the bottom. It is also on a curve. If not for the shift at the bottom I would have been fine, but at the speed I was going, I lost control when I reached the bottom and shifted over at the curve. I’ve seen similar arrangements in Texas, at least in the areas people actually live in  |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 24, 2024 23:41:40 GMT -5
This discussion and the similarity of the color of the album cover now has me listening to Traffic.
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 25, 2024 0:49:43 GMT -5
Annie are you goofing on Elvis.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2024 3:06:51 GMT -5
It's hard for me to picture entering the freeway too fast. Must be a Detroit thing. 😁 It’s part of a small freeway loop that runs off the main freeway, goes to the airport and to the hotels, etc. then rejoins the main freeway. The entrance ramp comes off a road that runs along side this freeway, but about fifteen feet higher than the freeway surface, since it’s built below grade to accommodate a couple of overpasses. So it’s a short, steep ramp with an almost immediate shift at the bottom. It is also on a curve. If not for the shift at the bottom I would have been fine, but at the speed I was going, I lost control when I reached the bottom and shifted over at the curve. I’ve seen similar arrangements in Texas, at least in the areas people actually live in I know what you mean. Some of the older sections of freeway in Houston are that way, and there were more in Dallas last time I was there. Built when the speed limit was 45 I think. Since then almost all of the freeways in Houston have been rebuilding continously. |
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Post by william on Feb 25, 2024 6:47:08 GMT -5
Here is a son of a well-known pipe maker who is probably the most famous mandolin player in the country. He hosted the show that replaced "A Prairie Home Companion" when Garrison Keillor retired (and it was renamed "Live From Here"). He also helped revive (or maybe I should say "popularize") the tradition of classical music on the mandolin.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2024 14:41:15 GMT -5
Here is a son of a well-known pipe maker who is probably the most famous mandolin player in the country. He hosted the show that replaced "A Prairie Home Companion" when Garrison Keillor retired (and it was renamed "Live From Here"). He also helped revive (or maybe I should say "popularize") the tradition of classical music on the mandolin. I wish we could see him live. |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 25, 2024 15:26:05 GMT -5
Here is a son of a well-known pipe maker who is probably the most famous mandolin player in the country. He hosted the show that replaced "A Prairie Home Companion" when Garrison Keillor retired (and it was renamed "Live From Here"). He also helped revive (or maybe I should say "popularize") the tradition of classical music on the mandolin. I wish we could see him live. My ex has seen him live at least fifteen times, if he’s coming within a couple hundred miles, she’s going. She says his live performances are truly incredible. |
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Post by william on Feb 25, 2024 15:57:41 GMT -5
johnlawitzke has one of his father's pipes. (Scott Thile) He posted it in today's WAYS thread. Ted, your wife has an excellent taste in music. 
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Post by urbino on Feb 25, 2024 16:01:40 GMT -5
johnlawitzke has one of his father's pipes. (Scott Thile) He posted it in today's WAYS thread. Ted, your wife has an excellent taste in music. I've got one, too. A bulldog. Don't know if I've posted it. He makes a good pipe. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2024 16:28:15 GMT -5
johnlawitzke has one of his father's pipes. (Scott Thile) He posted it in today's WAYS thread. Ted, your wife has an excellent taste in music. OK, I looked up Billy Strings. I'm lost. His real dad died from a heroin overdose and his step-dad is a musician. Where does this pipe maker come in, or are we talking about somebody else? |
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Post by urbino on Feb 25, 2024 16:35:44 GMT -5
johnlawitzke has one of his father's pipes. (Scott Thile) He posted it in today's WAYS thread. Ted, your wife has an excellent taste in music. OK, I looked up Billy Strings. I'm lost. His real dad died from a heroin overdose and his step-dad is a musician. Where does this pipe maker come in, or are we talking about somebody else? Chris Thile's dad is the pipemaker. Scott Thile. |
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Post by william on Feb 25, 2024 16:41:11 GMT -5
OK, I looked up Billy Strings. I'm lost. His real dad died from a heroin overdose and his step-dad is a musician. Where does this pipe maker come in, or are we talking about somebody else? Chris Thile's dad is the pipemaker. Scott Thile. Yes--the mandolin player, Chris Thile. |
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