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Oh, well, if it's ancient history being posted, here's me playing my Verithin in the village square, with our singster playing my drums. 2003 (who knows where the time goes..? )...

Indeed, a walking bass line..!

Good afternoon, JB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Been there, done that, tee-shirt etc... It's the first forty years that are the worst, after which things sometimes tend to get slightly better.

There's a list of 'Recommended Luthiers...' here on this very forum... If you give your location (edit your profile..?) someone could perhaps suggest a few..? Just sayin'.

Wot, U2..?

Good morning, CT, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Is your lad shy..? It sounds as if he's big enough be able to type stuff himself, and he'd be welcome here also. Facebook..? Facebook..? Hmm... It rings a bell, I think... Facebook..? Ah yes, that new-fangled thingie for the youf of today..! Many old fogies, such as myself, have looked at it briefly, then looked away. Different folks, different strokes, of course.

I hear you, brudder.

Here you are, Sir. Enjoy your meal.

Here we are, Sir; sorry for the delay... A man died and went to heaven, and met St. Peter who was showing him around heaven, and they came across various groups of people. There was one large group who were Presbyterians, and the man asked who these people were? Peter said these are the people who were chosen from every kindred, nation, tongue, and people. There was another group that consisted of Catholics and a few other ecumenical groups, and Peter said that these are a group of people who are surprised to be here. Then there was this very small group all the way over by themselves in their exclusive little corner of heaven, and the man asked "Who are these people..?" These are the Seventh-day Adventists, and they think they are the only ones who are here in heaven." Several churches in the South decided to hold union services. The leader was a Baptist and proud of his denomination. "How many Baptists are here?" he asked on the first night of the revival? All except one little old lady raised their hands. "Lady, what are you..?" asked the leader. "I'm a Methodist," meekly replied the lady. "Why are you a Methodist..?" queried the leader? "Well," replied the little old lady, "my grandparents were Methodists, my mother was a Methodist, and my late husband was a Methodist." "Well," retorted the leader, "just supposing all your relatives had been morons, what would that have made you..?" "Oh, I see. A Baptist, I suppose," the lady replied meekly.

Just a minute; I'll consult the kitchen. Would you like soup in the meantime, Sir..?

Greek Orthodox blague..? Coming right up, Sir ... An Orthodox man gets on the train and takes his seat. After a while, he notices an Orthodox Cross on the man next to him. After a while longer he asks, "Sir, I couldn't help noticing you're wearing an Orthodox Cross. Are you an Orthodox Christian..?" The passenger answers, "Yes, I am." The man says, "Oh..! I am too! Are you Greek or Russian Orthodox..?" "I'm Greek Orthodox." The man says, "Ohhh, so am I..! Are you Old Calendar Greek Orthodox or New Calendar Greek Orthodox..?" " I'm Old Calendar Greek Orthodox." The man says, "Alleluia! I am too..! Are you Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist Greek Orthodox or Old Calendar Pro-Ecumenist Greek Orthodox..?" "I'm Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist Greek Orthodox." The man says, "Ooooh..! Well, I am too! Are you Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist New Ritualist Greek Orthodox, or Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist Old Ritualist Greek Orthodox..?" "I'm Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist New Ritualist Greek Orthodox." The man says, "Well, glory to God! I am too..! Are you Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist New Ritualist Old-Man Trinity Icon-using Greek Orthodox, or Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist New Ritualist non-Old-Man Trinity icon-using Greek Orthodox..?" "I'm Old Calendar Anti-Ecumenist New Ritualist Old-Man Trinity icon-using Greek Orthodox." So the man says, "Aaaaaaa, you damned heretic! May you burn in hell forever..!"

Pray, what is this 'internet' of which you speak..?

Good evening, JJ, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Post Office blague..? Coming right up, Sir ... A woman went to the Post Office to buy stamps for her Christmas Cards. "What denomination?" asked the clerk. "Oh, good heavens! Have we come to this?" said the woman. "Well, give me 30 Catholic, 10 Baptist ones, 20 Lutheran, and 40 Presbyterian."

(On the other hand, it's not nice to mock the poor lad in that fashion. He might believe some of it. )

Et toc..!

Slightly off-topic, but this reminded me of a joke... One day a small boy goes into a bakery and asks the baker: "Do you have cucumber tarts..?" - No, sorry, I haven't. He comes back the next day and asks again... "Do you have cucumber tarts..?" The baker replies the same way... - No, sorry, I've not got cucumber tarts. This is repeated for the next three days... "Do you have cucumber tarts..?" - No, sorry, I don't. Feeling a bit sorry for the kid, that evening he asked his wife to prepare some cucumber tarts, specially for the young'un. The next morning the boy enters the bakery and asks again... "Do you have cucumber tarts..?" This time, the baker says... - Yes I have..! And the boy says, pulling a wry face... "Beuh..! They taste horrible, don't they..!" Sorry; as you were. Carry on...

Well, yeah, OK, but other than roads, sanitation, medicine, education, wine , irrigation, public baths, aquaduct, disruptor weapons, photon torpedoes, plasma torpedoes, cloaking technology, artificial singularities, holotechnology and telepresence what have the Romulans ever done for us?

Well, yeah, OK, but other than roads, sanitation, medicine, education, wine , irrigation, public baths and the aquaduct, what have the Romulans ever done for us?

Not a bad way of going about things, but maybe there's a distinction between 'learning songs' and 'learning music'..? I'm a drummer, and spent a long time learning and practising the rudiments of drumming (hours at a time on just snare drum stuff, or syncopation, or tom rolls, or cymbal swells etc...). It then became possible to play almost any 'song', even if I'd never heard it before, or pick up on the 'hook' parts if there was a specific drum part. For what I was doing at the time (variety drumming, and depping...), it was far more useful than songs, and indispensable for creating my own drum parts for original material. There's no 'song' to copy when one is writing the song oneself..!

That should be a doddle, though, shouldn't it..? They're all the same..!

Yeah, OK, but other than roads, sanitation, medicine, education, wine , irrigation, what have the Romulans ever done for us?

... or maybe just you, me and Lenny entering..? You're sure to be in with a chance then..!