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No pictures of progress since my focus was otherwise occupied, but I tried my hand a ribs yesterday. Everyone was quite please with the results.

Larry Carlton Quartet full concert at the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria, performed on July 12th this year

Definitely going composite. There are now products that are only ~2.5x the cost of wood, with zero maintenance required for 25 years or so. I like the sound of that. Amen, Al, amen.

I'm officially old. Building this today kicked my ass.

Just finished playing a three-night run of sold out Eric Clapton tribute concerts. I'm not a Clapton fan but it was fun. The afterparty was also pretty good.

I too am at this point in life - composite away the next 25 years so I don’t have to deal with house maintenance. 10mo, 3yr, and 5yr old kicking my butt.

I already knew I was old but my back is busted from pulling wall to wall weeds out of our 25' x 25' artificial lawn in SF, plus pulling down a disgusting mat of a vine covered with creepy nodules coming over the fence from our neighbor's yard. Beer and ibuprofen incoming.

I found the perfect ride for @grawk

Meanwhile ... (for all you 78 fans) http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=about https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=collection So much yodeling ...

What started as a spoof and thumbing our noses at Schiit (not literally) and the T8000 is starting to turn into a real amp! Thanks to Kevin for helping me not be an idiot, this time around at least. Gordian knots be damned!

Summer fruits!

Lamb Curry, then my kind of dessert.

HOLY SHIT! Where have you been dude? It's been a long time...welcome back The inspection today went without a hitch. The report points out things so minor that they were included as issues since there really weren't any. In an even more pleasant surprise, my parents very generously offered to loan us an extremely large sum of money so that we could avoid the hassles of going through a mortgage and just buy the condo outright. By some very conservative measures we should be able to pay them back in about 2.5 years which not only saves us a lot of money in closing costs but more importantly saves me the time and headache of telling the bank where a $24 deposit came from 3 months ago. The downside it that we are about 8-10k short of the contract price between our salaries before the closing date, all the cash we have saved up and what my parents are offering. Now comes the fun part of flipping over cushions to find change and hoping for a lot more cushions than we have.

I think people will say, "Apple Airport Express", but I have no experience myself.

Well, Pieces of Time, who I bought the watch from, is going to take a look at it for me for free. That's a load off my mind.

Did any of the math involve the number 2? Because that can be extra hard.

I’m officially old: I commissioned a new driveway and swing set today.

Appropriate given all the damn craziness out there. Something on a lighter note.... HS

Anyone need a good, budget turntable? Turntable Lab (and some others) are doing the Denon DP-300F for 199$, with an upgraded version with cork mat, an Ortofon 2M Red, and a carbon fibre brush for 269$.

If it is going to be the Apocalypse then, I'm playing out with a favorite.

Hi Al! I'm back in America and back on forum duty. Missed everyone, but mostly you.

Also, it was International Cat Day yesterday (8/8), and Words With Friends' word of the day was, 'KITTY'.

Yeah, people keep liking it in one of two places I posted it, and another thread I subscribed to -- I go back and watch it every time, makes me laugh all over again. Unrelated:

I can't stop laughing at this. He's trying to lick his balls and they're vibrating too fast. I'm dying...

Speaking of excellent guitar wankery ...

If you insist, Colin