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Horn Draoi

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  1. Hah! I can barely pick the guitar; it looks like every other ‘52 Tele, natural finish and maple neck. I may try when I get some grubby neck wear and perhaps a Keef cigarette burn on the headstock………………..
  2. NGD here! We recently bought a second home, and I convinced myself it was a better idea to buy a practice guitar so I could just pack headphones, headphone amp, and tuner back and forth instead of a bulky case. I went for a Harley Benton TE-52, being cheap and all. Sat the HB next to my 2004 Fender AVRI 52; the HB is a wee bit darker in both neck and body. The HB is, as far as I can tell, only a 2-piece body, and not well matched. The finish is deep polyester, probably wouldn’t chip off a bowling ball. Heavy beast, over 10 pounds, but it’s ash and maple and I’m a couch player anyway. Neck is satin finished and fat. Neck edges are slightly rolled and some sharp (a little) fret ends-I’ll take care of that when I restring. I’m not impressed with the tuners. The electronics are smoother than I anticipated, and everything works. Pickups sound really good: the neck has plenty of that woody Tele jazz sound I wanted and the bridge has all the spank and sparkle I could ever want. Action is set nice and low, intonation is as perfect as I can determine with 3 tuners on 4 of the strings, I’ll tweak the other 2. Only flaws I can find are a couple of tiny pickguard scratches next to 2 of the 10 (!) pickguard screws. $229 plus tax delivered. Not bad for a very playable Indonesian or possibly Chinese knockoff of a classic guitar. Now where are my Ted Greene books…………
  3. Satisfaction—you know who, and crank it up! Fire and Rain—James Taylor Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground—Willie Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door—Dylan probably many more to be added to this list, but I think these are songwriting perfection for their moment in time
  4. As an ex-owner of a TR-6, an MGB, and an Elan, I can happily opine that a Miata is the most reliable, most fun English 2-seater ever built! Don’t look bad, and bring me all your weak hairdresser jokes.
  5. That is a beautiful little car, but they were intended for spirited drives on low-traffic roads or I guess maybe track use; I know, I have a wonderful Miata reserved for Hill Country zoom-zoom. Makes me anxious to drive it into Austin or DFW cell phone obsessed/weaving 18-wheeler traffic. Hope your paint job is perfection!
  6. Albany, NY I assume—not Albany, Texas, home of the Beehive Cafe?
  7. Just fuck Philadelphia and especially the Eagles. That is all.
  8. Uh, hold on there, HH. I won’t debate taste, as I’m sure not excited about the looks of the square toes, but they’re actually historically authentic. Most of what we wear today as western wear is a product of the dude ranches and horse operas from the 1920’s to the ‘50’s. 40 years ago I wore 9.5 Tony Lama in a nice “R” toe; today it’s a square toe 12. Your ears and nose aren’t the only things that grow as you age! At least I can still pull on a pair of boots and wear ‘em all day. And at 6’3” and 205, I don’t really qualify as “fat.”
  9. I’m thinking this team has reached their pinnacle with this QB, this OC, and this wildly overpaid RB. Dad, Dak, Dak………
  10. Regency Bridge over the Colorado? I thought there was still one over the Brazos in Waco, pedestrian only ther
  11. The Holiday Bowl-certainly familiar turf for Mack
  12. Anybody have any idea why the Green Wave is wearing powder blue?
  13. Sweet dreams. Probably wake with a craving for onion rings.
  14. I appreciate all kinds of alternative health practices that have some sort of even modest benefits; cut up red onions sitting around the house is so ridiculously ignorant I can only shake my head………….
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  17. OK, I just can’t resist weighing in on this- CoQ10 does NOT enhance statin effect; it replaces the CoQ10 that statins deplete. Replacement means the patient is much less likely to experience the the under-reported but exceedingly common muscle aches that drive people off of statins. Fish oil helps change the HDL/LDL ratios that clinicians like to examine, not related to CoQ10 at all. in case your MD/DO/NP/PA/pharmacist is just not well informed (only too common), statins should ALWAYS be taken at BEDTIME. Better effect that way.
  18. Horn Draoi

    Cart Narcs

    No, I don’t. I grew up poor in Texas myself; I avoid the scumbags as much as possible, but I don’t ignore them, either. Probably why I choose to live a hundred miles from anything that might remotely be called a “city.”
  19. Maybe 35 or 40 over the years, but only up to 4 pounds or so. Key West. Bigger is better?
  20. In reality, carp on a fly is quite a ‘thing.” I have a box of carp flies, and go after ‘em all the time. Freshwater bonefish but more powerful. Stalk and cast.
  21. Horn Draoi

    Cart Narcs

    FAAFO. Keep your hood rat, white trash, meth head hands off my possessions at all times.
  22. Y’all are gonna love retirement. After being on the job at 0630 for many years to start taking patient calls, I now generally don’t give a shit what time it is-unless it’s mealtime.
  23. Just can’t handle salmon, maybe as a smoked salmon dip. No shark, no redfish, no fresh tuna, no swordfish for me, thanks. OTOH, I love all crustaceans, mollusks, and white-fleshed fish, and celebrate anchovies and crispy fried sardines. Taste is a strange phenomenon.
  24. I believe 1974, that’s what the wife and I decided last night on the way to dinner; interestingly, she did EXACTLY the same thing with her diploma trade offer!
  25. Saw her live at WTSU (fuck the new a&m part) in the field house. Good show, very capable singer, and a lovely, lovely woman. Very sad.
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