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Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 13, 2015, 10:01:02 PM
On 3.14,  I will have traveled around the Sun my 59th time .
 
 It also will be Pi Day and of all people ;  Dr. Albert Einstein was Born on 3.14  
 
On 3.15 Mr. Phil Lesh and Harry  James will have a birthday  !  
 
http://cr4.globalspec.com/announcement/739/3-14-is-Pi-Day?frmtrk=cr4digest&et_rid=725533586&et_mid=77810455 (http://cr4.globalspec.com/announcement/739/3-14-is-Pi-Day?frmtrk=cr4digest&et_rid=725533586&et_mid=77810455)
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: rustyg61 on March 14, 2015, 02:38:45 AM
Happy Birthday Wolf! May your day be filled with many blessings from family & friends & many wonderful notes on your Alembics!
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Post by: terryc on March 14, 2015, 03:12:06 AM
Happy Birthday Sonicus!
May your birthdays be as recurring as  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/207480.jpg)
 
All the best
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Post by: pauldo on March 14, 2015, 04:31:01 AM
You have covered a good distance. . . . Here's to many more trips around the sun.
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Post by: mtjam on March 14, 2015, 04:56:06 AM
Happy Birthday!
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Post by: sonicus on March 14, 2015, 08:04:47 AM
Rusty, Terry, Paul, Rob___   Thanks , it is always swell to hang out you all here !  
 
Wolf
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Post by: lbpesq on March 14, 2015, 08:29:01 AM
Happy B-day Wolf!  Now we are the same age (at least for another 3 1/2 weeks).  Enjoy 59 - it's a great age and, more importantly, it sure beats the alternative!  
 
hehehehe
 
Bill, tgo
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Post by: sonicus on March 14, 2015, 08:42:29 AM
Bill, Thanks !
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Post by: bigredbass on March 14, 2015, 02:06:57 PM
Many Happy Returns Wolf, but you're catching me:  I'll be 60 Wednesday.  Obviously, all the cool people are born in March!
 
I can NOT believe I'm this old.  But I am a most fortunate person, and have no complaints, except to paraphrase Ronnie Wood's song, 'I wish I knew then what I know now when I was younger', and am so fortunate to have met all of you.
 
Joey
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Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2015, 02:10:20 PM
Happy Birthday Wolf!
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Post by: hieronymous on March 14, 2015, 05:00:02 PM
Hi Wolf - cool date for a birthday! Especially this year - 3/14/15!
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 14, 2015, 07:07:48 PM
Joey ,  
Happy Birthday my friend ! Yes , if I would have known a few things decades ago I might have done some earlier  Intonation of life's dynamics in some regards  . We both have gone down that path it seems , We Survived.  I as you have no complaints either at this time. I am glad to have met you too .  
 
Dave , Thanks !  
 
Harry , Thanks !  We should jam sometime since we are local .
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Post by: funkyjazzjunky on March 14, 2015, 07:34:01 PM
I celebrate PI day by eating two great slices of pie
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Post by: bassfingers on March 14, 2015, 07:48:26 PM
Belated best wishes.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/207515.jpg)
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Post by: elwoodblue on March 14, 2015, 09:32:39 PM
Happy birthdays Wolf,
 
it's good to have you here !!
 
elwood
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Post by: peoplechipper on March 15, 2015, 12:07:22 AM
Happy birthday! I did not know that Pi day was a thing; the geeks are winning, which is good as I am one...Tony
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 12:13:10 AM
Thanks Simon ! Elwood thanks , you too . Enjoy the Pi funkyjazzjunky !
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Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 12:21:50 AM
Thanks Tony , When you start a bicycle thread I will contribute.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 15, 2015, 01:39:56 AM
And now I shall be a year younger than you for 17 days.
Happy b-day, old feller.
 
Peter
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 06:58:42 AM
Peter, Thank you !  
 
 Fifty-Nine its self does not seem to  be such a big trip without my realization that the next integer is Sixty ! Is there is any logic in the emotional aspect of my perception that Sixty will feel like a milestone accomplishment as apposed to Fifty-Nine ?  OR , in theory is this just a case of On Sale For Ninety-Nine Cents ?  We can refer to  this from here on as  The Ninety-Nine Cents Theory  
 
To all of you friends here that are about to become Sixty Years of age I send my sincere heartfelt Happy Birthday wishes  of brotherly acknowledgment of accomplishment of the Zeitgeist verity . We have both seen and experienced the same  Movies and Tunes  of life with our own eyes and ears within our own unique perceptions. Emotionally ;Fifty-Nine  going on  Sixty is starting feel like Twenty-Nine going on Thirty !  
 
 Human perceptions are a such a TRIP  !  
It is highly probable that an equation  will not be found for these perceptions except for  i  
The imaginary unit or imaginary number, denoted as i
 
Conceptually;_____ If we embrace our existence as a huge radius in tune with the universe and congruent with its dimensional presence instead of a straight line with incremental integers with a finite start and end we cannot get old, just infinitely present locked in without time, forever on our souls journey in the path of the radius.  
 
ZEITGEIST !  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist)
 
Wolf
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 15, 2015, 07:06:16 AM
Happy belated Pi day Wolf. I enjoy your posts here. Didn't take long to realize you're one of the elder statesmen among Alembicans. =)
 
Interestingly enough, I use Pi almost daily in my job, calculating volume of spheres and cylinders... I usually carry out four decimal places for accuracy, which is 3.1415 - it'll be a while before that day happens again.
 
Many happy returns. =)
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 15, 2015, 07:14:07 AM
Same to you Joey!
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Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 07:19:44 AM
Thank you Gregory , I enjoy your posts as well .
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Post by: terryc on March 15, 2015, 09:08:28 AM
Sonicus..ZEITGEIST..too heavy for me man!
I hope that doesn't mean we do it again with the same outcome 'cos I would change a lot of things if I had the chance!
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Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 10:30:31 AM
Terry , Zeitgeist ; You and I have common ground as we experienced many of the same in music and art and culture with both of us living in the same time frame.
 
What wisdom that we have gained due to advancing age is a separate issue. In retrospect I too might have handled a few things differently in my life if I would have had a service manual and schematic diagram on my self as a young man.  Back then I just did not know who to watch my rear wheel spin and watch the road simultaneously. That is not so easy to do . ( still difficult to do )
 
 Wolf
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Post by: dead_head on March 15, 2015, 08:40:09 PM
Happy belated, Wolf. You're still younger than I, if that's any consolation.
Live Long And Prosper.
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Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2015, 08:55:41 PM
Thanks Rob , Live Long And Prosper  .   We were so much older then , were younger  then that now !
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: 5a_quilt_top on March 16, 2015, 11:57:13 AM
Wolf -
 
Hope it was a good one filled with Pi, cake, pedals/spokes and lotsa clean, clear low end.
 
Just a few of the round things that make life worth living - along with a circle of good friends to share 'em with!
 
BTW: I too enjoy your presence here.
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 16, 2015, 12:20:58 PM
David,     Thank you  , I too enjoy your presence here. My Birthday was filled with all the above that you mentioned in your post and some nice unexpected surprises later in the day. I had a really nice Pi Day Birthday.
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Post by: terryc on March 16, 2015, 12:25:45 PM
Sonicus..yeah I agree, reflection is a great tool for reassessment.
Since my minor medical scare I walk daily around the area where I live(since karate is off the menu temporarily at the moment) and where I live was once open spaces with fields which have now gone and been replaced by housing. I think back then when I walked with my daughter and our dog for hours on end, where did that time all go, seems fresh in my mind but to never return.
Still the experience has served us all well!
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 16, 2015, 01:23:32 PM
Terry , I trust that your recovery is going well and I am glad of that . I hope that you are recovering well .  
 
I agree that our personal experiences pave our road to writing our own users manuals . I keep adding new chapters and supplements to mine . The index often needs updating  so that I can get to the related issues quickly. I can totally relate to your story of walking in open spaces and now it's all changed and gone and not always for the better . However my friend we can tell others about it now and how it once was .  
 
Wolf
Title: My Birthday is Pi Day 3.14
Post by: sonicus on March 16, 2015, 02:04:22 PM
Hello everybody  !  
I went to the  Ocean Beach, Cliff House/ Old Playland At The Beach and the Golden Gate Park areas in San Francisco on my Birthday.   I am drawn to those areas in San Francisco because I spent my youth there,  The Ocean Beach area has changed quite a bit. I remember  Play Land , it was an amusement park complete with roller coaster ,A  Fun House  with scary laughing mechanical people and lots of other stuff.  I remember the site where Chet Helms had   The Family Dog. I went there many times and saw many great musical acts as a teen ager . It was all in my neighborhood  and   Old Stomping Ground !  Now it's all Condos and nothing. However I was really delighted to see many Ravens there on my Birthday  !  Really Ravens !  
 
660 GREAT HIGHWAY . The Family Dog  
http://rockarchaeology101.blogspot.com/2010/08/660-great-highway-san-francisco-family.html (http://rockarchaeology101.blogspot.com/2010/08/660-great-highway-san-francisco-family.html)
 
Santana - Soul Sacrifice - 1970 - A Night at the Family Dog, San Francisco, CA  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTspJemhvc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTspJemhvc)
( it is difficult to find footage from The Family Dog ; I am still looking for The Greatful Dead and Quick Silver there on You Tube to share )
 
Playland At The Beach !  
http://www.outsidelands.org/playland.php (http://www.outsidelands.org/playland.php)
 

 
These memories are precious to me .  
 
Wolf
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Post by: tbrannon on March 16, 2015, 02:28:32 PM
Happy belated birthday, Wolf!    
 
Pi day is a great day to have a birthday on.  I'm not a mathematician by trade, nor am I into numerology, but things like Pi and especially the fibonnaci sequence fascinate me.  Love finding examples of the Fibonnaci or Golden Spiral in nature!!
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Post by: sonicus on March 16, 2015, 02:53:17 PM
Thanks Toby !   I saw these two old bicycles  during a " Walk in the Park "  by the restored Old Windmill by the Wilhelmina  Garden  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/207558.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/207559.jpg)
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Post by: David Houck on March 16, 2015, 08:55:46 PM
Wolf; the Santana video was great!
 
And I'm enjoying reading the rock archaeology thread.
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Post by: hieronymous on March 16, 2015, 09:03:47 PM
Wow Wolf, sounds like a great way to spend the day! It was warm to hot over here in the east bay - actually, I was way out in the Delta in Walnut Grove through the early afternoon - got lost in the winding levee roads on the way back though - I stopped when I had 8 more miles to go on an unpaved road!
 
We should definitely get together and jam sometime - meeting once a year at the Gathering isn't enough! My rig is kind of up and running - hit a snag when my drummer suddenly left, but wouldn't take too much effort to maintain my pedalboard in playable condition.
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Post by: sonicus on March 16, 2015, 11:29:02 PM
Dave , I am glad you like it  . Santana's percussionists were wonderful and  later all had many other noteworthy involvements.
 
Harry , sounds good. We should talk about it some more soon . I have some ideas .
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Post by: artswork99 on March 17, 2015, 07:58:54 AM
Belated Birthday wishes Wolf!
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Post by: sonicus on March 17, 2015, 08:04:08 AM
Thank you , Art .
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Post by: growlypants on March 18, 2015, 11:32:56 AM
Hey, JOEY!!  Happy Birthday!  (And a belated one to you as well, sonicus!!)
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Post by: sonicus on March 18, 2015, 01:21:55 PM
Thanks