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Post by: wheedlytone on November 13, 2010, 09:54:52 AM: J Garcia not a guitar player.
Dead not music.
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Post by: elwoodblue on November 13, 2010, 10:40:04 AM: Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.
Frank Zappa
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Post by: adriaan on November 13, 2010, 01:38:40 PM: To quote Wikipedia's entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._2_%28Ives%29 target=_blank) on Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No 2, quote:In 1986, Bruce Hornsby borrowed the opening phrase of The Alcotts movement as the introduction to his hit Every Little Kiss (as heard on the album The Way It Is).
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Post by: adriaan on November 13, 2010, 01:45:59 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89369.jpg)

(From A Descriptive Catalogue of The Music of Charles Ives.)
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Post by: tmoney61092 on November 13, 2010, 02:23:11 PM: TRRRRROOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! don't fall into the trap guys

~Taylor
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Post by: adriaan on November 13, 2010, 02:42:24 PM: Well, looking at thread starter's email address, I felt some degree of humor would not go amiss.
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Post by: David Houck on November 13, 2010, 05:28:16 PM: My microwave oven died a few days ago. It was quite old and had been showing signs of age for quite some time. I don't feel confident enough to try and fix it myself; and I have a healthy desire to avoid the high voltage issues. So after much thought and research on the subject, I ordered a new one which should be here in a few days. It was rather inexpensive, probably not much more than the bench time would be to have someone look at the old one. Meanwhile I'm getting reacquainted with my cookstove. One thing I noticed when researching microwave ovens is that apparently the old ones all lasted decades while the new ones last months. But the one I ordered had very good reviews, so I'm hoping for a good outcome.

So, if you're good with testing electrical circuits, and can drop by here to pick it up, I'm looking to trade this old microwave for a Jerry Garcia or Grateful Dead CD. Serious inquiries only; pictures provided upon request.
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Post by: mario_farufyno on November 13, 2010, 10:16:31 PM: Wow, Adriaan, what cool link you gave us. Thanks a lot!!!!

(Message edited by Mario Farufyno on November 13, 2010)
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Post by: terryc on November 14, 2010, 07:25:03 AM: maybe he wants to start an argument..guess it fell onto stony ground.
Microwave ovens of old..yes the old ones did last a long time and the new ones don't but the new ones are far more efficient in power consumption. It's all to do with the induction coil on the magnetron........falling asleep as I write this.......anorak seems to be covering me up.....where am I?? it seems all sensibilty is lost.........
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 07:45:39 AM: Terry; glad to hear that they are more efficient. I keep working at lowering my energy usage, and every little bit helps.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 14, 2010, 09:00:26 AM: We sold our 1st microwave @ a garage sale last year, after 23 years; it wouldn't fit under the counter of our current kitchen. Still worked fine. I don't know the numbers, but the new one that does fit seems to be about 110% of the power (but won't thaw as big a container of leftovers).

Peter
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Post by: sonicus on November 14, 2010, 09:51:47 AM: Beware of Old Microwaves and hazardous leakage ! Those old magnetrons might keep working but the supporting casing seals etc, etc. might not be as affective in time . I have measured the EMF leakage in a few old ones in excess of safe levels. .http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/magnetron.html (http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/magnetron.html)
http://www.emwatch.com/Typical_mG.htm
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Post by: terryc on November 14, 2010, 09:56:36 AM: I remember about 20 odd years ago a case where there was a person who died suddenly whilst near a microwave, the persons heart was 'cooked'(I think it went into fibrillation really) due to leakage of m/waves from and old appliance.
Whether this is true or not who knows and sonicus could be right.
How did this thread start?????
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Post by: terryc on November 14, 2010, 09:58:40 AM: I may add that if wheedlytone looks at this thread again he may get the conclusion that we are a weird bunch of dudes!
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Post by: mike1762 on November 14, 2010, 03:27:04 PM: But we do need a replacement for he who shall go unnamed.
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Post by: slawie on November 14, 2010, 05:24:16 PM: Because of the size of the arms on Tyrannosaurus rex they could only ever acheive - microwaves.

slawie
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 06:56:01 PM: LOL!!!

Terry; we're musicians. We're a weird bunch by definition.
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Post by: sonicus on November 14, 2010, 07:29:18 PM: I proudly raise my glass and toast !
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 07:37:43 PM: Hmmm ... toast with blueberry preserves would be good right now.
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Post by: sonicus on November 14, 2010, 07:45:24 PM: How about Logan Berries ? YES !
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 07:54:50 PM: I don't think I've ever had Loganberries before, but I do seem to recall having Boysenberries, which I'm guessing are similar.
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Post by: smokinbear on November 14, 2010, 07:59:33 PM: What about Marion Berry??
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Post by: sonicus on November 14, 2010, 08:03:54 PM: Here is the B song ; Good with all kinds of Berries!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYz62UxLPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYz62UxLPg)

Music _ as per the thread _!_!_!_!_! LOL ...
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 08:07:36 PM: According to the wiki, the marionberry is currently the most common blackberry cultivar, accounting for over half of all blackberries produced in Oregon. I never knew.
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Post by: David Houck on November 14, 2010, 08:14:46 PM: Wolf; wonderful video! Wow!
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Post by: mario_farufyno on November 15, 2010, 12:19:49 AM: What about Chuck Berries?
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Post by: terryc on November 15, 2010, 02:34:09 AM: Would prefer Halle Berry...or is that too sexist??
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Post by: adriaan on November 15, 2010, 02:53:20 AM: At the most, you would be deviating from the subject, which as you will know is against one of the rules in the game of Just a minute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_A_Minute target=_blank).
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Post by: David Houck on November 15, 2010, 05:12:58 AM: Adriaan; never heard of it. But I was wondering if Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia was on topic. I'd be grateful for some clarification before this thread goes dead.
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Post by: adriaan on November 15, 2010, 08:29:43 AM: Let it be clear that as long as the Cherry Garcia is not off, it's on topic.
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Post by: terryc on November 15, 2010, 09:24:15 AM: British humour davehouck..very eccentric..very british ohkay ya!
Does Nenah Cherry qualify or her brother Eagle Eyed Cherry??
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Post by: David Houck on November 15, 2010, 11:15:55 AM: Well I tried to follow that up with something about Don Cherry, but in the process I got sidetracked when I found that Jerry Garcia played on an Ornette Coleman album, and that Coleman in turn sat in with the Dead on two of their gigs. I'm sure there's audio of those shows, and I imagine it would be quite interesting to hear Coleman jamming with the Dead.
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Post by: wideload on November 15, 2010, 11:23:27 AM: I never knew that Coleman made a microwave!
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Post by: terryc on November 15, 2010, 11:29:25 AM: I thought he made mustard!!!!
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Post by: David Houck on November 15, 2010, 11:38:12 AM: Here you go (http://www.colemanmw.com/) Larry! And it comes with Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, and Band Reject filters!

(Message edited by davehouck on November 15, 2010)
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Post by: adriaan on November 15, 2010, 12:04:45 PM: Love them diplexers. Funky!
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Post by: terryc on November 15, 2010, 01:34:59 PM: Ooookay..so how do we fit them into our basses Mr DaveHouck..I guess the DS unit would have to be the size of a small generator!!
A great advantage is that we could cook supper whilst playing the gig!!
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Post by: elwoodblue on November 15, 2010, 07:36:24 PM: ...and is it compatible with an Alembic VE-2 (http://www.alembicinstruments.com/ target=_blank) ?
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Post by: ajdover on November 15, 2010, 07:55:23 PM: Microwave ovens? What are those?

This from a graduate of The New England Culinary Institute.

Alan
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Post by: adriaan on November 15, 2010, 11:21:22 PM: About that Alembic VE-2, it's good to know Alembic Instruments Beats Series Resistance!
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Post by: mike1762 on November 16, 2010, 03:27:40 AM: What do ionic currents sound like??? That thing would fit in my rack, so I'm ordering one. I think I'm going to need a special cable though. Should I run it through my effects loop or straight out of my heart and into the bass???
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Post by: crobbins on November 16, 2010, 06:50:50 AM: Does the VE-2 go before or after a SF-2?
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Post by: adriaan on November 16, 2010, 06:52:48 AM: It goes beyond, I gather.
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Post by: David Houck on November 16, 2010, 07:03:11 AM: Mike; the IV converter architecture allows you to plug it into a vein.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 16, 2010, 07:49:27 AM: And the VE-2 lets you Record currents that were out of reach until now - does that mean Ron's working with Bag End again? 0.5Hz speakers? (And if they went to negative HZ, would that draw the sound out of the room?)

Peter
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Post by: sonicus on November 16, 2010, 08:07:07 AM: I remember that approximately 4HZ to 6HZ was effective at the UC Davis testing laboratory on the shaker table to replicate an earthquake in a study of liquefaction .
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Post by: glocke on November 16, 2010, 09:08:32 AM: Can someone please pass the potato chips?
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Post by: jazzyvee on November 16, 2010, 09:51:35 AM: Peter love that phrase (And if they went to negative HZ, would that draw the sound out of the room?)

hahaha
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Post by: sonicus on November 16, 2010, 09:59:07 AM: I am really a Buffoon disguised as a large Macaroon but some might regard me to just be a Baboon and that's why I am happy just playing a swell tune!
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Post by: David Houck on November 16, 2010, 10:20:58 AM: Potato chips!
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Post by: adriaan on November 16, 2010, 11:15:47 AM: Pass.
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Post by: sonicus on November 16, 2010, 11:26:31 AM: Not that kind of chip. No thanks.
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Post by: terryc on November 16, 2010, 12:05:04 PM: we call them crisps in the uk, chips are fries(USA) sidewalk is pavement in the UK and pavement is the road in the USA..I wonder why I always got caught for jaywalking when I was in the USA!!!
A 1 wood chisel with mallet really works to open up the control cavity in my Alembic so I can fit those new filters from Coleman.
Guess I need to really shield myself when I turn them on to stop them cooking my intestines..would the silver paint do it or maybe 1mm lead sheet??
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Post by: David Houck on November 16, 2010, 03:10:54 PM: Cooking bass lines.
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Post by: mike1762 on November 16, 2010, 05:14:38 PM: The first floor is the second floor in the UK isn't it??? And you drive on the wrong side of the road!!!
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Post by: crobbins on November 16, 2010, 06:38:49 PM: What will you do if the people you knew
Were the plastic that melted,
And the chromium too?
WHO ARE THE BRAIN POLICE?
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Post by: adriaan on November 16, 2010, 11:26:36 PM: Did someone ask for me?
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Post by: terryc on November 17, 2010, 01:45:24 AM: mike1762..ground floor then first floor
We drive on the right side which is on the left!
We had USA guys at the company I worked for and had to go on a course to handle our traffic roundabouts.
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Post by: chuck on November 17, 2010, 06:48:22 AM: Is everyone smoking something out there?
Honestly I tried to respond to this thread but could not.
I almost blew my finger off a few months ago,After sugery and a few pins my ring finger is warped to the right making it easy to form that bar cord (E) with ease.
Bloody pictures to follow,8x10 color with circles and arrows showinig the scene of the massacree.

Chuck.

Maybe Berry Manilow ?

(Message edited by chuck on November 17, 2010)
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Post by: lbpesq on November 17, 2010, 06:56:46 AM: SEXIST! Shouldn't it be Berry Personilow? And shouldn't the mailman be the person person?
We're all Bozos on this bus.

Bill, tgo
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 17, 2010, 07:17:28 AM: But we'll need a paragraph on the back of each one, Chuck.

Peter

(Message edited by cozmik_cowboy on November 17, 2010)
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Post by: David Houck on November 17, 2010, 07:35:00 AM: Wow Chuck! I hope the healing process goes as well as can be expected.
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Post by: jacko on November 17, 2010, 08:04:11 AM: maybe we should start a new 'scars' thread. I have a really ugly wound at the mo where I had the first carpal tunnel cut.

Graeme
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Post by: benson_murrensun on November 17, 2010, 09:10:22 AM: Is this a thread in which hijacking is encouraged?
Tee hee.
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Post by: afrobeat_fool on November 17, 2010, 11:16:48 AM: Beware the bread knife!!!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89660.jpg)
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Post by: sonicus on November 17, 2010, 11:27:43 AM: OUCH !!!!!!
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Post by: sonicus on November 17, 2010, 11:31:54 AM: I hope that has healed well Nick and you are back to comfortable playing.
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Post by: afrobeat_fool on November 17, 2010, 12:55:03 PM: Oh, yeah. The doc's did a fantastic job. Fully healed and no issues. Especially good as you can see it was my right index finger. Talk about hijacking a thread!
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Post by: crobbins on November 17, 2010, 05:25:45 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89686.jpg)
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Post by: lidon2001 on November 17, 2010, 10:47:43 PM: The world famous MagicMaster SUPER DWARF guitar amp prototype. Using the circuit from a famous Sears Catalog guitar amp, the custom made case made from exotic woods sports the telling FUNK OFF badging, versus the long lost FUNK ON version who's existence some claim to be an old wives' tale. Don't be fooled by the grille cloth, the speaker is (was?) the famous Delco 6x9 most notably used in the front dash of a 1974 Chevrolet Impalas.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89703.jpg)
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Post by: David Houck on November 18, 2010, 07:00:08 AM: What's the serial number?
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Post by: chuck on November 18, 2010, 01:19:16 PM: Hey Wheedly tone, feel free to jump in,anytime.

Chuck
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Post by: terryc on November 18, 2010, 01:23:25 PM: I think he has gave up on us lot! chuck
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 18, 2010, 02:14:02 PM: A Sears/Delco combo - sweeeeet! But were the Silvertone guts out of the amp-in-the-case model? And I guess market research dictated a labeling change, eh?

Peter
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Post by: lidon2001 on November 18, 2010, 02:42:58 PM: Yes Peter, it was the amp in a case type. The case was multi-tasked into an external speaker/carrying case for the ubiquitous Panasonic portable cassette player with built in condensor mic. Two of which made a usable bouncing recording system (well, almost usable).

Sorry Dave, MagicMaster custom shop didn't number their prototypes. I do believe the FUNK OFF model did not proceed past the devolpment stage which was pictured above. We were waiting for the FUNK ON model with much anticipation, but development was postponed due to budgetary constraints, if my memory serves me correctly (probably serves a beer better).

(Message edited by lidon2001 on November 18, 2010)
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Post by: mike1762 on November 18, 2010, 04:10:21 PM: I think this is a photo of the MagicMaster industrial complex.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89783.jpg)

The SUPER DWARF was assembled in the annex seen on the right. After NAFTA was implemented, they moved to a less palatial facility in metropolitan Juarez, Mexico.
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Post by: chuck on November 18, 2010, 06:57:22 PM: The new facility
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89797.jpg)
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Post by: chuck on November 18, 2010, 07:06:41 PM: The staff.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89801.jpg)
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Post by: chuck on November 18, 2010, 07:09:16 PM: The C.E.O.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/89804.jpg)
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Post by: edwin on November 18, 2010, 08:10:08 PM: I love this thread! This is best way to deal with a troll that I've seen on the net!
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Post by: terryc on November 19, 2010, 02:35:59 AM: I think the staff need to be on a dental insurance program..
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Post by: jazzyvee on November 19, 2010, 04:11:24 AM: @Mike1762, your picture looks similar to the cover of Scott Henderson's Tore House Down album.

Jazzyvee
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Post by: mike1762 on November 19, 2010, 04:54:48 PM: It does indeed!!!
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Post by: crobbins on November 19, 2010, 05:19:30 PM: Oh, here comes GREGGERY,
Little GREGGERY PECCARY
The nocturnal gregarious
Wild swine . . .

A peccary is a little pig with a white collar that usually hangs around between Texas and Paraguay, sometimes ranging as far west as Catalina

Catalina, Catalina, Catalina!
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Post by: mike1762 on November 19, 2010, 05:45:29 PM: They taste like chicken...
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Post by: lbpesq on November 19, 2010, 06:03:14 PM: Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain.

No Lucy, you can't be in the show. You got some splainin' to do
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Post by: richbass939 on November 24, 2010, 08:56:48 PM: I love this thread! This is best way to deal with a troll that I've seen on the net!

Edwin, I totally agree.
This is like when someone makes a prank call on you and you end up having more fun with it than the caller does.
Rich