BluesKing777 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Managed to avoid the "All Access' virus so far, by not logging in, but here goes nothing...... Edit - I logged in and now have the AA virus. Ya think she will like the gift? Ha ha - one gold slide: BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirNed Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 If "she" is your guitar, then yes. She might not want to share, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 You're getting on thin ice here, BK. So, you give your wife a box from Tiffany. She opens up expecting a treat. An what does she find? A gold-plated lipstick tube cover. Flash forward: BK finds himself next to the new hound, in the doghouse where he belongs. I, on the other hand, am finally giving my wife for Christmas the new kitchen that I promised her some years ago. For the same money, I could have bought myself a very nice 1936 herringbone D-28. Wonder if it's too late to cancel the fancy appliances and cabinets I just ordered...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 What size is that ring? Your wife must have extremely long fingers, BK. I've seen fingers like that before but they were attached to David Bromberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 He's got bawls... I will give him that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Ha Ha!... The next question would be: "What guitar do I get her to go with the gold slide?" BluesKing777. PS. Nick, only trouble with getting a new kitchen is you probably either have to be there, have to hear about every blip, or worse, have to do it....a friend recently retired from a cushy job with a nice payout, bought and overspent on a few acoustics...Gibson, Martin, Maton, National, Yamaha and proceeded to start work on ...yep...the new kitchen himself because he bought too many ...guitars.... Ignored my advice, rightly so I suppose, of not moving any pipes..you know..get a new sink but put it in the same place as the old one etc....but no, now she wants to..yeeks...extend the walls out....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Waddya' mean 'get her'. Can't she just go into your guitar pile and pick one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 PS. Nick, only trouble with getting a new kitchen is you probably either have to be there, have to hear about every blip, or worse, have to do it....a friend recently retired from a cushy job with a nice payout, bought and overspent on a few acoustics...Gibson, Martin, Maton, National, Yamaha and proceeded to start work on ...yep...the new kitchen himself because he bought too many ...guitars.... Ignored my advice, rightly so I suppose, of not moving any pipes..you know..get a new sink but put it in the same place as the old one etc....but no, now she wants to..yeeks...extend the walls out....... Doing most of it myself, since I am between contracts, but I know when to hire people. Cabinets are custom made but I will install, a friend who is a retired electrician is doing the electric, a specialist is doing the gas install, another specialist the drywall, another specialist is restoring the terrazzo floors, another doing the quartz counter tops. My wife and I did the design, I am doing the demo (down to the studs and concrete block exterior walls) and new framing. I just finished removing 55 sq m of ceramic tile over original terrazzo floors (now wasn't that fun!). I did the new windows, including cutting the openings in the concrete exterior walls. Most importantly, I sign the checks when necessary. Mind you, since I promised her the new kitchen almost a decade ago, I have spent maybe $30k on guitars and $250k on a boat, so I figure I owe her just a bit. On the down side, my hands are so beat up by now that I can't play a guitar, so I'd better get moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Now I'm depressed. Just pulled my '56 Kenmore double drainboard steel sink to restore with Homax epoxy spray. My new kitchen BECAME my guitars. Thanks Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Now I'm depressed. Just pulled my '56 Kenmore double drainboard steel sink to restore with Homax epoxy spray. My new kitchen BECAME my guitars. Thanks Nick. Buy guitars first. Fix kitchen later. Easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. In my case, the bill was due. My wife reminded me that I owed her a kitchen, and we weren't getting any younger. She's right. I'm not going to have the energy to do this in a couple of years, if not sooner. But think of all the guitar points I'm going to earn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Yeah, but does the food taste better? I'm bustin' balls, you know, but my house was built in 1820 so you have to be careful to not trigger a domino effect if you start modernizing. I blew my load when I had it moved in '03. Amazingly, that cost me 25 G's, 40k LESS than my brother's kitchen upgrade. He lives outside of Philly. These wives mess our minds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Of course, I am only kidding - there is no gift, or guitar, to be - I bought the real gold slide for myself years ago from some joint in Colorado and the Boss gave me the Tiffany jewellery box to play a joke on friends, you know, Ha Ha 'for the slide player that has everything, look what we bought him - a Tiffany gold slide!' Which convinced them of a few things . Truth be, the Boss had a go at playing (my) guitar what seems like about 100 years ago...but didn't want to cut her fingernails and that was that. Now I was showing her an online vintage acoustic and I was going, you know, Ha Ha look at this - and she said something like - are you buying it? And the evil, evil words were heard: "You should get the ensuite bathroom fixed before you buy another da...guitar!" Reply: "What's wrong with the bathroom?".......................... :huh: :huh: :huh: BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabarone Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Depends...are you married to Bonnie Raitt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 At least it’s the right shape for where she’s gonna shove it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 At least it’s the right shape for where she’s gonna shove it For Sale..... One slightly used gold plated slide. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1512376597[/url]' post='1897171']At least it's the right shape for where she's gonna shove it Hahahah. Great start to,the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I, on the other hand, am finally giving my wife for Christmas the new kitchen that I promised her some years ago. For the same money, I could have bought myself a very nice 1936 herringbone D-28. You are a braver man than I. I went through that years back. And I was lucky. My wife comes from a long line of cabinet makers, carpenters and such. And she herself used to design kitchens for a living. Had the whole kit and caboodle stored in my garage for over a year also causing me to lose that space. But to this day I truly miss those floating cabinets that went up to the ceiling and that granite farm sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Man, you guys are whipped...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Yeah, but does the food taste better? I'm bustin' balls, you know, but my house was built in 1820 so you have to be careful to not trigger a domino effect if you start modernizing. I blew my load when I had it moved in '03. Amazingly, that cost me 25 G's, 40k LESS than my brother's kitchen upgrade. He lives outside of Philly. These wives mess our minds up. Beware the Dreaded Domino Effect - wound up doing a roof to basement renovation not long ago 😖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Kitchen remodels... additions... carpentry... My skills stop with a strap button install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Kitchen remodels... additions... carpentry... My skills stop with a strap button install. 😂 I had to get my friend to help me with that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Have a look at this house - took him 10 years to build...still not finished.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-_KeHkbQME BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Have a look at this house - took him 10 years to build...still not finished.... BluesKing777. It took me 10 years to build the last boat I did (not my current boat, which I bought used). But it was worth it. We got what we wanted, and she did what I designed and built her to do. There's a lot of satisfaction in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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