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Chief, Apparently, the official U.S. Army song is entitled "The army goes rolling along". Who knew??????? So naturally the Space Force needed their own song as well. But why did they get the Space Force Janitor's eight year old nephew to write it? RBSinTo

Sounds like the theme song from a low-budget science-fiction cartoon or marionette programme from the late nineteen fifties or early sixties. Incredibly amateurish, and very bad. And why do they need a theme song anyway?????? RBSinTo

Chief, Canada is not yet frozen, and won't be again for a while yet. Probably not until the next Ice Age, so you've still got a bit of time before it happens. Tons of time for someone to alert the appropriate Authorities before you try to sneak across the border on a Dumpling Run. RBSinTo

Chief, Yes, but I doubt any come with dumplings. Hope you get a good one. RBSinTo

Chief, I don't know how easy it will be to find a used M-36, or even a new one in your neck of the woods, but just so you know, the Twelfth Fret here in Toronto has a new one in stock. $4,289.00 CDN. Taxes and Dumplings are extra. If you're interested, here is the link: https://www.12fret.com/instruments/c-f-martin-m-36/ RBSinTo

Chief, Hope both sales go to completion without a hitch, and you are able to get that M-36 you lust after. Now you are absolutely certain that you won't be buying that blue j-45 with the sparkles instead. Just checking. RBSinTo

Whitefang, I disagree. I too am left-handed, and have always found that we lefties are at a disadvantage when writing from left to right: awkward angle of the hand leading to it smudging the ink or pencil by as it follows and rubs on the writing surface, as well as fatigue caused by the awkward angle of the hand. Of course, like many of the other activities I do in a right-handed manner (such as playing golf, and guitar) I have learned to adapt when writing left-right running languages despite being primarily left-handed. This awkwardness disappeared when years ago I had to write Hebrew in religious school, which got me thinking about my question. However, among my other strange "skills" no doubt caused by my left-right brain flip that resulted in my handedness, is the ability to spontaneously mirror-write, which is to say I can write backwards. Aside from amazing and amusing my Grandchildren, it serves me no useful purpose (although Leonado da Vinci, who was a lefty wrote all of his notebooks that way). And when I do this little parlour trick to amuse my friends, and confound my enemies, I find it much more physically comfortable to write backwards English from right to left than the conventional way. But none of this answers my original question. RBSinTo

Here is a question that has bothered me for years. Since right-handed persons make up a greater proportion of the population than those who are left-handed, and it is much easier for righties to write in languages that are written from left to right, why were the written Semetic languages such as Arabic and Hebrew originally conceived to be written from right to left when it would be more difficult for right-handed persons to do so? While literacy was limited to far fewer individuals then, is it possible that when these languages' writing evolved that the proportions of handedness were different with more lefties in the population than are seen today? RBSinTo

Getting in on this discussion late, but while signed Gibsons (or any other guitar brand for thst matter) are undoubtedly valuable to some folks, they are not worth any more to me than plain, old models of the same instruments. As an amateur musician, I have never considered musical instruments to be investments, or anything other than tools that produce musical sounds. Nothing more. To acquire a guitar owned or played or signed by any famous musician is not anything I'd waste five minutes, or five dollars doing. RBSinTo

I did a fifth year of university in an unsuccessful attempt to get into medical school. One course I took was an undergraduate thesis course (in effect a mini-Masters where each student found a professor to take him or her on and give each an original research problem). In a nutshell, my problem was to prove that very early replicating Polyoma Virus DNA required a very short piece of RNA as a primer. The experiment took me most of the year to successfully run, and one evening when I took my professor W.P. Cheevers (who refused to be called anything other than Phil) my graphic results, he looked them over, turned to me, smiled, and in his Louisiana drawl said , " My son, you've got the goods." Had I been awarded a Nobel Prize, I couldn't have been happier, and even though it was 50 years ago, I can still picture the scene, and will never forget that moment. RBSinTo

DanvillRob, Yes, but it would be fun to play. Especially solos. RBSinTo

DanvillRob, Or could it be what men in Oslo get when they take Viagra? RBSinTo

DanvillRob, You meant the Beatles song? Oh. I thought you were referring to yet another j-45 variant made from crappy sounding Norwegian wood. RBSinTo

fyp., Beauty is only skin deep. But ugly goes right to the bone. And that is one butt-ugly-to-the-bone guitar. RBSinTo

Doesn't look any nicer in brighter light. Still incredibly unattractive.. RBSinTo

I'm done wasting time going back and forth with you. It isn't worth my time. RBSinTo

Larsongs, When did I ask for medical advice? I asked about emergency generators that can keep a machine that relies on electric current running during a power failure. The quest for medical advice being sought on a Guitar Forum is an erroneous assumption that you've made. RBSinTo

Larsongs, Look it up. Google "CPAP Machine", and like magic, an explanation will appear. RBSinTo

Larsongs, "R", "B", and "S" are my initials. And I live in Toronto. RBSinTo

kidblast, I don't have first-hand knowledge of the severity of her symptoms, but if she believes it to be a possibility which can be assuaged by spending some money, then I'm all in favour of her getting either an upgraded CPAP, or a UPS. RBSinTo

Thanks for the quick replies and (mostly) good advice. I passed along the information to our friend and she will both take her machine to a computer store and check out their UPS to see if one is compatible and will work with it in emergency situations, as well as contacting the manufacturer of her machine about an upgrade to a model with the emergency back-up built in. With luck one of these solutions will work for her and allay her fears. Again, thanks. RBSinTo

Larsongs, And I don't know about that because I live in Toronto, but I saw in the local supermarket flyer that Peanut Butter is on sale this week. RBSinTo

fyp., Thanks for the definition. I'll check those out. Maybe something will match the specs. I am seeking. RBSinTo

DanvillRob, I don't suffer from Apnea, and can't speak to the severity of our friend's problem, so I cannot offer an opinion on her fear, or what would or would not hsppen if she was subject to a power failure. I'm just looking out for a friend and trying to find an emergency power pack with specific perameters that will allay her fears. Nothing more. RBSinTo

gearbasher, I don't know what you are referring to. What is a "computer UPS" please? RBSinTo