PrairieDog

It might be worth the effort, I know I’m always bummed when I can’t acknowledge your contributions and I don’t have time to write comment. But I’m just a big “liker”, that’s what I am 😁

Oh, that hits really hard. A lost pet is my worst nightmare. Some dogs, like the lab, get so fixated on chasing something they are just oblivious to the quick zap from the collar. There is also the other problem of keeping the batteries charged in the collar. If those run down, the buzz is either weak or non-existent.

Yeah, you can set the sensation very lightly, combine it with clicker training and it can teach the dogs where not to go. However, there are real issues with the invisible fences, the main one being it is only a boundary for the dog wearing the collar. An invisible fence is no deterrent to coyotes, loose dogs, and other dangerous critters that still have free passage into the yard. Bad enough if your dog gets attacked or stolen in their own yard, but given the right provocation, distraction, or threat, even the best trained dog can cross the line, oblivious to the brief jolt from the collar. What happens then is, once the dog realizes it needs to get back in the yard, now it’s being corrected on the wrong side of the fence, and so it won’t cross back in. Many then panic and run in confusion and bewilderment because they don’t understand why they are being kept from their safe place. We were all perennially returning a sweet, but dumb, black lab who just couldn’t get the hang of the IF. And lived a mile away. At least he learned folks in our area would get him back home.

I’ll go ahead and say, sure it can be repaired. Anything can be repaired, but do you want to spend the money? It looks like a pretty common GC humidification issue. (I put up a post once about the “killing fields” I saw at my local GC last winter: 15-20 full daylight cracks hanging on the wall in the high end room, totaled $60,000 worth of merch.) Anyway, cleating a simple crack costs up to 150.00 (call around to get estimates) This is assuming nothing else is wrong inside. You don’t need to refinish something like this. But the bottom line, in my opinion, you’re right, that is not a real discount for a damaged guitar. Heck with the 15% off coupon right now they’re selling perfect new ones for less than 100.00 bucks more, $636.00. Offer 400 because of the damage, pointing out it’s gonna cost you to repair it. Or, GC gives you 45 days to return it. so you could pick it up, get an actual estimate, and decide if it’s worth it. Then bring that back to GC to see if they will adjust the price lower, or just return it. Just think about you can get a decent used one in good shape for less than what they are asking for this one damaged.

That’s so fun…. We did that for our dogs after we moved up here. They came from a small city lot where they were always on a lead if we were out. Would chase a leaf for a mile if given the chance. We had the same worries about cars out on the road, coyotes, etc. after we fenced their 1/4 acre back yard, oh man were we enjoying just throwing the door open at night in our robes and not getting bundled up to take them outside! Pure Utopia. Life was good. Well, until the night I let them out for their bedtime scamper and saw a skunk just sauntering along the back of the yard. Apparently I hit the exact right tone of “get back in here!” that for once had the girls instantly turn tail and fly back in the door with military precision. The skunk heard me too, and ran for cover under the barn. So it was back to years of dressing and leashing, especially for the youngest who never was able to sleep through the night. 13 years of two AM outings…. Sigh. Miss them to pieces still though.

Oh, bummer dude. We once celebrated our 15th anniversary with a new bladder tank for the well! I feel your “joy.”

We went on an accidental binge the past few weeks, brought in three new guitars and a banjo. So I guess that is what we bought ourselves for Christmas 😏

Back at cha! 🎅 Santa did, but arrived a little early at our house with the Banner and the LP, (and the Martin, and the Cedar Creek banjo) so wife and I have prudently decided that makes us good for presents this year. We put the tree up and may arrange the new toys around it with bows 😄

Congrats, and put up some pics if you can! Here’s to the Gibson becoming a lifelong friend

Chuckle. I think I’ll do that too. Although, one caution, we probably need to remember, it makes a difference where in the country the subjects are asked. For Coasters, 525k is the same as 150k here in flyover land. We get to be considered “well-off” at our income for our state, and we have a house with acreage in the country, and the reasonable disposable income and savings that goes along with that fortunate blessing, especially since we have no kids. On the coasts, we would be close to poverty level and lucky to have a ratty rental apartment in the projects for what we pay in our mortgage.

Oooh, ouch! 😆

Hi Greg, Where do you see the number? On the back of the headstock, a label, or in the body on the neck block? On the neck block would make it a factory order number. there are a lot of variables to the numbers, but if it is a FON, then for at least one set it does fall in 1950. Pics would be best. Use a photo hosting site to up load and link to here. A vintage j-45 is a great instrument.

Yeah, I know, I may have simplified it too much. The questions may have revolved around dating events that happened X years ago. Maybe it was Boomers kept putting everything happening in the Eisenhower era. Sigh, Swiss cheese brain strikes again. Wish I could retain info for longer than 10 minutes.

We do have some smaller bodies, a 1910 L1 and an all hog LG0, as well as a Taylor 12 fret and GS Mini. They all have their own cool sound, But yeah, I always gravitate towards the big guys. Grin, bringing a just few out at a time sounds like a good plan! 🙂

I read recently some University did a study of perception of time depth. And apparently the Millennium messed with everyone’s sense of time. Interesting, they found for Xs and Boomers, the last 25 years never happened. If you ask them what year was 50 years ago, they invariably said, “1950.” I know I’m totally guilty of that. And when the researchers asked recent college graduates about events they thought happened in the distant past, they were picking things that happened in the 1990s.