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    Stupid Jokes

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    But, psychiatrists can be real helpful.  For example---

    I used to be terrified to answer the phone.  It would ring and I'd hide under the bed or in a closet.  But then I went to a psychiatrist to help me with that and it helped!  I'm no longer afraid when the telephone rings.  In fact, I'll answer the phone whether it rings or not!  [smile]

    Whitefang

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    Dementia

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    I can't access their website due to always getting "403 ERROR" notification.  Much as I can gather,  they supply  products to help with ED, which has nothing to do with dementia.  So you're right in telling him to bugger off JDGM.   [wink]

    Whitefang

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    Never stick a magnet to a guitar pickup!

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    I never new about that either.  But then too, like someone back then asked, WHY would anyone want to stick a magnet to a guitar pick up?  

    And I don't know about the flat paneled LED television monitors these days, but found out(thanks to my daughter, who was only three at the time) that placing a magnet on the screen of one of the old cathode ray tubes TVs used to use isn't a good idea either. [wink]

    Whitefang

    How does Gibson stay in business?!?!

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    One possibility is that Gibson has a rep.  And an honored one.  And there are still millions out there who are just learning to play and haven't had the experience of playing many guitars from many different makers.  And each successive generation adds millions more.  And they all grew up hearing those before them tout the reputation of Gibson's greatness, as those before THEM have, and on and on.   Only those who owned one, or worked at the plant that built them(like me) knew a Cadillac was basically just an overpriced and overdressed Oldsmobile.  But Cadillac had the better rep.  

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    YIPES! Dylan is 80!!!

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    I never said Neil sucks.  Just that I've never been that enamored of him.  Except for a few/couple songs I thought were OK.   And besides, it's more than obvious that Neil was heavily influenced by Bob.   Just about ALL those Troubadour folk-rockers were.(Crosby, Stills, Young, Taylor, Mitchell, Diamond , Waits, Browne, etc.).  So there's really nothing to argue.  [wink]

    One more thing////////

    I think it's been settled that there was a mutual influence concerning these two songs....    [wink]

    And yes, the Beatles song did come first.

    Once they all met there did seem to be a "two way" influence thing going on.  In an interview, George Harrison claimed he once asked Bob, "How do you come up with those lyrics?"  and Bob replied, "Screw the lyrics.  Where do you guys find those chords?"  

    Whitefang

    Dementia

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    Someone(like you) being there for HIM will also help him be there for HER and make her feel better knowing there's someone helping him through it too.  My wife was the second of six sisters, and sadly, the second to the last died way too young at 42 back in '90.  The rest of her sisters were usually over the house keeping my wife company and giving me a bit of whatever help they were capable of.   But I don't know HOW many times I told my wife that it wasn't necessary for her to worry about ME so much.  She had enough to worry about without the extra stress.

    Whitefang

    Lefty's

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    16 hours ago, Bob Gervais said:

    I love what Gibson is doing with all of the new "collections", artist and otherwise. What is missing from (seemingly) all of them are left-handed options. This is where Fender is way ahead of Gibson. I've even asked about specific models (Slim Harpo 330) whether there would be a left-handed version available. The answer was a definitive NO.

    OR, you can do what Jimi and Macca did and just turn it over and restring it for left handed play.  You know....

    Put the 6th string where the 1st usually is and so on...   [wink]  Or learn to play "righty" like me, Glen Campbell and plenty of other left handed guys did.   Unless of course, you've been playing a "made for lefties" model all along.

    Whitefang

    YIPES! Dylan is 80!!!

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    30th anniversary of what?

    Dylan's 30th anniversary of his recording career was in '92 and had a PBS broadcast of the concert.  

    And I'm guessing you were really referring to "Tangled Up In Blue",  Much as I love Dylan, I don't think he has the piano chops for "Rhapsody In Blue", the legendary George Gershwin composition.  [wink]   Dig-----

    Whitefang

    Dementia

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    Don't know where you're located( too many in forums it seems are so anally secretive about their actual location), or what kind of insurance you have, but it might be worth a look into what their coverage is for hospice care.  My wife didn't qualify due to her not being terminal.  But it might not matter to different insurance companies.  And my experience was that many of the "home care" agencies don't really offer daily care, and I was lucky if anyone showed up more than once a week.  Or in some cases, once every two weeks.  The only reliable people were the transport company that would come to take my wife to dialysis and bring her back, and the infusion people who supplied the liquid food.  

    I don't know who your friend is, or his situation, but my wife, a GM retiree, still had employee health care coverage(Bc/Bs) which covered the cost of all the home care equipment that was needed( hospital bed, Hoyer lift,  infusion pump and food, reclining wheelchair, etc.) And also the cost of the dialysis and transportation.  Maybe he checked with her insurance and they refused to cover the cost, or he didn't bother to check but might have saved himself the thousands in equipment costs.

    Whitefang

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    Truisms

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    Truisms?

    "Free advice is worth the price". 

    The cost of any car repair will always be 25-30% higher than what you can afford.

    You will usually feel the need to seriously pass gas when you're somewhere that it wouldn't be advisable. 

    Whitefang

    Driving into Canada to buy a guitar

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    So, with all the web sites that are supposedly reasonably priced and plentiful here in the states, and GC's all over the place, WHAT'S so special about that particular guitar that would have you consider travelling into Canada to buy it?   Some long time coveted but discontinued model perhaps?   Or some other rare vintage?

    Whitefang

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    Gibson Exclusives Collection

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    51 minutes ago, slimt said:

    More sarcasm.  😁
      I think Gibson could could do better to there color choices  .   

    Ah, I guess "there" is the Canadian spelling of "their", right?  :rolleyes:  Sort of like the superfluous "u" in some words?  [wink]

    Sure.  I've long thought the color should have been called "Drab Olive"  instead of the other way around.  But  there's probably some who might like a guitar that color.  And I do agree with Steve about the neck binding on the 335.  That'd be a nice touch.

    Whitefang

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    Dementia

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    21 hours ago, Mr. Gibson said:

    I’d almost consider suicide so as not to burden my wife with having to deal with me if I get it. I’ve seen too many of my older friends fade away.

    First, I believe your wife wouldn't consider it a burden.  My wife(who didn't have dementia) was a bed bound invalid after a major stroke in '16.  She also relied on nourishment through a Peg tube through the abdomen, and endured both urinary and rectal incontinence.  And it was up to me to handle all the clean-up and changing required for that plus the maintenance  of her liquid food supply and the pump operation.  Plus the dressing and wound care of her hard to avoid pressure ulcers.   I never thought of it as a burden as much as a labor of love.   But anyway.....

    1 hour ago, fortyearspickn said:

      But, one wonders if losing your own mental functions softens the anxiety of knowing  your time is limited.   This is one thing every human has in common -  should bring us closer together.  Sometimes it does.  Sometimes the opposite.  

    I'm not sure whether or not My Grandmother realized fully her condition.  And yes, maybe that IS a saving grace.  Which is also why I don't believe most in the grips of this condition probably don't consider suicide.  I mean, if you don't realize you're going through anything, then why do away with yourself? 

    Whitefang

    YIPES! Dylan is 80!!!

    in The Gibson Lounge

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    4 hours ago, cody78 said:

    Cowgirl in the Sand uninpressive? One of Neil's most famous and well written tunes? 🙄

    The tune you posted is certainly interesting lyrically, but musically not so much.

    Sorry, but Neil beats Dylan in so many ways IMO. I guess we have to agree to disagree on this one! 

    I get it.  You're a devoted Neil fan.  As I am a long time Dylan "freak".  Now, I'm not aware of any, but perhaps you can tell me who, in the music world, became well known and respected  due to either Young's influence, or by debuting high on the charts recording which song(s) of his?   You know.......

    Like The Byrds hitting big fame with a cover of MR. TAMBOURINE MAN....   or...

    Cher's first solo release (and #1 hit)  being ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO...   or..

    The Turtles crashing the scene with a cover of IT AIN'T ME BABE

    [wink]

    BTW;  IMHO  Neil's ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART is a MUCH better tune, musically AND vocally than "Cowgirl".  

    There too, are many who claim they prefer other's covers of Dylan songs to the originals.  And in some cases I agree to a degree.  But(of course) the Dylan "cover" I like best is...........

    [wink]  Whitefang

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    Dementia

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    22 hours ago, kidblast said:

    It is a horrendous nightmarish disease.   

    My dad was diagnosed about 20 years ago.   He was being treated for anemia, and the docs were not quite sure if it was the anemia that caused his condition or the treatments for the blood disorder.

    this insidious thing just destroyed one of the brightest most fearless men I've ever known. 

    I hate this disease...  and my heart goes out to anyone who's family member has it.

     

    You haven't been paying attention.  Dementia isn't a "disease" but a word that describes a group of symptoms that result in the problems discussed here. But that any one word can be attached to all of this is better, I guess.  Example-----

    In the early '70's, 1940's movie star(and popular WWII pin-up) RITA HAYWORTH was sadly pitied by Hollywood gossip columnists who were shocked to learn Ms. Hayworth was often seen stumbling around the streets in NYC in what appeared to be a drunken stupor and babbling incoherently.  They all assumed she was gripped by the claws of severe alcoholism and "tsk-tsked" her "fall from grace" by becoming a raving alcoholic.   

    Finally, shortly before her death in 1987 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  For all anyone knows, if she had been diagnosed earlier she may have lived much longer, and her reputation wouldn't have suffered due to ignorance.

    Whitefang

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