jannusguy Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 ebay selling 101 http://cgi.ebay.com/Acoustic-Gibson-Guitar_W0QQitemZ220386671216QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33025QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 that's crazy. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I wonder where he got his advice from? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishoaknc Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I belive that old boy is a dreamer[-o< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I wonder where he got his advice from? LOL Same place he gets his feedback goose egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinNoName Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Bonkers!! Although, I see it in Odessa, Texas. Isn't that in Heroes (unfortunately, as a limey, I tend to look at locations in the USA and "visualise" them based on film and tv. Horrible, I know...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 That's okay, when I envision the UK all the country scenes are from 'All Creatures Great and Small' and all the suburban scenes are either from the Good Neighbors or Reginald Perrin. All urban scenes are crowded streets with double decker buses and little shops, Patti Boyd in a zebra striped miniskirt walking with John Cleese who's wearing a bowler and carrying an umbrella. Guess I should save up for a plane ticket, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 KSDaddy, spend your plane ticket money on a new guitar instead - you just described the UK exactly :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinNoName Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 That's okay' date=' when I envision the UK all the country scenes are from 'All Creatures Great and Small' and all the suburban scenes are either from the Good Neighbors or Reginald Perrin. All urban scenes are crowded streets with double decker buses and little shops, Patti Boyd in a zebra striped miniskirt walking with John Cleese who's wearing a bowler and carrying an umbrella. Guess I should save up for a plane ticket, eh?[/quote'] H is right... we are still a little "twee" here I think :- Although, I'm sure you would be welcomed to the "UK revivalist tankard drinking soiree"!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 twee? From Merriam-Webster: chiefly British : affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint. That's okay. Beats wanting to blow us up or take every one of our jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Of all of those, only 'quaint' comes close... The rural areas are still a bit 'James Herriot' - I live in a thatched cottage in the deepest, darkest part of Essex. Cities and towns, however, are not so friendly as they once were and, at night, often resemble the scenes from 28 Days Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I think the guy who sold him/her that guitar for $ 5,000 is the one who told him/her it was worth $6,000. An easy $1,000 profit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Of all of those' date=' only 'quaint' comes close... The rural areas are still a bit 'James Herriot' - I live in a thatched cottage in the deepest, darkest part of Essex. Cities and towns, however, are not so friendly as they once were and, at night, often resemble the scenes from 28 Days Later [/quote'] If there's an Essex (east), a Wessex (west), and a Sussex (south), howcome there isn't a Norssex? I suspect that's a common tourist question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Or my neighborhood, Littlesex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadgrateful Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 If there's an Essex (east)' date=' a Wessex (west), and a Sussex (south), howcome there isn't a Norssex? I suspect that's a common tourist question.[/quote'] Good question Tommy, perhaps this just goes to show the separation between the north and the south of England has long existed. Also, how come you yanks cant think of your own place names eh? :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Good question Tommy' date=' perhaps this just goes to show the separation between the north and the south of England has long existed. Also, how come you yanks cant think of your own place names eh? :- [/quote'] You mean like Chicargo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I love watching Springer and one of the high points is one of his security guys... when he does speak to the guests (usually while separating them) the audio picks up on him and he sounds just exactly like the "Da Bears" skits from SNL. I didn't know people really had accents that thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadgrateful Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Chicago is a french translation of shikaakwa right? Which I presume is of native american origin. I find place names and there origin fascinating, I think places like Montana and New York are so iconic sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I love watching Springer and one of the high points is one of his security guys... when he does speak to the guests (usually while separating them) the audio picks up on him and he sounds just exactly like the "Da Bears" skits from SNL. I didn't know people really had accents that thick. Yeah, that George Wendt, et.al. skit was spot on. When I first saw it I thought I'd accidentally punched the remote button and was picking up Channel 9. "Soss-edges," that is the proper, East of the Cicero Avenue way they pronounce it. That and "Old Style" beer, blech! :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Chicago is a french translation of shikaakwa right? Which I presume is of native american origin. Not sure of the french, but I suspect they had a hand in translating it. It is an indian word for the place. Means "Stinking or Rotten onions". I suspect wild garlic or onions grew in the area in abundance. Although, once they became 'hog butcher to the world." the oniony smell went away. The stock yards and packing houses are all gone now. I suspect if they had to come up with an odoriferous name now it'd be something else. What is Iroquois for "Sweaty Vagrant Made Water Here"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Funny thing is there is a county near me called Winnebago. I've read Father Marquette's diary, of Marquette and Joliet fame, of his travels to my neck of the woods. In his diary, he speaks of the Winnebago indians they first met at the tip of a body of water where two legs of land come together. It's called Green Bay. He mentions that the indian meaning of Winnebago, is something that should not be discussed in proper company. It too means smelly something, owing to the odor of decomposing aquatic plants. I'll let your fingers do the internet walking to find out what that something is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Nice beaver, ksdaddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Fashions provided by Rscott4079. Messed with everyone's head at work yesterday because of the bright orange and the fact that I'm not known as a sports buff. But I will henceforth proudly wear the colors of the OSU Beavers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Nice beaver' date=' ksdaddy.[/quote'] Good guess Ballcorner.... or did you look it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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