The Washing Machine Thread Part 2

[Sgt. Pepper]

33 minutes ago, Murph said:

Rocketman WAS a rocket scientist and he had an ES-339 during the same time I was gigging mine, which was like 13 years ago.

Looks like he's been missing for over 3 years.

Good guy.

There called Aerospace Engineers. I used to work with them. None of their degrees in their offices said BS, MS or Ph.d in Rocket Science. It’s something someone said on tv and now that’s what they get branded as.

Edited May 29, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper

[merciful-evans]

This made me recall one of many ideas that I never followed through.

I recorded my washing machine with the intention of using it in a musical composition. The finale would occur when it spun. The time would be in 9s and be Wagneresque. It was to be called 'The Rinse Cycle'.

Shoulda dunnit

[Whitefang]

18 hours ago, SoulSnatcher said:

The Maytag repair man sued them for lack of work & breach of contract & they went under. I think they make Gibson Guitars now...

I hope that response wasn't due to my tired old quip somehow going over your head.  😉 

Whitefang

[merciful-evans]

3 hours ago, Farnsbarns said:

In the old days, when the "ring" of your land line was controlled at the telephone exchange and phones went ring, ring..... Ring, ring.......ring, ring.... 

It was in 5s 

Rjng, ring, rest, rest, rest, ring, ring, rest, rest, rest. 

There's a modern classical piece built around it and I cannot for the life of me remember who did it or what is was called but it has samples of phones in it. 

I think I've heard something like that ?! If so, I didn't twig on with the 5/4 though.

[Retired]

On 5/29/2023 at 9:38 AM, Whitefang said:

What key is that squeak in?    😉 

I can't resist....

You know what happened to Maytag?

Kelvinator.  😉 

Whitefang

High E ken?  Lol. Didn't think they had bearings in dryers. Could be a belt? She said the squeak goes away in about 4 minutes of running. It is a May Tag over 20 years old. 

[Retired]

Oliver keeps wanting to drop  his toys in the Washing machine, Both of clothes and dishwasher. "Here Mom. I played with this one today...Needs to be cleaned." Could be because he sees his dishes getting cleaned every day?

[Whitefang]

13 hours ago, Retired said:

Oliver keeps wanting to drop  his toys in the Washing machine, Both of clothes and dishwasher. "Here Mom. I played with this one today...Needs to be cleaned." Could be because he sees his dishes getting cleaned every day?

That's cute.  Just hope he keeps asking Mom to take care of it and doesn't try to do it himself.  And running the risk of getting the clothes washer mixed up with the dishwasher. 

Had a friend whose "helpful" son put his muddy clothes and sneakers in the dishwasher.  Didn't turn out well.

And once he tried to help his Dad(my buddy) clean up all the leaves on the front yard by dragging the Hoover out side to vacuum them up!    

He was five at the time.  I hadn't seen him for years until his Dad's(my buddy) funeral.  He was then in his late 30's and a Lieutenant in the Air Force.  I reminded him of the vacuum cleaner incident and said I was worried about the nation's safety with military officers of that caliber.  Of course he knew I was just teasing him and laughed.

Whitefang

[jdgm]

On 5/30/2023 at 7:55 AM, merciful-evans said:

This made me recall one of many ideas that I never followed through.

I recorded my washing machine with the intention of using it in a musical composition. The finale would occur when it spun. The time would be in 9s and be Wagneresque. It was to be called 'The Rinse Cycle'.

Shoulda dunnit

Now I think of it -  fun fact

Baritone sax supremo Gerry Mulligan recorded a tune called "Maytag", from memory of the rhythm of his mother's washing machine.  It's on his excellent 1971 LP  "The Age Of Steam".

 

Edited May 31, 2023 by jdgm

[Retired]

13 hours ago, Whitefang said:

That's cute.  Just hope he keeps asking Mom to take care of it and doesn't try to do it himself.  And running the risk of getting the clothes washer mixed up with the dishwasher. 

Had a friend whose "helpful" son put his muddy clothes and sneakers in the dishwasher.  Didn't turn out well.

And once he tried to help his Dad(my buddy) clean up all the leaves on the front yard by dragging the Hoover out side to vacuum them up!    

He was five at the time.  I hadn't seen him for years until his Dad's(my buddy) funeral.  He was then in his late 30's and a Lieutenant in the Air Force.  I reminded him of the vacuum cleaner incident and said I was worried about the nation's safety with military officers of that caliber.  Of course he knew I was just teasing him and laughed.

Whitefang

Funny. Deb catches him doing it and takes them out. He loves hard toys and balls. he Chews a hard bong butterfly and antler bones. He will drop them in at night when she does a load. She laughs at him. Another thing he does to her is go between her legs and stop with his head looking out her front to see what she's making for lunch or dinner. He follows her around the kitchen like that. He is a Oliver, "I want some food please."Then we figured out why today. She is always standing over him to pet him or kiss him on the nose. So he thinks that's what she likes. Dogs pick up stuff fast. Funny thing is he will bark loudly that anyone outside could hear while upstairs in my guitar room. Acts like someone just broke down the door. Deb will come in and tell him to shut up, It's just her he's barking at. He's a heck of a watch dog, Lol.

[Murph]

6 hours ago, Retired said:

 He's a heck of a watch dog, Lol.

I heard a retired NYC cop once say he'd never seen a home invasion/b&e when there was a dog in the house.

[gearbasher]

3 hours ago, Murph said:

I heard a retired NYC cop once say he'd never seen a home invasion/b&e when there was a dog in the house.

My Uncle, living on Long Island, had a dog and his house was broken into. He said: the stupid dog probably showed them where all the valuables were.

[Whitefang]

10 hours ago, Retired said:

Funny. Deb catches him doing it and takes them out. He loves hard toys and balls. he Chews a hard bong butterfly and antler bones. He will drop them in at night when she does a load. She laughs at him. Another thing he does to her is go between her legs and stop with his head looking out her front to see what she's making for lunch or dinner. He follows her around the kitchen like that. He is a Oliver, "I want some food please."Then we figured out why today. She is always standing over him to pet him or kiss him on the nose. So he thinks that's what she likes. Dogs pick up stuff fast. Funny thing is he will bark loudly that anyone outside could hear while upstairs in my guitar room. Acts like someone just broke down the door. Deb will come in and tell him to shut up, It's just her he's barking at. He's a heck of a watch dog, Lol.

Oh...... your DOG!  

I thought you were talking about one of your GRANDKIDS!  🤪

3 hours ago, Murph said:

I heard a retired NYC cop once say he'd never seen a home invasion/b&e when there was a dog in the house.

He retired too soon.  A woman I worked with said she had two very large Samoyed dogs.  One night when she was out her house was broken into.  Her sound system and VCR was stolen.  And so were her dogs!  

Whitefang

[Retired]

14 hours ago, Murph said:

I heard a retired NYC cop once say he'd never seen a home invasion/b&e when there was a dog in the house.

I used to show Dobermans before I married. I never saw one person try and challenge one. Living at home still, I had Gunner. He saw the guy I used to race with. I had 3 race cars. Every day he came over to work on the car, Gunner would meet him at the gate like, "No, you're not coming in and would not let him touch the gate. ." I had to say, "It's OK Gunner." And he then could come in.  I had one also that saved my son's butt. They are great with kids. 

[Murph]

9 hours ago, Retired said:

I used to show Dobermans before I married. I never saw one person try and challenge one. 

Yep. That's the kind of dog I'm talking about. Not a little yapper someone could steal.

I have a 95 pound Catahoula who guards this place like it's the last property with food on Earth. I've also owned Shar Pei's and Pit's and German Shephard's.

Dobermans always look damned serious to me.

[merciful-evans]

On 5/29/2023 at 10:28 PM, Murph said:

Rocketman WAS a rocket scientist and he had an ES-339 during the same time I was gigging mine, which was like 13 years ago.

Looks like he's been missing for over 3 years.

Good guy.

Murph, I hope you don't mind me giving form to the image you've evoked: 

 

last mission: Chibson surveilance over Jiangsu Province

[Murph]

36 minutes ago, merciful-evans said:

Murph, I hope you don't mind me giving form to the image you've evoked: 

That was great.

Now that I think about it, he traded his ES-339 for something else.

Maybe a 359?

Anywho, he was an old timer from back in the days of Neocon, ksgstandard and Homz and oilpit and that kid, you know, what'shisname....

[Whitefang]

3 hours ago, Murph said:

Yep. That's the kind of dog I'm talking about. Not a little yapper someone could steal.

 

Remember....the lady whose dogs were stolen had Samoyeds.  No little yappers, they.

And you really can't rely on doberman's on their own merits, as if you recall, a brother in law of mine had a huge brown doberman that was terrified of my wife's toy poodle. 

Whitefang

[Retired]

On 6/2/2023 at 6:18 AM, Murph said:

Yep. That's the kind of dog I'm talking about. Not a little yapper someone could steal.

I have a 95 pound Catahoula who guards this place like it's the last property with food on Earth. I've also owned Shar Pei's and Pit's and German Shephard's.

Dobermans always look damned serious to me.

Thats how Deb and I met was through the Doberman club, She brought her aunts Doberman to be trained before shows. Oliver makes my 5th one.  At home with my parents we had a German Shepard.  My first dog at one year old, was a mutt. Iv'e had different dogs since and then went only Dobes.  Gunner was mean, He only liked me and my mom. Pit Bulls aren't allowed in Omaha or is it Iowa? They had some attacks with them here and outlawed them.

[Retired]

On 6/2/2023 at 10:08 AM, Whitefang said:

Remember....the lady whose dogs were stolen had Samoyeds.  No little yappers, they.

And you really can't rely on doberman's on their own merits, as if you recall, a brother in law of mine had a huge brown doberman that was terrified of my wife's toy poodle. 

Whitefang

Lol. Must of been a spook? The lady I used to get mine from had a red, (that's what the call the brown color) Anyway Rose would go hide if the door bell rang. When I married Debbie, I had Tie, and Deb had a a miniature poodle named Joey. When we were together Joey always walked around Tie strutting his stuff like he was BOSS. Deb would not let Tie hurt him. One day, she went up the stairs to the restroom (and Joey always hid when she left,) this time, he strutted his stuff again. Tie grabbed Joey and threw him clean across the room and banged him against the wall. I started laughing and she ran down to see about her baby was crying. I told her and after that, Joey always climbed the fence and  walked  2 blocks down to her grandmas house. Eventually, She just kept him there with her two poodles.  We saw her about every day anyway. 

[Retired]

On 6/1/2023 at 9:17 AM, gearbasher said:

My Uncle, living on Long Island, had a dog and his house was broken into. He said: the stupid dog probably showed them where all the valuables were.

A friend of mine raises Boxers. They are beautiful with ears cropped up for showing.  Anyway, He told me Boxers  are so friendly, they will help the thieves pack up the stolen goods and escort them to the door. 

[Sgt. Pepper]

We can't stay on track to save our lives. We have gone from washing machines to Aerospace Engineers and now to dog sledding. 

Should I try to bring back my Post Whatever The Hell You Want Thread. Ah , but will you post what you want or what you need?

Edited June 4, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper

[Murph]

8 hours ago, Retired said:

A friend of mine raises Boxers. They are beautiful with ears cropped up for showing.   

They look great with the cropped ears.

But I wonder, does it let the rain in?

[Whitefang]

Don't get me started on ear cropping.  

Whitefang

[Retired]

4 hours ago, Murph said:

They look great with the cropped ears.

But I wonder, does it let the rain in?

Probably. Lol.  Maybe Thats why they hate to potty in the rain? 

[Retired]

4 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

We can't stay on track to save our lives. We have gone from washing machines to Aerospace Engineers and now to dog sledding. 

Should I try to bring back my Post Whatever The Hell You Want Thread. Ah , but will you post what you want or what you need?

Calm down Sgt. How about this? What is the best acoustic I could buy that has mid range tones for around $4 to 5 hundred?  I like the tones of those guild ones.  I know you like Martins,  never played one.