From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017051609585597401-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > failing overtime, wear and tear on the body, seems to be how things work.   
      
   Actually, it's how things stop working, which was never supposed to happen!   
      
   > Maybe they need to be this way, maybe not.   
      
   I'd say Definitely NOT! We've more than seen enough of why we don't need   
   it!!!   
      
   > The little friendly aliens in Stargate, the Asgard, did some tricks to   
   > stop their race from aging and in the deal cut off their ability to "   
   > assend " to the next level of existence.  Not such a good trade, perhaps.   
      
   That's silly! "Ascend" Where, to What, and Why, and particularly Why by   
   Dying???   
      
   > I read more adnd more these days.  Like you say, to learn details of chord   
   > voicings and such.   
      
   I  can get at least as much out of listening to a recording.   
      
   > Maybe someone will do that once Willy moves off this mortal coil :-)   
      
   I sure hope not, we've got toooooooo many Music makers dropping like flies   
   already!!!   
      
   > I have played them, but that was years back.  As I've maybe said, this   
   > whole recent search started because a Sterinberg I almost bought from a   
   > friend years back has shown up again on the market. I surely played it   
   > when he had it.   
      
   Okay, then you certainly know what you're going after...maybe along with a   
   Telecaster? ;)   
      
   > We did the song as a three piece, wife on drums, yesterday. It sounds   
   > fine.   
      
   There you go! Why not perform with that arrangement?   
      
   > sorry to hear that.   
      
   That's not the worst of it...there's COMMUNIST Feudal Serfdom Rent   
   *euphemistically* referred to as 'property taxes', just to stay out of the   
   weather! And Remember, THE Objective of Communism is THE ELIMINATION OF   
   PRIVATE PROPERTY...and Stealing it gunpoint by forcing *Former* home owners   
   to become home Renters and pay their Rent/TRIBUTE to the state, the  state   
   of TYRANNY!!!   
   I'm sure you've got the same problem as THIS IS A COMMUNIST COUNTRY!!!   
      
   He said he wanted to be president because he was tired of seeing this   
   country going  to Hell in a hand basket!   
   Well, if he Really means it, I DARE Mr. Trump to Address THAT ISSUE!!!   
      
   > no reason to just give stuff away yet. And selling way below what   
   > something is worth just so I can have empty space in my house is stupid.   
      
   I'm of a gift economy mentality so if someone needs something, and I can   
   spare it, they can have it...and maybe even if I can't spare it, they can   
   still have it. That's also why I aspire to get somewhere with The   
   Difference, my Soulmate, and our Originals, and make millions, so we can   
   give it away, and have a great time spreading the Love Vibe wherever we go,   
   and living up to our name by really making The Difference!   
   But I was thinking in terms of keeping things that are useful and not   
   getting rid of them just they've been on the shelf or in the basement, for   
   'too long' ;)   
      
   > I was very into it for a while.  Then this recent band came along and   
   > started sucking all my free time.   
      
   I'm kind of one-tracked about Music myself ;)   
   But I did manage to finally get on my bike for a 10 mile ride. WOW! Was I   
   ever in need of getting back into it!   
      
   > Last evening on our ride, I took an 80's Nashiki road bike frame, chrome   
   > moly tubes,  built into a single speed. Not a " fixie ", as the rear gear   
   > will free rotate if you stop pedaling. On a true fixie, the pedals and   
   > rear wheel are locked, if the wheel turns, the pedals move. Cool for trick   
   > riding, very dangerous on the road.   
      
   That's a track bike, single, high gear and no freewheeling, which means that   
   you have to resist the crank and pedals turning in order to slow down, and   
   eventually stop - can't imagine why anyone would want something like that.   
      
   > The original drop bars are replaced with semi straight handle bars, like a   
   > girls mountain bike. Heck maybe that's where they came from :-)  One   
   > brake, I think.  Caliper on the front wheel, with a simple hand grip.   
      
   And very thin high pressure tires too I suppose.   
      
   > The wheels and rims are pricey. A matched set of high end indoor racing   
   > wheels. Very nice, bought them new for a different build, but they ended   
   > up on the Nashiki. 700c, with 28mm tires.  That's tricky for rural roads,   
   > as there isn't much rubber there.   
      
   Kind of like seeing how much you can get away with before the inevitable   
   comes ;)   
      
   > Let the air get low and one good pothole will give you a snakebite flat.   
      
   Let the air get low and you'll be on the rims ;)   
   In fact, tires, bicycle or any other, shouldn't even have air in them   
   anymore, talk about old fashioned, like 128 years old fashioned, at least it   
   should have gone out with rumble seats!   
      
   > It's a fun bike and one of my " go to " things for rides less than 10   
   > miles or so.  As always, I have two more frames of the same vintage and   
   > size, just in case I wreck it and ruin the frame.  Spare parts are good   
   > :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   I'm ready for a nice 'bent...been for quite a while! And I learned that   
   Lightfoot Cycles no longer makes the Ranger, but they do have the Bigfoot   
   Ranger, with nice fat high volume tires - I'm assuming their patch size on   
   smooth pavement is still as small as ever, I hope.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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