From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017081522361844900-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Loud music sells drinks, or so I read.   
      
   Yeah, I saw that one too...but it's still disgusting...sort of like loud   
   motorcycles sell drinks too - many Harleys, too many, are the world's most   
   expensive and noisiest vibrators - they might feel good, maybe even to   
   getting a little turned on, for the first 10 miles or so but after that,   
   reality sets in and the novelty wears off...so the  bikers end up cruising   
   from one bar to the next for some liquid anesthetic i.e. booze - kind of   
   Stupid when one seriously thinks about it.   
      
   > You can't do anything about it anyway.   
      
   Earplugs work.   
      
   > I am seeing more and more pro bands without amps.  Going to IEM's.   
      
   Now that I've tried IEMs, at least I can say that I am able to tolerate   
   them, but only for a certain amount of time, after that, they've got to come   
   out, at least for a while as I find it most uncomfortable to have something   
   stuck in my ears for an indefinite long period.   
      
   Not only that but if the sound person is incompetent, that will not solve   
   any problems.   
   It's so Tragic that I have to say this but when I said that I always prefer   
   to use a PA to run everything through, it also meant that until recently,   
   the person running the board actually knew how to operate the equipment   
   properly - but now, even though I still prefer to go through the PA, I'd   
   also like to have my own amp handy just in case the person at the mixer is   
   Bozo the Clown or reasonable facsimile thereof, and has me turned down so I   
   can't be heard. Then it's time to go through the  amp.   
      
   > That's a far better solution.  It's up to each individual how much they   
   > want to fry their ears. Unfortunately, I"m not seeing that trend in small   
   > local bands.   
      
   I don't mind if others *insist* on hurting themselves by *deliberately*   
   being Stupid - BUT when they insist on hurting *me* by deliberately being   
   Stupid, I regard that as a Assault, which after all, is Exactly what it   
   is...and I'm entitled to *defend* myself!!!   
      
   > Sorry, but I won't be trying anything experimental with my eyes :-)   
      
   The Sun is not some secret weapon that'll 'get you', it's properties have   
   been well known and understood for thousands of years. ;)   
      
   See what the politically 'correct' WIMP CULTURE has done - it's *intended*   
   that we fear everything, even the Sun...when in reality, the only thing to   
   fear is all the  Idiots who listen to the FEAR MONGERS, the REAL   
   TERRORISTS!!!   
      
   > Right. And I'd need something ove the main opening of the scope.  Not even   
   > thinking about that.  I'll watch it on youtube.   
      
   We had a good gig today.  It went fast.  Then we went out for ice cream.   
      
   Jim   
      
   YUMMY!!! I should probably pick up a 5 quart pail of some and pig out over   
   here ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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