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Things You Recently Bought or Got, Redux
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I have two of them. I have my guitar lesson today and going to enquire about piano lessons. It's basically a one-string guitar. All the chords, inversions, and harmonies are the same. A lot easier to see the intervals when everything is in a straight line. My guitar teacher got me in the habit of learning everything on one string to get the intervals down automatic, so that should be a leg up.
I bought a dulcimer when I was in the Ozarks. Beautiful instrument. My husband was tuning it up and broke a string immediately. What the hell, said I? It's a freaking BARITONE dulcimer. Time to order strings...
Those are tuned in Drop D so you can play every Tool, Rage Against the Machine, and most 90s grunge songs with only one finger.
If I was familiar with grunge music, I'm sure I'd be thrilled.
Today I burned a load of money, Bought new and needed boots. My old pair lasted me for around ten years, so I bought from the same vendor seeing as they make quality stuff. Can only hope they still make quality stuff as well.
And two vests, I love vests for some reason.
Now I will eat gruel for the rest of the month.
And two vests, I love vests for some reason.
Now I will eat gruel for the rest of the month.
Fitting with your Bond villain persona. I've never been a vest guy. Wrong physique.
It was an Abyssinian maid...
Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan - one of the lines is "It was an Abyssinian maid. And on her dulcimer she played."
Referring to the earlier posts about dulcimers.
In theme, I recently got piano lessons. Or I will have recently gotten piano lessons after I go to guitar class tonight and sign up. I have a few keyboards but never play them. It's basically a one string guitar with all the same notes, chords, scales, and harmonies. But you have the benefit of two hands and an open linear path instead of the limitation of single hand span. It should be interesting. I don't think I'm coming to take them for years or anything, but it'll be good ear training and general theory knowledge.
I bought a magnetic key box for my grandson's first pickup truck which my son and daughter-in-law bought this morning. Son told grandson, "Hide it anywhere but under the hood." He then related the tale of hiding the extra key to his first pickup under the hood only to discover at an unfortunate moment that he could only open the hood from inside the vehicle.
I remember keys, and the hide-a-keys! Back before your phone could sub as a key. I stuck mine under the rear bumper. Very handy.
Now you don't even need to use a key. My daughter's key just needs to be "in the vicinity" and she pushes a button.
I like keys.
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Not me, but my sister-in-law with which I travelled to Ireland last fall, ordered a whole box of Mr Tayto potato chips (crisps) from Ireland.
Oh God, we had a good laugh about Mr Tayto while we were in Ireland.
"Mr Tayto says hello!"
Silliness is such fun.
Oh God, we had a good laugh about Mr Tayto while we were in Ireland.
"Mr Tayto says hello!"
Silliness is such fun.
A new furnace. Not a pump, not motor, but the whole damn thing. Thing costs a fucking fortune. My HVAC guy has been installing it all week. Luckily it's been high 30s low 40s all week, so some space heaters, gas fireplaces, and electric mini-splits have kept the house reasonably tolerable, but if this had happened a few weeks ago when it was in the negatives every night, we'd have been screwed. My guy was saying between the snow, cold, and ice dams, he's seen more busted pipes and leaking roofs in the last month than the last five years combined.
I was wondering which major housing expense was going to hit me in the nuts when I stopped working. Exactly one month to the day for the furnace. I thought it would be the roof, which is probably twice as much. Something to look forward to next year!
I was wondering which major housing expense was going to hit me in the nuts when I stopped working. Exactly one month to the day for the furnace. I thought it would be the roof, which is probably twice as much. Something to look forward to next year!
Every year I'm more grateful to have a wood stove. We're probably going to have to redo our septic this spring. Super looking forward to that. Glad you were able to get a furnace and the weather is cooperating.
And the furnace is directly beneath my office floor, so I can hear every note of his stereo. All 80s rock. So far this morning, we've hit Lita Ford, Ratt, REO Speedwagon, Poison, Aerosmith x 2 (Amazing, Angel).
Could be worse. If you haven't heard a 60 year old plumber screaming Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford at the top of his lungs, you haven't lived.
My gas fireplace rips heat like a steel mill. Inefficient as hell though. Steam radiator heat is the worst. I looked into getting a whole system last year as was quoted the price of a BMW. $70K minimum. Nope.
Could be worse. If you haven't heard a 60 year old plumber screaming Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford at the top of his lungs, you haven't lived.
Technically a steam boiler. I had a wood stove when I lived in NH. Five cords of wood a season and I needed the chimney cleaned like every 6 weeks. It was insane. Worth it though.
My gas fireplace rips heat like a steel mill. Inefficient as hell though. Steam radiator heat is the worst. I looked into getting a whole system last year as was quoted the price of a BMW. $70K minimum. Nope.
