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Post by dnic on Sept 6, 2021 17:52:33 GMT -6
Sounds very Disgusting indeed Steve. Seems most of the folks in Cal. drink bottled water and even make their hot drinks and cook with it. In Mt Shasta we're fortunate to have very good water expect for the occasional problem. Which are quickly reported and mostly quickly remedied.
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Post by antares on Sept 7, 2021 2:48:24 GMT -6
"She who must be obeyed" drinks only bottled water too just like the Cali Crew, but she imbibes the carbonated variant which I can't stand. Drinking the local Tap-o'line (tap/faucet water) is fine so far as it goes, it's when you make tea or coffee that you get a heads-up as to the nature of what you're actually drinking. That said, water from areas without such hard minerals do taste somewhat nicer and are free of such slimy deposits, even allowing for subjectivity in "taste". Why am I not surprised to learn that pretty much everyone in Cali drinks bottled water?
Needs further elucidation; "Tap-o'line" (pron. tapoleen) is a play on words of Brylcreme. If anyone turned up at work with wet hair, we would say "I see you've been putting on the Tap-o'line then?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2021 10:20:47 GMT -6
We drink a lot of bottle water here, because what come out of the tap is no good at all. We also use a charcoal Filter for water that comes out of the tap for cooking and for my wife's coffee. Most of the ground water here has a lot of stuff in it that is not good for drinking. You would think that because we are around a lot of water that there would be no need to clean it up. But was have a lot of salt water and sand here.
Well anyway, We don't like the taste of the water on tap.
When we lived in AZ we had a place that was on well water. Now that stuff was pretty good. But we did have it tested to make sure it was good to drink. I don't think we ever bought bottle water back then. WOW! What a rabbit trail.
EB
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Post by antares on Sept 7, 2021 13:30:16 GMT -6
What is this Beelzebub that you hath spawned Dane!
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Post by dnic on Sept 7, 2021 18:21:43 GMT -6
What is this Beelzebub that you hath spawned Dane! e&oe ...What? who started talking about slim in their cups? But that's what Rabbit trails" are for. Someone in the 50s, 60s that used a lot of hair cream was called a "Greaser" So another shot at the water/Brylcreme thing... Perrier-creme
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Sept 8, 2021 6:40:32 GMT -6
Sounds very Disgusting indeed Steve. Seems most of the folks in Cal. drink bottled water and even make their hot drinks and cook with it. In Mt Shasta we're fortunate to have very good water expect for the occasional problem. Which are quickly reported and mostly quickly remedied. The water in Tennessee is pretty great...best known for being part of the Jack Daniels and George Dickel experience. Kentucky, to our north, is also known for good water....and bourbon. I bought several Nalgene bottles years ago before a trip to Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. I still use them and fill them at work in our filtered fill station/water fountain combo. I'm so old school I remember when Coca-Cola was expensive and water was cheap. My dad used to give me a hard time about not drinking water out of the tap. He would say, "You can have as much as you want, and I'm paying for it." My grandparents farm in north-central Tennessee was all well water, and I remember how great that tasted. However, I have no idea what was actually in it! My two pence, John
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Sept 8, 2021 6:47:18 GMT -6
1.5 hours? Wowser! On this little island (and with a tail wind and no traffic jams) I can just about make the South Coast (The English Channel) in an hour and a half. I'm so provincial that to me such a journey is a bit of an undertaking (as in I think of it as "Here we go off to see the sea then.) Still 'n' all, I've driven a fair few of your routes and it's a different ball game over there. Of course we frequently drive 6-7 hours to the North West or the far South West, but that's not like going to buy some fine timber. e&oe ...We took the ferry to Dover from Calais, and my son completely freaked out when we got off the ferry and had to switch to driving on the "other side of the road". He kept asking if I knew how to drive on that side. I, of course, responded "no" and that I was just faking it. The trip was great, and we had the chance to drive all around the south of England. We had a very cool Ford Explorer with a 5.0 liter V8 engine at that time. Fast, big, and expensive to drive in Europe! We arrived in Bath and my wife was drawn to the Starbucks like a moth to flame. So much for enjoying local culture! Also, the road signs - as I remember - had speed limits in miles per hour but distances in kilometers. John
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Post by dnic on Sept 8, 2021 7:22:58 GMT -6
John, now that I think about it. Tumwater, Washington and Golden, Colorado are also know for their water. For those with beer budgets.
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Post by antares on Sept 8, 2021 8:14:05 GMT -6
It's a fact that the few of us still driving on the "wrong" side learn to live with driving on the right because we encounter it everywhere we go. The one thing that catches us out is "priorité a droit" and it rams home to we Limeys in the negotiation of roundabouts in Europe. Over there, you have to give way to folks joining a roundabout and that's easy to get used to when you approach one, but really difficult to remember once you're on it because you're used to exercising right of way until you leave it. It can get messy!
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Post by dnic on Sept 18, 2021 20:02:35 GMT -6
Got another 1000$ guitar build from one of my YT viewers. Just got the body and top milled and glued up today. I'll prolly make a thread on that and post some pics now and then. Not sure if I'll do any video of it at this point. This Roadie is going to be trans blue with a black guard. I ordered two sets of pups from John the last so I'm set there.
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Post by dnic on Sept 18, 2021 20:05:41 GMT -6
I have some pretty nice looking ash that I made the body out of but it's extremely heavy. If I can't weight relive it to my satisfaction I'll swap it out for alder. 1/4" maple top like the last one.
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Post by antares on Sept 19, 2021 6:24:51 GMT -6
Trans colours are eye candy, best of both worlds- grain in addition to colour. It should look sweet Dane.
Edit: I don't think you can go wrong with Ash, nearly always lovely grain. So called "Swamp Ash" is not so heavy.
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Post by antares on Sept 19, 2021 6:29:29 GMT -6
@john, we still fill Sigg and Nalgene bottles with Cumbrian / Lake District water to bring home and give us a few decent brews of tea. We bring home from Cornwall too but it's not quite as nice as Cumbrian from The North West. I like it that others are doing it too!
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Post by dnic on Sept 19, 2021 7:19:35 GMT -6
Trans colours are eye candy, best of both worlds- grain in addition to colour. It should look sweet Dane. Edit: I don't think you can go wrong with Ash, nearly always lovely grain. So called "Swamp Ash" is not so heavy. e&oe ...This is ash, ash. no swamp in sight. I've been weight relieving these bodies anyway but this might end up semi-hollow.
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Post by antares on Sept 19, 2021 12:56:30 GMT -6
I read that Swamp Ash is a bit of a misnomer. It is supposed to refer to ash growing in saturated soil and it produces much more open grain? Still, I reckon I must have read that on t'interweb and I'd sooner go by what you guys tell me. I have a MightyMite S-type made from two piece ash and it is quite a bit lighter than you'd anticipate. It's the pale blue one that has a no-name Japanese neck but it's a nice "together feeling" instrument.
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