Warning! Happy people inside.

[Mo0se]

It's one of the "other" things we love to
do.

PLayin ho0ky (http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x89/selinnah/?action=view&current=Phishy.flv)

[ironspoke]

No doubt Moose. I'll bring the fly rods and some personally tied bass flies. Those largemouths wont stand a chance.

[davkatreb]

My dad took me fishing lots when I was a young 'un. To this day, I don't get it. But his love-no, his deep and heartfelt reverence-for the beauty and the healing power of God's outdoors-That, I got in spades. Thanks, Dad.

Was that Waylon?

[Mo0se]

Yes sir, Waylon is correct. :)

[north20]

I don't fish too often these days as neither my wife nor daughters like to eat fish; and I've always been into catch-and-eat, not catch-and-release.

But fishing is hugely popular in this area what with the Columbia River rolling through town, and all the pothole reservoirs and lakes out in the basin. But apparently some of our local anglers are just a bit overzealous ....

[RandomDood]

Some of my best memories are fishing with my Dad. As I look back, I realize that it had nothing to do with the fishing and everything to do with spending time together. After Dad died, I didn't fish for a long time. maybe ten years. Now I look forward to fishing with my son someday. He probably won't get it until he's in his 20's either, but he'll get it someday. And that's what counts.

[nogearshere]

fishing, knitting seal clubbing...i dont care.



its a nice feel good thread.

thanks pumpkin!

[wigger thomas]

how happy would you be if you had a hook in your mouth and you were getting yanked under water by it for the last 5 minutes of your life while you drowned. Happy people not happy fish.

[davkatreb]

how happy would you be if you had a hook in your mouth and you were getting yanked under water by it for the last 5 minutes of your life while you drowned. Happy people not happy fish.
I'm at the top of the food chain for a number of reasons. Being a nice guy isn't one of them.

[nogearshere]

how happy would you be if you had a hook in your mouth and you were getting yanked under water by it for the last 5 minutes of your life while you drowned. Happy people not happy fish.

you can not attribute human emotions and human feelings to a fish...there is no evidence that you can produce declaring anthropomorphism...

you could put a case together for mammals perhaps, where we share a similar limbic sytem...but...


please take your yellow-bellied cloud of poo elsewhere.

this is a happy thread.

[K-Man]

And Jesus said:

"Let he who is not carnivore cast the first hook."

[davkatreb]

And Jesus said:

"Let he who is not carnivore cast the first hook."
That doesn't make a lick of sense. And my Lord and Saviour was known to go on the odd fishing trip.

[K-Man]

That doesn't make a lick of sense. And my Lord and Saviour was known to go on the odd fishing trip.


C'mon, gotta think like a troll. Then it kinda makes sense. Or maybe I'm the one who need a Southbound Comforter.

[davkatreb]

Whatever. In any case it seems we are drifting far from the original theme of "
happy people". Damn, I hate it when that happens.

[cMc]

I love fishing. I usually do catch (hopefully) and release, but if'n there's good walleyes to be caught and my dad's around to clean 'em, well, shoot...

[wigger thomas]

please take your yellow-bellied cloud of poo elsewhere.

this is a happy thread.
Oh,I'm sorry. I'll get off your site shortly miss.

Nothing like a little ostentatious happiness.:rolleyes:

my Lord and Saviour was known to go on the odd fishing trip.

Fishers of men. Yeah,those guys ate a lot of fish. Multiplying the fish etc,etc.
Actually,if I was going to return to eating flesh,it would be fish.

Dav,you are SAVED? WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hophead]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, fish!

[phastey]

That picture would be much better if those two were slapping each other with the fish. :) (aka: Monty Python's Fish Slapping Dance)

On a side note, I love fish. I love sushi. I like watching nature shows of Grizzly's eating Salmon trying to get upstream and seeing the bright red filets of the Salmon exposed by the Grizzlys' teeth and claws ... lucky bears! Fresh wild salmon ... with a bit of a wasabi ... culinary ecstasy! :)

[AM Radio]

how happy would you be if you had a hook in your mouth and you were getting yanked under water by it for the last 5 minutes of your life while you drowned. Happy people not happy fish.

Post of the month.. I found it funny that the people that responded to it acted almost offended.

[wigger thomas]

I was happy for the little buggers when Hophead put the thread back on track. Davka busted out the christ:D

[phlatlander]

I was never much into fishin'. I lack patience, although I am highly passive. And some of what Wigger said (this good old boy has never hunted either).

However, a 4yr old & a can of Libby's whole kernel may just be the key to crappieness... Seems to work on sunperchgills.

[davkatreb]

Davka busted out the christ:D
No wigger, that was Mr. Rosengarth with the words, "And Jesus said". But feel free to rag on me all you want. It really doesn't make any difference to me.

[wigger thomas]

No wigger, that was Mr. Rosengarth with the words, "And Jesus said". But feel free to rag on me all you want. It really doesn't make any difference to me.
I'm sorry. Thought that's who you meant when you said 'Lord and Saviour'

Never went for that he took on our sins line either. He died because he kicked the money changers out of the temple IMO.

[mscotch]

I love fishing. I usually do catch (hopefully) and release, but if'n there's good walleyes to be caught and my dad's around to clean 'em, well, shoot...

did someone say walleyes?
3 shots of 2 of my sons and I on a fishing trip last fall north of Green Bay on Lake Michigan. Smiles everywhere! We caught 10 and kept 6. Released 4 that were of prime spawning size. Last pic is a release shot, moving the fish back and forth to get water to flow through the gills.

[Nick Verstain]

The first "mountain bikes" I ever saw were at Carter Lake, Colo., in the summer of 1973. Two guys from Loveland rode their bikes there -- in my memory the rigs were Schwinn 24 paperboys with some kind of hand-made rack in back -- because they had too many DUIs and couldn't take the truck up there to fish. I have clearer recollections of the brookies we caught that day, dipped in cornmeal and fried in bacon grease in a cast iron pan over hot wood coals. Yum!

[50 Mission Cap]

I was never much into fishin'. I lack patience, although I am highly passive. And some of what Wigger said (this good old boy has never hunted either).

However, a 4yr old & a can of Libby's whole kernel may just be the key to crappieness... Seems to work on sunperchgills.

Classic Kevins...

Here's my attempt to fish w/ auggie.

[mscotch]

not sure, but maybe you and your dog should change places, more fish in deeper water normally, but hey, don't want to mess up your training regime!
maybe the ball is bait?
looks like a good time :)

[phlatlander]

Here's my attempt to fish w/ auggie.

Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen

[ironspoke]

Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen


Phlat...thats some good shit. I'm still smiling.

[mscotch]

Phlat...thats some good shit. I'm still smiling.

no kidding..... wish I knew how to do that kinda stuff, well maybe not, I spend too much time on this damn 'puter already.

[50 Mission Cap]

no kidding..... wish I knew how to do that kinda stuff, well maybe not, I spend too much time on this damn 'puter already.

No kidding. Made a new years promise to my wife to cut down... not going well as of 2 days in.

Totally classic Kevins.

[1mystk]

fishing, knitting seal clubbing...i dont care.



its a nice feel good thread.

thanks pumpkin!

just stumbled 'cross this here thread...

yeah did it:D, my dad used to take me fishing, I don't knit, but I do crochet:rolleyes:, seal clubbing nah... but I did dive for octopus once with one of these here...

any requests to make baby blankets would be best slot in now while I am in my cast... I got time:D

[phlatlander]

No kidding. Made a new years promise to my wife to cut down... not going well as of 2 days in.

You & me both. :D

I blame cold & flu season. And cold.

[tryandgetme]

get hooked on guitars, seems to be doing a good job on me...

trade one addiction for another

[nogearshere]

get hooked on guitars, seems to be doing a good job on me...

trade one addiction for another

cycling, photography, beat-up truck repair, flannel pj cross-dressing and now guitars?

c'mon man, pick an addiction that wont put you in the poor house or involve estrogen supplements and the eventual removal of your penis!


sorry, happy people, as you were.

[tryandgetme]

hell man, I havn't traded anything for anything, it all compounds. I'll never give up cycling for guitars, or give up guitars for cycling...

yeah, I can't win. everything I want to do involves lots and lots of money that I don't have.

on the upside, I have no money to spend on hookers and drugs. I don't know how babs does it...

[AM Radio]

No kidding. Made a new years promise to my wife to cut down... not going well as of 2 days in.

It's Lacrosse again--isn't it!!?? :mad:
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[1mystk]

flannel pj cross-dressing

it could be worse...:rolleyes::D
20055



pick an addiction that wont put you in the poor house.

well, he's already in trouble coz he's got a girlfriend... that will start ones journey to the poorhouse...

:eek:;):D

[wigger thomas]

I'll never give up cycling for guitars, or give up guitars for cycling...

on the upside, I have no money to spend on hookers and drugs. I don't know how babs does it...

Priorities son priorities.

What about guitar population control? Can you trade in a guitar you've had for over 20 years that you played at your niece's wedding? Or the classical you learned to play classical on that you've had even longer? How 'bout this: What makes a guitar worth 1K or more? I've played 4 digit guitars that didn't doo much for me at all. Played a Martin D35 and that seemed to be truly worth the 2K asking price. Pretty much stole my cedar Takamine electric classical for 650.

[tryandgetme]

yeah, totally impossible. the beater gibson knockoff isn't worth anything and it's got too much history, and there's no way I'm letting go of my handbuilt (which I just finished wiring up today, pictures when it quits distracting me with it's great tone). all I have left is to just drop the cash on the new one when the new one calls to me...

[wigger thomas]

the D35 saw that I was White Trash so it didn't bother to seduce me.

There is a beat up non-electric version of my Takamine w/o a cutaway in a shop near by. Looks like it got pummeled in a drunken apt. or something. It's making me want to trade some stuff in because I know it sounds SWEET. But I can't add it to the stable.

[Mo0se]

I too have gas (guitar aquisition syndrome)
It's much like biking, If I only had that
one guitar or one bike.... :D

Trouble is, I've had them both.. key word
being had.

[phlatlander]

How did we get to guitars from fishing? Can you use 8lb test Spiderwire to repair a broken high E in a pinch?

I really really want a new guitar more than any bike goods right now. Like ENO frewheels, I just know that I need to save up a bit more and not get another $300 cheapo unless I find a great used deal. I've had my eye on the Martin D15, but electronics fascinate me so I want an A/E as well... and a classical... where does it stop? :)

Good thing I don't have the money—because if I did, I'd find a way to not have money again.

[Mo0se]

How did we get to guitars from fishing? Can you use 8lb test Spiderwire to repair a broken high E in a pinch?

I really really want a new guitar more than any bike goods right now. Like ENO frewheels, I just know that I need to save up a bit more and not get another $300 cheapo unless I find a great used deal. I've had my eye on the Martin D15, but electronics fascinate me so I want an A/E as well... and a classical... where does it stop? :)

Good thing I don't have the money—because if I did, I'd find a way to not have money again.

Can't go wrong with a Martin... I like
the D16 RGT.. it's like a cheap version
of a D28 with all solid wood construction,
and sounds oh so go0d.

Pardon me while I drool.. I can already
hear the Marshall Tucker "Can't you see"
playin in my head. Followed up by a
healthy dose of "Over the Hills and Far Away" Make it stop. ;)

[wigger thomas]

Yamaha classicals are easy to come by used and cheap. Excellant value there.

Mahogony guitars[D-15] have a sweet mellow tone. You may have heard mine play 'Mood for a Day' or 'Here Comes the Sun' It's a Guild[classical] and turns 40 this year according to the cereal #.

I think you can get a nice steel string acoustic w/ electronics and kill 2 birds with one stone. Takamine and Taylor come to mind. Or get the D15 and buy a sound hole pickup.

[Mo0se]

Yamaha classicals are easy to come by used and cheap. Excellant value there.

Mahogony guitars[D-15] have a sweet mellow tone. You may have heard mine play 'Mood for a Day' or 'Here Comes the Sun' It's a Guild[classical] and turns 40 this year according to the cereal #.

I think you can get a nice steel string acoustic w/ electronics and kill 2 birds with one stone. Takamine and Taylor come to mind. Or get the D15 and buy a sound hole pickup.

Taylor was a different compnay back in the
90's now they sort of aquired that Specialized mentality.. evil empire.

Same guitars but let's raise the prices..
yeah lets almost double them and see if
it sticks. Now they have huge two page
ads in periodicals like the ko0l aid bikes.

No thanks.. :D

[phlatlander]

I think you can get a nice steel string acoustic w/ electronics and kill 2 birds with one stone. Takamine and Taylor come to mind. Or get the D15 and buy a sound hole pickup.

Many choices. Stop it! :D

I'd better get to painting & selling & painting...

[tryandgetme]

Good thing I don't have the money—because if I did, I'd find a way to not have money again.

thanks. that's my new favorite quote.

[Mo0se]

I think you can get a nice steel string acoustic w/ electronics and kill 2 birds with one stone. Takamine and Taylor come to mind. Or get the D15 and buy a sound hole pickup.

Stop killin birds ya damn hippie. :D

[tryandgetme]

if a hippie absolutely needed to kill a bird for some reason, they'd totally prefer to do it with music...

[Mo0se]

if a hippie absolutely needed to kill a bird for some reason, they'd totally prefer to do it with music...

I've seen that... they prefer to kill mockingbirds. :D

[rockyrider]

if a hippie absolutely needed to kill a bird for some reason, they'd totally prefer to do it with music...and it would be OK as long as the bird had a free range life before being killed.

and killing them with music is still better than beaning birds with baseballs (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3999381315817895630).

[wigger thomas]

Stop killin birds ya damn hippie. :D

Normally we kill them with kindness. Or power chords:http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/willullrich/?action=view&current=MOV01086.flv

Couldn't kill shit w/ this 40 y/o Mahogony Guild:
http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/willullrich/?action=view&current=MOV01106.flv

[davkatreb]

Jeeze, you guys are gonna guilt me back into playing.:D

Heck, I suppose I've played them all. Got my first guitar in 1963. Since then I've gone through the Gibson catalog, had a couple nice Teles and Strats, more knockoffs and mutants than I can remember.

Currently I've just got a Peavey Strat copy, one of the last made in Mississippi, and a Tacoma dreadnought.

The Peavey is set up with Sperzel locking tuners and three Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups. It's pretty much all the electric guitar I would need, were I to play.

The Tacoma is beyond sweet. It booms like a cannon, yet turns on a dime. The most nuanced fingerpicking translates to articulation. The steel string that I've wanted since a lad, plus it was a gift from my beloved wife, The Beautiful Miss Kathy. I reckon it would hold its own against Martins costing over three grand.

Don't suffer much from G.A.S. anymore, but if I did...

1-Something I can keep in open G tuning when I want to bang out filthy Keef Richard licks.

2-Another Peavey Nitro Active. Sold mine along with everything but my current Peavey to a mate when we were desperate for cash. My buddy saved the ranch, I'll tell you what.

3-I'd love to get my grubby hands on a Fender Strat Plus (think that's what they called 'em). One of the originals with the Lace sensors, roller nut, Fender locking tuners and new-style bridge with the trem lock.

4-I had a Hagstrom Swede many years ago. It was yummy, and most definitely NOT a Les Paul copy. Trust me. I've had 'em both. But years and years of Fenders and other 25 1/2 inch scale instruments mean that Gibsons and other 24 3/4 scale instruments feel cramped.

So Hagstrom has come out with one they call Super Swede with Fender-length scale. Would mind having a go at that.

4-I've had several SGs I loved everything about them, but the standard scale length would be limiting for me. If I could persuade the custom shop to turn one out with 25 1/2 inch scale...

Ummm, anyone remember what the topic was?

[Mo0se]

The topic was about happy people, fishing
and music fits in there too. :)

[myron]

----------------------------------------!

[rockyrider]

Some people just can't make up their mind.... :D

[Mo0se]

Golf? I just threw up in my mouth. :(

[rockyrider]

Golf? I just threw up in my mouth. :(Then you're not keeping your head down and your elbow straight, that should have landed on the tee. :D

[tryandgetme]

The Peavey is set up with Sperzel locking tuners and three Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups. It's pretty much all the electric guitar I would need, were I to play.


very cool, I just threw some duncan hot rails in a cheap fender squire, perked it right up.

I've played mostly the 25 1/2" scale up till about two weeks ago when I picked up a gibson and fell in love with it. my fingers are kinda small/thin though, and they don't like moving too far too fast. I love that I can run a heavier string on the shorter scale length and not have it feel too heavy for my string bender monkey playing style.

[mscotch]

get hooked on guitars, seems to be doing a good job on me...

trade one addiction for another

bring it along to the forum ride so you still can get the same amount of ridicule by the same bunch that would be doing it if you were on the 'puter more. ;)

[Ripp]

Damn I sure wish I had even a tiny bit of talent.

I have two guitars neither of which I can really play beyond strumming a handfull of chords. An electric DeArmond Les Paul knock off, which is decent but has a terribly annoying twang in one of the unwound strings when I tune down a full step to play Drive-By Truckers stuff. Amazingly unfortunate since DBT songs are largely both fun and esy to play. :mad:

I aslo have a Washburn D30 acoustic which has a nice full tone but sh!tty action. Which I really didn't realize til a friend of mine came through town and I made the mistake of playing his Takamine. Now I can't hardly bear to play my Washburn, but really can't justify the money for a comparable guitar, because I suck. :(

[tryandgetme]

An electric DeArmond Les Paul knock off, which is decent but has a terribly annoying twang in one of the unwound strings when I tune down a full step to play Drive-By Truckers stuff.

try to determine where the twang is comming from. if it's fret buzz, being a les paul copy that's easy to fix. there's little thumb wheels on either side, turning them will raise or lower the bridge. Loosen the strings a bit, raise the bridge by equal turns of those wheels by a tiny amount (1/4 or 1/2 turn on the wheels), and tune it up and try it. You may only need to raise the one side as well, if the twang is only in the higher strings.

also check that your pickups arn't too high. Could also be something loose, maybe the control pots or hardware on the head stock, check everything. about the only thing you probably shouldn't bother fixing on that guitar is if the buzz is caused by a fret board that looks like a roller coaster, but raising the action a tad might help since it sounds like you're really close in that it only happens when you detune by 1/2 step (almost nothing)

a quick search also came up with this: http://www.dearmondguitars.com/setup.html

setup instructions for those guitars. a good setting-up fixes much annoyances.

[Ripp]

It's when I detune by a full step, but your advice is sound (no pun int.) none-the-less. I'll try it. Thanks!
And as I think about it I did lower the action quite some time ago, before I was playing around with the DBT! You just might be on to something! :D

[tryandgetme]

It's when I detune by a full step, but your advice is sound (no pun int.) none-the-less. I'll try it. Thanks!
And as I think about it I did lower the action quite some time ago, before I was playing around with the DBT! You just might be on to something! :D

I did the same thing with my Mann Les Paul fake, lowered the bridge till it started buzzing a tad in the higher strings around the 20th fret, but it doesn't come through the amp so I left it. Would be totally unacceptable to me on a hollow body guitar that I might play without the amp, but get the gain up and you don't even hear it.

On another note (hah), anyone play Guitar Hero? I got bored of it pretty fast, you can't jam to it, it's just another combinations/timing video game. My brother was playing the other day, I heard him doing Sweet Child of Mine by Guns 'n Roses, so I picked up my (real) guitar and played along. Much more fun.

[RandomDood]

OK. I admit it. I only fish, because otherwise the wife wouldn't let me sit in the boat and drink beer for 8 hours.

[Ripp]

OK. I admit it. I only fish, because otherwise the wife wouldn't let me sit in the boat and drink beer for 8 hours.

Dude! You can't be the only one! :D

I know lots of fishermen, I suspect almost all of them would agree to that if someone else offered it up first!

[ironspoke]

OK. I admit it. I only fish, because otherwise the wife wouldn't let me sit in the boat and drink beer for 8 hours.

OK, it wasnt for 8 hours...maybe 4 or 5, but this past October I went out with a buddy on his boat which meant he was in control of driving (footpedal steering the electric trolling motor). I spent the entire time on the rear of the boat. We had blue skies. Sunshine. Cans of cold shitty beer. Maybe 65 degrees. Fly casting half of the time while standing on the elevated part of the boat. The other half was spent sitting and tossing tubes, spinner baits and jigs. We caught at least 50 bass. The Yough was good to us that day.:D

[tryandgetme]

hell, I think I built a time machine. every time I try to take a picture of that guitar, I pick it up. if I pick it up, I have to play a few notes. suddenly it's 3 hours later and I need to get to bed.

[tryandgetme]

damn! did it again! too bad it only goes forwards in time. and damn also, it's soooo bad lighting in my apartment. I'll try again on the weekend when I get some daylight.

good enough to show friends perhaps.
http://tryandgetme.ca/gallery/v/guitar/DSC_0879.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2

the top right is my beater les paul copy, the middle one is the time machine I just recently finished building. every edge that could have been rounded off got a large 45 degree chamfer instead. Got my first random compliment on it at the pawn shop today trying out that very amp. "You should see the cool guitar he's got in there" as I was walking out with my gig bag. hah I love that feeling...

[Mo0se]

Sometimes in life, you
stumble (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ok5Iwiclw) across something
that moves you.. :)

[north20]

Sometimes in life, you
stumble (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ok5Iwiclw) across something
that moves you.. :)

Wonderful stuff, Moose.

I don't spend a lot of time cruising the web, so probably would never have run across this guy on my own. Thanks for posting the link :)

[Mo0se]

You're welcome, :)

The man has 93 classics posted up
on there. Go0d stuff for sure. :D

[wigger thomas]

Here he is doing my second fav CSNY song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrM-y8By-w

[myron]

OK. I admit it. I only fish, because otherwise the wife wouldn't let me sit in the boat and drink beer for 8 hours.

you mean to tell me that she won't let you sit in the boat in the driveway,while drinking beer and making motor sounds?:o