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Location: Vernon CT | In my continued search to find "more" musicians in the area to play/Jam with I had an interesting "answer" to my most recent C.L. ad.
My ad states I am looking for musicians between mid 30's to mid/late 50's.
The E.M response I receive fron a "women" states:
"Bob sounds like a bit of an older name (dont hate my honesty hah) but do you mind if I ask your age/age range?" Geezzz!!!!! Now my name is old! :rolleyes:
Anyway, I googled her, found her Myspace and besides haveing a great voice (Think Amy Lee from Evenescence) she's pretty cute to! Unfortunately she could be my daughter! :p
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I search every so often and find requests for metal/etc., with a bunch of terms I never heard of.
The other day someone even older than me asked about what I liked to play. I responded with stuff from my college years. He said "like the Highwaymen" and some other group I never heard of. He must have thought I went to college in the 50s instead of the 70s. It's tough finding musicians that match. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Bob is an old name? Her name, to me, is Doofus. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The current most popular name at the hospital where my wife works is Isabel. Everything old becomes new. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
[QB] I search every so often and find requests for metal/etc., with a bunch of terms I never heard of.
Like "SCREAMO" :rolleyes: |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Let’s see . . .
I’m approaching my late 50s, the drummer is mid-40s, the lead singer and director is early 40s, the bass player is early 30s, the keyboard player is early 20s, the alternate keyboard player is at least in his mid 70s, the horn player is late 40s, the flutist is still in her teens, and the other singers range from early 20s into their early 50s. No wonder our selections are all over the place. |
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| Originally posted by BT717:
... besides haveing a great voice (Think Amy Lee from Evenescence) she's pretty cute to! Unfortunately she could be my daughter! :p
And life goes on............... :) No comment from me... |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I search every so often and find requests for metal/etc., with a bunch of terms I never heard of.
The other day someone even older than me asked about what I liked to play. I responded with stuff from my college years. He said "like the Highwaymen" and some other group I never heard of. He must have thought I went to college in the 50s instead of the 70s. It's tough finding musicians that match. Mark, the Highwaymen was a group consisting of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristopherson from the 80's..... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Old Names? I can tell alot about young'uns parents by their names.
I run into 'Kids' (20's and 30's) named Dylan, Gracie, Tyler, Alice, Melanie, Alex, Jethro...
Not to mention the Stevie's, Tiffany's, Tranquility's, Serenity's, Shanti's, Shakti's, etc...
Like Wow, which Dead show were you conceived at? And does your Mom have a Medical Marijuana Card?
And I like The Highwaymen. :D |
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Location: Tennessee | I'll have to comment later ... right now I'm scheduled for a depends change and a new drool bib. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | BT717:...at least she called you "Bob".... the collegiate daughters of my friend still call me Mr.! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There is another group in the folk genre known as the Highwaymen. They scored a No. 1 hit in 1961 with Michael Row Your Boat. Steve Trott, one of the original members, is currently a sitting judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Boise, Idaho.
Mark, I guess this dates us. |
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Location: Utah | Anyway, I googled her, found her Myspace and besides haveing a great voice (Think Amy Lee from Evenescence) she's pretty cute to! Unfortunately she could be my daughter! [/QB] :confused: I'm trying to figure out the unfortunate part. She's young, cute, and sings nicely. As long as she's not 14 it sounds like good fortune. Unless she's psycho. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Brad, you found the Highwaymen I was talking about. I forgot about Kristofferson's group. It was good to see that they were famous only 10 years before I was in college. I thought it was more like 20. I'm not any older than the Eagles, or at least not much, and lots younger than the Beatles or the Stones. |
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Location: Vernon CT | "I'm trying to figure out the unfortunate part. She's young, cute, and sings nicely. As long as she's not 14 it sounds like good fortune. Unless she's psycho". [/QB]
Yeah, maybe a poor choice of word. Definitely NOT 14, Psycho? Hmmmmm ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Willie Nelson put it best when he was asked on his birthday how it felt to be 70 years old.
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Location: enid, ok | Is "doofus" the correct spelling? I've always wondered about that. OMA, I thought "Shakti" was a band assembled by John McLaughlin that plays eastern-styled music.
Most of my favorite musicians that play anything resembling metal are older than I. As for the local bands, I think they'd get more work if their music was heavier. Just check out the lists of songs on the various Rock Band-styled games. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Probably right about Shakti being a band... It is also the name of a coupla young women I've met.
People name their kids after people that inspire them.
So you will notice a trend in names that come from Musicians, Actors (or actor's Characters), Authors, Novels, and Names from Songs that influence Stoned Parents.
And you can often match those names to certain time-periods, at least by the decade.
Hence, if you meet some poor kid named Adulus, Levon, or Frodo... Blame the parents.
I met a girl whose name on her Driver's License was Crispy Lee Critter.
[The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals! :D ] |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | ...is when a grandchild says to his grandma, "Grandma, do you know your arm muscles are on upside-down?"
(It was NOT me--my grandson Wayne's only 10-months-old and can't talk......yet. ;) :D )
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | I knew I was getting old when my knees started to sag.......
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I can tell I'm getting old when I wake up every morning and it hurts. Fortunately the pain also lets me know I'm still alive... |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I can tell I'm getting old when I wake up every morning and it hurts. Fortunately the pain also lets me know I'm still alive... Yeah, but does it hafta tell me so much? Just a little would be fine, Alison. :D
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| For the most part, I have no interest in playing what the younger people accept as music. Oh, I could play it. I could have played it when I was about six months into learning guitar. That's the problem.
Does that make me old? Well, I already know I'm old. Another clue isn't gonna hurt anything. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I can tell I'm getting old when I wake up every morning and it hurts. Fortunately the pain also lets me know I'm still alive... Similar here... 'cept I tend to notice the once-in-awhile when it DOESN'T hurt. More of monumental occasion. |
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Location: Right now? | I know I'm getting old when I look in the mirror and think, "Mom"? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "Willie Nelson put it best..."
I hope to outlive Willie as well!
Recently had my Niece and her band over (under 20). I learned a lot and got to hear my guitars played like they should be! Then we played some 20 year old Third Day songs!
Yes, I have issues older than them but we shared a lot and it was good music! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by WillaMuse:
I know I'm getting old when I look in the mirror and think, "Mom"? It gets worse. Someday, your response might be, "Dad?" |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | No...it's when you look in the mirror and say, "...Grandma...?!?!?"
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Location: south east Michigan | You know when you fill out a form on line and it asks for your year of birth? You click on the box and a helpful little(?) list pops up for you to choose a year. You scroll a ways down.... then a little more.... then much more... and finally, there it is. Just a little further down than it was a year ago. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | ...when you find yourself in the middle of the staircase and you're not sure if you were going up or coming down.
(Courtesy of my father in law who also reminds me once in a while to just get the HELL off his lawn. And one of these days I'm going to stop mowing it for him too.) |
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| I know I'm getting old because my baby brother just turned 42!
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Location: Right now? | You know when you fill out a form on line and it asks for your year of birth? You click on the box and a helpful little(?) list pops up for you to choose a year. You scroll a ways down.... then a little more.... then much more... and finally, there it is. Just a little further down than it was a year ago. Haha! I was born in 1909! ;)
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I know I'm getting old because my baby brother just turned 42!
Michelle Michelle! You can't be in your 40's. You look like your in your 20's in the picture with your O.
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| Originally posted by ladylaw:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I know I'm getting old because my baby brother just turned 42!
Michelle Michelle! You can't be in your 40's. You look like your in your 20's in the picture with your O.
Anita
I let my baby brother play my O today. He absolutely loved the guitar and told me that I got a great deal on it (thanks Patch)!
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | I still think getting older beats the option. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | "Another way to tell your getting old!"
When ya check in on the OFC the day after the night before to see when your last post was made to determine when ya went to bed!!!! :rolleyes:
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
"Another way to tell your getting old!"
When ya check in on the OFC the day after the night before to see when your last post was made to determine when ya went to bed!!!! :rolleyes:
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Location: Vernon CT | Who started this damn thread about getting old??? ;) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by BT717:
Who started this damn thread about getting old??? ;) An Old Person. :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by BT717:
Who started this damn thread about getting old??? ;) Can't remember! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by BT717:
Who started this damn thread about getting old??? ;) Can't remember! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | When you read a post that sounds familiar and then realize it was yours. |
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Location: closely held secret | When you read a post that doesn't sound familiar and then realize it was yours. |
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| One song I like is called "Can't Remember to Forget". Does that make me old?
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Location: Vernon CT | Check this one out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yN-6PbqAPM |
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Location: Michigan | old is remembering this fellow playing and singing a guitar with no strings on it like it was yesterday.can anyone tell what kind of guitar he's strumming?most likely worth a fortune today
:eek: GWB :eek: |
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Location: Michigan | oops :confused: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cuWu1-LXI GWB |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I liked the Tom Rush better. ;) |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I liked the Tom Rush better. ;) I would up seeing that video too wandering the site forgetting why I was there in the first place......
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| I was laughing through my tears on that one. I needed a laugh today. You see, one of my co-workers retired this week due to the fact that he is in the early stages of Alzheimers. I had seen him deteriorate over the past year or so and it was so sad.
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | Originally posted by guitarwannabee:
old is remembering this fellow playing and singing a guitar with no strings on it like it was yesterday.can anyone tell what kind of guitar he's strumming?most likely worth a fortune today
:eek: GWB :eek: Boy that brought back memories. That Brenda Lee sure could sing purty. |
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| You know you're getting older when you can remember when songs such as "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" were current hits on the charts.
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by AussieJames:
Ask em about a slide rule??
AJ Or Abacus! |
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Location: SoCal | a golf joke:
Four old men went into the pro shop after playing 18 holes of golf. The pro asked, "Did you guys have a good game today?"
The first old guy said, "Yes, I had three riders today."
The second old guy said, "I had the most riders ever. I had five."
The third old guy said, "I had seven riders, the same as last time."
The last old man said, "I beat my old record. I had 12 riders today."
After they went into the locker room, another golfer who had heard the old guys talking about their game went to the pro and said, "I have been playing golf for a long time and thought I knew all the terminology of the game, but what's a rider?"
The pro answered, "A rider is when you hit the ball far enough to get in the golf cart and ride to it." |
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Location: Pennsylvania | When you have to explain to your co-worker what an 'album' is and she replies, "Oh...yeah...I know what those are. My mom has some." At least she didn't say 'grandmother'. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Depa07,
Welcome to the Ovation Nation!
Got any Ovations?
Want some?
Hang around... ;) |
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Location: Pennsylvania | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Depa07,
Welcome to the Ovation Nation! THANK YOU, IFFY
Got any Ovations? ONE. A PEACEMAKER 12-STRING
Want some? NO COMMENT. I'VE LURKED LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE 'GAS' LEVEL CAN GET DANGEROUSLY HIGH HERE. LOL
Hang around... ;) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Depa07:
A PEACEMAKER 12-STRING Great start. Now buckle up! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I don't know who originally said this, but...
"I can see through my bifocals,
my dentures fit just fine,
I can live with my arthritis,
but I sure do miss my mind."
(If anyone spots mine, please, let me know; it'll be the one wearing the turquoise sneakers when it streaks past.)
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I was really heartbroken a few years back... [a Decade]
Whenever I got a new pair of glasses I either couldn't read with them or I couldn't drive with them.
So I would use my new glasses to read with, and my old glasses to see with.
Then they gave me bifocals which really sux at any age, but I could see!
Last time got my eyes examined they wanted me to go for the trifocals...
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
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Another way to tell your getting old!