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Location: North Cal. mountains | Oh, c'mon you guys. He might really be that nice in real life.
Seems impossible, but Jason, if you are, and I was assuming you are (that nice, that is), please reach out before you go postal. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The Postal Workers I've been around lately are really nice people as well. I vote we change that phrase to something like "going Media" or "gone Contractor". Them I got issues with!
Jason, you done well. The first few posts are allowed to vent, much like the "hit-his-thumb-with-the-hammer-first-30 seconds-don't-listen" rule.
Let your insurance know, talk with your neighbors, keep the guns locked up.
When you go over to talk to them bring Brownies... |
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| "When you go over to talk to them bring Brownies..."
yeah... the special ones.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | This just in- True Story (Really, I'm not sh!ttin'):
Today 4 children killed and a Mom missing from a home in Fredrick, MD...
I kid you not...
Jaaaaa-son.... JAAAAA-son... come-on bud, Chill out. |
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| wow... now I need a brownie.
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Location: Upper Left USA | The Frederick Post
There are worse things in life than a little property damage. |
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Location: NJ | Here's what you need t'do, Jason:
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Location: Upper Left USA | Buy a G7?
Borrow an Adamas I Baritone?
Invest in cheap Paneling?
Oh, oh, I get it now. Locate the studs and anchor a connecting member, such as a Mahogany 3/4" x 8" and then attach the String Swings or other brand of instrument hanger. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | What I did was to locate the studs and offset the height to allow placement a little tighter.
Wow, four of those are hanging in someone else's wall now! |
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Location: NJ | "Buy a G7?"
- a gift from Master Templeman.
"Borrow an Adamas I Baritone?"
- a Christmas Present from a Good Friend.
"Invest in cheap Paneling?"
- Better HERE than to have you defacing Classic Guitars with it.
"Oh, oh, I get it now. Locate the studs and anchor a connecting member, such as a Mahogany 3/4" x 8" and then attach the String Swings or other brand of instrument hanger."
- Red Oak and "OffTheWall". |
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Location: Up North | What type of guitar hanger do you guys recommend?
I'm thinking of getting my guitars up out of reach of the kids. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Hercules. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Decaf and a Back Rub for you Cliff! Didya wake up on the wrong side of the US?
OK, I'm just jealous about the Baritone.
Also, let me toss in a story that relates in some ways.
I am in a 1965 split level with everything from fully soldered copper piping (comes in and goes-outs) to the aluminum wiring. Floor joists made of 2"x14" clear and under insulated walls. about 2-3 remodels ago someone re-did the Kitchen floor, trapping the Dishwasher in place since it didn't have the adjustable legs. Only way to pull it out would be destructively.
Got about 15 years out of the water hose that supplies the DW. My PUD thinks its OK to supply the water at a n average of 120 psi as well. My Wife and I are out to dinner when my Daughter calls in a panic when she came home to water running down the stairs, through the walls and light fixtures, etc.
About four months of Contractors wandering through my house and a couple of thousand dollars out of pocket later, we had all new floors and a couple of complete new rooms. Got to remove the panelling in the Master Suite because it is actually more expensive to replace than drywall!
In the process I got to remove/add/upgrade the insulation and electrical in a couple of rooms. Had a $1000 deductible and a couple of thousand in timely upgrades. Ended up with a much nicer home guilt free. BTW - I was kidding about using Jerome's collection for insurance purposes. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I have massive amounts of aluminum wiring as well... what a pain. Everytime I do a project, I replace as much as I can. |
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Location: NJ | I like the Hercules stands, but I'm not crazy about their hangers. I had put one up in our old apartment, and there was just too much "slop" in it for me to be comfortable with it . . .
I've got 5 OffTheWall's on a 10' 1x8 ReadOak board that's screwed into EVERY wall stud with a 5" brass wood screw. The hangers are attached by brass screws that screw into nuts that are countersunk into the backside of the board.
We weren't positive if we'd be "staying" at this place, so this allowed maximum stability with minimum holes in the (albeit cheaply paneled) walls (Jeanette was happy about that). I also like the OffTheWall's because the hangers "keyhole" into the cast iron base and can be changed-out to accomodate 6 or 12-string, or (Bill's insanely) WideNecks.
I hung my full weight on this before I put a guitar on it.
The brass "buttons" protruding out are female StrapLocks for hanging guitar straps.
The other side of the wall is the back wall of my garage, which has a home-built, heavy wooden workbench anchored to it's full length.
I could probably total my car against this, and the most guitar damage that would result would be a dissonant chord. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Those kids must have been whaling against the wall. I'd be angry. At the least, I'd talk with thier landlord. As for compensation, it depends on your relationship with the neighbors. Up to you, I take no postion as to what to do ... but you would be justified to ask for them to pay for the damages. People shouldn't pound your house with balls. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Those kids must have been whaling against the wall . ."
The harpoons were a dead giveaway . . .. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Jason,I`m sorry to hear about what happened,U are handling it well,I truly respect U for that!
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Location: Orange County, California | Well, when the threw the ball and heard the cool noise it made a split second later, they probably did it again to see if they could get the noise again. Which they did succeed at, a couple more times. Then inexplicably, it stopped. :p :D :p :D |
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Location: Vermont USA | Eat one the rest of the neighborhood kids will behave.
Pauly :( |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Originally posted by cliff:
". . Those kids must have been whaling against the wall . ."
The harpoons were a dead giveaway . . .. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | OK, how about whacking against the wall. In any event, Jason is entitled to take their balls away. |
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| Originally posted by an4340:
OK, how about whacking against the wall. In any event, Jason is entitled to take their balls away. down the lungs, back out thru the nose and into the coffee mug...SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
time for a new cup.
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Location: ranson,wva | guys, that suicide was a few streets over from where i live, the kids hadnt been to school in a wek and then father wasnt at work for 2 weeks,and the mother is still at large. the police figures they have been expired for about a week now....sad sad shit there.....jason |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Seems like I got out of Frederick while the get'n was good. |
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not a good nite to be a guitar in my house
