I hate to be . . . but what exactly is a Vibrola?

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It's easy to rack up a lot of posts when you only put one word in each one.
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I saw it coming, Paul!

Most of Paul's posts are quite wordy (due to the nature of the subject), Ronn. It would be unfair of us not to appreciate the really short ones!! Image
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Yeah, Ron, I'm known for my one-word posts!!! LOL, truly.
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Really?
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Yes.
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Haha!!
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At least in this thread everyone can get 'a word' in edgewise...
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Too much politics, methinks, my friend...
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Too much sax, not enough violins...

Everyone's got a different threshold; even me, believe it or not...maybe I gotta try letting some of the indefensible hyperbole go by without swinging away. It's tough, though...

But back to Vibrolas...
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And as we grow old, if nothing else, we forget just what the hell we were so pi**ed about anyway.

Of course, I mean REALLY OLD.
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I'm sure I'll get there some day...
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you're close enough to do until a real old person comes along.
Incidently I saw a real Ric vibrola hawaiian guitar for sale on ebay last year. It had to be played on a stand like a mic stand it was so heavy with the motor and all inside of it. Ther's one in the Smith book.
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Around here, Bob, age is measured by number of posts...
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Well, (Ronald Reagan voice) you're getting old a lot faster than I did...
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Age is a fact, stupidity a reason and beauty a curse..... oh well, two out of three ain't bad!!
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