Secret Diary of a 610 in Fireglo

[ozover50]

Hey, people....... cut the girl some slack, will ya??!!!

I'd much rather see Sarah posting here than discussing the merits of double pearl switch-stitching with #9 needles in the rarely seen 'Hotchkiss' position with the blue rinse set!!

Call 'em anything you like in front of me, Sarah..... I'm a big man - I can take it!!

[longboard_ric]

Hotchkiss position sounds interesting Aitch

Could you please elaborate !!!!!!

[ozover50]

You obviously don't knit, Shane........ it's a secret position closely guarded by aficianados and those 'in the know'.

Hence the fact that it's rarely seen!!

[Rickygirl]

Hey, people....... cut the girl some slack, will ya??!!!

I'd much rather see Sarah posting here than discussing the merits of double pearl switch-stitching with #9 needles in the rarely seen 'Hotchkiss' position with the blue rinse set!!

Call 'em anything you like in front of me, Sarah..... I'm a big man - I can take it!!

Thank you Aitch.

Thank you for being so lovely and positive most of you.

I have discovered what the "turning slowly" means. I am surprised at how unkind some of you are. What is the purpose of trying to make me feel small, or having a laugh at my expense?

Whether you intended to or not, that is how one or two of you have made me feel, and that is twice in a row.

[8mileshigh]

Gentlemen........time to apologise to the lady! Let's all make her feel welcome. Sometimes our sense of humor doesn't transmit via the written word. I know you guys didn't mean to offend

[jingle_jangle]

I am truly sorry, Sarah...it was a revival of a joke in another thread...

"Slowly I turn" is a reference to an old vaudeville skit. I'm not sure if this is the meaning you found. It was intended, not to cause injury, but to elicit a chuckle.

[johnallg]

If you don't like us calling our instruments Ricky, we'll just change to Rickybacky.

[admin]

One of the inherent weaknesses in trying to interpret text in forums is that the viewer does not get the benefit of the speaker's vocal tone. Emoticons do help to some degree but even then comments can be read in a manner that was not intended by the sender.

While I have made note of this before, I recall writing to a forum to thank a poster very much for his comments and his quick reply was something close to "well you don't have to be sarcastic about it." So there you go.

I experimented for a time with an auditory chat line format which was quite fun, although with four or five people on line at a time it was pandemonium. Private messages sent to the sender can sometimes be helpful in attempting to ascertain the motivation or tone associated with specific posts.

For the most part, however, things work quite well.

[jdogric12]

Exactly. This forum is way more friendly than most, so 99% of the time, if you perceive any jerkiness, it is most likely just one of those things that translated from thought to keys poorly.

If you want to see a really nasty forum, check out vgchat.com. Those people are (for themost part, I think) just wastes of life.

Back to the strings... I'm going to search for something I posted once that may help with 12 strings. I'll be back in a flash... J

[jdogric12]

As promised... blast from the past.

http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... ring+order

[jdogric12]

Alert! I just read this and realized it's totally wrong. Give me a minute please... I'll repost the revised version.

[jdogric12]

Where 1 is Low low E and 12 is Outer High E....

12 off
12 on
10 off
11 off
11 on
10 on
8 off
9 off
9 on
8 on
7 off
7 on
drink
6 off
6 on
5 off
4 off
4 on
5 on
3 off
2 off
2 on
3 on
1 off
1 on
drink
play

[scotty]

Theres not enough Drink breaks in their Jason im normally aboyt 1 hr stringing up and 50mins drinking

[8mileshigh]

Quite right Scotty.........sorry I mean SCOTT!

J Dog.......no you've got that completely wrong!!

1 - fridge open
2 - get beer
3 - drink beer
4 - find strings
5 - find guitar
6 - back to the fridge
7 - drink beer
8 - watch tv
9 - drink more beer
10 - pick up guitar and play
11 - drink beer
12 - play more guitar
13 - drink beer
14 - check the forum
15 - check Ebay
16 - make a ridiculous bid
17 - drink beer
18 - NOW take off one string
19 - think NAH can't be bothered
20 - off to bed

Perhaps that's why I hardly ever change my strings

[scotty]

I like to do this
1 - fridge open
2 - get beer
3 - drink beer
4 - find strings
5 - Shout at the kids no you cant get a pound for the shops
6 - back to the fridge
7 - drink beer
8 - watch tv
9 - drink more beer
10 -tell the kids get the hell to the shops and give them the pound
11 - drink beer
12 - play more guitar
13 - drink beer
14 - check the forum
15 - Worry about not having enough beer
16 go and get beer
17 - drink beer
18 -restring guitar like a bat out of hell,sweating like a pig
19 - play for about 10 mins
20 - off to bed