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squirebass
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This is for Alvaro and Ronn:
Ways to know you live in South Texas:
1. "Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at HEB next to the local weatherman.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on IH-10.
3. "Vacation" means driving to the South Padre.
4. You still wear your letterman jacket (10 years after high school).
5. Your work or classes are cancelled because of "dangerous" 30-degree weather.
6. You see people wearing tank tops at funerals.
7. You think of the four major food groups as beans, tortillas, guacamole, and beer.
8. When it rains, it's the talk of the town for days.
9. When it snows, it's a national disaster. (Snow?)
10. During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
11. You consider Corpus a metropolis.
12. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for high school football.
13. You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
14. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and picante.
15. You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons should be national holidays.
16. You find 98 degrees "a little warm" and 60 degrees "downright freezing".
17. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
18. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
19."Overachievers" go to A&M or UT-Austin. The rest must choose from A&M-CC, Del Mar or A&M-Kingsville
20. You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.
21. Sandia is something you eat and somewhere you live.
22. The Shrimporee, Bayfest, and Livestock Show are the major events for the whole year.
23. The town mascot is a grapefruit.
24. Honeymoon means "San Antonio".
25. You get this list and send it to all your South Texas friends.
---Dave (in Guadalupe County)
Ways to know you live in South Texas:
1. "Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at HEB next to the local weatherman.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on IH-10.
3. "Vacation" means driving to the South Padre.
4. You still wear your letterman jacket (10 years after high school).
5. Your work or classes are cancelled because of "dangerous" 30-degree weather.
6. You see people wearing tank tops at funerals.
7. You think of the four major food groups as beans, tortillas, guacamole, and beer.
8. When it rains, it's the talk of the town for days.
9. When it snows, it's a national disaster. (Snow?)
10. During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
11. You consider Corpus a metropolis.
12. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for high school football.
13. You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
14. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and picante.
15. You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons should be national holidays.
16. You find 98 degrees "a little warm" and 60 degrees "downright freezing".
17. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
18. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
19."Overachievers" go to A&M or UT-Austin. The rest must choose from A&M-CC, Del Mar or A&M-Kingsville
20. You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.
21. Sandia is something you eat and somewhere you live.
22. The Shrimporee, Bayfest, and Livestock Show are the major events for the whole year.
23. The town mascot is a grapefruit.
24. Honeymoon means "San Antonio".
25. You get this list and send it to all your South Texas friends.
---Dave (in Guadalupe County)
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melibreits
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HEY! I'm having a moment of deja vu....
Actually I understand all of this, as I chauffered my grandparents to and from their southern Texas winter "home" away from home for about 5 years in a row.... I drove their car, and they paid for my airfare in the opposite direction. I would spend at least a week per trip with them to help with packing/unpacking, so the area around Zapata holds some fond memories for me. I think for me summers there would be even more unbearable than the winters are here in northern Minnesota.... I guess it's all a matter of what we get used to!
Actually I understand all of this, as I chauffered my grandparents to and from their southern Texas winter "home" away from home for about 5 years in a row.... I drove their car, and they paid for my airfare in the opposite direction. I would spend at least a week per trip with them to help with packing/unpacking, so the area around Zapata holds some fond memories for me. I think for me summers there would be even more unbearable than the winters are here in northern Minnesota.... I guess it's all a matter of what we get used to!
"Once I've held and played the best, baby, I won't settle for less!"
Melissa, Minnesota has again been chosen as the healthiest state in the nation, as it has been chosen many times in the past. It is always within the top few states that a multiple amputee could count on the fingers of the affected hand. It is a very misunderstood state by those that have never lived there, and personally, I hope they keep misunderstanding it and staying away. You do NOT need any of the dreaded Dallas Yuppie Scum infecting your environment. You would rather be invaded by Texas rattlesnakes, because the next cold winter would take them out. Cold serves an important function in keeping many worse things under control, but like fire, you have to respect it.
See what a wonderful attitude that 14 years in NE Texas has given me? As a matter of fact, I'm going to do some research on Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Ski-Doo tonight, as I fully intend to have my butt sitting on one by next year. What is the favorite brand around there these days, among those that get far off the beaten snowmobile trail? It was Ski-Doo when I last lived in Minnesota, with Arctic Cat serving the cushy touring crowd and Polaris serving the ride-like-hell crowd. Maybe I should just ask a Mohawk Indian of upstate New York what kind they prefer to smuggle tax-free Indian cigarettes past the Canadian Mounties into Canada, as that type would possess all the necessary qualities to satisfy me. Fast, reliable, tough, lightweight, able to handle deep and rough snow conditions. The modern Indian pony. I prefer going deep into the woods rather than to town on them, as the Minnesota roads were usually kept rather free of snow except for blizzards.
BTW, I do NOT place all of Texas in the category I see around here, as anybody from Fort Worth and west tends to agree with me.
Also, I think RIC should stop namimg basses after Indian tribes that are rather passe today, and start naming them after tribes that are actually rambunctious, like the Mohawks. Time magazine once did an article on them and their extensive cigarette/booze smuggling operations into Canada using their hotrodded snowmobiles. The Mounties admit they are helpless against them.
See what a wonderful attitude that 14 years in NE Texas has given me? As a matter of fact, I'm going to do some research on Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Ski-Doo tonight, as I fully intend to have my butt sitting on one by next year. What is the favorite brand around there these days, among those that get far off the beaten snowmobile trail? It was Ski-Doo when I last lived in Minnesota, with Arctic Cat serving the cushy touring crowd and Polaris serving the ride-like-hell crowd. Maybe I should just ask a Mohawk Indian of upstate New York what kind they prefer to smuggle tax-free Indian cigarettes past the Canadian Mounties into Canada, as that type would possess all the necessary qualities to satisfy me. Fast, reliable, tough, lightweight, able to handle deep and rough snow conditions. The modern Indian pony. I prefer going deep into the woods rather than to town on them, as the Minnesota roads were usually kept rather free of snow except for blizzards.
BTW, I do NOT place all of Texas in the category I see around here, as anybody from Fort Worth and west tends to agree with me.
Also, I think RIC should stop namimg basses after Indian tribes that are rather passe today, and start naming them after tribes that are actually rambunctious, like the Mohawks. Time magazine once did an article on them and their extensive cigarette/booze smuggling operations into Canada using their hotrodded snowmobiles. The Mounties admit they are helpless against them.
With regard to names of Native American tribes, remember that most of the names in use are not what the tribes call themselves, but rather what some other tribe told the Europeans they were called.
One example is the Sioux (from French), a.k.a the Lakota.
I can't remember what the real name of the Nez Percé ("pierced nose" in French) is off the top of my head, but I think it was a bit of a tongue-twister. Likewise, I can't remember what the Cherokees' real name is - it's something like Aniyiwunyi.
One of the books written by Vine Deloria Jr. (a Lakota writer) has a list in the back of the "given" and real names for a number of tribes. Interesting note: in most cases, the translation of the tribe's name for themselves is "The People".
One example is the Sioux (from French), a.k.a the Lakota.
I can't remember what the real name of the Nez Percé ("pierced nose" in French) is off the top of my head, but I think it was a bit of a tongue-twister. Likewise, I can't remember what the Cherokees' real name is - it's something like Aniyiwunyi.
One of the books written by Vine Deloria Jr. (a Lakota writer) has a list in the back of the "given" and real names for a number of tribes. Interesting note: in most cases, the translation of the tribe's name for themselves is "The People".
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
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jwr2
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Boy this thread has lost all of it's energy. Have we given up on a Forum Bass?
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Hey that happens
but I would like to see new things ... new models ... new features ... and old things like v68, 2000 series, s5 and s8 models reissued ... and the seems to be a market for v63 and cs models ...
Boy this thread has lost all of it's energy. Have we given up on a Forum Bass?
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Hey that happens
but I would like to see new things ... new models ... new features ... and old things like v68, 2000 series, s5 and s8 models reissued ... and the seems to be a market for v63 and cs models ...
To be fair, it seems to me that John Hall's comment was in reference to the suggested selling price of $1795 US. I did not note that he completely dismissed the idea out of hand. Nor did I note any indication of laughter.
His comment about a similar Japanese venture of $2600 not being sufficient to make RIC much money should give us a good indication of what a 4001V63 might cost.
This raises the question of how long would interested parties wait for such a bass (with the timeline likely measured in years and not months) that is in the $3000 plus range? I suspect you can double the suggest $1795 selling price.
Finally, there may be other interesting projects on the horizon that may rival the suggestions presented here. I am hoping that over the course of time that Mr. Hall will let us in on a couple. Recall that we have an important 75 year Rickenbacker anniversary coming up.
His comment about a similar Japanese venture of $2600 not being sufficient to make RIC much money should give us a good indication of what a 4001V63 might cost.
This raises the question of how long would interested parties wait for such a bass (with the timeline likely measured in years and not months) that is in the $3000 plus range? I suspect you can double the suggest $1795 selling price.
Finally, there may be other interesting projects on the horizon that may rival the suggestions presented here. I am hoping that over the course of time that Mr. Hall will let us in on a couple. Recall that we have an important 75 year Rickenbacker anniversary coming up.
Life, as with music, often requires one to let go of the melody and listen to the rhythm
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