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  1. HudsonHawk

    Proper thermostat usage

    I grew up in Florida, and now live in Texas, so the idea of purchasing heat offends my delicate sensibilities. That said…yeah, the most efficient way to heat a space is to not let it get cold in the first place. I have a natural gas furnace, but rarely is it on. We had a kerosene heater in...
  2. HudsonHawk

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Babe Ruth hit 552 home runs during Betty White’s lifetime. Legendary.
  3. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I’ve heard it put “if I get aroused, I apologize. If I don’t, I’m sorry.”
  4. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Most people never get there. Or at least have no interest in getting there.
  5. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    That's pretty funny. Want to freak out a curious kid? Remind them that a point on the lable goes around 33 times in a minute, and a point on the edge does too, but the point on the edge has to travel a farther distance...yet the motor turns at one speed...
  7. HudsonHawk

    Cowboy Boots

    Did I ever tell the story of how I kicked the nail off of my big toe with sloppy usage of a boot jack? Alcohol may have been involved.
  8. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Quotes like this are why I hang out here.
  9. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    This is much of it for me as well. The tactile feel is a good part of the experience. I like open reel (reel to reel) for much the same reason. I like mechanical things in general, and seeing the wheels go round and round is hypnotic, in a good way. You can’t watch a download go around in a...
  10. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Wrong thread for this, but...yeah, digital *can* sound fantastic, just like analog can sound like a muffled mess. It's all about the source material and how it's prepared. Analog isn't necessarily better, it's just different, in a way that soothes my troubled soul.
  11. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    With the resurgance of vinyl among the hipsters, it's possible. Though I'm not entirely sure they actually listen to their records, just keep them around for decoration.
  13. HudsonHawk

    I just bought a bottle of...

    I'm very much a rum guy. It goes so well with a cigar. And I just bought a bottle of this: It's like drinking a glass of Bananas Foster.
  14. HudsonHawk

    GFL - Guitar Friends Lounge

    Your'e not alone there. King said they just had a unique sound that he liked, and like many other players, wanted a pick as stiff as he could get it. He said the only drawback was that they chewed through strings like crazy. Of course, on the road you change your strings every day anyway, so...
  15. HudsonHawk

    GFL - Guitar Friends Lounge

    I've never been one to get worked up about picks, whatever I can find will almost always work. Some of the great players use all sorts of things. Ed King from Lynyrd Skynyrd used bits of broken sea shells he'd find on the beach. Had a whole bucket full of them that he chipped into a pick...
  16. HudsonHawk

    GFL - Guitar Friends Lounge

    That Godin is a nice looking guitar. I have two Seagull acoustics, which are made by Godin, and they are one of the best values in guitars going today. They have particularly wide necks, which suit me fine because my...ahem...hands are not particularly small and the space between strings is...
  17. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In the South, "y'all" is often used as the singular. The plural would be "all y'all".
  19. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Agreed that such an equation is poorly written. But the order of operations exists to remove ambiguity in such a situation. Which, ironically, it creates when people don't follow the rules. I suppose that's true for any rule or convention.
  20. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This is often my experience, as well. The local hardware store will have one of 1,000 things, while Big Box will 1,000 of one thing. Both have their advantages and drawbacks, I guess, depending on what you want at the time.
  21. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    PEDMAS/PEMDAS/BODMAS/Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally...whatever mnemonic you learned, I'm certain you learned order of operations somewhere down the line. But you highlight the main issue with a lot of math (and a lot of everything else you learned in the 4th grade): you simply don't use it on...
  22. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    So on being bad at math... What bugs me is not people who are bad at math, we all have our growth areas (Mrs. Hawk is a math whiz, but has trouble spelling C-A-T), but those who are bad at math and will argue that they are not. Of course, this is not limited to math. For whatever reason, I've...
  23. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Around here they sell yard mulch. I made the mistake of buying it once. I'm still battling the weeds, like 10 years later. I told them I'll just give them the money, but please don't bring that weed seed back to my house.

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