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  1. HudsonHawk

    Barber shops

    Anyone can technically “cut hair” in the academic sense. But getting a haircut is more than just making the hairs shorter. You still want it to look good, and there is something to knowing how to give a proper haircut. $16 every month or so to not look like I cut my own hair is money I’ll...
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    Your first job

    My first real "job" (other than yardwork and such as a kid) was at the pizza parlor making pizzas. It wasn't so bad except the day we were unloading supplies into the walk-in, which included these huge jars of salad dressing. We had the bright idea that my buddy would take them out of the box...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Boy they sure aren't for me. The electronic one I have is so much faster, easier, clearer to read, come with different fonts and effects, not to mention you're able to correct mistakes before they print.
  4. HudsonHawk

    Pickling

    Pickling? I got two words for you: quail eggs.
  5. HudsonHawk

    Barber shops

    Those high end places are ridiculously high. They're like $150 for a haircut and who knows how much for a shave. But I guess you get pretty pampered. The place I go is $16 for the haircut (it's gone up a few bucks in the last 15 years), which includes the traditional straight razor trim up...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Sparkin" was a term I'd always heard. I said it to Mrs. Hawk not long ago, and she about fell out of her chair laughing. Sometimes she thinks she married Jed Clampett.
  8. HudsonHawk

    Barber shops

    Not sure what part of the world you live, but barber shops have made a huge comeback in the last 10 years. Can't throw a rock and not hit one where I live, from the newer high end places where they serve you fancy drinks while waiting for your cut and shave or the more traditional one or two...
  9. HudsonHawk

    BATTER UP!

    Did I ever mention that I once played in a series against the Bahamian National Team, and Ed Armbrister was their manager. We talked a bit. He was a nice guy, but said no matter where he goes, the only thing anyone ever asks him about is “The Bunt” in 75. I’m guessing he doesn’t spend much...
  10. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    The Elixir strings sound just fine. The nanoweb coating means they’ll last a little longer, but are more expensive. I’d recommend cleaning your strings after each playing session. Just use a soft, lint free cotton cloth such as an old T-shirt and wipe them down. This will help remove some of the...
  11. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    Ah, suspended chords. Suspended chords are created by omitting the third and replacing, typically, with the major second or the perfect fourth. They sort of give you two chords in one, sounding like you’re moving to another chord, but still keeping the sound of the root. Going back and fourth...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    In high school I read John Howard Griffin's "journal" Black Like Me, where a white man has his skin darkened and immerses himself into 1950s black culture in the South. Of course you can imagine many of the things that happened, the usual segregation woes of being denied service in restaurants...
  14. HudsonHawk

    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    A lot of people question the timing of Watchman, Lee being of advanced age and all and whether or not she was fully aware of everything surrounding its publication. That her handlers may have been trying to squeeze a few bucks out of her rather than respect her literary integrity/legacy. She...
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    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    Isn't the prevailing theory that Watchman is simply an earlier, longer draft of Mockingbird, which was cut because no one wanted to read the second part, for the reasons you describe?
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Similar to shoe repair places are watch repairs. There’s a watch place here in Houston that is exactly what you’d picture out of a movie: a small little shop, cluttered with clocks and papers that look 100 years old. An old guy who looks like Albert Einstein with those funny magnifying glasses...
  17. HudsonHawk

    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    Growing up in Tampa there were numerous ethnic clubs...the Italian club, the Spanish club, the Cuban club, etc. they were much more than social clubs, but a central part of everyday life for those ethnicities. They ran schools, hospitals, banks, in addition to being a financial and social safety...
  19. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    I absolutely LOVE Seagull guitars. I have two of them, and they are hands down the best sounding guitar for under $500. Heck, the $300 Seagulls sound better than most $1,500 guitars. They are THE best value in acoustic guitars, IMO. The S6 has a really wide neck, so there’s that to consider...
  20. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    Hammers and pulls are just another wrinkle you'll learn as you go. They are fun and are what really give lead players speed. It's a never ending journey.
  21. HudsonHawk

    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    Believe it or not, the purpose of that terminology is to be more inclusive, not to separate themselves. Rather than being "Asian" or "Indian", people are reminding you that they are Americans too. If it had started the other way, and people of different ethic origins had always been thought of...
  22. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    On the G...you need to learn it both ways...the 4-fingered G and the three fingered G using the second, third and pinkie fingers. It's the same chord, but there are times when you want to use one and times when you want to use the other. I'd stay away from the first, second and pinkie on the G...
  23. HudsonHawk

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    No sure how Marty teaches the A chord, but you can play it multiple ways. The most common and obvious is the first finger on the 4th string, the second finger on the 3rd string, and the third finger on the 2nd string (all on the second fret). Another way, and the way I use most often, is the...

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