Dragons are F'ing Awesome

That reminds me...I once went to the AMA motorcycle museum in Ohio. Among the amazing things they had in there....(like Steve Mcqueen's 400 husky and Doug Henry's YZ400f) Was one of neil perts drum sets? Really? I guess he was into motorcycles and so the decided to put one of his drum sets in there....it was called the "who gives a fuck?" section IIRC.
 
UtahJoe said:
That reminds me...I once went to the AMA motorcycle museum in Ohio. Among the amazing things they had in there....(like Steve Mcqueen's 400 husky and Doug Henry's YZ400f) Was one of neil perts drum sets? Really? I guess he was into motorcycles and so the decided to put one of his drum sets in there....it was called the "who gives a fuck?" section IIRC.
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NP is a serious motorcyclist. He basically rode the length of North and South Americas on his moto in the aftermath of some pretty awful tragedies in his family life, and then wrote about it in a book called Ghost Rider.

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Rider-T...TF8&qid=1386357928&sr=1-1&keywords=neil+peart

And no, I'm not much of a Rush fan, to be honest. I should be, but it hasn't happened as of yet.
 
UtahJoe said:
That reminds me...I once went to the AMA motorcycle museum in Ohio. Among the amazing things they had in there....(like Steve Mcqueen's 400 husky and Doug Henry's YZ400f) Was one of neil perts drum sets? Really? I guess he was into motorcycles and so the decided to put one of his drum sets in there....it was called the "who gives a fuck?" section IIRC.
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Peart was (and is) a big motorcycle aficionado. He's actually written two books about motorcycle trips he's taken. The funny thing is, one of his drum kits is probably worth more than most of the bikes there.
 
I know the story, I was just busting norms balls about my hatred of Rush. They actually have Neils bike that he completed the journey on next to the drum set.
 
mattybfat said:
38 special killed what the allmans started enough said...
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The Allmans where big in the 70's because people embraced the new sound(mixing rhythm & blues with Duannes wizardry on slide guitar and Gregs vocals). This still holds out as some of the best music to come out of that decade.

For music to survive it has to change, sometimes its not always for the best. 38 special tried to hold onto southern rock roots and blend it with an 80's sound. The result was rather bland imo, but hey they tried.

What makes a band like the Rolling Stones so incredible is the fact that they where able to adapt to the sound of the decade and not put out some shitty music. For example: Beggars Banquet in 68, Exhile on Mainstreet in 72, Some Girls in 78, Emotional Rescue in 80. These albums helped define decades, not just adapt to them.

Slow day at work😀
 
Norm said:
83. The other house was normal too

96. Frankly, I'm not that impressed by it
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The Mona Lisa is not a particularly impressive piece when we look at it through the eyes of today. At the time, it revolutionized portrait painting. The style was unlike anything that portrait painters were doing, which set the standard. It was also created by the OG of the renaissance, Leonardo da-frigging Vinci! Much of it's value is in it's significance as a historic artifact…A book can be written on the subject, I'm sure.

If i had all the money in the world, I wouldn't buy it either. But then again, I wouldn't buy the holy grail if that went up for auction.
 
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But then again, I wouldn't buy the holy grail if that went up for auction.
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Norm said:
93. Utah and I found out that the Mona Lisa was most recently assessed at $772 million, or something like that
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1. It probably drives some revenue
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2. Its even less impressive when you realize how small it is. For $772 million it should be Times Square billboard size. But no, its a postage stamp.
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3. Selfie Friday.
 
I agree with Capers, its so valuable because its a part of history as much as it is a painting.
 
140. The HSCX race is done. It went well.
141. I like to think we do shit right.
142. Sometimes I wonder what bands like 38 Special did to get where they were. Like, were they a great club band that just got picked up then turned lame or were they sort of manufactured in the 80s, a sort of beginning of manufactured music?
143. I did not know that about Neal Peart. I read the story Friday afternoon and it made me sad. What an awful thing.
144. Utah hates Rush far more than I like them.
145. The Green Radish was a nice touch. Truck colors were awesome too.
146. Paint it black
147. We need a podium. We will have one in 2014.
148. The vast majority of people have no clue what the Mona Lisa is about. It may have revolutionized something somewhere, but nobody knows that. It is a modern cultural legend that really benefits from the same value-generating mechanism that a baseball card does. Someone thinks it's valuable, so it has a price tag. Another person thinks the same and wants to pay the same. If you get 2 people who think it's priceless, the number keeps going up infinitely. Then the public sees this, wonders that the hoopla is about, then decides it must be worth something. Then the rage is really on.
149. I didn't watch that video, as much as I would like to.
150. Let me ask this. If it turns out someday that the Mona Lisa was actually the second portrait of its kind, and there's another 1 out there, will the painting plummet in value or will the new one rocket to $800 million? More than likely the legend of the ML keeps it higher regardless what comes to light in the future.
151. Someday I will go to the Louvre and look at this thing
152. What does this have to do with the Scramble?
153. I started to read the Mona Lisa Wikipedia page and got bored
154. The landscape is going to be as much of the draw as anything, it seems to me. We always look for hidden messages in everything
155. This is why The DaVinci Code is/was so popular
156. I mean they don't even know who's in the picture
157. It was stolen in 1911, interesting
158. Yes, The Scream is hard to justify
159. Why are we talking about Art again? Who is Art? Why weren't he & Ellen at our race?
160. Next year I want a cannon
161. That shoots people
162. We have 2 weeks to get our house into full party mode. Though I will say we got a ton of comments yesterday about the living room.
163. Porky Pig line here.
 
164. I have BO
165. The kids were off from school today. We built a snowman and a small fort. Like on scale with the Stonehenge scene in Spinal Tap
166. I got a lot of work done today
167. Sarcasm
168. I used to not post after like 2pm because it's better for feedback if you do it earlier but whatever
169. I need to shave, my face is itchy
170. We have some new interns at work and teaching them is sometimes more painful than trying to reason with the 4 year old.
171. There will be a fire pit of some sort by next weekend
172. Not this coming weekend, next weekend
173. I want to try and fix the broken chiminea with high temperature mortar. I mean, they slap fireplaces together, there must be something that works.
174. There were deer in the back yard. We have deer meat in the freezer.
175. The base winter thread is already in mid-season form
176. XisNotaCrime has sort of jumped the shark
177. Has "jumped the shark" jumped the shark? Is that possible?
178. I think we'll finish a puzzle tonight and start another one
179. Utah asked me when the last time I rode a bike was. I honestly don't remember. Dave will likely put me as one of the pros when he makes teams for the winter game, which will likely disappoint someone
180. I do know where my bikes are, not under my ass though
181. The sun has gone down so my view has gone from the white back yard to a reflection of me. My hair is a mess
182. I don't actually have a lot to say
183. I organized the cereal cabinet. There's more in it than cereal but it would be a bit verbose to call it the cereal, oatmeal, crackers, dry box mix, and assorted sundry powdered mix cabinet
184. Powdered toast man
185. I guess I should put the pancake mix in that drawer
186. First world problems
187. The dishwasher leaves all sorts of soap residue on the dishes
188. D's mom says it's because we have hard water, or soft water, I never remember the difference
189. We have water, D says I say that word funny
190. I think she said that Capers says it like me
191. Eric & I have some amazing ideas for new barriers next year
192. We just have to hope we can pull off everything we want
193. They said we painted the horseshoes upside down, and to hang it as-is would make it upside down, and the luck would fall out
194. But the guy who won would probably argue that it wasn't luck that got him there
195. But you know, as a wise man (wise ass) once said, something something better mousetrap
196. Is the verdict in on that mousetrap thing yet?
197. I know you're reading
198. Utah mentioned that you deleted both of us on FB, that was entertaining
199. But you know we still love you
 
you have hard water if there is a film on your dishes - you also feel it when you shower. that is because there is more than normal calcium in the water.

i thought about making a snowman today. i should say "snow person". that's more PC.

i really wish we could do puzzles at home. well, it's more like me. f*cking cats. they got thrown in the basement today. not by me either.

i started out having a productive day off...then i got distracted.
 
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