As someone who has been on the bridge of a large vessel during docking maneuvers, I thought I would share a little about how it works.
1. The guy steering the boat isn't the captain. Some low level dude.
2. He's not holding a large wheel like Jack Sparrow. It's probably a knob on a panel.
3. Captain and pilot are standing nearby drinking coffee.
4. If they lost steerage, or power, this unfolded slowly and there was little they could do.
Second question - is there a good camp or summer program in Austin for an 11 year old guitar player? He'll be there for most of June and I would like to run him through something.
Current plan is to find a guitar instructor and just take some lessons but I'm open to better options.
We live in a rural part of the state and guitar lesson options are few unless you want to learn Baptist hymns.
Cool - thanks for the link.
First thought is, kid is colorblind (not kidding, protanopia... he can't tell burnt orange from green). They say it comes from mother's side of the family but he damned sure has it.
Second thought is...
I appreciate all the help and advice.
He has a PRS Silver Sky SE - that's the daily player. It is played daily and by daily I mean at least 3 times a day. He starts before school each morning. He started 1 year ago and will not put the guitar down. He's also a responsible kid (for 11). He doesn't scratch or bang around on his stuff, keeps his room clean, basically the opposite of me when I was 11. I'm comfortable buying him a $1-$3,000 guitar because he has proven he won't tear up his stuff.
Free tickets to Brad Paisley at the Houston Rodeo last Saturday made him a Telecaster fan. It didn't help that BP played 10 different guitars during the show. He made it appear as if musical success hinges on having a room full of gear. Thanks, Brad. Best part of the whole thing is, we don't even listen to much country music. He likes ZZ Top and John Mayer.
There is a wealth of info out there and a lot of opinions - so far I like what I've heard here.
I'm kinda thinking about bumping up to one of these
Fender American Professional II Telecaster Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde | Guitar Center
It is rewarding when your child finds something they really like - I've dealt with my fair share of kid's sports bullshit and "I don't want to do my homework." He's driving this and I'm happy to push some chips in to support him.
We try not to use profanity around my children but somehow "aaaaashole" in the child's voice from 2 or 3 gets the green light. If you say it that way, no questions asked, no smoke. If your movie changes the whole rule paradigm at my house... good movie.
Asking for advice:
Son wants a telecaster. I don’t mind spending money and want something that he will appreciate for a long time.
Can someone recommend to me a Tele or two that are nice enough that they will retain value? I’m not looking to ride an investment to the stratosphere, but I would rather buy this once, and it be nice forever, than be 2 years down the road and the purchase being inadequate - falling apart - or not nice enough.
So, what’s a good long-term telecaster? Buy gently used or vintage or new?
Went to Brad Paisley at HLSR yesterday.
Same thing - went in a casual observer and left a fan.
He can play, and he gave a kid in the crowd a telecaster.
Just a lighthearted fun afternoon. Grab a beer, watch some rodeo, watch Brad Paisley do his thing, home early. Kids had a blast.
Reminded me that music doesn’t have to be deep.
What is the event that changes the public mood on the pit bull type dogs?
Obviously it’s not human deaths. We’ve had plenty.
I bet if one of those dogs bit Taylor Swift or a Kardashian that would get some attention.
In a city it’s not like the black abyss. Streetlights, etc, right? When I land at commercial airports I can see a lot of shit just based off city background lighting.
And if you’re coming down uncontrolled anyway, is a power line that great of a concern? It’s going to snap and fuck something up but it’s not going to electrocute anyone. Needs ground for that right?
I understand that in controlled flight power lines are bad but if I’m crashing anyway I’m worried about immovable objects first, right?
im not saying crashing in the dark is ideal but … just find a road bro.
News said he radio reported that the engine quit - couldn’t make the airport.
What’s the stall speed on that plane? Under 100?
just line it up on a road and land that sumbitch. I’m sure any one of us could do it.
Anybody got any educated speculation about that Nashville crash?
Everyone died. I could go crash my wife’s SUV at 80 with 5 people in it and I doubt we would all die. No airbags in a plane? Where’s Ralph Nader on this one?
Why does a single engine plane with power loss hit the ground so hard? I thought in a power loss you tried to glide that thing down - land it on a road somewhere.
If you lose power at 1600 feet (that’s what I got from the news article) - how far can you glide? I’m guessing you pull some Maverick move where you go into a dive to get the speed up and then pull up at the last second and buzz the tower? That’s probably not how they teach it at school but…
I guess it wasn’t her fault that the sound guy couldn’t get her ear cans right, but they wasted some time on that.
Add her and Ray Charles to my running list but pretty sure both would be dead weight on my island.
Spoiler alert:
My experience is limited to watching the show.
After a lot of bullshit and time wasting - some of it necessary and some not so much - they get to blond guy and Steve Perry who deliver the goods.
First take, one take.
Zero b.s. out of those two.
He may be an asshole but that night he was all bidness.