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  1. SilvrT
    No worries mate ..,. but get this... right from the "get-go" that I walked in there I got a bad taste in my mouth. I walk in ... guy who appears to be the "boss" is chatting with, what I thought, was a customer. Nuther "kid" behind the counter just sittin there listenin. So I sand there...looking around a bit... these 2 guys keep on chatting and it wasn't long before I realized they were more like "visiting" ... talkin about stuff like "and what did you do for Christmas" and so on.... this goes on for about what seemed like 10 or 15 minutes. Now as you know, this shop is pretty small so it wasn't likely they didn't see me standing there .... finally this guy that looks like the "boss" looks at me and asks if he can help me. So I tell him what I'm looking for and then go bring the guitar in from the truck. He looks it over and tells me it's in bad need of strings... ok, no problem... so I ask him "how does it sound" ... well, the look he gave me! ... "not bad for a cheap plywood guitar" he says. Well that P/O'd me even more. I say... "I thought Yamaha was a good brand" and he says "sure.... back in the 70's maybe" By this time I'd told him that I bought it used so he asks how much I paid... $95 I say and he just shakes his head and says "you paid way too much"... well now I'm really feeling good... yep warm and fuzzy feeling I have coming to this place.
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    :rotf:
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    My bench vise was hungry so.... [ATTACH]40974[/ATTACH]
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    I hadn't even thought of that "emblem" so ran down to the garage, ripped it off the cassette player cover and put it here.... [ATTACH]40971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]40972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]40973[/ATTACH]
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    Thanks Monty ... I am aware of that.
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    yo brotha! ... I gots me muh own rock 'n roll band now and we're dooin gigs down at the local blues club... LOL... yeahsureright! Well, let's see.... 3 weeks ago Saturday I took the guitar into a shop to have it re-stringed and to see if the action could be made a bit easier (we bought a used one) ... they told me it would be ready Wednesday. I neglected to ask "Which Wednesday" ... a week later Saturday, I goes over there and it hadn't even been looked at yet ... guy says "I'll have it ready in an hour" ... it was too much hassle for me to go all the way back there an hour later so I said I'll get it next Saturday. So, "next Friday" rolls around (this is now 2 weeks later) and I phone them..."is my guitar gonna be ready tomorrow?" I ask ... guy says "well, we've been pretty busy... we might have it done" So I respond with my favourite response to these kinda statements... "maybe is not acceptable... either you will or you won't, which is it?" ... Guy says it will so Saturday I go there and voila` ... it's done. I pay the man and leave thinking "I'll nver do business there again". Get home and start practising... "hmmmmmmm..." I'm thinkin... "this doesn't sound right" so I find out it's way out of tune...get that fixed and I'm dooin good. So all in all ... I got about 2.5 weeks of practising in since I got it. Bummer! By the time I got it back from the shop, my finger callouses had all but disappeared (what little I did have). Anyhoo, to make a "long story short" (LOL) .... fingers are toughening up pretty good and I'm up to 7 of the basic chords ... Majors...A, C, D, E ... Minor...A, D, E and I'm workin on G Major. Can't do the change from one to the other very fast but it's coming along and was able to change from D-A-E Major once or twice without looking LOL. All in all, I'm having a blast. I'm also working on a song... it's called "Some Day" ... and it goes like this... "Some day... I'm gonna be... a guitar playah.."
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    Doesn't do that for me... one click is all.
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    I went into msconfig | Startup and disabled ISUSPM, issch, nwiz, and QTtask. You may or may not have these but the problem seems to have stopped.
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    They all play dumb at first...
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    I haven't had my '06 very long (just over a year and 18000 kilometers) ... I've had my outer fairing off numerous times and no evidence of cracking anywhere. What I have noticed I think it was the 2nd time re-installing it ... is that you can get it mis-aligned and this improper installation may well be the cause of these mounting locations cracking....???
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    Did a bit of digging/comparing and another thing I've found is that, for example, a 130/90-16 Front tire will have a smaller tread depth than the same sized Rear tire.
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    yup... and most definately false is the part about us "liking to pay taxes" !!!
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    Well guys.... seems I opened up an interesting topic for discussion here. I now am considerably more educated...thanks!
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    Other than size, what would differentiate a front tire from a rear tire?? For example, a 130/90-16 tire ... what would make it be a front versus a rear?
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    In order to stop it from "always ask", you first have to un-check the box and then either Open it or Save it. choosing Cancel (which is what I do) will not save that setting and I am not about to Open or Save it. further, since it is a PDF file which I often download PDF files for other purposes, if I uncheck the box, the next time this particular file comes to me (the "banner.pdf"), it will either download or open, depending on what I chose for the last valid PDF. DON'T WANT THAT! The reason a person leaves that checked is for situations such as this so that when something suspiscious tries to come in, you CAN CANCEL IT.
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    I don't use any of the myriad of toolbars and add-ons ... if any get installed by "accident", I uninstall them.. hate all that crap LOL only have what comes with the browser ... no Google toolbar, no Yahoo toolbar, no nuffin. Only plug-in's are what is absolutely necessary for general browsing.
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    If it can run comfortably 2-up and loaded at 80mph is fast enuf. Let the Wings blow by me...who cares... I'll still get there albeit 5 minutes later LOL
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    I used "over-the-counter" spray can stuff I got from an auto paint store (high quality). I changed the seat on my '87 from that dark brown color to a medium grey ... had no issues with it over 2 years, then sold the bike. I doubt Sylvester will have any such issues as this stuff literally re-colors the material.
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    "fancy emoticons"... haha not this old boy! been around computers much too long for that. And I already done the google thing you posted. What is curious to me is that it only appears while I'm on this site and it happens both here at work as well as at home. I'll be watching for any variance of this ... been doing it for a couple days now and it's quite random and happens only a couple times or so during a day and sometimes not every day. As for "clicking on it"... like I said... been around computers much too long to get caught by that old trick.
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    I've done some Googling but not much info ... it appears to have hosted malware tho. http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=img121.imagehacks.info
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    It's random ... happens here at work and also on my home PC ... and only while browsing around on this site.
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    I recently got the Roxio VHS-DVD package for converting my 8mm "handy-cam" tapes... works great but yes, it has to play them in "real-time" while doing the conversion process. Price was $39.95 (on sale) here in Vancouver, Canada.
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    Great Idea ... might change mine now!
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    Every so often while browsing around on this site, the following pops up... anyone have any ideas??... anyone else getting it?? [ATTACH]40912[/ATTACH]
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    Thanks Gary... I've been wondering how this was done.
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