Still lazy, Still copying and pasting....

Hi there, persons who never read this here blog stuff...

It is getting very near the end of 2007, and I sit here about 3:07 AM at work, no calls to send the Cops to, so I thought I would write a bit.

My band, Infusion, has 1 more gig for 2007. At a little bar in downtown Wichita on Friday the 21st. Party for LearJet employees and their friends and wives. Last year it was at the Old marple theatre, and it was a lot of fun. This year, at least our band sound good, and we have a lot of fun just playing for ourselves.

Bought another Leslie speaker last Friday, from my brother Dan. It is the one, model 147, that I bought new back in 1972 for $700.00 plus the preamp deal. Got it last week for $600.00, a real bargain as they are worth $2400.00 now. It was a mess, very dirty and had rust on all 4 motors. There were mouse droppings in the main enclosure, and I had to strip it down to the case and clean then rebuild all motors and bushings. Got it all back together Saturday night, it was 28 degrees in the garage then, had a small heater going on me.

Mary helped me get it in the house last night and I hooked it up to one of my keyboards and the thing would not work. Dan said it worked fine 2 weeks ago. Uh huh. Nope. The motors would not turn the speakers until I went throught them Saturday. So there is this little tube, RCA 12AU7A that had been pushed to the side, and the tines were bent, si i was straightening them up and the durn thing broke, the glass had been cracked. I got another one from the 142 in the other room and put it in and wallah! worked like a champ. Set the preamp on 4 and low volume on the keyboard output and the 147 was very loud and very clear tones, the Bass was very nice. Mary came in and told me to turn it down please.....LOL she was trying to watch tv.

So that works, I ordered 2 replacement 12AU7A tubes for the 142, and will have a spare. Then I ordered 4 recessed speaker handles, 2 smaller ones for the 142 and 2 large ones for the bigger 147. Each weigh about 160 pounds, and these will make it easier to move about. I figure I have spent about $4720.00 on music equipment in the last 3 years, and I made what, 400 total on all the gigs this last summer? Ok. But I never was in it for the money anyway. If I was, I would have gone to LA in 1973 and not have gotten married then, and played with my friends in the Carson Band in Burbank.

I am planning to take the Hammond and the 142 Leslie to Mary's mothers in Moran, as she plays Organ in 3 Churches, and would love to play one at home. Don't want to sell it, unless she give me at least 4K for it, might do that...

Need to go and call 10-17 on the Officers cause I don't know what they are up to, Donut shop opens in about 5 minutes so I know they will be there.

Talk at ya later, and please take care and git home safe tonight.

Boneheaddave

It's Christmas Day

Hi all. No one reads this but me and poss the girlfriend.....

It is Christmas day 2006. I sit here at work making 2.5 times normal hourly wage. 10 bucks an hour. Or so. Wow. Law Enforcement. Don't do it for the money cause there isn't any.

26 years ago when I got in this line of work I was an Oilfield Engineer. I appled to the hays, kansas PD and was hired. Chief Younger told me that my continued employment with the Hays PD was contingent upon me completing and passing all of the psycological exams. I was making more money than he was then. He thought I was crazy. I told him I could be making $1,000,000.00 a year in the Oilfield and I would still be underpaid. Hated it, the long days and hours stuck out in nowhere boonies getting drilling rigs unstuck, bacteria controlled, or the PH up.

Well, I passed the MMPI and the tests. I was indeed sane and can prove it. Don't tell the ex's or the girlfriend, they still think I am a nut. LOL

So grilfriend and her daughter went to Mom's in Moran and I get off in an hour, so I will have the TV to meself for a time. Woo. There is a new kitty in the house to play with Mufasa, the stupid kittie. It is 8 months old but about 1/3 the size of Mufasa or a 13 pound cat. My friend at work said i could have one of her Maine Coon cats, so I might have to do that instead of the kitten. It is still a bit wild fresh off the farm.

So we will see. Until I get another minute between 9-1-1 calls; later!

Winter is here ...

December will be here in 1 day.

Winter Storm Watch posted for my area for today and tomorrow, freezing rain, thunderstorms, ice, snow. Great stuff. Glad I am on my days off. Plan to play at the Old Marple Thursday night with the band, might be hectic getting around to go if the roads ice up.

Boring here at work. They are all running 28's all night long. Like they have a reason to know who owns this or that. Very strange how they do things in this County. A lot different than I was used to in Western Kansas, where life is much more simple, and the Cops don't have "quota's". Unethical, I say. But what do i know. I am just a Conservative Republican type, not Liberal like some here seem to be.

Updated my Photobucket pics and uploaded several more. Now have 491 pics there.

All for now, keep checking back ....

Boneheaddave

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