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Originally Posted by strato (Post 227490)

LOL..i could tell you a funny story about Mississippi..

I lived there for over twenty years... I could tell you a thousand!!! :)

LOl..i luv it there though ..have lots of relatives there...but they arent Squids...lol....i came real close to moving there in 03 only an hr from Memphis...

I was born in Meridian, and raised in Philadelphia. Although my entire family, on both sides live in Pascagoula for the most part. Wade, Gautiea, Gulf Port, even Lucedale. The squids I know, all live in Neshoba county though.

Meridian .. home of Hartley Peavey....My cousin Al Duff used to cut necks for his guitars

I've got like twenty friends I graduated with, that used to work at the Peavey plant in Decatur. Or is it Newton... I can't remember. That was years ago. One of my friends worked on the guitar line. Basically his job was to pick up a guitar, check the neck, the body, and all the specs, play it for about ten minutes, and if everything checked out, put it back on the line. If not, send it back for repairs. He basically got paid 12 dollars an hour, to sit and play guitar all day. Not bad in my book...

I live about ten miles north of Petaluma, California, where the Mesa Boogie plant is. I've driven by there a bunch of times. Would love to work there. I love Mesa's. Their Lonestar amps are freaking sweeeeet....

Yeah Mesa is a hotrodded Fender...he worked for Leo then started in a small buliding behind his house...You know my aunt worked for Leo from 1952 till the early seventies...then when Fender was repurshased back in 90 they brought her back..She custom winds pups by hand..they are to die for..the tone of a scatter wound pup is hard to beat...

I'm an EMG freak. Those and Seymour Duncans. Actually, funny story, EMGs are made right here in Santa Rosa....

I have a Marshall JCM 2000 Dual Super Lead, but I would love to have a Mesa Dual Rectifier too. They are both made for metal sound.

S.P back in the 80s..lol..i know im old...i used a Invader Pup...i had it on a Charvel strat...and i used a 50 watt plexi..and 412 Marshall slant cab with EVs in it...and lots of effects...lol....

What about Krank amps..are they really heavy?..i like tube crunch not digital....

I played through a Krankenstein, about four years ago, and honestly, they are freaking amazing. You literally need no effects whatsoever with this amp. The most amazingly clean distortion you've ever heard, plus it has a built in noise gate. The clean channel is also very crisp, and the reverb is almost perfect. Now the price tag on the other hand.......

I am happy that I could facilitate this reunion!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

We probably have all the same scars and teeth missing...
Aren't you glad you didn't give up?

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Originally Posted by nevergiveup3 (Post 227557)

I am happy that I could facilitate this reunion!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

hahaha... yeah, NGU3, you never know where we're gonna go next. As you can see our site pretty much lacks the thread police you might be accustomed to elsewhere, so "threadjack" is not considered a catastrophic event. Neither is an occasional duplicate thread. No one cries "use the search feature." And feel free to punctuate or not punctuate, whichever way your personal leanings (or time constraints) take you. Its kind of like the Open Range here, with seldom a "discouraging word."

Its nice being surrounded by mature, busy folk such as yourself.

btw, your Houston friends are recovering from an outstanding crawfish boil. Crawfish was boiled by actual real live Louisianians, I might add. It was off-the-charts good. Youre on our mailing list for the next event.

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Originally Posted by skymike (Post 227615)

Thank goodness...because I know that I go off-topic frequently. I like it that people don't freak, and that's why this is by far the best site if your a nut-job like me. People know your problem, see your problem on a daily basis, and rather than ridicule, they nurture.

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Originally Posted by Saint_LB (Post 227627)

Thank goodness...because I know that I go off-topic frequently. I like it that people don't freak, and that's why this is by far the best site if your a nut-job like me.

and I like this site because we have nut-jobs like you who go off topic into some crazy story from 1967.... "Yeah, I understand the NFL's new OT rule and such, but let me tell you about the time we were in school, driving this old car over the Huey P. Long. . . . . "

I like it when you do that. NGU3 will fit right in here, because I guarantee he has a story about: 1. driving over the Huey 2. the day he met Archie 3. escaping a non-Katrina hurricane 4. The stupidest thing he ever saw at Tulane Stadium 5. Something a family member saw in Vietnam and 6. something about Elvis.

LB & Bob, feel free to let any story loose any time on any thread, punctuated or not, just because you feel like it.

Welcome to the blackandgold.

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Originally Posted by skymike (Post 227634)

lol.... Readers digest version and when life gets easier I can expand..

1. back in the younger days took a West Bank gal to a pre-season Saints game.... it was pouring raining and we were huddled under an umbrella... but we got soaked... Needless to say she was not happy and asked to go home.... Crossing the Huey P there is a major wreck and we sat there for 2 hrs.... not the most pleasant of memories... although her wet white Saints "T" did create nice memories....

2. Played golf with Archie in Lafayette at one of the minor league tour events.... I always had the impression Archie was a non-drinking Baptist from Mississippi.... WRONG.......... He could barely swing the club by the time we hit the 18th hole.... Archie likes his cold beer...

3. "non Katrina"??? Living in Lafayette I got caught in the contra flow on the Sunday before... The Saints played the Saturday night before...

4. Stupidest thing in Tulane?? Where to start?? the military guy getting his hand blown off during one of the half time shows maybe.... or the 10,487,233 people who claimed to be there when Dempsey kicked his Field Goal...... the night before I had attended a high school dance... Like Archie I had a few too many cold beers and was not feeling very good when dad woke me to leave at 6 am (it took 4.5 hours to get to NO from Lafayette back in those days)... But I did get up and I WAS there...

5. Never had a family member in Nam... I had a draft card but being the braniac I was i was able to defer by going to college and by the time I got out the war was over...

6. Jailhouse Rock?? I think I he sang it in Central Lockup while I was waiting to be bailed out after a fight in the dome during a MNF game...lol... dude wouldn't take that damn paper bag off his head.....

Being an old guy does have its benefits.... I GUARANTEE you I savored Feb 7 more than most...lol

My dad has to be the only person to admit that they left before dempsey got on the field to make the kick

I have a.d.d. Seriously. Thats why my posts usually go all over the place.

2. Played golf with Archie in Lafayette at one of the minor league tour events.... I always had the impression Archie was a non-drinking Baptist from Mississippi.... WRONG.......... He could barely swing the club by the time we hit the 18th hole.... Archie likes his cold beer...

Playing golf WITHOUT beer? Now THAT'S sacreligious.... I'm usually gunned by the 9th hole....