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Post by rickb on Feb 7, 2023 9:13:59 GMT -5
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 11, 2023 10:14:32 GMT -5
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Post by rickb on Feb 12, 2023 14:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 12, 2023 15:54:16 GMT -5
   Did a lot of things way different than I usually do. Got a new brand of charcoal. I injected and I very seldom that. That's what the brown is in the middle of the money muscle on my dinner plate. I used to rub that I usually use for chicken. I also used A different wood and used a mop sauce which I very seldom do. It came out great! I used apple wood and a lot of apple juice in my injection and mop sauce. It's also the first time I separated the money muscle and cooked that separate. I cooked it to 175 °. The butt I cook to 200. I'll be separating it from now on. The money muscle is a phenomenal piece of meat. It still taking me too long to do a shoulder. I laid my fire the night before. Started it about 6:00am I took it off at 11 pm |
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 12, 2023 15:55:09 GMT -5
I'm sitting doing my parking lot sale right now. I've got plenty enough fridge and a bag of buns in there. Y'all are welcome to stop by and have one!
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Post by rickb on Feb 12, 2023 21:32:57 GMT -5
What a difference a few days make of the beach landscape. First photo I posted the other day when the beach was full of shells. This morning, after a day and night of rain and wind from the tropical depression, the shells are covered up with sand. When there are lots of shells we find fossils/etc. mixed in with them. Last photo is of some broken palmetto palm fronds littering the ground after the storm.     |
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Post by RWA3006 on Feb 12, 2023 22:56:35 GMT -5
Just finished another. This one is shark skin leather and is probably the best work I've done yet in both design and workmanship.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 12, 2023 23:18:35 GMT -5
Super Bowl vittles. Pork Baby Back ribs, shrimp, and deviled eggs. Nope. No veggies...unless you count the cocktail sauce! LOL  |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2023 5:15:20 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 13, 2023 6:23:28 GMT -5
Just finished another. This one is shark skin leather and is probably the best work I've done yet in both design and workmanship. Beautiful and beautiful work! I love the sharkskin.  |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2023 7:17:18 GMT -5
2nd photo I posted.
AJ said: Look at me. I am a super hero, just like her.
I think he did a great job of copying her pose.
He was almost nonstop movement at the museum, so I did not get many photos.
He is enrolled in 5 year old Kindergarten for this Fall.
Wow! Seems way too early for him to be going to school. He will be 4 in June.
He is so advanced for his age. The University Day Care he goes to said he should be enrolled in 5 K for the Fall.
If it doesn't work out, he can go back there.
I really think it will be a great thing.
He is so smart. So compassionate. So caring. So considerate.
He is now at the 90th percentile for height and 80th percentile for cognitive for a 3.5 year old.
I love being with him, talking with him and helping him with all the tough questions he has.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 13, 2023 7:20:09 GMT -5
2nd photo I posted. AJ said: Look at me. I am a super hero, just like her. I think he did a great job of copying her pose. He was almost nonstop movement at the museum, so I did not get many photos. He is enrolled in 5 year old Kindergarten for this Fall. Wow! Seems way too early for him to be going to school. He will be 4 in June. He is so advanced for his age. The University Day Care he goes to said he should be enrolled in 5 K for the Fall. If it doesn't work out, he can go back there. I really think it will be a great thing. He is so smart. So compassionate. So caring. So considerate. He is now at the 90th percentile for height and 80th percentile for cognitive for a 3.5 year old. I love being with him, talking with him and helping him with all the tough questions he has. I love answering "tough questions" from kids! LOL  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 13, 2023 7:28:16 GMT -5
2nd photo I posted. AJ said: Look at me. I am a super hero, just like her. I think he did a great job of copying her pose. He was almost nonstop movement at the museum, so I did not get many photos. He is enrolled in 5 year old Kindergarten for this Fall. Wow! Seems way too early for him to be going to school. He will be 4 in June. He is so advanced for his age. The University Day Care he goes to said he should be enrolled in 5 K for the Fall. If it doesn't work out, he can go back there. I really think it will be a great thing. He is so smart. So compassionate. So caring. So considerate. He is now at the 90th percentile for height and 80th percentile for cognitive for a 3.5 year old. I love being with him, talking with him and helping him with all the tough questions he has. Kids are great! They are sponges for knowledge. |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2023 7:29:37 GMT -5
jasoninsd Love this. My answers for tough questions are a lot more real.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2023 7:40:59 GMT -5
I missed this, but a good friend was there on Flight Trader. Another balloon at 22,000 feet. This one was shot down over Lake Huron. It traveled across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Nothing major at this point, as it was mostly a balloon. Did you know that the US has upgraded capabilities to track everything in the sky? So many previous objects that were not tracked or even seen now are. I often check out what aircraft is out there on Flight Trader.   |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 14, 2023 8:09:11 GMT -5
Happy Valentines Day. Postmarked February 10, 1908. 1 cent stamp. Mailed from Weyerhaeuser, WI to my G-G Uncle, Charles Fern. He was living in Minneapolis at the time. Sender was wishing him a Happy Valentines Day and hoping he could come home soon.  |
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Post by woodman on Feb 14, 2023 15:13:57 GMT -5
 Bit of snow this morning! |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 16, 2023 7:40:48 GMT -5
My first guitar, purchased new in 1972. It was $19.00. Had lots of “advanced” features, such as a truss rod and adjustable bridge. It hangs on my bedroom wall most of the time.    My current guitar. A 1980, Anniversary Sigma from 1980. I play this one. Purchased it a few years ago for an excellent price. For anyone who knows Sigma guitars, it is a DM 10. I love it.     |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 16, 2023 8:18:58 GMT -5
In 1980 Sigma produced the "D-10 Anniversary model" to commemorate ten years of Sigma production in Japan. Essentially a gussied up DM-18, the 'D-10' has a solid spruce top with "matched" (re: laminated) mahogany sides and back, rosewood fingerboard with diamond and square position markers, mother of pearl band inlay stating "Anniversary" between the 19th and 20th fret, tortoiseshell type pickguard and binding, and close-ratio tuning machines. This limited production run lasted one year and this model remained on Sigma Dealers quarterly price lists from October 1980 until July 1981. It is not known at this time just how many D-10s were built. Given the run was for an entire production year, it is likely that thousands were built. Also refer to information regarding the D10-8 and D10-9. These were second runs with cosmetic defects sold by Martin at a discount of usually 33%.
A recently uncovered C.F. Martin memo dated August 7, 1980 (this document has not been produced for examination) further discusses 'economically uncorrectable' cosmetic flaws in the D-10 and how they were to be indicated by the inspectors: "The flawed instruments were graded into 2 categories depending on the nature of the blemishes and were stamped on the back center strip accordingly.
The D-10 '9' had cross grain sanding marks, finish runs and/or a rough finish, rough or chipped inlay and/or bindings, poor repairs, small indentations and/or discolorations.
The D-10 '8' had finish checks, shrunken end pieces, filler discolorations, dents and/or a very thin finish.
Instead of 'seconding' these by labeling them as 'Picador' guitars, and/or voiding the warranty completely, Martin decided to invoke a warranty exception and lower the price by a few points. The affixed warranty card was amended to read..."Your D-10 '9' (or D-10 '8') is not warranted against cosmetic defects."
Although the minor cosmetic issues might offer a minor aesthetic issue to some, research between 2014 & 2019 suggests that these D10 guitars were crafted to a very high standard and offer outstanding tonal qualities. The research further suggests that the D10 Anniversary guitars are extremely rare to the open market. These guitars are collectible and a piece of Martin & Sigma history.
I have not found any flaws on my D 10 9. The only maybe is a slight discoloration, but given that the guitar is over 40 years old, it is to be expected.
I have played Martin's in the past. The tone of this Sigma is much better than any Martin I have ever played or heard.
As for rarity, I doubt my guitar is very rare.
I love being the caretaker of this piece of history.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 16, 2023 9:10:42 GMT -5
Just did some more research on what were called flaws in 1980. Apparently, this is why my guitar was consider flawed.  It is part of the natural grain. I am happy the inspector considered this a flaw. If this would have been a D 10 with no flaws the cost when I purchased it in 2019 would have been at least double what I paid. |
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#10 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's rocks