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Gahr

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Ok, this is a trifle, but sometimes you just make silly mistakes that annoy you when you find out.

I just bought a set of double ring Kluson keystone tuners to put on my Derek Trucks SG, for no other reason than to "vintagify" it further (the ideal is a 1964/early 1965 Standard). I got them in the mail today, but didn't realize I had forgotten to buy the conversion bushings needed because of the 10 mm hole used for the modern Klusons. I didn't remember until I had already taken the first tuner off the guitar. I kind of felt like a kid opening a Christmas present only to find it broken, and knowing the store will be closed for three days so he can't swap it for an unbroken one right away. I got childishly pissed off at myself, promptly ordered a set of the needed bushings and I'm already unpatiently waiting for them to arrive. I bet I won't have them for at least four days yet...

Btw., these are the tuners:
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DonP said:
No lathe handy, huh? Oh well.
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We had one in the school where I used to work, but a fat load of good that does me now...

The thing that annoys me most is that I knew I needed the conversion bushings, but forgot I didn’t order them. I thought I did, but it must have been because I bought a set for my 1965 SG Jr., and got things mixed up.
 
Oh man -- if I had a dollar for everytime I do something like that --- Id be on my own Island off the Caribbean someplace---

I love when I do this one----
Walk around the house for 20 minutes looking for "the thing" -- that I saw-- it was right here -- i JUST saw it --- after 20 minutes-- I realize the COFFEE MUG I sat down to GO LOOK FOR THE THING --- is RIGHT BESIDE THE THING I just tore the house apart looking for----- yep--
 
DonP said:
I needed a litre of milk ...
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Off topic...but can I just say I wish the US was on the metric system?

I'm a very "Base Ten" sort of guy...(hey, that could be a band name!)

Sorry, ya'll...back to the thread....

So, here's my ultimate "brain stinker" moment:

Years ago I was scouring the house looking for my car keys. I looked for about fifteen minutes and couldn't find them anywhere.

Until...

I discovered I was holding them in my left hand the whole time!
 
smitty_p said:
Off topic...but can I just say I wish the US was on the metric system?

I'm a very "Base Ten" sort of guy...(hey, that could be a band name!)

Sorry, ya'll...back to the thread....

So, here's my ultimate "brain stinker" moment:

Years ago I was scouring the house looking for my car keys. I looked for about fifteen minutes and couldn't find them anywhere.

Until...

I discovered I was holding them in my left hand the whole time!
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The US IS on the metric system, but nobody seems to know it. The foot is defined as a fraction of a metre. The pound as a fraction of a kilogram etc etc. Those Imperial measures have no independent existence.
 
Gahr said:
Ok, this is a trifle, but sometimes you just make silly mistakes that annoy you when you find out.

I just bought a set of double ring Kluson keystone tuners to put on my Derek Trucks SG, for no other reason than to "vintagify" it further (the ideal is a 1964/early 1965 Standard). I got them in the mail today, but didn't realize I had forgotten to buy the conversion bushings needed because of the 10 mm hole used for the modern Klusons. I didn't remember until I had already taken the first tuner off the guitar. I kind of felt like a kid opening a Christmas present only to find it broken, and knowing the store will be closed for three days so he can't swap it for an unbroken one right away. I got childishly pissed off at myself, promptly ordered a set of the needed bushings and I'm already unpatiently waiting for them to arrive. I bet I won't have them for at least four days yet...

Btw., these are the tuners:
s-l1600.jpg
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You are lucky enough to be that passionate and excited about something. Be happy
 
DonP said:
The US IS on the metric system, but nobody seems to know it. The foot is defined as a fraction of a metre. The pound as a fraction of a kilogram etc etc. Those Imperial measures have no independent existence.
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Imperial units - Wikipedia

The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial[1] or Exchequer Standards of 1825) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced. The Imperial units replaced the Winchester Standards, which were in effect from 1588 to 1825.[2] The system came into official use across the British Empire. By the late 20th century, most nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement, although some imperial units are still used in the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries formerly part of the British Empire. The imperial system developed from what were first known as English units, as did the related system of United States customary units.
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I have not even fully dissected this history, but it is certainly convoluted , I thought math was the universal language!!
 
Like Don and others here I'm of the age that grew up using imperial units but as an adult witnessed our country advance into the metric system.
You should be able to figure out my attitude by my use of the word "advance".
Strangely I can only imagine if a person is tall or short by thinking feet and inches. Talk about a length of timber or distance to the next town, metric all day for me. Don't get me started on how stupid Pounds, Shillings and Pence was.
 
Pounds shillings and pence did have one important benefit. We learned, without even thinking about it, how to reckon numbers in all sorts of different bases. That was an important mathematical skill that those who have only ever known decimal don't have. It is getting better now that computers are nudging us towards binary, octal and hexadecimal, but they are so closely related that they really only count as one.
 
DonP said:
Pounds shillings and pence did have one important benefit.
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As a lifelong 'Merican, let me just say, "Pounds, shillings, and pence" does sound kind of cool. I don't know how ya'll feel about it, but it sounds like a wild (in a good way) sort of way to figure currency.

Then again...I like the term, "shire", too. Maybe, I'm a bit too "Tolkien-esque".
 
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