So Anyway...

So anyway, inexplicably I have had this in my head all day, as I sometimes do. I just don't know why.

"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still laddy!"
 
jtcnj said:
So anyway, inexplicably I have had this in my head all day, as I sometimes do. I just don't know why.

"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still laddy!"
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It's a Classic! That is why it sticks with you...
 
...and...So Anyway, why is it everytime I sell some very large heavy item it's ALWAYS someone clear across the USA buying it?

Sold a very nice and heavy 61' turntable that required a lot of packing...destination, Miami, FL

Just sold a very large and heavy FRFR Amplified speaker...destination, Maine!
 
Sp8ctre said:
...and...So Anyway, why is it everytime I sell some very large heavy item it's ALWAYS someone clear across the USA buying it?

Sold a very nice and heavy 61' turntable that required a lot of packing...destination, Miami, FL

Just sold a very large and heavy FRFR Amplified speaker...destination, Maine!
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Luck of the draw?
Seems its always the way.
IF the tide turns and something really good breaks your way, try to remember THAT to weather your way through the next one or two that seem to bite you.
"Always look on the bright side of life ♪♪"
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Candy coated bullshit, no?
Ya, I'm not buying it either.

I do actually do that, or I try at least.
 
...not really complaining because at least I sold the items. Just funny how something a little negative come with the positive.

Where are you California Buyers??? I have gear left to sell! Fantastic Guitars and Amps!!!
 
So, anyway, is China closed today?
I'm looking for a 7mm truss rod wrench for Black Jackie and all the China ebay sellers I click are away?

I was about to make one but for $3.00 its not worth plugging in the welder or drill press lol
 
jtcnj said:
So, anyway, is China closed today?
I'm looking for a 7mm truss rod wrench for Black Jackie and all the China ebay sellers I click are away?

I was about to make one but for $3.00 its not worth plugging in the welder or drill press lol
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New Year holidays for them?
Yep...Friday.
 
Good to know, I thought maybe the new Big League (Bigly?) trade policies cut off my access to cheap commie crap.
:p:p:rolleyes:
I need one of those V shaped spanner wrench thingies too.
 
So anyway,

The term "Perfect Fifth" is used to define an interval between two notes in a diatonic scale in Western Music. It's confusing because "fifth" sounds like a fraction (as in one fifth of 100 = 20). But while there is a ratio involved (the frequency ratio of the sound waves between the bass and high note) the term fifth as used in "Perfect Fifth" does not refer to the fraction 1/5. There are two parts to the phrase "perfect fifth" and each part is a descriptor of the interval between two notes. "Perfect" refers to the quality of the interval and "Fifth" refers to the number of the interval. Let me define each part separately. It will be easier to explain if we start with the number. The number (in this case 5) defines the number of staff positions a particular interval occupies (inclusive of the bass note and the higher note) on a musical staff. For example - in the key of C major - the interval between E and B is described as a Fifth because if you put a E and B on a musical staff and count the lines each note is on and the line and two spaces between them - that interval controls 5 staff positions thus is a "Fifth" interval. An easier way to think of it is the interval number is equal to the number of notes in the particular key (using only the 7 notes of the diatonic scale in that key) that are occupied from the bass note to the higher note (inclusive). So in the above example the interval from E to B is 5 because it encompass (or spans) E F G A B = 5 notes. Similarly the interval between C and G in the key of C major is also a Fifth because C D E F G = 5 notes in the diatonic C major scale. So that's what makes the interval a "Fifth".


Now let's talk about what makes it "perfect". Setting aside all arguments about quantification to achieve even temperament so an instrument such as a piano can play in all keys and almost be in tune and how that makes almost every ratio technically imperfect - in common practice the term "perfect" as used in "Perfect Fifth" means that the higher note of the interval is exactly 7 semitones above the bass note. One semitone is represented by one white or black key on the piano or one fret on the guitar (on the same string). There are 12 semitones in a chromatic scale but only 7 notes in a diatonic scale (key of C has 7 notes, Key of D has 7 notes etc.). There are perfect fifths and there are diminished fifths. Almost all fifths are perfect because if you play the bass note and the high note of a 5th interval ie: C and G and you count the number of white keys and black keys on a piano (semitones) from the C to the G starting with C# and ending on G there are 7. Every Fifth Interval with 7 semitones between the bass note and high note is referred to as a "perfect" fifth. Same from D to A (perfect fifth) E to B (perfect fifth) F to C is a perfect fifth, as is G to D and A to E. But if you look at a piano and count all the white and black keys between B and F (a 5th interval) there are only 6. Six semitones in a 5th interval makes it a "Diminished" Fifth instead of a perfect Fifth.


The reason there is not a perfect 3rd (only a major 3rd or a minor 3rd) is because there is no consistent number of semitones between the two notes comprising a 3rd. The interval comprised of C and E is a 3rd because from C to E there is C D and E = 3 counting only the diatonic notes in the scale. Counting all the notes in the chromatic scale (white keys and black keys) starting with C# and ending with E there are 4 which make that interval a "Major" 3rd. But the next 3rd interval in the key of C is comprised of D and F which is a "Minor" 3rd because counting from D to F starting with D# and ending on F there are only 3 semitones or 3 keys on the piano. It's a Third interval because from D to F spans D E and F in the C major diatonic scale = 3 notes = "Third". The 3 semitones we count to determine if it's a minor 3rd or major 3rd is the number of keys between D and F starting on D# (NOT including D). The thirds intervals alternate back and forth between major and minor (3 keys or 4 keys on the piano) so there are no "perfect thirds".


Most Fifth intervals are perfect but there is the occasional Diminished Fifth (6 keys vs 7). Most Fourths are perfect (exactly 5 semitones - or keys on piano including black and white) but there is the occasional "Augmented" (6 semitones) Fourth. Octaves are all perfect, sixths are either major or minor like thirds, second and seventh intervals are also either major or minor depending on the number of semitones (or black and white keys on the piano) that separate the bass note from the high note.
 
So anyway, after struggling with Drano and Plunger much of Monday, on Tuesday I learned how to use 18ft of a 25ft plumbing snake / auger.
I wish I didn't.
What a sh*tty job.
rhetorically, figuratively, and alas, quite literally.

But at least I still got my guitar, look out now!
 
See, now thats JUST the kind of helpful info I could have used.
I always learn cool things here.

It was in a bathroom sink drain line.
2" line much harder to get the snakehead around the turns, even with the trap removed.

I hate plumbing.
I like sweating / soldering pipe though.

Mebbe I can borrow a Dumble from 67plexi next time.

Tony M. said:
entire Jersey sewer system.
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I would comment in more detail about New Jersey going down the drain in general but will avoid the politics.

There are real changes in the works happening now that I do not support.

We are considering North Carolina but I'm not yet old enough to retire (reads go on social security, lol).
 
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