Thread From Another Forum Shocked Me...

When I met my wife, I told her, "Look...I like you but I don't want to ruin your life. I lost my home to foreclosure, my retirement to divorce, I am almost 50 and I'm living out of a backpack on a bud's sofa...I have absolutely nothing to offer you..."

She replied without hesitation, "you are just what I been looking for...an honest man."

We have worked our way back from the edge together into home ownership and financial stability/solvency in less than 5 years.
 
I suspect many of the guys over there are older, and some probably really can't play anymore. I am 61. When I was 46 I had serious heart surgery, after that all kinds of things went wrong. I started having serious hand pains, serious back pain....problem was...all these things were not constant and would also move wrounf my body. So there were days I could play and days I couldn't play....so being in a band was out of the question. When my back was real bad I could not pick up any guitar, and then I got a '97 Parker Fly Deluxe weighing 4.5 pounds and that saved me for awhile. Unfortunately, the super thin neck caused a lot of hand pain/cramping. I still have various pain issues, but they have gotten more controllable and generally much less...SO I AM NOT COMPLAINING. I can now play a 7.5 pound guitar, and generally like SG's so no weight issues at the moment. When things got real bad, I still loved guitar, so I started buying and selling them, made some money, and enjoyed meeting guitar players and talking guitars even if I couldn't play one myself. I bought many that I never would have touched for myself, and learned so much about guitars in general. So yeah....I will join every guitar forum I can (I frequent about 20)....and I will talk about guitars as much as possible all the time....because I love guitars, whether I am able to play them or not!
 
eSGEe said:
LOVE THE SHIRT!
you are welcome at any SWAMPNECKISTAN MOTM ;)
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Since we were celebrating our anniversary with a vacation in Hawaii, I was obligated to pickup a couple shirts while we were there. And yes. I made sure they were actually made in the islands..... not imported.
 
So to get this thread a little back on track about playing guitars and making music. Turns out we’ll be spending a week on Kauai again this summer. Thinking about picking up an island made Koa Uke while we‘re there.

Thoughts?
 
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Tony M. said:
That 40th anniversary picture looks like it may have
been taken on the north side of Oahu, Hawaii.

Yes?
No?
Maybe?

...and belated happy 40th.
My 40th was last year too.
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With it being our 40th. We blew it out last year. Spent a week on the Big Island and a week on Kauai. This photo was taken on our Sunset Cruise. Behind us is the Napoli Coast line. Northwest side of the island.

And thanks for the belated. Believe me. We don’t take 40 years for granted.
 
I can't imagine not playing. It is always so difficult for me to have time to play. When I do know that I am heading home and have no restrictions or commitments, the first thing I want to do is grab a guitar. It seems like the only thing that gets me back to normal, or at least "less neurotic." Even some people around the Boston scene always ask me if I'm still playing. Especially my friend Tim, the bassist for Roadsaw and several other bands. The first thing he says to me whenever I see him is "You better still be playing!"
 
SG John said:
I can't imagine not playing. It is always so difficult for me to have time to play. When I do know that I am heading home and have no restrictions or commitments, the first thing I want to do is grab a guitar. It seems like the only thing that gets me back to normal, or at least "less neurotic." Even some people around the Boston scene always ask me if I'm still playing. Especially my friend Tim, the bassist for Roadsaw and several other bands. The first thing he says to me whenever I see him is "You better still be playing!"
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My sentiments exactly...
 
Well since we have touched on Anniversaries, my Wife and myself are Celebrating 30years on the 29th of this month, just 3 more days to go. I think 30 years is pretty Special so I went out and bought my Wife a 3 Diamond Necklace, The Diamonds are Set Vertically in white Gold. I gave it to my Wife yesterday a couple of days earlier to make it more of a surprise . I told her that each Diamond represented 10 years of our life together. She is Great Wife can't believe how fast these years have past, by the way She just loves the necklace .
 
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