- Two things that seem to win no matter what the game is, rust and gravity.
- Rust: I decided to take some much needed time sprucing up the jeep. Not long after I bought it I replaced the mirrors with a type that attached to the body instead of the doors so that I could legally drive it with the doors off. Now rust has not only made the mirrors look lousy, but I can't get them off. I even came close to twisting one of the bolts off after a healthy dose of penetrating oil. The bumpers also need to be taken off and wirebrushed and painted. Not sure how to tackle the rust on the wheels...
- Gravity: Last week I was walking up the stairs on our deck and notice that there was a little more give than I was comfortable with. Upon further inspection something had caused two posts on the lower deck level to shift, allowing the stairs to be beaten by gravity. This will cause some major rework of the deck. I will get to use hydraulics jacks in the process (take that gravity). We have had thoughts of replacing the deck with something a little more useable, but hadn't planned on doing anything soon (ie, no plans to shell out the cash).
- Yesterday was the last day our rythm/acoustic guitar player would be able to play with us for quite a while. He is being deployed. Although I'll miss his guitar playing, I'll miss his desire to serve the LORD, his reliability and level headedness most...
- I've been looking for a new/used acoustic guitar and have been foolish enough to start looking before I saved up my money. So of course I've been finding several "perfect" guitars that I just can't afford yet which has caused considerable angst. In the mean time I've become an armchair expert on several "not quite vintage" Gibson, Guild and Mossman guitars but have only played a handful of Gibsons (all which carry astronomical price tags. Kansas City just isn't saturated with used guitars like someplace like Nashville for example. In fact there are so few that it may be worth my time and money to drive to Nashville and spend a day hitting all the guitar shops. If I had the money I could pick up whatever guitar I wanted, but with limited resources I have to be pretty picky. You see, in the 70s Gibson was bought by a company called Norlin. To a collector this started a dark era for the Gibson brand. For a player it has left a small group of guitars that are made in the same factory by the same people with the same quality materials and same (mostly) design that made those guitars great, but without the collector interest driving the price up. So... if you have an early 70's Kalamazoo made Gibson J45 or J50 with the big pickguard laying around let me know.
