What I am giving up to be at Gaston's

Just bring your banjo and jam with Nick on the Pipes at 2:30 am :)

Pete
 
jwriteclub said:
"48 hours of total banjo immersion"

Sounds . . . thrilling.

~ Christopher
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Probably as thrilling to most banjo aficionados as the Gaston's fly-in is to pilots... and vice-versa. Or something.

PS-

Scott-

Bring your banjo to Arkansas- it will be fun!
 
In all seriousness, something about that movie was very disturbing!
 
gprellwitz said:
In all seriousness, something about that movie was very disturbing!
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Well there is this part

Hard to believe Burt was able to fill up his SUV for $4.99


Pretty disturbing that prices have gone up that much. Pretty soon we will start sounding like our parents talking about buying bread for $.03 and going to the movies for a $.10
 
smigaldi said:
...Hard to believe Burt was able to fill up his SUV for $4.99


Pretty disturbing that prices have gone up that much. Pretty soon we will start sounding like our parents talking about buying bread for $.03 and going to the movies for a $.10
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You're mistaken. It wasn't an SUV. SUVs hadn't been invented yet. It's just a Jeep Cherokee. ;)

In my lifetime, a candy bar was 5 cents. A (glass!) bottle of Coke was a dime. A pound of chicken and a gallon of gas were both 25 cents. I made 50 cents an hour a the drug store when I was 11. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!
 
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Well, he is the father of Angelina Jolie.
 
smigaldi said:
Well there is this part

Hard to believe Burt was able to fill up his SUV for $4.99


Pretty disturbing that prices have gone up that much. Pretty soon we will start sounding like our parents talking about buying bread for $.03 and going to the movies for a $.10
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I do enjoy that song... great picking. But, how about this rendition?

 
woodstock said:
That guy just creeps me out, he looks like an alien.
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Are you talking about the kid playing banjo?

His name is Billy Redden. He is a really nice guy and he also appeared in Big Fish. I spoke to him once and he was an interesting person to talk with. He is not retarded and does get a little upset that people consider him as such. When I spoke to him a few years back he was working at restaurant he co-owned in Clayton, GA. At one time he used to do river tours but too many of his buddies got hurt on the river so he gave it up. I still have a contact that keeps in touch with him and get I updates once in a while. He sold the restaurant and is now working in retail but doing well.
 
PJ,

I almost died laughing . . . then I unplugged the computer . . . then it was funny again.

~ Christopher
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Scott, you'd have fun at that camp... you should go!!

I had not seen that Deliverance scene before. Fun stuff. If you've ever played Guitar Hero 2, you'll appreciate the fast fingers and eyes it takes to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfdgY5ZYDk&NR=1

Especially starting about 2:10 into the video...
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Well I am going to a banjo camp later in the year. I will go to America's banjo Camp out in Washington State. It is near Port Townsend right where they filmed Officer and a Gentleman.
 
smigaldi said:
It is near Port Townsend right where they filmed Officer and a Gentleman.
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Ah, Port Townsend. I have spent a lot of time there. Been there before? You'll enjoy it. Just a little further down the road in Port Angeles, try to get up to see Hurricane Ridge if you can spare a day. You won't regret it.

A short ferry ride from PT over to Keystone will put you on Whidbey Island... Tom's over there, I think.
 
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mikea said:
You're mistaken. It wasn't an SUV. SUVs hadn't been invented yet. It's just a Jeep Cherokee. ;)

In my lifetime, a candy bar was 5 cents. A (glass!) bottle of Coke was a dime. A pound of chicken and a gallon of gas were both 25 cents. I made 50 cents an hour a the drug store when I was 11. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!
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...and I remember gas at 17.9 cents/gallon full service, and made $80 for 8 weeks of work in the summer (room and board included).

-Skip
 
Skip Miller said:
...and I remember gas at 17.9 cents/gallon full service, and made $80 for 8 weeks of work in the summer (room and board included).

-Skip
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Doesn't sound like it has gotten that bad.

$80 (two months of work) would buy you 446 gallons of gas.

Now
$3.50 per gallon * 446 gallons = $1561 = $4.80 per hour .. You'd have to look real hard to find any type of work at $4.80 even with room and board. You it is very likely that you would walk away with way more gallons of gas today.
 
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