Frankenkubota
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1st...
this is pretty much tongue and check but.....lots of truth here too.
I'm becoming one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time, Mr Magoo. Actually his main problem was eye sight and mines great but, like Magoo, every other system is failing. I bet most you male geezers out there know just what I mean, you youngsters have it all to look forward to. No clue re females.
Here's my point......I bet every where in the world, virtually all handicapped people are looked at with sympathy etc. etc. etc. When I was a young, handicapped meant in a wheel chair or blind or something like that. It's morphed a bit but that's not my point.
There is one handicap, when applied to a certain group, that gets no respect.
Hearing loss in old men! Hearing loss in any other portion of the population would get sympathy. Hearing loss in old men is either laughed at, scorned, ridiculed and in some cases, other people actually get POed.
Honestly, I think it's pretty funny too. We play bluegrass music. It's all pretty simple but the singer chooses the song and the key we play in. I'm sure you all know but, that's done to match the singers vocal range. Down here they say...what chord, not what key.
There are 7 notes, do, rey, me, fa, so.......etc etc. Also referred to as the key of A, B, C, D. E,F, AND G.....Then back to A.
The funny part is, B, C,D,E and G all sound the same. For virtually every song you see 4-5 old guys looking at each other saying D?, G ?, C? The bass player and i have a code. For instance, if the songs in C, he points to his eye. If in A, he grabs his ear. Ehhhhhh?
Maybe you gotta be there but, i think it's funny.
this is pretty much tongue and check but.....lots of truth here too.
I'm becoming one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time, Mr Magoo. Actually his main problem was eye sight and mines great but, like Magoo, every other system is failing. I bet most you male geezers out there know just what I mean, you youngsters have it all to look forward to. No clue re females.
Here's my point......I bet every where in the world, virtually all handicapped people are looked at with sympathy etc. etc. etc. When I was a young, handicapped meant in a wheel chair or blind or something like that. It's morphed a bit but that's not my point.
There is one handicap, when applied to a certain group, that gets no respect.
Hearing loss in old men! Hearing loss in any other portion of the population would get sympathy. Hearing loss in old men is either laughed at, scorned, ridiculed and in some cases, other people actually get POed.
Honestly, I think it's pretty funny too. We play bluegrass music. It's all pretty simple but the singer chooses the song and the key we play in. I'm sure you all know but, that's done to match the singers vocal range. Down here they say...what chord, not what key.
There are 7 notes, do, rey, me, fa, so.......etc etc. Also referred to as the key of A, B, C, D. E,F, AND G.....Then back to A.
The funny part is, B, C,D,E and G all sound the same. For virtually every song you see 4-5 old guys looking at each other saying D?, G ?, C? The bass player and i have a code. For instance, if the songs in C, he points to his eye. If in A, he grabs his ear. Ehhhhhh?
Maybe you gotta be there but, i think it's funny.