The Guitar Thread

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 6:35 pm

Well, I could come to Kingston, pick you up, fly around for a bit, put you back down, and resume my flight plan back to Kingston. Lemme look at my map and figure out how long the flight to Kingston would be :nod:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/22/2003, 6:37 pm

Back to Kitchener, you mean?

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 6:44 pm

Same thing. If the flight will take say 45 minutes there and another 45 minutes back, and I'm there for 45 minutes, then I have to total that up and see if i can PAY for it. I pay for the whole time the engine of the plane is running. So that includes taxiing and stuff, but I could shut the plane down and be in Kingston for a while and not get charged for that time. Capice?

There's a thing called a Hobbs meter that's like a little clock and runs when the engine is on. So say I take the plane when it reads 67.9 and I bring it back and it read 70.0, then I pay for 2.1 hours :nod:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/22/2003, 6:48 pm

Ahh, I see. Kind of like a taxi meter, only a hell of a lot more expensive. :lol:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 6:55 pm

Yeah

I can only estimate, anyway, since my speed would depend on the weather (temperature, pressure, wind).

But it looks like it would be about an hour and a half one way, which is hella too much. Plus I would have to fly through Toronto airspace which SUCKS ASS. So the solution here is... getting someone to convince me to drive there.

OR

better yet

get your ass over to Kitchener and we'll see if we can arrange something :lol:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/22/2003, 6:57 pm

Yeah, like that would happen.

"Hey mom, can I have the car?"

"For what?"

"To go meet a friend."

"Where?"

"... Kitchener"

:lol:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 7:04 pm

Hey, it could happen. Tell her you're going flying!! Or, drive to Burlington, and we'll drive you to Kitchener.

Let's put it this way, it would be about half the distance for me to fly to get BETHANY as it would to go to Kingston :freak:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/22/2003, 7:05 pm

Eep.

There's got to be some way to do this...

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 7:13 pm

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 8/22/2003, 7:52 pm

Hitchhike

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 7:53 pm

This is true...

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 8/22/2003, 7:55 pm

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/25/2003, 6:57 pm

I just realized that I've never brought this up before...

I play my guitar a little differently than most people. When I sit and play, I play in the "classical" possition. As a righty, I'm "supposed" to rest the body of the guitar on my right leg. However, I rest the concave curve of the guitar on my left leg, and use my right leg to adjust the pivot of the guitar. This brings the neck of the guitar up and closer to my body, and allows me to not be as bent over when playing.

I've always played this way, and I used to feel weird about doing it because everyone else does it the other way. But then when I went to see my second (and last) guitar teacher for the first time, I sat down with the guitar and he said "Wow. I'm glad to see you play in the classical position. Not many people do that. It brings the guitar up closer to your body, eh?"

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 8/25/2003, 7:48 pm

Axtech wrote:I've always played this way, and I used to feel weird about doing it because everyone else does it the other way.

FREAK!!!

you took lessons?

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/25/2003, 8:01 pm

Yeah. Took some with one guy for a couple of years. Learned nothing but theory and actually wanted to quit playing all together, so I switched teachers and learned some awesome songs.

Then I decided that I'd learned enough to learn songs on my own, so I stopped taking lessons all together.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » 8/25/2003, 8:02 pm

Theory is good for you, though. I wish I knew more of that kind of stuff.

Even now I can't do key signatures or chords if my life depended on it.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 8/25/2003, 8:03 pm

How long did you take lessons for?

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/25/2003, 9:08 pm

I tried playing like that, I really liked it but it REALLY hurts my left wrist to bend it back that far :neutral:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/26/2003, 6:18 am

Absent Minded Guitarist wrote:How long did you take lessons for?

I'm actually not sure. 3-5 years. :freak:

I'm glad I learned some theory first, but I was bored out of my mind. All I knew how to play was scales for well over a year. If fucking sucked.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 8/26/2003, 8:14 am

Yeah dude. That would suck nuts. Theres nothing like playing scales for a whole year.!! Oh Boy!! What Fun!!