Simon

Not bad, boss. Snuck in some travel right before the lockdown and now on enforced vacation so I can't complain (but sometimes I still do). You still in FLA? I was just monkeying around down on the Gulf Coast before Covid drove me home.

Don't worry, I just reported Hapless for Abusive Behavior....

Just looking at that makes my jaw sore

Yeah, I finally bought an electric this year for the exact same reasons; too much time fussin and not enough time cuttin. I went with an Echo 58V with a 16" bar and have been very happy so far. Bucking trees that are 20"+ is no problem and it gives me close to an hour of work before I have to pull the battery for a recharge, which is just enough at this age. I'd definitely recommend the saw for any prospective buyers. An example of why I switched? Watch me start getting pissed off and about snap the pullcord when the saw won't start.

Yeah, it's all subjective. I like Dylan up through about Slow Train Coming but after that it just hasn't clicked for me.

If you need any advice on hangover cures, let us know.....

Only heard about 4-5 minutes in the truck and thought it was so bad that I turned it off.

That actually sounds sort of fun. Though I think I'd have waited until the end of the flight and then given the pilot a heads up I was taking an alternate route.

Yeah, there's something really compelling about them; some kind of irresistible draw. On the rare occasions we get one nearby up here, I'll still to this day grab the scanner, hop in the truck and go see if I can find it. Every time I do it, I feel like Roy Neary.....

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No Jerry, no Dead. Almost Dead

When I've been asked what kind of music the Dead plays, my answer has always been "Americana"

I think your'e talking to a guy who views giant power chords and staccato solos as the highest form of guitar. Not casting aspersions Chef, just suggesting there's more than one way to be great. I don't care if Garcia was playing a guitar, a mandolin, a banjo or a tennis racket, that beautiful flowing deft style makes him one of the most accomplished pickers I've ever heard.

Tell him Keith!

One guy's opinion isn't going to necessarily be representative of how everybody sees it but here's sort of a GD primer from my own perspective: A lot of the stuff before 1970 has a plinky/annoying psychedelic sound that I don't care for but if you find some live stuff from that early with Pigpen involved you can still find a good blues sound. They really hit their stride around '70 and up until about 77/78 were very good before the hard drugs and the accompanying turmoil really hurt them. They eventually got it cleaned up (relatively speaking) in the mid-late 80's and were very sharp into the early/mid 90's. Garcia died in the mid 90's and as far as I am concerned nothing after that is the Grateful Dead so I know little about it. Studio albums and live shows between 1970 - 1977 are good. Shows from about 1987 - 1994 are also good. Here's some of my favorite songs if you want to check any out: Shakedown St China Cat / I Know you Rider New Speedway Boogie El Paso Me and My Uncle Eyes of the World (find a version w/ Branford Marsalis) Help on the Way / Slipknot / Franklin's Tower Jackstraw Estimated Prophet Scarlet Begonias / Fire on the Mountain The Music Never Stopped Stagger Lee Aiko-Aiko / Women are Smarter Sugar Magnolia Brokedown Palace Deal Alabama Getaway Cumberland Blues

I guess that begs the question "What exactly have you tried listening to?" There's years where Jerry is strung out and the band is not engaged. There's stuff where the goal was experimentation as opposed to keeping it tight. There's times when the drugs have overwhelmed the quality of the music. The very earliest stuff can fall on the wrong side of psychedelic. But both of the guitar players are among the best ever at what they do as individuals. Garcia's interpretation of Hunter's lyrics is usually spot on; maybe you mistakenly listened to them letting Phil sing. Tell us what you've heard that you don't like and folks can probably suggest some stuff that you would.

And I wish the PPP stupid didn't regularly deface TSW. So it goes......

I'll take the under

Took me awhile to figure it out but did you know the guy that played Dauber on that show also does the voice of Patrick on Spongebob? Is Patrick to popular to be underrated? That ***** cracks me up....

Dee from "What's Happenin" Ron Swanson from "Parks and Rec" Pam from "Archer" And it's not a comedy, but the guy who played "Q" on that Star Trek series was really funny All the McPoyles