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  1. Mar-01-2022, 1:54pm #1
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    Default You too can be popular!

    Just send in the form...
    Better yet, don't. The folks at 113 Parson's street aren't going to send you a thing.
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    Default Re: You too can be popular!

    If you find this works too well, and you are just too popular, they offer banjo related materials. Kind of the antidote.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    Default Re: You too can be popular!

    I am OK with bartenders, by leaving a bit of a gratuity. exceeding the tip jar contents , consistently..
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    Default Re: You too can be popular!

    Interesting they felt the need to call out that Gene Autry is a "popular movie star"...

    Did anyone at that time not know that?
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    Yeah, you can make literally dozens of dollars, and have at least a couple friends...
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    Default Re: You too can be popular!

    Actually ... The choice is clear.

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    Wow!! A picture of Autry's 12 fret custom built J-200, which hasn't been seen in many years and may have long ago gone to gui-tar heaven.
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    I wonder what Gibson would do if we started sending a bunch of these in to their current headquarters.
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    Popular? Even banjo players?
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    I always wanted to play both the kazoo and the scrubboard, AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

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    Default Re: You too can be popular!

    And if that doesn't work out, then ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post
    Yeah, you can make literally dozens of dollars, and have at least a couple friends...
    The story of my life.
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    A bunch of stuff with four strings
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    "Popularity" is but a fleeting fashion . . . if you want to be a REAL musician -
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    Wow! Why am I spending time learning the mandolin?
    As a drummer, i could be making SEVERAL DOLLARS !!! IN NO TIME !!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sue Rieter View Post
    Wow! Why am I spending time learning the mandolin?
    As a drummer, i could be making SEVERAL DOLLARS !!! IN NO TIME !!!
    Boom Boom Bang Bang, ah what fun!!!
    THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
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    So now we know that drummers used to be “REAL musicians”.
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    That may have been back then, when they followed the instructions or took the course or whatever that ad is selling.
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    See, I've got gigs at seniors' residences Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and expect to earn several dollars at each one...!

    Taken me nearly 80 years to get there, but I'm cookin' now...!
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    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post
    See, I've got gigs at seniors' residences Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and expect to earn several dollars at each one...!

    Taken me nearly 80 years to get there, but I'm cookin' now...!
    Your mistake was playing stringed instruments rather than drums. Then it would have taken NO TIME !!!
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    I choose gigs at the senior centers because none of them can hear well.
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    Yea, I saw both and went with the mandolin... But I still like playing the mandolin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by billhay4 View Post
    I choose gigs at the senior centers because none of them can hear well.
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    If they can stay awake. They really enjoy the music tho.
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