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Sometimes I just have to turn my computer off so I can play my guitar and not be distracted by music software.

Most all my hobbies involve the use of a computer. Even when I am offshore fishing.

I am beginning to realize that I don't own this stuff, it owns me...lol

Billy


“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Having nothing to do with nothing here was a word the google speech to text was able to understand. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...pretty masin stuff.

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“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Originally Posted By: Planobilly
Sometimes I just have to turn my computer off so I can play my guitar and not be distracted by music software.

Most all my hobbies involve the use of a computer. Even when I am offshore fishing.

I am beginning to realize that I don't own this stuff, it owns me...lol

Billy

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If you want to see out of control, here is the lines of g code I had to write to drill 16 holes.

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G00 G40 G49 G20 G90
N5 G20 (inches)
N10 M6 T1 (Change Tool1)
N15 M3 (Start Spindle)
N20 M7 (Flood Coolant On)
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N70 G0Z0.000 (Retract to clean)
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N150 G0Z0.000 (Retract to clean)
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N170 G1Z-0.150F30.0 (Slow plunge: 1)
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n596 g00 X1.000 Y3.000 (HOLE 15)
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N625 G1Z-0.300F30.0 (Slow plunge: 2)
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N635 G0Z0.500
N640 G01 x1.000 Y 2.500 F30 (HOLE 16)
N45 G0Z0.000 (Fast plunge: 1)
N50 G1Z-0.150F30.0 (Slow plunge: 1)
N55 G0Z0.000 (Retract to clean)
N60 G0Z0.000 (Fast plunge: 2)
N65 G1Z-0.300F30.0 (Slow plunge: 2)
N70 G0Z0.000 (Retract to clean)
N75 G0Z0.500
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Now that is working I am going to ride my bike then play some piano along with a BIAB demo!!


Oh, by the way I got the little amp order from Radio Shack. So I guess they have come back from the dead for the third time.
Billy

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“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Here is my latest project. I want it to play Beethoven's fifth while spraying the field. If the neighbors don't like that I will have it play Time by Pink Floyd...lol Perhaps I will do a flying ad for BIAB...that would be cool.




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“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Originally Posted By: Planobilly
Sometimes I just have to turn my computer off so I can play my guitar and not be distracted by music software.

Most all my hobbies involve the use of a computer. Even when I am offshore fishing.

I am beginning to realize that I don't own this stuff, it owns me...lol

Billy


Nahhhh, not really.

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