| Author | Message | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1469 Registered: 9-2002 |
Bros & Sis I am off for a short holiday to Nice (my daughter would go on university there so ...we combine something). With the whole family in a big tent. I can do some outside cooking. I gave my Yamaha FG 580 a set of new strings, took my busker books and ...off we go. Maybe U should try to do some singing on the beach for some beer-money??? See you later kids!! Paul the bad one | ||
| the_mule
Advanced Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 202 Registered: 1-2004 |
Paul, veel plezier! Enjoy! Wilfred | ||
| pookeymp
Intermediate Member Username: pookeymp Post Number: 142 Registered: 7-2002 |
Have a safe and fun trip Brother Paul...and will catch up with you when you return. Mikey/ | ||
| dean_m
Advanced Member Username: dean_m Post Number: 324 Registered: 7-2002 |
Just when I get back Brother Paul takes a holiday. How dare he..... HA!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful holiday Paul. See you when you get back. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1470 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'm back -I'm back - I'm back ...huh boys and girls what happened ...what happened? Tell me the weird stories? Dino are you still playing bass and now endorsing Yajuzibawa's??? MIca is there progress in the Rami bass soap?? Did you finally made a bass wirth a maple neck?? Is Sam found drunk after his firstr step on stage again? Did Brother Joey finally decided to show us his BigRedBass??? Did Brother Bob left on his trip around the world in 80 days on board of the Mari Cha IV??? Did Brother Paul the good one finally decided to join us again so we can use his head as a practice amp again or did he fell off the stagve trying to leapfrog his bass in his neck over the floor-monitor system (you need a Looooooo-ong cable for that Paul). Brother Michael did you found another Alembic-fossile the last 2 weeks??? Anyway tell me about it ...oh ...huhuh ...I'll found out anyway. Paul the bad one PS: we found a modest appartment for my daughter and her boyfriend in Nice for the next year. Before theyt marry they will try to do some practicing in livinbg together. Quite a good idea I think. Although now I hear there is a (girl)friend of my daughter ALSO coming to study in Nice. Oh ..huhuh ... I never realised they going to start practicing to live in threesome ...o-o. | ||
| dadabass2001
Advanced Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 216 Registered: 6-2002 |
These kids today ..... Ya wash 'em and you can't do a thing with them.  Welcome back Paul (TBO) Mike | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 552 Registered: 11-2003 |
Paul! Welcome home Bro! Funny you should ask, I did just get home from the pub. I spent the weekend in Boca Raton Florida and couldn't find a Guinness for love or money! Sam | ||
| dean_m
Advanced Member Username: dean_m Post Number: 327 Registered: 7-2002 |
Brother Paul, Welcome back!!!! I trust you had a great holiday!?! I am a firm believer of living together first. Although I might have second thoughts when my daughters are old enough. Yes I am still playing bass too and I'm still playing my Alembics and Warwicks. Some things will never change.... Talk soon. Dino bptfo | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1477 Registered: 9-2002 |
My good friend and brother Dino, when you take a rest of mowing the lawn, and look over the rim of your glass iced Ouzo at your children playing give the words of the Indian writer Kahlil Gibran some thoughts: "You are the bow, they are the arrows, you can only aim before giving birth to them, than you have to let go". Paul TBO ...and I added to that myself : "but you can go keep on yelling some advice from behind and maybe ...just maybe ...they hear it ...and even more maybe ...they listen ...from time to time." | ||
| dean_m
Advanced Member Username: dean_m Post Number: 329 Registered: 7-2002 |
Ahhhh, Wonderful words of advise once again from Uncle Paul!!!! It is so true though isn't it? Hearing and listening are two completely different things when it comes to kids huh??? Talk soon, Dino bptfo | ||
| davehouck
Senior Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 780 Registered: 5-2002 |
Paul; a correction. Kahlil Gibran was born, and spent his early childhood, in what is now Lebanon; but lived most of his life in the United States. He was not Indian. I suppose he could be considered a Lebanese-American or perhaps a Syrian-American; but primarily a wonderful writer and great spirit. http://www.kahlil.org/bio.html | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1516 Registered: 9-2002 |
Brother Dave, we really should meet once! You are my source of better knowledge and correct information. As always I siad the things on the right moment but not the right things ...well ...sort off. Thanks buddy!!! Paul TBO | ||
| davehouck
Senior Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 783 Registered: 5-2002 |
Paul; your welcome! I don't remember much, but "the Holy Cedars of Lebanon" is a phrase that has stuck with me since I read Gibran in the 70's. Hmmm ... an Alembic with a Lebanese Cedar top! | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1518 Registered: 9-2002 |
Well ...a lebanese cedar top? I really don't know LEbanese cedar. But, since MIca signaled that OLIVEwood could make a great bass-top only ...that there are no Olivetrees in US available grwoning big enough to have slabs of wood out of it to make a bass-top, I spend -even in my holidays to the south of France- asking people for big slabs of Olive wood. My brother in law works for a carpenter company and he SAID -said...nothing confirmed yet- that he knows a company down south who has them. Well ...I hope I can surprise Mica one day with a nice peice of Olivewood. I Let her look for a client, it's out of my league anyway. Paul TBO | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 290 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm no bible buff, but the cedars of Lebanon get mentioned a few times. When someone mentioned Lebanon, they would mention the cedars as well. Call it a cliché, but it's a topos. Cedar wood smells really nice - unlike zebrawood. They make cigar boxes out of it. (Message edited by adriaan on August 28, 2004) | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1520 Registered: 9-2002 |
Oh ...I herad AND read about Lebanese cedar. It's "cliché" indeed. I just wondered as a top for a bass??? I dunno. I DO know that there was once a parfum "Sandelwood" who got the cedar perfume. PTBO | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 293 Registered: 6-2002 |
Wat is dat smaakvol opgebouwd Riep Jezus, aangenaam verrast Dat lijkt warempel sandelhout Maar pint u mij daar niet op vast Well Paul, I don't think sandelwood is the same as cedar, but it is another one of those essential perfumes you can get in an overpriced bottle from these 'health stores' (money traps run by undernourished health freaks who also happen to run the only stores where you can buy half-decent lemon oil). By the way, the funny poem is by a cabaretier I used to play the piano for. | ||
| joram
Junior Username: joram Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2004 |
Hahahahahaha! I never heard that one before. Who's the guy? You're correct about the cedar and the bible. Salomo built his temple out of it, 1 Kings 6,7. Ive heard that today, the only lebanese cedar is on their flag, LOL | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 294 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hi Joram, The guy in question is Frank van Pamelen. If you get his book "Dat lijkt warempel sandelhout", you can listen to me playing the piano on a few tracks on the CD that goes with it - not that I want to subject you to unusual forms of torture, but the lyrics are just plain funny, and an excellent display of light verse. Drs P is Frank's biggest fan. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1533 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ja...echt grappig!!! En dan speel jij nog piano ook manneke??? Playing piano ...wew ...faaaaaaaaaaaar out of my league! Paul TBO | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 295 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Paul, Please be advised that if I mention 'unusual forms of torture', I do mean unusual in the usual sense of the word. And I don't brag about that piano playing. Also do I ever mention my bass playing? As if that doesn't tell you something already. |
