Hello, all. Problem with z3 rear speakers.

[andyglym]

I had some lads in a training course at Disaster City in Texas a few years back, they were told that their hire SUV was restricted to the local area. Define local asked the lads, Texas was the retort that's like multiple time the size of England, difficult to get your head round Big place the USA.

 

[Dave Bacharach]

Mint and Nodzed, thanks for the welcomes! I like the bit about duck tape and wd40.

 

[Dave Bacharach]

I had some lads in a training course at Disaster City in Texas a few years back, they were told that their hire SUV was restricted to the local area. Define local asked the lads, Texas was the retort that's like multiple time the size of England, difficult to get your head round Big place the USA.

Yes, it is. And most people in the east have never even been out west. I took a road trip out west with an old friend about 10 years ago---my first and only time out there, got to Colorado after 30 straight hours of driving. The enormity of the scale difference boggled my mind. In Colorado Springs, we drove to the top of Pike's Peak, where I quickly developed altitude sickness--not fun at all. In Arizona I took a half hour walk into the Painted Desert, and figured I'd last about 3 hours out there without water. It was not an unpleasant heat, but if you soaked your bare arm, it was dry again in 30 seconds. It's a different planet out west.

A quick check yields the following: Texas is about the size of 71% of western Europe; Alaska is 1.5% the size of western Europe (although much of Alaska is inhospitable).

 

[hard top]

We live in a very beautiful area of New York State, and at this stage of my life, I feel no need to go elsewhere, except maybe to hop into the Z3 and take a drive out to the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania.

That's the fun of driving over here in mainland Europe.
Last trip we were down in Slovenia and Croatia on the Adriatic coast, fantastic.
Think the trip took us about 12 hrs, with stops, to get down there.

Used to fly down to Slovenia for three years running, to check on our oil & gas kit getting shipped out to North Africa.
The thing that started to annoy me was, if the vessel had not turned up, I would fly back home the same day then get a call the next day that the vessel was in port now and get your ass back down there. That is one of the reasons I hate airports and don't get me started on Charles de Gaulle Paris airport, what a dump.

Anyway, made lots of good friends in Slovenia over the three years I worked there and love their life style of Cafe Terraces and the weather and where I was, it was only about a 15 min drive to Italy to eat some great food.

 

[FRANKIE]

Yes, it is. And most people in the east have never even been out west. I took a road trip out west with an old friend about 10 years ago---my first and only time out there, got to Colorado after 30 straight hours of driving. The enormity of the scale difference boggled my mind. In Colorado Springs, we drove to the top of Pike's Peak, where I quickly developed altitude sickness--not fun at all. In Arizona I took a half hour walk into the Painted Desert, and figured I'd last about 3 hours out there without water. It was not an unpleasant heat, but if you soaked your bare arm, it was dry again in 30 seconds. It's a different planet out west.

A quick check yields the following: Texas is about the size of 71% of western Europe; Alaska is 1.5% the size of western Europe (although much of Alaska is inhospitable).

Ask @miller1098 about Texas. Ask him what he thought of Shamrock, Texas. You don't have to call him @miller1098, he'll answer to: 'ol 107 in a 75'............................Frankie

 

[Dave Bacharach]

That's the fun of driving over here in mainland Europe.
Last trip we were down in Slovenia and Croatia on the Adriatic coast, fantastic.
Think the trip took us about 12 hrs, with stops, to get down there.

Used to fly down to Slovenia for three years running, to check on our oil & gas kit getting shipped out to North Africa.
The thing that started to annoy me was, if the vessel had not turned up, I would fly back home the same day then get a call the next day that the vessel was in port now and get your ass back down there. That is one of the reasons I hate airports and don't get me started on Charles de Gaulle Paris airport, what a dump.

Anyway, made lots of good friends in Slovenia over the three years I worked there and love their life style of Cafe Terraces and the weather and where I was, it was only about a 15 min drive to Italy to eat some great food.

The drive along the Adriatic coast must be marvelous. I used to fantasize about taking a road trip all through Western and Eastern Europe, spending, say, a year just traveling around, sampling the food, meeting different people and cultures, and seeing the sights. Probably a year would barely scratch the surface.

The worst airport in the developed world has to be in Newark, New Jersey. My wife and I were stranded there overnight. That has happened to us at other major airports, and it was not a bad experience at all. But 100 years (make that 1,000)in purgatory cannot be worse than one night in the Newark Airport, which isn't even an airport proper, but a series of ugly, stripped -down terminals spread across the city, connected to each other by monorail.

 

[hard top]

My wife loves to travel, and was in London

Forgot to post, forget London, its a dump...

 

[t-tony]

The drive along the Adriatic coast must be marvelous. I used to fantasize about taking a road trip all through Western and Eastern Europe, spending, say, a year just traveling around, sampling the food, meeting different people and cultures, and seeing the sights. Probably a year would barely scratch the surface.

The worst airport in the developed world has to be in Newark, New Jersey. My wife and I were stranded there overnight. That has happened to us at other major airports, and it was not a bad experience at all. But 100 years (make that 1,000)in purgatory cannot be worse than one night in the Newark Airport, which isn't even an airport proper, but a series of ugly, stripped -down terminals spread across the city, connected to each other by monorail.

Sounds a bit like Atlanta.

Tony.

 

[Dave Bacharach]

Sounds a bit like Atlanta.

Tony.

That's too bad. Atlanta is a great city for live music.

 

[t-tony]

Couldn't say about that Dave, but we're not fans of the Airport. Only thing going for it is, it's only an hour from Orlando

Tony.

 

[Dave Bacharach]

Couldn't say about that Dave, but we're not fans of the Airport. Only thing going for it is, it's only an hour from Orlando

Tony.

The drummer in our band has a modest but nice house near Orlando, I forget the name of the specific area. The lead guitarist and I went down to visit couple years ago, only about 2 hours from here by air. We spent a day at Universal and had a good time. I'd been wanting to go on a modern, high-tech roller-coaster, and I got my wish. Never knew if I was upside down or sideways, it went so fast--all I was aware of was the shifting direction of the g's. I decided you had to ride it at least 3 times to acclimate and be aware of your orientation during the ride.

 

[t-tony]

Hi tech thrill rides are very good Dave, even if I'm getting to old to appreciate them .

Tony.

 

[hard top]

I decided you had to ride it at least 3 times to acclimate and be aware of your orientation during the ride.

Don't have to many beers before you go on them things, or you will chuck up.....

 

[FRANKIE]

Don't have to many beers before you go on them things, or you will chuck up.....

I was waiting for another 'ears' crack......................Frankie

 

[Dave Bacharach]

Don't have to many beers before you go on them things, or you will chuck up.....

Good idea not to have too much of anything. I even emptied my pockets before getting on.

The scariest part of the ride was the initial climb and subsequent drop--you don't ride in cars, but rather seats, which hang from and ride beneath two rails. So the structure is above you, not below you. Just before the initial drop, you look down, and see only the ground far, far below, and feel as though you're just dropping out of the sky.

 

[hard top]

Just before the initial drop, you look down, and see only the ground far, far below, and feel as though you're just dropping out of the sky.

No thanks,.......

 

[oldcarman]

Don't have to many beers before you go on them things, or you will chuck up.....

Words from someone whose been there or on the receiving end Mike!! Used beer from heights doesn't smell very good, I know!! JIM

 

[Bonzeau]

Thanks for the welcomes!

No, Burt's not my brother, probably a very, very distant relation; but I am a musician--sax and mandolin. Check out coyotebluesband.com . I've been driving to gigs in the Z3; makes some of the far ones something now to look forward to. I can just fit my tenor case and mando, with two gear bags, into the trunk. The rest of my gear stays in the band van. And when I pull up in the Z3, in my pork pie and shades, people think I'm some kind of rock star, even though some of their trucks cost three times as much as the roadster.

Hi again Dave, nice to have a fellow musician and Blues fan on the Forum. I am a drummer and was in a Classic Rock and Blues band for 16 years, playing over 400 gigs. Then I retired from work and relocated to the County of Norfolk from Sussex. After a while I joined another band, but one of the guys had an ego problem, liked to change his guitar every 3 or 4 numbers and every now and again tried to sing out of his range.... I walked away from all of that! I put myself about on sites for musicians and bands to hook up with each other, but being 68 years old limited the response. Then a local lass told me about The Norfolk Blues Society, who hold open Jam nights twice a month. I went along and was knocked out by how much fun it was. You just turn up at the venue, put your name down on a list with the instrument you play and /or sing, and after the house band has played for about half an hour they call people up from the list to form a band. The drums, backline, keyboards, P.A and mixer are all set up. The guys just plug in their axes, the vocalist chooses any Blues based numbers, gives the keys, the structure of the songs if not familiar and off they go. The vocalist signals to the players when to take a solo, and if there are any stops, and signals when to wind the song up. . After a couple of songs they call up other people on the list to form another combo. It works! And it's great fun and such a buzz! The last jam was 4 days ago and we had a great Sax player along who played on 4 of my numbers. If there are not many drummers present you get to play on more jams, I played on 6 numbers at that last jam!......Check it out, search... norfolk blues society uk ... Go to the Gallery page, click on 30th August, Walnut, Play the middle video '08 Adam Jarrett'. That's me on the kit!

I'm going to check your band out right now!

All the best,



Bonzo.

 

[Dave Bacharach]

Hi again Dave, nice to have a fellow musician and Blues fan on the Forum. I am a drummer and was in a Classic Rock and Blues band for 16 years, playing over 400 gigs. Then I retired from work and relocated to the County of Norfolk from Sussex. After a while I joined another band, but one of the guys had an ego problem, liked to change his guitar every 3 or 4 numbers and every now and again tried to sing out of his range.... I walked away from all of that! I put myself about on sites for musicians and bands to hook up with each other, but being 68 years old limited the response. Then a local lass told me about The Norfolk Blues Society, who hold open Jam nights twice a month. I went along and was knocked out by how much fun it was. You just turn up at the venue, put your name down on a list with the instrument you play and /or sing, and after the house band has played for about half an hour they call people up from the list to form a band. The drums, backline, keyboards, P.A and mixer are all set up. The guys just plug in their axes, the vocalist chooses any Blues based numbers, gives the keys, the structure of the songs if not familiar and off they go. The vocalist signals to the players when to take a solo, and if there are any stops, and signals when to wind the song up. . After a couple of songs they call up other people on the list to form another combo. I works! And it's great fun and such a buzz! The last jam was 4 days ago and we had a great Sax player along who played on 2 of my numbers. If there are not many drummers present you get to play on more jams, I played on 6 numbers at that last jam!......Check it out, search... norfolk blues society uk ... Go to the Gallery page, click on 30th August, Walnut, Play the middle video '08 Adam Jarrett'. That's me on the kit!

I'm going to check your band out right now!

All the best,



Bonzo.

Very cool, Adam. You lay down a really solid, reliable pattern. Around here you'd be much in demand! Good solid drummers and bass players, especially those that don't feel the need to showboat, can pretty much pick and choose what bands they want to join; a lot of them choose to stay free agents and work as hired guns.

That soprano player has played a few blues gigs in his life. He's got a nice diaphragm-vibrato (as opposed to using the lower jaw) that's most often associated with jazz reed men.

Years ago, when I first ventured out to brave open jams, I found myself sitting in at an Elks Club on the fringes of Elmira, NY. The house band was composed of a bunch of grizzled old black blues guys, great musicians, and I was scared shxxxless of making an ass of myself. But these guys turned out to be incredibly kind and musically generous, and they're encouragement was just what I needed at the time. I owe them a lot. Since then I've found that most musicians are that way, all travelers at different places on the same road.

 

[Bonzeau]

Thanks Dave. Actually Adam Jarrett is the vocalist / guitarist on the video. I suppose that's the easiest way of tagging each of the jams, all of which are available on YouTube. I checked out your band, super playing, lovely stuff. My old Rock and Blues band down in Sussex played quite a few of the numbers on your playlist.

I think you're right about most musicians They have big hearts and a true spirit. Once music is in your blood it never leaves, and the pleasure of playing and sharing the talents of other musicians is something really special.

All the best,

Allan..... (a.k.a. Bonzo.)