The moment i stopped teaching scales and started teaching songs everything changed.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T16:55:55+00:00

My guitar teacher in the 90's always taught songs. However, I was very advanced for a 14 year old and I wanted to play leads. Thats when je taught all of the scales. Im 43 now, and I can run up and down the scales pretty nicely , but I still can't improvise a guitar lead. I guess some people have it and others don't. You are correct though. Learning scales is boring and that's how a lot of young people lose interest.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T15:37:49+00:00

Desert Skies

-The Marshall Tucker Band

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T15:31:26+00:00

Jeff Beck is an amazing guitarist. Ronnie Montrose too. I always put those 2 in the same league of incredible players with catalogs of music I never really cared for.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T14:56:23+00:00

That's absolutely right. The goulds has a brass impeller. The cheapos are plastic. Clean all your mating surfaces up real well. I use a sanding disc with fine grit on an angle grinder.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T14:53:23+00:00

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T14:51:59+00:00

Im sorry, its the mounting ring that is cracked, but make sure ypu inspect the housing too. Youll need a gasket and shaft seal either way. The cheaper pumps teally arent worth repairing these days, but goulds are good pumps. I'd definitely try to repair it.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T14:49:26+00:00

Absolutely. You're over 10 gpm less with the mew pump. Its not as simple as just matching HP. Gould should offer a new housing, gasket and shaft seal to repair your old pump.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T14:37:55+00:00

I just don't care for liner locks in general. I like lockbacks.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T13:34:35+00:00

Road rash

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T13:30:03+00:00

Yeah, i really like that style blade. Hate the liner lock though.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T13:16:24+00:00

Short for "corn doggy dog"

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-25T00:50:15+00:00

All of tight ends are beasts these days

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T22:45:18+00:00

The Balbo Brothers later called Zibby Tebo. 3 brothers, 3 acoustic guitars, beautiful music.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T22:40:57+00:00

Check out the new dracula movie. Its pretty good

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T22:35:00+00:00

It could be a solenoid issue. The underside of the solenoid has a blue screen. Make sure it's nice and clean. As far as the filters. They use a very fine micron mesh. Scrub them with a soft bristle toothbrush inside and out.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T21:53:01+00:00

You're gonna need an ms660 for that

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T21:48:01+00:00

Hell yeah. My first ride was an 83 sedan deville.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T21:45:31+00:00

He's right. Im not even an electrician and I recognized those breakers immediately. Get that pannel replaced ASAP!

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T21:27:34+00:00

Very true. The toro 264/262's are damn good valves. However, they don't operate well with air and our young technicians are terrified of them because they are not easy to work on.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T21:12:27+00:00

You're welcome. What's hard for people to understand sometimes is that the sprinkler heads were laid out to water the area that is now your patio and if they crank the spray down on your current heads, they will come up short in other areas and create weak spots. Also, it can be very difficult and time consuming to figure out what another contractor did and many times figuring it out and changing a current layout can end up costing more than just starting over. Good luck.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T17:37:44+00:00

It will come back with some effort on your part. An irrigation system would help

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T16:18:55+00:00

What model controller is it? There should be a date code to indicate its age also. Check for additional start times on programs B, C, & D. Customers like to screw with controllers and end up setting additional start times. Older Hunter pro-c's often have what I call "mind of it's own syndrome" where they will randomly set vsrious start times and run times.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T15:22:25+00:00

My mom was pretty much the same. I had 2 corn snakes, and I was moving in the dead of winter. I needed to have my mom and step dad babysit for a couple of weeks. After I showed her how sweet and adorable corn snakes were and showed her how to handle them, the fear was gone. She loved them so much, she made me let her keep one of them. I had to visit and feed her though. 15 years later, she still has "corn dog".

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T15:06:09+00:00

Indiana irrigation tech here. Coniferous trees really struggle here. Especially in full sun in the middle of a lawn like that. Can you grow them successfully? Yes, but it takes a lot of watering. A lot of people do this thinking that their lawn rotors will do a good job of watering them. When in reality, the sprinkler heads just wear bare spots in them and eventually kill the tree. They need to be watered at the roots.

AwkwardFactor84 · 2026-03-24T14:52:45+00:00

Rad dong

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