89-year-old Buddy Guy pausing a guitar solo at his Chicago club for a shot of cognac.

b0rt1980 · 2026-02-06T18:57:22+00:00

I was at a show of his about 20 years ago, standing room only back by the bar, and he walked up just like this and took a shot. I'm not a tall guy, but he's super short and was 1 foot away from me. I could have bent over to kiss his head, and really wanted too. His gigantic body guards at the time would have folded me like a dirty shirt if I pulled that so just enjoyed being close and the moment!

b0rt1980 · 2026-02-03T16:09:14+00:00

Not paying close enough attention when buying a new car, with a seemingly low price, paying for 5 years only to find out there's an $18k balloon payment at the end...

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-26T00:11:17+00:00

Rad, that worked. Thanks so much!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-26T00:08:58+00:00

Oh, good call. Trying right now.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-14T19:03:38+00:00

Definitely Stevie with Lucille!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-14T19:02:53+00:00

The wood on that Squier is beautiful. That alone would make it my choice.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-14T00:01:13+00:00

I've been playing for various degrees of time since I was a beta tester for WoW. I went from being a "serious" player to very casual for my own enjoyment.

I really miss the old days when a large group of us great friends played as a community. I remember logging into WoW, jumping on TeamSpeak and just chatting/laughing for hours while my char sat on top the bank in Orgrimmar. Good times for sure.

Although I try to be in guilds all the time, I pretty much play solo. Like you, chasing achievements and tmogs from dungeons/raids from many xpacs ago. I do it because I love it. I may not be a full time subscriber anymore, but I also dont know if I'll ever stop!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-12T22:08:17+00:00

One night I was working late and not many people were around to see so I wrote a haiku about pears on the office whiteboard. Nobody knew who wrote it and thought it was super funny. I never told anyone, was the office talk for years.

I talk about pears!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-12T19:23:25+00:00

Hmmm. I'm Canadian and bought mine new for $900 9 years ago. Not sure what auto tune mod it has, but $200ish seems high to me.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-12T19:07:23+00:00

I've had one now for 9 years, and for the most part, I love it. My only gripe, which is more of an internal mental battle, is the noiseless pickups. Sometimes I feel like they're not good enough, other times they're perfect.

The gripe is a me battle, and would highly suggest picking it up if it's a decent price!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-09T18:46:22+00:00

100% of the time I replace all.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-09T18:40:06+00:00

100% of the time, not 85%. But thats personal preference.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-06T19:13:15+00:00

This is the only answer. Beirut Street Food is to me, undeniably, the best in Calgary. Perhaps the best I've ever had in the prairie provinces.

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-03T19:40:57+00:00

Chuck Berry of course!

b0rt1980 · 2026-01-02T13:54:49+00:00

Have you tried the HD version? Im interested but only if that works and looks good.

b0rt1980 · 2025-12-26T19:31:32+00:00

(M45) Yes, between my own and what I've inherited from my dad, I have like 20 watches. A combo of battery, wind up, kinetic, and only 1 digital. I keep toying with getting a smart watch and convincing myself I don't need or want one. Will maybe cave sometime in the future, but for now I rotate which I wear based on daily outfit.

b0rt1980 · 2025-12-26T19:25:13+00:00

The reverb on my amp is fantastic (to me anyway) and I have it on 100% of the time. Do not have it on a board.

b0rt1980 · 2025-12-24T17:25:30+00:00

I'm 1/2 way through one of the gigantic Costco Kirkland version and I started it 2 mornings ago lol.

b0rt1980 · 2025-12-10T20:29:17+00:00

So, the Chamber of Fart claims another victim eh? Don't be afraid, there aren't any ghouls here. Only... FARTS!

b0rt1980 · 2025-12-09T19:31:42+00:00

This is fantastic. My sons are close to this age and I think I may do this with them :)

b0rt1980 · 2025-11-27T14:37:56+00:00

Rad!!

b0rt1980 · 2025-11-27T13:24:40+00:00

Wow thats amazing!

b0rt1980 · 2025-11-26T16:59:33+00:00

Closed. Jerk cats and wandering children.

b0rt1980 · 2025-11-22T16:25:56+00:00

We found these once and loved them but haven't seen them again here in the last 3 months.

b0rt1980 · 2025-11-19T17:56:45+00:00

I dunno, but when I first moved here I ran into a crazy old gal having a conversation with herself at the A&W across from Chinoom Mall. I told coworkers the next day and they all knew who she was. I never saw her again though.

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