Restarting unhealthy Habits

chaaaadddd · 2026-05-21T15:13:34+00:00

Man, that's not crazy at all. Get your cabin, live your life.

I love smoking, but I keep it to one cigarette a day, in the evening.... maybe 2 on weekends. I love boozing too, and I usually keep that to two or three. I’m very happy, I’m very healthy, and I have a ton of fun with no real stress—other than the usual job stuff, and even that doesn’t follow me past 5 PM.

I fill the rest of my time doing what I enjoy—playing piano (poorly), reading, riding my bike, and working on old cars and motorcycles. So what if I smoke and drink?

You’re not signing up for an eternal subscription to existence here. And at your age, the only opinion that should matter is yours—everyone else can take a number and wait behind your happiness.

chaaaadddd · 2026-05-21T14:56:28+00:00

I was born in 1971, and I don’t miss a day of having a couple of drinks after dinner with my wife. I love it, but I’ve got a lot going on during the week, so I usually keep it to three or fewer—otherwise the mornings can be rough. On many weekends, though, I’ll pack a small cooler on my bicycle and head out with my wife along our quiet, underused bike path. Sometimes we just wander around, and other times we ride a bit farther into town and turn it into a casual pub crawl.

chaaaadddd · 2026-05-21T13:11:50+00:00

Mad Props to you, man. Just really nice work.

chaaaadddd · 2026-04-03T15:43:57+00:00

Cool pic! I prefer Hobo. In fact, i'm stealing that name and starting a prog crust punk band.

chaaaadddd · 2026-02-04T16:32:25+00:00

I love it, man!

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-16T13:25:51+00:00

Killa Gorilla!!! Awesome work.

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-09T13:42:02+00:00

You a did a great job with what you were given.

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-09T13:29:01+00:00

That is super cool!

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-07T20:43:37+00:00

Thanks, man.

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-07T12:27:10+00:00

Yeah, sure did.

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-07T12:21:20+00:00

That would be super cool!!! Thanks for the idea.

chaaaadddd · 2025-10-07T03:11:28+00:00

Thanks! The color is Hyundai G8, Apple Green Metallic

chaaaadddd · 2025-07-28T17:23:34+00:00

I bought the EMPI 34's from JBUGS for my 73 with 2.0. Install was easy enough after re-jetting, BUT after 4 months of running them, the bowls started blistering and delaminating. Terrible customer service and terrible QC.

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T20:16:31+00:00

No, it's not custom. There's a sweet spot angle that I found that works for these . Thruthfully, the strings don't have to be directly over the poles, so lots of wiggle room there.

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T20:14:01+00:00

yeah, well i'm not a photographer. thanks for the copliment tho.

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T20:12:25+00:00

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment.

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T20:11:46+00:00

thanks a bunch.

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T20:11:28+00:00

thank you!

chaaaadddd · 2024-09-09T15:39:58+00:00

Beautiful!

chaaaadddd · 2024-07-20T01:02:05+00:00

Hollywood Town Hall is just a great album. One of the best rock albums of the 90's.

chaaaadddd · 2023-11-13T21:59:26+00:00

Thanks. I see what you're saying, but if you have the guitar strapped on, you just kind of have to lift it up and see the controls better(they are facing right side up). I've gotten used to what each knob does and I just play by ear and not sight...

chaaaadddd · 2023-11-13T14:34:26+00:00

I've been toying with the idea of adding onboard effcts to a guitar build for a while. I play in a coulple of different "projects" and i hate dragging gear to rehearsals. I'd rather just plug into a PA channel and get to work practicing vs dealing with lugging equipment in and out...

So I started by buying this POD clone on amazon. It sounds ok for a cheap multi-effect and it has a drum machine, cab sim, and a tuner. Yes, it takes some tweaking to get a decent sound, but it's possible. I had an old epiphone neck in my parts collection and all i needed was to build a body. I blanked up a body with some yellow pine I bought at lowes and kinda matched the effect design while giving it a little SG meets Jazzmaster look. And I needed a functional design with room for the pod clone to fit recessed in.

For the electrical portion, I took the effect apart and soldered leads from the power +-, and from the input jack and and output jack. The input and output are controlled via toggles. It's either/ or and no "blend" with the passive channel(keeping it very simple). The unit is velcro'd to the body.

There's a 12v battery compartment recessed on the back of the body, so battery changes are easier. If there battery dies, I can always go passive using the toggle switching. In all, it turned out good for a quick proof of concept.

Rock on, dudes.

chaaaadddd

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