On 7/30/2014 10:38 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:27:00 PM UTC-5, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>> On 7/30/2014 8:55 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
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>>> On 7/30/2014 7:11 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
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>>>> On 7/29/2014 3:49 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
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>>>>> Giant ketchup bottle draws tourists in Illinois
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>>>>> Published Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | 7 a.m.
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>>>>> Updated 6 hours, 47 minutes ago
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>>>>>
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>>>>> COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) � For tourist Bruce Pasarow of Buena Park,
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>>>>> California, leaving Illinois before seeing what's billed as the
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>>>>> "World's Largest Bottle of Catsup" was not an option.
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>>>>>
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>>>>> The Collinsville water tower is a depiction of Brooks Old Original
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>>>>> Rich and Tangy Catsup, which was once produced in the buildings
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>>>>> beneath the tower.
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Now, the sign is for sale. Owner Larry Eckert is asking $500,000 for
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>>>>> the 65-year-old, 170-foot-tall landmark and adjacent warehouse.
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>>>> The Oscar Meyer people sent one of their weinermobiles to the ketchup
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>>>> bottle, and are now negotiating its purchase. Not a joke.
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> The Johnsonville folks know better. Ketchup on a bratwurst is sacrilege.
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>>> Ketchup with a hot dog? Yuck!
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>> Must be a regional preference thing. I grew up with ketchup on hot
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>> dogs, and only gradually learned to dab mustard on as well. I also
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>> like to tuck paper-thin slices of garlicky dill pickle into the bun.
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> I'm with Janet on this one. If I were to eat a hot dog on a bun, it would
> be with mustard. Hot dogs are not something I'd choose to eat if there were
> an alternative, and if I did eat them, I'd want them cold and by themselves,
> to woof down quickly with minimal tasting.
>
> On another, COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC note, still no beer after 3 weeks. Crazy
> shit. I did something really off the wall today. I got out my guitar,
> which I haven't really played for 5 years, and I got new strings--very new,
> as in completely different. For the guitar folks here, I changed from GHS
> flatwounds, .056----.013, to GHS semi-flats, .042----.009, and went from a Dunlop nylon .60 to a .38--a really floppy pick. ****, my 1996 Blueshawk
> never sounded better--taking into account that I'm playing through a crappy
> old solid state Crate. This one is identical to mine:
> http://cdn1.gbase.com/usercontent/ge...ruge3vp_so.jpg
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> Now, I need to lug my one of these up from the basement:
> http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/imag...usicMan210.jpg
> I also have two identical Fender PA-135 heads, which are great as bass
> heads, and also for keyboards/sax/etc. if matched with the correct speakers.
> My son is taking drum lessons at school next year, and it would be fun as
> heck to put together a band of snot-nosed boys to play obnoxious humor-punk.
>
> --Bryan
>
I assume you're talking about the GHS "Brite Flats." I've never tried
those before but the I like the idea.
I used to favor Fender strings because they used to flatten the string
surface. My assumption is that they ran it through a die. That part was
never in the advertising but it was fairly obvious that the winds were
finished this way. As an added bonus, they were dirt cheap.
I'll also have to put down one of those Blueshawk on my watch list. :-)