Bill Rogers - Posted - 10/18/2019:  12:06:54

perusal of the internet found it closed last year.

So new generations of Stanford denizens, among others, will have to

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/18/2019:  13:05:19

search the all-knowing google for the “Stanford-oasis” connection.

You see, I’ve lived a rather sheltered life

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/18/2019:  13:47:13

And didn't even realize that Google backwards is elgoog

Come to think of it

OM45GE - Posted - 10/18/2019:  14:09:42

I hadn’t realized that Gunnar spelled backwards is Rannug.

Googling Rannug won’t

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/18/2019:  14:44:53

spit out any banjo-playing fiddlers.

Perhaps it’s a contradiction in terms

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/19/2019:  01:25:55

Of logic

But logic isn't

OM45GE - Posted - 10/19/2019:  03:54:52

all it’s cracked up to be.

Just ask my

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/19/2019:  07:31:16

evil twin, a Spockian disciple if there ever was one.

His logical conclusion about banjo tab

OM45GE - Posted - 10/19/2019:  10:37:03

was that it defied Vulcan rules of logic.

Vulcans obviously don’t know

OldBlindGuy - Posted - 10/20/2019:  02:51:14

the way to San Jose.

They often take a wrong turn in Santa Cruz and find themselves

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/20/2019:  04:36:48

up the creek without the proverbial paddle.

My last canoe trip

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/20/2019:  06:32:54

Was a total disaster

We went to Morocco

Bill Rogers - Posted - 10/20/2019:  09:30:46

only to find no streams worth canoeing.

So we headed to Casablanca’s casbah, where

OM45GE - Posted - 10/20/2019:  11:38:25

we sang endless versions of “Midnight at the Oasis” until the Bedouins had had enough.

With drawn scimitars, they

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/20/2019:  11:42:29

drew a line in the sand.

So I put on my capo

OM45GE - Posted - 10/20/2019:  11:48:42

and launched into my rendition of Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which admittedly isn’t very good.

Apparently the Bedouins agreed because

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/20/2019:  18:45:59

they proceeded to kick my tailpiece and slashed my G string.

Then they rammed my peghead

Bill Rogers - Posted - 10/20/2019:  22:21:29

and bashed in my resonator.

I took the hint, dropped the remains of the banjo like a hot piece of iron and hightailed it for

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/21/2019:  03:09:32

Gibraltar, thinking to escape to Spain

What I failed to realize

OM45GE - Posted - 10/21/2019:  03:11:16

was that I’d left my passport in my banjo case.

Now I’m stuck inside of

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/21/2019:  04:06:38

a slow boat to China where I’ll be pumped for information.



But I’ll just play possum

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OM45GE - Posted - 10/21/2019:  04:36:49

and hope they don’t realize that I’m not a marsupial.

If I am discovered, I will have to

OldBlindGuy - Posted - 10/23/2019:  03:20:58

swab the decks to earn my passage.

Something was said about taking their plank for a walk, so maybe I'd rather

OM45GE - Posted - 10/23/2019:  05:03:52

be rescued by Xena, the Warrior Princess.

I don’t know how likely

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/23/2019:  07:13:09

that is to happen but I’ve always looked at the glass being half full.

Most of my fantasies

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/23/2019:  11:20:24

Ended with me being stabbed by a unicorn.

Oh well, at least I wasn't

OM45GE - Posted - 10/23/2019:  11:46:48

expected to give a speech in front of a huge audience.

That would be

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/23/2019:  11:56:14

wholly unfair the those exact audience members.

My idea is to use a bullhorn

banjoscotty - Posted - 10/23/2019:  13:30:35

attached to a steam valve.

Then things might

OM45GE - Posted - 10/23/2019:  16:34:03

even noisier than ever.

We may break

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/23/2019:  16:37:00

the sound barrier, although Yeager’s ghost might have objections.

I lost my drone yesterday

OM45GE - Posted - 10/23/2019:  16:38:47

so I’ve had to resort to whining.

It’s incredibly annoying

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/23/2019:  16:42:02

and my better half has moved out.

It’s no loss - her cooking , both in the kitchen and in the bedroom,

OM45GE - Posted - 10/23/2019:  16:51:35

left me cold.

I would rather

OldBlindGuy - Posted - 10/24/2019:  03:47:14

be a hammer than a nail.

If I had a hammer,

OM45GE - Posted - 10/24/2019:  03:49:16

I wouldn’t hammer in the morning because the neighbors would be angry.

Hammering in the evening isn’t

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/24/2019:  05:19:13

as hazardous, but getting hammered anytime is au rigeur in these parts.

Speaking of parts

OldBlindGuy - Posted - 10/24/2019:  05:33:46

, there was a time when I had enough hair to part it.

These days, I just

OM45GE - Posted - 10/24/2019:  07:31:30

polish my scalp with a little beeswax and call it a day.

Sometimes I call it

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/24/2019:  09:35:08

24 hours even though I miss 8 of them due to slumber.

My doctor told me

OM45GE - Posted - 10/24/2019:  11:49:41

I was the worst patient he'd ever had.

After he stopped whining about me punching him in the nose, I asked him why he thought that and he said,

Bill Rogers - Posted - 10/24/2019:  21:34:18

“How come you do me like you do do do?

To which I replied:

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/24/2019:  22:18:08

“Life is a 2-way street - you dent my wallet, I dent your nose.”

I should have taken up songwriting

OM45GE - Posted - 10/25/2019:  03:03:50

and made better use of my phenomenal talents.

There’s an interesting story behind

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/25/2019:  05:04:49

The local pub, if you're brave enough to go back there

Most people aren't, and instead

OldBlindGuy - Posted - 10/25/2019:  05:41:49

rely on rumors and second-hand accounts.

My accountant told me I can't deduct the donation of my second-hand

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/25/2019:  07:49:57

contributions to the “Banjoists Are People Too” movement.

However, my first hand at attempting Wipeout

Dragonslayer - Posted - 10/25/2019:  10:56:57

On the bagpipes was a smashing success, even though only half the notes are available

Some of the success could be

OM45GE - Posted - 10/25/2019:  12:31:08

attributed to the audience wanting to get out of the hall as quickly as possible.

They were anxious