A Clash of Two Lives...the Old and the New

[KarynMcD]

I love my Perrelet automatic and will still wear it sometimes en-fem.

Many women wear men's watches.

, I saw a chick's car parked in your driveway

I gotta know. What made it a "chick's car?" Unless it's pink or a minivan, I can't think of anything.

[Jill F]

Agreed, I've always like women who ride motorcycles ad play bass guitar.  Now I'm becoming one of them.

Jill, what kind of bourbon and what kind of scotch?

Buffalo Trace and Macallan 12, rocks (with a PBR) go great with the BBQ.  Bourbon and beer with the food, scotch for "dessert".

I gave up on motorcycles now that I actually care to live, but I have 8 bass guitars. 

[Jill F]

I gotta know. What made it a "chick's car?" Unless it's pink or a minivan, I can't think of anything.

Let's see- Mazda Miata, VW Bug/Rabbit/Golf/Cabrio and BMW 1 series are all not terribly masculine things to drive.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Meh...I am who I am and I like what I like. Transitioning didn't change any of that. About the only thing that changed was that I stopped wearing shirts of Death Metal bands. But that was something that was going to happen eventually. BUT I have recently begun to pick a few shirts of some bands that I like (such as A.C.). I might pick up some others on down the road, but it won't be like the old days where that was ALL that I wore. I still listen to Metal. I still listen to and play Harsh Noise. I don't worry about if something is "girly" and I often hate that kind of stuff. It's just not who I am. As far as the booze goes: I had to give that up since I started taking anti depressants. I had a very scary reaction combining them and alcohol so, I haven't drank anything in 13 months and 2 days at this point. I plan to keep it that way.

[katiej]

Buffalo Trace and Macallan 12, rocks (with a PBR) go great with the BBQ.  Bourbon and beer with the food, scotch for "dessert".

I gave up on motorcycles now that I actually care to live, but I have 8 bass guitars.

I don't know Buffalo Trace, but I love me some Macallan!  I prefer neat with a splash of water.

8 bass guitars?  You've got me beat.  I'm down to two right now.  And one is out of commission.  A couple months ago I went in to a local studio to do a session and I was really excited about using my fretless for this project.  It needed a slight truss rod adjustment, and while I was doing it the nut snapped off in my hand!  I was devastated.  The truss rod is still intact, but the nut just came right off.  I need to send it in for repairs...I just haven't gotten around to it.

[Jill F]

I don't know Buffalo Trace, but I love me some Macallan!  I prefer neat with a splash of water.

8 bass guitars?  You've got me beat.  I'm down to two right now.  And one is out of commission.  A couple months ago I went in to a local studio to do a session and I was really excited about using my fretless for this project.  It needed a slight truss rod adjustment, and while I was doing it the nut snapped off in my hand!  I was devastated.  The truss rod is still intact, but the nut just came right off.  I need to send it in for repairs...I just haven't gotten around to it.

OK, don't panic (yet).  What kind of bass is it?  I worked for years as a luthier and have fixed just about everything. 

[Evelyn K]

I still honk obnoxiously loud when blowing my nose. Paint chips rattling off from the ceiling.

[Kylie]

I gotta know. What made it a "chick's car?"

Let's see- Mazda Miata, VW Bug/Rabbit/Golf/Cabrio and BMW 1 series are all not terribly masculine things to drive.

Jill almost had it with the miata. . And I always wanted a Cabrio when i was growing up btw!  It was a white MR2 spyder with red interior.  I tried to post a picture but don't know how.  The car itself isn't the girliest of cars, but in white, it kinda is, i get it.  It is tiny and cute, now couple that with the top down and my fluffy cinammon chow chow riding shotgun with sunglasses, and it all becomes very incriminating.

[katiej]

OK, don't panic (yet).  What kind of bass is it?  I worked for years as a luthier and have fixed just about everything.

You just keep getting cooler and cooler. 

It's a Rick Turner electroline.  I was going to send it back to him, but I just haven't yet.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I still honk obnoxiously loud when blowing my nose. Paint chips rattling off from the ceiling.

Well, I still do that. But, that can't be helped. My nose is a mess.

[Ravensong]

Buffalo Trace and Macallan 12, rocks (with a PBR) go great with the BBQ.  Bourbon and beer with the food, scotch for "dessert".

I like your style!  I love me some Buffalo Trace and MacCallan. 

I also like my cigars,  especially CAO, La Aroma de Cuba, and Rocky Patel.  I will continue to smoke them, and drink my whiskeys (Tullimore Dew is my standard).

I have a slight obsession with guns, rifles in particular.  It may be a holdover from my days in the Corps, but I love military rifles.  Definitely not feminine unless the gun is pink or covered in sparklies.

I learned to drive on a pickup and grew up around the trucking industry (I love diesel fumes!) and on a farm (also love the smell of manure and silage), and I still want a honking big 4x4 thats about 40 years old that I can tow my pigs and cattle behind.

Unfortunately, I still don't have the whole "keeping legs together" thing down yet, so i still sit like a man.

[Rachel]

Car CRZ, beautiful blue.

I do not like sports, never have.

I have not drank for 17 years, would love to though. I never drank for taste but that mango thing looks good. Do they make them in pitchers?

I quit smoking 6 years ago. Cigars, I never could handle.

I sell specialty items on the internet, as a hobby. I have been doing it for 17 years (started when my wife got pregnant, for extra money). The items are mostly associated with males.

[Jill F]

You just keep getting cooler and cooler. 

It's a Rick Turner electroline.  I was going to send it back to him, but I just haven't yet.

Hmm, truss rod welded at heel.  If the nut broke off and can't be screwed back on due to broken threads, then the fingerboard has to come off.  If the nut goes back on its threading, then no big deal.

If the fingerboard needs to come off, then it def. sounds like a job for Rick. I don't know him personally, but I know lots who do.  I hear he's a nice guy.

[katiej]

I also like my cigars,  especially CAO, La Aroma de Cuba, and Rocky Patel.  I will continue to smoke them, and drink my whiskeys (Tullimore Dew is my standard).

Unfortunately, I still don't have the whole "keeping legs together" thing down yet, so i still sit like a man.

All great cigars!  I especially like the La Aroma de Cubas...their Mi Amor was the cigar of the year a couple years ago.

And I'm working on the legs thing too.

Hmm, truss rod welded at heel.  If the nut broke off and can't be screwed back on due to broken threads, then the fingerboard has to come off.  If the nut goes back on its threading, then no big deal.

If the fingerboard needs to come off, then it def. sounds like a job for Rick. I don't know him personally, but I know lots who do.  I hear he's a nice guy.

It's definitely broken off. 

Rick may be a nice guy, he's just incredibly difficult to get ahold of.