"gtr" > wrote in message news:201302011110325442-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2013-02-01 19:02:05 +0000, Gary said:
>
>> Julie. another weird story. You said you have "a stupidly huge bathroom"
>> but then you say how the space is so crowded. And you only use your
>> bathtub/jacuzzi for handwashing now? LOL!
>
> It's funny how you buy things with big plans, like electronics with all
> the features, but in th end you use only the bare minimum. As a musician
> I've bought all kinds of hot-diggity equipment, and over the years find
> myself molting all but the bare minimum. In the end I am in the yard with
> a uke or a trombone and feel free.
>
> I've encountered *very* expensive instruments in other people's homes and
> heard the story of how they had big plans to learn to play the thing, but
> decided to watch football on their weekend afternoons instead.

I tend not to buy expensive things. I used to play the violin and played it
very well. But then I bored of it and wanted to play guitar. I figured it
was a stringed instrument so thought I would pick it up very quickly. An
older person recommended that I just buy a cheap one from K Mart, which I
did. Mistake. Frets were so sharp as to cause damage to my fingers. So I
rarely used it. I did once pick up my friend's brother's Epiphone and it
didn't hurt my fingers at all. But... I also have short, fat fingers.
Even when I was underweight I had those same fingers. So clearly the guitar
is just not for me. Makes me wonder how I even played the violin with those
strings being so close together and all.

I am not a person who likes all the bells and whistles and such. In fact,
any male who has ever put on the radio in my vehicle or my stereo when I had
one, complained that something or other wasn't right. Husband just did it.
Said that my "fade" was off. Whatever that means. I'm just like... I turn
it on. Music comes out. That's fine with me.