As an Illinois transplant I can attest that Colorado front range Winters are nothing like Chicago. Don't tell anyone though.
11.08.2025 02:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@retsin2000.bsky.social
Mandolin and guitar hobbyist in Longmont CO USA
As an Illinois transplant I can attest that Colorado front range Winters are nothing like Chicago. Don't tell anyone though.
11.08.2025 02:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please keep posting about this if you pursue it!
05.08.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh and if you don't have a chromatic tuner you are going to want one. They are cheap and awesome things for tuning instruments.
05.08.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Might be a challenge to find new strings. Maybe look at zither strings? Here is a thread about a similar instrument on reddit.
www.reddit.com/r/UnusualIns...
I find it super cool to see this stuff.
05.08.2025 21:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kinda interesting that the right side which appears to be double courses of strings (like a mandolin) do not have sharps or flats. Does the book that I assume came with it, call it a Guitar Mandolin Harp? Also I love that it has the price on the label in the sound hole.
05.08.2025 21:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I play a variety of stringed instruments but never one of those.
05.08.2025 20:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cool! Probably the biggest risk would be if it can't take the string tension. Is it in tune (or close) now? If yes then it shouldn't explode with the new strings. I'd try changing just one or two strings at a time. Have you found a set of new strings?
05.08.2025 20:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0so many things
29.07.2025 23:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think it is this:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Also if it is a very small dog I like to call it Kujo.
20.07.2025 00:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think 42 years ago. Sorry
05.07.2025 22:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Two facts:
1) I'll be that guy and point out that if you count the first one today is the 250th Independence day even though it has only been 249 years since July 4th, 1776.
2) The GOP are a bunch of outright ant-American fascists.
@flavorflav.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
Can't believe this doesn't count.
It would be hilarious if he succeeded in making a bunch of them lose their primary and then died. Really would be awesome on so many levels.
30.06.2025 23:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I came here to say this. Highly recommend this book.
30.06.2025 23:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nope.
27.06.2025 17:14 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hacked Denver Traffic Boards Say "Fuck ICE" to Drivers
23.06.2025 22:16 β π 37 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0Veterans for Peace are in DC today protesting Trumpβs military parade, cuts to VA benefits, and US military being deployed on Americaβs streets.
βBENEFITS NOT BULLSHIT!β
LFG. π₯
In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governorβs arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.
14.06.2025 15:39 β π 4556 π 2011 π¬ 271 π 174The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles β not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
05.06.2025 20:15 β π 35787 π 8285 π¬ 631 π 259Repost if YOU are going to a No Kings Day rally on Trumpβs birthday, June 14th.
This is a great summary of what the events are for and why itβs important to TURN OUT!
Please watch and share.
Ugh
29.05.2025 23:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Veto override expected?
29.05.2025 23:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Dear NBA, I know it looks bad if your supposed MVP goes out in Round 2. Especially with all the other upsets. But if you wanted OKC to advance, just let us know Call me a homer but this officiating difference between SGA and Jokic is ridiculous. #NBAPlayoffs #NBA
18.05.2025 20:48 β π 309 π 35 π¬ 49 π 5It is my birthday and a Nuggets win would be a nice present. Also I have covid so c'mon universe throw me a bone here. LFG! #denvernuggets #milehighplayoffs
18.05.2025 19:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As a completely unqualified white dude I apparently meet the administration's criteria. I've never had a TV show on Fox but I'm going to take myself out of the running now just in case they overlook that.
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