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I suppose we should have seen this coming a few weeks back when my wife's employer (private hospital) cancelled the majority of their staff's Blackberry contracts and asked for them back. Lo and behold a few weeks ago the axe fell for my wife.
My aching tooth which I had hoped and prayed was just a loose filing turned into a $3000 root canal/crown affair and then my corrupt (can you say Cosa Nostra?) plumbers union tells me that it will not be covered. Never mind how much union fees I manage to pay every week though eh?
Our 9 year old is needing some rather expensive medical treatment (thank God nothing life threatening) but that is naturally not covered as well.
So the vast majority of gear hits the auction block the last few weeks. Here is a partial list of great stuff that is pretty much gone forever...
-Marshall JMP1
-ADA MP1
-Digitech TSR24S with 2.0 MHz upgrade
-Drawmer DS201
-Very early edition VHT-2150 with KT88's
-70's Marshall 1960B with great vintage Celestions
-Korg DTR2000 Tuner
-All PC1's save for one.
Here is a quick snapshot of my remaining gear. When I say remaining, I mean not another patch cable, guitar stand etc..Bare bones as they say.
Marshall JCM900 Model #2502 with my one remaining PC1 and my trusty Boss tuner. Can't say that I have had much vibe to play lately mind you.
Oh well! Family does indeed come first.
To add insult to injury. I was selling my 2002 Honda CBR600R and need to charge the battery. Plates this year in this stinking Socialist French run idiotic province are $1064 plus tax. Yup! That is NOT a typo folks. Well over a grand just for stinking plates for a climate that give you at best 5 months of proper riding weather.
Where was I?... Oh ya charging the battery and less than three hours later I am alerted by my wife that there is a strange smell in the garage. I run down to see the wires from the charger bare! All the rubber insulation had melted off and managed to ruin a nice chunk of the rear cowl of the Honda.
Insurance call....not covered by this type of "fire"....blah blah...deductable....sigh.......
And no the polarity was not backwards in case you are wondering.
At least we all still have our health eh?
My aching tooth which I had hoped and prayed was just a loose filing turned into a $3000 root canal/crown affair and then my corrupt (can you say Cosa Nostra?) plumbers union tells me that it will not be covered. Never mind how much union fees I manage to pay every week though eh?
Our 9 year old is needing some rather expensive medical treatment (thank God nothing life threatening) but that is naturally not covered as well.
So the vast majority of gear hits the auction block the last few weeks. Here is a partial list of great stuff that is pretty much gone forever...
-Marshall JMP1
-ADA MP1
-Digitech TSR24S with 2.0 MHz upgrade
-Drawmer DS201
-Very early edition VHT-2150 with KT88's
-70's Marshall 1960B with great vintage Celestions
-Korg DTR2000 Tuner
-All PC1's save for one.
Here is a quick snapshot of my remaining gear. When I say remaining, I mean not another patch cable, guitar stand etc..Bare bones as they say.
Marshall JCM900 Model #2502 with my one remaining PC1 and my trusty Boss tuner. Can't say that I have had much vibe to play lately mind you.
Oh well! Family does indeed come first.
To add insult to injury. I was selling my 2002 Honda CBR600R and need to charge the battery. Plates this year in this stinking Socialist French run idiotic province are $1064 plus tax. Yup! That is NOT a typo folks. Well over a grand just for stinking plates for a climate that give you at best 5 months of proper riding weather.
Where was I?... Oh ya charging the battery and less than three hours later I am alerted by my wife that there is a strange smell in the garage. I run down to see the wires from the charger bare! All the rubber insulation had melted off and managed to ruin a nice chunk of the rear cowl of the Honda.
Insurance call....not covered by this type of "fire"....blah blah...deductable....sigh.......
And no the polarity was not backwards in case you are wondering.
At least we all still have our health eh?
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