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RedLesPaul
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Hey AGFer's!

I'm still alive, and no COVID here. I wouldn't say I'm "well", just still vertical 8-)

I have been UBER busy with running the company, keeping all of my staff employed, and all of that. We've managed to run our entire buisness out of our homes without any interruptions to operations. I haven't needed to let anyone go, and we really haven't seen a decline in business.

My wife is well, no COVID, and she's survived not 1, but 2 bouts of cancer again last summer (right around a year ago).

Other than that, I've been wrestling with some personal demons and have had ZERO time for anything even remotely musical or music-related in many, many months. I dunno if I can even play an open G at this point :cry: And I REALLY miss going to live shows!!!!!!

I need to get an avatar up, find a dark theme and see if I can make a little time to pop in once in a while.

OH, hey - new MODS - this site doesn't have an SSL certificate, do we need to pass the donation hat to remedy that?

Also, the old forum had a member's only section that wasn't crawled by the bots. Do we have that here yet?

Hope you're all well!

:D :mrgreen:

RLP
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Your system has to ask for HTTPS to get HTTPS on this server, ask for HTTP & you get HTTP.

Oh, and NO there is no bot-free area here even tho I've tried to talk Patrick into one.
Hopefully if more people ask for one we can convince him. :)
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RedLesPaul
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there it is!
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Welcome back RLP - very glad to see you and know that both you and your wife are hanging in there. Kudos to you for keeping all your employees working too - several folks around here were not so lucky, me included. Working hard on the next step here myself, keep up the good work.
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He's back ladies and germs! HE'S....BACK!!!! :)
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Now that's a sight for sore eyes. Welcome back brother, we'll be around :)
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welcome home we need all the leftys we can get . Just for you today Johnny Winter
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Gibson '13 studio dlx hsb
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Gibson '06 sg faded
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Epiphone dot studio
Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
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Agile al3001 hsb
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Sx ash strat short scale
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Inlaid tele
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Acoustics
new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
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martin backpacker acoustic
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Good to see you here again. Looks like you were busy on more important things that farting around here but when you need some down time remember to stop in.
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Glad to hear the missus is OK Red. You are lucky with your business. We suffered terrible losses. Heck, we're in the student travel business. How could we not. 600 people were furloughed. It's been tough.
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I knew you'd come back in due time. You're too talented to not be playing guitar, drumming, and singing. Get back in then game brother!
“There are only two means of refuge from the miseries of life: Music and Cats!” Albert Schweitzer
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Another lost sheep finds the flock... glad you did!
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Blackened wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:23 pm Glad to hear the missus is OK Red. You are lucky with your business. We suffered terrible losses. Heck, we're in the student travel business. How could we not. 600 people were furloughed. It's been tough.
Damn! Sorry to hear that bro. I run an IT Services company, so need for our services has actually increased, not decreased. Hope things turn around for you quickly.
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RedLesPaul
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Thanks for the warm welcome back all
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mickey wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:13 pm Your system has to ask for HTTPS to get HTTPS on this server, ask for HTTP & you get HTTP.

Oh, and NO there is no bot-free area here even tho I've tried to talk Patrick into one.
Hopefully if more people ask for one we can convince him. :)
Yeah, so if we don't have a section that's not bot crawled, I REALLY gotta watch my mouth :D
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RedLesPaul wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:36 am
mickey wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:13 pm Your system has to ask for HTTPS to get HTTPS on this server, ask for HTTP & you get HTTP.

Oh, and NO there is no bot-free area here even tho I've tried to talk Patrick into one.
Hopefully if more people ask for one we can convince him. :)
Yeah, so if we don't have a section that's not bot crawled, I REALLY gotta watch my mouth :D
We all do. I think we need bot-free area & it seems you do also.
If we can get a few more folks asking for one, perhaps Patrick will add one?
I sure hope so! :)
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Hey there! I am new to the forum as a whole but welcome back anyhow!
Did someone mention another lefty?
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I need an Avatar 2 welcome back man I also got to figure out why all the sudden my pictures are too big they weren't too big at first what the heck
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American pro
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Now there working great
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dearlpitts wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:19 am I need an Avatar 2 welcome back man I also got to figure out why all the sudden my pictures are too big they weren't too big at first what the heck
Avatars have to be <50k bytes file size.
Other pictures have to be <4meg bytes filesize.
The 50k is bigger than the old forum, the 4meg is the same as the old forum.
Uploads can also be .PDF files, which the old forum did not allow.
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Welcome back, it's good to see another familiar face. Glad things are generally going ok and especially for you & your wife.
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Welcome back Randy! Good see you hanging in there. I semi-retired since we last visited. I work three days and week. Every week is like Thanksgiving.
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Glad to see another member find the right AGF! Welcome back!
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I'm sorry to hear about the challenges and happy to hear about your successes.
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Glad to hear you're doing ok, RLP... And that you found our new home!
Finally escaping the People's Republic of Kalifornia!

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