oxley11 - Tickets to Joe's shows are usually in the $50-$75 range. On the current tour, shows at higher end venues (resorts, casinos) will be closer to $100 and lawn tickets at outdoor amphitheaters will probably be closer to $40.

Matt Bissonette hasn't posted on this board post-2000, and I don't think any of Joe's band members have posted on the site before then (although I'm not completely certain...it's before my time here).

A story on sound and tone- Back in the early 80s Ted Nugent somehow got together with EVH for some conversation and ended up back in his studio. The Nuge told Ed he would like to plug in to that "magic box of his" Ed's reply was something to the extent of oh it's just a blah, blah, blah and a blah, blah, blah (my way of describing ed's amp because I don't remember what he was using then). Ted was like "yeah right". Those present said Ted plugged into Ed's amp and began to play and it sounded remarkably like Ted Nugent. So there you have it,sound more often than not,has more to do with the artist's touch than the equipment he is using. Which solidifies what every T2Jer has said in the past about their favorite players. So many greats so many to influence each individual in sometimes different ways.

I can't get the wife to commit to plan a trip. At this point I wouldn't mind the Lake Tahoe show, but that is an expensive trip.

Has anyone did the backstage experience on this tour?

roo, could you turn it down a tetch, I'm trying to sleep

;-)

dear joe produces an overdrive pedal

for your line of pedals

scuby - lol you smartypants, btw you must take pics atthe SBE OK? You, Pip, Satchyella

yayyyyy it's Friday yeee harrrr, time to play!

Okay..carry on! :-)

Life in the 1500's ....where we got many sayings...

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500's:

Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children! Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold."

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."

Joe's reached Vienna, sipping espresso.

burly - MORNING BURLY!!!!!!! Hey hey it's Friday for you, almost Saturday for me - much excitement here with a netball grand final in the family tomorrow, BIG day..

Alan Mc--ffs! I watch an Irish movie with Aer Lingus in it and you get a message in before me with Aer Lingus!!! How crazy is that? What I'm sayin' is I saw the amazing movie, "Once" and was speechless at the end of the movie because I enjoyed every minute. Man, the land of Eire is beautiful and if that's not enough......On my way home from work yesterday I see a sticker on a car ahead of me says "Irelad" with a USA flag and Eire flag together.....something about an exchange program.....I guess it may have to do with Santa Clara University's Ireland/USA exchange where students (like my friend Gail's daughter) got to go over to Eire for about 3 months to study at University there and earn credits as well as hang out at the pubs and socialize with the ppl!

Michelle--I recently saw a steam engine railroad show on TV and they showed the Railroad Museum of PA and the steam locomotives in Strasburg, PA. Have you ever been there? If I go to PA, this is what I've go to see.

I'm off to Stanford with my Steve for yet another test and my own appointment then to work.

HELLO EVERYBODY!

I have today off so I can finally try to catch up with all of you. Later today, I have to take my car to the service shop. My "Service Engine" Light popped up again yesterday. Don't you hate it when that happens?

Earlier this week, we had our Germanfest Festival at Headwaters Park here in Fort Wayne, which is about a quarter of a mile from my apartment. I went down there for the first time and had a little bit of German Beer and Coor's Light (wasn't keen on the Coor's). Now we have Ribfest starting and I'm thinking on going down there to check it out. After Ribfest, we have Greekfest, which is one of my favorites. I really enjoy the food down there. After that, we have our Three Rivers Festival, which will be awesome. I'll be doing the 5K Run and I might be in the parade afterwards. I was invited last year by one of our local radio stations here.

Hope everyone is doing well. I've been busy with running and work as usual. About last month, I bought a new pair of running shoes and I have already put in about 130-140 miles in them (as of today). I do not have many races this month, but I will have some in July. I will have three points races on July 4th, 11th, and 18th. There is a run on the 25th but it's held in the evening, so that will be in question.

Work is coming along well. The last two days we had a wireless communication group using our facility for their meetings and for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I played bartender for their dinner function. Later this summer, we are going to have weddings/receptions coming up. One of them is a big one: An Indian Wedding, which I really enjoy.

I have been reading everyone's posts whenever I have time.

Do The Stu: Austin, how's it going with you? It seems you have been quite the "On The Road" kind of person. Do you think you might come to Chicago when Chickenfoot performs? BTW, you mentioned what kind of food you prefer. I am eclectic with it comes to food. I love different kinds. I like Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and I also like some Indian cuisine. I'm not much of a fast food person. I haven't eaten at McDonalds or even Taco Bell for the past number of years and counting.

Skippygirl: Good day matey! Hope you are doing well. You know me with my running and work. How about you? Hopefully sometime, I will come down there and do a marathon run down there. By the way, are there any that is happening soon?

Burly: How's it going with you down in the South?

Ibanezplyr & Roo: I saw your pictures and they are awesome, especially when you guys were with Joe.

GoldenGirl2: I hope everything goes well for Steve today. Please tell him hi and good luck to the both of you. Prayers are with you both. Please let us know how it all went.

Michelle & Cheese101: Hey Michelle and Tracie. How are you two lovely ladies doing in life and how's the family?

Blue_Moon: How's that finger of yours doing? Is it getting any better? BTW, any runs or marathons happening in Europe?

Punkdude75: Congrats again and glad to hear that your honeymoon went well. Are you planning on seeing Chickenfoot?

Cosmic_Ape, fatape, js1200js1000, Guitarvibes, Elpp, and to Everyone: How's it going with all of you? Do you know of any runs or marathons that are happening anytime soon? Let me know how and how things are going with all of you.

As for the new members: Welcome to the site. How are you all doing?

So, just going back to the words list - it's all just a bunch of random answers to random questions. Do we still need to keep tabs on it?

Blue buffalo - thanks, I only just found "the foot says maybe" from your post

Roo / Cheese et al (no, not YOU Al) - while we're talking food combos raspberry ripple ice cream with thai sweet chilli potato chips is quite nice ; ) Worryingly, I wasn't drunk when I ate said combo

... and apparently, you shouldn't do Tuna and a coffee. Ok!?

Big Bunny - hi leanne. Just changed it to pip as it's one of the regularly used nicks for me. Most recently it was pointed out I'm pip from southpark...

Skippygirl - hi, hopefully I'll pop up somewhere on a YT vid. Tweeting failed miserably from inside my last gig once they closed the roof so who knows.... but I'll try! When should I expect the T-shirt to arrive - I'll need it by Wednesday LMAO

Blue Moon - moon river always reminds me of a particular scene in the movie Fletch

BTW, I could have had in & out in australia. Well, I was offered a root anyway....

Slanshroom - Propellerheads, nice call!

Cheese - how did the private lap dance go?

Do The Stu - it was the host of the show and his main team (at In & Out) when they ran the show from LA for a week. I missed it last time, so I'll have to make up for it next US trip.. and to think, I only came over for the free burger ; )

Oh, I posted that CF stuff that I found on my youtoob account

Michelle - redeemed myself? Naturally I have NO IDEA what you mean.... and the cheque is in the post to keep it that way x x x

scubadaz - no worries, thanks for the request

Burly - interesting post about Nuge & EVH, thanks. No worries re the vids

Guitarvibes - the Stig is Ben Collins (white Stig that is) apart form the time they had a Renault F1 car go round the test track, as it was driven by Heikki Kovalinen. Black Stig was Perry McCarthy.

It's not going to be a very big reveal for Top Gear unless they're making a gag out of it. Thanks for the info though