A bent string, is a spent string.

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Post by Steve England »

Mornington Crescent...Ouch. I think I get it.

It's a game. Someone says mornington Crescent and someone else hits them on the head with a newspaper. I swear I'm not making this up. At least I think I'm not

Shame about the third string . Ian, I used to go to school up the road from Kenton.
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Re: "A bent string is a Spent string".
NOT SO! They are 100% recycleable as cheese slicers!~~W.C.~~
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This is a very weird thread.
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Post by Roger Rettig »

What do you mean, Jody?


Hey, you guys! Is the 'Plough' still there in Kenton? I used to play steel in that pub and, if my memory serves me, I NEVER broke a '3rd' string while on that gig; this may be the missing link, 'Earnest'...
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Post by Steve Feldman »

Or, perhaps it's Audrey Faaahrber? Or Betty Jo Bialonski?

Does this ring a bell to anyone????
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Post by Chris Bauer »

Steve -

Put down that pickle!
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Post by Roy Ayres »

I use a .10 on all ten strings and tune them all to E. If you don't MASH any pedals, it's dang near impossible to play a bad note.
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We have a winner!!
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Post by Jim Bob Sedgwick »

Roy, Are you out of tune if the band is in Eb? Image
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Post by Chris Bauer »

All but Steve have apparently come in out of the cornstarch and are drying their mukluks by the fire.

(I assume, Earnest, that this thread had helped immeasurably with your third string problem.)<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Chris Bauer on 30 November 2002 at 07:00 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Earnest Bovine »

Who said I had a problem?
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Post by Chris Bauer »

Earnest-

A point well taken! And, of course, if there WAS a problem, who'd really want to talk about third string problems when one already has to deal with both the starting problems and the second string wannabes behind them.
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Post by Jody Carver »

This thread is getting "weirder and weirder"
every time I look at it. What did you say was bent??

Regards,I thought I was weird.

A Weirdo. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 01 December 2002 at 10:19 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Ian Finlay »


Mornington Crescent is a game as part of the show "I'm sorry I haven't a clue" on BBC Radio 4. You'd have to get the rule book to fully miss the point B-). There are no rules, it's just managed stupidity, and quite hilarious.

Yes, the Plough is still in Kenton. It was recently refurbished, and now hosts such musical delights as "quiz nite" and "karaoke". Yuck. Thanks to stupid British music licensing laws.

Steve - where did you go to school?

And, just to keep this thread properly on track...

Wibble. Fnarr. Bonk.

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Post by Steve England »

Ian I went to school in Queensbury (no sniggering at the back) When I wemt there it was called Downer County Grammar School (I said no sniggering at the back) It changed it's name when it went comprehensive. So it would be the dchool formerly known as Downer County.

I'd like to keepo the thread on track but I think it's to late for that. A spent thread?
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Start this thread over. Its Great.
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Post by Earnest Bovine »

The string bends when I tighten it.
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Post by nick allen »

Hmm... that's interesting... I've noticed that on my regular 6-string guitar, the string tightens when I bend it...
Could there be a correlation here?
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Post by Steve Feldman »

Could we please stay On Topic here?
Thank-you so much.
SF

<font size=1>Cabin fever is no doubt setting in....</font><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steve Feldman on 02 December 2002 at 08:34 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Larry Miller »

When did Anna Nicole Smith start bending her strings?
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Post by Earnest Bovine »

A Bobby Trendy steel guitar would be so luxurious.
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Post by Larry Miller »

Yeth! With a bent string too! No! make that....20 bent strings, and cover it in red satin.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Larry Miller on 02 December 2002 at 04:24 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Earnest Bovine »

I think my 3rd string sounds thinner than the others.
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Post by chas smith »

<SMALL>When did Anna Nicole Smith start bending her strings?</SMALL>
She got a bad rep as a goldigger, when the fact of the matter was, the old man was just giving himself a "going away" present.
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Post by Larry Miller »

I broke 4 of them in one night, a week ago
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