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I'm going to be tied up and potentially away from the web tomorrow and partway into the weekend, so I figured I'd start the Friday thread a smidge early.
Me and the boys in the band are loading up three SUVs tomorrow morning for a road trip north to Angel Fire Ski Resort to play a couple of shows. This weekend Angel Fire is celebrating their 50th anniversary, and we're one of the featured entertainment acts. Friday night it's the full band (which includes me) playing at the "Gold Hat" party at the Country Club, then Saturday night the acoustic trio (which doesn't include me) is playing at private party event somewhere else at the resort. I'll head back Saturday midday, but the rest of the guys will be staying for the entire weekend to ski. (Part of our pay is in the form of lodging and lift tickets. I don't ski anymore, so my lift ticket will go to my bandmate Jeff's girlfriend.) Might be an interesting trip up there and back, since they're predicting snow along most of the 3-hour drive both Friday and Saturday. This will be my first show since I broke my arm. I'll still be in the hinged brace, and my left hand is still a bit sluggish and plenty swollen and sore. I expect my playing to be pretty sloppy and uncoordinated...about like it always is, lol. At least this time I have an excuse, eh? Of course for my first outing back with the band, it has to be a 4-hour show instead of our usual 3-hour version. Might as well jump in the deep end with both feet, eh? I'll have the ice pack on standby for the end of the night.
Sunday, I'm hoping to get my table saw at least partially put back together. As it sits now, it needs the the cast iron extension tables and a fence put on it. Due to space constraints, I'll likely just install the factory fence and rails. I don't think I've got room at the moment to fit the full Incra fence system (which includes the router table extension). I also need to rewire it back to 120v from 240v. I need to get the saw set up so I can help Jeff rip some laminate flooring for a project he's starting at his house soon.
So...what have you got going on this weekend?
Me and the boys in the band are loading up three SUVs tomorrow morning for a road trip north to Angel Fire Ski Resort to play a couple of shows. This weekend Angel Fire is celebrating their 50th anniversary, and we're one of the featured entertainment acts. Friday night it's the full band (which includes me) playing at the "Gold Hat" party at the Country Club, then Saturday night the acoustic trio (which doesn't include me) is playing at private party event somewhere else at the resort. I'll head back Saturday midday, but the rest of the guys will be staying for the entire weekend to ski. (Part of our pay is in the form of lodging and lift tickets. I don't ski anymore, so my lift ticket will go to my bandmate Jeff's girlfriend.) Might be an interesting trip up there and back, since they're predicting snow along most of the 3-hour drive both Friday and Saturday. This will be my first show since I broke my arm. I'll still be in the hinged brace, and my left hand is still a bit sluggish and plenty swollen and sore. I expect my playing to be pretty sloppy and uncoordinated...about like it always is, lol. At least this time I have an excuse, eh? Of course for my first outing back with the band, it has to be a 4-hour show instead of our usual 3-hour version. Might as well jump in the deep end with both feet, eh? I'll have the ice pack on standby for the end of the night.
Sunday, I'm hoping to get my table saw at least partially put back together. As it sits now, it needs the the cast iron extension tables and a fence put on it. Due to space constraints, I'll likely just install the factory fence and rails. I don't think I've got room at the moment to fit the full Incra fence system (which includes the router table extension). I also need to rewire it back to 120v from 240v. I need to get the saw set up so I can help Jeff rip some laminate flooring for a project he's starting at his house soon.
So...what have you got going on this weekend?