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Man, I am really miserable without my allergy shots!
I couldn't afford to keep them up.
I've tried Allegra, Sudafed, AND Nasonex today.
It's barely making a difference.

I was rearranging my pedalboard, trying to shoehorn my Electro-Harmonix H.O.G. onto the board.
I finally got it to fit.
But, I may need another board just for fuzz & distortion pedals!

It sounds pretty wicked.
I use it on both guitar and bass.
But, I had to stop.
Too much sneezing and runny nose.

I'm really screwed if I'm like this before a gig.

Ever have to tell yourself "The show must go on..." with a broken arm or the flu or anything?

I feel for you. I came down with horrific allergies recently. My ears are still full of crap, dizzy all the time. I assume you don't have health insurance, or if you do it doesn't cover allergy injections. I would be completely screwed without my injections, or worse.

fisherman bob wrote:I feel for you. I came down with horrific allergies recently. My ears are still full of crap, dizzy all the time. I assume you don't have health insurance, or if you do it doesn't cover allergy injections. I would be completely screwed without my injections, or worse.

Just plain Medicare.
It doesn't cover a LOT of things.
I need to ask them about their savings programs, to see if I'm eligible.
It wouldn't hurt if we could get back on food stamps again, either.

We've had to overdraft our bank account almost EVERY MONTH this past year!
We're trying hard to break the cycle and start 2013 on better footing.

We owe money all over the place and I want to get everybody paid back as soon as I can.

Sounds a lot like me, sad what an endless recession can do to one's finances.

Mike Nobody wrote:

fisherman bob wrote:I feel for you. I came down with horrific allergies recently. My ears are still full of crap, dizzy all the time. I assume you don't have health insurance, or if you do it doesn't cover allergy injections. I would be completely screwed without my injections, or worse.

Just plain Medicare.
It doesn't cover a LOT of things.
I need to ask them about their savings programs, to see if I'm eligible.
It wouldn't hurt if we could get back on food stamps again, either.

We've had to overdraft our bank account almost EVERY MONTH this past year!
We're trying hard to break the cycle and start 2013 on better footing.

We owe money all over the place and I want to get everybody paid back as soon as I can.

Mike, please don't take this the wrong way, but why don't you get a block of government cheese? dang, that's a good band name too "Government Cheese" but prolly too close to Government Mule a real fine band from dixie..

also Mike, look around for a distressed foods store.. we have a Polk County Discount in Pleasant Hope I shop at regularly, fine folks who own and operate it, a real mom and pop store.. love their Pepperidge Farm honey wheat bread for a buck and a half.. 28 ounce box of Cream of Wheat for $1.50 too..

I don't know what your allergies are Mike but I'm guessing sensitivity to dust is really complicating things.
In fact I've never had allergies, but this past year all of a sudden if there's any dust in the air at all, my nose is off to the races. Can't stop sneezing and my eyes water and itch.

Can't get away from the shite cuz there's not really a dust season. It's everywhere.

Dane Ellis Allen wrote:Mike, please don't take this the wrong way, but why don't you get a block of government cheese? dang, that's a good band name too "Government Cheese" but prolly too close to Government Mule a real fine band from dixie..

No government cheese.
I wouldn't eat it anyway.
I hate cheese.

The local food banks used to be pretty good about helping with some groceries if we needed it.
Even if the food was spoiled half the time.
Green mold pie & bread is no good.
But, the economy has them swamped.
They've changed their policies.
No food stamps, no food for you!

I think Les Claypool recorded a song or two with Government Mule.
Not bad.

gtZip wrote:I don't know what your allergies are Mike but I'm guessing sensitivity to dust is really complicating things.
In fact I've never had allergies, but this past year all of a sudden if there's any dust in the air at all, my nose is off to the races. Can't stop sneezing and my eyes water and itch.

Can't get away from the shite cuz there's not really a dust season. It's everywhere.

When I had the allergy test done, the one where they cover your arms with needles, I lit up on EVERYTHING.
It looked like I had the mumps or something.
So, the slightest thing can set my allergies off.
We have quite a lot of dust & mold around here.
We found black mold in the bathroom recently.

We've all been sick the past week, starting with the cats having diarrhea then giving it to us.

Cats don't normally bother me, unless they've been outside in the weeds or something.
They track all that crap back in their fur.
So, we never let them outside.

Mike Nobody wrote:I finally got it to fit.
But, I may need another board just for fuzz & distortion pedals!

My old pedal board .... it took up so much floor space the other guitar guy made me my current board ...

Big fan of EH pedals like the Guitar Synth .... Memory man .... Q tron
They are big ....
Good luck with the allergies
-Tom

I'm back to the Big Older model Q Tron now.
The pedal board is the next step in my Jerry Rig that needs upgrading ....

Sorry to hear your allergies are at it again Mike I hope you get better soon! I am getting ready to make another pedal board just for amp channel selectors and a ABY switcher that I just ordered from Zzsounds. I'll be using 2 amps on stage. I ordered the Radial Engineering Bigshot. I'll have 2 boards one for effects and one for amp switches!

Mike N

I share your pain. I'm still recovering from a bug that triggered allergeries, then ashtma etc ad nauseum. i was near despair with it last week and the stupid drugs don't help much. (exeption is muscinex for runny nose)

Apparently, it is now ALWAYS allergy season.

A dryer climate helps me but that is about all. So today it rains and storms which makes it much worse for me. how embarrassing is it to have to close my office door and use a nebulizer? Can't promise to sing in a band because I'm never sure I'll be able to - guess you know about that too.

I'm thinking seriously of wearing a damn mask over my face.

I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It sucks utterly. You too Bob.

Talbot

MikeTalbot wrote:Mike N

I share your pain. I'm still recovering from a bug that triggered allergeries, then ashtma etc ad nauseum. i was near despair with it last week and the stupid drugs don't help much. (exeption is muscinex for runny nose)

Apparently, it is now ALWAYS allergy season.

A dryer climate helps me but that is about all. So today it rains and storms which makes it much worse for me. how embarrassing is it to have to close my office door and use a nebulizer? Can't promise to sing in a band because I'm never sure I'll be able to - guess you know about that too.

I'm thinking seriously of wearing a damn mask over my face.

I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It sucks utterly. You too Bob.

Talbot

and are the fields of produce in California protected from AlQaida agents spraying the fields of lettuce with biological agents? no..

Deadguitars wrote:

Mike Nobody wrote:I finally got it to fit.
But, I may need another board just for fuzz & distortion pedals!

My old pedal board .... it took up so much floor space the other guitar guy made me my current board ...

Big fan of EH pedals like the Guitar Synth .... Memory man .... Q tron
They are big ....
Good luck with the allergies
-Tom

Cool.
I like checking out pedalboards and other gear on other music threads.

I don't have a camera.
But, this is our set-up, more or less

Currently my board is;
SKB PS-45 Powered Board
Korg Pitchblack Tuner
Morley ABC Switch
Boss OC-3 Super Octave
Electro-Harmonix H.O.G.
Electro-Harmonix Micro-Synthesizer
ProCo Rat Pedal (Modded by Vodka Mods)
MXR Blue Box
Digitech Whammy
Line 6 Bass POD XT LIVE

Marsha just uses a Line 6 POD XT LIVE into her keyboard amp.

Homeless Pedals;
Korg ??? Multi-effect Bass Pedal
Morley ABY
Digitech Grunge Pedal
DOD Grunge Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Double Muff
Electro-Harmonix Bass Balls
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Digitech Black 13 Scott Ian Signature
MXR Doubleshot Distortion

Vocals;
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Radio Shack / Unkown Karaoke Mic
Modded Telephone Receiver
1970's Shure Vocal Master PA (6-Channel) or 1980's Peavey Reverberation Amp (4-Channel)

Amps / Preamps:
Marshall JCM 2000 DSL-401
SWR Workingman's Pro 12
Peavey KB 300 Keyboard Amp (4-Channel)
1980's Roland SIP-300 Guitar Preamp (Two, actually. One is a backup.)
SansAmp RBI Bass Preamp

Keyboards / Samplers;
Korg M3
Yamaha Motif XS6
Roland S-770 Sampler w/ a HUGE Sony Trinitron monitor
Ensoniq EPS (Out-Of-Order)
Lots of cheap keyboards acquired at the Salvation Army & other thrift stores!

Guitars / Basses;
1987 Guild Pilot Bass
Jay Turser Violin "Beatle Bass" Copy
??? Les Paul Copy (Out-Of-Order)
Ibanez RX Series ??? Guitar
Line 6 Variax Guitar
BC Rich Mockingbird Guitar
Ovation 12 String Acoustic
??? Unkown 6 String Acoustic

Other;
Recycled Copper/Nylon Picks
Recycled Auto Seatbelt Straps
Steel Armored Guitar Cables
Groundwound Strings (GHS Brite Flats are the most commonly available)
2 x Dictaphone Machines
Microcassette Recorder
Various Vintage Reel-To-Reel Recorders
Roland VS-1688 Digital Audio Workstation
Tascam 488 MKII 8-track Portastudio
Cakewalk Sonar 8
Cubase 4
MOTU 2408 MKII
MOTU MIDI Express
Various Half-Broken Boomboxes for monitors
4 Computers That Sometimes Work
Various Half-Broken TVs & VCRs kept at a friend's house with my drum kit
Thousands of VHS Tapes