What is happiness? Forgive me while I wax philosophical:
Happiness is, after replacing a pot on your 1987 American Standard Stratocaster, and losing the original tone knob in the process, and so you have to use a replacement knob, only the replacement knob doesn’t exactly match the others (it’s much whiter in colour…and the font isn’t exactly the same size or proportions as the original) and so it looks funny, and it p*sses you off a bit, but what are you going to do, and then one day about 4 or 5 years later, you are cleaning the house, which you really should do more often than once every 4 or 5 years, but that’s another story so whatever, and you find the original knob hiding at the bottom of a drawer!
That, my friends, is happiness! :D
And here are some shots of me triumphantly putting the original knob back on and banishing the crappy-looking replacement forever to the Land of Wind and Ghosts… :D
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Joseph Heller, 1975 | Source
Letterhead of Catch-22 author Joseph Heller, who was born exactly 90 years ago, on May 1st, 1923. He passed away in 1999.
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Louie’s Pizza & Pasta
Ingersoll, OntarioThis local restaurant seems to have earned itself a “large” reputation all throughout London and the surrounding area. This restaurant is known for its panzerottis, pizza, and huge portions. The back of the server’s shirts say “Home Of The Big Ass Panzerotti” which is almost an understatement. This place sits in Ingersoll halfway between London and Woodstock, and is only a 5-10 minute drive off the 401.
This has been a go to place for my family and I for almost ten years now. It is possibly my first true love when it comes to dining. You will have a hard time finding a local to the area who hasn’t marked Louie’s as one of their favourite places. With a welcoming atmosphere, reasonable prices, and a deep selection of dishes, it is a safe place for anyone to go, because there truly is something for everybody.
I have had a large selection of dishes from this restaurant over the years including the burgers, pizza, panzerottis, the clubhouse, fish and chips, and hot dogs among other things and I can say I have never been overly dissapointed with a meal. Their pizza is a favourite in my family and is unlike any pizzeria in the area with their pizza being extremely rich, cheesy and hearty in taste. This place truly does have the best panzerottis in all the area, and should earn a spot in every person’s bucket list as far as I am concerned.
The panzerottis are available in three sizes. The “baby” is the size of the football as you can see in the picture above, and I can say I have only ever finished it twice . The “small” is easily double the size and could easily be shared between a family. The “large” is the size of a Thanksgiving turkey weighing in around 10 pounds, and somehow only costing 20 dollars. This would be appropriate to share with your entire family if you planned on taking half home.
Everything on the menu is fresh and feels homemade. The food is better than you will find at any chain restaurant in the area. The portions almost always leave you with leftovers for the next day. The servers are always friendly and make you feel at home. You will find a diverse group of people in this restaurant of all ages and spanning between groups of friends, whole families, and couples out on a date. You will be planning your next visit on your way out the door. I would recommend this place to anyone, and I try to visit almost every time I go home to visit my family.
Rating: 8.5/10
If you don’t mind, I want to take a minute to talk about my tuner!
It’s a Peterson StroboFlip*, and it is by far the best tuner I have ever owned. I don’t have perfect pitch, but when a guitar is even slightly out of tune…even by a tiny amount…it drives me crazy. I spent years tuning my guitars on cheap tuners and the were OK, but never perfect.
The Peterson can be set for different tempered tunings…which I don’t actually use, or even really understand! But I have set it to what they call “sweetened” guitar tuning, which means that the pitches are tempered or adjusted slightly to make the tuning sound better than if you tuned it to equal temperament.
Don’t ask me for the scientific explanation of what this means or how it works…my very basic understanding is that the guitar can never be tuned to sound perfect in all keys, because its fret board is essentially a compromise that allows it to sound “OK” in all keys and therefore not need to be re-tuned every time you play in a different key. I think they call that “equal” temperament or something to that effect. But “equal” temperament drives my ear crazy! Not on every chord…but often enough that I wanted to do something about it!
And the Peterson StroboFlip fixed this for me. That’s all I know! ;)
PS: As my long-time Tumblr friends know, I am neither affiliated with, nor receive any compensation from any company whose products I talk about here. I have paid for all my gear with cash out of my own pocket (well with a credit card from my own pocket anyway…sometimes it’s even my OWN credit card!). So, if I talk about something here it’s because I REALLY like it! Or I really hate it. Either way. HOWEVER, if any company WANTS to pay me to talk about their products, I am totally OK with that too! :D
*FYI, according to the Peterson website, the StroboFlip has been discontinued and replaced with the “StoboPlus HD”
2007 Fender Standard Stratocaster. I paid 250 dollars for this guitar (used), and swapped the stock neck for this premium Allparts rosewood neck with Gotoh vintage-locking tuners and black Tusq nut. Its only flaw is that it weighs just a touch over 8 lbs…right at the upper limit of my guitar heaviness tolerance range! ;)
PS: one more shot of my tomatoes. Sorry! :D
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