Monday 28 Jan 2013
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| The answer is NO Derek!! |
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| I mean it!!! |
Went into Austin and made a point of dropping in at Erlewine
Guitars. On the way in a quote from Janice “before you ask… the answer is NO!!”
Derek said he didn’t have his wallet in him, Janice said she did, but the “the
answer is still NO!!”. Met Mark Erlwine
who makes all the guitars and chatted about our friend Nick’s Lazer and all the
old blues guys. He told us about how he met Johnny Winter, who is now his best
advertisement for Lazer guitars, and how he designed the Chiquita Travel guitar
with “ZZ Top”. After a while, and much
looking around, we realized how neat the Chiquita travel guitar is; it is very compact,
unique and qualifies as hand luggage on planes, so just had to have one…at
least that’s what Janice said so we got one as Derek’s new toy. Such is the
translation of “NO”!!!!
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| Well Maybe!! |
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| They are cute!! |
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| Second one from the right .... SOLD!!! Chiquita Travel guitar!!! |
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| LOGO on building |
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| We are here and the tours are free!!! Yey!! |
With much depleted funds and big grins, we headed over to the Capitol building and got a personal
guided tour. As luck would have it the Senate was in session so we got to see
part of the discussion regarding how Texas schools are positioned regarding
student safety. Very interesting to find that the schools are supposed to
complete an audit of their capabilities BUT there is insufficient regulation to
make them comply! And the “audit” is a self description with little consistency
of standards.
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| Texas State Capitol |
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| Senate in Session |
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| Sen. David Crockett |
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| Texas Lone Star on EVERYTHING!! |
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| Star in centre of ceiling dome is 8 feet wide!!! |
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| House of Representatives |
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Original Chandelier in House of Reps
(Light bulbs spell 'Texas') |
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| Door Hinges solid brass, each weigh 8lbs!!! |
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| Underground expansion (with glass roof at ground level) |
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| Through the glass roof.. top of dome |
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| Tile work on floor below dome!! |
