The insanely fantastic: Post a pic of your workdesk thread! [Archive] - Guitar Discussion Forum

warren0728

March 6th, 2008, 03:52 PM

ok...i'll play....

here is my office....

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_3547d0666642342.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=378) ...http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_3547d06666aca16.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=379)

although i do some of my work from here....gotta love wireless....

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_3547d06666efc1d.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=380)

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Tone2TheBone

March 6th, 2008, 04:39 PM

Brian - Dang dude that looks like my office today! And everyday!

Justaguyin_nc

March 6th, 2008, 05:17 PM

Warren ... that's unfair..you know someone cleaned in there!! :)

great looking room..liked the geetars in a row...

Mine is also..more like Brian's.. I know there is a desk under this mess someplace!!

warren0728

March 6th, 2008, 06:18 PM

Warren ... that's unfair..you know someone cleaned in there!! :)

great looking room..liked the geetars in a row...
naw nobody cleaned up before hand...i am between projects so the desk is relatively clean (and since it's visible from the living room i try to keep it looking decent) and since my living room is kinda small i do my best to keep it clutter free!

ww

KrisH

March 6th, 2008, 06:47 PM

Alright -- this is where I spend TOO much time:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/kholt81936/inside1.jpg

Recently got a new chair, though . . .

just strum

March 6th, 2008, 07:09 PM

Alright -- this is where I spend TOO much time:

Now that's a lawyers desk.

Brian Krashpad

March 7th, 2008, 07:17 AM

Now that's a lawyers desk.

Haha, you can sure tell which lawyers have clients into their offices and which don't.

The last time a client was in our offices was during UF graduation last year. His daughter was graduating and he stopped by to say hi on a Saturday.

It was about 1 pm, I was drinking a beer, and loading up my van for a show that night.

Thank goodness that particular client is a musician too.

SuperSwede

March 7th, 2008, 10:32 AM

Heh.. normally my desk looks like something between Warrens and Brians.. But I must say that it is much easier to work when you have a clean desk.

luvmyshiner

March 7th, 2008, 04:40 PM

Ok, my office is a little small, but I like it. Here ya' go.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/P3070002.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/P3070001.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/P3070004.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/P3070003.jpg

warren0728

March 7th, 2008, 04:55 PM

cool shiner....i love all the old cameras...i have quite a collection of old cameras too....some are displayed and some i was thinking of putting on ebay because i don't have the room to display them anymore) but haven't got around to it.

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luvmyshiner

March 7th, 2008, 05:05 PM

Ebay gets me in trouble Warren.:D

warren0728

March 7th, 2008, 05:28 PM

maybe i should just send you a list of the cameras i have (i have a lot of other photographic paraphernalia too) :beer:

just curious....why old cameras...are you a photographer? I have been a pro photographer for too many years and a colleague got me collecting old cameras and anything else photographic for awhile....need to thin the heard but haven't taken the time to photograph all the different items and such....it's always about time...never enough of it!

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KrisH

March 7th, 2008, 06:09 PM

Sweet Shiner! Kinda reminds me of . . . "Matlock"? :poke: Oops -- wrong southern state.

I've been told by high (!) authority, though, that a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind . . . :rotflmao:

(Hey -- it's Friday night, alright???)

Brian Krashpad

March 7th, 2008, 06:35 PM

I've been told by high (!) authority, though, that a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind . . . :rotflmao:

That makes me the healthiest mofo around! :D

luvmyshiner

March 7th, 2008, 07:19 PM

Heh, heh, I get yelled at a lot for being obsessively organized Kris.:D But I am in a 12 step program.:beer:

I worked for a photography studio in high school and college for awhile Warren. But like most things I enjoy doing, the second I start doing it for money, I stopped enjoying it. I got back into it about six or seven years ago and started the collection. Eventually I narrowed it down to Canon 35 mm cameras.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/PA150001.jpg

Spudman

March 8th, 2008, 10:33 AM

That makes me the healthiest mofo around! :D

You and Sunvalley are tied. When I saw your post the first thing I thought was that it was his desk. Surprise, I was wrong. (hardly ever happens so please don't tell)

Brian Krashpad

March 8th, 2008, 11:48 AM

You and Sunvalley are tied. When I saw your post the first thing I thought was that it was his desk. Surprise, I was wrong. (hardly ever happens so please don't tell)

No worries.

The only time I've been wrong was one time when I thought I was wrong about something.

It's quite a cross to bear.

Simon

March 8th, 2008, 01:39 PM

.. being obsessively organized Kris.
I worked for a photography studio in high school and college for awhile (..) Eventually I narrowed it down to Canon 35 mm cameras.
Then how come you post all blurred/out of focus images!! :tongue:

just strum

March 9th, 2008, 02:26 PM

This is my desk at home. I am sort of in the middle of doing my expense reports, playing guitar, on the forum, changing strings, dismantling a computer, preparing to ship a guitar, landing a plane on flight simulator, and eventually putting some tools away.

I hate to be so disorganized, but that's the way it is right now. Imagine that, this kind of mess and I don't even have a Law degree. Oh wait, neither do you guys.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/DSC00028.jpg

Brian Krashpad

March 9th, 2008, 03:32 PM

just strum

March 9th, 2008, 03:48 PM

:confused:

Juris Doctor, University of Florida, 1983.

Hmm, Teacher of Law. What's the difference between that and Executive Juris Doctor - or is there a difference.

Me:

Dr. Pepper - Baldwin Wallace sometimes in 78, some times in 80, a little bit in 82. Then in the 90's a little bit here, a little bit there. Total it up and what do you have - nothing.

Brian Krashpad

March 9th, 2008, 07:18 PM

Hmm, Teacher of Law. What's the difference between that and Executive Juris Doctor - or is there a difference.

Never heard of Exective Juris Doctor. Had to look it up-- only 2 US schools offer it. Apparently for people who don't want to be lawyers. If someone had that degree and then wanted to join a state bar in order to practice law, it looks seriously doubtful to me that such would be an acceptable substitute for a JD.

The old standard law degree in the US was the LL.B, Bachelor of Laws, which nowadays is more often called JD, juris doctor.

The most common advanced law degree in the US is the LL.M, master of laws.

just strum

March 9th, 2008, 07:32 PM

Yep, I looked it up after I posted the question. When you see the title you would think that it was something that required additional education and was at a higher level for lack of a better term, but it's not. Strange that it's offered by only two schools.

Never heard of Exective Juris Doctor. Had to look it up-- only 2 US schools offer it. Apparently for people who don't want to be lawyers. If someone had that degree and then wanted to join a state bar in order to practice law, it looks seriously doubtful to me that such would be an acceptable substitute for a JD.

The old standard law degree in the US was the LL.B, Bachelor of Laws, which nowadays is more often called JD, juris doctor.

The most common advanced law degree in the US is the LL.M, master of laws.

Tynee

March 12th, 2008, 11:37 AM

I'm in. Is there a reason people post links instead of inserting the actual photo? Is this a stupid Newb question?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/DSC00418.JPG
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/DSC00417.JPG
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/data/500/DSC00416.JPG

I got a :pancake: for the first of you who can guess my profession from my photos.

SuperSwede

March 12th, 2008, 11:44 AM

Tynee

March 12th, 2008, 11:45 AM

Oooh, that's close...

Brian Krashpad

March 12th, 2008, 11:49 AM

Oooh, that's close...

Engineer.

sunvalleylaw

March 12th, 2008, 12:11 PM

Haha, you can sure tell which lawyers have clients into their offices and which don't.

The last time a client was in our offices was during UF graduation last year. His daughter was graduating and he stopped by to say hi on a Saturday.

It was about 1 pm, I was drinking a beer, and loading up my van for a show that night.

Thank goodness that particular client is a musician too.

Yeah, I am going to post a pic of mine, but I can't find my camera. HaHa! No, I'll get to it. Our offices look somewhat similar for sure. I only have one or two guitars there though. The Fully, and my paralegal's daughter's Yammy 12 String. It lives here for now. I usually meet with clients in the conference room. Sometimes I clean up enough for clients, and I try to clean the office generally every two weeks or so. But during the hub bub, it is generally a bunch of piles all over.

Tynee

March 12th, 2008, 12:38 PM

Engineer.
:pancake: :pancake:

Extra credit for discipline and industry.

warren0728

March 12th, 2008, 12:46 PM

hey tynee...not to hijack the thread but i noticed your pics are at
67-72chevytrucks.com. Do you have an old chevy truck....i've got a 1954 ford truck....

ww

sunvalleylaw

March 12th, 2008, 12:48 PM

Never heard of Exective Juris Doctor. Had to look it up-- only 2 US schools offer it. Apparently for people who don't want to be lawyers. If someone had that degree and then wanted to join a state bar in order to practice law, it looks seriously doubtful to me that such would be an acceptable substitute for a JD.

The old standard law degree in the US was the LL.B, Bachelor of Laws, which nowadays is more often called JD, juris doctor.

The most common advanced law degree in the US is the LL.M, master of laws.

Also J.D. here, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR, 1988

Brian Krashpad

March 12th, 2008, 12:54 PM

Also J.D. here, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR, 1988

Like Elvis, we're everywhere.

:dude:

Tynee

March 12th, 2008, 01:04 PM

hey tynee...not to hijack the thread but i noticed your pics are at
67-72chevytrucks.com. Do you have an old chevy truck....i've got a 1954 ford truck....

ww

2 of them. I drive a '70 Chevy to work every day, and I own a '71 Chevy that's a Complete Body off restore looking for a place to happen. I've got a buddy who's trying to sell his '56 Chevy. I'd like to own it, but I need to get my wife something to drive first. She's stuck on vehicles manufactured in this century:puke:

warren0728

March 12th, 2008, 01:06 PM

2 of them. I drive a '70 Chevy to work every day, and I own a '71 Chevy that's a Complete Body off restore looking for a place to happen. I've got a buddy who's trying to sell his '56 Chevy. I'd like to own it, but I need to get my wife something to drive first. She's stuck on vehicles manufactured in this century:puke:
the 56 would be sweet....i love my 54....

ok back to our regularly scheduled workdesk thread! :pancake:

ww

luvmyshiner

March 13th, 2008, 07:54 AM

Like Elvis, we're everywhere.

:dude:

Heh, heh, and cockroaches!:D J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1990. I would give you guys a hard time about being older than me, but law was my second career so I think I'm older than Steve, but maybe a little younger than Brian.

sunvalleylaw

March 13th, 2008, 08:57 AM

I was licensed in fall of '88 at the ripe age of 25. Wow, 20 years purdy soon!

KrisH

March 13th, 2008, 10:02 AM

Heh, heh, and cockroaches!:D J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1990. I would give you guys a hard time about being older than me, but law was my second career so I think I'm older than Steve, but maybe a little younger than Brian.

Law was my third or fourth career, I think. I forget. :confused: J.D. Temple University School of Law (before it became James Beasley SOL :reallymad: ) 1998, at 41. We had one student in our class who was 72, a retired doctor/researcher. I was suprised and disheartened by how he was regarded by many of my younger classmates (early 20s).

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 10:39 AM

I was licensed in fall of '88 at the ripe age of 25. Wow, 20 years purdy soon!

Graduated '83, Bar '84.

Age-wise, I'll hit the BIG FIVE-O in May.

Need to get working on the party now, methinks.

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 10:48 AM

Law was my third or fourth career, I think. I forget. :confused: J.D. Temple University School of Law (before it became James Beasley SOL :reallymad: ) 1998, at 41. We had one student in our class who was 72, a retired doctor/researcher. I was suprised and disheartened by how he was regarded by many of my younger classmates (early 20s).

I'll admit to being fairly antisocial in law school. I was always welcomed at parties and stuff as a musician who could provide music, either a band or canned, but didn't really fit in with a lot of my classmates.

My first band's first-ever gig didn't help either.

I've posted this in the "first gig" thread too, but it explains my ambivalence for some, maybe most, of my classmates:

Our first show was to have been at Lake Wauberg, a receation area for the University of Florida located just south of Gainesville. We agreed to play for free (as was true of almost all our shows) since there would be food and beer at this party hosted by some law school group. After schlepping our PA to the hall, tearing through our soundcheck ending with our deconstruction (most Atomics songs were deconstructions, as we seldom if ever attempted note-for-note covers, and hadn't any keyboards despite that numerous songs we covered did!) of Led Zep's "Rock and Roll," the noise complaints from the rich folks living on the other side of the lake began pouring in.

We were unceremoniously asked to leave, since the "guests" there had all paid a few bucks to get in and we had not. It was not even sugggested that we kick in a few bucks to stay, much less that our efforts in practicing up 4 sets of material and hauling and setting up, and then striking and loading out, our PA and backline might've been worth something. Our drummer, Chad, and our bassist Frank both wanted to commit a little mayhem in return for such shabby treatment, and in retrospect, that's exactly what we should've done. But I prevailed on them to simply eat and drink as much as we could during an extended load-out.

Freakin' law students. :reallymad:

sunvalleylaw

March 13th, 2008, 11:05 AM

I was one of the pogo dancing party goers, I may have arrived on a skateboard, and wearing surf jams. I also kicked *** at school. I loved doing well and not acting like a law student.

luvmyshiner

March 13th, 2008, 11:20 AM

Heh, heh, well it looks like I get to rib Brian and Kris for being "old farts" and Steve for being a "young punk". Started law school in '87 at the ripe old age of 27. I hung out with students who were mostly in their 30's and 40's because we were pretty well ostracized by the kids right out of college. It worked ok though, most of us had families so we weren't big into parties. While everyone else was out having fun, we were studying.:D

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 11:34 AM

I was one of the pogo dancing party goers, I may have arrived on a skateboard, and wearing surf jams. I also kicked *** at school. I loved doing well and not acting like a law student.

Haha, we have a lot in common (well maybe not the kicking *** in law school part). I used to live in the student ghetto about 7 or 8 blocks from law school and ride my skate to class.

One summer (I had to go 2 years solid with no summer break because of a change-over from semesters to quarters), when everyone else was looking for clerkships, I was so fed up and burned out I got a job as a summer camp counselor instead, where I could have fun and show up hung-over if necessary.

I also discovered a marvelous product that summer called "Super-Sun-In" which would lighten your hair if you went out into the sun with the stuff on your hair. But the darker your hair was to begin with, the more orange it would turn out. Back then my hair was dark brown, so when I returned to school that Fall I basically had orange hair. I'll see if I can scan a pic later, it was pretty hilarious. My law school "friends" would literally cross the street to avoid it looking like they knew me.

Here's a pic a month or two after having got back to school, after I'd had a haircut and the brown was growing back, where it almost looks like a real human's hair color:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DaveEhlersParty_bk80s1.jpg

Childbride

March 13th, 2008, 11:46 AM

JD, Baylor, 1996. :)

warren0728

March 13th, 2008, 01:39 PM

hey brian....sounds like we were at uf at the same time....i worked at pizza and brew right across from libraries east and west while i was in school....

ww

Algonquin

March 13th, 2008, 02:10 PM

I see you're jamming with a Kramer Aluminum Neck Bassist...

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 07:19 PM

hey brian....sounds like we were at uf at the same time....i worked at pizza and brew right across from libraries east and west while i was in school....

ww

Oddly that's not ringing a bell, near Olde College Inn/Purple Porpoise?

I've been here more or less since last 1976. In school between then and Dec. 83.

From a live local music standpoint Gainesville really started cooking about '89 or so.

just strum

March 13th, 2008, 07:29 PM

Graduated '83, Bar '84.

Age-wise, I'll hit the BIG FIVE-O in May.

Need to get working on the party now, methinks.

When in May?

warren0728

March 13th, 2008, 07:48 PM

Oddly that's not ringing a bell, near Olde College Inn/Purple Porpoise?

I've been here more or less since last 1976. In school between then and Dec. 83.

From a live local music standpoint Gainesville really started cooking about '89 or so.
yeah it was between the porpoise and 13th street....i think it is a burger king now....

last time i was in town (thanksgiving) i was shocked that burrito brothers was gone....times are a changin'....

i left gainesville in 89 that's probably why the music scene got better!

ww

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 08:34 PM

When in May?

May 12th, same as my paternal grandma's birthday. I was born on her 45th birthday, so when I turned 45 she turned 90. I was fortunate enough to be up in Illinois for her big celebration 5 years ago. As much as I love Florida I wish my Midwestern relatives were closer.

just strum

March 13th, 2008, 08:41 PM

May 12th, same as my paternal grandma's birthday. I was born on her 45th birthday, so when I turned 45 she turned 90. I was fortunate enough to be up in Illinois for her big celebration 5 years ago. As much as I love Florida I wish my Midwestern relatives were closer.

Mine is May 18th and that's why I asked.

When did you head down to Florida?

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 08:41 PM

yeah it was between the porpoise and 13th street....i think it is a burger king now....

last time i was in town (thanksgiving) i was shocked that burrito brothers was gone....times are a changin'....

i left gainesville in 89 that's probably why the music scene got better!

ww

Iirc Burrito Brothers still exists, it just moved a couple blocks away. Haven't been to the new location.

The Burger King you mention I remember. It's long gone, torn down.

There's lotsa places like that in G-ville. Do you remember the the Rathskellar on campus? I played the Rat back in the 80's and saw some cool shows there-- U2, Red Rockers, 999, 10,000 Maniacs, and lots of local bands like 29:02, the Bubbles, and the Invasion.

The Rat burned down. Long time ago. :(

warren0728

March 13th, 2008, 08:55 PM

Do you remember the the Rathskellar on campus? I played the Rat back in the 80's and saw some cool shows there-- U2, Red Rockers, 999, 10,000 Maniacs, and lots of local bands like 29:02, the Bubbles, and the Invasion.

The Rat burned down. Long time ago. :(
yep i was still in town when the rat burned down.....i've seen lots of great shows for free at the bandshell too!

ww

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 08:56 PM

Mine is May 18th and that's why I asked.

When did you head down to Florida?

My goodness, long long time ago.

I can still remember, how the music used to make me smile.

Sorry, Don McLean moment there.

Circa 1973. Just in time for my first year of (3-year) high school. My dad was Navy, stationed at NAS Mayport near Jacksonville. He was the Communications Officer for Commander Carrier Group 6. Iirc the carriers were the Kennedy, the Rosie (Roosevelt), and the Ike (Isenhower). But that was a long time ago, so I could be wrong about the ships.

Brian Krashpad

March 13th, 2008, 09:02 PM

yep i was still in town when the rat burned down.....i've seen lots of great shows for free at the bandshell too!

ww

Oh yeah, we've probably been to some of the same shows. At the Bandshell here are some I've been to: Ramones, X, Devo, Midnight Oil, Plasmatics, Producers, Peter Tosh.

Lots more than that but they kinda blend together.

I'd love to play the Bandshell some day. Heck, I've played the Rat and the Orange and Blue, the Bandshell and the O'Dome are all that's left on campus. ;)

One of my amps played the O-Dome in the 80's though. Parliament/Funkadelic or Bootsy or someone like that played one Sunday and on the way down their gear truck rolled. My drummer was working Spinal Tech at the show and they basically rented every piece of gear they could find from every local musician that had an amp.

sunvalleylaw

March 13th, 2008, 09:11 PM

Mine is May 18th and that's why I asked.

When did you head down to Florida?

ahh, anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens!

Also, my daughter's b-day! :)

warren0728

March 14th, 2008, 05:54 AM

Oh yeah, we've probably been to some of the same shows. Lots more than that but they kinda blend together.
man isn't that the truth :beer:

i also caught stanley jordan, paul shaffer and his band, pat travers, b-52's, and more!

fun times....send me your schedule of when you are playing out and if i can make it i'll take a drive up to catch you....i still have some friends and relatives up that way!

ww