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Fifty years after it was stolen, Paul McCartney is reunited with his iconic violin-bass
Not The Bee ^
| Holly Ash · Feb 17, 2024
Posted on 02/17/2024 8:06:37 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
In the 1980s I was playing in a band and we had one gig in NYC and afterwards for some reason we said let’s check out Harlem so we drove all the way up there with 2 guitars and a bass guitar in the back seat and the amps in the trunk.
So we saw some bar off Malcolm X blvd above Central park, and I am not exaggerating in the least when I say this: We got out, made damn sure the doors were locked, walked about 50 feet to the bar, went in, saw that it was crowded, nowhere to sit, then said “Hey lets go somewhere else” walked back to the car, and the guitars and bass in the back seat were gone. Not only that, the thief re-locked the doors. I haven’t been back in that area since. To this day that really pisses me off
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:18:19 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
When the movie about car theft “Gone in 60 Seconds” first came out, a journalist asked a real life car thief what he thought about the movie.
He said it must be about a really SLOW car thief.............
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:21:24 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
“had sold [the guitar] to the landlord of a pub in the Notting Hill area:”
The pub landlord was Ron Guest, the grandfather of Ruaidhri Guest, who passed the bass down to his sons after his death.”
Isn’t this called receiving stolen goods?
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:24:05 PM PST
by
lowbridge
("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
To: lowbridge
Yes it is here, I don’t know about the UK........................
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:25:39 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: lowbridge
Isn’t this called receiving stolen goods?
what about a statute of limitations?
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:28:15 PM PST
by
ChronicMA
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:31:41 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
He said if you can’t steal a car in less than 15 seconds you need to find another line of ‘work’..................
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posted on
02/17/2024 8:45:47 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Larry Lucido; Kenny Bania; PROCON; gundog
(what about a statute of limitations?)
I think it’s “statue of limitations”
It’s a sculpture of limitations!
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posted on
02/17/2024 9:01:09 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Red Badger; dfwgator
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posted on
02/17/2024 9:04:17 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Red Badger
A “mere” $37 in 1964 could buy a decent enough used car. He probably had to save up a bit for it.
To: Freedom4US
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posted on
02/17/2024 9:24:38 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: All
from the look of the crack on the soundboard i would guess that it has not received the best treatment...
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posted on
02/17/2024 9:48:42 PM PST
by
SteveH
To: Red Badger
“Yesterday” was really about his stolen guitar. /s
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posted on
02/18/2024 4:34:21 AM PST
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: SteveH
The mother-of-pearl pick guard is missing, also.
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posted on
02/18/2024 4:57:16 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
“ The mother-of-pearl pick guard is missing, also“
Probably because the strings moved to accommodate a right-handed player.
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posted on
02/18/2024 5:07:23 AM PST
by
Jumpmaster
(U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
To: Red Badger
I have a Hofner violin that has a wonderful sound.
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posted on
02/18/2024 5:52:24 AM PST
by
Jolla
To: Jumpmaster
See the photos of McCartney upthread.
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posted on
02/18/2024 7:26:16 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
To: Freedom4US
My first car in 1965 was a ‘51 Buick that my Dad found in the paper, was $95.
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posted on
02/18/2024 11:55:20 AM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: Red Badger
Government statistics on monetary inflation are no bueno
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