Ramblin Wreck

Since you posted Boston's spaceship, I'll add ELO's.

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Huh ? Any of us here on this board who are in our 40s and 50s- which im guessing is one of the prime demographics here- we most certainly had fathers and uncles who fought in the Vietnam “conflict

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I was born in 1966 and there were a lot of people my dad's age that had fought in Vietnam. My best friend's dad had fought in Vietnam, and we were both 10 years old in 1976. As a side note, I remember asking him if his dad had been drafted and he stated "no". His dad told him that he felt like he was a bad arse so joined the marines during the war. I guess southern boys had a little different view than the hippy draft dodging crowd.

From Wikipedia -
 
July 28, 1965 — In a nationally televised speech, President Johnson announced his decision to send an additional 50,000 American troops to South Vietnam, increasing the number of personnel there by two-thirds and to bring the commitment to 125,000. Johnson also said that the monthly draft call would more than double, to more than 1,000 new young men per day (from 17,000 to 35,000) for enlistment and training in the U.S. Armed Forces.

1966 — Lyndon B. Johnson expanded the number of troops being sent into Vietnam to 385,000.

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This thread is a massive failure.

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After 5 errors when trying to add a picture, I gave up. I'm sorry I failed......

Edit - found a picture that I could upload. Hopefully I am forgiven.

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The problem with your Bible is it was translated from Hebrew.

So it doesn’t actually say this. And it’s talking about incest.

Also back then, the word homosexual didn’t exist.

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I tend to stay out of discussions on here but saw that no one replied to this. I don't intend on jumping back in if you disagree.

There may not have been a Hebrew word for "homosexual" but the text is NOT about incest. Which Hebrew word for "incest" do you see in the original ancient Hebrew version of the scriptures? Maybe it was something you saw in the Greek translation in the Septuagint? Looking at the original Hebrew and the translation into Ancient Greek that was done for the library at Alexandria, Egypt (72 separate translations into Greek at the request of Ptolemy II Phildelphus completed in the mid third century BC - so maybe completed around 250 BC), this scripture is definitely talking about what we call "homosexual" acts. This also is supported by the existence of many other both Old and New Testament scriptures also condemning same sex relationships.

The second argument you hear a lot of people make is that these verses were changed by monks when making copies of the Bible. Given the number of copies of the ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts available from all over the world that were used by both Jews and Christians, it is too easy to verify the ancient texts and they simply do not infer that the verses speak of anything other than homosexual acts being condemned by God.

I find it extremely disappointing when people repeat what they have heard without ever doing any research themselves. It reflects laziness, a lack of wisdom, and desire to only believe what you want to believe. This is my rant concerning message boards, social media posts, and the media in general. This goes for all topics, not just those concerning the Bible. However, it applies to both those that believe and those that do not believe scripture.

Stoops seems to think so.

Wow, I really appreciate all the suggestions from everyone so far. I have a PC but think I will invest in a Mac based on TN Tygah's comments. It is also good to know that I can adjust timing afterwards. Since I usually make up stuff as I'm playing, my timing can be off slightly whenever my hands are trying to figure out what they want to make up next. I like to add lyrics sometimes, so the ability to add vocals through the computer microphone will be a good feature. Also glad to read that I can record by playing my Roland. I really like the weight and feel of the keys, even more so than a traditional piano.

Let me first state that I am not a professional musician, don't ever plan to be, and have very limited knowledge of the functions of what I own. With that stated, I own two older keyboards, a Proteus EMU and a Roland RD-1000. I enjoy playing them for my own benefit. The limit of my technical knowledge is that I knew to connect the MIDI cable from the Roland to the Proteus to allow me to use its sounds on the larger RD-1000. Since I have never played with other musicians, I never picked up on knowledge that most musicians have.

I almost exclusively play what I make up, which usually sounds a lot better to me and in my head. I occasionally will record a song in a very crude method. I will record a part on my cell phone, play it back over a speaker and then record myself playing the second part with it on my work cell phone and then continue the process to have 4 or parts going. I have a lot of fun, but it sounds a bit like a copy of a copy of a copy and everything ends up with a bit of a 1990's grunge sound no matter what style of music it is. I'm also limited to about a 3 minute song since I can't text anything larger than that to combine with a third track on my work phone. Since I will be retiring in a few years and will be losing the work phone, I think I should treat myself and find a simple, let me stress simple, software program to at least remove the grunge sounding outcome.

Is there a simple software that anyone can recommend that will allow me to use a midi - USB adapter and record directly into my computer? If so, will it allow me to use some of the sounds directly from my keyboards or will it just record the notes?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations. You may want to save this post in case I become a world famous song writer during my retirement.

No, but I don't post on PT too often and use an old burner laptop when I do.

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that’s with a rental property

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The great added benefit to a rental property is that if you get in a bad situation, you can always sell it or borrow against it. I don't consider the worth of my RE properties in the value of my retirement account. I view the real estate as more of a source of emergency funds and income supplement when I retire.

I see these types of posts all the time, so why not one more? My total retirement savings goal has gone up quite a bit over the last few years due to inflation, primarily the increase cost to build a home where I plan to retire. My current view is that a good target is to have 20 times your income at retirement age. Meaning, if you retire at the age of 60 making $150K a year that you have at least $3M in a retirement fund. Lots of factors can influence that for each individual, but most people like to have a simple rule of thumb.

I'm curious how reasonable that sounds to everyone else.

Edit - It is quite funny to read the comments below. Either I didn't word my post very well or the vast majority of people replying don't understand what I am suggesting. It could be either since things sometimes sound better in my head than what I end up writing. I agree with what everyone is saying about doing actual planning versus a rule of thumb. I created a spreadsheet that I have been updating about once a week since the 1990's, so I definitely have been planning my budget, future income projections, expected return of investment, etc. It really is amazing that a 25 year old Excel file will still upload. The whole point to my post is if someone is looking for a ballpark amount they should have in savings to get an idea of when they can retire, I would recommend shooting for 20X what you expect to be earning when you retire. Yes, that requires you to be able to guess what your income will be 10, 15 or 20 years down the road if you are that far from retirement. It shouldn't be too difficult to make assumptions to calculate that. It's just a ballpark suggestion and not meant to replace actual retirement planning. :lol: