Introduction and request to participate

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:23 am

Hey howdy. It seems that you guys are having all of the fun over here. I'm actually from the northern hemisphere, but I was wondering if you all might let me hang out anyway. I see there's some other Northern Hemispherians here as well, but I thought I should ask. Perhaps they are actually Australian or New Zealand residents living abroad, although I'm pretty sure Hesh isn't. Anyway, if it helps, I have the following credentials:

1) I have a friend from New Zealand.
B) I thoroughly enjoy throwing shrimp on the barbie
3) I have a friend whose parents live in Australia
4) I met a Kiwi on a bus in Mexico one time
V) I am able to locate both countries on a map in under a minute
6) I love Flight of the Conchords more than you can imagine

Oh by the way, I am called Mike Snider. Some of you may know me from the OLF. I live in Denver, Colorado, USA with my lovely wife, Sarah.

Thank you for your time. I will await your response before engaging in further participation.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:18 am

Strewth Mike,

a couple of entry questions,

Can ya chunda?
Whats better.. a VB, a slab of Coopers or a night in the sack with Kylie?
Who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Aus and is she a good sort?
What do you build and how bout a coupla pikkes?

Welcome,

Sebastiaan

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:59 am

And do you have a sense of humour and can you take as much s&*t as you can give? If so your in as far as I'm concerned.
Dom

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:01 am

G'day Mike and welcome to the forum.

Bob

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:08 pm

snidermike wrote:
1) I have a friend from New Zealand.
B) I thoroughly enjoy throwing shrimp on the barbie
3) I have a friend whose parents live in Australia
4) I met a Kiwi on a bus in Mexico one time
V) I am able to locate both countries on a map in under a minute
6) I love Flight of the Conchords more than you can imagine

.

Hang on guys this bloke has trouble with his 2's and 5's (see above). For some reason he replaces his 2's and 5's with the letters B and V.

He's obviously a CIA operative and its some of covert top secret code.

Lets stick him on probation until we can verify who he really is.

Gregory USA · Post by **Gregory USA** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:31 pm

What Mike fails to tell our friends Down Under it that he build some of the most fantastic electric and accoustic guitars you will ever see. His workmanship is the envy of our local school, and without a doubt he is one of the most prolific builders too! Mike is an instructor at the Red Rocks Community College where he heads up the electric guitar building program. He has many repeat students and his classes are some of the first to fill.

It's always a pleasure to work in the shop with him as he certainly has an excellent answer to all of my stupid questions, and he has this inname sense of humor and ability to provide sounds effects for what a guitar process should sound like.

Mike, post photos of your work and let our Aussie and Kiwi friends drool! They will not be disappointed.

Gregory

Ron Wisdom · Post by **Ron Wisdom** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:23 pm

Welcome, Mike, good to have you here.

Ron

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:11 pm

Gregory USA wrote:What Mike fails to tell our friends Down Under it that he build some of the most fantastic electric and accoustic guitars you will ever see. His workmanship is the envy of our local school, and without a doubt he is one of the most prolific builders too! Mike is an instructor at the Red Rocks Community College where he heads up the electric guitar building program. He has many repeat students and his classes are some of the first to fill.

It's always a pleasure to work in the shop with him as he certainly has an excellent answer to all of my stupid questions, and he has this inname sense of humor and ability to provide sounds effects for what a guitar process should sound like.

Mike, post photos of your work and let our Aussie and Kiwi friends drool! They will not be disappointed.

Gregory

but can he chunda?

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:00 pm

Well, let's see, Sebastiaan: I can certainly chunda, though I usually don't. I'm tempted to say that I can chunda down unda, but that seems silly.

I'll choose VB. After all, it "has a tradition of rewarding hard work and hard play." I like rewards. And I like hard play. I can't say that I've figured out what a night in the sack with Kylie involves yet.

The Deputy Prime Minister is Julia Gillard. Is she a good sort? Depends if you're a socialist or not. She's also from Wales. I have heard she can chunda though....

I build 'lectrics and steel strings. More electrics, but I'd like to be building more 'coustics. Pikkes to follow.

How'd I do?

Gregory, thank you for the kind words.

Dom, the answers are yes.

Thanks for the welcoming.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:14 pm

If you can find Australia and New Zealand in under a minute on the map after skulling a slab of VB, I say we let you stay. That is if you can keep that crap down.

Welcome aboard Mike.

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:17 pm

Here's some pikkes.

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:21 pm

Allen wrote:If you can find Australia and New Zealand in under a minute on the map after skulling a slab of VB, I say we let you stay. That is if you can keep that crap down.

Welcome aboard Mike.

I'll give that a try tomorrow night and report back.

Thanks everyone for the kind welcome.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:30 pm

snidermike wrote:Here's some pikkes.

Thats it, get this guy outa here, last thing we need is another bloody smarty pants show off and he's just gotta be a freak knocking back a nite in the sack with Kylie.

Just jok'in, very nice axes Mike.

Welcome to the ANZLF, nice to have you with us M8.

Cheers

Kim

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:39 pm

Kim wrote: he's just gotta be a freak knocking back a nite in the sack with Kylie.

Dunno Kim, he might be smart ... maybe he thought you were talking about this Kylie:

http://family.webshots.com/photo/233478 ... 8650YUADcm

I'd take the coopers.

Hesh1956 · Post by **Hesh1956** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:23 pm

MIKE!!!!! Get your arse in here M8 - you are VERY welcome here my friend!

As you can see from Kim's pictures that things are a bit different here....

gratay · Post by **gratay** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:26 pm

Nice asses, Kim....err, I mean Axes,.. I mean Mike ..

Welcome Mike. Great work you got happening there.

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:14 am

Sh!t, I didn't know THAT was Kylie! I'll take her over a slab of anything.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:08 am

Attaboy Mike,

FYI VB is short for Virgins Beer,

Seriously, nice axes!, thanks for posting,

Sebastiaan

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:21 am

Welcome aboard Mike.

snidermike · Post by **snidermike** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:15 pm

sebastiaan56 wrote:Attaboy Mike,

FYI VB is short for Virgins Beer,

Seriously, nice axes!, thanks for posting,

Sebastiaan

Thanks, Sebastiaan. I thought you were referring to this: http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/beer/vi ... bitter.htm

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:25 pm

Check this one out, it's a VB classic.

[youtube]
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFk4v3aXVs [/youtube]

Hmm what a PIA that youtube coder is, sometimes she work, sometimes she don't

Cheers

Kim

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Great ad.

Pity the product is so mediocre.

In fact I'd go so far as to say that only Southwark saves VB from being the worst beer in the country.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:43 am

Nice pictures, er, um, pykkes! Beautiful curves, aesthetically very pleasing - even stimulating.

Oh Mike, your guitar pictures are nice too!

Welcome to the Southern Hemisphere from yet another Northern Hemispherian.

Dennis

Robbie O'Brien · Post by **Robbie O'Brien** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:47 am

I can vouch for this bloke named Mike. He walked into one of my classes at Red Rocks College in Colorado a few years ago and has done such excellent work that I asked him to be my teaching assistant. He then started teaching the electric guitar building class. His classes are very popular. We just launched a DVD together on electric guitar building and we are working on an advanced electric DVD as we speak. The model will be similar to the blue guitar in his pictures he posted.
I say we keep him around but who am I to say? I feel like an immigrant myself not being from down under. I do ship quite a few of my DVD's to Australia though.

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