Conference rdvax::grateful

You Know You're a Deadhead When ....

	- you can recite the mailorder instructions from memory

	- you hear a random show tape and can identify the venue and 
	  date exactly

	- you keep a supply of evelopes, stamps and index cards ready
	  in your desk at all times

	- you walk out of a show and momentarily forget what city
	  you're in  (e.g., if this is saturday, this must be Albany...)
	
	- the show dates are announced and your friends don't ask
	  "Are you going?", they ask, "Which ones are you going to?"

:-) tom

    
    You Know You're a Deadhead when ......
    
    	- You refer to the band as "the boys"
    
    	- When you discuss what Jerry's was wearing at the last show
    
    	- Count the beats on the into to BIODTL
    
    	- Use acronyms for song names
    
    	- Make a tape list

	o   ..You know the Dead have played another Dark Star within 2 hours of
	    the show, even if the show is in Europe and your at the dentist's
	    office in Des Moines.

	o   ..You find yourself in a country/western bar and jump for joy as you
	    put 25 cents in the juke box to play the Hank William's version of
	    El Paso you just discovered there.

	o   ..You buy $4 cassettes to record onto an $1100 Deck through 
	    $15,000 Amps and Speakers a tape which was made on a $12 deck from
	    the rear seats at a Dead show which was attended by 50,000 fans.
	    
	o   ..There's nothing left to do but :-)   :-)   :-)

fog

RE:           <<< Note 110.3 by SPICE::PECKAR "More or less in line" >>>
                            -< I like this topic! >-

>	o   ..You find yourself in a country/western bar and jump for joy as you
>	    put 25 cents in the juke box to play the Hank William's version of
>	    El Paso you just discovered there.


  You wouldn't mean Marty Robbins, now would you?



	
        How bout you go into a bar and discover the only Dead they have
      
on the juke box is Touch of Grey/Brother Esau and you and all the other Dead-
heads play it over and over and over..


Jim

	... when someone says "please put on something besides the dead",
	    and you put on a hot new Jerry Garcia Band tape!

	... when asked where your seats are, you say I don't care, but
	    I'm heading for the Phil Zone!

	... when you buy _furniture_ just to store your tapes

	... when the last thing you pack when you move are your stereo and
	    tapes, and when they're the first things you UNpack.

	... when it takes you an hour to select your tapes for a long drive

>  You wouldn't mean Marty Robbins, now would you?

	o  ..When you feel embarrased and upset that you got flamed for
	   attributing a Dead cover to the wrong artist...


:-)

	... when your boss stops asking you what you are doing on your
	    days off.

	... when your Mom calls to tell you what she just saw on the
	    news regarding "the boys" or the recent tour.  :-)

	... when strangers in tye-dies and Indian skirts stop to smile
	    at you.  :-) :-)

	... when you find yourself increasingly more and more wanting with 
	    every week that you haven't seen any live Grateful Dead type 
	    music.  ;^/

	... when you are driving and see a driver of another car with dead
	    stickers dancing and singing and you recognize the song by thier
	    gyrations! :-)

	... when your whole family and all your friends - be they hundreds
	    of miles away see the tour dates and know where you are.

	... when you can laugh at singers forgetting words to thier own songs!

You know you're a deadhead when:

You tell your father that, starting in May, you will be paid every two weeks,
and that you hope you won't have to worry about when your next check will
arrive and he says "it depends on how many tickets you've just bought."

    -  You have a place to crash in virtually every major US city (and are 
       working on Europe).
    
    - You drive at least 500 miles after a show and go to work the next day 
      (then go to a show in Hartford or something after work).
    
    - Use frequent flyer miles accrued by going to shows to go to another show.

    - Own a collection of seating arrangements from venues you've been to
      just in case you go back.

re:  <<< Note 110.2 by AD::VAUK "sleep in the stars" >>>

>    	- When you discuss what Jerry's was wearing at the last show
    
You mean whether he's wearing his black t-shirt or his black t-shirt
(or maybe a red one once in a loooong while)??  ;-)

peace!,
t!ng

    You can tell you're a deadhead when...
    
    ...you have Dead t-shirts that are older than your children - and
    they're in grade school.
    
    ...you've bought American Beauty at least three times: LP (originally), 
    cassette (for your first car stereo), and CD (when you REALLY got serious 
    about sound systems).
    
    ...you LIKE the way Phil sings
    
    ...the mention of Brent Mydland's name brings tears, and you can't
    listen to I Will Take You Home yet.
    
    ...you'd rather listen to a good sound board than a studio album, even
    American Beauty, or Terrapin Station, much less In The Dark.
    
    tim
    

    You KNOW you're a Deadhead(tm) when ...
    
    ... you sit in a staff meeting and quote Dead lyrics in response to
    questions about your project.
    
    ... you come into work and everybody who knows you tells you there was
    a show on Deadheads on TV last night.
    
    ... your office walls look like your college dorm room used to with
    Dead pictures, posters, scanned art, and old ticket stubs tacked up all
    over the place.
    
    ... your boss, who's never even listened to the boyz, sees you're
    having a bad day and mentions that you look like you could use a
    Grateful Dead concert.
    
    							... Bob
    

    ......that all your t-shirts are grateful dead realted
    ......that your an avid skier and the only time you've been to 
    colorado is to see the boyz..and driving 41 hrs straight
    ......that your six your old daughter is just growing into her 
    first dead t-shirt that she has had for 4 years.
    ......that your wife or s.o. (who used to go to shows) hears a tape
    and comments (being a smart ass and oh so wise).."See, this is from 
    the days when they were REALLY good " and you can slyly respond"It's
    only two weeks old"
    
    ......that your 93 year old grand ma likes UJB.
    
    rich

....you think its neat when they start "Playin' in the Band" one night
    and finish it the next.

    ...when the only songs you can play on your second hand acoustic guitar
    are grateful dead songs.
    
    ...when you look at any set list and say "WOW!!!"  that was a great
    show i need a copy - wether it was "really" a good show or not.
    
    ...when you don't want to get rid of your deadmobile becasue you can't
    part with the investment of stickers on it.
    
    :-)

    If you can remember why you are a deadhead , then you are aren't
    really one!
    
    (bad attempt to paraphrase Robin Williams and "if you can remember
    the 60's...etc...sorry)
                          rfb

    
>    ...when you don't want to get rid of your deadmobile becasue you can't
>    part with the investment of stickers on it.
    
HAH!!! 

Fog_who_is_having_trouble_parting_with_his_beloved_Swerve-A-Lot_for_that_very_
reason_even_though_he's_had_to_pay_$500_in_insurance_and_registration_fees_just_
to_see_it_sit_and_rust_on_his_back_lot_for_a_year_and_whose_landlord_is_very_
very_pissed.

          When you bang your head off the dashboard of your car
          repeatingly while listening to GDTRFB
                
          When you get in a car accident while banging your head
          to GDTRFB
    
    
                          Dino
    
                          

re:                      <<< Note 110.18 by EBBCLU::SMITH >>>
                             -< Headbangin metal >-

>          When you get in a car accident while banging your head
>          to GDTRFB
    
I hate when that happens.

		Dave

    >	... when you buy _furniture_ just to store your tapes

    When the furniture you bought to store your tapes in is all full,
    and there are tapes piled on top of it and all around it as well.

    so you build a shed to hold your tapes...
    

  ...when the number one reason you moved to California 5 years ago
     is to be closer to ze boyz 8-) (who cares if you have a job or not)

  ...when one of the top criteria for choosing an eligible S.O. is that
     he knows *exactly* what you mean when you say you *NEED* a show

  ...when you reschedule your midterms because you had errr...other
     appointments around Chinese New Year 8-)

  ...peace,
  ...t!ng

You Know You're a Deadhead When ....
    
    ... you can identify tapes by the first song tune up.
    

	...all your pets have names of characters in Dead songs,
	or titles of Dead songs or names of members of the band

	...all your kids do too ;-)

  > ...all your pets have names of characters in Dead songs,

    Althea, China Cat, Sunflower, Quinn, Scarlet, Stella
    (OK, there's also Shiva-Shakti [who had that name when we got her]
     and Yowza [name came from a story Patty wrote a while ago]).

 > ...all your pets have names of characters in Dead songs,

  in that case I must be a "Hobbithead"  ;-)

 john  

    ... when the first thing you do when you get "Notes" access is add
        Grateful.
    
    ... when on your first day of work your boss asks you what you will be 
        doing for Spring Break and you tell him you'll be "on tour".

    ... when everybody in the office knows you're a DeadHead and you've 
        only been here 2 weeks.

    ... when, in your Criminal Justice class, you ask the Prof about unlawful
        search of a vehichle telling him you were only "going down the road
        feeling bad".

    ... when you can't wait to get net access so you can ftp over all those
        neat gif and bitmap pictures you have of the boyz.


(As you might tell, I'm new to the company.  I'm a SUNY Albany student
doing an internship with DEC.  I'm a 2 year veteran of rec.music.gdead, 
so I hope to fit in well on this notes thingy...)

    Peace to all.



                                        Andy

    
    Hey Now Andy!  I went to SUNY Albany.. grate times!  Just wish we had
    the Knick back then..
    
    Welcome to GRATEFUL!
    
    Phyllis
    
    

    
    
    You know you're a Deadhead when all you ever wear is tie dyes and
    jeans. ;-)

    jeans?

    Oh.. ok then... just tie dyes, Andy. :-)

       
    
    
        You know you're a Dead-Head when...
    
          ... Every reply I've read thus far (all of them) make me
              laugh with familiarity!
    
     -Scot

    re -.1
    
    	...  including that one!!  :^)
    
    					da ve

....and that one :^)






Jim

I scored:

Lifestyles:  2
Tapes: 10
Trivia: 4

	total: 16


>10-20	You own most of their albums and perhaps even a few bootlegs.  You
>	are familiar with most of their tunes, and go to shows when they
>	play in your area.

True, I have most of their albums.  However, I have 300+ boots.  I'm familiar
with a good deal of stuff they play.  I will travel to see a show - furthest
I've traveled is Denver, CO ... from the Boston area (base camp).

I only listen to boots ............. rarely put on an album.

    Yup ... I also scored 16.  I had meant to change that category to 10-15
    before I posted it, but forgot.  I think I'll post a revised version of
    the test, just for accuracy sake ... ;^)
    
    ... Bob
    

I've devised following test in response to the previous replies to this
Note.  The test is divided into three categories; Lifestyles, Tapes, and
Trivia.

To find out how much of a Deadhead you really are, tally up your points
at the end of the test and compare your score to the Deadhead Rating Scale
(DRS)(tm) listed below.  Give yourself one point for each entry, except
where extra credit is indicated.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A DEADHEAD WHEN ...

===============================================================================
			LIFESTYLES CATEGORY
===============================================================================

_____	You plan your vacations around tour dates.

_____	You reschedule your school/work requirements around tour dates (give
	yourself one extra point if you start rescheduling before the tour
	dates are officially announced).

_____	You use frequent flyer mileage accrued by going to shows to go to
	another show.

_____	You own a collection of seating arrangements from venues you've been
	to just in case you go back.

_____	You wear a tie-dye shirt to work (give yourself one extra point if
	you also wear tie-dye pants).

_____	You office walls are covered with Dead posters, scanned art, and old
	ticket stubs.

_____	The only songs you can play on your secondhand acoustic guitar are
	Dead songs.

_____	You don't want to get rid of your deadmobile because you can't part
	with the investment of stickers on it.

_____	You moved to California just to be closer to the band.

_____	Your pets have names of characters in Dead songs (give yourself one
	point for each).

_____	Your kids have names of characters in Dead songs (give yourself one
	point for each).

===============================================================================
			TAPES CATEGORY
===============================================================================

_____	You have a tape list (give yourself one extra point for each hundred
	tapes on your tape list).

_____	Most of your tapes have only a place and date on them; no band name.

_____	You hear a random tape and can identify the show (give yourself one
	point each for date and venue; give yourself an extra point if you
	can do it during the first song).

_____	Your spouse or spouse-equivalent-unit (SEU) asks you to play 
	something besides the 'Dead and you put on a hot new JGB tape.

_____	It takes you an hour to select tapes for a long drive.

_____	You buy furniture just to store your tapes (give yourself one point
	for each piece of furniture; tape racks must hold more than 100 tapes
	to count as furniture).

===============================================================================
			DEAD TRIVIA CATEGORY
===============================================================================

_____	You know all the band members by first name.

_____	You know all the band members' birthdate.

_____	You know the names of the band members' immediate family.

_____	You can recite mailorder instructions from memory.

_____	You know what all the acronyms for song names mean.

_____	You know where the "Phil Zone" is.

_____	You know the lyrics better than Bob or Jerry do.


===============================================================================
			DEADHEAD RATING SCALE (tm):
===============================================================================

 0-5	You are barely aware that the Grateful Dead exist.

 6-10	You occasionally listen to their music.  You really like "Touch of
	Grey", but still can't understand why people get so excited when
	they play "Dark Star" ... and "Space" is just tooooo weird.

11-15	You own most of their albums and perhaps even a few bootlegs.  You
	are familiar with most of their tunes, and go to shows when they
	play in your area.

16-25	You own most of their albums, but only listen to bootlegs.  You know
	the words to most songs, and frequently quote them during conversation.
	You go to shows if they are within a few hours driving distance.  All
	of your friends are aware of your deadheadness ... most of them are
	also Deadheads.

26-30	Your lifestyle basically revolves around the band.  Your primary
	criteria for choosing a job is that you can take lots of time off 
	to tour with the band.  You go to shows whenever you can get time
	off and tickets, regardless of where they are playing or whether you
	can really afford it.  Most of your wardrobe is tie-dye.  You have
	spent a fortune on tapes and taping equipment, and are either 
	comtemplating a DAT purchase or have already made one.  

 >30	You might as well be a band member.

===============================================================================

... Bob

    Although I don't really consider myself a deadhead, I managed a "22"
    on the test.
    
    						Gerry

    due in part to interpretation of the questions, i recieve a
    mere "9" on the test...
    
    i guess there's a lot to be said for interpretation!  a lot
    of folks i know would be surprised...  :^)
    
    				da ve

I definitely consider myself a deadhead(tm), but only scored a 6 +/- 3
for interpretation!  Does this mean I can't consider myself a deadhead(tm)
anymore?!?  ;^)

From the descriptions at the end of the test, I'm a virtual 16-25.

- Dave

    >> From the descriptions at the end of the test, I'm a virtual 16-25.
    
    I think most of us in here fit in that category, regardless of what we
    score on the test.  That's why I adjusted the DRS to make that the 
    category with the widest scoring range.
    
    Don't take it too seriously ... it ain't the SAT's.  It's all just
    make-believe ... something I thought we could all have some fun with.
    
    Get yourself in the "correct" frame of mind and try it again ... I'll
    bet your score improves ... ;^)
    
    ... Bob
    

    Don't forget this one... your PETS have names of Dead songs.
    
    mary
    
    p.s.  Did I mention that our dog's name is Cassidy? :-)

>    Don't take it too seriously ... it ain't the SAT's.  It's all just
>    make-believe ... something I thought we could all have some fun with.
>    
>    Get yourself in the "correct" frame of mind and try it again ... I'll
>    bet your score improves ... ;^)
>    
>    ... Bob
>    

I didn't take it seriously ... notice the ubiquitous winking smiley face.
I had fun with it.

- Dave

    I got a 19, although I had to estimate how many hundred tapes I had
    since I didn't want to go through my tape list and count them all.
    
    Lifestyle 3
    Tapes 13 ;-)
    Trivia 3
    
    They should have bonus points for each band member you've met.
    I haven't met the Dead but I have met several (well, 6 now) past and
    present members of Fairport Convention. :-)
    
    Scott
    

Well I guess you have to have alot of tapes to be a real Deadhead.

Lifestyle 6, tapes 2, trivia 4.

		Dave

    
    Nothing left to do but 
    
    		study study study 
    
    		       for the Dead test. 
    
    carol

Lifestyles     9
Tapes         17
Trivia         6
             ====
              32

    ...........you get a new (old) car and all your non-deadhead friends
    ask you "What kinda Dead Stickers are you getting for your car this
    time ?"

	The system engineers that work for you put together a
	test rack for a new system for the first time and your first
	thought is "What Dead sticker would look good on the side of
	this rack to inaugurate it?"

	Bob

re < Note 110.51 by GR8FUL::WHITE "Without love in a dream..." >

>	thought is "What Dead sticker would look good on the side of
>	this rack to inaugurate it?"

	Why, obviously, the one that goes

	The worst day on Tour is better than the best day at work"

	  :-) :-) :-) :-)

    WHen your boss comes in and asks you what the rumors are going around
    in the comapny according to this notesfile...
    
    When your boss then asks you to extract something from this notesfile
    for him and he then calls a staff meeting to discuss teh latest rumors
    
    When your boss starts allowing time in your schedule so you can keep
    	reading the notesfile to keep him up to date on the latest
    	rumors flying around
    
    When your boss asks you what the latest rumors are and you tell him
    that Theres a new dead cover album ready for release
    
    	....
    							/
    

	Rumors?  As in work-force reduction rumors?  Or something
	completely different... ?

    That was the one JC
    
    

    
    I think it's SCARY if your boss is finding out his info from this file!
    
    :-/
    
    

Doesn't surprise me a bit.




Jim who learns more from this file, and others than any other place.

    Before somebody goes off to find my boss and straighten him out
    there was only one time this happened,.. and he really already knew
    that the thing I extracted was on VTX,.. and he knew he had to 
    "get it" and call the staff meeting,.. it was just easier for me
    to do the extract because I was reading it when he caught,.. um
    walked in on me :-)
    
    							/
    

    
    
    
    
    	....your old car has been sold 3 times and there are 
    	so many stickers on it that the new owners don't even 
    	bother to take them off.  
    
    	Smiles...
    	Nicole

    You reply to a note, but completely space what you were going to say.
    
    Jamie

    when more people refer to you by your DEChead-net-alias than by the name 
    your parents gave you...
    
    					da ve

    and when your PARENTS start calling you that too...
    
    				:^)
    
    					da ve

    
    ...you listen to the same tape (6-11-92 set1 albany) three times in a 
    row 'cause it's the only one in your car, and it's better each time :-)
    
    
    Don_who's_got_6-12_set1_for_the_ride_home_(maybe Longer)

 Hah! I was listening to 6-12 set I at lunch today...loved those shows..






 Jum

    
    .65 
    oh no...Jum are we thinking alike?? :-)
    
    Don

 YIKES!!  :-)

    you know you are a deadhead when....
    
    you blow off your dentist apt. to do mailorder,
    
    you blow off the mornings staff meeting, where they are waiting for
    your report, to do mailorder
    
    you aren't mad at your kids for X because you are doin mailorder
    
    you don't realize the mail-chick is tryin to pick you up because you
    are doin mailorder
    
    

Received from DC who rec'd it from someone over the 'net.  If this is
a duplicate posting, kill me now (DC_TM).



		FLOWCHART FOR DEADHEAD QUALIFICATION TEST

Hey Now!  Reading this newsgroup over the past few weeks I've noticed a 
lot of discussion on what proper conduct and beliefs are becoming to 
being a Grateful Dead Fan.  Based on my extensive research over this 
news group I have come up with a comprehensive, easy to use flowchart so 
you can tell if you're a DeadHead.  I hope this can help some people out 
who may not know where they stand on being a DeadHead.  Good Luck :)

Simple Deadhead Qualification Flow Chart

Do You:

Like the Grateful Dead?		N	->	Not DeadHead

	Y
       \/

Ever Talk During a Concert?	Y	->	Not DeadHead

	N
	
       \/

Like Phish?			Y	->	Not DeadHead

	N
	
       \/

Like Vince?			Y	->	Not DeadHead

	N
	
       \/


Like the scene these days?	Y	->	Not DeadHead

	N
	

       \/


Drink Beer and Spill It?	Y	->	Not DeadHead

	N

       \/

Do anthing that annoys anyone   
else?				Y	->	Not DeadHead

       N
  
Disagree with someone that
says they're a deadhead?	Y	->	Not DeadHead

      N

     \/
	
CONGRATS YOU'RE A DEADHEAD


------------------------------------------------------------

PS  I didn't pass myself.  Maybe all these things wouldn't be a problem 
if we were more tolerant than maybe we could all just enjoy ourselves 
and not let others get to us so easily.

Nothin left to do but :) :) :)

------- end of forwarded message -------

    hate Phish
    does that make me undeadheaded
    i have been known to drink beer and spill it too..:^)

Rather narrow minded rules there.  Screw em, they must not be deadheads!
I mean, what's wrong with liking fish and Vince?  I've haddock up
to here with these simple small fry minds.  Hmmm, does that make me not
a deadhead???   I don't think so...


PeterT

    I think the flowchart was just a joke, guys!
    rfb
    P.S....I don't care for Phish either....;^)

    jeeeez   - yeah, guys .. I have just one word for you:
    
    	       		L*I*G*H*T*E*N*U*P
    
    
    need to go home a play a show REALLY LOUD 
    
    carol

>    jeeeez   - yeah, guys .. I have just one word for you:
>    
>    	       		L*I*G*H*T*E*N*U*P
 

No way!  I need to be totally serious about everything I do.
There is absolutley no time for humor in my life.  Life is much
too important to allow slights to go unnoticed and unresponded to.
But in this case, I will allow for some leeway.  After all, the 
guy is still using flowcharts!  Flowcharts are for people who
can't hold organized or complex details in their heads.  

    
>    need to go home a play a show REALLY LOUD 

As long as it doesn't wake the kids, this will be OK.

PeterT

 http://www.uncg.edu/~ihworthi/jwz/EXTRAS/gdead.html

 1. You spend more money on blank tapes than you do on rent. 
 2. None of your tapes have names on them, just dates. 
 3. You recognize "DOSESBUDSHROOMZX" as both a statement and a question. 
 4. You furnish your entire apartment with the "Free Funky Stuff" 
    from Sony or Maxell tape offers. 
 5. You prefix every noun with "Kind", or "Ice Cold". 
 6. You spend more money at the post office than at the gas station. 
 7. You still have the parking tag from NYE 1976 hangn from your 
    rear view mirror. 
 8. On forms you list your occupation as "?". 
 9. GDTRFB, SSDD, BIODTL, FOTD, SOTM, LTGTR, NFA, and WALSTIB all mean
    something to you. 
 10. At any given moment you can calculate how many days, hours, 
     minutes and seconds it's been since ALLIGATOR has been played. 
 11. Someone asks you what you do for fun, and you just smile real wide. 
 12. The first entry on you MCI Friends and Family List is 415-457-6388. 
 13. You got #12. 
 14. Your car windows look like stained glass from being covered 
     with coloured stickers. 
 15. You think $1 for a grilled cheese sandwich is pretty damn cheap. 
 16. You've figured out how the correlation between the date and 
     the # of beats to start BIODTL. 
 17. Your boss notices members of your family only become deathly 
     ill when there happens to be a Dead show within a 100 mile radius. 
 18. You know how "the song" goes... 
 19. The bus came by, and you got on. 
 20. Whenever you walk through a parking lot you instinctively 
     hold up your right index finger in the air. 
 21. The compass in your car is callibrated so that it always 
     points to the Oakland Coliseum. 
 22. You can nstall a new cylinder head on a '68 VW microbus 
     with your eyes closed. 
 23. You have more tie-dyes than neck-ties. 
 24. You find it amazing that some people fill ballons with AIR. 
 25. You try to convince you grandmother than Aoxomoxoa is an 
      acceptable play for a Scrabble triple-word play. 
 26. Your dog is named Bertha. 
 27. Your KID is named Althea. 
 28. You spend NYE with your cassette deck instead of your wife. 
 29. Your license plate spells "HEY NOW". 
 30. You've learned to DUCK. 
 31. Your stock portfolio ncludes 50 shares of the HANES BLACK 
     T-Shirt division. 
 32. You consider a "miracle" to be someone giving you a ticket 
     to tonight's show. 
 33. You can't leave the house without wondering where the tickets are. 
 34. Left unoccupied your hand instinctively taps the beat to Not Fade Away. 
 35. You actually are in search of the Eternal Buzz. 
 36. You're still waiting for that second verse of Dark Star that 
     they started back in May of '73.
 37. You swear the guy walking by you at the football game just said "doses". 
 38. There are 10 people still shacking up at your house from the 
     summer 1990 tour, and you don't know who any of them are. 
 39. You consider veggie burritos gourmet. 
 40. You know the words to Truckin' better than Bob (OK, I guess 
     this doesn't necessarily make you a deadHEAD...). 
 41. You can remember an Other One that wasn't followed by Wharf Rat, 
     or a Throwing Stones that wasn't followed by Not Fade Away. 
 42. You try to claim gas to and from Dead shows as an ncome tax deduction. 
 43. You know the zip code for San Rafael, CA by heart. 
 44. You have the postal rates memorized. 
 45. Your copy of DeadBase has long since broken out of it's binding 
     and the ink is beginning to wear off the pages. 
 46. You send all moring looking for this killer Playin'
  Jam that you think is on this tape from '72, probably the
  Fillmore, and you know it's a Maxell with the label on
  upside down, but it doesn't have a case, and you know the
  tape starts with Sugaree but the last time you think you
  saw it was in '83 and it was under your freind Brian's
  refrigerator, or maybe it was just a filler on that Alpine
  Valley '89 show, which you think you listened to in that
  dude's bus on the way to Dear Creek this year, but his
  number is on the back of the ticket stub that you think is
  stuffed in your Soundboard copy of 7/8/78 set II, and you
  have NO idea where that is, so you pull out DeadBase and
  start lookinf for every show since '71 that even had a
  Playin' but by '77 or so you forgot what you were lookin
  for because you got wrapped up in the Nice version of He's
  Gone where Mickey starts playin the beam with dead cat,
  etc., etc.... (If this sounds like something that happens
  to you every day, you KNOW you're a deadhead.)  47. You're
  beginning to wonder if Bob's ever going to retire that
  Tamalpais Chiefs shirt.  48. Lately, It Occurs To You
  Just Exactly What A Long Strange Trip It's Been. 


Last Updated: 23 Mar 1996 

... Back to The Bonsai Tree 
    

    re: .75 ... ahhhhh  thanks for posting.  I definitely needed to
    read that this am
    
    carol

my favorite:

 11. Someone asks you what you do for fun, and you just smile real wide.