ROTFLMAO!! Tee hee hee times three thousand and three!! Give me a flippin' break!! Er, well, yes, actually the thought HAD occurred to me. :-)

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Hey Laurie, I was just wondering something --

Has it ever crossed your mind that Reg was teasing you to get your attention? Like the old dipping the schoolgirl's pigtails in the inkwell trick?

I suspect Reg is using me to get to you.

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I'm an introspective, temperamental extrovert. :-) I'm not a "lead" guitarist. Just a guitarist, to accompany my singing. (I rarely play rock, unless it's folk-rock, but I do finger-pick, and rarely strum, oh horror of horrors.) I love good company and find people interesting in general, but as an artiste (writer-musician-dancer) and scholar, I need a certain amount of time to myself to recharge my batteries and create. So... even though I'm good at reaching out to people and striking up conversations and keeping them going and being cheerful most of the time and entertaining people no end with my native wit and charm :-) (OK, no comments from the rogues' gallery!), I may not do ANY of that if I'm not in the mood. Heh heh. Though if a situation urgently called for it, I'd try to rise to the occasion and do any or all of the above whether I were in the mood or not. I'm a rescuer at heart, and I can't bear to stand by and see something or someone suffer or go bust if I can possibly help it. If I were at a party, and it was boring or stilted, for example, I'd automatically kick into high gear to help salvage it. Evil grin. Well, that's me in a nutshell! And nutty I frequently am, I freely admit. As I'm always saying: life's too short for the alternative. Girls just wanna have fun! :-)

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Uh-oh, here we go again, groan... ;-) quote=Reginald Sapworthy]Robin - Reg's memory is not what it used to be, so he has no recollection of ever 'pegging' you at all. But, if the opportunity ever arises, he would certainly attempt to do it 'perfectly'.[/quote]

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I love personality profiles like Myers/Briggs and the Anneagram. They don't really pigeon hole, but give indicators as to personality trends. Another way to think about "introvert" and "extrovert" is that introverts tend to process in their minds. They tend to give you "the bottom" line of their thoughts because they've done a lot of processing on their own already through reflection, maybe through writing/art. Extroverts tend to process out loud and with others-- like there's a direct connect between the mind and verbalizing what their thinking. These types of processing don't mean being shy or loud or whatever.

I'm a strong introvert on all tests. I love writing, thinking, reflecting. Love the arts/dance. I love people too, but definitely have to have my time to recharge on my own and center

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Hey Laurie, it will come as no suprise to you that I think Reg is perfectly delightful.

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Uh-oh, here we go again, groan... quote=Reginald Sapworthy]Robin - Reg's memory is not what it used to be, so he has no recollection of ever 'pegging' you at all. But, if the opportunity ever arises, he would certainly attempt to do it 'perfectly'.

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No, Robin, it comes as no surprise. I'm rather fond of the sometimes mildly infuriating but otherwise endearingly shy and intermittently retiring lad, myself! But don't let on, puhLEEZE! It would never do to ruin my bra-burning ice queen image, you know. :-)

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Hey Laurie, it will come as no suprise to you that I think Reg is perfectly delightful.

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Uh-oh, here we go again, groan... quote=Reginald Sapworthy]Robin - Reg's memory is not what it used to be, so he has no recollection of ever 'pegging' you at all. But, if the opportunity ever arises, he would certainly attempt to do it 'perfectly'.

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Hey, Lynn! :-) I was thinking about some of those personality test type issues before posting awhile ago about myself as an "introspective, temperamental extrovert". It occurred to me that "introvert" and "extrovert" aren't necessarily synonymous with "shy" or "bold". My dad, for example, was a talky New Yorker who could be fabulously and entertainingly extroverted, yet he was reportedly painfully shy about working up the nerve to ask my mom out for the first time. However, once he'd decided to climb right over a few rows of seats (he was a leggy track star) in her art history class in college (a class in which he himself was not enrolled, but the professor had yet to arrive that day, it seems), apparently dear old Dad did just fine, or I wouldn't be here writing this post! :-) Anyway, I process alot in my mind when alone AND off the top of my head while in company. I'm always thinking, but not often linearly, and rarely in words. Some of my best ideas and insights arrive in a flash fully formed out of the blue. They're out of my mouth in conversation before I even know what they are! At other times, thoughts, ideas, song lyrics, etc., simmer to the surface more slowly. In a way, I don't like to apply either "introvert" or "extrovert" to myself. I'm pretty complicated and very mercurial. I hate labels. I yam what I yam, to quote Popeye! ;-)

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I love personality profiles like Myers/Briggs and the Anneagram. They don't really pigeon hole, but give indicators as to personality trends. Another way to think about "introvert" and "extrovert" is that introverts tend to process in their minds. They tend to give you "the bottom" line of their thoughts because they've done a lot of processing on their own already through reflection, maybe through writing/art. Extroverts tend to process out loud and with others-- like there's a direct connect between the mind and verbalizing what their thinking. These types of processing don't mean being shy or loud or whatever.

I'm a strong introvert on all tests. I love writing, thinking, reflecting. Love the arts/dance. I love people too, but definitely have to have my time to recharge on my own and center

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Sorry Reg, I believe my learned friend is leading the witnesses - introvert BTW until I've had a couple of beers

It all fell apart when you mentioned John Mayall, who has lost several lead guitarists, a few drummers, a number of bass guitarists, at least one trumpeter and one saxophonist - not because of psychological profiles but purely because they/he wanted to do something different. Quite normal behaviour in the big wide world.

No disrespect, since I think this venture of yours is brilliant, but you are now trying to channel us into the World of Reg way of looking at this. Really don't believe you can put all lead guitarists nor, indeed, introverts into the same envelope. Far too simplistic, which is not how I normally think of you.

Where's my beer?

Well ... you can always take Alvin's word for it, if you don't trust Reg's. See his quote in the 'chapter'. He should know.

And Reg knows that various musicians came and went from Mayall - but Clapton and Taylor were mentioned, in particular - who have undeniable track records of coming and going from here, there and everywhere. As were itemised.

If you are aware of the personalities of, say, Harrison, Jones, Green, etc. etc. - as I'm sure you are - Reg would find it difficult to believe that you do not recognise them as being essentially introverts. And all the examples of disgruntled lead guitarists leaving the bands first ... True, no?

Way down inside of me.......there's an extrovert screaming for air!

Not worth falling out over Reg. It's not the examples I have a problem with, it's the conclusions drawn. I suspect there are many reasons why guitarists leave bands.

Anyway, it's your Hystery Tour and I look forward to discovering where you're taking us.

I agree with Les that there are likely many reasons guitarists leave bands. Artistic, creative types in general tend to be mercurial and full of themselves (who, me?! ;-)...), and if they were not, they/we would not have so much to draw on from which to create. Change and sometimes conflict are in the nature of things, whether introverted, etc., or not. Take Yngwie Malmsteen's career, for example, heh. Spectacular talents of any personality feel entitled to do whatever, whenever and with whomever (or not) they must, to manifest their talents and find artistic fulfillment and success as they define it. I'd be curious to see more of your rationale, Reg. We're both from academic circles...no need for anyone to have a falling out over extended discussion, par for the course in said circles, without which in fact they would not exist. But hey, yes, it's your tour... ;-)

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Giggle! Alan, once again you have brightened my day with your delightfully irreverent wit! I really think my dad and I must have gotten ours from our Scottish side! ;-)

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BTW, Robin, I "hasten" to add that even though your below suggestion from yesterday had crossed my mind-- some men going to rather extraordinary lengths to conceal their true feelings and motives, as it often later turns out-- doesn't mean I give it any credence! I mean, the mere idea is absurd. If Reg thinks of me at all, it's no doubt as someone to debate, in his worst nightmare, or perhaps to encounter by accident at the ladies' undergarment counter at Harrods, stocking up for my next wild-eyed feminist bra-incinerating demonstration, or at Stonehenge waving my broomstick around on Hallowe'en. I think it's YOU Reg has a soft spot for... but only time will tell. Or will it?? ;-)

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ROTFLMAO!! Tee hee hee times three thousand and three!! Give me a flippin' break!! Er, well, yes, actually the thought HAD occurred to me. :-)

Quote: Robin

Hey Laurie, I was just wondering something --

Has it ever crossed your mind that Reg was teasing you to get your attention? Like the old dipping the schoolgirl's pigtails in the inkwell trick?

I suspect Reg is using me to get to you.

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Aw, Laurie, You are a sweetheart. Although you and I have completely different personalities, I can easily see how any man could have a soft spot for both of us and for all the lovely ladies here on the board.

I have a soft spot for any man who has a soft spot for me. I am just built that way.

But, I must admit, I am an avid collector of men. I am fickle and a player and not to be trusted.

Of course I am referring to my cyberspace persona . The real me is holding out for true love.

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