Just Chuck
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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
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10 Records or Songs That Changed My Life
Pretty bold statement that 10 records (12 inch or 7 inch) or songs could change a persons life. So I wouldn’t say changed…. maybe influenced is a better term. These are in somewhat of a chronological order: 1 Gimme Dat … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Life in General, Music
Tagged ...and then there were three..., Album, Album of the month, album-reviews, Alive!, american pie, andrew lloyd webber, Deep Purple, don mcclean, Genesis, gimme dat ding, hard-rock, I Think I Love You, ian gillan, jesus christ superstar, KISS, led zeppelin, Music, partridge family, rock, stranglehold, ted nugent, the pipkins, tim rice, vinyl, Wind and Wuthering
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Album of the Month – Alive! by KISS
I remember buying KISS Alive! while living in Puerto Rico. It was my second KISS album purchased, Dressed to Kill being the first. After listening to Dressed to Kill, I was hooked. I was a KISS fan, and I sought … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Music
Tagged ace frehley, Album of the month, Alive!, Creem, Dressed to Kill, hotter than hell, KISS, kiss inserts, Music, paul stanley, puerto rico, vinyl
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I Can See Clearly Now – Retirement Day
I took the chords and melody from Johnny Nash and made my own little Retirement Diddy. Sing Along.
Posted in Music, retirement
Tagged I can see clearly now, Music, retirement, retirement ain't easy, retirement day, sing along, ukulele, youtube
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Album of the Month – Second Helping by Lynyrd Skynyrd
I spent 4 years in Puerto Rico. I was 10 years old when we arrived in the summer of 1972 and 14 years old when we left in the summer of 1976. During that time, my brothers and I were … Continue reading
Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Toy Photography
I was photographing my toys long before photographing toys was a thing on Instagram. Really. I was photographing my 12 inch G.I. Joes way back in the 90s. I photographed my action figures as well. I continue to collect and … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Toy Photography
Tagged G.I. Joe, hot wheel, instagram, JoyToy, KISS, McFarlane Toys, photography, retirement, retirement ain't easy, Toy Photography
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Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Scale Modeling #1
I have a number of hobbies and many are from before I retired on December 31, 2023. Things like toy photography, toy collecting, comic book collecting, vinyl collecting and LEGO building kept me entertained. I rotated between these and a … Continue reading
Posted in Model Building
Tagged black beauty, c3po, captain america, Gemini Space Walk, green hornet, hobbies, hobby, mach 5, model making, monogram, painting, polar lights, r2d2, retirement, retirement ain't easy, speed raxer, Star Wars
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Album of the Month – Damned, Damned, Damned by The Damned
As I’ve said before, there were only two punk bands that I listened back in the Jurassic Era (1979-1982 for you kids). The Sex Pistols and The Damned. Damned, Damned, Damned was The Damned‘s first album, released in 1977 during … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Music
Tagged Album of the month, Alice cooper, Biloxi Bunch, Biloxi circle, cassette player, cassette tape, chevy, damned damned damned, feel the pain, fort hood, Monza, Music, neat neat neat, Nick Lowe, punk, punk rock, rock, stab your back, texas, the damned, vinyl
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Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Fishing
I’ve recently taken up fishing. I haven’t fished since I was a kid and really never got that interested in it, until now. One of my grandkids has gotten the fishing bug and he is a fanatic. He would finish … Continue reading
Posted in family, Life in General, retirement
Tagged #fishing, #fishingfun, #grandkids, #retirement, #retirementainteasy, #retirementhobby, bass, fish, fly-fishing, outdoors
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Album of the Month – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
Growing up, I wasn’t a fan of Punk Rock. I had read about a number of Punk bands in CREEM magazine. CREEM seemed to cover more punk than mainstream bands at the time, and so I knew who the Sex … Continue reading
10 Bands I Wish I Had Seen In Concert (and still could)
Some of these I could still see in concert as they are touring still but most have called it quits. Led Zeppelin I remember where I was when I heard that John Bonham had passed away in 1980. Living in … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Angel, band, bands, black sabbath, blue oyster cult, boston, concert, concerts, dallas, for unlawful carnal knowledge, led zeppelin, live music, Music, queen, rammstein, the scorpions, the tubes, van halen
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Retirement Ain't Easy 