David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix)

CLT Native, believer in miracles, parent, Dog-parent (Shih-Tzu), Progressive Metal guitarist, martial artist (Tae Kwon-Do), IT nerd @StaplesMusic

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

It's now available on Spotify for free. You can hear the whole album in less than 18 minutes. Doesn't get much easier than that. If you're in the CLT area, I can come by and personally push "play" for you. https://t.co/aqCsINj6rn

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

any real ones left on Twitter?

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@macdudeuk @RobertaFresque2 His playing never gets stale like most players. He just keeps coming up with new licks, each better than the last.

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@anthonycook65 @Super70sSports Absolutely!! You weren’t considered a decent bass player if you couldn’t rock that bass line. 🤘🔥

[Brad Lemley @BradCLemley]

Here is a huge positive to modern life that gets no press.

I have an old 2009 Toyota, and the AUX port crapped out about a year ago. Went to YouTube. Young, enthusiastic guy explains how to fix it.

It is not obvious - involves taking the dashboard apart in a counter-intuitive way, but once you see it, it's a 15 minute fix.

There are actually dozens of videos showing how to do this, and they collectively have well over 200k views.

Had this happened in 1995, I would have just lived with it. But the combo of the replacement AUX jack available from Amazon and the video of the simple (but not obvious) fix, I fixed it.

I HAVE DONE THIS DOZENS OF TIMES. Replaced the control panel of my dishwasher. Replaced the ice maker in the fridge. Fixed a wonky sanding head on my drill press. Mastered a bandsaw technique that I use for my sculpture. On and on and on...

I think it is likely no exaggeration to say billions of fixes and skill upgrades have been performed worldwide that would not have been performed if it were not for the instruction freely given peer-to-peer on YouTube.

Take a moment to be happy about this. The busted item keeps performing, rather than going to the landfill. The person learning and doing the fix gains a sense of mastery and saves money. It's an unmixed blessing.

Stop doomscrolling. Think of what is busted in your house, find the YouTube video on how to fix it, and fix it.

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@nogooddeed2 @703Kyle Do you guys immediately think of this every time Ian Eagle does a sports broadcast too? “Never say die!!” is the first thing I think of.

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

how can artificial intelligence be so good at everything else but still sucks so bad at voice to text?

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@j_independent79 @RedsSuffering it’s impossible for me to hear that song and not think of Urban Cowboy.

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@TaraLanewx pics or it didn’t happen! ;)

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@RedsSuffering @jason_king72 Agreed. It’s the Bomb Diggity.

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@dogwoodblooms @Nowayout25 ALF rules!! \m/, Good on you for handling your business. 💪

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@Jaberuski If you need someone to take the merch you don’t need off your hands, I got you!!😉

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@95KeepPounding The TV was black-and-white back in my day.

[Cassie Clark @dogwoodblooms]

Have you ever heard of Duke’s secret basketball game?

In 1944, the all-white Duke basketball team faced off against the all-black North Carolina Central University team in an interracial game.

Due to strict segregation laws, the teams had to exercise extreme caution and barred the doors to NCCU’s gym to keep out prying eyes.

NCCU won, 88–44.

They had so much fun that instead of heading home, they mixed their squads and played a second game.

One Duke player later told his family: “We sure had fun and I especially had a good time, for most of the fellows playing with me were Southerners. And when the evening was over, most of them had changed their views quite a lot.”

Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the secret matchup. 💙

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@JimCelania testicle-sized?

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@Jaberuski You got out cheap!! If you’re ever in Charlotte you’ll have to tour the Cookie Staples Memorial wing of Carolina Veterinary Specialists. ;)

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@Jaberuski Isn’t it the best? Although sometimes I do miss having a life of my own instead of being a servant. 🤷‍♂️

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@PolitiBunny @JebraFaushay “…but if you go dressing like like Chairman Mao, you’re just gonna get pushed into traffic anyhow!” 🎶🎤🎸

[David Staples (Picks, Kicks & Fix) @mrdavidstaples]

@Spotify i’m not happy that you increased the price and at the same time removed the “what’s new“ feature. i’m tired of having AI forced on me. NOT cool.