Jonesing vs. GAS

[angerli]

Okay, Okay...

GAS, for those souls who don't play guitar, means Guitar Acquisition Syndrome. Unum Non Satis, as my Martin Guitar Forum explains, means "One Isn't Enough!" Same goes for kilts!

I've wondered about Jonesing, or: lusting after another nifty-looking tartan; or, getting another kilt you can't really afford; or, how am I going to explain this to SWMBO...you get the idea.

I guess that Jonesing comes from "keeping up with the Joneses", right??

Sandy

[Beertigger]

I guess that Jonesing comes from "keeping up with the Joneses", right??

The word/phrase "jonesing" comes from the slang "jonesing for" heroin, derived from a notorious alley in NYC where addicts would/do wait for the man....

[randyrandy]

Ah-ha. Not only do I get GAS (6 and gassing) but I get MAS (Mandolin Acquisition Syndrome – 2). Now I’ve gone and added “jonesing”… talk about living in the material world.

Seriously though, I don’t think ‘jonesing’ is limited to kilts. Perhaps we all just suffer from KAS. After all, KAS happens.

I'm in trouble now.

[mddock58]

Sandy

I guess you may be glad not to live in my area.

I'm about 16 miles from the Martin Guitar Factory!

It is almost as bad as going to a Celtic Fest with a new credit card!

[arrogcow]

Nope, don't have GAS. I've never owned more that 2 guitars at once, and am actually down to one right now (there it is right over there, right next to my mandolin, banjo, mountain dulcimer.....)

Adam

[JackK]

Sandy

I seem to have both Syndromes. I need another USMC kilt and most definitely need another Taylor

Jack

[cessna152towser]

Flying is just as addictive. I currently belong to a group which flies an old Piper Cherokee. I want to spend more money on completing my Instrument Rating so that I can enjoy the aircraft's full potential for making longer trips without needing to worry if the weather will hold. Yet I also want to buy into a share in an Ikarus C-42 - a little fun aeroplane for local trips which my wife, who is disabled, will easily be able to get into and share my flying. Yet when I come back from a day's flying I often dream of collecting all the kilts which the flying money would have bought.