Dearest Pleonast...

at 11/28/08 10:14AM

Hey everyone! So it's sadly been a while since my last post. Thanks for all of the Happy Birthday's, it was a good one this year. Things have been goin' really good for me in the last few months. School is great! I bought a new guitar, which I saved for for a while, as well as won a poster contest thing through which I won a $100.00 savingsbond thing, a pat on the back, and a snazzy little plaque that reads, "Duke Metzger...". :) Anyway, I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving this year. There's so much to be thankful for that it's not even funny. We had Thanksgiving at our house this year, so it involved a bit of cleaning (I'm a pretty clean type of person so I didn't have to do near as much cleaning as some). My music has taken me further and further down Instrumental Lane, Just kidding. What I mean is, music has always been a part of my life, but now it seems to be one of the MAIN things. I've been working hard on developing my own style on the mandolin, guitar, and also banjo. It's great fun.

Well, I'll try to post again sooner than this one came sometime. I'm off with my sister and Jady Copeland to attempt a shopping day, on Black Friday. Wish me luck! :)

Have a good one!
Your Friend,

Luke Metzger

good luck with Black Friday shopping!

by markroberts at 11/28/08 11:08AM
You got a new guitar? Nice! Did you ever find out about coming down for the concert lol? Me and my dad are going to it. I'm actually going to try to pick up my ticket here in a few hours, and the guy at Rocketown I talked to said they should be on stage around 9 so that would work out perfectly if we went to Broadmoor that night.

by svetter at 11/28/08 12:18PM
luck!!!have fun and don't spend too much...

by horselover13 at 11/28/08 7:04PM
since we all know you would. :P

by horselover13 at 11/28/08 7:04PM
I'm really enjoying the new guitar as well. :^)

by metzgermom at 11/29/08 10:13AM
Hope you had fun and I love how the Plaque says Duke lol! :) ttyl!

by fiddle_girl994 at 11/30/08 5:09PM
Congrats on your savings bond, Duke! : )

by kendrad at 12/30/08 4:38PM
mucho pickin' - and you?

by markroberts at 01/03/09 5:11PM
Hey, good to see you the other day.

by noby_wan at 01/25/09 2:40PM
Happy Birthday!

by horselover13 at 10/20/10 5:35PM

8 Things:

at 10/04/08 10:48PM

1. My last name means "Butcher" in German.
2. I jumped in the pool with my 1st cell phone.
3. My 1st mandolin broke in the air. (Long story)
4. I LOVE lemon slushes.
5. I can't live without playing 1 instrument per day.
6. I've met a professional wrestler named Hillbilly Jim. (Haha)
7. I've personally gotten George W. Bush's autograph.
8. I enjoyed talking to trees when I was 5. :)

Hey Guys! Hope you learned something about me today! :) I'm on Fall Break, which is SO nice! We flew into the Tampa Airport today, which was a smooth flight. I'll try to keep up my posting on here, since I haven't done so in quite sometime now.

Have a great day! :P

~Luke Metzger

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KY is good. I miss Ohio but I like it here:-)

by orangemachine at 10/09/08 8:48PM
HI!!!!!! I finally posted.

by dragonqueen95 at 10/10/08 5:33PM
Hey Luke! how's things going? I just sent your mom an email, but I'm not sure it's her current address. Could you tell me which one she's using? Much thanks! :)

by onelittlecandle at 10/13/08 8:46PM
Happy Birthday!

by joy2u at 10/20/08 10:02AM
Happy birthday, boy!!!

by jmetzger at 10/20/08 10:06AM
Happy Birthday Luke!!!

by farmer at 10/20/08 10:44AM
by phyllisophical_mom at 10/20/08 3:25PM
Well, at least it's a "stringed instrument!" Hope your day was happy!

by phyllisophical_mom at 10/20/08 3:25PM
Happy Birthday!

by tia at 10/20/08 5:27PM
Happy Birthday Cracker Boy!!!! (jk!!!!)

by fiddle_girl994 at 10/21/08 10:30AM
Happy Birthday Luke!!!

by kmedasmom at 10/21/08 6:58PM
happy birthday!

by markroberts at 10/22/08 10:24AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Sorry it's late!! I didn't know your birthday was in October! Well no I do!! :-) Well hope ya had a good one!!

by orangemachine at 10/22/08 10:16PM
nice comment on her blog

by golden_star at 11/08/08 2:08AM
Wats up?

by orangemachine at 11/13/08 4:52PM
HAPPy Birthday!!!!! I didn't know it was your birthday....well it's not your birthday NOW, but you know what I mean.... sorrt It's late!!!! How's it going?

by dragonqueen95 at 11/24/08 4:18PM
You jumped into a pool with your cellphone???? Sounds like Chip Copley.....He did the same thing on vacation.....you guys are so funny.

by dragonqueen95 at 11/24/08 4:19PM
wow...sounds inturesting...

by horselover13 at 11/27/08 6:52PM

Hey everyone!

at 08/04/08 1:09PM

Hey guys! It's been a while since I have posted, and I'm sorry to say that I do believe that the reason for this lack is because I have been recently 'drawn in' to Facebook. But, unlike most people, I am still going to continue to remain on Pleonast, till the day I die, haha.

What have I been up to these days? Let see, about a week ago I went to Chicago Camp, which let me tell you, was GREAT! This summer has gone by WAY to fast. I am unfortunately feeling the 'back to school blues.' I got my student I.d. thing today, which was pretty much the last step in preparing for school. My classes seem to fit me very well, not to hard, and not to easy. As a Freshman, this year should be pretty fun, as long as I keep my focus on grades and hard work, which shouldn't be too hard. :)

Hope everybody is doing great!
Here's a quick joke: How do you fix a broken computer? Use computer glue, duh! Haha...

Your friend,
Luke Metzger

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I play a Gibson Ricky Skaggs signature edition - the one that costs more than two cars. NOT!!! I wish I did but that'll have to wait till some day in the future. Right now I'm playing an Eastman 515. Eastmans are made in China but they are really good mandolins for the money. They used the 1923 Loar as their blueprint and just basically are making a reproduction of those Loars. good mandolins. send me your shirt size and design preference and I'll shoot one right out.

by markroberts at 08/21/08 9:30AM
and just as everyone else is going off to school for another 9 months....i finally get my summer break! yayayay!

by silver_sparrow at 08/21/08 2:16PM
oh yeah, isnt it great that andreas going to eastside now?!

by silver_sparrow at 08/21/08 2:16PM
can do on shirt. send me an email with address please. you read tablature or play totally by ear? favorite bluegrass artist? I'm a huge Ricky Skaggs fan...

by markroberts at 08/22/08 10:39PM
watch your mail... dropped something in the mail to you today...

by markroberts at 08/26/08 4:18PM
Luke Metzger how are you man? I'm thinking I'm gona try to go back up to KY again sometime in the next few weeks, but go to Eastside this time.

by svetter at 08/27/08 2:21PM
hey its scott foster

by padfoot at 08/27/08 4:57PM
Mr Metzger, formally known as Luke, I'm doing great too lol. Didn't you hear, I play the triangle now hahaha.

by svetter at 08/30/08 9:20PM
and since when do future brothers play the drums anyway haha....just kidding, so kidding...

by svetter at 08/30/08 9:21PM
oh yeah, I have a song I want us to try to learn on the drums lol....I saw us because it requires more than one guy on the drums. It's pretty simple and I know most of it, but they used five guys for the recording of it. Every guy had a different tom. I think the smallest they used was a 14 x 12 though, and there were one or 2 of them, and they got even wider and deeper.

by svetter at 08/31/08 1:10PM
I said us*

by svetter at 08/31/08 1:11PM
gahhh!i want her to go to eastside, not auburn! so when i come over to visit, i can go to eastside! ive only been there once, and i couldnt find my way back from the classroom! lol. that was retarded :)

by silver_sparrow at 09/04/08 12:19PM
It is a Nokia. I really like it so far.

by cowboy_jake at 09/09/08 9:36AM
by kendrad at 09/09/08 10:05AM
Hey Luke! It's Kinsey Wall! How are you doing? Did you know I just moved to KY?

by orangemachine at 09/16/08 6:01PM
It's exciting I guess...lol I like it and thanks I'm glad to finally be on here lol

by orangemachine at 09/19/08 12:18PM
It is addicting! It's 11:36 and I just finished school because today I doubled up schoolwork so it took SOO LONG!! But I asked my mom I'm like can I please get on after I finish homework! Right now is the first time I have gotten on today....it's been killin me no I'm jk...I do really like it on here cause a bunch of people from camp NOAH are on here so well I guess i will ttyl!

by orangemachine at 09/23/08 12:38AM
Tag! See my blog.

by metzgermom at 09/25/08 12:55PM

Hey Pleonasters! :)

at 07/03/08 8:20AM

Hey guys, just thought I'd let you all know that I was taken off for Washington D.C. for a little while. My family is goin' for the 4th of July, and also to see my brother who has been working at the White House for the summer. There's a pretty good chance that we will be able to see the fireworks on the south lawn of the white house, so that should be pretty awesome! :)

Well, hope all is GREAT for everyone! Happy 4th! :)

Your Friend,

Luke Metzger

Hey Luke, I hope ya'll have a safe trip. Tell the family I said "hello!" We will be residents of KY probably by the beginning of September. Looking forward to seeing ya'll more often.

by kmedasmom at 07/03/08 8:51AM
Sounds fun! Be careful going up there and Happy Fourth!

by fiddle_girl994 at 07/03/08 11:23AM
happy 4th :)

by golden_star at 07/03/08 5:29PM
cool have fun.

by cowboy_jake at 07/03/08 7:15PM
You couldn't ask for a better experience than that! I hope you get to do that!

by phoenixsong at 07/04/08 2:14AM
Awesome!!!! have fun! If you see the prez, tell him Katie said hi and he'll know who you're talking about! LOL JK!

by horselover13 at 07/05/08 3:23PM
I hope the fireworks were awesome! That's got to be the best place to be on the 4th of July! See you in a few weeks...

by kendrad at 07/08/08 10:10AM
hm, who knows? lol

by svetter at 07/11/08 1:51PM
Luke Luke Luke....lol

by svetter at 07/11/08 1:51PM
that is soooooo cool, i had to freeze in the rain at WKU 4 fireworks!

by silver_sparrow at 07/14/08 12:24PM
I told you! You should have belived me!!!!!!!! LOL! :P

by horselover13 at 07/15/08 10:41AM
Im okay...kind of weird...but thats normal! lol!

by silver_sparrow at 07/16/08 9:52PM
welllllll u know how it is, lifes good 4 awhile until...something happens...so, thats weird! lol!

by silver_sparrow at 07/26/08 3:37PM
Hey Luke! You did a great job in the variety shows! It was great to finally meet you, too. :)

by cherri at 07/29/08 2:48PM

Hey!

at 05/28/08 2:22PM

Hey guys! Thought I would post a short post to catch y'all up with the "Luke Metzger's Life" newspaper... :)

So one of Mom's patients at work gave her this case with an instrument in it and told her that it was his Grandfather's mandolin which won him his wife, haha, that made me laugh. So when Mom got home, she handed this case to me, and explained that it was her patient’s, but that she thought he would probably let me have it if I cleaned it up, and put new strings on it. I opened it up and there was this odd looking mandolin. It was a home-made 1920 Potatobug, (or "Taterbug") mandolin. The difference in it compared to a regular mandolin has a straight back, and the Potato Bug mandolin has a rounded back. Here are a few links, well not really links since you can't click on them, but similar pictures of what it looks like:

Here's one:
>http://www.hapmoore.com/images/july03/Potato-Bug-Mandolin-lot.
jpg

Here's the back of one:
>http://www.potatomuseum.com/images/cpbmandolin.jpg

Here's another:
>http://images.craigslist.org/01010001160801030520080408ec6af53586441f56b800f6a9.jpg

So yeah, I polished it up with some Martin guitar polish, and put new strings on it. The only thing I have to do with it now is replace the nut at the top where the strings go down into. This may be kinda hard to understand, haha.

Well, hope everybody's doin' good! Oh, and today's her birthday, so go wish her a happy b-day!

Your Friend,
Luke

I don't think that the 1st site is avalible. :(

by napoleon at 05/28/08 2:30PM
That sounds cool. When we were in D.C. I saw a mandolin that belonged to one of the Wright brothers(I don't remember which), and it looked like that. I got a picture so I could show you, so I'll try to put it on here pretty soon. :)

by noby_wan at 05/28/08 3:32PM
Aww! Thanks! That looks pretty awesome btw!

by fiddle_girl994 at 05/28/08 3:34PM
im sure she'll behave herself haha!!

by fiddle_girl994 at 05/28/08 4:01PM
They won't :( We is too poor lol!

by fiddle_girl994 at 05/28/08 6:02PM
yeah next week me and my band head for IL. :D yeah it's going to be our first show on the road, so we're looking forward to it :)

by bluegrass_boy at 05/28/08 7:00PM
sweet. We saw one of those that one of the Wright brothers had.

by wheelman at 05/28/08 9:37PM
thanks on the car.

by wheelman at 05/28/08 9:37PM
that sounds awesome

by golden_star at 05/31/08 1:49AM
We're doing ok. Could be better but could always be worse! How is the Metzger clan?

by poppins_mom at 05/31/08 3:26AM
i'd like to see that mandolin sometime! :)

by hannahrunswithendurance at 06/02/08 4:55PM
Hey! what's up, I haven't talked to you in a while. What r u doin' at camp this year! AAAH!! 2 1/2 weeks and I think I'll die before I can get there! Oh, by the way, my little bro's comin' to camp this year too so there'll be 4 hopkins instead of only 3!

by dragonqueen95 at 07/02/08 3:19PM

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