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  • MazzaGMazzaG Frets: 82
    @holnrew

    Thanks mate!

    @Phil_Aka_Pip

    Thanks :) I'm not allowed to drive because of it unfortunately.

     On the bright side I save a fortune on what would have been spent on insurance, petrol, maintenance etc! I live in London so the lack of a car really isn't that much of an issue.
    https://www.facebook.com/underwingband/?fref=ts
    https://soundcloud.com/underwingband
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    MazzaG said:
     I'm not allowed to drive because of it unfortunately.

     On the bright side I save a fortune on what would have been spent on insurance, petrol, maintenance etc! I live in London so the lack of a car really isn't that much of an issue.
    sorry to hear that mate. I don't have the same disease as you but I foresee a time when they'll take my licence off me. I couldn't live in a big city (or any town for that matter), I'd be stuffed without wheels. Even with public transport you can't move an AC30 that easily!
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
    Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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  • MazzaGMazzaG Frets: 82
    Phil_aka_Pip said:
    sorry to hear that mate. I don't have the same disease as you but I foresee a time when they'll take my licence off me. I couldn't live in a big city (or any town for that matter), I'd be stuffed without wheels. Even with public transport you can't move an AC30 that easily!
    The simple thought of that gives me nightmares!
    https://www.facebook.com/underwingband/?fref=ts
    https://soundcloud.com/underwingband
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    Lamb & veg stew. The tastiest I have made in a long time.
    :D
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
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  • CabbageCatCabbageCat Frets: 5549
    edited October 2014
    Phil_aka_Pip said:
    Lamb & veg stew. The tastiest I have made in a long time.
    :D
    One day you will realise that you and Facebook are made for each other.
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  • holnrewholnrew Frets: 8201
    I had to do some group work today, and I managed to not stay completely silent.
    My V key is broken
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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    It's my wedding anniversary tomorrow...11 happy years!  :)
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Poor Mrs not_the_dj.............

    Only joking fella, congrats etc.

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    mike_l said:

    Poor Mrs not_the_dj.............

    Only joking fella, congrats etc.

    She's a very lucky lady indeed. Being married to me must be brilliant,
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    @not_the_dj may there be lots more happy ones :)
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
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  • RocknRollDaveRocknRollDave Frets: 6075
    edited October 2014
    Excellent news @MazzaG!


    My news is this, bear with me the long story:


    Got engaged a few years back, we ordered a ring from the US which, when the package arrived, had been stolen in transit.
    Bought a lovely ring when we were on holiday in St Ives that year which she actually preferred to the one that had gone AWOL.
    Some time last year she spots that the diamond has become dislodged and lost...disaster!

    Fast forward to this year's St Ives holiday - we take the ring into the shop, totally forgot to dig out the receipt, no idea of which year we had bought it ( a good three years hence, I'd say) ...expecting a bit of a fight on our hands and some expense to get it sorted.
    Woman takes one look at the ring and says "Oh no! That's not right..! Well, you're in luck, the lady who makes these rings is over from Ireland TOMORROW and will be coming here. We'll get her to put a new diamond in it for you. I'm afraid it might take a month to get done, but we'll post it back to you."

    So far, so good - no question over how long we have had it, or faff having to prove we bought it there...but I did wonder how much this was going to knock me back...

    "Oh don't worry, there'll be NO CHARGE OF COURSE".

    Well, bugger a badger..!


    Ring arrived today. The lovely Ms nRollDave sent me a photo of it back where it belongs, on her finger.
    One very happy lady. One very happy me.

    Thank you Pebbles of St Ives!

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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    RocknRollDave said:
    Excellent news @MazzaG!


    My news is this, bear with me the long story:


    Got engaged a few years back, we ordered a ring from the US which, when the package arrived, had been stolen in transit.
    Bought a lovely ring when we were on holiday in St Ives that year which she actually preferred to the one that had gone AWOL.
    Some time last year she spots that the diamond has become dislodged and lost...disaster!

    Fast forward to this year's St Ives holiday - we take the ring into the shop, totally forgot to dig out the receipt, no idea of which year we had bought it ( a good three years hence, I'd say) ...expecting a bit of a fight on our hands and some expense to get it sorted.
    Woman takes one look at the ring and says "Oh no! That's not right..! Well, you're in luck, the lady who makes these rings is over from Ireland TOMORROW and will be coming here. We'll get her to put a new diamond in it for you. I'm afraid it might take a month to get done, but we'll post it back to you."

    So far, so good - no question over how long we have had it, or faff having to prove we bought it there...but I did wonder how much this was going to knock me back...

    "Oh don't worry, there'll be NO CHARGE OF COURSE".

    Well, bugger a badger..!


    Ring arrived today. The lovely Ms nRollDave sent me a photo of it back where it belongs, on her finger.
    One very happy lady. One very happy me.

    Thank you Pebbles of St Ives!
    Nice one @RocknRollDave we had a similar thing with Mrs NTDJ's engagement ring. She lost the diamond somewhere at work. It was a bespoke one from the brum jewellery quarter and they replaced and refitted it without question.

    Maybe that sort of thing happens a lot!

      
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  • RocknRollDaveRocknRollDave Frets: 6075
    not_the_dj said:
    RocknRollDave said:
    Excellent news @MazzaG!


    My news is this, bear with me the long story:


    Got engaged a few years back, we ordered a ring from the US which, when the package arrived, had been stolen in transit.
    Bought a lovely ring when we were on holiday in St Ives that year which she actually preferred to the one that had gone AWOL.
    Some time last year she spots that the diamond has become dislodged and lost...disaster!

    Fast forward to this year's St Ives holiday - we take the ring into the shop, totally forgot to dig out the receipt, no idea of which year we had bought it ( a good three years hence, I'd say) ...expecting a bit of a fight on our hands and some expense to get it sorted.
    Woman takes one look at the ring and says "Oh no! That's not right..! Well, you're in luck, the lady who makes these rings is over from Ireland TOMORROW and will be coming here. We'll get her to put a new diamond in it for you. I'm afraid it might take a month to get done, but we'll post it back to you."

    So far, so good - no question over how long we have had it, or faff having to prove we bought it there...but I did wonder how much this was going to knock me back...

    "Oh don't worry, there'll be NO CHARGE OF COURSE".

    Well, bugger a badger..!


    Ring arrived today. The lovely Ms nRollDave sent me a photo of it back where it belongs, on her finger.
    One very happy lady. One very happy me.

    Thank you Pebbles of St Ives!
    Nice one @RocknRollDave we had a similar thing with Mrs NTDJ's engagement ring. She lost the diamond somewhere at work. It was a bespoke one from the brum jewellery quarter and they replaced and refitted it without question.

    Maybe that sort of thing happens a lot!

      
    Sounds like it, aye. Cor, who'd be a jeweller!

    And congratulations on 11 happy years of marriage to you and your good lady ;)


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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7749
    edited October 2014
    Wrote what could end up being an actual song. First time I've done that really, usually I just write riffs but this time I sat down with an acoustic capo'd at the 2nd fret, bashed out some chords and came up with something I liked so much I instantly wrote it down to avoid forgetting about it. Might give lyric writing a shot and see what I can come up with.

    This feels great!


    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    Sechuan chicken & mixed veg fried rice from the best chinese in the district, got on the way home after a little detour.
    One highly excellent Hot Toddy to help my sniffles & sore throat.

    Makes me feel so much better. I can have a shower & then go to the pub! 
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
    Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Minor car repairs done. I now has 2 properly working headlights.......

    And an interior fan motor.

    And later beer shall be dranked.

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7749
    edited October 2014
    This is my 1,995th comment on this site, meaning I now have a comment for every new year from zero until my birth. Cool, huh? :D

    Seriously though, it has been a pleasure using this place to deposit 1995 little nuggets of the rubbish inside my head. Love it here.
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7749
    edited October 2014
    I've got 1000 frets! Washburn EC36 and Danelectro Guitarlin, eat your heart out!

    Broken the four-figures barrier, this means only one thing - you all have to buy me a drink.
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    Bucket said:

    Broken the four-figures barrier, this means only one thing - you all have to buy me a drink.
    I never got a drink
    :-<

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • ROOGROOG Frets: 549
    It's stopped raining, I'm camping :)

     

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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Just bought a guitar (through this forum for the first time) delivery should be today if the courier do their job properly (I know) so counting down the minutes till I can get home and have a go on it (the guitar).

    Manchester based original indie band Random White:

    https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite

    https://twitter.com/randomwhite1

     

     

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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    My eldest son is 6 today!

    Lego, Meccano and Airfix pressies from me ;-)




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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    not_the_dj said:
    My eldest son is 6 today!

    Lego, Meccano and Airfix pressies from me ;-)





    So What's Jnr getting?

    Bappy Hirthday NTDJ Jnr..

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • stimpsonslostsonstimpsonslostson Frets: 5282
    edited November 2014
    Several good things to report- 1. Baby #2 progressing nicely according to most recent scan. (Eta March). 2. My imminent redundancy is postponed for a year- (I rely on research funding & we landed another 12months)! 3. Said funding means I get a new iMac (for home use- I started a thread about my old mac dying last week). 4. I negotiated a 75% drop in my car insurance. 5. The new Smith Street Band album arrived today. 6. The online shop contained a few good bottles of beer (Sierra Nevada- Torpedo if you're interested). The wife did the order so they were a wee surprise as I unpacked. In the immortal words of the great poet Eric Cartman- "Who wants to touch me? I said who wants to f**king touch me?!" Today is a GOOD day. Edit: forgot... 7: physio signed me off to return to full contact sparring. I can fight again!
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  • xmrchixmrchi Frets: 2810
    edited January 2015
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  • snakemanStoosnakemanStoo Frets: 1707
    I just passed my green belt in Shotokan Karate.

                    feel tired but happy.
    PSN id : snakey33stoo
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  • snakemanStoosnakemanStoo Frets: 1707
    And now thanks to beer and doughnuts I feel drunk and full.

    Beer is good.

    Doughnuts are yummy.
    PSN id : snakey33stoo
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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Steak for tea, I may even make 'proper' chips

    Manchester based original indie band Random White:

    https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite

    https://twitter.com/randomwhite1

     

     

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    I have 648 unread entries on here I'm never going to catch up. Anyhow, went to Costa for lunch today, very busy. A cortado and a toasted sandwich. After a while the toastie hadn't arrived so I politely asked. Turned out they had burned it. Gave me the cost back, did me another sandwich and gave me a free peice of chocolate cake. :) In other news the diet not going so well...
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • joeyowenjoeyowen Frets: 4008
    ummmm

    It's Friday? :D
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