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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Yay, until I realise I'm working saturday.

     

     

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

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  • chillidoggychillidoggy Frets: 17130
    It's Friday evening.


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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 3950
    23 years, therefore 8401 packets of these...

    [Silk Cut]
    ... not smoked.
    £76,533.11 at today's prices.
    I like this day as much as my birthday :)
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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Well done mate-I 'gave up' about a year ago-I don't smoke unless I'm drinking-which I know is a bit of a cheat but I'm happy with that for now.

    Manchester based original indie band Random White:

    https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite

    https://twitter.com/randomwhite1

     

     

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  • LixartoLixarto Frets: 1618
    I gave up smoking a couple of years ago - never felt better.

    I can't remember the exact date, but I'm not the sort of person who would celebrate the anniversary.

    Never mind all that though - well done Ol! :D
    "I can see you for what you are; an idiot barely in control of your own life. And smoking weed doesn't make you cool; it just makes you more of an idiot."
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    I gave up about 12 years ago.

    Mind having a Gastroenterology Consultant saying "If you don't give up smoking you'll never get, or feel better" was the kick up the arse I needed.

    He did also say (with a nurse in the room) "The beer and one-night stands can stay".  He was half-right with that one........

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

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    You should have heard our band practice last night. It was THIS BIG :)
    "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

    For a change I have Chrimbo off......

    Last one off was 6 years ago, while recovering from surgery.

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

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    so you'll be at the Beaky then?
    "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

    As long as the hangover from the 70's/80's night on the saturday has worn off...

     

     

     

     

     

     

    (Yes)

    :)>-

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

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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3532
    We stayed in bed until gone noon on Sunday, a rare treat but well deserved. Then I pottered about for an hour or so before going to the Jam for old codgers at the Magpie Inn. Great catch up with friends old and new as well as getting to sing/play about half a dozen old favourites with some class musicians.
    Back home by 4:15pm and managed to do next to bugger all for the rest of the day.

    So about this Christmas thing then, should I be bothered?

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Yes @ESBlonde come to the Beaccy this sunday.

    There'll be a bunch of good guitarists, and me....

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

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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 3950
    Lentils!

    I'd forgotten how happy they make me.  This past week I've rediscovered them.  And so amazingly cheap.  As in, you can get two decent meals from about 25p's worth of lentils  11p a meal!!  Gonna cook up a red lentil soup with green lentil floaty bits right now and feeling good :)
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  • xmrchixmrchi Frets: 2810
    Who is this clare bear anyways!! Coming here with her happiness, spoiling my misery!
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Mrs CB was a MR regular, and is an occasional tFBer. Bit busy with a mini-bear these days.

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

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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862

    fiddle playing is actually starting to make sense. Struggled for quite a few weeks with the intonation, some days it'd spot on, others all over the place and I was beginning to think I'd made a terrible mistake with the whole fiddle thing. Then a few days ago it kinda clicked, first time my fingers went right to the right spot 1st time and every time. Then just came down from a practice session and mrs f said it was sounding really good.


    Still can't play guitar though, any lateral pressure on my finger (which I seem to do on guitar and not on fiddle) is still pretty painful.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Sorted out the new car for MrsTheWeary. I really don't like sorting all this stuff but am paying £1k less than they asked for when we walked into the dealership so I'm pleased at the moment. So, on Saturday the Matiz will be gone replaced by something that looks a lot like this http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleHeight/655/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/galleries/RCW/Mii2.jpg
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • LixartoLixarto Frets: 1618
    mrchi said:
    Who is this clare bear anyways!!
    An actual female.

    Therefore not present, obviously.
    "I can see you for what you are; an idiot barely in control of your own life. And smoking weed doesn't make you cool; it just makes you more of an idiot."
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  • xmrchixmrchi Frets: 2810
    @Lixarto please... Actual females I mean really...
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7749
    I can play one more thing on piano (keyboard, whatever) than I could half an hour ago, due to the wonders of working stuff out by ear :)
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    EricTheWeary;471170" said:
    Sorted out the new car for MrsTheWeary. I really don't like sorting all this stuff but am paying £1k less than they asked for when we walked into the dealership so I'm pleased at the moment. So, on Saturday the Matiz will be gone replaced by something that looks a lot like this

    http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleHeight/655/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/galleries/RCW/Mii2.jpg
    Can't see the link, but anything that replaces a Matiz must be better and therefore good news.

    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    That's true, although the Matiz ran mostly trouble free for 7 years. Went to pick up the Mii yesterday and the airbag warning light was going off. They couldn't fix it so running a courtesy car until Tuesday. So at the moment the Matiz seems to have been more reliable as we didn't make 100 yards in the Seat!
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    Commiserations on the new car. You obviously got THE reliable Matiz then. My ex had one from new and had no end of problems with it: clutch, radiator, brakes, etc etc. It turned into a real money pit. Of course once you start sinking money into it you feel obliged to keep the thing. Would've been better and cheaper to have just thrown the thing away after a couple of years.
    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • NunogilbertoNunogilberto Frets: 1679
    Louis' Fish and Chips just down the road from me. Had some yesterday and bloody nice they were too...
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7749
    edited January 2015
    New song came out of nowhere when I picked up my acoustic, and it's actually good - I think it'll work for a project I've been planning.

    It's got a key change in it and everything. I think it's quite a good key change.
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 4697
    Bucket said:
    New song came out of nowhere when I picked up my acoustic, and it's actually good - I think it'll work for a project I've been planning.

    It's got a key change in it and everything. I think it's quite a good key change.
    Well if it has a key change, you must enter it for Eurovision Song for Europe!  

    Or is it even better than that?  Standard Eurovision key change is one semitone up - have you been even more daring? 


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  • MossMoss Frets: 2409
    edited January 2015
    Stop crying, start buying
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    Still can't play guitar due to the sore finger, so thought I'd take the fiddle along to the 1st night of the folk orchestra for this year. Kept it pretty simple, playing basic harmony part just using major scale in the 1st position. Felt pretty good TBH, managed to played in tune and in time (did get lost a few times, but was able to save myself) so for about 8 weeks of playing I feel quite happy with that. Plus none of the bigger kids laughed at my cheap fiddle.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • CabbageCatCabbageCat Frets: 5549
    VimFuego said:
    Kept it pretty simple, playing basic harmony part just using major scale in the 1st position.
    Have you tried fiddling with minors yet?
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    I had a brief toe dip into it, it felt wrong and awkward but I guess I need to persevere.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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