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[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1427190216' post='2726814'] So it wasn't just me then? [/quote] Absolutely not.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1427214892' post='2727349'] Now you've done it... Up & Down have seriously got the 'ump! [/quote] Damn you 'inclusivity'...

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1427208559' post='2727183'] I now feel much less like a DIY numpty and know what needs to be done. I am a man empowered! [/quote] Just make sure you don't... never mind.

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1427214896' post='2727350'] As a side note, this always amuses me, we're not idiots - despite what you may think: [IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5l8x9gx5laiqx1/Screenshot%202015-03-24%2016.33.36.png?raw=1[/IMG] [/quote] ?

[quote name='planer' timestamp='1427211923' post='2727263'] 'going forward' Where else can we go? [/quote] You mean apart from backwards or sideways?

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1427211195' post='2727243'] I myself only joined recently, but I've been playing for upwards of 35 years! [/quote] Pretty much the same as me except I beat you here by four years.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1427210782' post='2727233'] I probably know a lot more than i actually realise, just no confidence on giving advice. [/quote] It's perhaps a little bit like playing a first gig. By the time you've done 50 you wonder what on earth you were worried about. [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1427210782' post='2727233'] I know i will never make the mistake of taking a music stand to a gig, and playing a Rickenbacker. When i am famous, i know the rider will contain a selection of cheeses, Kettle Chips, and Abbey Crunch. I guess there isn`t a lot more i need to know. [/quote] That just about sums it up.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1427207769' post='2727161'] As for the best posters,personally i believe they are the ones on the technical advice, and helping people out with issues they have. I am a beginner, so i rarely post in technical, only questions. Some maybe a bit tiresome for some, but i always get help, and i have also got quite a bit of help via PM, which i am grateful. I am getting better at playing, and theory, so perhaps i will be able to be a better poster in the help front in the ffuture. [/quote] Asking questions educates us and, once [b]you[/b] know the answer, you can help someone else out with their question in turn. I'm not a betting man, but I'd happily wager that you know far more about bass 'stuff' today than you did when you joined two years ago.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1427204119' post='2727071'] We need a new thread telling us why... [/quote] Sort of an online version of the Antics Roadshow?

Hang about - isn't this the cheesy quip thread?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427203570' post='2727054'] I'm not allowed to talk about it, but I'll just say watch those ceremonial robes; they tend to ride up a bit during long prayer meetings. [/quote] We only do it because we know you're watching us.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1427201781' post='2727011'] I do miss Inti though..... (runs and hides) ... [/quote] That's easy to fix - don't jerk the trigger when you fire.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1427200179' post='2726971'] I had one of those Antics. Rubbish, it was. [/quote] I sold mine on.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1427190052' post='2726810'] Right, I've spent ages reading through this whole thread. Forgive me if I've missed something obvious, but how did everyone know he was American? [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/255310-brand-snobbery/page__view__findpost__p__2685224 [quote name='ubit' timestamp='1427190052' post='2726810'] Also, I couldn't see anything offensive in his remarks. Ok, a bit ott in his stance, but not offensive or even belligerent. Was he banned purely for sending abusive personal messages? [/quote] There were a number of things that didn't quite add up from a technical perspective, but the abusive PM's were the final straw.

I'm very much liking USO at the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBUJlOGWibA

[quote name='2 left thumbs' timestamp='1427164821' post='2726687'] snap [/quote] I hope that wasn't the fixing.

Fischers: [url="http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/frame-hammer-fixings/cat840010"]http://www.screwfix....xings/cat840010[/url] Just drill straight through the plasterboard and into the brickwork, slide the fixing in and do the screw up. They were the standard for fitting door and window frames and are an absolute b*st*rd to get out. You could easily hang a man from one of those...

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427155584' post='2726647'] What has become apparent in this thread is there is some sort of a pecking order with 'newbies' at the bottom of the heap, and the 'good posters' at the top. What a load of claptrap. We are all contributors, all have opinions, and all should be seen as equal within this forum... [/quote] You're totally right about everyone being equal and most people get that. It's a bit like meeting a group of people in a pub for the first time and you only know one person. It takes a while for you to 'get' them and a little while for them to 'get' you, but you'll all be staggering off to the kebab shop together a few hours later as if you've been part of 'the gang' for years. This is the bit where you tell me you're teetotal or have an allergy to kebabs. [quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427155584' post='2726647'] The very fact that the thread is titled 'Where have all the good posters gone' (whoever they may be) makes me feel a bit second best. Who is to say I am not a good poster, or someone finds my stuff interesting. [/quote] I think 'good' was an unfortunate word more than anything else. You've made some interesting points though - so definitely a tick in the box there.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1427159066' post='2726666'] I do think the Rick thread should be shut down. [/quote] If we're talking about the same Rick thread, it's now being reused as... a cheese joke thread (I know! I didn't see that one coming either!). The only nastiness in there now is going to be erm... Limburger, at least I hope that's what it is...

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1427156963' post='2726654'] It was, IMHO, a poor day for the community (if not necessarily the forum) when he was banned, and I'd still like to know exactly why he was. [/quote] You're obviously totally entitled to your opinion, but we never make public the ins and outs of conversations we've had with a member. The situation you're asking about simply isn't something that the Mods are going to discuss, regardless of who it is.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427152034' post='2726612'] Perhaps one day some of us 'newbies' might turn into ' mega posters' and write interesting things, and be full of wisdom, and have people mourn us when we are gone. [/quote] Everyone was a 'newbie' once. It's purely a post count thing with an arbitrary level - it certainly doesn't mean that you have nothing interesting or wise to say. I've seen people with 5 posts to their name making points that stop me in my tracks and I've seen people with 1000 posts talking total nonsense.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1427143545' post='2726461'] Cheers! Hope he's not holidaying in England any time soon... [/quote] I shall lose sleep over that now... ...about two seconds worth...

[quote name='andy159' timestamp='1427143540' post='2726460'] i thought this was all about opinions and not facts, you cant start putting in facts. [/quote] Sincere apologies. I shall try and do worse next time.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1427142890' post='2726440'] That's only due to a lack of a sarcasm emoticon. [/quote] I've got one of those. Oh. It's my profile picture...