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If I click on the notifications bell the pull-down appears but spins and shows no conent, but if I click on "View all notifications" it takes me to a page of links which works. I tried clicking on a "Like" (annoyingly in the "Daily Annoyances" thread) and it said "Sorry, there was a problem reacting to this content.".

Tell them to buzz off!

"Squire"

Thanks - yes, it's got the MX serial, so I wasn't thinking it was a Highway but rather if they did some things at the Mexican factory too. It cost me £100; I reckon it's been chucked about a bit. It is a good bass though; I may strip it at some point, but there's a risk as to what the underlying wood looks like.

🙂 In that case, the Spirit. Alternatively, you could go for a (Steinberger Spirit) guitar and learn come complimentary skills.

Hmmm - I've got a Fender MIM Precision; it's badly beaten up and the finish is cracked and even chunks split off. I took a risk buying it, as the damage might've been structural, but it's been fine. The thing is it's got a Badass bridge; I assumed it was an upgrade but you've got me wondering now if it was an original fit. (I did the Straplock buttons.)

Ah, sorry: mis-read... You want to play it on the bus/train/tram. That could be annoying for the other passengers.

I have an Ashbory (Fender) and I find it a completely different instrument to a bass, so I'm not sure how practicing on it would be particularly beneficial. I'd suggest a Steinberger Spirit or Hohner full-scale headless bass. (My Rickenberger.)

Just electric bikes in general. And even worse electric scooters. Mind you, I con't consider disliking them irrational. There's someone near me who rides his e-scooter on the road at night; yesterday evening around 10 they were going along the road, parallel with an e-bike.

I've not heard that term before - every day's an education (to someone with an open mind).

But an open mind shouldn't be an empty mind.

So long as it's not Uncle Ernie!

And whether they had two or four legs.

I don't think it was an AH150, as that had quite a shallow depth. Ah - the pics show it has a UV tube too, so that rules it out anyway.

Some musicians... (OK - I am a beginner on the Stick.)

Well, at least 52% of the UK population are! 🙂

OK - thanks; I took your mansplaining as disagreement! 🙂

...and your terms "average" and "reasonable" are weighted by your own definitions. So, my point is that far from being definitive, the term in question is very subjective and is not defined in law. An example of the subjectiveness is this university's definition (https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/online-reporting/looking-for-information/racism/), which states that racism can only be performed by a "dominant" group against a "minoritized" (sic) group - that's not what the Equality Act says (I think!).

The man on the Clapham omnibus might make a different inference than the man on the Mersey ferry. BTW, I'm not arguing with the law itself, but rather against the assertion that it definitively defines the term. Incidentally, if it is so definitive, then why is there a multi-page document giving guidance on it (https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/racist-and-religious-hate-crime-prosecution-guidance), along with a supplementary multi-page document (https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/public-statement-prosecuting-racist-and-religious-hate-crime)? If you have to read those documents in order to understand what the rules (law) are, then it is evidently not so definitive at all. I have my interpretation of the word, others have theirs, the UK law has verbiage on the matter, Loughborough University appears to state that only a majority group can manifest racism against a smaller group, the UN has its definition, Brazil has theirs, the USA theirs, and so-on.

It conflates a number of things: age, marital status, skin colour, disabilities into one overarching law. But, as you hint with your "wordy legalise" comment, it is imprecise and so does not define the term. As with most/all UK laws, items are open to interpretation and I would certainly say that the Act can be efficacious in providing the desired results. However, the term "racism" it is not defined. Therefore its meaning is open to interpretation.

I'd say there is a difference between a fan-fret and a copy of a specific instrument.

I can't see the word anywhere in that document. The fact that you can look at it and say yes and I can look at it and say no therefore demonstrates that your assertions here are flawed. And therefore the answer is no.

I know that exists, but does it define the word in question?

Is there such a thing?