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I might 'forget' the occasional comma in a sentence, at least I've not forgotten my wallet and jacket and had to do a second 200 mile journey!

Me not no have thyme two cheque mye spelleng. Seems that you do though, so I'll leave it to you to continue to check for me!

If you're anywhere near local to Essex, come to mine for a jam. I love a filthy riff and making stuff up on the spot - sometimes it's absolute crap, other times it turns into a giant beast of a song! I've got plenty of amps, basses, guitars, drums, etc. so there's plenty of room to stretch and have a good old fashioned noise making sessions! If you're anywhere near, let me know - you can just bring yourself and we can make some disgusting noise!

And then no one will remember how to write or spell... I suppose the loss of writing and spelling is the next on the list of evolutionary 'forgotten' skills, much like making fire and hunter gathering. Be interesting to see if it gets replaced with anything that takes us to a higher evolutionary standard or if we've peaked and it's all downhill from here!

I've had both Streamers and Thumbs, BO and NT. I do love their unique sound, but they are really heavy things (mine are all and have all been 6ers) and I find that after an hour my shoulder get very uncomfortable. The hang slightly more offset that most basses, so when playing stood up, the low end of the neck feels further away than say my EBMM Bongo. The tone is unique, and cuts like a knife - but they do have their challenges!

Every bass/guitar description where the seller has used this 'AI' is exactly the same... How eBay think that rolling this out will improve sales, I don't understand!

Psychologically, you already have.

True, I forgot about that awful journey! I think I purged it from my memory... 😆

Done Essex to Glasgow and back in a day for a Gibson J200 once. Also did Essex to San Francisco for a Conklin 9 string, but that was over a weekend.

A storm of Thunderbirds?

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I get it in principle. It'd be like a Star Trek universe kind of scenario, where everyone works to better themselves and not for financial gain. But humanity isn't there yet, we're still all inherently selfish and look out for our own. What I earn, I work for and do 'things' outside of the norm (mostly excessive travelling and chairing numerous meetings etc.) to earn that. Some would prefer to earn a different wage and not do what I do. Same for me and other jobs I wouldn't want to do (even if I could) that earn differently. Choice and the reward for 'hard work' are necessary at the moment in the society we've built.

Stitch is with that, you eliminate the reward aspect of years of learning. Why go through 6-8 years of training and education to be earning the same as a shelf stacker? Yes, we need shelf stackers, but there are those that would rather earn less and not go through rigorous learning and those that would choose to go through years of education to reach a goal. I agree, in an idealistic world, you're right. But in reality it wouldn't work as we'd have no surgeons and lots of stackers!