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  1. Rich
    It's money very very very well spent, I have custom fit earplugs and they are wonderful. If I was going IEM, I would not hesitate in getting custom moulded buds.
  2. Rich

    NBD HB Jazz

    Rich replied to stewblack's topic in Bass Guitars

    At risk of sounding like a "well in my day, we 'ad it tough" crusty old fart, when I think back to the days when I was starting out on the bass, you had to spend quite a bit of money to get anything even halfway decent. £140 now gets you a really very nice Harley Benton Jazz; that's the equivalent of £45 in 1983. Forty five quid. That wouldn't even have bought a dog-legged piece of Korean balsawood back then, much less a good quality solid-wood working bass. It seems to me that these days you actually have to work quite hard to find a genuinely bad instrument. This can only be a very good thing. And having read this again a couple of hours later, yes, I do sound exactly like a "well in my day, we 'ad it tough" crusty old fart
  3. Rich
    Samsung. I bought my daughter a phone many years ago, it had an alleged warranty on it. The screen cracked through no fault of her own (that is what she told me and she's not a dishonest person), so I got in contact with them to be told that the warranty doesn't cover the screen. I pointed out that it didn't say so in the warranty blurb and was told the equivalent of "well, it just doesn't, tough titty mate". That was the last new Samsung product I will ever buy. I'd consider buying a secondhand one because they do not gain from it, but only if there were no alternatives.
  4. Rich

    Just been told by HMRC that I paid too little tax in the last tax year. Great. As if money wasn't tight enough already, now I've got to find an extra 30p a month to give them. :( 

    1. martthebass

      martthebass

      I've been hit with that for the last couple of years.....never makes sense to me as I only worked for a single company and they did the figures.  Robbing barstewards....

    2. StuartB

      StuartB

      Do you have a way to double check the figures with a professional? The HMRC are not always right.

  5. Rich
    That's enough B word, thank you.
  6. Rich

    The Commitments on BBC2 now. B|

    1. Rich

      Rich

      Totally worth watching just for Maria Doyle Kennedy's sultry, wonderful performance of "Never Loved A Man".
      https://youtu.be/kSIiw7iofwU?si=9tJqR83hzb3dbp3-&t=3

       

    2. Greg Edwards69

      Greg Edwards69

      We watched it in our hotel room at the weekend. Knackered after a day walking around Camden. It's one of those rare movies I can watch repeatedly and never get tired of. A perfect film.

    3. Rich

      Rich

      ...with the best closing line of any film, ever.

      "I'm f*cked if I know, Terry!" 

  7. Rich
    I'm not sure whether to or 😥 to that.
  8. Rich
    You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - I'll get my coat
  9. Rich
    Until I wrote all that down, I hadn't realised just how bitter I still am about it, 36 years later.
  10. Rich
    I was in a band that sort of did that. It was 1988, we were a (ok I'm biased) really bloody good Go West-ish pop rock band with 2 record companies interested. I knew the drummer was having musical differences and it finally came to a head and he quit. The remaining 4 of us arranged a band meeting to decide the way forward; I assumed we were going to audition some new drummers and get back out there, and get one of those labels (Island and Virgin, IIRC) to sign us. The obvious move, yes? Hah. What happened was that the two main songwriters had already discussed things (EDIT: on reflection, one of them had talked the other into it), and arrived at the meeting to present his/their decision to split the band as a fait accompli to the other 2 of us. I think he thought they could do a Tears For Fears and present themselves to the record companies as a recording duo with live hired guns. Unfortunately what the companies liked was the live 5-piece they'd seen, and all interest instantly evaporated. Thus buggering it up for all of us. I was *this* close to being a household name. 🙁
  11. Rich
    Have you 'project'd it yet? Any changes or did you go with it as is?
  12. Rich

    Does anyone have any experience with St Modwen Homes as a builder? Have seen one of their houses that I reeeeeeally fancy but I want to make sure they're not shoddy/cowboys.

  13. Rich
    Quite. As we speak, the Status is sitting in the corner laughing at me
  14. Rich
    Dammit. This would be the ideal match for my Shuttle 9.2 (which is 600w into 8 ohms) for smaller gigs. Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
  15. Rich

    Had my 'growth talk' at work yesterday. A sort of career progression thing that must be really handy for the younger engineers especially.

    Boss's first question (admittedly with his tongue firmly in his cheek): "So Rich, where do you see yourself in 5 years..?"

    Me: "Retired."

    Boss: "Want to expand your skillset? Anything you'd like to do in the meantime?"

    Me: "Exactly what I'm doing now will suit me fine, ta."

    End of talk. :)  

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    2. acidbass

      acidbass

      I personally enjoy being challenged in my work - I'm always fearful of stagnation and boredom.  Each to his own :)

    3. Daz39

      Daz39

      Yeah - 2 of my 3 minions are in similar positions: one is 60something and happy to plod on, the other is my age (late 40s and is fine with being an expert at his middlish sort of level).

       

    4. prowla

      prowla

      I tend to find these HR box-ticking exercises tiresome.

      I'm doing what I do, it's the right mix of interesting, challenging, routine, inventive, procedural, ad-hoc, variety, and fulfillment for me; I don't need to fill in forms to say so.

      Setting goals and suchlike are an irrelevance; if the business gets to the point where they don't need me then they'll ditch me and if I decide it's time then I'll move on.

      I've been working in pretty much the same niche for years and have no desire or ambition to be "promoted" or chase any other perceived progression or career path.

      I'm happy in my lane and have no plans to retire.

  16. Rich
    Lily The Pink - Scaffold
  17. Rich
    Papa's Got A Brand New Baggins - James Brown
  18. Rich
    Cool. What does 'Murder One' do? I'm assuming mute switch?
  19. Rich
    C. You have absolutely no way of knowing where the chip came from. Take it on the chin, chalk it up to experience, etc etc. They all pick up dings eventually. I remember being heartbroken when my gorgeous Shuker got its first tiny ding, through a stupid moment of clumsiness at home, and I beat myself up about it for some time. But then I looked at it philosophically and realised that Sh*t Happens, it would've happened sooner or later anyway. The two or three it's picked up since have been met with some choice Anglo-Saxon vernacular but that's all.
  20. Rich
    No, it's all down to the wood.
  21. Rich
    ...and with the GP12SMX+4x10 you will have one of the finest combos ever made. Not to mention heaviest
  22. Rich
    The Lambo Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
  23. Rich
    Ooh Aah... Just a Little Brit - Gina G
  24. Rich
    Dirty Mind -
  25. Rich
    Yup, that's me too. January's job is replacing all the batteries in all current gigging basses, and checking all the others. Ooh. Do you have a schematic of said circuit, pretty please?
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