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  1. Rich

    Oh my god oh my god oh my god...

    Billy Sheehan 'liked' my Facebook comment.

    You can take me now. Life is complete.

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    2. DiMarco

      DiMarco

      Billy who?

    3. Lozz196

      Lozz196

      Nice one Rich

    4. Teebs

      Teebs

      Oh my god oh my god oh my god...

      Billy Sheehan 'liked' my Facebook comment.

      You can take me now. Life is complete.

      Sorry Rich - that was me using my Billy Sheehan 'Tribute Page'... embarassed.gif.05f86e70dee687600701c083a80745a6.gif

      :D

  2. Rich

    Cheap'n'cheerful Thunderbird copy project incoming :)

    1. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      The mahogany one that is on ebay? 

      https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284296611289?hash=item42316605d9:g:cFkAAOSwts1gqDgO

      THUNDERBIRD BASS GUITAR PROJECT

    2. Rich

      Rich

      Looks interesting, but no.

  3. Rich

    Fresh set of batteries in the Shuker, because (I can barely believe I'm saying this) I've actually got a full band rehearsal tomorrow :D

  4. Rich

    2022 holiday booked... 10-day rail odyssey across France & Switzerland. Counting the days. 

    1. adamg67

      adamg67

      Some of those train journeys in the alps are just jaw dropping.

    2. Teebs

      Teebs

      rail odyssey

      Busman's holiday? :)

  5. Rich

    Sky Arts HD right now, 'Classic Albums'... Queen's Night At The Opera. 

    1. Kevsy71

      Kevsy71

      Love it! The sheer variety on that album is astonishing.

    2. Rich

      Rich

      I liked that they concentrated on tracks other than Bo Rhap, but I was disappointed that they didn’t say anything about Prophet’s Song, my favourite Queen song. 

  6. Rich

    When your work laptop crashes and has to be rebuilt, and you subsequently find that the cloud backup system imposed on us by the IT dept hasn't actually been working. Months of data, documents, specs etc. gone. I don't know where to even start. 

    1. Rich

      Rich

      Managed to resurrect some stuff, thankfully. Everything I've been working on for the last 2-3 weeks has gone though. Absolutely gutted. If there's one thing I absolutely hate, it's having to do something twice through no fault of my own. The company will be buying me an external drive this afternoon, whether they want to or not.

       

    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      I was just listening to the Dean Martin - "That's amore" video on @SpondonBassed post and automatically went into "when your worktop laptop crashes...." when I saw this....

    3. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Gotcha.

      Heeheehee

  7. Rich

    First hangover in about 10 years. 
    Now I know why I hardly drink these days. Please just kill me. 

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    2. charlietuna

      charlietuna

      You stood no chance with that mix!  You usually have no idea until it's too late.  Stay hydrated today and good luck.

    3. Rich

      Rich

      I'm fine now, I only really felt dodgy up until mid afternoon Saturday.

    4. Sharkfinger

      Sharkfinger

      What a mix, yes you were asking for it.  We've all been there I'm sure.

      Dioralyte is your friend, especially if you remember to drink it before going to bed.

  8. Rich

    Scientists: We're going to send an unmanned spacecraft on a 7 month 120 million mile journey, where we will land a vehicle in a precise place on another planet to spend 2 years making detailed studies.

    Public: Wow, that's amazing! I can't even begin to comprehend how you'd do that.

    Scientists: Also, if you wear a simple piece of cloth ply over your face, like surgeons do every day, you can keep from spreading a nasty virus to other people.

    Public: Oh f*** off, you know nothing.

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    2. CameronJ

      CameronJ

      Also: 5G is the cause of COVID 19!!! It’s them mobile towers that are spreading it!!

    3. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      One of my neighbours works for BT and was getting verbal abuse to that end last year...mainly from students who were passing joints around amongst themselves!!

    4. Rich

      Rich

      Rare footage of engineers covertly installing the 1G mobile network that led to the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.

      Rare footage of engineers covertly installing the 1G mobile network that led to the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 (photo 1916) : fakehistoryporn

  9. Rich

    Yesterday the COV002 trial 'unblinded' me -- i.e. I was told whether I'd been in the vaccine group or the control group. Turns out I had the vaccine. Still no long-term side effects to report.
    Apart from growing the flippers, and the extra head.

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    2. Teebs

      Teebs

      👍

    3. Daz39

      Daz39

      Could have been worse side-effects: you might have started to GAS after a Rick 4001...

    4. MacDaddy

      MacDaddy

      How did the trial work? Were you exposed to the virus to test the vaccines efficacy, or was it only to test side affects?

  10. Rich

    Sad day. Lost a dearly loved ex-colleague to cancer this morning.

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    2. Daz39

      Daz39

      Condolences. This year can do one too!

    3. merello

      merello

      Terrible. So sorry to hear this.

    4. PlungerModerno

      PlungerModerno

      The bonds we make in our working lives are professional, but also a kind of family. I'm sorry for your troubles.

      Take care. 

  11. Rich

    There are two things I can tell you about rotator cuff tendonitis.

    1. It hurts.

    2. It really, really hurts.

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    2. stewblack

      stewblack

      It does get better with the physio (at least mine did). Good luck Rich.

    3. Rich

      Rich

      4 in the morning. Right now I would give my Wal for a decent night's sleep.

    4. Lozz196

      Lozz196

      Well this thread must have tempted fate as I managed to tweak my dodgy shoulder on Sat and have been in some discomfort ever since. Wasn`t too bad sitting at home watching snooker, a tad more difficult whilst at work.

  12. Rich

    Just made some beef jerky. Cheapy Lidl steak hammered very thin, cut into 1" wide strips, marinaded for 12hrs in a witches brew of golden syrup, soy sauce, per-peri spices and Bovril(!), and then baked on a rack in the oven for 6 hours at 75deg. Turned twice and brushed with marinade during that time. Bloody marvellous.

    1. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      this is a good status update - I approve 

    2. Reggaebass

      Reggaebass

      What time do you want me round for dinner rich 😁

    3. Rich

      Rich

      Second batch will be hitting the oven in the morning. This time the marinade is syrup, kecap manis and Jack Daniels.

  13. Rich

    Anybody ever had difficulty getting a reply from DR Strings? Sent them three emails so far and not heard a dickybird. Not tremendously impressed.

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    2. Rich

      Rich

      My first contact with them was in early November, via the Contact Us on the website... emailed them directly on the 4th of this month and again last week. Nothing.

    3. Rich

      Rich

      Story has a happy ending; I emailed Lord Of The Strings earlier, from whom I bought the strings, and they have just replied to say that they've put a replacement string in the post. A 90 minute turnaround, now that's proper customer service, and the reason why I shall be buying from them again in the future. But I've bought my last set of DRs. 

    4. tvickey

      tvickey

      I put DRs on my bass... Lo-Riders... absolutely love them.  Sold all of my spare packs of Ernie Balls!  

  14. Rich

    Continuity announcer on C5 has just described Home Alone as "the greatest Xmas movie ever made". I can't decide if that's complete boIIocks or complete and utter boIIocks.

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    2. Ricky 4000

      Ricky 4000

      That's the badgers! 🙂

    3. Si600

      Si600

      Die Hard.

      End of Discussion

    4. Ricky 4000

      Ricky 4000

      Nope, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before. Or, The Muppets A Christmas Carol,  It's a Wonderful Life,  or Trading Places.

  15. Rich

    Now GASsing hard for a short scale Strat-bass. Thanks a bunch, Farcebook.

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    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      Bought this:

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      Hohner Rockwood LX30 Black Childs Electric Guitar

       

    3. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      My three year old daughter asked me for a guitar for Christmas, yesterday evening.

    4. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      s-l1600.jpg

      Arrived today....now looking for the parts to do the conversion to 4 string

  16. Rich

    Yesterday was the first day of my holiday. A whole week in Cumbria. Or at least, that's what I thought it'd be when I set off. :(

    FFS.

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    2. Teebs

      Teebs

      Ditto South Cumbria for wedding anniversary. :(

    3. DaytonaRik

      DaytonaRik

      It can still be - there are no instructions to return home, just be aware that attractions (few given the season?), restaurants, pubs/bars etc will be closed.  If you've rented a little retreat away from everything then that should still be good?

      Ah - just read the guidelines and not returning only affects overseas holidays...bummer!

    4. gjones

      gjones

      Come to Scotland, only the central belt is in partial lockdown. The midges are away now.

      Ignore the rain :)

       

  17. Rich

    Marcus Rashford's twitter feed today has been glorious. The sort of thing that restores your faith in humanity. 

    1. Chiliwailer

      Chiliwailer

      Spot on 🙏

  18. Rich

    Well, I have to say that when I sat down earlier to watch a bit of telly, one of the things I was not expecting to see was a man wànking a turkey.
     

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    2. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Thanks Mick.

      My Musical Director in the choir years ago said that I was as sharp as a sausage.  Good to know I can still hack it.

    3. nige1968

      nige1968

      How does one pleasure a turkey, exactly? Asking for a friend

    4. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Why, gobble gobble gobble, of course.

  19. Rich

    Here's a tip from your Uncle Rich. When you're beta-testing a design package and you think the auto-save is set, make sure it is. That way, you won't lose the last 5 hours' hard graft when it crashes. >:(>:( 

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    2. Rich

      Rich

      The swearing. Oh my word, the swearing. I'd have made a docker blush.

       

    3. alyctes

      alyctes

      Couldn't quite hear you from here...

      Enough to void the warranty though, I reckon.

    4. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      I feel your pain brother....

  20. Rich

    A moment's lapse of concentration + car-park bollard = :( :( :(

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    2. Rich

      Rich

      Bit more than a bumper, alas. :(  The bollard was alongside. 

    3. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      I was thinking about making a gag out of that but it's past time I showed some sympathy.

      I've been caught with coloured matched bollards that look to be part of the fence two feet behind.  Got no sympathy from the establishment that had them painted that way.  Daft.

      Feeling for you.

    4. Teebs

      Teebs

      :( Ouch!

  21. Rich

    On BBC4 right now: Classic Albums, Tears For Fears 'Songs From The Big Chair'. Ohhhh YES.

    1. gary mac

      gary mac

      I recently dug this album out from the depths of our CD collection and gave it a play. I had forgotten just how good it is.

    2. ProfJames

      ProfJames

      Watched that it was excellent.  Their ex manager ran off with money, he used to live near me.  Eventually got locked up for fraud and died about two years ago!  Just thought I would give an update! 

  22. Rich

    Great quote this morning from Mark Hamill:
    "That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen, and I was in the Star Wars Holiday Special." 

    1. hiram.k.hackenbacker

      hiram.k.hackenbacker

      I’ve got the Star Wars Holiday Special and it is beyond dire 😂

    2. Drax

      Drax

       

    3. Drax

      Drax

      Never seen this before but I'm enjoying it so far 

  23. Rich

    DR Black Beauties have arrived and are now on the SkaJazz. OHMYGODTHEYLOOKAMAZING. Pics later. 😎

    As an aside... superb service from Lord Of The Strings. I'll definitely be using them again.

  24. Rich

    Hidden gems on BBC Sounds #1: 'J Kingston Platt', a series of monologues by the brilliant Peter Jones. Gently hilarious. 

    1. Kevsy71

      Kevsy71

      Thanks for the tip! Was just reading up on him, I only new him as the voice of the Hitchiker's Guide. 'In all directions' sounds very promising too!

  25. Rich

    High winds 1, runner bean plants nil. 😠

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