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For the first time in my adult life, I'm down to 72kg. I'm 173cm tall, so that actually puts me in the normal weight section.

Nice to see the sound hasn't changed and its also nice to see that after 15yrs they've learned no new chord progressions either

@Dr. Gonzo @Mel81x After a 15 year hiatus...

So sorry to hear that RIP Jax...

He's fine. Busy with family and life.

Good to hear!

Well done!

From what I've read, Turkey forces will be part of the peacekeeping center - in other words, a ceasefire monitoring base in Azerbaijan teritory (location not yet agreed upon), but not in Karabakh. I suspect that Russian forces will stay in the region indefinitely now. The peace agreement even contains a bullet point where it says that the duration of stay of the peacekeeping contingent will have automatic extension for the next 5-year period if none of the three Parties declares the intention to terminate the application of this provision at least 6 months in advance.

Armenia got pretty fucked by the world being distracted by a pandemic... and by concepts of realpolitik hitting them hard in the face (nobody wanting to send their troops to "help" a small landlocked nation with limited natural resources + the regional powers having a more vested interest in Azerbaijan's oil pipeline). Also the fact that Putin doesn't really like Pashinyan because he rooted out a lot of Putin allies from Armenia's government did not help them with getting Russia involved. Russia sells weapons to both sides and while they did provide military support to Armenia... I think the only thing that stopped Azerbaijan from steamrolling Armenian/Artsakh forces (because the last few weeks of the war have been utterly brutal on the Armenian forces) was Azerbaijan shooting down a Russian military helicopter. I think otherwise, Azerbaijan probably could have overrun the contested territories and won the war outright. I think the only reason they're agreeing to Russian peacekeepers is because they've pissed Russia off. A lot of people in Armenia are very pissed off at Pashinyan... but I really don't know if he had a choice other than throwing more men into the meatgrinder. But both sides were suffering casualties at around at 1:1 ratio... with Azerbaijan having much more men to throw into battle. The fortress city of Shushi/Shusha (I think it's funny the difference between the names of the city for Armenians/Azeris is just one letter) fell and was cut off from Armenian supply lines - so the troops there (where there was still fighting going on as of a few hours ago) would likely have all been lost. Reports of Turkish forces being used in as "peacekeepers" has many Armenians particularly outraged. I've seen mixed sources on whether Turkish forces would be involved (the Turkish government isn't a signing party to the agreement, so there is that... but I do know Aliyev was making demands during initial negotiations for the peacekeepers to be Russian and Turkish). I wonder what will happen with Shushi, which is the home of important cultural sites for Armenians - will they safely be allowed to return to the city if they lived there. Will ethnic Armenian tourists be allowed to visit those cultural sites? I hope the peace holds beyond the 5 years of peacekeeping. This isn't a great situation for Armenia, but it's essentially the two countries agreeing to the terms of the conflict resolution the Minsk group negotiated... just with a heavy cost of human life. Hopefully all parties can be content with how things have panned out over time - Artsakh still exists (although a much smaller territory now) & Armenia retained all of its sovereign integrity. Azerbaijan has substantial land within it's internationally recognised borders restored. Turkey gets a land route uniting "all Turkic peoples" (plus their pipeline doesn't have to pass through Armenia now). Russia gets more influence than it's had in the Caucasus since the fall of the Soviet Union (plus the pipeline).

I thought you'd like the second one better

I like the second song better... I think cuz there's more Serj on it and it feels more "old school" whereas the other one sounds like the guitarist's other band.

The way Russia has stayed away from all this and no world power really payed any heed to this, Azerbaijan seems to have been lucky to cash on the game behind the scenes.

Lol to protect family's honour more like protecting family's wealth seeing a lot of their princesses of the royal family eloped with Egyptians guys

Hit my 2 stone last weekend. Aiming for 3 now but it's my birthday at the weekend so me and the girlfriend have said a treat weekend is allowed as long as we get back on it from Monday.

No wonder these latest vaccine news gave everyone a boner...

Pfizer are the same company that makes Viagra so @CaaC (John) will need to watch out for any funny side effects because he is listed as number 2 according to who gets priority...

holy fuck you are missing out mate. Cooked right it can be just a perfect food to eat. Coming up next later this week in our Diwali savoury snack selection is Chakri: All made from scratch. We make hundreds. Should last for days. They don't

Tried something new today... Buckwheat noodles with beef and mushrooms. Pretty good.

Jax was put to sleep this afternoon. He deteriorated so quickly. Devastated is an understatement

Looks like Armenia is surrendering Nagorno-Karabagh, a bit sad tbh. There's now reports of gunfire in Yerevan... and an explosion in Baku. So looks like nationalists on both sides are disappointed by the terms of the Russian negotiated peace deal.