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@Mel81x @Dr. Gonzo Don't think I posted this one, but it's blowing up in popularity (for my standards)

Here are both of my kitties posing for a photo

YES. You need to visit my island

Trust me. I'm shit at the game despite loving the series. I like sinking time into games I like, but not to the point of 'trying to master' something as to me, it starts to sink the fun out of it if it gets too serious.

This is for sure your most radio friendly track

So for me its been all kinds of hits and misses. I sit down with the work we're trying to get done as a band and sometimes Ill plough through things quick, e.g. I had to rewrite two bass line pieces the other day for that song I posted in here and I got the first part done lickity split but then I got to the second part and I really wished I was sitting in a room to play with someone as I went just blank. Then we've tried Zoom meetings but honestly thats just poor long-term so we went to pure writing and it helped for a bit but that also has its limitations. Can't wait for this whole covid shit to end so I can actually get in a room every week and sit down and jam. On the plus side, I have improved theoretically and practically on so many things its a bit unreal what giving me time does for my learning. I spend an hour still everyday trying to perfect things. Whether its a song, theory or just plain riffing. I took a leaf out of Oleg's book and am perennially connected to my DAW now so no matter what garbage I do I have it recorded haha. "I really miss playing with other people - aside from it being really fun, it makes me a better guitar player." - This right here is also what I miss. Sometimes you'll practice for hours, show up in a room and then its a matter of being in sync with the rest of the band and that's definitely missing from my learning. Taking an online class for pocket playing basics on bass as I think I am really just not feeling the groove right now so I'll have to see how that goes.

@Mel81x has covid been pretty shit for your “‘music making” like it has for me? I haven’t jammed with another human since March, I’ve tried to get over my fear of recording by just recording whenever I practice but it hasn’t really solved my issue of feeling nervous as fuck for the first few takes. I really miss playing with other people - aside from it being really fun, it makes me a better guitar player. And on an unrelated note, if you take a TV remote and push a button on it while holding it up to a hot rails style pickup... pickup will pick up the signal and make a beeping noise.

The tabby on the left is tiny in comparison to the grey kitty. And she’s got a Napoleon complex or something as a result

Bangladeshi flag looks like Kermit's arsehole

I think world powers like having overseas territories even if they aren't of any use because it makes them look cool.

I like that colour scheme. Looks clean and I especially like that pick-guard. Congrats on your acquisition.

Spoils of war; gifted to Russia in the Potsdam Conference. It's a strategically important region for them as its the only ice-free naval outlet to the Baltic Sea that Russia has.

Outstanding

I went in to a guitar store yesterday looking for that Jackson model I’d been talking about, or maybe something a bit more expensive for my project guitar. Unfortunately I didn’t find a guitar that would suit my project needs in my price range. Most of the Jacksons and Ibanez’s in stock with 2 humbucker pickups were around a grand and are probably guitars I wouldn’t need to mod. But I ended up buying something. And it’s something that won’t be able to take those pickups I bought... so it wasn’t the “wisest” decision. But the guitar caught my eye... played fucking brilliantly... and sounded really really really good. I didn’t want to put it down, so I bought it. It’s a Jackson SL4X with 3 Duncan Designed Hot Rails pickups (which are really nice and surprisingly versatile, I must say) & it is one of the cooler guitars I’ve played. If I got covid at the store... worth it lol

I saw this on LinkedIn today and laughed my ass off.

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So every once in a while I think about how long I’ve been a part of this community (I’m including the older forums in that too)... and it’s pretty remarkable that I’ve been talking to some of you on the internet for so long. Some of you I’ve known on here for... over a decade. Not sure what the point of this post is other than saying, hey guys thanks for being cool all this time and being my online football friends.

When you're waiting all day for the Sun to go down till it's cool enough for walkies...

Our daughter's pet rat Charmander giving the wife a wee kiss when she saw her yesterday around our daughters, she (Charmander) is very possessive towards her and will knock the other (4) female rats away from the wife, the daughter has to separate Charmander away so the other rats can greet her.