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Some six years ago I was asked to address a group of English and German Friends when we visited the Parliament with the Members representing the Ruhr area in the building on the Rhine in Dusseldorf. The UK was having its usual argument about the EU and we were, under David Cameron, in a bit of a mess. My largest round of applause was when I suggested that those in Germany who were not too happy with her leadership could have an exchange - we take Angela and they could have David. I often wonder where we would be now if that had happened - not many politicians get the respect she does - not only at home but from other people and countries. I hope your next choice is a good!

I'm still not sure what people dislike so much about Merkel. She's respected across the world, led Germany through some 6 U.S. Presidents and remained on great terms, rose the GDP and I think she did well with all the Brexit shit. I wish she could come here and lead our country for a decade, although the way politics are here, I wouldn't wish that for anyone.

Meanwhile you have Angela Merkel visiting the region, holding hands with the prime minster of Rhineland-Palatinate, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and usually can't walk far without a wheelchair. Years ago I'd never thought I'd say this, but I'm going to miss Merkel as our chancellor, especially if you see what might follows.

Contender for "not got a clue" post of the season already.

Jojo, welcome back to the wing!

I think the California restrictions on rosewood were lifted last year. There was also some international regulation.

I think the sleeves need to be either the same color, or a few more shades different. It's slightly different so that it does a number on your eyes to see if it's in fact NOT the same color. I'm with you though about minimalist kits. Simply great overall.

I didn't even know they made JetGlo basses. Dunno why though because Rickenbacker is probably more famous for their basses than guitars Unfortunately, I'm probably going to sell my ESP. It's just not getting played enough for a guitar as good as it is since I got the Jackson (which I'm going to drop to D Standard tuning because... fuck it, why not) - and I suspect it'll get played even less now that I've got this JEM incoming in about an hour. Great guitar... it just suffers from not being a super strat and me absolutely loving super strats. On the plus side, I'll probably get a good price for it because it's an absolutely brilliant guitar and the second someone plays it they'll know it's high quality. So if you're in the market for an ESP E-II Eclipse circa 2012... I'm your man

Oh I wasn't talking about a Rick guitar, I was talking about a JetGlo bass but you're right the JEM is the one I actually like (and can get because you know ... Japan) more.

110 MCs this time. Even Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Treach, etc are on this one. Inspectah Deck, Red Man, Reakwon, Cassidy, AZ, Black Thought, Crooked I, Papoose, Rivers, Tradegy Khadafi...even Roy Jones and Shaq @Machado, @JoshBRFC

I am obviously biased because... I like Super-Strats the best out of all of the guitars out there in the world. So if it was down to me, I'd say "get the JEM" - especially the one you linked with the crazy finish, that thing is so fucking cool! I cannot deny that Rickenbackers are phenomenal guitars - they're just... not really my style (my dad would love a JetGlo though - that's right up his alley in terms of guitars) - I've got nothing bad to say about that guitar, and if you got one I would think that's very cool... but I'd say "get the JEM" then we'll do our Steve Vai power poses and photoshop them into the same pic. We can get @Happy Blue with one of his pointy machines of death metal brutality on it too and photoshop ourselves into what would probably be the coolest fake album cover in the world.

Now all I need to do is get that blue JEM and then my circle is complete. Putting aside the fact that I cant decide between it and a Rick JetGlo.

That's exactly what happened with me! I was so frustrated and I'd tried... just about everything other than restarting it. Which is just about the dumbest way to go about troubleshooting - I should have restarted first. Once I restarted it I just thought "oh - it's all fine now, what the fuck was that?" Guess that'll be the first thing I do next time Also, re: the purchase... thanks! I haven't bought it yet... let's see if it's in as good of condition as it looked in those pictures (and that the electronics all work fine). Not gonna lie, the JEM purchase (if it goes through) is at least partially inspired by you - I mean it helps that it's one of those colours in a guitar that I just find irresistible on a super-strat style guitar... and a JEM is about as "super strat" as you can get & the price is good for the guitar it is. It also helps that my wife is really into guitar instrumentals like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc... (more than I am tbh) - so when I showed her the JEM, it was probably the first time where she said "you're going to buy that, right?" whereas usually when I show her a guitar that I think looks cool she says something along the lines of "please don't buy that." I'm pretty excited tbh, I think there's a good chance it'll be the best guitar I've ever owned.

Ocassionally it will start putting a lot of static on the line for me and it wont go away till I restart the machine. This leads me to believe its just driver issues but the funny thing is that there seem to be no updates from them in a while haha. Also, congrats on the purchase.

Well idk what the fuck was up with my interface last night - but it appears to be working fine now after restarting the computer and letting everything rest for a while. Hopefully that never happens again, because I quite like the Evo 8. @Mel81x you will be pleased to know that I will be purchasing that JEM I showed you later today. I'll be slinking out of the office around lunch time and meeting the guy, checking out the neck and giving the electronics a quick check with a Roland MicroCube & if everything looks alright, I should be getting the thing at a pretty decent price. Probably my best haggling I've ever done in my life, my Middle Eastern mum would be so proud.

There's a sort of friendship developing between the two countries, it seems. Taiwan donated 100.000 masks to us last year, we reciprocated with the vaccines now, and then hundreds of Taiwanese made small financial donations to some non-profits in Lithuania as a gesture of thanks.

Bit random but just seen this. Well played @nudge, getting recognised in the UK media .

Checked out the ESPN+ schedule and there's nothing on 2. Bundesliga yet. Might have to look into the VPN stuff.

Letting Gini go was one thing, but we better not end up losing our captain because of this stupidity.

I hope she gets better soon @Eco, I know how you feel, our youngest grandson wee Kaiden loves the outdoors but if he is ill then that's him housebound and he then is like a baby bear with a sore tooth,

The sleeves are awful. Would have been nice if the colours matched. I prefer the away one, love minimalist clean kits.

Yeah - I'm certainly fortunate to have been working at home for 3-4 years now, so if the family is home, I'm just a few stairs and doors away. Funny enough, the kid is much better with giving me space while I'm working than the wife is. haha

That can be the problem with private schools. Yeah we are fortunate enough that I’m dropping to 3 days a week (starting this week) for the rest of the year, to spend more time at home.

Fair enough. That's just different here so it's obviously a difference of culture. Good luck with that though mate. I haven't stressed about schools, but the public ones here are actual quality so I'm not too fussed, but the idea of having to look elsewhere would probably drive me mad after awhile.

Bugger. Hopefully gets better

I just saw this thread, so it's nice to be able to have a place to praise the kid. My daughter is 3.5 now, and absolutely brilliant. Sleeps like a rock (when she's not sick), sweet as a button and always gives me hugs and wants to hold my hand when Rasputin comes on in Anatasia. Wants to buy things for her friends, and just a smart and brilliant kid. Worst thing BY far is that her allergies have been running rampant this year and she continues to get a running nose, surplus of snot, and a slight fever. By then, all she wants is to snuggle with Mom or I and sleep. Poor little angel. I'm worried that her teen years are going to be HORRENDOUS, because in all honestly, this is a bit too easy at this point.

Price has been awful in the regular season for a few years now, but this playoffs he was absolutely unreal. We get swept by the Leafs if it wasn't for Price. Bergevin is fucking ripped and doesn't fear shit. It's great if he is making the right calls, which luckily he's done recently.

Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that

Has a very similar feel to Hypersonic Missiles but still a good tune.

Yeah. Her private school that preached Hope, Truth, and Love, are now doing things that show that they appreciate homophobia, lying to avoid tough convos, and putting more time/effort/money into new hires over seasoned staff. She's on the verge of taking a break and being a stay-at-home Mother if she doesn't come to terms with it. But yeah, we are fortunate on that regard and that she can quit, work part time, or do whatever and we are still fine financially.

Just had a call from work telling me to isolate for 10 days because my mate has come down with Covid and we were together most of the day on Wednesday.. talked to him this morning and he sounds rough as fuck.. I feel ok at the moment though..