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Bit of a touch there, Mr Lane, good stuff. Were you not tempted to violently punch the presenters though?

 

Oh, my old boss won a brand new Citroen of some sort through This Morning and took it straight to a dealers to get a Sierra 2000E and cash his way for it.

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Mate of mine in Canada posted this online this morning. It's genuine from RCMP.

 

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^ I don't admire his ability not to follow the rules of the law (allegedly) but I do admire his taste in cars. And as we know how reliable Camrys are, I bet that car could easily get him across the Mexican border - unless the Americans pick him up first.

 

Mrs Outlaw came home from work yesterday, and told me about a car she'd seen, and I quote

"It was the ugliest thing I've ever seen, it was big, white 4x4, and being driven by an absolute tosser who was all over the road".

Upon asking her what it was (bearing in mind she has NO interest in cars whatsoever) she replied

"Well, it was a BMW - I think it said X6 on the back, is that right?"

 

Nuff said. :D

 

I was behind a white BMW X1 yesterday. Not quite as vulgar as the X6 or as badly driven but still ugly though - The X-series BMs are a bit 'samey' to me

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Bit of a touch there, Mr Lane, good stuff. Were you not tempted to violently punch the presenters though?

 

Nope - never met them!

 

If I do, the temptation might be there to do something I shouldn't :)

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Just be careful to explain exactly what you mean if you offer to give Richard and Judy a good fisting.

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I was behind a white BMW X1 yesterday. Not quite as vulgar as the X6 or as badly driven but still ugly though

 

I walked by one the other day and had a look good 'round it. After much deliberation, I decided I don't mind them. I obviously wouldn't actually seek to buy one myself (neither now nor when they drop into shite territory), but, for example, I would tell my dad to check it out if he ever wants to piss money up the wall by buying a new car. He's 65 and, having never been the athletic type, tends to complain about most cars being 'too low' for him (as in requiring too much effort to get into/out of).

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The internet.

 

Chasing cheap new tyres has so far seen me save about £50 and I think, thanks to an on-line wheel fitment guide, I have some spare alloys with good tyres in my garage which will go straight on.

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A random swap deal today made me grin (quite a lot) which was nice after my terrible morning.

 

A guy came in yesterday asking for a set of wheels for a 2.8i Capri. He wanted the 7 spoke ones, not the pepperpots. I had a set in the shed - they have been there so long I'd given up trying to sell them, so I asked him for £100 for the set. He didn't have a hundred to spend :( but mentioned an old guitar and wondered if I wanted to swap... I said maybe, bring the guitar and I'll see.

 

I now have a national style steel resonator guitar* and am down one set of impossible to sell alloys. RESULT :)

 

*If you don't know what that is, find a copy of "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits, and look at the cover.

 

 

tdp - want to buy a Sierra?

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You have a National Resonator!!!!! Full size? My mother has a UKE like that.... Bloody lovely noise.

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Yeah, full size - it weighs a flipping ton! I can see why you only see people playing them sitting down.

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I know a nutter who owns plenty of Dobros and Nationals. They're cool.

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Not a National..... a Johnson......! I was wrong. These are just a few of her ukes,

 

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^great collection!^

 

soc, when can we expect the first video? 8)

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Soon as I get some strings for it - it's just spent god knows how long hanging on a wall :roll:

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What a result Scary! I read up about 'Brothers in Arms' and understand the Resonator is quite a rare guitar. You say National style do you mean simply style or is an actual National Dobro or Tricone?

 

As a kid I was sent to guitar lessons by my then middle-class parents. My Dad once bought me an Encore electric guitar in a sort of metallic biegy/White colour complete with amplifier and a huge box case with was decked out inside with really nice soft fur-like material. It was a really nice guitar, even my professional playing cousin was jealous of the case I had for it. Sadly the ole' man decided to sell it recently, funnily enough he kept his acoustic guitar, cant remember what happend to mine. Mind, I never did learn to play properly :(

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Soon as I get some strings for it - it's just spent god knows how long hanging on a wall :roll:

Go on - boil 'em up!* You know you want to. it's A) the 'shiters way, and B) the penniless bluesman's way.

Nice swap tho', even the cheapest new ones are a couple of hundred quid's worth. Now; bar or bottle?

 

 

 

*Supposing it actually has some. Six not necessary.

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Not a real national, no (that would have been score ot the century!) it's a far eastern copy (and a good one at that)

 

By the way, the terms "national" "dobro" and "tricone" are not interchangeable but refer to the type of resonator fitted. national is a reversed single cone, dobro is a forward facing single cone with a "spider" bridge and tricone is (as the name suggests) 3 reverse cones supporting a spider bridge.

 

To complicate things further, Dobro and National are also the two main makes of guitar and you can get National style dobros and vise versa.

 

Also, I've wanted a steel guitar since 1985. Before Brothers in Arms came out I didn't know there was such a thing!

 

CJ - too rusty to boil, and 3 of them snapped as I was tuning. Oh, and Bottle every time.

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Ooh, hard luck! Those are nervy moments tuning up old unknown strings, often followed by the twang and that sinking feeling that you haven't got away with it.

I've fancied one myself, since seeing pics of the old blues guys with them, in a guitar book I bought many moons ago. Purely for the joy of owning one of everything y'see. There was a guy used to bring a crusty old square neck National to the folk'n'blues nights at the Scotia Bar in Glasgow: as an impressionable yoof, its inimitable racket carved a little place in my heart. There's a guy on a guitar forum I know of, who has a reso bass. Haven't heard it yet tho'. :cry:

What gauge of strings would you use for that? Coming to think of it, I've no idea!

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Well, I'm going to use 12 - 56 with a plain third. Ernie ball "Not even slinky" fit the bill nicely.

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Had those on my Tele once; they 'stand up' well for the odd tunings I use, but mostly it's got D'Addario jazz 13's on. Anything less turns it into a shy little mouse of a guitar!

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Watching this shite-filled Greek video from the early 80s. In addition to having scores of autoshite on display (including Nissan Stanza police cars and even a Greek Citroen Pony soft-roader), I guess it's quite funny even if you can't understand a word. :mrgreen:

 

 

The last sentence is further tribute to chod. He says "...and they keep telling you about German technology, piles of wank- I should've bought a Datsun"

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Nice one Scary. We're off to see some Blues at our local this evening. That's got me nicely in the mood! I'll be trying to identify what sort of guitars he's using now....

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While pantsing about uploading KV6 videos to my dusty Youtube channel, I remembered this:

 

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A fascinating slice of my family life.

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Full version of Aliens on TV. :mrgreen:

 

 

 

How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?

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