skuzzlebutt

for the record, i am not an advocate of veganism. we humans are omnivore: we can survive on vegetation or meat or both. i chose not to eat meat. an essential part of our very early ancestors development was the consumption, not only of meat, but of brains... low grade sausages and pies apart, we dont eat brains anymore, we dont need to. we evolved. i haven't eaten meat (practically fuck all) in 20 years. i dont need to. i am yet to hear any compelling argument as to why we need to eat meat. your move...

condescending? how do you work that out? oh, here we go....the "you can't prove carrots dont have feelings" malarkey face it, you enjoy eating the flesh of a (once) living animal, 'cause you think it tastes good, which is all well and good when you are completely remote from its suffering and plight. you could be forgiven for failing to recognise that half the shit in the meat counter of a super market had anything to do with an animal, until the quality control fails and you get a nice piece of meat with a cyst in it... let me guess, you eat mat at least three times a week, but i bet you've never slaughtered an animal in your life.

there is no need for us to eat living animals. in many respects meat is bad for us. i have been vegetarian for over 20 years and feel a lot better for it. meat consumption in the western world is reducing. in a few generations it may well be a thing of the past. all this crap (for every animal you don't eat i'll eat three pish) is childish bollox. if these people were really so cock sure they should go and take an animal about their size and weight on a one to one basis, say a small wolf.... then we could see who would feast on who... the whole concept of eating another living being when the odds are stacked in our favour is nothing to be proud of. i share your sentiment

nice one, never even occurred to me that a third party could perform the same selection. yep was aware of that... again agreed. i heard they were chinease sold at four times the price, but hey that's the rumour mill. ok i bought a set of mullards for my matamp a couple of years ago (el34) they were a tenner... now these "mullards" are made in russia by a company that supposedly bought the tooling for the mullards of old...

i'm witting keich... i'll try again. in my mesa, f-50, the manual instructs you to use only 6l6's (selected and rebranded by mesaB) which in turn means you are limited in what you can use for power valves, but also means you dont have to rebias... so whats the score with the markIV re power valves and rebiasing? cheers (the other guy)

enlighten me if you would... i thought you can only install Mesa Boogie 6l6's in a Boogie, the whole idea is that the valves are preselected and rebranded by Boogie that are matched to the bias point of their amps... what is a Mullard Mesa/ Boogie Valve? (it's news to me)

so what did you/ do you ride? 86 miles?! another 400 odd and it might be just about run in... all the aftermarket stuff (i presume the usual suspects K&N filters, carbon fibre pipes etc would have blown his warranty to pieces and not done his motor any favours. for the record for the first few hundred miles you shouldn't do more than 55 mph (that's what the little red line on his speedo id for) i bought my duc in 93, i didnt use it for 6 years, i have just over 10k on it i'll get me coat...

believe me, the race was even funnier when the weather was crap....

i've been to this a few times. its a great day out, especially - obviously - if you are in any way into bikes. they used to have "moped mahem" this is where team of three odd bikers would enter a 50cc bike into a 50 -100 entrant bike race. funny as fuck, you had guys that normally drive 100bhp+ super bikes, racing in their one peice race suits on 50cc step throughs (complete with basket on the handle bars and the motor tuned so tight you'd be lucky if it had a 30 minute half life...) good call slutbags....

why do you say that? he rarely impressed anybody over the last two years... I hate to say it but drivers who haven't served their early days in europe, and have spent in US/ canada tend to be pretty crap at motorsport. where as drivers who have had unspectacular careers in f1 who move to the US tend to become big names in US motor sport

he and ferrari did not part company on good terms...

Mika Salo again?

don't think it would be weak, just wouldn't contain much of the original signal... even if all the effects were bypassed/ off, bet it would still sound crap..

congrats dude!

2nded, damn nice cappuccino to boot...

13.7km/hr for 1 and a 1/2 hours, good time! well done... not only did i not even hear of it, i am in dyce today and didn't even notice it... when was it, time wise? roughly what was the route?

sound control ceased trading over a year ago, i dont believe the store is there anymore...

hasn't been a true statement for well over a decade... all of denmark street is owned by the same man. still worth a visit though. peter cooks is a good call, also digital village in romford (the romford site is their warehose/ flagship) from the centre of london it is a tube and train ride followed by a 20 min walk/ or 6 quid taxi... shit load of stock though...

kind of off topic, but last month i bought a litre of bubblebath from asda for 18p....

i had a look last night, i got things a little wrong, in the second set the neck pick up is a jb jr.... 'zat help any? again not standard rod magnets, but possibly somewhere between the rails and the mex...

all of the above are on kiss alive... in fact i think you pretty much listed the best tracks on the album

i have the following in white: - mexican strat full set and the following in black: - Seymour duncan set in a scratch plate with jack sockets, vol and tone pots all prewired, pickups are cool rails (neck), quarter pounder (middle) and hot rails in the bridge. you are welcome to try out either set...

i went through a kiss phase in the early 80's... i've got a bunch of so called "limited edition" coloured vinyl imports from the far east - japan in particular was lapping this stuff up at this time... i digress... "kiss alive" is pretty good for a live album as i recall,"dynasty" is more pop rock, with a fair amount of stuff being written by non kiss members... both albums have the pete criss, gene simmons, paul stanley, ace frehley line up... both albums have their moments. there's a pile of it on napster if that helps... tbh it hasn't aged particularly well, but like i say they have their moments...

which i am well aware of. the important point here is that the guard was operating outwith his remit* by asking for id from a person who was simply browsing.... with regards to point B, by challenging the guard the recipient of the id request is redressing the balance power, a groovy hat does not necessarily entitle the wearer to unlimited (or any) authority i have no idea what an SIA number is... care to enlighten me... now this is where i may well be out of touch... it's been a good while since i got id'd for booze, and a hell of a long time since i was 21 or 25 i have no problem with stores being responsible and ensuring they sell alcohol to people of what is deemed to be an appropriate age, however, the guard asking for id from someone simply browsing, which is the crux of the initial post, sounds to me like he was behaving beyond his remit, his comments after the lass complied with his request sound more than a little unprofessional nope, i didn't fail to grasp this elementary concept. i dont believe any store is going to lose their license because they failed to demand id from someone browsing in the booze aisle. thanks for the negative rep and the "your post is complete bollocks" from what i can see you have pretty much agreed with everything i have said... you are missing the point i think.... i can ask to see your id, as can pretty much anybody, the point is that you are not obliged to present it to me, or for that matter a security guard (like i said an employee of a company, not a civil servant). *if there is a formal policy now of security guards being instructed to id people for browsing (or even passing through) the alcohol aisle, in my view, this is pretty intrusive, i would simply not buy my booze (or any other groceries for that matter) from such an establishment. if there is trully a government directive advising or legitimising such actions i'd be more than a little suprised... your personal details are a precious commodity. look after them

a sainsbury security guard is not a civil servant, he/ she is an employee of a private company. you are not obliged to show him your id. i'd ask him a. why he wants it, b.ask his name and position in the company, c. under what instructions/ pcompany procedures is he asking for it... finally i might tell him/ her politely to fuck off.... (ie i wouldn't surrender it to him, and buy my booze else where... their loss of custom) not enough people in the uk know their rights.... it is your responsibility to know yours. pretty much only customs officials, immagration and the police can demand to see your id...