Rake

I have a road bike - mountain bike with narrower tyres but not a racer - that i might sell. I will need to check everything is still ok with it. Will get back to you by the weekend.

there has been a dude playing what lookslike an upturned round bbq that has lots of dents in the square nest to marks n sparks. he just slaps the dents n it makes harmonious percussioney tunes. i wanna know what its called, i gave him a quid, the nmost ive ever given a busker!

this thread has given me a few laughs, havnt seen the rendom household appliances man for a while, but i did buy a guns n roses 6 ft flag off him once for a pint glass and a quid, lol, a big thanks to the drummonds staff for the pint glass. lol.

Bit late in replying but was it a hang drum?

Hang Drum, Panart, melodic metal percussion drum, steel pan, steel drum, Hapi

I think John Collins is a bad shout, and probably wouldn't come (millionaire without management, and is he not managing one of the big Belguim clubs currently).

I actually agree he wouldn't be my choice, I only listed him as an SPL level manager we could attract to the job. He managed to make a mess out of a decent Hibs side and wouldn't want to take that risk with the Dons.

Bassist late 20s looking for a band - covers/original makes no difference.

I have a wide range of interests musically but main influences - Bowie, Beatles, The Police, Led Zep, GnR, Stones, Aerosmith, Muse, Oasis, Foo Fighters. Willing to play anything though.

Drop me a PM if you have a vacancy.

give us one good example of this person who will inspire fear and respect who will be willing to manage aberdeen.

John Hughes. He has built and maintained an entertaining team that were desperately unlucky not to make the top 6 last season. Ok this year they have struggled but he has far far less in the way of resources than are available at Aberdeen. The players seem happy playing for him and he doesn't batter them in the press, in fact he appears to be far more media friendly than JC. I think he deserves a chance to step up and prove himself. Just my opinion but as well as JH we could look at:

John Collins

Mark McGee

Paul Lambert

Eric Black

Craig Levein

Only CL would be a maybe, the others would i imagine bite Aberdeen's hand off. All this moaning about not being a big club is piss. We have a tradition of winning competitions in Scotland that really is only bettered by the OF. We accept that we have no chance of winning the league anytime soon (if ever) but surely to fuck a cup ain't out of the question. All the gum bumping on here about 'people wont come to aberdeen' etc - horseshit. Jimmy gets 150,000 a year BASIC (got 30K bonus for getting past EURO group stages last year), the names I listed above probably don't. Money talks end of.

The whole press coverage of this has bugged me somewhat, the lack of dignity involved with people who prostitute themselves to the media whilst not possessing any talents what-so-ever. Jade Goody became a 'national treasure' because she had a level of intelligence that was so low she might have had special needs. It has seemed a little like the press wanted another slice of Princess Di hysteria to flog the papers.

However one good thing is that the BBC site today stated that the number of young women going for smear tests has risen notably since Jades cancer was announced. I guess thats a legacy that anyone could be proud of.

RIP

Didn't Aberdeen make mention some years ago of players being given job descriptions. If so then unless they are the most generic things ever 'job = play football' then I would imagine there is a fair scope to review who is doing their job, who isn't being given the opportunity to do theirs (players played out of position) and those who have been levied with unreasonable expectations (Mackie).

The biggest problem with Aberdeen is passion. I've followed the club all my life and attended home games since 88 although admittedly less frequently in recent years. Kerr and Diamond are the only players capable of grabbing the game by the nuts when the going gets tough. No team can expect to carry 9 others who don't seem to give a shit. If you consider the avarage player at Todders must be on at least 1000 p/w they are all earning in excess of 50K a year plus bonuses. At the end of the day these fuckers don't know they are born - is it too much to expect a little passion in return for that pay check? and for the fat cuprinol coated cunt on 150K a year - value for money - only at Tropical Tan et all.

Time for a root and branch change. Get in a manager who will earn the players fear and respect in equal measure and get the boys playing for the shirt.

Well done to DAFC and best of luck in the next round. Easy for you guys to slag us and our expectations but would you be happy if Stranraer had knocked you out of a QF? (for the smart arses Stranraer are as many places below DAFC as DAFC are below Aberdeen at the time of writing)

No probs. Good luck with the search

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Rap, most current indie, metal when it is missing a melody, alot of dance, happy hardcore

The whole stopping in the middle of the street thing is a real pain.

Here are some more:

People without manners

People who try to force a point of view on you

Bad drivers - how hard is it to use a roundabout properly

Reverse Racism - if its about equality nobody should be able to take advantage.

Miserable taxi drivers - for fuck sake cheer up you robbing cunts, oh and of course i'll excuse your racist/xenophobic point of view purely because you are a taxi driver

Shop assistants who talk to a colleague/friend about how they can't be arsed with work whilst serving me. Everytime this happens i want to have a Falling Down moment

People who barely know you thinking they can define you better than you can yourself. i.e. 'hey you like Cat Stevens don't you?' 'no not really' 'yeah you do' - fucking idiots

Bad managers - the type who think The Office was an instructional film.

Ignorant people that are too arrogant to accept the knowledge of anyone else.

Example

'Heat is my favourite film'

'Oh yeah who plays the cop in that'

'Al Pacino'

'No its not him it's someone else - oh what is it, i know it as well etc etc'

'Yeah i know it too IT IS MY FAVOURITE FILM you fucking douchebag'

Supporters of politicians/parties/ideologies who have no idea what it/they represent - but the poster looks cool and everyone seems to like him. Ignorant cunts like this are the reason that politicians get away with poor policies.

Also on this topic students being into communism - right are you really interested in politics or is this just something that is supposed to define you

Militant Goths - nothing against goths but those who champion their originality -

'you are just a sheep, at least i'm being myself'

'looks like all you're buddies are being you too, twat'

Ridiculous statements made up of conjecture and of no use to anyone -

'I don't like the Beatles they are shit'

well firstly congratualations on having an opinion but what is it based on?

and the worst of all opinions/statements without prior knowledge

'yuk you like marmite, that stuff is minging'

'have you ever tried it?'

'no'

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Agree about Duran Duran, JT is one of my favourite bassists as well. Also think The Police were as vital.

Anyway if you find some others give me a shout

I'm not interested in a cover band.

Do you have material written?

I like some of the artists you listed but i enjoy music from the genres you would confine to room 101 as well

Are you looking for original material only or are new cover bands welcome too?

What dates have you got?