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Second time these shitebags have postponed this fixture at short notice. Was initially a bit gutted but after a pint I'm actually fine with it. Four points off them, this still to play, two games in hand. Looking forward to seeing how the table looks when this game actually gets played.

On a lighter note we were buying one of the weans a new mattress today and out of nowhere I remembered the time Kris Boyd did an advert for mattresses and it turned out he couldn't actually say "mattresses". Mattressesesh.

Honestly was meant as the opposite of an advert here man. Just reassuring you'se there's fuck all between them. I've been absolutey slammed with Rangemaster orders and requests the last couple of months and was scratching my head as to why, until I seen an article about the JHS thing and it all made sense. Managed to source some OC71's thinking "fuck it, if I'm riding this gravy train might aswell milk it". It's all "mojo parts" wank but if that's what is selling I'd be daft not to offer it if I can. In other news I nearly pulled the plug on that Harley Benton V30 loaded cab earlier today, but an early 90's Marshall 1912 popped up locally for the same price and I'm in two minds which to go for. My heart wants the V30 but my head is screaming "only an imbecile would buy the Harley Benton over an already well broken Marshall 1912". Dunno which to plump for now.

Quick heads up for the handful of Rangemaster owners on here. Off the back of the recent limited JHS release of Rangemaster clones with the original OC71 transistor that sold out incredibly quickly for fucking silly money, I've just sourced a bunch of OC71's and about half of them are ideal so I have a small batch I'll be flogging imminently. Don't fall for the hype though. They sound exactly the same as the ones with the Soviet transistors. That and they'll probably be more prone to drift/failure with the trannies being a good 30 years older.

All the best @Craig. Hope you're alright and have people to talk this through with and something resembling a support network. I'll tread carefully here, being a keen drinker (bordering on functional alcoholism) that has probably made light of alcohol abuse here on a good few occasions. Even I'll admit I would likely be a far better dad, partner and person in general if I just didn't drink. I've had some big issues with severe depression in the past that I've mostly put behind me but the black dog still rears its head now and again, and alcohol fucking always exacerbates it when I'm in that mindset and can drag me down the suicidal ideology path. Be well man. I don't know you and won't pretend to know what you're going through. The only decent advice I can think to pass on that helped me is find people you trust and fucking vent man. And know you're not alone.

Update to this, said to my missus this morning that the old-firm would be the litmus test for that boozer. Full scale rammy kicked off about an hour ago. Three polis vans and two cars attended, pub shut early and it simmered down, we're currently watching four pissheads determined to break in through the side-door while sporadically resorting to knocking lumps out each other. Missus is horrified but clearly enjoyed watching the drama unfold. I'm just sitting here half-cut really trying to stop myself saying "fucking told you so". 😄

Our last neighbours moved in as a newly married couple in their late 40's/early 50's and both had matching wee Toyota Yaris smart cars with several stickers on each declaring their love for each other. They actually turned out fairly normal and quite sound though, within about a year or so had traded their motors in and ditched the bumper stickers.

Aye, tbh I'd be highly suspicious of anyone that ever even tried to convince someone to move out there permanently. That old cattle pass is basically a shortcut from the south-east and gets closed in the winter as it's too dangerous. First sign of ice, if you want to get out and closer to something civilization your only quick option is further North. Quickest road back south would probably be the fucking A9 via Inverness. I feel similar about large parts of rural Ireland. It's fine for a few days in the summer, but fuck being stuck there long term or with folk you didn't like.

Ha. Small world. Aye that's basically not even "similar neck of the woods", that's basically Applecross. Owe it to yourself to drive Bealach Na Ba if you haven't already. It's both incredibly beautiful and wonderfully terrifying.

If you want "off the beaten track" I'd highly recommend taking the the road to Applecross (Bealach Na Ba, it's an old cattle pass that takes you up and over a Monroe and brings you out in really remote part of the west-coast on the mainland right across from Skye). There's a campsite there, a wee harbour, a post office and a great pub. So it's worth a night's stop over before taking the road north to Shieldaig, then east through Torridon towards Inverness. Kids definitely won't be bored shitless on Bealach Na Ba. It's pretty frightening at parts but worth it. Great views on the way up and a wee car park at the summit, some 2000ft up the hill. Wee read on it here if it's any interest Without doubt my favourite part of the country here in the summer. Only caveats are you really don't want to get stuck there in shit weather and theres fuck all in the way of shops or things to do besides appreciate the scenery. If you want go stupidly far off the beaten track and like a bit of hillwalking, check out Reiff. But if you make it that far NW it's probably sensible to stay in Ullapool and make Reiff a day trip before quickly retreating back to civilization.

I'll give you that man since Peter Jackson filmed it there. My neck of the woods here in Scotland is probably 50% Hobbiton, 50% Royston Vasey.

The band were pretty hard-core vegans back then iirc, which might have influenced the audience they attracted. I dunno, though. The grindcore scene was strange enough, I imagine the vegan grindcore scene even moreso. Bill is one of my favourite guitarists of all time but I'm a lazy bastard and never got off my arse to go see Carcass live before. Was always a "ah I'll catch them next time" and then the fuckers took a 20 year hiatus. This time though! It's all pretty intimate venues too, I'm tempted also to get tickets for the Dundee gig aswell incase something comes up and I can't make the Glasgow gig, or do both to make up for the gigs I've missed.

Far too many authors from that era had some pretty seriously questionable views that seeped through into their work. Not condoning it or playing the "oh he's old, he doesn't know any better, it's a generational thing" card but Lewis, Tolkien and Dahl's bigotry is far more tame and concealed than the likes of H.P Lovecraft (whose works are still absolutely fascinating, in spite of him being a profoundly vocal bonafide straight up racist headcase). Thankfully I don't think Lovecraft's main target audience was children.

Oh my days! Carcass tour announced, my nearest is the first of the tour and, wait for it.......at a local drag club on a Saturday night. Got feeling it's not going to go ahead and I'll be left dissapointed. Hope I'm wrong, really looking forward to this. Had Carcass gig and drag club on my bucket list for a good while, never in a million years thought Id be able to chalk them both off on the same night out, at the same venue.

Fucking hell @sammynb are you implying he sold out after the Birthday Party? Big Jesus Trash Can took a really long time to grow on me. It was even harder work than most Cardiacs stuff tbh. I'll agree that Cave has got far less adventurous as the years went on but 86 seems a weird cut off date (though I'll concede I'm not hugely well versed in his output).

Aye it is. The V30 loaded one looks a really good deal tbh and should pair with my amp really well. I'm just being petty that the price difference between a V30 and a Greenback (speaker only) is £5 but loaded into the HB cab it's an extra £60 to upgrade the V30 to a GB. I'll probably go for the V30 loaded cab for £150. Just felt like having a grumble over weird pricing inconsistencies. Thomann are usually great for bargains if you look hard enough and pick your moment.

"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it!" In other news I'm eyeing up a Harley Benton 1x12 with a Vintage 30 speaker to replace the old Peavey cab, just a bit miffed that stepping up to the Greenback instead of the V30 is an extra £60. I've never been one to get hung up on speaker models but seems quite an questionable jump in price. Neighbours already hate me here, half wishing I'd just kept the 4x12.

Ah for fuck sake Tom. That one scene is probably a huge influence on the person I've become over the years. You and this youtuber have just given me another thing to worry about. Cheers for that! 😆

Ah close! I had a look today and it's from Fox in Socks. Honestly it's like Beat Poetry for kids.

Reminds me a page from an old Dr Seuss book (forget which one exactly) that I've got permanently etched on my brain and think I have memorised to a tee since my first scan of it when reading to one of the kids had me thinking "this cunt is seriously trying hoodwink me into accidentally saying something massively inappropriate to minors." Chicks with bricks come Chicks with blocks come Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.

Fucked if I know what any of them are singing about tbh, could be saying nursery rhymes for all I know. I can't really be arsed with a lot of that scene but my cab now belongs to these cats who I have a lot of time for, probably because they remind me a lot of early Carcass.

Ah shit, I misread that. Think I must've taken "puts us a few years into the project" as "we're only a few years into the project". My bad, I'm somewhat broken after a chaotic week. As you were.

Has it even been a few years? Could swear it's been less than two years since Howe/Celtic polava, and even less since the Newcastle takeover and Bruce sacking.

Disappointed with the lack of Scottish 4th tier chat on this thread. Stirling Albion and Dumbarton both only managing draws yesterday leaves it still wide open at the top with the Bino's only 4 points adrift with a game in hand and the postponed away day at Dumbarton still to go. It's looking entirely plausible we might have yet another implausible and fleeting season of getting humbled in the 3rd tier and I for one am really looking forward to the run in.

Aye man, original reasoning with the 4x12 was basically "where else am I going to get 4 twelve inch speakers for £50? I can turn it into 2 2x12s or 4 1x12" but then I got it home and remembered I'm actually a bit shit at woodwork so left it as is. Got plenty use out of it though and it's now away to experience the Scottish Death-Metal scene. Sounds like a good setup, maybe a bit underkill for gigs but there's nothing quite like slamming the front of an amp with 32dB of boost.