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I wouldn't have thought that a balance of trade deficit of $302, or somewhere under 300 quid, would be worth bothering about.

I believe that the third-termists are relying on a reading of the 12th Amendment which needs to be done with very narrowed eyes and your head on one side. "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." AIUI, they're saying that he couldn't be elected to the presidency a third time but that doesn't make him constitutionally ineligible to be VP because the 12th Amendment doesn't mention elections. There is another route, I think (not certain). Succession goes from president to vice-president to speaker of the House of Representatives. The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives. So Trump could become Speaker and then have the President and Vice-president stand down (or be visited by one of Putin's friends with a cup of tea and invitation to see the lovely view from up here).

Especially if a pandemic then comes along.

Give them six months.

But apparently US sales tax doesn't count in the opposite direction. Maybe the excuse is that it's not charged at federal level.

Unlike Peavey, Peavy were very good at concealing their second pickup.

I think firms would be quite reluctant to invest vast amounts of money in shifting production to the UK when there's no saying what the Tangerine Terror will do next in one of his man-baby tantrums. Plus the lead time would be such that by the time production was up and running, Trump would have come to the end of either his term or his life, and if one assumes a successor with some rationality, a complete changer of tack.

That eliminates most Warwicks, Seis, Overwaters, ACGs, and Shukers. Who in their right minds wants paint covering up lovely wood?

Biden was trying to bring some manufacturing to the US by investment in green energy, and it was working: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/energy-finance/the-biden-administration-has-spurred-1-trillion-in-clean-energy-investments/. Expect to see Trump demolish all of that with his anti-green policies. Simply weaponising tariffs isn't going to induce manufacturers to invest in the US - in fact, given that it is fast becoming highly unstable, expect to see investment move away from the US instead.

It could be that it's a bit too easy to just click through the option to confirm size and weight.

It's worth having a look at Glenn Fricker's Spectre Sound Studios videos on Youtube. They're from a metal perspective but should still be relevant across a broad spectrum of rock guitar. He's very complimentary about the Harley Benton cabs, mainly because of the drivers that they use.

I was on a cross-channel ferry in 1997 from Newhaven to Dieppe, and entertainment was provided by Sid and Doris Bonkers (© Private Eye) on guitar, bass, drum machine, and dubious vocals, including a ground-breaking rendition of 'Delilah' in 4/4 instead of the more conventional 3/4 time.

Depends. Do you think you can carry the shorts off?

It should have given you the option to confirm the size and weight.

So it's only me that is struck by the 10cm prongs sticking out of the top horns?

I've been over the message now and looked at the Ebay website. I assumed it would give a proper choice of carriers, like using Interparcel or Parcel2Go would, but it's actually a choice between Evri and Royal Mail. Eligibility: maximum value of £750, maximum weight 20kg, and there are also maximum dimensions. Evri - no side greater than 120cm, and ((two shortest sides added together) * 2) + longest side not greater than 245cm Royal Mail - up to 61cm x 46cm x 46cm Insurance coverage for full value from the moment of dropping off. A P bass is just under 120cm long, in a box it will be over 120cm. Buzzards and Thunderbirds will definitely be ineligible, headlesses worth less than £750 will be eligible unless they're in oversized boxes.

I assumed it would give a proper choice of carriers, like using Interparcel or Parcel2Go would, but it's actually a choice between Evri and Royal Mail. Eligibility: maximum value of £750, maximum weight 20kg, and there are also maximum dimensions. Evri - no side greater than 120cm, and ((two shortest sides added together) * 2) + longest side not greater than 245cm Royal Mail - up to 61cm x 46cm x 46cm Insurance coverage for full value from the moment of dropping off. A P bass is just under 120cm long, in a box it will be over 120cm. Buzzards and Thunderbirds will definitely be ineligible, headlesses worth less than £750 will be eligible unless they're in oversized boxes.

As I feel my teeth itching every time - it's "drawers", not "draws". @Dad3353's apostrophe cruiser needs repurposing.

And that bloody Scouse woman will paint them all pink with purple dots or do something shabby chic with them.

I confess to once upon a time being part of the problem. I gave up in 2004, the second Mrs Zero continued (she always smoked a lot more than me). At the end of 2005 I moved in with the future third Mrs Zero, and in 2008 bought the second Mrs Zero out of my house in the divorce. It was a right state when the current Mrs Zero and I moved in, yellow doors and walls and the mirrors were all tinted. That's not to mention the dog piss in the main bedroom and guest room carpets. Still, we managed to get it all cleaned up eventually. As for smoking and health - the current Mrs Zero has COPD from 35 years of smoking (she gave up at the end of 2004), and the previous Mrs Zero died of cancer, but as it was anal cancer and not lung or throat cancer, it was probably from being an alcoholic.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/matching-pair-of-5-string-basses-in-american-white-oak/1495479441 Seems a bit dodgy as you can only pick up after paying by Paypal (although it doesn't specify F&F). However, what really struck me was the top horn strap peg extenders.

Doesn't seem to be far removed from the current system - "You’ll still be able to choose the carriers by going to Postage Preferences in your account settings. We recommend enabling all carriers for the most competitive postage rates." So instead of going to Interparcel or Parcel2go or whatever and then choosing a carrier, that bit is done by Ebay. I'd like to know what the implications are for insurance and whether Ebay will give a choice of carriers to use or just show the cheapest.

My pet piamh is Irish names.

Saturday night was a local WMC. Local to me, that is, the rest of the band had a bit further to travel. I'd played here about 15 years ago with a club band and remembered it having a nice big stage. I think it was the first experience for the rest of the band of having the bingo between the first and second sets. Load in and out wasn't the greatest as it's a longer walk than I'd like, but with four people doing it it's not so bad. We didn't use our frame to hang the banner from as there was a rail above the light curtain at the back which was a convenient height. Following my experience with the originals band where we used my Alto TS408s as monitors and they proved more suited than the Alto TS308s, I swapped roles and used the 308s for FOH and the 408s as monitors. That all went well. Sound was good on stage and off. The gig went well. Not too many cockups, none really noticeable. I used the Sei Original 5 headless fretless and the Antoniotsai 5 dragon bass, through a Lekato WS-90 wireless and Zoom MS-60B to Tecamp Puma 900 and GR Bass AT212. Footwear was, as always, unbranded memory foam trainers from Ebay. Edit to add: they've just contacted us and asked us to go back there in August. I think that's the measure of a successful gig.

If I used the criterion of being literate to at least O-level standard, there's a couple of bands I've had several happy years with that I'd have missed out on. Using a Bandmix profile which contains a misspelling as the immediate cause for rejection without listening to the music does make me feel that @NancyJohnson is being rather over-precious. Then again, he's also been quite disparaging about open mic nights and again I've had a couple of great years with one band formed from open mic acquaintances, and the originals band I'm in is also the product of an open mic meeting.