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it's a (mis)perception of quality (in some cases - I'm not for a second doubting Mesa are quality-kit) - but mainly a statement of patriotism. The US is a very patriotic sort of place. The 'regular, down-to-earth' citizen stands for the Anthem before ball games at their kids' little league, and probably has a modest-sized US flag hanging from their porch. They don't have attacks of existential dread about St Georges Day and whether we ought to encourage or discourage patriotism (just not too much, and especially not at football matches). They can be embarrassed about all sorts of things their Nation has done in the past (or present) yet still remain proud to be American and the not be afraid to show it. We're just more reserved and think it's weird

My word!

Doesn’t need to be a ‘Business account’ just a named account. My Wife started with just using her current account with it, before opening one for the business and transferring the connection.

We use Sumups in my wife's business. One older machine that needs the phone app to connect, another one is Solo and can do that or uses it's own 4G to connect. I think they charge 1.69% fees. On a busy market you can have signal problems if everyone's hammering the nearest mast, and occasionally the actual app will go down, but from speaking to other traders who use all of the available products: Square, iZettle etc. they're all about as reliable as each other. We have so many customers who pay with card or phone contactless and don't carry cash - especially at festivals or fairs. More regular markets or events in town centres ted to be a mix of cash and card.

Agree - Aenima has some great songs, (although separately I am not a big fan of the general lyrical crudeness of their earlier work). Lateralus is mind-bendingly immense. If all their albums were like that I'd understand why they take so long between them!

Ooh

ooh you're a funky liquid. Dancing Juice!

He's a busy chap!

@GisserD does 3D printed smaller enclosures for the FI. (routine PSA)

They'd only done 3 albums by then - pretty much the same thing!

His fingers are pretty worn too...

Wait, not that I’m decreeing that anyone has to do such a thing, but Mark has a few bob and is a good sort, I just couldn’t see any info on that link, just a few rusty guitars and battered acoustics, meh…

It doesn’t say, but I guess some proceeds will go to good causes? Crikey there’s some expensively purchased Tele’s!!

I like their ambition, but it's too 'noisy' to listen to without 100% focus - I can't commute to it and know which song is currently playing, for instance. It doesn't help that the drummer seems to play fills 75% of the time. He is very good at it though.

Is that Remco Hendrix? He’s a funky piece of something on a fretless. First saw his videos a few years ago. Almost made me give up!

Ooh fancy.

£124.99, zoiks!

Metallica - Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic. Woah, different. Some extra musicians giving it a country/folky twang - and Hetfield sounds really good when he's not always Barking or Yeahing. (Although he is good at that, to be fair)

Well, he is 57. Nerves aside, he was really good last year- both on NYE and at Glasto (he did lots of festivals too, as my facebook page keeps telling me), and released a new album. He's settled well into middle-aged muso: geetar, drums, singing, having fun with the band and the crowds, unafraid to take the mick out of himself. And he still has really decent hair (git, I started losing mine at 15). His band were all good. I watched some of the Hootenanny. Let me guess: was Rowland Rivron on again? Jo Brand perchance? Same old, same old for a lot of it - although some good acts do pop up. I thought the Sugababes phoned it in, was their some extra vocals underneath? I'm glad I missed Rod Stewart. Paul Jones sounded amazing for 80 something.

He made the judge’s houses on X Factor yonks ago.

Rick Astley on Beeb 1 is much better.

Only slightly more opaque than the Lakland model range!!

Hello from the south of the city!

Cor- times must be 'ard - you can't even afford new jeans!