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Last night's jam had a higher turnout than usual. Across the room from me were four gypsy jazz guitarists and a violinist, plus a chap with some sort of breath-operated synth set up to sound like an accordion, with the result that we got a lot of gypsy jazz and not really much else. There weren't as many horn players. One of them has been learning bass guitar and asked to sit in for a couple of tunes. Being aware of this beforehand I had brought a Les Paul(*) and small amp and was able to get a couple of guitar solos in. I think I got away with it. At least the tone was nice. Useful side effect: I keep getting GAS for an acoustic guitar, thinking that it might be nice to not have to plug in to practice, just like when I practice my bass. However, hearing the LP alongside the acoustics reminded me that I don't much like the sound of the latter and this will perhaps strengthen resistance. (*) Well, an Epiphone LP special...

I did indeed note that. Nevertheless, there may still be an issue in your browser or OS which has caused this. The ping will check to see if you can resolve the domain name and reach the remote server. If both those are working then there's something up in the browser, and a look in the developer tools may show you a failed connection. N.B. your browser may be set to use a different DNS from the rest of the OS.

Do you have any plugins in your browser, e.g ad blockers? You could also try opening the developer tools (under "more tools" in the menu in Firefox, I don't know above Brave) and selecting the network tab. This may then show you if anything is being blocked when you refresh the page. It may also be worth pinging andertons.co.uk: https://www.howtogeek.com/355664/how-to-use-ping-to-test-your-network/ If your connection to andertons.co.uk is OK you should see something like this: PING andertons.co.uk (217.70.184.55): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 217.70.184.55: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=19.978 ms 64 bytes from 217.70.184.55: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=17.132 ms 64 bytes from 217.70.184.55: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=18.226 ms ^C --- andertons.co.uk ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 17.132/18.445/19.978/1.172 ms Edit: I forgot to add that you could also try https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

I saw this as well: https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/

They did it again yesterday. I complained to the brewery who said "We have had a few instances like this recently so I have raised with our Account Manager at Evri so they can investigate. We are currently assessing our courier options as well." Presumably Evri drivers have been given a quota of packages they must "deliver" first time, or else, and so they drop them and run.

I'd forgotten this recent event, which was quite Spinal Tap: Sadly, no miniature Stonehenge was available.

I remember now that at the end of that same gig the drummer revealed that (for reasons lost to history) he had no way to get himself or all his kit home. As the only member of the band with a car I was volunteered to solve this. Unfortunately, the car was a 2CV like that shown below. The only way to get all his kit in was to fully open the roof (fun on a cold Scottish night) and lower the bass drum through that, and he still had kit on his lap in the front.

A long time ago we had a drummer who was very much into Taekwondo. Once, he took the singer's microphone so he could inform some of the audience that if they didn't STFU he'd come down there and fill them in. Another one from that era involved a different singer. During a charity event with multiple bands she disappeared off to a pub without telling anyone (no-one had a mobile phone at that time) and we missed our slot. Upon returning to find another band playing instead of everyone waiting for her a massive strop and storming out was the result.

I've had this with beer deliveries, and my front door is right on the pavement as it's a Victorian terrace.

I'd be interested to know how you'd describe Mastodon.

This might be of interest: https://lu.ma/qijpvfnl It's a link to a seminar for small sites, which I saw at https://social.riley.pub/@robin/113879399465222809.

In my experience PMT in Oxford have always been reasonable when it comes to trade in. They will answer emails and tell me if they want an item or not, and if they do what they would be willing to pay. Of course, that amount would be less than I'd like, but it has the advantage that I do get something, and quickly. If I list on forums or Ebay then stuff never shifts. I suppose it's good that it's almost impossible to get rid of something when I've bought it, otherwise I'd be tempted to buy rather a lot more...

Tonight's rehearsal has been a bit of a pain to organise. The BL thought it would be a good idea to have multiple people available for each role (e.g. to guitarists, one of whom can fill in on bass, 2 percussionists + drummer, 3 horns etc.) to make sure we have enough to cover gigs. But, the result is that it's pretty much impossible to get everyone in a room at once to rehearse. I'm not at the rehearsal as I, as well as one percussionist, caught Norovirus and aren't 100% yet. Even worse, one of the horn players had a relative pass away and, of course, has other things on their mind for the immediate future.

Interesting... That stuff I bought earlier this month was all guitar related, so perhaps I got away with it. Makes it harder to stop browsing all those jazz archtop listings, though.

I found what had happened; I appear to have two accounts and was logged into the other one (which is an alias of my usual email address). I probably created the second one a while ago and forgot about it. All the items are in stock but the order hasn't been processed yet (placed on the 15th).