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RIGHT THAT'S IT, SHUT UP!! I'M HAVING THE LAST DOUGHNUT!! *Snarf, chomp, stuff, scran, eat* BUUURRRPPPPP!! And now it's gone! Thhppp!!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1425546915' post='2708349'] Surely [i]someone [/i]has to sacrifice themselves and go for it..? Or should one leave it to go moldy, then give it to the tweeny..? [/quote] Sorry, I should have been clearer: it's unacceptable for anyone ELSE to eat the last doughnut. Bloody rude if you ask me.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1425543646' post='2708293'] ...the unlucky loser then feels that I've run over his cat, slept with his mother and put the pics on Face book and eaten the last doughnut... [/quote] Just to be clear, eating the last doughnut is TOTALLY unacceptable under ANY circumstances.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1425526581' post='2708241'] What?! You've sold it already? Something awesome must've come along, you were so impressed with the Spector! [/quote] A very difficult decision. I was indeed, and still am, very impressed with that Euro but yes, I have the opportunity to acquire something very special to me. I will be getting another Euro at some point though, they are incredible basses.

[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1425479858' post='2707752'] I knew Id seen this one before, it used to be mine, I sold it about 2 years ago and regretted it straight away, its a lovely bass. [/quote][quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1425480077' post='2707754'] You are quite right David, it is a lovely bass and it now lives in my house. [/quote] It also used to be mine and I'm regretting it straight away too... what a silly bollocks!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1425509455' post='2708157'] Says he: 'I'm really disappointed by your actions which are incredibly unfair and my girlfriend agrees with me'. So I told him not to be a big f*cking cry-baby and to f*ck off and die and that's why I had to open a new Gumtree account. [/quote] It's not like you to hold back and not be up front, Skank. Remarkably restrained.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1425509159' post='2708154'] Works for me! Or maybe the 'Only-on-basschat-are-we-daft-enough-to-need-this Rule' [/quote] Well perhaps if the same thing happens again, a mod could adjudicate and apply the Silly Bollocks Rule when necessary. Or just post a for-sale thread in the usual way and end it with, 'Silly Bollocks Rule applies' or some such.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1425501567' post='2708028'] Surely the easiest solution would be to include a *will sell to quickest payer* in a 'for sale' thread if you're picky about buyers taking too long to organise payment. That way, you know that the seller will sell to the first person that organises themselves and pays up quickest. That would stop people from feeling like they have a right to an item because they sent a message first. [/quote] Yes, this is great! Let's call it 'The Silly Bollocks Rule'.

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[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1425473602' post='2707666'] golf clap [/quote] That's what you get for having unprotected sex with Tiger Woods.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1425475732' post='2707695'] I had a newbie ask me to hold my Bleached Blonde Thumb for him. [/quote] I thought I was fairly broad-minded but I've got to say, that is a [i]really [/i]unusual fetish.

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1425469625' post='2707585'] Hi yes I agree I was rather impatien [/quote] Obviously too impatient to finish your bloody sentences, silly bollocks!

Well I don't know. I seem to remember that bollocks were much sillier in the seventies. Could be a case of 'rose-tinted underpants' of course...

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1425466934' post='2707550'] ...he didn't give he his real name so what am I supposed to call him? [/quote] Chief? Squire? Bud? Son? Guv? ...Silly Bollocks?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1425465389' post='2707531'] I don't call my customers mate and I don't expect people selling to me to call me mate. I'm just old fashioned I expect. [/quote] I don't either (unless I know them) but it doesn't bother me unduly. I might find it bemusing in any other purchasing context but I think Basschat is far less formal than a typical professional online marketplace. Sellers are just members, not commercial enterprises.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1425465236' post='2707530'] You're welcome to come and try mine, im in central London. [/quote] Thanks very much for the offer Dave, let me get organised and I'll drop you a PM. Cheers.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1425428176' post='2707375'] This was posted earlier in the thread, the written review is in German but if you scroll down the page there's some sound samples: [url="http://m.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/sire-marcus-miller-v7-4-saiter-bass-test.html"]http://m.bonedo.de/a...-bass-test.html[/url] [/quote] Thanks for this... it does sound really good. Dammit again!!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1425464806' post='2707522'] As for someone I don't know calling me 'mate'... [/quote] I don't necessarily think that's a deal-breaker, mate. Some people think it's just being friendly.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1425463202' post='2707502'] 3.5 hours is simply impatience. The OP should get a grip. [/quote] I'm sorry to say I agree - not everyone is on the forum 24 hours a day (like me) and is able to respond to PMs instantly. I know it's hard to believe, but for some people BassChat is only a small part of their lives along with socialising, work, family and all the other piddling crap that gets in the way of looking at Basses For Sale during one's waking hours. Say you bought something on eBay in the morning, didn't instantly go through checkout, and discovered in the evening when you got home from work that the item had been sold to someone else because you hadn't paid for it within a few hours. You'd be furious and rightly so. The newbie buyer's response seems remarkably controlled under the circumstances. I would have had more to say about it.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1425419310' post='2707238'] [i]Sic transit Gloria Gaynor[/i] [/quote] [i]I superstes erit![/i]

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1425413036' post='2707126'] Wouldn't that give it a high pitched squeaky tone? That's what happened to me when I got filled with hellium... [/quote] Hmm, perhaps I mean nitrous oxide. Then even if the combo is heavy you'll be laughing uproariously, so it won't matter.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1425413867' post='2707134'] [i]De mortuis nil nisi bonum.[/i] [/quote] Good advice. [i]Ars longa vita brevis[/i].

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1425412034' post='2707097'] I wasn't entirely sure if that smiley was just for the last paragraph or the whole post... [/quote] Yeah, I need to use WAY more smileys...

[quote name='Ashdown Engineering' timestamp='1425393562' post='2706845'] Hmm, 4x10 combos by their nature aren't really gonna be lightweight... [/quote] There's obviously a niche in the market... what about filling the cab with helium? Come on, I have all these great ideas - it's up to the engineers to make them work!