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I wouldn't say I could handle my drink but I can still handle hangovers fine in my mid 30s. Saying that, the way I've been drinking since the first locldown being hungover is now just another word for daytime.

Playing devil's advocate here: he's no the first big money signing to arrive here and look hopeless. That's not slight on youse lot or England, just Bruce and the rest of the hierarchy. The bloke was Hoffenheims "fuck we need a new Firminho, pronto". I'd be half tempted to bet my mortgage that Firminho would look just as hopeless in a Newcastle shirt right now.

Nice to see the camera cutting to him at the final whistle to see him euphorically shouting "how the fuck!?" like he was more surprised at the result than everyone watching. Tbf though he was excellent bar that moment Firminho put that free header wide.

It's on Amazon Prime if anyone needs another reminder to cancel their subscription now that Xmas is over and done with

Youse might be alright, I see Klopps finally saw fit to give Gini Wijnaldum a rest. Actually naw, looking at the rest of the lineup he's probably looking to get this over with in 20 minutes.

Yup. "we are where we are (because its the best I could do)"

The collective "we" is absolving himself of responsibility. Otherwise he'd have said "it is what it is" or "it'll do for now" like I do everytime I botch a diy job around the house and can't be arsed finding out what went wrong or trying to fix it.

I don't even belong here but I like youse lot. Mental how everyone else is losing their shit about VAR and empty stadiums with fake crowd noises instead of questioning how in 2020 Bruce, Hodgson, Big Sam and Moyes have managed to waltz back into jobs jobs managing top tier teams. Letting Rafa walk and drafting in this cunt is one the most unexplainable things I've seen happen in football since Ally McCoist's Rangers lost to a part-time Stirling Albion team whose manager didnae even bother showing up and went to his pals wedding instead.

"inspired by Gibson" as if nobody already knew. I dont mind epiphones and have played plenty decent ones but this is pretty lazy marketing. I guess they've been looking a legal way to get the Gibson name on there. Squire have had a subtle "licensed by fender" on a most of their gear but this is more akin to them calling the Classic Vibe range "it's basically A Fender".

Didnae watch it then? Northern Soul my arse.

Like room temperature Carling or Fosters? Fuck it I'm game, so long as I don't have to taste it.

I expect no less. Never trust a Tory. What's the quote again? If there's any decent ones they're like sweetcorn in a turd. You could argue they've kept their integrity but they're still inbedded in shit.

Missus just told me there's some folk in one her "mums" forum saying that if the vaccine is 90% effective they'd rather take their chances with the virus, since the mortality rate from covid is far less than 10%. Fuck me man its no fucking wonder our death toll is the highest in Europe.

*shameless plug warning* I was doing a batch of Scottish old-firm themed pedals the other week and threw this together on a whim since I already had the graphic from the last time. Its a straight up JHS Angry Charlie/MI Audio Crunch Box clone (same circuit, one extra component in the JHS that shaves off some of the highs. Switch underneath the backplate to select between both modes. I prefer the brighter Crunch Box myself). Cheers. Ebay link

Watched that game on Sunday. Less said about it the better but I will say it gave me some ideas for a fully fledged line of Newcastle themed pedals to rival the Chinese made budget JOYO branded stuff. I'm thinking a not quite bargain-basement but moderately priced "JONJO" range: There's not much too them, barely half a dozen working components under the hood but they'll amazing things often enough to merit a permanent always-on residence on your pedal board. The catch is that now and again they'll do weird glitchy shit like the MXR Blue Box and be totally uncontrollable and some nights you'll probably find that your rig functions much better with them off.

I’ve seen a lot of weird shit on drugs, but I have never ever ever ever ever looked at Sunderland and thought "that looks like a great investment". Not once, all right? I have seen UFO’s split the sky like a sheet, but I have never ever seen Sunderland and thought "invest", not once. I have had seven balls of light come off of a UFO, lead me onto their ship, explain to me telepathically that we are all one and there is no such thing as death, but I have never ever ever have I looked at Sunderland and thought "that could be a wise investment". Now, maybe I wasn’t getting good shit?

I really wouldn't expect Robert Keeley put his name to garbage. Seymour Duncan on the other hand...... Similarly, I've never played any EQD pedal that I didn't like. Some of their stuff might look a bit gimmicky and/or throwaway but tonally they've always been on the money. Their original "hoof" is up there with my all time favourite fuzz pedals. No mean feat.

Considering nobody wants 4x12s these days there is some serious bargains to be had on the second hand market. I'd agree they're overkill in most scenarios but people are so keen to get rid them you can pick them up for £50 to £100. Four 12inch broken-in Celestions for £50 is a pretty good deal, even for the bottom tier 70/80s. Just rip the speakers out and dump the cab if you don't have space for it. You can get pine boxes that are great for DIY speaker cabs from Bee-Keeper suppliers, ~£15 for one that perfect for a 1x12. £65 quid for a 1x12 and three spare speakers. If you've got the space and are either two lazy for a bit of woodworking or just hopeless with that kinda thing just disconnect 3 of the four speakers and run it as a 1x12. It's not a perfect setup, the disconnected speakers will still shift some air at higher volumes (albeit passively) and you'll still look like the type of dick who has a 4x12 in his bedroom but you'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

To me that just gives me an idea why Rafa was let go and Bruce was hired. Bruce just doing exactly what he was hired to do.

Sounds like an admission that Bruce isn't picking him.

From one outsider who's got no right hovering around here to another: even I could tell you Joelinton isn't the problem. Hard to put the blame solely on Bruce either. . Proper dick move blaming the players at a club where the hierarchy signed off on letting Rafa walk in favour of bringing in Bruce.

Woman walks past a pet store a see's a parrot in the window next to a big sign that says "Talking Parrot. Free to a good home. NO RETURNS!" and pops inside to find out more. She asks the shop owner "why is it free?", he replies "I need to be honest with you. The last two people brought the parrot back the next day. Truth is, this bird was rescued from a brothel and its prone to say some pretty crude and offensive things". She takes a chance on the foul mouthed parrot and takes it home. First thing it says is "New House! New Madame!". The woman expected worse and laughs it off. Her daughter arrive home from school and the parrot says "New House! New Madame! New Girls!". The daughters are a bit surprised but see the funny side after mum explains the parrots background. About an hour later dad gets home from work. The kids eagerly waiting to see what the parrot says. Dad walks into the room and the parrot just says "Hi Keith!"

Bus breaks down in the middle of the road, blocking traffic at rush hour. The driver has a look at the engine to see if there's anything he can do while waiting to get towed. A woman in her garden notices the driver struggling without any tools and shouts over "do you want a screwdriver?" "not right now love, I'm trying to fix the bus"

Better than any any of my claims to fame. I love the Wildhearts, especially Danny. That first Yo-Yos album is brilliant. Chris McCormack on the other hand isn't all that popular up this way. 3CR weren't bad (very "of their time" to be fair) and Chris ended up the main guy to speak to for gigs at the Ironworks up in Inverness. From what I gather was fairly likeable until he got involved with organising the Skye music festival. Now he's largely blamed for pissing the festival budget up the wall and the main reason there's no longer a Skye music festival. Don't quote me on that.

I'm with you Tom. Paul Gilbert is my goto for guitar wankery these days. Just the right balance of cheese and chops. That said I could never be arsed with Mr Big. He's a massive and pretty vocal fan of one of your lots own lads, Ginger Wildheart from South Shields. Back to EVH, I honestly can't ever remember choosing to stick on a Van Halen album but I'd be lying through my teeth if I said he'd never influenced my guitar playing. More than half of the nonsense I listen to and obsess over probably wouldnt exist if it weren't for Eddie.