Recent content by Royal Marine

...consider to be a good cause. Sorry for snipping the rest of your post, but ^that's what I thought you were going to say ;-) And therein lies the problem. I wouldn't consider all charities to be good causes; in fact I consider some to be downright bad. I doubt any two people will sort all...

Attendees donate. Staff get paid.

Don't fade out. Write an ending! <--The Lament of the Cover Band - fr. There's a Reason You Don't Have a Nickname by Hans Jena Larriks.

The person who will waste a cumulative two minutes walking around an obstacle 20 times rather than spend ten seconds moving it. Loading out: Get the big stuff in the van, THEN coil the leads on a clear stage, no snagging.

You were part of that band, part of that gig, part of that photo. It's a historical fact. If you're well-known & brilliant and he's using your photo, saying "The famous Ralphy Smith, playing with us, tonight!", then have at it, of course. Otherwise, what harm is it doing? I mean what are the...

Each time we play Lonely Boy, I go out and dance with my wife.

If they go the same as the V8, you read the serial numbers as follows: Product Code/Number/MonthX YearXX So yours was the 988th V4 made, in March 1995. Did they make that many?

What I look for in a band member: Essential: Competent, confident, reliable, willing. 1: Harmonies? Sing a few? 2: Stage presence. 3: Looks. For 1, 2 & 3, all else being even, I'd choose a female. But it never gets that far, the "Essential" category does nearly all the work.

Guests donate. Staff get paid.

"I'm going to change that lightbulb on my own."

"Are you sad your Daddy died?" "Yes." "Would you rather you'd never existed?"

I don't think about taking my life, but sometimes I think it would have been better simply not to be. The problem with dying is not that you have to leave the party, but that the party is going to go on without you. The only thing worse than that would be to be told that the party is going to go...

Peas are the anti-christ.