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#38,403
Haji said:
Beerius.
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#38,404
kat888 said:
I sound Australian...

Until I visit NZ and then I revert to NZ after a couple of days.
Then I go home and in a couple of days I sound Australian again.

In southern England I have cockney accent (which is the first cousin of Aussie anyway) -- it's not deliberate it just happens.

After years in Scotland, Aussies thought me British, but by now I'm back to full-strength Strine -- every vowel a diphthong and tortured to within an inch...
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I can't tell the difference between a NZ accent and an OZ accent. But at least I understand what you folks are saying. I went to U of E for a year, couldn't understand a darn thing the lecturers were saying. And my primary lineage is Scottish. There's a reason Netflix and the other services subtitle Scottish movies and TV shows with English translations.
 
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I once had a very drinkable lager from Australia called Razor's Edge, I think. It was off the market for a while and I found it again...and it was so horrible I threw 5 and a half of the sixer away. The difference was that the newer stuff had been brewed and bottled in Canada. The Fostah's available in the states is actually Canadian for Australian for Beah too. Maybe it's not Australia and is in fact the fault of Canadistani brewers.
 
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Haji said:
I once had a very drinkable lager from Australia called Razor's Edge, I think. It was off the market for a while and I found it again...and it was so horrible I threw 5 and a half of the sixer away. The difference was that the newer stuff had been brewed and bottled in Canada. The Fostah's available in the states is actually Canadian for Australian for Beah too. Maybe it's not Australia and is in fact the fault of Canadistani brewers.
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Fosters is only ever acceptable if you want to have a lime cordial and there's no water handy to make it with.

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JJR58 said:
Recycled Camaro?.

I was asked, in a bar, by two young ladies, in North East Portland, (sitting quietly by myself, drinking), if i drove a Camaro.
i think it was a dare of some sort.

I replied, no, i drive a Toyota pickup.

This is what i looked like at that time.
I drove the Toyota.View attachment 1192722
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If you look closely at the top right corner of my avatar, you'll see the brim of a beige golf hat. Under that golf hat, you'll see 4 to 6 inches of black space with a face underneath it. The face is mine. The "black space" is my hair. You see... I always wanted long hair... but my hair wouldn't grow long. It would only grow "big". The guy to my right, is my best friend of something like 30 years now (he's the one buyin' my Les Paul). The pic is from like 1989 I think. Our band was "Anna Stesia". Probly comes as no surprise that we were a blues-based rock & roll band (a pretty damn good one too). We were whatever's about halfway between the Black Crowes and Guns & Roses, with a singer that looked like (and tried to sound like) a young Steven Tyler, and had graduated, with honors, from the David Lee Roth Behavioral Academy. Those were the happiest days of my life, and the break up of that band was my first real heartbreak.

"Like sands through the hourglass..."
 
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JJR58 said:
Did he play a '50's Precision, single coil?
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No, at least it appeared a split pup P from my vantage point.

theFixer said:
That's the only negative thing I can say about Derek Trucks. Ya might as well stay home & listen to his album while staring at an 8x10 glossy.
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Interesting.

MCF said:
Don't mean to offend anyone and sorry if its taken the wrong way. But we always refer to Fosters as a quart of oil.
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No offence- it is cats piss
 
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RedVee said:
Interesting.
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I don't know if you've ever seen him in concert... but I can't recall ever seeing him anywhere other than stage center/right, facing stage left, bent slightly at the knee, and slumped slightly forward over his guitar. His feet move only if he needs to switch instruments, tweak his amp, or communicate with someone on stage. Were it not for his hands, a deaf person would wonder if somebody had bumped the pause button. I mean... it's not significant really. His music is phenomenal, and the musicians he plays with are among the best in the world. If you want visual stimulation, you need only pan around the stage. It's just kinda funny...
 
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MCF said:
I've never understood the bad Oz beer thing. At least what is exported here to the US. I've had some nice, extremely reasonably priced Australian wines. Aussie music is among the world's best. Early Bee Gees. The Saints. Paul Kelly. Midnight Oil. Courtney Barnett. And I'm only scratching the surface of great music that I regularly listen to. And as an Acorn and Hulu subscriber, a lot of the TV we watch is from Australia. A few years ago, I couldn't wait for the next season of Sea Patrol to become available. A Place Called Home, Janet King, 500 Words, and many others are favorites of ours. They are much better than most of the dribble we get here. There have to be some good Aussie beers, right?
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Oh yeah. There are good ones.
The mainstream were designed to be slammed down cold to refresh and to get you drunk. Basically.
 
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theFixer said:
If you look closely at the top right corner of my avatar, you'll see the brim of a beige golf hat. Under that golf hat, you'll see 4 to 6 inches of black space with a face underneath it. The face is mine. The "black space" is my hair. You see... I always wanted long hair... but my hair wouldn't grow long. It would only grow "big". The guy to my right, is my best friend of something like 30 years now (he's the one buyin' my Les Paul). The pic is from like 1989 I think. Our band was "Anna Stesia". Probly comes as no surprise that we were a blues-based rock & roll band (a pretty damn good one too). We were whatever's about halfway between the Black Crowes and Guns & Roses, with a singer that looked like (and tried to sound like) a young Steven Tyler, and had graduated, with honors, from the David Lee Roth Behavioral Academy. Those were the happiest days of my life, and the break up of that band was my first real heartbreak.

"Like sands through the hourglass..."
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At minimum, you need to post that pic in full and at best, post some pics from your band's heyday! :thumbsup:
 
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theFixer said:
I don't know if you've ever seen him in concert... but I can't recall ever seeing him anywhere other than stage center/right, facing stage left, bent slightly at the knee, and slumped slightly forward over his guitar. His feet move only if he needs to switch instruments, tweak his amp, or communicate with someone on stage. Were it not for his hands, a deaf person would wonder if somebody had bumped the pause button. I mean... it's not significant really. His music is phenomenal, and the musicians he plays with are among the best in the world. If you want visual stimulation, you need only pan around the stage. It's just kinda funny...
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No only on cd's. I'll bear it mind though if I ever do.
 
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