Steve Smith

I loved that flick, when I saw it seven or eight months ago. Can't really say what it was, but something captured me. Did you get scared? "Hannibal" was even more scary than "Silence of the Lambs". When he drugs that guy then cuts his skull open and starts eating his brain is a bit too gory for me. And when the disabled Gary Oldman gets eaten by the rampant pigs, it is just a bit too much for me I am afraid. I mean I love Hopkins as a brilliant actor but that is too much. It is quite funny though when he befriends the boy on the plane and lets him eat some of the brain from his lunchbox. I like horror films but too much gore just upsets me a bit, maybe I am just a woos I think the best horror films are the ones that just make you scared without showing too much blood and guts, like the Frankenstein and Dracula films Steve :finbar: :finbar: :finbar:

I still have a Tascam TSR-8 in my home studio. I got it when the music college I attended in the 1990's upgraded all of their kit and sold of the legacy stuff cheap. Paid 200 quid for it. Uses 1/2 inch tape reels which are hard to source now and I generally use an Alesis A-DAT (Equally prehistoric - uses Super VHS video tapes) but I just love all of the analogue kit. If you know what you are doing and are prepared to spend the time then you can get a much nicer end product than the awful "Dynamically squashed and tonally squashed" Protools shit that is marketed for home recording these days. :drool: :drool: :finbar: :finbar: :finbar: :finbar: :finbar:

What do you mean by the receiver? The radio? Erm sorry but that is one beyond my limited knowledge dude sadly. Such a shame because Hi Fi in the 70's and early 80's was just so much better quality than the crap churned out now (apart from MEGA expensive bespoke stuff) You could try to find an old fashioned Hi Fi guy who will give you a free estimate, it may be something simple or the unit may have just died a natural death. Also you may wish to consider that everything is pretty much Digital now, so if the radio stations in your area have switched all of the analog transmission off then you wont get a signal. You might want to try an A/D converter, you know those cheap boxes that let you use an old analog TV with the new digital signal? Might be worth a try? Anyway let me know how you get on dude Best Regards Smitty :) :) :) It may just be that, fingers crossed, because Technics in the 70's and 80's were quality kit and built to last. I run it through my CD player but it also has radio as well which I never use. Its from the early eighties. It's been a die hard for years. I will probably take your advice and have some one look at before I buy another one. I would love to have a Marantz from the seventies.But haven't found one in my price range. I won't buy any newer stuff. I prefer the old school systems. :codger: If it is an Amplifier radio combination that is going hot and giving a burning smell then it probably will be the fan. Don't run it until you see a Hi Fi specialist. He will probably tell you that it is "beyond economic repair" but just get a rundown of the parts needed, they can be picked up cheaply on the web these days, but the cost of repair is another matter sadly. It depends how much you love something. I have paid way over the odds to get some classic stuff restored but it is the sentimental value and how it makes you feel at the end of the day that you can never put a price on I can give you some examples if you wish. Take care dude KR's Stevie :finbar: :finbar: ;) ;) ;) :P :P :P

Sucks. My Onkyo circa 78' is still going and going... Well the Japanese are well known for their reliability, I still have an Aiwa tape deck from the late 70's. Probably needs a service and the heads demagnetised and a good clean but the motors are still going strong Steve

What do you mean by the receiver? The radio? Erm sorry but that is one beyond my limited knowledge dude sadly. Such a shame because Hi Fi in the 70's and early 80's was just so much better quality than the crap churned out now (apart from MEGA expensive bespoke stuff) You could try to find an old fashioned Hi Fi guy who will give you a free estimate, it may be something simple or the unit may have just died a natural death. Also you may wish to consider that everything is pretty much Digital now, so if the radio stations in your area have switched all of the analog transmission off then you wont get a signal. You might want to try an A/D converter, you know those cheap boxes that let you use an old analog TV with the new digital signal? Might be worth a try? Anyway let me know how you get on dude Best Regards Smitty :) :) :) It may just be that, fingers crossed, because Technics in the 70's and 80's were quality kit and built to last.

Yep Mackay, superb, forget he is not a leading role, he is as vital as Fletch. All the characters in Porridge are perfectly placed. Yes I am happy that it was taken in the genuine way it was intended, Ronnie was so lovely. His father was a shop keeper, that is where he got the inspiration from. Did you know that he submitted his sketches to the BBC and the producer's under the pseudonym "Gerald Wylie"? He wanted to keep his performances with RC separate from his writing and he did not want the producers to be biased in any way for or against because if they knew it was him XXX Steve

Fulton MacKay was a great actor and a lovely lovely man. Most of the actors who play nasty pieces of work are. I loved his nervous "neck twitch" And I grew to love him more in that wonderful film "Local Hero" as the hermit that lived on the beach and the fact that the old research showed that he owned part of it. Did you realise that the scene was slightly improvised by Fulton as he accidently dropped some of the sand which was not in the script. He improvised and said "There I have just saved you a pound or two there" Love that scene Tommy XXXX What a wonderful actor Smudger

Steve my darling, you seem to take JBs posts the wrong way. Everybody speaks using analogies, smilies and metaphors even if they have no idea what they are. But if someone goes on and on about the cleverness of their perspicacity, then you are absolutely correct: tw@t city. But JB wasn't saying "hey, check out how clever I am. Look out Neil Peart!", he was just trying to clarify something he'd said. JB, despite his Fantastic Four fetish, is a good guy. oops, I just used alliteration. I guess I just moved to tw@t city too! Pompous similies I've used today. "It's as hot as f*ck this morning." "I feel like sh*t." Pompous metaphors: "that guy's a tw@t." "Your wife is a goddess." "I just had the crap beaten outta me." Hard-Livin' vt Thanks I guess I am not very good at this social media online stuff. I wasn't trying to prove anything just maybe stick up for myself a bit. Perhaps I just don't really get where JB is coming from, I am a bit old school or old fart if you like. Nah, you're doing all right. Sometimes it's hard to tell the tone of someone's post, and miscommunication can be so easy if one isn't careful. Hang in there and don't worry, but also maybe go easy with being of the defensive. No one here is out to get you, well, most of us aren't! :D (other than that bastard Blaze and his mathemagic, prescience, and knowledge of teaching English. Oh, and all the delicious food pictures he torments us with. Bastard.) http://media1.santabanta.com/full1/Lawn%20Tennis/Jo%20Wilfried%20Tsonga/jo-wilfried-tsonga-0a.jpg x http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9b/fe/4f/9bfe4f9941737ddd008d1ce027b944ff.jpg + http://redcookbook.net/wp-content/uploads/images/Fried_Spring_Rolls_10811.jpg - http://www.mizuhiroba.jp/images/item_img/item353.jpg = http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b5/94/18/b59418e0b048f8ff2611b8ec4f8d506a.jpg Bastard! Well I would not say that about JB but all I will say is that he makes me feel very depressed coming here. I just cant understand why he comes here and has to be top dog and right all of the time. It is one thing to be competitive but another thing to be over the top. I have tried to be friends with him and succeeded for a while but if you ever challenge him he is like really out to get you (I was going to say that he is like a Rottweiller but that would be a Metaphor or is it an idiom? I am not educated enough to know the difference) Sorry man, I don't get the top-dog or competitive vibe out of JBs posts. He seems to me to be a fun-loving guy with a healthy sense of humour about himself. There are a few other posters here that could fit your description of JB, but to me JB isn't one of them. Anyway, as I'm sure you agree it's just a forum, although a pretty cool one, so nothing to get terribly excited over. I know JB doesn't need anybody to stand up for him, but when I see miscommunication leading to bad feelings, well, that makes me depressed for coming here. I know your heart's in the right place, Steve. You don't have to be JBs best friend or anything, but no need to be frustrated about his presence. Apparently there's some sort of magical 'ignore' setting that you could try if you feel the need. JB and I have been having some good discussions about SEA in the Travel thread if you're ever interested. Best; vt, who is useless at Math and unpossible at English OK Lucas I will try to take what you have said on board

Steve my darling, you seem to take JBs posts the wrong way. Everybody speaks using analogies, smilies and metaphors even if they have no idea what they are. But if someone goes on and on about the cleverness of their perspicacity, then you are absolutely correct: tw@t city. But JB wasn't saying "hey, check out how clever I am. Look out Neil Peart!", he was just trying to clarify something he'd said. JB, despite his Fantastic Four fetish, is a good guy. oops, I just used alliteration. I guess I just moved to tw@t city too! Pompous similies I've used today. "It's as hot as f*ck this morning." "I feel like sh*t." Pompous metaphors: "that guy's a tw@t." "Your wife is a goddess." "I just had the crap beaten outta me." Hard-Livin' vt Thanks I guess I am not very good at this social media online stuff. I wasn't trying to prove anything just maybe stick up for myself a bit. Perhaps I just don't really get where JB is coming from, I am a bit old school or old fart if you like. Nah, you're doing all right. Sometimes it's hard to tell the tone of someone's post, and miscommunication can be so easy if one isn't careful. Hang in there and don't worry, but also maybe go easy with being of the defensive. No one here is out to get you, well, most of us aren't! :D (other than that bastard Blaze and his mathemagic, prescience, and knowledge of teaching English. Oh, and all the delicious food pictures he torments us with. Bastard.) http://media1.santabanta.com/full1/Lawn%20Tennis/Jo%20Wilfried%20Tsonga/jo-wilfried-tsonga-0a.jpg x http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9b/fe/4f/9bfe4f9941737ddd008d1ce027b944ff.jpg + http://redcookbook.net/wp-content/uploads/images/Fried_Spring_Rolls_10811.jpg - http://www.mizuhiroba.jp/images/item_img/item353.jpg = http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b5/94/18/b59418e0b048f8ff2611b8ec4f8d506a.jpg Bastard! Well I would not say that about JB but all I will say is that he makes me feel very depressed coming here. I just cant understand why he comes here and has to be top dog and right all of the time. It is one thing to be competitive but another thing to be over the top. I have tried to be friends with him and succeeded for a while but if you ever challenge him he is like really out to get you (I was going to say that he is like a Rottweiller but that would be a Metaphor or is it an idiom? I am not educated enough to know the difference)

Steve my darling, you seem to take JBs posts the wrong way. Everybody speaks using analogies, smilies and metaphors even if they have no idea what they are. But if someone goes on and on about the cleverness of their perspicacity, then you are absolutely correct: tw@t city. But JB wasn't saying "hey, check out how clever I am. Look out Neil Peart!", he was just trying to clarify something he'd said. JB, despite his Fantastic Four fetish, is a good guy. oops, I just used alliteration. I guess I just moved to tw@t city too! Pompous similies I've used today. "It's as hot as f*ck this morning." "I feel like sh*t." Pompous metaphors: "that guy's a tw@t." "Your wife is a goddess." "I just had the crap beaten outta me." Hard-Livin' vt Thanks I guess I am not very good at this social media online stuff. I wasn't trying to prove anything just maybe stick up for myself a bit. Perhaps I just don't really get where JB is coming from, I am a bit old school or old fart if you like. Nah, you're doing all right. Sometimes it's hard to tell the tone of someone's post, and miscommunication can be so easy if one isn't careful. Hang in there and don't worry, but also maybe go easy with being of the defensive. No one here is out to get you, well, most of us aren't! :D (other than that bastard Blaze and his mathemagic, prescience, and knowledge of teaching English. Oh, and all the delicious food pictures he torments us with. Bastard.) See what I mean?? The bloke's a nutter man

Steve my darling, you seem to take JBs posts the wrong way. Everybody speaks using analogies, smilies and metaphors even if they have no idea what they are. But if someone goes on and on about the cleverness of their perspicacity, then you are absolutely correct: tw@t city. But JB wasn't saying "hey, check out how clever I am. Look out Neil Peart!", he was just trying to clarify something he'd said. JB, despite his Fantastic Four fetish, is a good guy. oops, I just used alliteration. I guess I just moved to tw@t city too! Pompous similies I've used today. "It's as hot as f*ck this morning." "I feel like sh*t." Pompous metaphors: "that guy's a tw@t." "Your wife is a goddess." "I just had the crap beaten outta me." Hard-Livin' vt Thanks I guess I am not very good at this social media online stuff. I wasn't trying to prove anything just maybe stick up for myself a bit. Perhaps I just don't really get where JB is coming from, I am a bit old school or old fart if you like. Nah, you're doing all right. Sometimes it's hard to tell the tone of someone's post, and miscommunication can be so easy if one isn't careful. Hang in there and don't worry, but also maybe go easy with being of the defensive. No one here is out to get you, well, most of us aren't! :D (other than that bastard Blaze and his mathemagic, prescience, and knowledge of teaching English. Oh, and all the delicious food pictures he torments us with. Bastard.) Thank you Vapotrailor I think perhaps my problem may be that I hold very strong beliefs and opinions and have a very strong sense of right and fairness (in my mind), But I also hate to fall out with people and I feel bad if I think I have upset them Normally this would be OK because I just apologise, admit I was wrong and then generally people will say OK we will move on. But this guy JB is like no other person I have ever come across. He is like a Jack Russell terrier with a rat. He just keeps going and going and going and when you finally just think that you cant be bothered anymore and just say anything to keep the peace then he keeps on going to try to grind you down even further!!! The man has some serious mental issues, I mean he has a nice wife a good job and lives in a nice country. So why the hell does he come here and act in this way? I really just can't get an angle of why he is so determined to be such a psychological bully. Perhaps his father bullied him mentally as a child and he felt he was never good enough for his dad. That is really the only thing I can assess from this. I get on with nearly everyone hear but every time I end up conversing with Blaze I come away feeling really depressed. Quite frankly I don't think the bloke is all there. Steve

And YES he used to wear his cap then It was not just a stage prop!!!!! :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

Brian Johnson is from my home city This was filmed in the back streets of the east end of Newcastle He worked in the CA Parsons turbine factory in the 1970's opposite the greasy diner my Grandma and Grandad used to run. He used to get his tabs (cigarettes) from there and my Nana would make his bacon sandwiches. She knew him well and one day in 79 he said "Mary I might not see you again coz I have an audition for a band" True true story Happy f***ing days dude!

No Lucas please don't stop sending my friend You f***ing cheer me up man!!!!!!! :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

My guitar in the avatar with me and my Jag is an exact replica. I had it made by a local brilliant brilliant guitar builder and it is a f***ing peach. Only difference is I had the middle pickup put in and the pickup selector switch put in the proper switch because I wanted to get the nice out of phase sounds with the bridge and middle on together or the neck and middle on together. Like the intro from "Hear about it later" or Hendrix "Little Wing" or "Sweet Home Alabama" or a lot of the sound that Steve Miller used. I am sure you know what I mean dude. Ed had the pickup selector in the middle coz he admitted himself that he was shit at electronic wiring. The Frankenstrat was actually the black and white guitar he used on the first album. But Ed repainted it with the red as loads of kids were copying it Thanks dude, you have cheered me up :drool: :drool:

So does this When I am finished with all the sad stuff, this one gets me back up Lukey Silly bastard I am

Hello guys Sorry to put a downer on things but does anyone do this....? After a sad relationship breakup there is always a song that reminds you of your ex You know that it is just going to upset you but for some reason you just cant stop listening to the bloody song over and over again!! I don't know why that is, perhaps a form of "self masochism" or some sort of mental cleansing process, I really have no idea. I am sorry guys, it is not very "manly". Perhaps some of the girls here may relate a bit more. Anyway here is mine for what it is worth Steve

Steve my darling, you seem to take JBs posts the wrong way. Everybody speaks using analogies, smilies and metaphors even if they have no idea what they are. But if someone goes on and on about the cleverness of their perspicacity, then you are absolutely correct: tw@t city. But JB wasn't saying "hey, check out how clever I am. Look out Neil Peart!", he was just trying to clarify something he'd said. JB, despite his Fantastic Four fetish, is a good guy. oops, I just used alliteration. I guess I just moved to tw@t city too! Pompous similies I've used today. "It's as hot as f*ck this morning." "I feel like sh*t." Pompous metaphors: "that guy's a tw@t." "Your wife is a goddess." "I just had the crap beaten outta me." Hard-Livin' vt Thanks I guess I am not very good at this social media online stuff. I wasn't trying to prove anything just maybe stick up for myself a bit. Perhaps I just don't really get where JB is coming from, I am a bit old school or old fart if you like.

I take it that your water will come from a bottle of Perrier or the like instead of the tap

Analogies and metaphors, sometimes pompous and bad. Idioms, ok. So you had to trawl all of the threads and comments to come up with this?? Idiom, I must admit that I have never heard that word, to my disadvantage. I could have used that word a lot in life to get on. Or perhaps if I did then people would just think "t**t" OK you win "You are much more clever than I am" OK "Trawl"? No. It was the last thing I read in that other thread about an hour ago. And I remember what people say especially when it's relevant. As far as the word "idiom" goes, I teach English so it's natural that I'd know it. That's probably a pompous job too. I'm thirsty now. I think I'll go get a pompous glass of water. Why do you have to be so sarcastic when I have given in and stated that you have won the argument?? Not really fair is it?

You do know I never threatened to leave TheRushForum? I'm leaving the Toto Rocks Forum. Why did you join in the first place if you don't like TOTO? I like Toto now stop hating on me. Leave me alone plz. Only TOG can talk to me. I LOVE Toto JR!!! You have exceptional taste, they are a fantastic band dude. Please don't let the bastards grind you down dude :drool: :drool: :drool: Smithy

Analogies and metaphors, sometimes pompous and bad. Idioms, ok. So you had to trawl all of the threads and comments to come up with this?? Idiom, I must admit that I have never heard that word, to my disadvantage. I could have used that word a lot in life to get on. Or perhaps if I did then people would just think "t**t" OK you win "You are much more clever than I am" OK

What does smh mean? sorry

When I came in here only one vote was cast but I didn't see who it was for. I then looked for a fun Ian pic. By the time I voted & posted, more had gone with the madman. I tried to pick a bunch of singers that were good but not so overwhelmingly highly regarded like Robert Plant or Ian Gillan or Ronnie James Dio. Yeah I caught that. I wouldn't pick Tsonga over Djokovic in a Wimby final. Wait, what thread is this? :hail: I would go for Andy v Federer. Djokovic is now injury prone as is Rafa That's not the point. I'm not actually picking Wimby. I just mentioned it because it's the most prestigious tennis tourney. Duck said "...singers that were good but not so overwhelmingly highly regarded like Robert Plant or Ian Gillan or Ronnie James Dio." "Overwhelmingly highly regarded" is Djokovic, "good but not" is Tsonga. Andy and Novak and are both currently injured. Nobody has more match wins this year than Fed...and Rafa. Anyway, I like Tsonga a lot and voted for him in this poll. My sperm's in the gutter. Oh I see, I apologise, I just thought you were talking about who you thought would be in the Wimbledon Final this year so I put my opinion in :finbar: :finbar: But Tsonga is a tennis player not a singer so I don't know how he would be relevant to this poll?? :o :o Well you want to vote for the talented Chris Cornell and his looks but he's as much on that poll as Jo Willy Tsonga and Doctor J. Well he is a rock singer so perhaps a bit more relevant than a tennis player Before you get more confused, I'm talking about analogies. A heart is like a pump. Pro athletes are sometimes compared to racehorses. My first boss was a snake in the grass. Tsonga/Ian is an excellent player but not as regarded as Djokovic/Plant. ((I still LIKE Tsonga/Ian MORE than the latter though)). Doctor J was important to basketball. Ian was important to the rock world. Oh I see now. Well I suppose that is why I got confused. I don't generally speak in analogies or metaphors to people, I am not that pompous Yeah sure, people who use analogies and metaphors are pompous. Whatever Not necessarily, but in every day conversation they can be

When I came in here only one vote was cast but I didn't see who it was for. I then looked for a fun Ian pic. By the time I voted & posted, more had gone with the madman. I tried to pick a bunch of singers that were good but not so overwhelmingly highly regarded like Robert Plant or Ian Gillan or Ronnie James Dio. Yeah I caught that. I wouldn't pick Tsonga over Djokovic in a Wimby final. Wait, what thread is this? :hail: I would go for Andy v Federer. Djokovic is now injury prone as is Rafa That's not the point. I'm not actually picking Wimby. I just mentioned it because it's the most prestigious tennis tourney. Duck said "...singers that were good but not so overwhelmingly highly regarded like Robert Plant or Ian Gillan or Ronnie James Dio." "Overwhelmingly highly regarded" is Djokovic, "good but not" is Tsonga. Andy and Novak and are both currently injured. Nobody has more match wins this year than Fed...and Rafa. Anyway, I like Tsonga a lot and voted for him in this poll. My sperm's in the gutter. Oh I see, I apologise, I just thought you were talking about who you thought would be in the Wimbledon Final this year so I put my opinion in :finbar: :finbar: But Tsonga is a tennis player not a singer so I don't know how he would be relevant to this poll?? :o :o Well you want to vote for the talented Chris Cornell and his looks but he's as much on that poll as Jo Willy Tsonga and Doctor J. Well he is a rock singer so perhaps a bit more relevant than a tennis player Before you get more confused, I'm talking about analogies. A heart is like a pump. Pro athletes are sometimes compared to racehorses. My first boss was a snake in the grass. Tsonga/Ian is an excellent player but not as regarded as Djokovic/Plant. ((I still LIKE Tsonga/Ian MORE than the latter though)). Doctor J was important to basketball. Ian was important to the rock world. Oh I see now. Well I suppose that is why I got confused. I don't generally speak in analogies or metaphors to people, I am not that pompous