IA's 'Does my bum look big in this Debt?' Diary

barnaby-bear

Toto wrote: »

Then there's the small matter of the 5k a year I spend on sticks and cymbals

I do buy sticks by the box (seeing as I usually go through 6 a night) Hotrods last a tune usually, so there's a MSE saving (don't use rods unless you're at gunpoint) :rotfl: I'm forever cracking cymbals which are around £200 each (depending on what cymbal it is)

Still glad Ste's the band's new drummer? :rotfl:

!!!!!!!!! Shhhhhhh! He's got one expensive hobby with the gaming, and you're encouraging him - we need to divert him towards a low cost, zero to low-equipment hobby:

hhhmmmm, any suggestions, here are mine:

mime (no equipment and silent)
gardening
knitting (he could knit covers for all the x-boxes)

immoral_angeluk

Toto wrote: »

Ahead are aluminium aren't they? I don't use them, I don't like the sound or the feel. I tend to stick with zildjian or vic firth.

Ste should check out the Sabian Neil Peart Paragon series cymbals. I love them, the sustain on the crash is amazing. I'm not a big fan of the paragon high hat, it's a bit dry. I'm super fussy about cymbals, it took me 8 hours to choose a splash one day. I was in the shop from morning to closing time and tried every single one. I actually ended up getting one custom made in the end. Nightmare!

See.. this is why I'm glad I'm a bassist... :rotfl:

immoral_angeluk

barnaby-bear wrote: »

!!!!!!!!! Shhhhhhh! He's got one expensive hobby with the gaming, and you're encouraging him - we need to divert him towards a low cost, zero to low-equipment hobby:

hhhmmmm, any suggestions, here are mine:

mime (no equipment and silent)
gardening
knitting (he could knit covers for all the x-boxes)

I like the sound of the mime :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T

Toto

OMG please!! The guy who was our best man plays bass. He came to stay with us for a week a year or so ago. The whole time he was here he was checking out bass' drove me flippin potty. There is only so much I can offer as an opinion, fretless? 6 string? Nice colour!!

Toto

To add, he ended up buying (yet another bass) for £6,000

Snaggles

Thanks Toto, that explanation makes a lot of sense to me, and sorry IA for being waaay off topic!

immoral_angeluk

Snaggles wrote: »

Thanks Toto, that explanation makes a lot of sense to me, and sorry IA for being waaay off topic!

no need to apologise!!

immoral_angeluk

Toto wrote: »

To add, he ended up buying (yet another bass) for £6,000

:eek: and I thought £295 for my old 5 string was bad enough! :eek:

immoral_angeluk

Toto wrote: »

OMG please!! The guy who was our best man plays bass. He came to stay with us for a week a year or so ago. The whole time he was here he was checking out bass' drove me flippin potty. There is only so much I can offer as an opinion, fretless? 6 string? Nice colour!!

No disrepect to him but I reall don't see the point of 6 string basses... lol.

Bunnyinthelights

Hey Honey,
What about sending Ash to Nan's for a few nights?
Or putting her to bed in your room for a few nights? I do know how hard it is, we had a nightmare with Joe crying and waking up Freya so he ended up in bed with with us on a few more occassions.

I did find that nothing worked straight away but being consistent helped...I also found that haivng the rooms cooler helped-not sure why but if they get too hot, they never slept.
Failing that...

Ummmm, medised? (JOKE! HONEST)
Apparently I never slept past 5 am as a child so maybe me and K are related?

x x x