classic33
Leg End Member
You don't drink, or so you try telling us.I've just started a new book on my kindle. Master William Falconer Medieval Mysteries. Try saying that when you've had a few drinks
Meaning you'll have no trouble saying it.
The Retirement Thread
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Meaning you'll have no trouble saying it.
classic33
Leg End Member
She does her business inside, make certain she clears up after herself!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Chuffing Hell.
When I quit the band I knew we had a gig on the horizon. There were no hard feelings from me so I said I'd cover that last gig, buy them a drink, shake their hands and be quietly on my way.
It seems they may have acted precipitously and engaged another bassist and the drummer in particular doesn't want me there.
That's fine, but they don't seem to comprehend that I own a fifth of the bands kit (mixer, PA, speaker, subs, lights, cables, all the rest of it) and if they want to bring in a replacement to a paid gig and let his use the kit that I part own then they should be buying me out first.
Now the kit is a few years old so is worth about 25 pence in the pound, which would work out at about what my replacement would have been paid for that gig so in essence he'd have to play for free.
They've done the maths, realised this and they're trying to guilt trip me, saying they'll have to cancel the gig...which brings us full circle as I said I'd play that last gig which means they wouldn't have had to cancel.
I've told them the choice is easy - if someone else wants to use the gear outside of the original 5 co-owners then that person needs to buy me out. I've told them I don't want cash but will accept a donation to the Epilepsy Society with some kind of receipt as proof, then they can do what they want with it.
As it stood I was going to cover the last gig then donate my share to a local youth band that we support and who we occasionally let use the gear to help them out, but that cuts no ice with them. But if someone wants to come in an earn a good pay day (£200) from using kit I part own then they're going to have to pay me. Dont expect to arrive wt the table and eat the meal I've paid for.
I've told them they either buy me out of let me play. If they dot and try to bring in a replacement I'll take it up with the MU.
This really is sheet I don't need. Either let me play as I'd offered, or buy me out and get someone else in. A simple, binary choice. It's doing my bleeding head in.
When I quit the band I knew we had a gig on the horizon. There were no hard feelings from me so I said I'd cover that last gig, buy them a drink, shake their hands and be quietly on my way.
It seems they may have acted precipitously and engaged another bassist and the drummer in particular doesn't want me there.
That's fine, but they don't seem to comprehend that I own a fifth of the bands kit (mixer, PA, speaker, subs, lights, cables, all the rest of it) and if they want to bring in a replacement to a paid gig and let his use the kit that I part own then they should be buying me out first.
Now the kit is a few years old so is worth about 25 pence in the pound, which would work out at about what my replacement would have been paid for that gig so in essence he'd have to play for free.
They've done the maths, realised this and they're trying to guilt trip me, saying they'll have to cancel the gig...which brings us full circle as I said I'd play that last gig which means they wouldn't have had to cancel.
I've told them the choice is easy - if someone else wants to use the gear outside of the original 5 co-owners then that person needs to buy me out. I've told them I don't want cash but will accept a donation to the Epilepsy Society with some kind of receipt as proof, then they can do what they want with it.
As it stood I was going to cover the last gig then donate my share to a local youth band that we support and who we occasionally let use the gear to help them out, but that cuts no ice with them. But if someone wants to come in an earn a good pay day (£200) from using kit I part own then they're going to have to pay me. Dont expect to arrive wt the table and eat the meal I've paid for.
I've told them they either buy me out of let me play. If they dot and try to bring in a replacement I'll take it up with the MU.
This really is sheet I don't need. Either let me play as I'd offered, or buy me out and get someone else in. A simple, binary choice. It's doing my bleeding head in.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
She is very clean and it never happens inside.
classic33
Leg End Member
You mean you're not going to try to say it?I didn't mean me, I just meant generally
WoW.... sounds complicated.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Hi suns out, but not very warm
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
Bridgport machines are a blast from the past.
We kept a pair around because they weren’t automated. When the day came that the network was down or the CAD system acting up or the friggin moon phase wasn’t right you could always put an old guy on a Bridgeport and the work would get done.
and the young guys would stand by with their mouths hanging open asking: “how does he do that!”
As a very young child I remember that my Aunt was a " bookies runner " ( well, she used to hang around outside the local pub and that's what they told me she was )
classic33
Leg End Member
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands Edinburgh
Been out on my mtb for a couple of hours, another Pentlands loop. When the paths are this dry there’s so many options. For most of the year they are much more limited due to the mud.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Had another wander before lunch. I met a girl with her dog that lives in the next street and walked with her for a bit. She knows how introverted and social phobic I am, but she asked if I would like to attend the evening of her and John’s wedding. I think I said no almost before she had finished her sentence! I am actually getting worse the older I get. The very thought of attending makes me feel ill. 
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
We had pizza. Quick, cheap and cheerful.
