OT Yet another attempt to stop smoking.

As I understand it from the colleague in charge of these matters, where
I still help out tweaking the systems, repair work is now done under the
Building Act 1984 rather than the Public Health Act Sections that I had
to know in the old days. The principle is the same though. If you are
upstream of a blockage or defect, you get to pay, if you are on a
'private sewer' or single connection drain.

My place is 1924, but connects straight on to the public sewer in the
road. When I had some problems with it just after we moved in, I called
the council to see if they might at least rod it out for free.
Unfortunately, the person who answered the phone was particularly clued
up.

Apparently, since Severn Trent took over all responsibility for 'Section
24' work in their area there have been some real mix ups regarding the
status of drainage systems that the LA had been clearing without charge
for years. The maps and plans are far from 100% accurate. Most of the
demarcation disputes have been sorted out by now (much fun with drain
dye and inspection chambers), but there were some epic blockage
resolution, ping pong, battles.

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Unlikely. Cigars are still tobacco, which is what contains the
nicotine. I suspect they just aren't laced with quite so many of the
chemicals big tobacco firms use to optimise their "nicotine delivery
system". Also, as you're not (generally) inhaling, you're not getting
quite the same hit as you would with a fag.

 

Sometimes I cheat and watch peoples fingers.

Too technical for me. I can generally work out the sequence for a simple
tune, but have to leave out the odd 'extra' chord. SWMBO is quite good
at figuring out new stuff she has heard, but doesn't have a published
arrangement for. She will listen to my attempts and say something like
"it needs a D7 in there".

It helps that a lot of stuff in pub folk sessions is in G - I blame the
banjos.
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Ok, obvious exceptions are Andy Abraham, Paul Potts and Shayne Ward.

The ones I'm referring to [1] are those who, when they are going for a
higher note, throttle back a bit and do a vocal quick-step to fool the
ear. It utterly grates on me and when I hear a 'winner' sing like that
I'm stunned - htf can the judges or the voting panel/public not hear it?
Such a method of cheating the notes is ok in pub singing but for anyone
to get acclaim on a national event for a blatant shortcoming in their
singing voice beggars belief.

You'd think so.

[1] I don't know their names because I don't watch those shows either,
just become aware of the finalists through a process of osmosis and will
hear their efforts whether I want to or not. I have no particular reason
to remember their names.
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I suppose, a bit like Ace was saying, I can recognise the relationships
of the chords to some degree, without being able to explain it.

Apart from just trying the usual combinations until it sounds right,
this can be quite a useful starting point.

http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp

Off to Mona's Isle now though. I see Steve Gibbons has a gig one night
as usual, plus Albert Lee and Hogan's heroes.


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<holds hands up in resigned manner>

It's a fair cop guv.

 

I liked it, but was told it's very very bad. *Shrug*.

 

My immediate thought was 'Twelve bar blues' but that just has him as a
peripheral character iirc? Bloody good book anyway.

 

RL's Dream, Walter Mosley?

 

easy to say

doesn't work in practice thought, does it

unless you find the off switch

 

Next thing we'll hear is that because they've lost one sense, the other
senses go into overdrive to compensate and that's a load of bollocks as much
as making out that a blind man can tune a piano better than someone who can
see.

Like the man who voices Steinway piano's for example? Before a Steinway
leaves the factory, it's this (one) man's job to make sure it sounds perfect
in both voice and tune. He's been at Steinway for 44 years and only started
playing the piano a couple of years ago.


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But at least its parents won't forget how to make a fist.


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Must be rather busy what with all that flying between Hamburg and New York.

 

missed "unless you find the off switch" in your overenthusiastic
snipping didn't you

 

*Schlurp*

 

Spar in Niederau, Tirol were selling Mont d'A for Euro 1.49 last week.
Local beer was also cheaper than bottled water.

 

Was it any good?

Our local "Kronenbourg Alsace" is about 55c for a 75cl bottle.
Certainly cheaper than some bottled waters.

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It was okay. On a par with something that Tesco would sell for £3.49 in the
UK. Certainly better than the Austrian Blauer Burgunders they had for twice
the price.

 

I woke up one day and didn't feel like smoking and for 6 more months..I
didn't either, which considering I've been a smoker since I was 14 and the
longest I'd gone without a fag before that was less than 2 hours was a
pretty long break.

Then I started again after finding a half smoked fag in the car and thought
"One won't hurt". It did.

I've tried stopping since using willpower and I've got absolutely nowhere.

I don't know *what* the difference is, but there is one.


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They send him via email.


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