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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: SwoopSJ on April 24, 2009, 04:45:25 AM
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FQ13's post about songs in troubled times, got the old wheels turning. I used to be a bit of a "long hair" and attended concert after concert from my late teens through mid/late twenties. Who's your favorite live act or best concert you've attended.
Best live act:
1. Allman Brothers - I've seen them in different configurations around a dozen times. They never fail to impress.
2. Ted Nugent - played White Buffalo as his encore and ended it by firing a flaming arrow into his guitar. :o
3. Tom Petty - probably saw him and Heart Breakers 3-4 times, always great
4. Dave Matthews Band - (early years) Fantastic jam band. Lots of HOT college age chicks.
Best Concert:
1. Jimi Buffett - Scored front row, center stage tickets one year. ;D The smiley says it all!
2. Eric Clapton - 3rd time I saw him. Just him and 4 man band. Very casual, very cool, and very good seats. (Acoustic version of Bell Bottom Blues)
3. Eagles - put on a great show. Played all their group and solo hits.
4. B.B. King Blues Fest - Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy, B.B. King... need I go on?
Once I go through the ticket stubs I'm sure I'll have to amend this post. At 5 a.m., these are the ones that stand out in my mind, however.
Swoop
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Haven't seen a lot of live concerts myself, got turned off when I saw Jefferson Airplane in college and my ears rang for 3-4 days afterwards.
Best concert I did see was Ian Tyson in 2000 at the outdoor Medora stage. You sit in theater seats built into the the side of a hill, the backdrop is the ND badlands, and just Ol'e Ian and 2 guys on guitars on stage. All acoustic, all outdoors, and all the best Western music ever written or performed.
All that followed up by a pitchfork fondue. Got to meet the guy myself, shake his hand and thank him personally. Can't get much better than that.
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Been along time ago and in no particular order.
1. Jerry Jeff Walker at some huge nightclub in Dalas/Fort Worth area that had a mechanical bull, live indoor rodeo, and soundproof phone booths that had prerecorded excuse messages.
2. Gary P. Nunn in Luchenbach, Texas
3. Ray Wiley Hubbard at a bar in Dallas. I think it was the Texas Tea House. Saw Roy Barnes there also.
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Bluebone....because I can really FEEL it.
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Bluebone....because I can really FEEL it.
;D I hope one day be able to say the same!
As of now it would have to be the SRV concert I saw about two weeks before he died. The man was amazing!
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ZZ Top puts on a great show!
As far as pure unadulterated high-energy show it would have to be Garth Brooks (nice guy, too....I've had the opportunity to meet him on a couple of ocassions........it's good to be in radio)
;D
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1. Jerry Jeff Walker at some huge nightclub in Dalas/Fort Worth area that had a mechanical bull, live indoor rodeo, and soundproof phone booths that had prerecorded excuse messages.
Now that is a great idea. Too, cool! 8)
As of now it would have to be the SRV concert I saw about two weeks before he died. The man was amazing!
Oh, man! Envious doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Live concert.. ZZ Top .38 special and Hank Jr. outdoors at Red Rocks... Awesome!!!
Garth Brooks when he was just hitting the big time.. Cheyenne Frontier Days he put on a hell of a show.
a Local band "Opie Gone Bad" talented group..
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Whould anyone even remember a Jimmy Buffett ??? It's a party.... aaaa concert with alot of funny smoke in the air :o
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SRV in FT. Worth Texas, 11th row aisle seat, He was in rare Jimi mode, wearing a canary yellow pimp suit with yellow beret. During Voodo chile, He started playing his guitar on the floor, and I ran up to the stage to see better, 1st one there, got to see about 10 seconds before the bouncers started pushing, no big deal I thought as I turned around to go back to my seat, I had not figured on the few hundred people that came behind me. lucky only had 11 rows to go. Texas Flood concert, still got the muscle shirt. ;D
Clapton and Freddy King, seperately and then together on the same night, only time I truly got enough guitar. :P
Kiss Alive tour, I know, I was 17, but like Jimmy Buffet said, " don't try to describe a Kiss concert if you've never seen 1 " ;)
Brian Burns, Gary P Nunn, Tommy Alverson and Nathan Hamilton on a Cruise to Cancun, part of a radio promotion and We got to spend 4 days with them in small bar rooms mostly, and they were nice enough to let me videotape 4 hrs of them from about 20'. And they all autographed my Baby Taylor guitar. 8)
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Though I don't recall the whole week anymore....I attended this when I was in the Navy in N. CA......pretty much slept where ever I was...got up and started all over again...Oakland Coliseum
Day On The Green #3: Aerosmith, Foreigner, Pat Travers, Van Halen, AC/DC (July 23, 1978) This was the first U.S. tour for Van Halen.
Day On The Green #4: The Rolling Stones, Santana, Eddie Money, Peter Tosh (July 26, 1978)
Bill Graham had a huge 'Lip & Tongue' Stones Logo built as the stage for this show on Mick Jagger's birthday. As the Rolling Stones finally came on stage 2+ hours after Santana finished playing, two helicopters flew around the stadium dropping blowup dolls and ping-pong balls stamped with the stones tongue logo into the crowd. As everyone looked up to the sky, the Stones appeared out of nowhere, playing Let it Rock from the tongue of the stage.
I have to assume I had a good time... ;D
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I saw Christopher Cross last summer in a lounge at the Carlyle in Manhattan and he was outstanding.
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I saw Christopher Cross last summer in a lounge at the Carlyle in Manhattan and he was outstanding.
Yer SURE you want to admit that?
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Yer SURE you want to admit that?
Hey, Rob can admit to anything he wants to. Are any of YOU guys gonna give crap about it? I'm not!
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Yer SURE you want to admit that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeqmNbA2Hs
;D
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Yer SURE you want to admit that?
Sometimes admiting you have a problem is half the battle!! ;D
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My personal favorites have been:
RUSH, anywhere and anytime.
Kansas, being from Kansas and all.
Almost any live band that REALLY loves to play live. One group I saw in college was a band called Nexxus (I think) out of Canada. All percussion, mostly mallet stuff and they were really awesome.
and Tim McGraw, because I got to play golf with his drummer, and then go on stage and check out his kit before the show.
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Sometimes admiting you have a problem is half the battle!!
My name is Rob and I like late-70's/early-80's soft rock & easy listening music.
-RJP
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My name is Rob and I like late-70's/early-80's soft rock & easy listening music.
-RJP
Just when I was starting to like you. :-\
I don't think that type of music will actually play in your new car. ;)
(He must have had the mullet re-poed and it's still a sore spot for him)
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My name is Rob and I like late-70's/early-80's soft rock & easy listening music.
-RJP
AH I now have the perfect name for ya.
You have heard of 'lawnmoner man', well yer 'elevator man'! ;D
License plate; elevtrmn or elevtrmsc (elevator music)
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Have'nt been to that many concerts. I have a problem with large crowds, especially large drunk crowds.
Actually, it might be an ammo and capacity problem. ;)
Been to Garth a couple times, great show.
Have also been to see Charlie Daniels Band, Mellencamp, Billy Joel and probably some I can't recall.
The best are the elevators at work. Sometimes I just ride for hours listening to the music, waiting for
The Pincus to show up so we can jam together. ;D
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My personal favorites have been:
RUSH, anywhere and anytime.
I didn't think he was doing the "Rush To Excellence Tour" anymore. ;D
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My name is Rob and I like late-70's/early-80's soft rock & easy listening music.
-RJP
Find a twelve step program in your area Rob... I think Seals and Croft are running one these days. ;D
This will pass with age and wisdom in knowing there is NO GOOD rock and roll after 1979. This is why I listen to nothing but the blues..... 8)
p.s. your a good sport for a young'un..... ;)
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IRON MAIDEN! I saw them the first time in '83 and most recently, last May. It's a big show. Metallica came in close in the late 80's. By the way, last Tuesday was Maiden Day. I hope everyone had a great Maiden Day.
I saw Pathfinder's ears rang. The Scorpions did that to me, but after a Blue Oyster Cult concert, mine bled. I wear plugs now.
Rush was the first concert I ever went to and they'd be high on the list. I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn open for Huey Lewis and the News and he ripped them one. The next night I saw X and they be at the top also.
Notable mention would go to a New Orleans local band, Bryan Lee & the Jump Street Five (blind blues guitarist). When I worked with Nissan Racing, I saw him in '91 at Ye Olde Absinthe - still have the tape they sold at the show. This was a great show.
Another notable mention goes to The Greyboy Allstars.
One of Jimmy Buffet's big stops every tour is here in Irvine as it was also one for the Grateful Dead. I don't go for the "funny smoke" concerts.
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I don't think that type of music will actually play in your new car
If they don't come down on the price, I can demand the entire Time Life Soft Rock of the 70's collection be pre-loaded onto the harddrive!
I think Seals and Croft are running one these days...
I have a great Seals & Croft T-shirt! Wore it to the bar with some students once..... once. :-\
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Don't tell me that I'm the only one excited about the Loggins & Messina Reunion Tour ??? !!???
http://www.logginsandmessina.com/
August 25th, Portsmouth, VA !! Who's in??
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Loggins, Messina and "The Pincus"...
I count three!!!!! ;D
You know Rob, somehow that connects you to Kevin Bacon........6 degrees, yada, yada
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Don't tell me that I'm the only excited about the Loggins & Messina Reunion Tour ??? !!???
http://www.logginsandmessina.com/
August 25th, Portsmouth, VA !! Who's in??
Yech!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KzrDW-b-Q
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Yech!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KzrDW-b-Q
That made me laugh really loud.....Haz know all the right words to say.............
Only been to a few concerts......
Charlie Daniels
Hank Williams, Jr. (after he sobered up...touring with Skynyrd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (3 times from '90 on. I wasn't old enough when the original line-up was playing...if I only had a time machine)
ZZ Top (touring with Skynyrd)
I used to be a bar hound......(every weekend)......I love to hear good live music.
Saw Dr. Hook one weekend in a bar in Valdosta along with Widespread Panic.
There used to be a band from Florida that I'd go see called 'Eli'...damn good cover band.
Saw Ricky Medlocke (Blackfoot, Skynyrd) in a bar with a group he threw together for a weekend gig.
Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes (Allman Bros., Gov't Mule) played a outdoor gig in a big pecan grove about 30 miles from here as a benefit for a guy that was sick. Those guys jammed all day and then again that night.
Always wanted to see Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Willie Nelson, B.B King, George Strait, and....way too many to list.
Just hate the crowds.
8) 8) 8) 8)
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Best Live Act:
Was sensational live! The R30 tour was a blast!
Best Concert:
At the Blue Note; Columbia, MO in 1998 pre- "Diabolus in Musica" tour. Small club (maybe 1,200 seats) and this LOUD band rocked the fudge outta it!
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Been to Frontier Days a time or 3 in Cheyenne, Wy. Been lucky enough to see George Strait, and got to meet Kicks Brooks and Ronnie Dunn at the adult beverage stand at the rodeo. By far Chris LeDouex has put on the best show & music at a concert in my humble opinoin. ( I am old enough to remember the Georgia Satellites , I think Peg might have been in the band ;D)
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My Mother took me to Janis Joplin with Big Brother & the Holding Co.
*side note she was 8 months pregnant with me....(maybe that explains it) ::)
+100 on Rush.
Monsters of Rock Tour 1986 Scorpions, Metallica, Van Halen,
Uh, Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse of Reason, & Delicate Sound of Thunder, (no body throws sound in a stadium like Floyd).
Pat Travers back in the day lit up many smaller venues I frequented. When Snortin Whiskey and Drinkin Cocaine was popular.
+100 on the Iron Maiden Powerslave Tour...still can't remember how I ended up 75 miles away after the show,...
I was a former member of the longhaired, headbangers club.
Loudest concert was AC/DC For Those About To Rock Tour, (it was the cannons, yes real size cannons)
Many, Many ,Many fine memories, and others I should forget, statute of limitations should be up by now.....
Partied at a Carvel Ice Cream Store in Miami with a band called Anthrax, before and after the show,... found a thong in my pocket after that show, but I was young and stupid, and somehow got away with it,.... 8)
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Been to Frontier Days a time or 3 in Cheyenne, Wy. Been lucky enough to see George Strait, and got to meet Kicks Brooks and Ronnie Dunn at the adult beverage stand at the rodeo. By far Chris LeDouex has put on the best show & music at a concert in my humble opinoin. ( I am old enough to remember the Georgia Satellites , I think Peg might have been in the band ;D)
You bet....... ;)
You'd remember these gems too..... forgot about them playing the 'circuit' of bars in Georgia back in the late 80's -early 90's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKSJLop26yI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqyG9IQEgQ4
And when he ain't playing for Ozzy.....Zakk Wylde........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bX3FLnZ_0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGInxDT7DE
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Thanks PegLeg. Zakk is like Billy Gibbons, on steroids... Really like his Black Label Society stuff and of course the days with Ozzy.
tears up a 12 string like nobody's business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HG-nKIXMis
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The only concert I ever went to was Operation Rock-N-Roll in 1991. It was Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, and Metal Church, one band right after another. Alice Cooper's show was amazing. They were showing a movie and two guys stepped out of the movie screen onto the stage and dragged him back into the movie with them. There was other cool stuff going on too. I should buy the movie of the concert so I can see it again.
Last summer(?) we organized a block party for my neighbor's birthday. Both ends of the street were blocked off and a few bands played right in front of my house. One was really good and the others weren't bad either. I can't remember the names but I should have bought the CD of the best band.
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Thanks PegLeg. Zakk is like Billy Gibbons, on steroids... Really like his Black Label Society stuff and of course the days with Ozzy.
tears up a 12 string like nobody's business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HG-nKIXMis
I hear he's playing on Ozzy's newest, soon to be released album.
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I saw the Kinks back in high school. Phenominal show! Got to be the best I've seen. Funny thing is an unknown kid named John Cougar opened for the Kinks. He got booed off the stage. ;D
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In 2000 I went to a clapton concert, the tickets were like $50 for the nose bleeds, only concert I've ever been too where I got my moneys worth.
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MORRISSEY
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Long time ago a friend of mine was on the entertainment committee at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. He invited me to a Blue Oyster Cult concert the committee had booked. The warm up was Bob Seger that they had booked for a relativly small sum. That was about the time that his Beautiful Loser album with Katmandu was released and climbed the charts along with his fame. We tried to book him at the college I went to a few month later, but the cost were prohibitive.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC1ivZl7AE4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mozufn21Utc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ug3_V1H7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz3_GfMxkXU
Just a few of my favorites. 8)
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My name is Rob and I like late-70's/early-80's soft rock & easy listening music ... and I can kill you with my bare hand!
-RJP
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ;D
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I'm not much of a concert goer. I went to Boston back in the late 70's and was sorry. We were taken to the Oak Ridge Boys in 80, after our wedding and had a good time. A couple years ago I surprised Audrey with the Oak Ridge Boys at the local casino, and they are just as good 30 years later.
I enjoy the local bands at the local bar as much as anything. However, with the smoking bans up here all the small bands are quitting. As was explained to me by a member yesterday, it isn't any fun working 50 hours a week and then going to a bar to play for 17 people. They still do a birthday party or wedding now and then, but the regular things are no more. And, we are seeing a lot of that. It is hard to take a bike ride and come across a live band in the parking lot any more.
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Mettalica or Dave Matthews Band would get my vote.
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Ooh, ooh, Motley Crue is a good show!! Seen 'em a few times had a great time at all....( I think)
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Ooh, ooh, Motley Crue is a good show!! Seen 'em a few times had a great time at all....( I think)
Ya don't remember ???... ;D
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Bauhaus in Boston. The Cure in Chicago. Pink Floyd in Indianapolis. Ramones in Indy. Social Distortion in Cincinatti.
Several Lollapalooza's and Van's Warped Tour provided great opportunities to see a ton of great bands.
Now if I could just see Ted Nugent in concert??? 8)
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Ya don't remember ???... ;D
Isn't that why you buy the shirt??? :P
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Bauhaus in Boston. The Cure in Chicago. Pink Floyd in Indianapolis. Ramones in Indy. Social Distortion in Cincinatti.
Several Lollapalooza's and Van's Warped Tour provided great opportunities to see a ton of great bands.
Now if I could just see Ted Nugent in concert??? 8)
Nice choices! :)
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Isn't that why you buy the shirt??? :P
Absolutely ;D
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Buy the shirts and sell them on Ebay for a profit!!! Thanks BAC on the comment. I would have to admit that the tightest show I have ever seen was Helmet at the Vogue in Indianapolis. Indy is where I have to go to see some culture. That is with the exception when Black Flag came to Kokomo, Indiana and I helped them set up at the ISIS Theater in 1985 and met Henry Rollins and Greg Ginn.
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Buy the shirts and sell them on Ebay for a profit!!! Thanks BAC on the comment. I would have to admit that the tightest show I have ever seen was Helmet at the Vogue in Indianapolis. Indy is where I have to go to see some culture. That is with the exception when Black Flag came to Kokomo, Indiana and I helped them set up at the ISIS Theater in 1985 and met Henry Rollins and Greg Ginn.
That really brings me back in time. Damn! Now I have to watch Repo Man. ;D
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In 2000 I went to a clapton concert, the tickets were like $50 for the nose bleeds, only concert I've ever been too where I got my moneys worth.
My money's worth was the Grateful Dead at Folsom Field in Boulder. CO. in 1973. 5 hours of music for 6 dollars.
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My money's worth was the Grateful Dead at Folsom Field in Boulder. CO. in 1973. 5 hours of music for 6 dollars.
$6 :o Now that's what I call a deal! I never was a "Dead Head", but you can't help but love their music. I mean, they were the prototype for modern jam bands. Ya' gotta love "Casey Jones", "Ripple", "Truckin'", and my personal favorite, "Help on The Way".
Swoop
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All of you 80's hair band fo-gies... ::)
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Montgomery-Gentry and Sugarland
New Rock -
Seether - Three Days Grace - Breaking Benjamin - Apocalyptica
- Separate note - Good to finally see a female on here. M'ette is ususally the only sanity amongst the chaos.
Ooh, ooh, Motley Crue is a good show!! Seen 'em a few times had a great time at all....( I think)
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M'ette is ususally the only sanity amongst the chaos. ??? ::)
Yeah Right ;D
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M'ette is ususally the only sanity amongst the chaos. ??? ::)
Yeah Right ;D
Trying to suck up a little... ;)
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I'll agree with the "amongst the chaos" part. ;D
If any one is looking for me I'll be in the corner. ;D
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- Separate note - Good to finally see a female on here. M'ette is ususally the only sanity amongst the chaos.
We have a little problem with dyslexia do we ;)
You were lookin a little lonely in the cigar lounge Tom ;D
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Thanks for the company. Do you play Darts ? ;D
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Thanks for the company. Do you play Darts ? ;D
Pool is more my game, but I'm not against throwing sharp objects.
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Pool is good, Usually safer for me ;D