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			<title>turkey dressing recipe</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/turkey_dressing_recipe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is coming soon and I need to make turkey dressing. Do any of you want to share your recipes on what you use to make it. thanks]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>seriously this is getting annoying.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If anyone can see this.....90% of my replies or threads that i have tried to start within the past week are not showing up. I will type up something long and nice (like I just did for the Do you go to music stores thread) hit post and it will take me back to the thread and i am no longer logged on. This seriously sucks.


I hope this one makes it through..................]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Guitar Heroes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[No, not the video game... i have a question for everyone...

What defines someone as a guitar hero for you? Technique aside. What about their style and stage prescence make you think of them as a hero... basically, whats your definition of a guitar hero? For me its someone who can demand attention onstage, but doesnt dominate the band, but when given the chance to let loose, does so in way a very special way. His/her playing and style sets off kind of an atmosphere if you know what i mean? The player that can give you goosebumps even if you just are watching them play... Jimmy Page is one of my favorite examples of a living breathing guitar hero]]></description>
			<author>drakbots</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Halloween pics...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/halloween_pics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[these are just the before shots, there are some during and maybe after ( I think?) but I'll sort them out soon.......what did you guys get up to????]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>October 31</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Does anyone else hate Halloween?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Wish me luck</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is the big day; my favourite holiday of the year, and I'm throwing a massive party in my bac yard and the kicker is I'm proposing to my long-time girlfriend of 8 years.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>Anyone else doing Rockschool</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I'm a few hours away from failing my Rockschool Grade 5 exam, and I was just wondering if anyone else is doing rockschool or a similar music course.

Haha. Back to trying play a comped chord progression. I just cant do it!!!! ah well.... just venting some steam.]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gbase</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well, it was my birthday and my smug little smuglyness got some money, so what better to use that money than fueling some GAS! (first time using this term as it applie to me) so anyways, i was browsing Gbase for the first time and came across a real beauty, i was drooling at the pictures, my only question is, how does Gbase actually work, and if anyone here has purchased something through Gbase, do you have any tips?]]></description>
			<author>drakbots</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Space - The final limitation.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/space__the_final_limitation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey folks, I am in desperate need of some life hacks on how to a half stack and a 6 guitar holder tree stand into my tiny little room. Anyone have some general crafty tricks for making and saving space with music equipment?]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
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			<title>Stickam Chat</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/stickam_chat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey I made a chat room on stickam, and will sit in it indefinitely until it becomes self sufficient. 

http://stickam.com/member/loadChatRoom.do?roomId=1371742

I want it to be a room for people to trade ideas and such. Join if you are on, bored enough, and are capable.]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
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			<title>Holy Mother of Jehosephat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dudes and Dudettes, alike; I just recieved a HP Pavillion Laptop, and an Ibanez ATK400 Bass. My wife's sister and her husband, had this computer about 6-8 months, trying to use it for College. The computer wouldn't do what she wanted, so they gave it to us. I have a lot to learn before I go putting my tunes on the site here, but I feel like good things are coming my way. I have to fix the bass. It has an active pickup so I have to fix the battery connector, but I hooked it up the other night and it works. I also have to get the electronics cleaned out, and make a cover for the back. But man am I stoked! Anyone else had any the GAS gods send anything your way?]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Headphone help</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well, its happened again, another set of headphones has crapped out on me for some stupid reason, this time, as with all other times, the wires somehow became disconnected and one of the headphones speakers stopped working. I tried fixing it, but, of course, i screwed it up and now they are broken for good. I was wondering if any of you guitar buddies here could reccomend me some cheap (under $50 U.S) over ear headphones that will be good for listening to music on an ipod. Please dont post stuff about those little ear buds, they give me horrid headaches and break way to easily, im not that rough with them, but i enjoy the comfort of the large over ear ones more than those wussy earbuds. So if anyone has a good pair they use for recording or listening to music please let me know? thanks]]></description>
			<author>drakbots</author>
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			<title>Meh.......</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was extremely bored.....


http://sixstringslander.yolasite.com/]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>Sick of this \'Global Warming\' bullshit.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I put this in Offbeat as I couldn't find a Thread section called Utter Wank.

A guy posted this on iComp in the forums.

" a plea. for help. with music.	

i need a sad story lullabye thing like a metal xylophone or piano or something to put to a powerpoint to add more affect.
the powerpoint is abouthow global warming affects the world and need some music (sad inducing, if possible) to zoom in on a picture of a hurt animal.or something of equal affect. "


Wow. I detect stupidity and a whiff of lentil soup in equal measure here.


I have a reply typed up and am considering whether or not to post it as it might be a waste of time to even engage this moron. Here it is,

 Its not global warming dude, its called weather and every few hundred years it changes and that in turn changes how it effects the planet. We've had a few ice ages, some moderate climate, now its time for some heat. Thats how it works and how life has sustained all these millions of years. Notice how the 'ozone hole' was big in the eighties and disappeared off the conscious awareness radar? Thats because it was mostly scare mongering, same with this. Concern yourself with what your Governments plan to do with the money they stiff us all for over the back of this, and then watch as in a few years time it will no longer be an issue....

I fail to see how some sad music and a picture of a clubbed seal can help fix this non existent issue.If we really want to cut our carbon footprint down to workable levels we could always eat more beef. More cows = more pollution as they produce methane at an extraordinary rate daily. If we kill some vegans and vegetarians that means we can have more plants too, that helps, and the carnivores amongst us can chomp away that nasty cow fart problem...  If we dont more air pollution means that the supposed hole up there might double in the next 20 years ( you know, like it was supposed to when they said that 20 years ago too). Then the ice will melt causing no damage whatsoever. Damn we must stop nothing from happening!! Nowhere will be damaged by the Polar ice-caps melting, oh the humanity, we really must organize a fundraiser to rescue the flags that live there, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, why did you abandon them!! 

In summary, if we rid ourselves of cows and vegetable murderers, and possibly that woman from Ally MacBeal who lives on a diet of a leaf every day, we can cut emissions of not only toxic gases, but possibly hot air and bullshit too. Speaking of hot air and bullshit, the governments have to go too in my Utopia, as well as any one who drives a Ford Ka or owns a Jonas Bros. CD.

Sorry about the rant, but lets face it, we gotta have both sides heard right?]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>Anybody up for a good old fashioned lynching? (Lisa Rondeau)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anybody_up_for_a_good_old_fashioned_lynching_lisa_rondeau</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think I can speak for the entire site when i say "GET THE FUCK OUT AND QUIT POSTING YOUR SPAM SHIT, BITCH!"]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Me as a foreign exchange student!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So, i just began my sophomore year at my high school, and just tonight attended a meeting for a Rotary Club semi-sponsored study abroad program. They have a list of several different countries, and have all of these different things set up. I would leave my beautiful country of America and go to some foreign place to spend a year of high school there, where there aren't many other English speakers. I would have to learn another language, in addition to my 2 years of Spanish classes. But travel entails a few problems. Expenses. I am not asking you to put money in envelopes and shit to send to me, I just want people that read this to open google for 5 minutes and help me find scholarships that I can apply for to try and help out my dad pay for this, if I get the opportunity. I think I am a pretty good student, so it should makes things a lot easier. Thanks, all. ]]></description>
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			<title>How do I reach these kids. (Pardon the rant)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hmm so I teach guitar at a studio here in town and am debating about leaving my job. The primary age range and method of advertisement causes me to be more of a babysitter than a instructor. I have never had a student that I could teach finer points of music, I just have kids who either are there because there parents want them to learn and instrument or are there because MTV has poisoned there mind with poor music and superficiality. Oh not to mention the owner sets the price and how long lessons are. He gets half of what I make, gives the student half the time they need, and then demands more voluntary help for the shot under the guise that I will be promoting myself and will get more students. I am not very good at motivating kids these days, I know they dont have their head in the game anyhow.

So, to any of you that also teach students around the age of 12.... How do you get them to be excited about learning things. They bring in a song that is WAY beyond their skill range, and when I to show them the things they need to know before we can even try they have already lost interest. It just seems like a waste of my time, their time, and their money to show some one something note by note when they wont even understand what is happening.

As I mentioned, the money is so little already, so really this isn't a job that I would just bite my lip and do to make money, I do it in hopes of getting just one student who is self motivated that I can show new and exciting things to EVERY lesson instead of spending the 30minutes basically forcing them to practice because they DONT DO IT ON THEIR OWN.

tl;dr How to make kids motivated?]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
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			<title>What to get the guitarist who cooks a lot</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[That's right a guitar spatula!]]></description>
			<author>Waltz</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>halo 3 odst</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/halo_3_odst</link>
			<description><![CDATA[at first i thought it was an ad for the halo movie becasue i didnt see the rated m part in the beginning...when is bungie going to do the movie?? i think everyone wants to see it! any halo fans on g.com? also, pic unrelated]]></description>
			<author>theamazingkris</author>
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			<title>While My Ukulele Gently Weeps...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hope this is not one of those re-posts of an already posted vid lost in the archives somewhere. I saw this on facebook and had to share. I can't decide whether it is funny or great. At any rate the guy makes amazing noise with his ukulele. I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think...]]></description>
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			<title>gotta remember....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gotta_remember</link>
			<description><![CDATA[8 years ago.....on my way to work, thought the radio program was joking......they weren't....]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
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			<title>Live Music</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm going to a live show tonight.  Its been a long time since Ive seen live music cause me and my wife don't go to bars anymore cause shes a recovering alcoholic, so the live seen has been out for awhile. Being an old beginner i hope to get some ideas maybe Lmao.]]></description>
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			<title>Guitar Chicks.......</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Haha, made you look......................

My niece with the Spear, rockin out, bless her cotton socks. Just had to post it as she is giving it the full on lead players attitude!!!

Made me smile. ]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>The Official Zombie Movie Thread</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_official_zombie_movie_thread</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was reading one of Zombre's posts and he said something to effect of he likes to rent Zombie movies. So I though "who doesn't?" but there are alot of really really crappy zombie movies these days. There are also alot of really really good ones. 
Every time I'm browsing through Netflix or another movie rental outlet I see tons of zombie movies that i have never heard of. 

Lets get the word out which ones are sucky and which ones are awsome. 


I watched "Dance of the Dead" recently expecting it to suck but it was really funny! Its cheesey and campy but not in a cheesey and campy way. They knew they were making a fun movie. The movie doesn't feel cheap. Special effects, makeup and gory zombie messes were done very well. I recomend it.]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
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			<title>Why dont I get it?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/why_dont_i_get_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well this is going to be WAY offbeat for me but of the past while, I have taken more interest in politics and government and just America in the general sense and all I can say is that from listening,watching and trying to wrap my mind around it all.....I simply do not know.

this came mostly when I would hear people say well no one does anything about it....So what does one American do, I mean how could I do anything to help, when I can hardly being to fix it or understand it?

ever time I ask a question or would even read a debate here on the forums when the election was happening it just became in my opinion a big mess.

I was hoping maybe someone could enlighten me,seriously, I know your probably thinking well, Steve just do what you want and all that, its your life, but I see things happening in my country and frankly.......Iam little pissed off, and yet I cant do anything about it?
.
anyways I felt I needed to say this, and since even in just internet form,I kinda know you all, I thought Id share it with you.

or maybe its just because Iam 18 and don't know anything and just shut up........




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			<title>Unnessasary Rivalry</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So I was working yesterday for this "other" company that I won't name. Things are almost always like the story I'm about to share.

At my workplace we have a house audio system that is totally bullshit, it was designed by a computer programmer who doesn't know anything about audio. Like, nothing at all. Doesn't even know what phantom power is. So for the most part, I either plug a mixer into the house system and mix from there, or set up a PA depending on my needs for the event. So we were talking audio and I was telling him about it, and he said if there's ever any problems to give him a call and he'll show me how to run a mixer... so I explained to him that I do sound for a living, and the limitations were with the system and not my mixing abilities. So then we got to talking about different boards we use, and he was totally trying to be a show off because he has this $14,000 Yamaha LS9 digital board. Well, I work on everything from Midas' to Soundcrafts to Allen&Heath to my main board, a Roland RSS M-400. But hell, give me a behringer and I'll do what I can really. So he, the owner of the company who hasn't mixed any big bands like I have even though I'm half his age, decides to be an ass about everything and tries ripping on the mixers I use.

The only mixing board I own is a Mackie 1402 VLZ pro, and I use that and a few outboard mic pres from my studio when I freelance live. Honestly, I'll work on anything.

I though he was kind of funny/pathetic at first, but as the 12th hour working with him came and went he was just getting on my nerves. He kept showing me stuff on the LS9 that he thought was just soooo amazing even though it's pretty standard stuff on a digital board. He was badmouthing the company I work for, and even though I'm not one to get all upset about stuff like that this guy was just trying sooo hard to be cool and "better" than me. Then he was going on and on about his speaker system, showing me how the power and audio just daisy chained through on his little JBL system he had set up. I told him it was the same as the JBL Vertek rig I have at work and he just got all pissy about it. 

I forgot to mention that the band had brought their own sound company; I was at MY job yesterday basically making sure these guys knew what they were doing. I was helping a different audio company into my workplace to do what my job usually is. And he was being a total bitch about it. 

He was NOT bad at mixing at all. I mean, I would have mixed it differently but that was just a matter of taste. He had some serious issues trying to do both mains and wedge monitors and stereo in ear monitors on one board, but the end result was good. Though I suppose you give anyone a 4 hour sound check you'd have to have at least a decent sound.


Anyway, the moral of the story is a lot of people who work in the live audio industry on the lower end of the scale try to make it seem like they are really big players, working on the best gear using the best this and that, and they are sooo much better than everyone else and blah blah blah. It gets tiresome for the people like me who use what they have available to do the best job possible - even if it means working on a bunch of cheap rental equipment. For the most part, I am actually spoiled using Midas boards and EAW and JBL PA stuff but when it comes down to it, they are just tools and you can build a house using Dewalt or JobMate tools - you might prefer working with the better stuff but if all you have is crap you just have to make do.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>So if I hit the Mega Millions...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I got in an office pool for a local "mega millions" lottery. If we hit we will each get about a gagillion dollars. Now don't front. Most of us have thought about things we might do with that kind of cash. Talk about G.A.S.! It made me think...What kind of guitars and rigs would I buy? If you could afford any axe out there,(money's no object) what would it be?]]></description>
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			<title>Halloween Plans?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I know it's early, but I've been busy making my mask and yard props. 

I've got big plans for this Halloween: Hidden in my Large Diaphragm Condenser drawer is an engagement ring [hidden exactly where she'll never go looking]. Other than that, I plan on having a big party, scaring children, and showing off the mask I'm making this year. Which is a facehugger alien from the Alien series.

Here's a couple of works in progress for you]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>Aaarrrgggghhh!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/aaarrrgggghhh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Something going on with my internet connection at home... the only time I feel confident online now is at work.... when I should be working. LOL

I actually like most new technology... except when it goes wrong and the fix isn't immediately obvious. I hate trouble shooting. Why can't it just work....?]]></description>
			<author>robbiusa</author>
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			<title>does anyone know where i can get a...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_anyone_know_where_i_can_get_a</link>
			<description><![CDATA[free m4a to mp3 file converter? i have a song i did with my band, and i got the final copy emailed to me as an m4a file, but i want you guys to hear it and soundclick only accepts mp3 files!!!]]></description>
			<author>theamazingkris</author>
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			<title>My babe pics...yea, or nay?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_babe_picsyea_or_nay</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I find it fun and amusing to post my babe pics here. I try to make sure the photos are not in poor taste. I don't wish to offend anyone. I realize that this is a guitar forum, but I try to keep things light and fun. Often, this is the way I stay connected to g.com when I don't really have anything else to say. I'm usually practicing my guitar whilst on g.com, unless I happen to look in while I'm at work.]]></description>
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			<title>If you play fantasy football</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_you_play_fantasy_football</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How good do you  think my team is?
QB. Peyton Manning
RB. Steve Slaton
RB. Darren Mcfadden
WR. Wes Welker
WR. Laveranues Coles
WR. Ted Ginn Jr.
TE. Tony Gonzalez
K. Stephen Gostkowski
Def. Steelers]]></description>
			<author>Aaron Lee</author>
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			<title>I am now scared of chimps - Severely</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_am_now_scared_of_chimps__severely</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was watching this show about wild chimps on the history channel. And this couple was camping in florida. These two chimps came up, and attacked them. One bit the ladies thumb off, and then she ran away. But they caught the guy . . . 

They bit off most of his fingers, the bottom of his foot, gouged out an eye, tore off his nose and part of his lips. They ate his buttocks to the point where his sciatic nerve is destroyed, so he cannot use his legs. Oh, and they chewed on his balls to top it off. Finally a national park ranger or something came and shot the chimps.

So yeah, if i ever see a chimp that isnt it a zoo, i'm pretty sure i'm going to immediately freak out and either piss my pants and run away, or shoot it repeatedly. NOBODY! And i mean NOBODY!!! is going to apply their teeth in a vicious manner to my balls.]]></description>
			<author>pickabass</author>
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			<title>BOOORREEDDD!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/booorreeddd</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm intensely bored and have actually started replying to spam e-mails. Isn't life wonderful? 

I can't go on Ebay as I have given myself a conditional ban until my guitar is finished and payment finalized. So no GASing until I have it in my pink little Irish nose-pickers. I even put my Messenger and Myspace IM on in the hope that I could nail someone before they realized I was on! haha

Stealth messaging. Anyhoooooo, last time I got bored I came on g.com and had a little rant and a story and tucked you all in later that night with some hot cocoa and your favourite jim-jams. Today is no different. I even got as desperate as to contact my brother who I don't even really talk to at all. Desperate times mean desperate measures. Anyway, on with today's little nugget.......

This is the story of a little Irish cheeky chappy who tried to sell a guitar on Ebay and eventually....actually read on, I wont spoil the ending.  I put on my signed self build a few weeks back, I wasn't asking much for it, but I thought the Paul Gilbert signature might have held it up a bit for someone who really wanted it. But initially no-one did.So the auction came and went and I had to re-list a bit cheaper and try again. This time wasn't as quiet.

I had some complete moron in Poland messaging me 5-6 times a day asking me questions that were answered in the description. In the end I started leaving really silly replies (who me? Never!). He still came at me like a train of stupidity on a track going to Dumb-Fuck. He then gave me the news after 30 messages that he wanted to buy it. Would I take half what I had on reserve. No. Enter the bidding you cretin. Ok I will give you 80% of what you want. No, see above idiot. Ok last time, I will give you full price. Hurragh!!! at last!!! 

He then asked me to ship it to Poland at MY expense!! hahahaha, " I give you full price, you pay to send to Poland!" Fuck off you tool. It's almost half what I was making on the instrument!! 

I contacted Ebay about it and they dealt with it slowly, but eventually sorted it and I pulled the guitar altogether.

But here is the bigger issue. Ebay charged me to list the item, they charged me for a seller account privilege, they then tried to charge me for something else too, cant remember, I would have been charged again on the final sale price had it been sold. So I'm down about £14 without so much as the guitar moving an inch. I put it on Gumtree which is free and sold it in 2 days along with another guitar. Job done.

Oh, and when I tried to raise a dispute with Ebay I heard no reply and I'm still waiting, yet they answered about selling etc when they were making out of it.


So my moral today is this. If you want to sell stuff online, screw Ebay, they suck massive donkey balls. Use Craigslist or Gumtree or something similar.

Besides Ebay has become a rip off in 90% of cases....avoid them like you avoid headbutting oncoming traffic.]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>Ideas?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ideas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Okay so im gonna write a book and I need some ideas

I need names for 7 people (first and last)

I need a setting (Town,City,Country etc)

This book is gonna be about a teenager whos dream is to become a famous guitar player. The problem is his parents aren't too supportive of his dream and want him to do other things like his brother whos going to school for autobody. He doesn't have much experience but he has such a drive and passion for guitars and music and he just wants to show the world what he can do. His father doesnt work because he is going blind and deaf and his mother is working 2 jobs to help support the family. Hes trying to get a job to pay for his guitar and equipment and the only place hiring is a local music shop on its last leg. Im not revealing the whole story just a little sample of the plot]]></description>
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			<title>Symbols</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/symbols</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was curious do you guys ever try to or draw band symbols or things of the such, like Disturbs one album is all the relgions crosses in one

my little avatar is one I drew its meet to show unity in the world,left right or middle, that in some way whether you know it or not we are connected and matter.(not like join in hands way, but rather when you push something is pushed too and thus something will push back, good and bad etc....) lame I suppose but I like it :)

anyone else a artist maybe I cant draw so that's my is simple and crappy lol]]></description>
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			<title>Did you miss me?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/did_you_miss_me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello ladies and gentleman its been a while since i've posted and im just wondering if anybody needs some vocals now!

I just got my new mic after working a few weeks on a tobacco field with a bunch of mexicans that hated me lol and its working great

So if anybody has a project or something or if inablackout still wants me to record some stuff for them I would love to help out

Also if you need an album cover just let me know and ill jump right on it, Thanks =)]]></description>
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			<title>What car do you have?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_car_do_you_have</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm just curious . . .  what kind of car/motorcycle/boat/camel is your daily driver? Does anybody have any crazy-ass exotic speed demon rambo ram-air, turbine powered thingamajigs they would like to share?

I'm currently rocking a navy blue 94' isuzu rodeo \m/-_-\m/]]></description>
			<author>pickabass</author>
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			<title>the Watchmen soundtrack blew my mind</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_watchmen_soundtrack_blew_my_mind</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I didn't see Watchmen when it came out in theaters because I decided to be like every other yuppie and read the comic before I saw the movie. I ended up waiting until it came out on DVD, and I finally got around to watching it yesterday. I expected to hear the generic original score written by [insert composer here] that comes with every big budget film, but I got  Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. I just kept rewinding through scenes over and over to hear "All Along The Watchtower" one more time before I finished the movie, and I ended up enjoying the music more than the story. Anyone else?

[edit]  just realized how pointless this post is. Hurray for long, mind-numbing shifts at work!]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
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			<title>Help me guys! </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/help_me_guys</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My wife and I just had our first son Jackson Scott Strickland back in May. It will be a few years before we have another child but we have been talking about names for kids since before we were even married. She said she likes the name Clint. I'm totally on board with that. Now, I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I mean big time. I told her that we can call our next son (if we have another) Clint Eastwood Strickland. She says that kids will make fun of him and thats a horrible idea. I think its about as bad ass as you can get. First of all....by the time he would reach high school (maybe even middle school) Eastwood might no longer be with us so no one would know the difference. Second, its a middle name. Who cares? 

Now where you guys come in. Ya'll are a bunch of bad asses yourselves. Is Clint Eastwood Strickland totally awsome or not?]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>busted up hand</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/busted_up_hand</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So last night I did a friend a favour and ran sound, lights, and projected video for her parent's surprise 25th anniversary party. At the end of the night I was packing my PA out of the building [which is a massive case that normally rolls on wheel, but I didn't have the wheel board with me]. This case weighs about 80 lbs or so and is akward as hell to carry. I caught my hand on the door handle on the way out, one of those big sturdy horizontal push bars like they have in movie theatres and malls. I broke both the door and my right hand... well, my hand isn't broken but it is buggered. My first three fingers are 2x the size they should be and a glowing red. I bled plenty, and I can't play the way I usually do with a pick and three fingers. I am in this stupid tensor bandage thing and my video game trigger finger hurts to pull. I can play guitar a little which is nice, but the real good news is...


I didn't drop the PA!!!!


   Other than that, I sunburnt the tops of my feet in the blistering 35 degree weather [celcius]. So far this weekend hasn't been muich fun, and now it's over :(]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>So if Dm is the saddest of all keys. What are the other keys?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/so_if_dm_is_the_saddest_of_all_keys_what_are_the_other_keys</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I nominate Cm as the "Smoothest" of all keys. What else?]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
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			<title>Hanging it up</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hanging_it_up</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I wanted to thank all you guys for the lessons and advice Ive gotten here, but I plan to hang it up with guitar and music for a while and go focus on things that will matter for me in life school,work, and make money. I have not touched the guitar in a couple days and it has not bothered me I think its a sign...........

Working a just "everyday" job now for past couple years makes me realize music wont get me anywhere.
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			<title>Been a while...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/been_a_while</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys. I know that the sky hasn't fallen, but I have not been able to post in a while. I have been missing it, though. Sallan has been emailing me with lessons. Sounds weird I know but the computer I got at home, that is all it could handle, and it barely does that. We are aquisitioning a new house, though, and I am pretty stoked about that. I will have a man cave, finally!!!!! AARRGGGGHHH!!!!!!! Here's the house from the front view. It does not give it justice though. 

On another note, I have memorized where all the notes on the fret board are, I am learning scales, and I will actually be moving onto learning where all the chords are pretty soon. Later guys, hope all is right with everyone here. I will be back, and I will be able to post some of my tunes when I do. That is one of my goals for the year. One of the things we will be buying this year, for better or worse is a better computer, period.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Where was Bubbles?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/where_was_bubbles</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I did not watch the Michael Jackson memorial real time, but it has been impossible to avoid the wall to wall, 24 hour a day barrage since it aired. God Bless his 11 year old daughter, but give me a break. If I had a dollar for every time I have heard on the radio or seen the clip of her crying about the "best dad ever" "ever since I was born", I could quit my job and play guitar and write blogs all day. I noticed on one broadcast they mentioned the two ex-wives were not in attendance. They had to be the ONLY two NOTABLE people missing...but wait just one minute; Where was Bubbles the chimp?  Did he and Mike get an official separation? Are Bubbles, Lisa Marie, and whatever the other goofy mother of his two children's name is disgruntled ex's? Could it be Bubbles died without any fan fair? Any of you know the answer or any comments about the spectacle that was the Michael Jackson memorial service?]]></description>
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			<title>How to power guitar amps on a moving trailer</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_to_power_guitar_amps_on_a_moving_trailer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My band is trying to get a float in a parade but we don't want to sign up until we know that we are able to power our amps. We thought a smaller generator would work but a more experienced musician said that it would not work because the capacitors will discharge (meaning no sound), recharge, and then function again. I know it can be done because AC/DC has a video of them playing a flatbed truck driving through downtown Melbourne. Any suggestions will be considered pending their safety and theory.
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			<author>Jared</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Who saw this one coming?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who_saw_this_one_coming</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Looks like the "gloved one" may be shaking hands with Elvis soon.....maybe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What a rush!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_a_rush</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've recently become a Moderator on another site. About 5 minutes ago I canned my first spammer! It felt so good! I think I'll go and lie down for a while.]]></description>
			<author>farlow</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Secret +</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_secret_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello peoples. I be the + one guy. I go to different music forums and give everyone +1's i will be gone in one week......... I start now!!!!!!!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Double Whammy.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/double_whammy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Not a strange new effects peddle.

But more the turn around of today, I went from the pressure of work and getting over the events of the weekend, to going out to see Transformers 2 with the good lady, and when I got home my brother had sent me the Dream Theater Limited Edition box set of "Black Clouds & Silver Linings".  SCORE!!!!!!!

I'm afraid to open it though.... :-)

Oh on another note not far from the beaten track, I had an idea for a comic strip parody called TransGenders, with characters like Post-Optimus Prime, and Mega-Tran, StarScratch, Bum-boy-Bee etc, etc.......my mind is just well and truly fucked up and twisted.]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Laid off for the summer</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/laid_off_for_the_summer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So it's finally happened. One of my jobs laid me off for the summer, and it's my main source of income. Luckily I bank my hours and have over 100 hours of pay coming to me on my next paycheque which will keep me going for a month or so. I will still do sound for concerts and teach guitar and all that other junk I do, but now I'm going to have time to 

a) sleep which is good because it's common for me to work 80 hours in a week
b) see my 2 nephews that are visiting from alberta for the next 2 months and 
c) renovate, though I dunno if I'll have the capital to get it all done. Should be close though.

I'm off until the beginning of september. ]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>cant stop laughing at PETA</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cant_stop_laughing_at_peta</link>
			<description><![CDATA[most of us have heard about the incident with president obama swatting the fly. i just learned last night that PETA has caught wind of it and started their usual bullshit. Give me a break!! do they really expect us to take them seriously? its a damn fly!!

i cant help but laugh at them for being so insanely stupid. i cant believe that there are still people who donate money to this stuff. i wouldnt give them a penny under any circumstances.

I dont think animals should be abused, but enough is enough. they are gonna keep on until you cant even have a dog as a pet.

oh!!! i could go on all day........................]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Its My Birthday!!!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/its_my_birthday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys is my birthday and i just turned 14!!!!! Me and my dad are going to get an acoustic to!!!!!! I will post againn wenwe go out and get it.]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Who wants a broken Iron Maiden guitar string?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who_wants_a_broken_iron_maiden_guitar_string</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, i have had this thing for about a year and i was wondering if there was a collector here who would like to have it. When my friend nick vining saw them live Adrian broke a string and took it off and my friend got it. And i want someone else to have it.]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
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			<title>Build a guitar, make a kid smile</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/build_a_guitar_make_a_kid_smile</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about kids who basically never get a break in some of the poorer areas of the world and how nice it would be if we built them a guitar. If everybody pitched in and surfed ebay, or donated some extra parts that they might have, we could build a nice guitar over the course of a year, a g.com guitar so to speak. Perhaps a strat type guitar because they can be set up in a multitude of ways. I would be willing to supply an alder body with a maple neck if you guys could come up with the pups, and hardware. Perhaps a Mighty-Mite neck on a used body, one in good shape. A kid who's parent(s) wouldn't sell the guitar for drug money. Then we ship it. But I'm stuck on how to pick a kid to give it to. Any ideas? (Leaving myself wide open here), is this a bad idea?]]></description>
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			<title>what ??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[is it just me or did the VERY VERY IMPORTANT thread just vanish ?

no big deal i just thought it was odd...........]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Watch this movie...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/watch_this_movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For those who haven't seen it, the Wrestler was an awesome movie.  Not only did it have Marissa Tomei's tits in it, enough to give it 4 stars all alone, it had an 80s hair metal soundtrack, and it was just a great movie overall.  Best movie I've seen this year (even though it was from last year).]]></description>
			<author>jobabrinks</author>
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			<title>Seasame Street Bull S***</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/seasame_street_bull_s</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Im sorry but this is utter stupid!!!! They got rid of the cookie monster because it shows kids to eat junk food. So they made a new one called the Vege monster and he is gree. They also got rid of oscar the groutch because it teaches kids to be mean. That is just retareded]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
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			<title>CRUISE!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cruise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok! So we're going on a cruise we just left Virginia at around A.M. 6:00 and we just got here at P.M. 6:30 We're in Florida and as many of you know the space shuttle is taking off tomorrow! Where we're at it's only about a hour down the road ( With traffic ) We're going to go watch it and then we're going to board the ship! But I can't wait to see some of the bands that are on there! Including Jamaican bands and hopefully like last year they'll have people that play older music! But I'm going to try to see if I can play some! But I'll tell you guys if I meet anybody cool! But I will not be able to sign in until Saturday night!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>ultimate-guitar</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ultimateguitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anyone else here a member/former member? I'm looking for some guitar forums that are nothing like that place, have I found it here or what?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Farlow How is Tomorrow?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/farlow_how_is_tomorrow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's about 11 something PM here... Been drinking Vodka and Sam Adams and really not sure if my job is worth really getting up for.  I think I'm gonna just sleep in.... :) Cough Cough! Yep I can feel a small cold coming on. :P   So how is tomorrow turning out for you?  I'm thinking tomorrow is gonna be cool! Have the Jews made up all nice with the Palestinians?  Maybe World peace broke out over night?  Did hot women everywhere decide to go topless today?  Unless these three things have happened I think I'm taking off tomorrow. :)  ]]></description>
			<author>Jesse</author>
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			<title>Lets Grow a Beard!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lets_grow_a_beard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh, the randomness of old G.com. Here is some randomness for you. I decided to get rid of my goatee, and grow a beard. This is after exactly one week. What is the forecast? Will it be ok? There are only really two spots I'm concerned about . . . one below each eye. Does anybody else here sport some cool scruffiness? By the way, this is my first beard, and I'm sixteen.]]></description>
			<author>pickabass</author>
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			<title>Trying to figure out the name of a bass.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/trying_to_figure_out_the_name_of_a_bass</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok I'm trying to figure the name of a bass that i seen on youtube. Its the one played by the bassist for muse in their video of Knights of cydonia, live at wembley stadium. It's a sweet bass and I want to know what it's called. Thanks guys.]]></description>
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			<title>Pseudo-musical ways to spend your time.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pseudomusical_ways_to_spend_your_time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No I don't mean watching this series of Jeff Beck/Santana vids. I mean going to YouTube and making rude comments about Steve Lukather's playing!

There's a considerable push to have this pastime recognised as an Olympic sport. If you read the comments on these vids it's already a popular sport in many countries, and...it's so easy!!!

Why didn't one of Steve's friends say quietly to him "Don't get up there next to these guys, you'll look and sound like crap." Even when JB and Carlos are playing they don't even look at Steve and they make him stand way over to the side. For fuck's sake Steve! Take a hint! He's like the retarded cousin that your mum used to make you take everywhere with you! I'm sure he paid JB and Carlos a shitload of money just to get on this tour with them. Like one of those Space Tourists who pay pay $20million to go up in a Shuttle.

I wonder if drummers get together and swap Steve Lukather jokes!]]></description>
			<author>farlow</author>
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			<title>Back for a while!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/back_for_a_while</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! I have arrived safely "over there" and am in the process of unpacking / getting ready to live here. I will tell you right now that any rumors you have heard about it being hot here are totally and completely untrue, as "hot" doesn't even begin to describe it!

At any rate I'll be having my POD shipped over as soon as I'm a bit more settled in, so expect some recordings from me one of these days! I'm also on the final step of that deployment guitar...the only thing left is a pickguard (which has already been ordered), and getting everyone to sign the back of it. Then it's on to another project axe!

Hope you guys are doing well, and enjoying a more temperate climate!

p.s...I leave you with this video of a magician.





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			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>Changed</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/changed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I simple thought from me... Guitar.com has changed.
Don't see the same humor anymore.

Am i wrong when i say every 2nd. topic is about pedal, and what you think of 'em.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Back for a few days!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/back_for_a_few_days</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! I'm on my 4 day pass from training, about a week away from flying to Iraq. So I thought I'd drop in ;)

Some of you may remember the discussion about me being issued a SAW instead of an M-16. Well, here's a video of it in action. My total body count when my humvee left the village: Insurgents: 12. Civilians: 0. That is a *great* score, and very difficult to achieve on this range.

Anyway, I'm only around until Saturday, but I will be sure to drop by here as often as I can! ]]></description>
			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Halo2</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/halo2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So I'm playing Halo2 and I notice some really good guitar music going on.  I mean REALLY good guitar music!  So when I finished, I noticed the reason why.  Steve Vai is featured in this game.  Cool!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Yahoo answers.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yahoo_answers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's fun to mess with people on Yahoo Answers.

Has anyone else tryed this?
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			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hasta la Vista</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hasta_la_vista</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hate my OS. 

I know it is a guitar site, but I thought since I use my computer to talk on a guitar site, why not use the guitar site to bitch about my computer?

Here are a few reasons according to Father, why Microshaft should get Swine Flu....

Firstly, it is a Microsoft product.

Secondly, it's annoying, condescending manner in how it prompts me for actions I have just taken, here are some examples.

Prompt: " You have just plugged a device into the audio jack"
Answer: " Yes, I know.... I put it there!"

Prompt: "Internet Explorer is not your current default browser, would you like to set Explorer as your default?"
Answer: " I changed it. No thanks. I would rather leave my kids with Gary Glitter."

Well, you get my drift on this......

Thirdly, it is the Mr. Magoo of Operating Systems. If I have installed drivers, Vista cannot find them. Honestly if I gave it a map and a compass it would still tell me it can't find them despite the driver being re-installed 15 times. It also shuts down my wireless network card whenever it feels like. I think it might have learned feelings, but mostly menstrual ones. It really loves my POD UX-1, hence my rant here....

Lastly, if I have a better programme than the Microsoft option, it will not allow me to turn the shit one off and use the new one. I tried getting rid of Explorer, but can I find the uninstaller? Can I hell.

Thanks Bill, another fine mess you have me in.


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			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>educational hilarity</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/educational_hilarity</link>
			<description><![CDATA[http://www.figment.cc/home/index.fig]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Ive got about 3 months........</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ive_got_about_3_months</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before I go to college.

In that little time period I wont be doing much working and saving more money (I got like 1,500 saved right now) but I want to do some serious work into guitar/playing or should I just put the guitar down for a while and prepare to basically quit?

since I basically need to get straight As in anything medical which is fine, I know its gonna be alot of study and work but that means Ill probably have no time for guitar,recording,sax or anything..... Work and study, and whatever else, but than again if I force myself to find time....I should be able to right?

I would like to *ATTEMPT* Steve vais workout I was reading , http://fromthewoodshed.com/blog/2007/11/06/attempting-steve-vais-30-hour-guitar-workout-day-one/

It has technique,thoery and even reading music something I really need to do more of I can still read most of the staff expect for very high notes and low notes.

plus I need to learn the bass clef I assume the treble clef isnt enough for guitar is it?]]></description>
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			<title>Colour Test.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/colour_test</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Soooooo, I let my driver's license expire, and if you do that you need to do the test again [as opposed to if you just renew it before it expires]. Well, I got 98% on the test. But I failed the colour test because after I had surgery on my left eye [when I was 11] the colour in it is all wrong [no, the surgery wasn't due to the foam cut I got on it - same eye though]. Anyway, so I have no driver's license and it pisses me off. I usually ride my bicycle but still, major inconvenience and a slap in the face after doing so well on the other test. Plus, it's just the one eye the other sees way better anyway.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Out of the Hospital</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/out_of_the_hospital</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok so its not like u missed me or anything, but il tell ya all anyway XD
i was in the hospital for the last week n a half. i had a giant air bubble trapped inside my chest. it was outside my left lung, making all think it was my heart that was the problem. in the end, i had a tube coming out of me for the week and a half, with was attached to another sorta machine with was slowly sucking the air out. for 4 of the days, i even had an extra machine (wich we called a vacuum), wich basically gave it more sucking power. the amount of agony i was in was hell. i could barely even move, seeing as i had 5 inches of pipe inside me. tho over the days, the pain got better, with more pain killers and shots up in the ass muscle =P
only good thing out of it was my roomie (from the hospital). he came in about 8 hours after me with the same prob LOL
so i had a mate with me the whole time. after the 4th day or so, he got his mates to bring us a TV and PS2 haha. so we killed some time playing computer games n watchin DVDs =P
even some doctors came in to challenge my roomie at Teken % hahaha
anw i just felt like telling a little story XD
thanks for reading! if any1 actually did =P
S a v v a]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>what are some of your favorite bands</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_are_some_of_your_favorite_bands</link>
			<description><![CDATA[alright i like alot of band hear are some of them i just want to know some of yours




job for a cowboy 
bring me the horizon
suicide silence
thy art is murder
disfiguring the goddess
waking the cadaver
slipknot 
the black dahlia murder
as blood runs black
devil driver
emmure
five finger death punch
i declare war
metallica
Ozzy
pantera
slayer
war of ages 
winds of plague
underoath
and guys if u have never heard of him before you should look him up he is a great guitarist like he is amazing hi name is rusty cooley]]></description>
			<author>travis dransfield</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rock Television</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/rock_television</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was really enjoying this site for a while, but it hasn't been working right since Jan, or Feb. At least that's what I'm seeing. The promo comes on then it just goes blank. I'm starting to wonder if this site hasn't been abandoned. Too bad g.com can't acquire this site and incorporated it into the main site. The good folks at g.com probably have enough on their plate as it is even if they were so inclined. Ahh in a perfect world.]]></description>
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			<title>Are you ready for Conficker</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/are_you_ready_for_conficker</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This one seems like a really nasty bug...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>iTunes</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/itunes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I order most of my songs now through iTunes these days. I've noticed that there are a number of popular songs that you can't just buy for 99 cents, you have to buy the whole album. We were wondering here where I work if it's the artist's decision, or the record company. I'm willing to go with the latter. I'm also wondering if iTunes has something to do with it. It's like they're saying, yeah, we know everybody really likes this song so we're going to make you buy the whole album to get it. Now that's greed in my opinion.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Physics Question</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/physics_question</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey, I need the answer to this question:

What would the volume of the earth be if all of the atoms composing our planet were collapsed to just the size of their respective nuclei?

It is for my science class, and I am stumped trying to figure it out myself. Thank you. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Trojan Virus</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/trojan_virus</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We received a notification email from a good friend of ours that an email came to his in-box, with a Guitar.com email address. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of this as currently, not many people have a Guitar.com email address. This certainly did not come thru Guitar.com. It has an attachment of course...

Subject: Trojan E-mail

I was sent an e-mail supposedly from the United Parcel Service of America which had the attachment \"UPS_NR1.zip\" which was infected with the trojan: \"Generic!Artemis\". The sender\'s e-mail was: bolgelectric_smurfette@guitar.com. I just thought you guys might like to know. ]]></description>
			<author>Guitarcom</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>seemingly hard question for me to answer</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/seemingly_hard_question_for_me_to_answer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Which Jimi(mmy) is the better guitarist? The first thing about both of these players is they were sloppy live. Jimi was a little cleaner but hey they still sounded great I want to lean towards Jimi but Page did stuff with the guitar that hendrix didnt vice versa. Page and plant had excellent chemistry but Hendrix could jam and sing at the same time I suppose you could call that a skill because it takes practice . Im not going to answer the question I want to see what Ya'll have to say about it. One more thing I would like to point out is Hendrix passed at 26 he still had a whole career ahead of him where as Jimmy is still alive and he had a good 10, 12 years with Zeppelin Just put that into perspective.]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Nightmare on Renovation Street</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nightmare_on_renovation_street</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Graw!!!! Anger!!!!!

So I'm a pretty handy guy due to years of working construction and stuff. I just have a knack for building and wiring and even plumbing - HOWEVER - today the same freakin plumbing joint leaked AGAIN. 3 times now, and now I'm, kinda ragey about it... so tomorrow I'm going to the store and I'm doing all my plumbing in PEX. I was originally using copper but this one joint is really in an akward place, and now that I've messed with it 3 times I wonder if it could even hold a compression fitting. So I've decided that $200 worth of pex pipe, tools and some time at the hardware store is better than any more days in a row without hot water, and no more water on the ground in the bottom floor all over the sub floor I recently built. I just thought I'd vent a little.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>It\'s Always Sunny...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/its_always_sunny</link>
			<description><![CDATA[check this one out, it is from the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - probably the funniest show on TV.  If you're easily offended, this isn't for you - for the rest, in this one the gang starts a band, enjoy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Guitars Better Than Women ?  Jokes !</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitars_better_than_women___jokes_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Googled These today :

WHY GUITARS ARE BETTER THAN WOMEN
    * Guitars don't get pregnant.
    * You can play your Guitar any time of the month.
    * Guitars don't have parents.
    * Guitars don't whine... unless you want them to.
    * You can share your Guitar with your friends.
    * Guitars don't care how many other Guitars you've played
    * Guitars don't care how many other Guitars you have.
    * Guitars don't care if you look at other Guitars.
    * Guitars don't care if you buy Guitar magazines.
    * You'll never hear, "Surprise, you are going to proud father of a new Guitar" unless you go out to buy one yourself.
    * If your Guitar is flat you can fix it.
    * Your Guitar doesn't care if you never listen to it.
    * Your Guitar won't care if you leave up the toilet seat.
    * You don't have to be jealous of the guy who works on your Guitar.
    * If you say bad things to your Guitar, you don't have to apologize before you play it again.
    * You can play your Guitar as long as you want and it won't get sore.
    * You can stop playing your Guitar as soon as you want and it won't get frustrated.
    * Your parents won't remain in touch with your old Guitar after you dump it.
    * Guitars don't get headaches.
    * Guitars don't insult you if you're a bad player.
    * Your Guitar never wants a night out with the other Guitars.
    * Guitars don't care if you're late.
    * You don't have to take a shower before you play your Guitar.
    * If your Guitar doesn't look good you can refinish it or get new parts.
    * You can play your Guitar the first time you meet it, without having to take it to dinner, see a movie, or meet its mother.
    * The only protection you have to wear when playing your Guitar is a decent thumb pick.
    * When in mixed company, you can talk about what a great time you had the last time you played your Guitar.

and last, but not least:

    * If you decide to part with an old Guitar, you don't have to give up half of everything you own.
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			<author>Desmond</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>DLR has two daughters?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dlr_has_two_daughters</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While we were on the topic of VH and Chickenfoot, I ran across a few brief articles about Roth having a daughter. One site says her name is Avy, the other says Brenna. Are there two of them?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Neil Peart on drums only 13 years old... and a girl... and asian.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/neil_peart_on_drums_only_13_years_old_and_a_girl_and_asian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Okay we've all seen the little guitar virtuosos on youtube, but how about little drummers?  Ridiculous!]]></description>
			<author>emptykay</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>its my birthday</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/its_my_birthday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well, it is....


and, being self centered, i'd like to wish myself happy birthday

:)

I'm 15 today]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HAPPY WebbleCreddles Day!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_webblecreddles_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys april fools is around the corner!!!!!!! so what we r gona do is give webcred to all the silly post you find in here it will be up to you to help me. What everyone is gona do is post in at least 3 threads the word WEBBLECREDDLES and anyone who see's that post has to give that person a webcred. Its just to have fun guys. LOL LETS DO THIS LOL]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The best book ever written (except the bible) is </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_best_book_ever_written_except_the_bible_is</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Slash's biography. anyone ever read it? Its my favorite book and it really inspired me to start playing meaning if i havent read this book I probabaly wouldnt be posting this right now. If you have read it tell me what you thought of it. And i swear to Zeus if anyone starts hinting that I said slash is the best guitarist no webcred for them because thats not even what im saying]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Guitar.com Holidays</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitarcom_holidays</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We should create some guitar.com holidays ( : like a holiday called Ibanez Day where we all t5alk about Ibanez guitars, Or a holiday called WebCred day when u give webcred to everyones post ( : and we can do something like Video Day when we all make a video of us playin guitar ( : the song would have to be made for guitar.com wat do you guys think about this??]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>He Lives</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/he_lives</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No not the King.

I live, I finally got out of a rut, cleaned my dorm room so I can walk in it.... there was literally a two foot pile of shit covering the entire floor with a little path cut out of it. Its funny how when you clean you suddenly feel less inhibitions to pick up your guitar.

In a few moments I will touch my guitar for the first time in at least a month, and get to hear the bad news how how far I have slipped and how sloppy I have gotten. ]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Finally A little Truth in Advertising  </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/finally_a_little_truth_in_advertising</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Finally A little Truth in Advertising! ....I bet you He let Her drink His Milkshake all right!!!!


Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>if you ever decide to do a SMALL renovation in your home...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_you_ever_decide_to_do_a_small_renovation_in_your_home</link>
			<description><![CDATA[......forget it, there's no such thing

my kitchen renovation project started on boxing day with me spending $300 on a $600 dishwasher...

got it home and put it in the spot I intended to install it in....

and decided the whole thing looked like crap, so I decided to get new kitchen cabinets because it looked like I just found a hole and stuck the dishwasher in there...which is exactly what I originally tried to do.

then my wife decided since we were going to tear out the cabinets, might as well replace the flooring too...fine.

Then the installers saw what the plumbing and electrical was like in the kitchen and told me I would need to be removed/relocated in order to properly install the new cabinets....ok, the plumbing was on the books to be replaced soon anyway.

Then while designing the cabinet layout, my wife decided the current location of the microwave was taking up valuable storage space....so add one microwave with a built in range hood, since we needed a range hood anyway and the microwave was over 10 years old anyway.

now all this has added up to about $10,000.  A far cry from the original $300 I'd spent.

so anyway, my flooring is 2 weeks late, the cabinets arrived today, one week late, and.....

when I tried to get it through the doors, I had to remove the exterior door from it's hinges...fine, it fit.

Then I removed the french door on the interior that separates our entrance from the living room...no luck, the cabinet is too wide for the door, so now I'm tearing out the door casing so I can fit the cabinet through and am forced to used my back door which has not been maintained this winter because we never use it...

the walkway there is full of snow and ice and the snowblower sits in the only area where there is no snow and ice, between the shed and the house which is an area just wide enough to fit the snow blower.

Wish me luck tomorrow when I get started at the door casing problem, hopefully I can remove it without destroying the casing and end up having to replace it.

so, anyone thinking "oh that's a small thing, I can get that done easily" when thinking of home renovations...DON'T KID YOURSELF.]]></description>
			<author>this dying soul</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>If You Had 100,000,000 What Would You Do With It????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_you_had_100000000_what_would_you_do_with_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If i had that much money i would buy......


100 Gibsons
50 Fenders
50 Ibanez's 
A Mansion
Season Tickets To 20 Bands
100 Drake Cake (Coffee Cakes)   YUM!!!!
50 Drake Cake (Devil Dogs & Ding Dongs) YUM YUM YUM!!!
30 Guitar Lessons From 30 Different Guitarist
and thats all i can think of............]]></description>
			<author>Trevor Bell</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Funny band stories. Go!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/funny_band_stories_go</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about all the great and insane things that have happened in bands that I've been in and thought it'd be cool to get some other peoples stories as well.

I'll get the ball rolling; I used to be in a metal band with 4 proper members and one honorary member whose job was simply to stand around during rehearsals and hit the drummer with a piece of bamboo when he started speeding up. Later on he also had to hit the bassist when he either forgot the song or just started doing terrible inprovs. I think he made the drummer bleed once as well... good times. ]]></description>
			<author>Ditchy</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>We need a Tribute Page for Linus for His Posted Chick Pics alone!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/we_need_a_tribute_page_for_linus_for_his_posted_chick_pics_alone</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I thought about what Trevor did, ...In starting a Tribute page, ...And thought about it some more, ....And Linus can find a “Half to Three Quarters Naked Chick Pic” ...To go with almost any occasion in our posts imaginable, ....Including every Guitar occasion I can think of!!!!

So Linus needs the Web-Developers amongst us to give Him his own Tribute Site as well!!!!


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Am I the only one who has to pretend Mrs. Dash tastes like Salt????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/am_i_the_only_one_who_has_to_pretend_mrs_dash_tastes_like_salt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Am I the only one who has to pretend Mrs. Dash tastes just like Salt???? .....I would rather go out back and chew on some Grass, ...Or Eat Herbs directly out of the ground, ...Than to have to pretend Mrs. Dash tastes just like salt to me!!!! 

I know this transition is going to be a little rough for me at first, ....And How I would rather go out and Beat up a Horse, ....And steal his salt lick, and all!!!!! ......Or feed “Polly” to “La Machine,” ....And steal Polly’s salt lick!!!!!

But who the hell are they trying to kid that Mrs. Dash is a salt substitute???? ....Maybe we can sell that “Lie” to a visiting “Alien From Another Planet!!!!!” .....Or we can pretend that Mrs. Dash, ...Is another Washington Stimulus Solution, ....Which is the Financial Equivalent of Salt, ....Because it’s not!!!!

Because right about now, ...Those Dunlop Guitar Care Products are looking better to me than the whole .....”Mrs. Dash the Salt Substitute” Thing!!!!!


Mourning-For-My-Salt-Metal-001 


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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>One of Farlow’s Neighbors</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/one_of_farlows_neighbors</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Exotic Australian model Jessica Gomes, who is Portuguese-Chinese Combo, is quite Exotic indeed!!!! .....This Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model from “Down Under,” .....”keeps us being ....Anything Except Down, ...In Our Under!!!!!” ......So Farlow when are you going to introduce us to one of your fellow Aussie Neighbors, ....Namely Jessica Gomes????


Happy-Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>I Vote we make Thin-Lizzy The site Mascot with His own profile</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_vote_we_make_thinlizzy_the_site_mascot_with_his_own_profile</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think that Thin-Lizzy has become so beloved on our site, ....And home away from home, ....guitar.com!!!!, .....that we need to make Thin-Lizzy our official Mascot!!!! ....What say you on this????

And we owe much thanks to Father, ...And others, ...For bringing Thin-Lizzy to our attention as well!!!!

Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>The best hangovers!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_best_hangovers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Time for a little levity. Can you top this?]]></description>
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			<title>Name my Lizard.....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/name_my_lizard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I kinda like this picture now, so I'm gonna name him...well, you guys are, if you think of your own name or pick one of my suggestions, let me know and winner gets an autographed picture of him with his guitar........if you want it that is. Its only a joke dammit............]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>&quot;The Guitar&quot; the movie</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_guitar_the_movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I lifted this off the Fender website. Has anybody seen this movie? Here's the synopsis..

"Moviegoers nationwide will be treated in early November to two Fender-filled silver screen releases, Soul Men and The Guitar. Both pictures will be released on Friday, Nov. 7 and both prominently feature Fender instruments, the latter in particular.

The Guitar is an independent drama that first premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Amy Redford, daughter of Oscar-winning actor/director Robert Redford, The Guitar stars Saffron Burrows (TV’s Boston Legal) as Melody “Mel” Wilder, a harried woman who undergoes a tremendous personal transformation after her boyfriend abandons her, she is fired from her thankless job and is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Given a mere two months to live, Mel pursues her dreams by spending her life savings, maxing out her credit cards, embarking on new romances and teaching herself to play the electric guitar she has craved since childhood—a Fender Stratocaster®".]]></description>
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			<title>Get well Metal.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/get_well_metal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm leaving a message for Metal who is notable by his absence. Dude, get well soon and I miss your posts you crazy son-of-a-bitch!!!!!!!!!

Hope it all goes well Mental 001!


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			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>compleatly random </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/compleatly_random</link>
			<description><![CDATA[okay....so here we are all musicians, so we mostly focus on the right side of the brain.  so we (at least for me) spend more time thinking about the creative (insanity) ways of thinking instead of the more logical left side.  which may explain why a lot of us right some really odd stuff.  but here it is almost normal for example some one says that they just sit and hold there guitar...(frumsap)  (and dont take offense it is just a good example).  and personally I dont think I can say I haven't just sat and held my guitar.  this is something a more left-sided brain person would tstrahink vary odd and nge but here its normal.  I dont think any of this is accurate at all...and its all just completely random and well lets just say I dont know why I just wrote this    

I think it all comes down to I'm insane    ]]></description>
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			<title>Some of my favourite DE-motivational posters</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/some_of_my_favourite_demotivational_posters</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Too funny!]]></description>
			<author>Gazoo</author>
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			<title>Me and my new toy ;)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/me_and_my_new_toy_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No, it's not a guitar...

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			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>Now Fred and Farlow, What the Heck are you up to this for?  ( working version )</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/now_fred_and_farlow_what_the_heck_are_you_up_to_this_for___working_version_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now Fred and Farlow, What the Heck are you up to this for?



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Now Fred and Farlow, What the Heck are you up to this for?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/now_fred_and_farlow_what_the_heck_are_you_up_to_this_for</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now Fred and Farlow, What the Heck are you up to this for?



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Waking up early :(</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/waking_up_early_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's now just after 6 am, and I'm about ready to ride my bike to work. [yes I own a car, but it's better for the environment if I ride my bike... plus it keeps me nice and trim for the ladies to gawk at]. Anyone else not like getting up this early? I've been up for over an hour now, and I had a crummy sleep due to the weather... it's cold here in Canada, and my 3 cats laid so close to me all night I couldn't move.... little heat vampires. Not only that, but my friend who is living with me at the moment just learned about the greatness of Castle Crashers, and we stayed up late playing it.

I honestly don't mind getting up early... most days I'm up before the sun [in the winter anyway, it comes up around 7 here]. But some days, I just don't feel like riding my bike in 1 degree weather while so tired my eyes aren't open yet. Especially since today I know I have to deal with a retarded client at work.... they are too cheap to hire me to run their sound and expect the equipment to be at their command... not gonna happen.

How does everyone else feel about waking up before time itself in the mornings???]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>Paddy's Day</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/paddys_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well guys, it is 1:41a.m here in Ireland, and I wanted to round the night off by wishing you all a great St.Patrick's day.

I'll be safe here while all our elected terrorists are there meeting Obama. Have a good one whatever you do, and I will toast your health and possibly even get arrested too at some point. So get a whip-round going and post bail for me.

Laters!!!!!!!]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>My Tribute to Hollywood</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_tribute_to_hollywood</link>
			<description><![CDATA[titanic in 5 seconds



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The &quot;plan&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_plan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well my senior year of high school is coming to an end Iam not really sad about, maybe I will miss it I dunno...?

but Ive been thinking and talking to people as what to do I remember some threads and talks about music and college etc...
since going with music is such a gamble and all plus I dont have enough talent or experience for it and if I am not good by now whats the point?

so I ve been thinking this is my plan, my next pay check Ill have enough for my car get a car,tag insurance etc....
see how much it all costs, the company I work for HMS Host from what Ive heard will pay for 90% of your college after working with them for a year Iam probably just going to into a community or small college it doesn't matter much to me its the education that matters.

Now Ive heard of 2-4 year classes where you can be x-ray tech, sonograms, etc... mainly medical and technical school and you make 15-30 an hour depending on the area which I think is not bad for such a short time.

THEN when I have a good steady job if thats possible....I figure medical Id have a chance maybe, THEN focus back onto music?

so what do you guys think???

I would ask my parents but 1) I dont live with them 2) they both dropped out of high school and well just are not very helpful......ah drugs........
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			<title>Musician's and Ink</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/musicians_and_ink</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey Folks,
I am trying to compile some data if you have a moment?
I realize that many of us love ink. Personally i have close to 20 tat's.
1) Do you go to a tat Parlor that sells any music related products?
2) Would you purchase a cool strap, strings etc. if they had it available?

Thanks for the feedback!
Get some Ink and Rock!

Mike~]]></description>
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			<title>Buying an alto sax</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/buying_an_alto_sax</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ive been enjoying playing my alto sax and I was able to sight read and play the star spanglad banner WAY easier than when I first started plus it only has one sharp in the key signature that makes it easy too :)

but where do I look and what should I look for in an alto sax and price range?

since the school year is coming to an end I cant use the schools sax anymore so yeah

P.S. sallan I got a 3 on my reed now SO much better it took a while to adjust but it feels and plays so much better.]]></description>
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			<title>darth vs jared?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/darth_vs_jared</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Greetings people of the guitar.com 'offbeat' forum. My name is DeafLeopard, I come from a time before you and your forefathers. How the hell are you doing? It's been a while since I visited this site, and no-one has snapped up my username for imitation; pr0n based spam? pff, I cry for guitar.com. Wtf has happened to the internets? No NickWellings? No Bubba Burleson? markanini, our urine drinking nordic friend no-more? 

Holla at my old misc. pals if you survived the tsunami, lets see some ducks, retards singing their ickle hearts out, Bump!, I carry you all in my heart everyday.

Word to yo' mother

thwap.]]></description>
			<author>DeafLeopard</author>
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			<title>Keeley Fuzz head versus Keeley Hazell Comparison</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/keeley_fuzz_head_versus_keeley_hazell_comparison</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1st the Kelley Fuzz Head


MentalMetal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Favourite music from T.V or films.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/favourite_music_from_tv_or_films</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just thinking about how much I love some music in films and T.V and was wondering what other people liked. Here's the intro to Trigun to get u thinking.]]></description>
			<author>Ditchy</author>
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			<title>this awesome Hendrix quote</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_awesome_hendrix_quote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, yeah, I haven't started a thread in a bit
:)

But, I saw this awesome Hendrix quote yesterday, just thought i'd share it:

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, The world will know peace"

Apparently its very famous, but i'd never heard it before. Anyone know anything about it?]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>Irish 101 with Father...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/irish_101_with_father</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Local dialect, let me know sayings and terms in your part of the world. Getting to know you......

"Feck"=Fuck.......this was drafted in as we swear a lot and it is less intimidating to the outsider.

"Mucker"= Friend. To 'muck about' is to spend time messing around with pals.

"Bout ye?"= How are you? Short for 'What about you?' also 'Bout ye mucker?' ...How are you my friend?

"Gob"= Mouth. 'Shut yer gob'....be quiet.

"Gobshite"= Someone who talks crap. 'Don't listen to him, he's a gobshite"

"Ballex"= Scrotum. (Pronounced Bal-icks). 'I'll kick you in the Ballex if ye don't feck off'.

"Head-the-ball".Someone with mental health issues. 'See that gobshite, he's a head-the-ball'

"Beat the wife"=...a bottle of cheap alcohol which results in violence. 'Give us a bottle of beat-the-wife.'

I'll add more soon, but let me know of some regional sayings that may help others to get by in your home town. Language is a funny thing.


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			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>Completely Tasteless Jokes,  Blasts from the Present, and Blasts from the past</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/completely_tasteless_jokes__blasts_from_the_present_and_blasts_from_the_past</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1) Question: ...”What did the Sharks who were swimming beneath the “Achille Lauro,” the day the Palestinian terrorists threw Leon Klinghoffer, ...and his wheel chair overboard, ....actually have to say????” ...Answer: ....”Look, ....Meals On Wheels!!!!” 

2) Question: ...”The day the Challenger Space Shuttle Blew up, ....What did NASA actually stand for????” ....Answer: “Needs Another Seven Astronauts!!!!” 

3) Question: ...”What does an Elephant use for a Vibrator????” ....Answer: ....”An Epileptic!!!!” 

4) Question: ....”Why did the dead baby cross the road????” ....Answer ....”Because it was stapled to the chicken!!!!” 

5) Rank: ...”Your so fat, ...that when you get on the scale, ....It says ‘To Be Continued’....”

6) Rank: ...”your so Ugly, ....That you need to be at the Airport, ...Sniffing Luggage...”

7) Question: ....”Why do Pigeons fly upside down over France????” ....Answer: ...”Because culturally  there’s nothing actually worth shitting on!!!!”


So here are but a few completely tasteless jokes, ...to get us started with this Thread!!!!



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Watchmen</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/watchmen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what did you guys think? I just got home from seeing it, I thought it was really well done - but I really don't see why they changed the ending.  That kind of bothered me, it wasn't a bad ending but I see no reason for it to have been changed.  Just makes everyone hate Dr. Manhattan... was looking forward to the ending in the book and was like WTF is this?]]></description>
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			<title>75 Year Old Syrian Woman To Be Given 40 Lashes</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/75_year_old_syrian_woman_to_be_given_40_lashes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The wonderful guys in Saudi Arabia have decided to give a 75 year old woman 40 lashes because she "mingled" with two men. The only thing she did was talk to these guys alone in her home. Where the hell is N.O.W.? I realize there's not much they can do, but I'd like to see some sort of press release, or a protest from them. You just gotta' love Sunni law!]]></description>
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			<title>Girls And Guns, What Else Could You Possibly Need????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/girls_and_guns_what_else_could_you_possibly_need</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Girls And Guns, What Else Could You Possibly Need????



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>I have another confession to make!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_have_another_confession_to_make</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is true, ...But I can’t go on any more unless I confess, ....unless I confess I am a Cereal-Killer!!!! ....Corn Flakes!!!!  ...Oat Clusters!!!!  ....It doesn’t matter to Me!!!! ....When I see Cereal, ....I have to Kill them!!!!! ....I have to kill them all!!!!  ....Ohh the Granary of it all!!!!


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Chocolate milk harmonica meltdown</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/chocolate_milk_harmonica_meltdown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just got a new harmonica and so I gave my old one to my little cousin.He was running around all crazy playing with it and all you could hear was a very excited and VERY bad harmonica being played throughout the house. Then the harmonica makes a very un-harmonica like noise and all of a sudden the little guy  is Screaming his head off. I ran into the kitchen and immediately saw what happened, for some INSANE reason he apparently thought it would be fun to blow a mouthful of chocolate milk THROUGH the Harmonica. Chocolate milk all over him and everything else, harmonica will never be the same...
AA
Aaron@MidMichiganMusic
MidMichiganMusic
The Bassment
877-835-7307
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			<title>I have a confession to make!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_have_a_confession_to_make</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make!!!!

You see, I know I can be difficult, ....But the truth is, ....I was once Abducted by an Alien-Debt-Collector, ...Who Sexually Abused My Credit Cards!!!! ....And I have been Traumatized ever since!!!! ....( You see, ....Now, every time I see Money, ...or anything containing plastic!!!!  < I do make exceptions for certain paired-items, which may or may not contain a certain amount of silicon, ...but that’s a separate issue > ...Yes every time I  see Money, ...or most anything containing plastic, ...or similar related products, ...I freak out!!!! < with the exceptions I already mentions, ...which seem to simply turn men into thinking about being a freak, ...but again, that’s a separate issue > )

So now I feel free, ...that I have been able to confess I Too, ...Like so many others I am sure, ....Been Abducted by an Alien Debt Collector, ...Who Sexually Abused My Credit Cards, and Financial Statements as well!!!!


RecoveringMentalMetal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>And now for some completely irrelevant TV, From Letterman, to Budweiser </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/and_now_for_some_completely_irrelevant_tv_from_letterman_to_budweiser</link>
			<description><![CDATA[.
.
.
.
Now that’s where I apparently had not done it right myself!!!!



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>republicans are liars and douchebags</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/republicans_are_liars_and_douchebags</link>
			<description><![CDATA[to the gulags with all the republicans ]]></description>
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			<title>I've retired my old account</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ive_retired_my_old_account</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody, this is Fred Kraus just letting you know that I've made the decision to retire my old account. It's something that I've wanted to do for some time now for various reasons. Linus Maximus is the handle I go by on other sites, but I'm just letting everybody know that there's a new dog in town. woof, woof!!!]]></description>
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			<title>WOO HOO, GOLDMINE....AWW DAMMIT!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/woo_hoo_goldmineaww_dammit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my house was assessed for property tax purposes at $120,000.

I woke up this morning to find a letter from the New Brunswick Provincial Government stating that they've assessed my property value for tax purposes at $129,400.

I was fortunate in that the real estate industry around here typically sells homes for about $30,000 more than the governments property assessments and I'd only paid the assessed value...so right now, if I were to sell, I'd make about $40,000 profit.

the downside, is since I'm not prepared to move/sell, I'm paying more taxes on my home...despite the fact I've recently discovered there are suspected drug dealers living at the opposite end of my street.  I will say though, other than that it's a great neighborhood and several steps up from my old apartment which was only one street away from the area's red light district.

My property taxes are supposed to be included in my mortgage but I hope there's enough money earmarked for taxes, otherwise this increase in my home's value threatens to stop me from seeing ACDC if they actually managed to convice them to come this year.

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			<author>this dying soul</author>
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			<title>Your Apple 3G I-Phone Has an App for that!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/your_apple_3g_iphone_has_an_app_for_that</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Your Apple 3G I-Phone has an App for that: ...Need to find a local Restaurant, your I-Phone has an App for that!!!! ; ....Need to read that X-Ray online, your I-Phone has an App for that!!!! ; ....Need to check the status of your Taxes online, your I-Phone has an App for that!!!! ; ....Need to check the status, of the police, local to your area, your I-Phone has an App for that!!!! ; ....Need to find a Local Bank, not currently being watched by the same local police, ....for you to ‘Rob,’ to pay for your I-Phone, and it’s Apps, ....your I-Phone has an App for that!!!!



Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Question on drum tabs</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/question_on_drum_tabs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I really don't know much about drums, and can barely keep a simple beat, but I was wanting to do some covers of some songs and program a drum machine with there beats.  I the music for them and they include tabs, even for the drums, yet the music is on a staff, and I'm not sure how to read it, does anyone know how?

Example in picture]]></description>
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			<title>Cooked-Animal Rights!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cookedanimal_rights</link>
			<description><![CDATA[1) I believe the cooked animal has the right to remain on my plate!!!! 2) I believe the cooked animal has the right to remain tasty to me!!!! 3) I believe the soon to be cooked animal has the right to remain in the cellophane package in the store, lined up with all of the other soon to be cooked animals, for me to choose from!!!! 4) I believe the cooked animal has the right to accept the seasonings so applied in the cooking process!!!! 5) I believe the cooked animal has the right to accept the seasonings I apply to it, after it has been cooked!!! 6) I believe the cooked animal has the right to be advertised for sale at restaurants and fast food joints!!!! 7) I believe the cooked animal has the right to be offered in discount and promotional deals at these same establishments!!! 8) I believe the cooked animal has the right to remain just as tasty as originally prepared, after having been refrigerated,  if so able to do so!!!! 9) I believe the cooked animal has the right to be shot by me, while walking, flying, swimming, etc.., just prior to being shot, and cooked by me, or my designated other!!!! Etc.., etc.., etc..,



MentalMetal001  
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>I just wanted to say</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_just_wanted_to_say</link>
			<description><![CDATA[That I apologize for being a pain the ass ,with my excessive song posting and asking for help, I just wanted to say that, but I do apprciate the help and advice. I think Iam going to stop posting/making songs for awhile though.]]></description>
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			<title>going to make a video on public speaking with a microphone - need input and ideas</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/going_to_make_a_video_on_public_speaking_with_a_microphone__need_input_and_ideas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey all - I'm at work right now and there is a huge deal going on regarding real estate. These people are not used to talking with a mic, and it's making me go green with anger. It's making it unnessasarily difficult. People are lke 3 feet away from the mic or two inches. Yelling into it or whispering. Gah.

So, since I have the equipment available to me, I figure it would be good to make a video for public speakers and what to do and what not to do. Topics I have already are:

What not to do [turning mics on and off, blowing into them, tapping them, rubbing them etc... all the things people do.]
What to do like distance, voice [cause you can't just stand somewhere in front and whisper], and trusting the guy running sound.
Little things like using different types of mics, and what not to do regarding them. Like people just LOVE using those little lapel mics that sound like shit and feedback like a mutha. But then they stand still the whole time anyway... so my not just use a regular mic or a good condenser??? Stupid people.

Anyway, I thinkI've decided to make it humerous, because I am really mad right now and thinking of amusing things to do on the video is cheering me up a little. There's literally this bitch who is like "Oh it sounds like I'm yelling!" so she took two full steps back from the mic. So the gain is cranked [on a condenser] and she's still hard to hear. And people are looking at me, like I can help her not be a dumb bitch. Like a thousand of them.

So... anyone have some ideas on how to make it better? I will make it over the next few weeks and post it to youtube.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Is Microsoft Windows an Operating System, or a Virus????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/is_microsoft_windows_an_operating_system_or_a_virus</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Is Microsoft Windows an Operating System, or a Virus???? .......Is it just me, .....or does it drive you crazy, ...when for no reason Windows, ....or one of it's components suddenly screws up permanently for no reason, ....or just becomes unstable, again, for no Reason, .....And like in "Spider Man," the movie, ......You have to bring it back "To Formula"?????



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Question? Should they have named it Sex In The City, or AKA Best Of Show</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/question_should_they_have_named_it_sex_in_the_city_or_aka_best_of_show</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Question? Should they have named it Sex In The City, or AKA Best Of Show????  ....Is it Me, or are these Cheap Cable Chick Shows, ....like the rest of the crap Cable shows they come up with???? ....I thought Cable, was supposed to be a better way of Life???? ....But I guess Cable is Like Washington D.C., .....They Promise You the moon,......And give you a chunk of Limburger-Cheese instead!!!!



Metal001 ]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Suck at Guitar?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/suck_at_guitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Suck at Guitar,.....I thought that's what she's supposed to do for me now that I play guitar, .....Oh sorry, ..wrong discussion!!!!

If I hear another hook, like "Suck at Guitar," which is supposed to entice beginning / struggling guitar players, ....Like another one of those Disney / Pixar, animated movies as well, ....It makes Me want to buy a Hi-Powered Rifle, ....and Find a Clock Tower somewhere!!!! .....The only problem with that solution is that there never seems to be a Clock-Tower, just lying around somewhere, when you need one????

And for those who feel they "Suck At Guitar," ....I was only kidding about the whole clock tower thing!!!! ....So, Warning Kids!!!!, ...I am a professional Screw-Up, ....So please don't try this at home!!!!



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Who here thinks I should have picked Mental001 instead of Metal001 for My Screen Name?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who_here_thinks_i_should_have_picked_mental001_instead_of_metal001_for_my_screen_name</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Lets, see a show of Hands, for those who think I should have chosen Mental001 instead of  metal001 for My Screen Name????

Or MentalMetal001????

metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Is it just me, or if The Dog-Whisperer ever tried to Shhhsh me, like one of his dogs, would you ...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/is_it_just_me_or_if_the_dogwhisperer_ever_tried_to_shhhsh_me_like_one_of_his_dogs_would_you_feed_him_into_a_woodchipper_also</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have seen this one commercial for a cable show entitled “The Dog Whisperer,” in which he Shhhshed the Human, like they were one of the dogs, he was training!!!! ....I don’t know about you, ....But if he ever pulled that one me, .....he would have to talk to Mr. Chip-O-Matic!!!!!


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Does anyone here have to put up with someone who thinks they are funnier than Chris Rock,  but ...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_anyone_here_have_to_put_up_with_someone_who_thinks_they_are_funnier_than_chris_rock__but_are_actually_as_unfunny_as_a_box_full_of_rocks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Any stories, of relatives, co-workers, or friends, who you wish would finally stop thinking they were doing “A Night at the Improv” every time you see them????


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>things you do in your sleep</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/things_you_do_in_your_sleep</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was awakened this morning by my wife because as she was getting ready to go to work I began thrashing around in bed and screaming and swearing in anger...while sound asleep.

Turned out I was dreaming that someone had been stalking her and I found them in our living room and proceeded to kick the crap out of them.]]></description>
			<author>this dying soul</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>How do your pets react to your music?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_do_your_pets_react_to_your_music</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've often wondered how animals, (besides Axl Rose), react to music. Are animals capable of actually enjoying music, not just reacting to it, but music actually moving them in some way. Any ideas?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Change is Coming Alright: Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/change_is_coming_alright_quarters_dimes_nickels_and_pennies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Dow closed today at 7114,  just about 16 points shy of  50% off of it’s all time high, .........And so change is definitely coming, ........and with Nationalized Healthcare to boot!!!!!!  .........But when they told you change was coming, ......They did not tell you that they only meant “The Change Left in Your Pocket,”!!!!!!  .......You know what I’m talking about, .......That silver and copper looking stuff, you never used to pay attention to, .........And now are going to be the only things which your paycheck is going to be all about!!!!

I’m a walking dead man anyway, with no reason to pull my punches because of that, ..........And even though I should have made it obvious, I believe, as the Protestants came to realize, ........that Armageddon, or the presence and the power of the spirit of the antichrist, is always with us, ........However, with  increase of it’s influence, in a world, which dies just a little more each day, .........I can certainly see the slide towards more and more destruction, financial, and otherwise, ........in which the world’s “Peace-Mongerors” are going to try and take over thru, Insurmountable-Crisis, .......And I am laughing My Ass Off, ........because if they ever achieve their “Universal World Peace,” ...they are still going to simply choke on it,...........Because, when they say “....Peace!!!!.....Peace!!!!....Then suddenly destruction shall come upon them!!!!....”


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Thing at bottom of posts</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/thing_at_bottom_of_posts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys,

You know that little gray area at the bottom of the box when you post something where people add little sayings and comments and stuff? How do you edit what it says in there? It only says my name. Thanx.]]></description>
			<author>Gibson LP Custom</author>
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			<title>National Do Not Call Registry - What happened??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/national_do_not_call_registry__what_happened</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Man, I work night shift. In fact, I'm getting ready to go to work right now. I constantly have telemarketers calling my house all day long eventhough my wife and I have registered this house with them...five times. I received a call from a computer wanting to sell me insurance yesterday, (Sunday), and I received two calls today before I even woke up for the day. Is anybody else angry about this?]]></description>
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			<title>In these difficult Financial times, in a True Bipartisan effort, the Obama administration will ...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/in_these_difficult_financial_times_in_a_true_bipartisan_effort_the_obama_administration_will_be_forced_to_franchise_out_federal_law_enforcement_to_mcdonalds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Because of the scope and depth of the Financial crisis which Washington D.C., and the country as a whole faces, in a True Bipartisan effort, ( with no kickbacks from the McDonalds corporation of course ), all Federal Law Enforcement will now have to be franchised thru McDonalds Corp:

The key phrases which all Federal Law Enforcement will now be forced to use, will include the following:

1) McFreeze!!!!

2) McBusted!!!!

3) McSearch-And-Siezure!!!!
 
4) McRights

And for those who are willing to possibly cooperate, with Law Enforcement:

5) We can offer you a deal off of the Dollar Menu!!!!
 
And for those who are unwilling to possibly cooperate, with Law Enforcement:

6) Would you like to Super-Size your Conviction!!!!


Metal001

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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Question of the week: Why did God.....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/question_of_the_week_why_did_god</link>
			<description><![CDATA[decide to give me bronchitis a week before the important gig?!]]></description>
			<author>goodbyeboy</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Well here's one way of looking at it: Billy Connolly on religion</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/well_heres_one_way_of_looking_at_it_billy_connolly_on_religion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What can you say, Billy Connolly used no cartoons in the making of this video


Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Ballad of Bernie Maddoff</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ballad_of_bernie_maddoff</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here it is, the Ballad of Bernie Madoff, he's like Robert Maxwell only alive.

This song was 3:00 long but I think he had his wife put 2:30 of it in an offshore holding account.]]></description>
			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>I'm sorry all My posts have been off, but I thought this was Rehab</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_sorry_all_my_posts_have_been_off_but_i_thought_this_was_rehab</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I had no idea, My thoughts would be killing off "Neurons" faster than a Britney Spears video!!!! But I thought this was Rehab, and I was supposed to explain why I am a member of ".......Amperage....Addicts....Anonymous....,"  And had no idea, I would be molding young minds, into "Jello" before their time!!!!! What the hell did I know, and would someone please pass the Thorazine, Please? ......It is so Bizarre to Me, to find some of My posts, looked up to for guidance!!!!  ....I thought this was Rehab!!!! And hope My posts, at least, do a better Job at things than I have!!!! ....Can anyone please pass a Pretty-Nurse Please!!!!! I Think I need My meds!!!!


Metal001


Even though there are two Magic-Nurses in the pic, they only let Me give you 1+ instead of 2+ ( one for each ) ....if only we could do multiple votes, as easy as it would be to do multiple nurses!!!!


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Proof that all of the Politicians in Washington D.C. ...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/proof_that_all_of_the_politicians_in_washington_dc_are_the_famous_wolves_in_sheeps_clothing_we_hear_about</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here are the politicians in Washington D.C., “Delicately” handling the Sea-Saw nature of the US, and thus also the World, Economies, just prior to the financial collapse.!!!! 


Metal001
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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Now I've seen everything.........</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/now_ive_seen_everything</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This guy imitates the sound of an old fuzz-laced guitar using just his voice. Serious!!!!

I'm guessing for the Wah sound you trod on his foot or something.....

He really does have Vocal Chords then!!!

*insert pun here*



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			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<title>ways to make money</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ways_to_make_money</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Im 16 cant find a job and i need money any suggestions?]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>friday the 13th review</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/friday_the_13th_review</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
For all of those who didnt see friday the 13th you missed out. It was pretty scary and there was a lot of boobage. Its not the best scary movie but its worth the 8 bucks]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Favorite Bond Girl?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/favorite_bond_girl</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just wondering...


For all you guys out there, who is your favorite Bond Girl? (Or for the ladies, which actor was your favorite Bond?)

For me, it's definitely Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy. Something about the Eastern European look that gets me. That, and she looks the most "real" out of the group, IMO. Lastly, you can't beat the fact that in the movie she plays a musician. 

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			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>FRUSTRATING  aaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/frustrating__aaaahhhhhh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i ended up having to work at the rescue station today and i was hoping to watch the daytona 500 and this cheap-ass shitty local cable is not working.  ^%$@##%*()()*&&#^&(*%$#^%R^T&*(*&(^%%^^*&&*()^**$%^^)((*&^(%&^#@##@@$%%*&%$]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Friday the 13th (the movie)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/friday_the_13th_the_movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Did any one see the movie yesterday? I believe Im going to see it today. Ill write a review when I get back]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>ways to relieve stress quick!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ways_to_relieve_stress_quick</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Im in computer class and I wanted to sit by my friend. This girl's packback was in the seat I was going to sit in, I asked her "is this yours" and she says "your not going to sit there" and the humble person that Iam I dont like confrontation (I wasnt scared theres a difference) I just said whatever and went back to my original seat. It just stressed me out that people can act like that what gives them the right to dictate where people can and cant sit. I wish I would have said yes Iam but it was a girl with a ghetto attitude and I hate dealing with people like that because they get in your face over small shit you know? Sorry for my venting but I sat throughout the class just pissed off at that girl. so any ways to relieve stress? Im hanging with maryjane when I get home she cheers me up sometimes. 

ps I guess you could call this a venting forum just post the stuff that puts you in a bad mood ]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
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			<title>My Shameful Crutch</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_shameful_crutch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Any one else find themselves using ridiculous amounts of gain just for its compression effect? Half of it I blame on my guitars action, I have it super low, so I have some spots that would normally deaden if the guitar were on the clean channel.

I need to practice more while playing clean, I know it would help me in the long run.]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gutar-related medical question</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gutarrelated_medical_question</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For the guys -

Has anyone stopped to think about what all this electro-magnetism could be doing to our balls?  Those pickups and all that circuitry are pretty close to the boys.  Is there any sort of study that may have researched the rate of occurance of testicular cancer in electric guitar players compared to the rest of the population.  Just thinking...]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pork</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pork</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Senator Schumer says that you don't care about pork spending. I do! Wasn't this the kind of arrogance that got us here in the first place?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What does your guitar say?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_does_your_guitar_say</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On the strat that I built I have a "Fredocaster" plate screwed in just below the bridge. I've show the picture before, but I'm at work and I don't have it with me. Since many of us are artistically minded individuals, I'm wondering what little nuances, bumper stickers, signatures, paint jobs, you may have adorned your guitar(s) with, thus making them unique to you. If you have photos, I would really love to see them.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Unmotivated</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/unmotivated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i love playing guitar
and i'm pretty sure if you are on this website you do too

Anyway, i was wondering if anyone has ever just been unmotivated
because i have
i played a lot last month but this month i just haven't have the motivation to pick up and play]]></description>
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			<title>interesting topic. what are the pros and cons of legalized marijuana?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/interesting_topic_what_are_the_pros_and_cons_of_legalized_marijuana</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Im in high school and just about everyone i know smokes bud of course I do from time to time when im chillin on the weekends. personally i dont see any problems with it probally because Im a know nothing teenager. but I want to hear what you adults with some life experience have to say about maryjane.]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>LED flashlights</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/led_flashlights</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anybody else noticed that LED flashlights seem dim? they do to me. i have never tried any of the expensive ones, but i have noticed that in the $25 to $50 price range, the regular lights seem to be alot brighter than the LED's. am i just crazy or is this true? have i just not seen any good ones or what?

I am shopping for 2 small ones that i have a special purpose for, preferably tactical style. they need to be 1" diameter (handle) and as lightweight as possible, and the brighter the better. anybody have any suggestions on some that might serve the purpose without spending big bucks?

also im thinking i would rather have them run off regular batteries (aaa or aa, ect.) instead of those specialty ones, just because you can buy them anywhere. is there a reason (performance related) to prefer one or the other?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>VD is coming...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/vd_is_coming</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day approaches gentlemen. The day where women everywhere get to act like they're five and men pray that they'll get to try all of the purvey things they've always wanted to. Are you ready??]]></description>
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			<title>Youtube: Plight or Paradise?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/youtube_plight_or_paradise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. Names Jimmy. I been a long time lurker but Im a first time poster and I got an interesting thought. We all know that if our computer is capable then we can go to Youtube and watch a free video lesson for practically any song we choose but Im wondering if you think it hurts a young guitarist by making it too easy. It seems to me that it would do away with the need to learn by ear but wouldn't it also give a major advantage as far as knowing multiple songs? 

In my opinion its slightly harmful but Im guilty of use myself. What do you guys think? Weigh in.]]></description>
			<author>suthrn_blu_sman</author>
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			<title>My Wife Is The Best</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_wife_is_the_best</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I know I've bitched and moaned about how she freaks when I buy new gear, but after todays news, I'm reminded of one of the many reasons I married her.

She called me from work today to inform me that she was buying me tickets to the Kiss concert in Halifax this summer.  All I have to do is come up with money for food, pay the gas  to get there and chip in on the hotel room we're sharing with my sister in law and brother in law.]]></description>
			<author>this dying soul</author>
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			<title>What I really want to know about PolyChords is this</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_i_really_want_to_know_about_polychords_is_this</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What I really want to know about Poly-Chords is this:


What I want to know, is among all of the talented, and musical Parrots and such out there, why are the only ones who are creating Chords, named Poly!!!!!

Is there some Genius to the name Poly, which allows the Birds of that name sake only, to create these “Poly-Chords,”???? Or is there something I am missing?????

Maybe, it’s a “Guild” of Musical Parrots, like the “Masons” which require all Chord creating parrots, to don the surname Poly????

And lastly, while I contemplate such matters, would anyone like to purchase an “ounce” of the pre-change-in-the-laws, bag of cannabis seed included, bird seed????

Just contact 1-800-Polly-Chord ( USA number only )

  

Metal001

And in case, you haven’t figured it out, that would have to be a 14 digit phone number, including the area code, which we don’t have in the USA, so don’t try and fry your brain, in trying to figure out how you may have dialed the number wrong!!!!!

To answer the question below, I think The Parrots created the Poly-Chords, and gained such an ability, because before it was banned, they were eating all of the Cannabis Seed laden Bird Seed ---and Psychically transferred that knowledge to Us!!!!
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			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>This train wreck was My fault, I intended some political jabbing for fun, and not an all out brawl: </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The truth about politics the Good old American Style, is that they are all thieves!!!!
I liken Republicans and Democrats both as thieves, as I have stated: And I created this particular joke, to justify why I am a Republican;

“Hey, there all thieves, we all know that, but who do you trust more, the thief who will take all of your hard earned money and give it all away, or the thief, who will take all of your hard earned money, and give it to himself???? At least the Republican is the smart thief, keeping what He steals, and that’s why I vote Republican!!!! I vote for the smart thief, I vote for the intelligent thief!!!!!

No More to say, after that one!!!! And so I also liken good old U.S. of A. politics ( and when it comes to politicians, we all know what the A stands for ), But I liken the politics of the USA, using a parable I have written: “US Politics, is like two great thieves, who got together, to decide how they both could stay in business for ever. And the one thief, said to the other thief, ‘I know, to split the country evenly, I will rob all of the households of America, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and you can rob all of the households of America on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, but I don’t know what to do about Sundays?????’ And the other Thief said ‘I know, we will both rob all of the households of America on Sundays, together!!!!’ And both thieves agreed, that this was the perfect plan, as they could take turns blaming each other, while all the while they had decided to split the country, and it’s days evenly amongst themselves, and tell no one of their master plan, and thus was born the prefect marriage, between the Republican and Democratic parties, that we have with us, till this very day!!!!”

The truth is they both suck. And they both do things which are extremely wrong, because they live by being able to justify, that they always have to be there to fix each others mistakes!!!!! And you thought it was only Broadway, which had bad Drama?????

To knock them both, as the fair Republican I am: When the western world was still dividing the third world amongst themselves, with Britian and France vying for middle eastern control over oil, the USA was there to have a hand in such dealings. And we backed the Shaw of Iran, and Our Military trained His secret police, so that he could continue, with better training, to torture His citizens, as he would have done anyway, but it was OK because He was our ally!!!! And He would amputate the limbs, off of those who opposed him, etc.., but it was OK he was our ally. 

So in support of the Shaw, President Jimmy Carter, gave Iran the Nuclear Reactor Technology they had. But then suddenly the Revolution, and hostage crisis was upon us. And how did Ronald Reagan become president of the United States???? He promised to release billions of dollars of Frozen Iranian assets, if elected!!!!! ( sounds like negotiating with terrorists to me !!!! ) And He was elected, and first thing, as soon as he could, President Reagan released Iran’s frozen assets, and the American hostages came home!!!! But the really messed up part, was that since this was after the Revolution, and Iran was obviously no longer a US puppet nation,  President Reagan, again gave Iran even newer nuclear reactor technology ---the very same reactors they are refining their nuclear fuel for!!!! And even though we all know their intentions, is not to use the refined uranium for their nuclear power plants, until after they have built at least a few thermonuclear warheads ----------So we have all been screwed by the Republicans and Democrats both on that one!!!!!

One of the reasons, which led to a Republican revolution, so Republicans could take the senate back from 60 years of Democratic party control, was the undisputed fact, that our Federal Government, under the Democrats, so expanded, mismanaged, and miss funded Welfare, as well as forcibly breaking up poor black families, instead of creating a workfare instead of welfare, or at least a better welfare program ---that the democrats could have, ( when their value was high ), could have instead, bought all of the poor people in the welfare program, each and every single one of the “Fortune 500 Companies,” period!!!!! And so with promises of Republican and Democratic reform, once again they both screwed us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another fact, being misrepresented is that there is a difference between socialism, and communism???? ( And the reason I dispute these simpleton presentations ), is that, if the Democratic party, truly wants to see worldwide socialism, then the very same socialism, would merely be a stepping stone to worldwide communism, as real life works in degrees of wearing ones enemies down, in the dirty world of politics. And so I am tired of hearing the moronic, diatribes, that there is a difference ----when the real question, implied, by such worries, is how such a plan would be brought about gradually, in degrees ( such as Congress, and President Clinton, as well as the Bush administration looking the other way ---while Congress, and specifically members like Barney Frank, and president Clinton, etc.., thru forced intimidation thru “Community Redevelopment acts” and congressional legislation, forcing Fannie may, and Freddie Mac, to both write bad paper on purpose ), well then, this train wreck was inevitable, due to the dirty dealings of both parties, and the same international intrigues, possibly via the Bildeburgers, the  Tri- Lateral Commission,, and whom ever else could screw us, and once again the Republicans and Democrats have screwed us all!!!!!!!!!!!!  


It is also known that President Reagan was a powerful Mason, who supposedly brought us the “1,000 Points of Light” Illuminati sounding Bush senior, as a compromise candidate, who in turn, thus gave us his Skull And Bones Son, who wanted to go so far with deregulation, as to dismantle the SEC!!!! And I am for smaller, more efficient Federal government, but the Republican “Bandwagon” under Bush, with their nonsensical deregulation of everything in site mentality, helped this Financial crisis along, which began back under President Clinton. Now everyone says it was the Republicans fault, as a Republican proposed the Financial deregulation legislation, but it was voted into legislation, by the overwhelming majority of everyone, Republicans and Democrats both ---so that President Clinton, and Barney Frank, and others, could begin the socialist destruction of the world economy, because they are supposed to be the much wiser thief than the Republicans are, right?????? And once again The Republicans and Democrats have both Screwed us again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Putin, is not a Boy Scout, nor is He the most radical of the radical Russian Hardliners. And  like all men of power, what does he want, but more power, and control, but He also has a vision, of how He would like to see Russia prosper. So we could deal fairly with him or not???? Also knowing, that Europe, Nato, the USA, ( in effect the entire western world ), has been chomping at the bit to pick up the pieces of the crumbling, former Soviet Union, as quickly as they can, And so, there are many hardliners, and moderates in Russia, who feel that the cold war, has been open war, for 15 years now, as We chomp away at the left over pieces of their misfortune!!!! So You think, We might work with them in some way???? You think Bush, might help Putin, in some way to save and gain face, so to speak, in his part of the world, --when to make Russia not look like the bad guys of the region, ---when Putin, came up with missile defense shield alternatives, you would think bush, might concede some compromise, on that, or possibly some other issues involving Russia???? When the Nut who runs former soviet Georgia, needed a friend, Bush was more than happy to embrace Him, because He loved to stick it to Russia all He could. And so, as it has been found out, when the nut running Georgia attacked first, Putin was in a position to respond ---and the first thing Bush did, was to not believe Russia, as He never gave them a break. ( This is why Russia, was becoming so angry with Bush, and the west, that they started flying Bomber training missions towards Alaska ---something We heard about because of Governor Palin’s bid for office ). And so, Bush, like with everything else He put His hands upon, pushed at Putin so hard, that of course Putin was pissed, and even not being the hardest of the hardliners, finally had to come back and threaten to point His nukes at us again!!!! So Bush, almost single handedly restarted the cold war again, which many Russian hardliners would not mind seeing, as they think the west has been screwing them for years now. And so once again, Republicans and Democrats have both been screwing us again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Because they all create this crap know as US politics together, ( As the  Republicans get to do it on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Democrats on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, so to speak, and they both get to screw us on Sundays together!!!!! )

I know I am simplifying things a little, as details would take more space than a room full of posts, but both the Republicans and Democrats both, have all of their hands in our cookie jars, and they are not about to stop doing so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So why do those who support either party, expect either side to make things better????? I loved those Videos posted towards the bottom of the WWF of Washington thread, because Welfare is the Chicken Feed being fed to the poor, to keep them down on the plantation, as the video says, and We could have bought them each and everyone of the Fortune 500 Companies, back when that had been figured out, ( so as not to count all of the money wasted since then ), and like the video says, if the Liberals, care about everyone so much, then why are all of the poor still poor????? Do you really expect that to change???? Here’s the chance for Us to see, or so we are led to believe???? And when nothing works, both parties can blame each other, and guess what, they all get to keep their jobs that way!!!!!!!! Yea some will win, and some will lose the congressional, big money to be made by them, and for them, lottery, but chances is, We all loose, and they keep winning!!!!


Metal001


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			<title>My sky</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I haven't posted one of these in a while. It's non guitar related, it's just last night's sky..ahhh.]]></description>
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			<title>Is Armageddon allways here to increase its power towards its attempt at a complete takeover</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/is_armageddon_allways_here_to_increase_its_power_towards_its_attempt_at_a_complete_takeover</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I noticed that the WWF of Washington post has caused anger to rise over a debate about if socialism is trying to take over the world or not, and figured why not turn it all up another notch:

*****When the Protestant movement, for Luther's part, began as a protest for reform ---the protestants came to see from scripture, that the bible was actually, in places, talking about the powers and influences of the Antichrist ----and came to realize that the spirit of the Antichrist was always with the church, as well as the world ---And as such, found that the reform they had sought, was even larger than they had anticipated, to the end, that of a challenge in thinking, beyond it's original kernels of thought, had been exposed ----But in the end, the Roman Catholic Church in fighting back ----led to both the Protestants and the R.C.C., calling each other the Antichrist, as simply the precursor of the tensions to arise. ---and in the end, was it the Revelation in thinking that the Protestants had come to realize, that was the true casualty of the conflict???? ---did the world loose sight of the fact, that Armageddon, was always here, and all about us ----and that it is the beast of the "One World System," which slowly "Rises from the sea," which will someday overwhelm us all, while We become more entrenched in opposing political views, blaming each-others view of how politics should be played out, while We all burn in the ashes, of the one world system of destruction, of the beasts making????? ( And that this rise in a system of destruction, must be empowered beyond a certain threshold, and a certain point ---before certain linear events We anticipate, as We think they should be defined, can actually occur???? ) 

****Or do you hold, I must "simply be off His meds!!!!!" for asking such a question???? Or, again, to the contrary, have I hit the "note right on the scale'!!!!!


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			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Super Bowl Amazing end to 1st half</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/super_bowl_amazing_end_to_1st_half</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, That was an Amazing-End to the 1st Half, and My Beer agrees with Me!!!!!!! What did You think of that amazing play, and it's making Super Bowl History!!!!!
I, and My Beer loved it, but now there are snacks calling My Name!!!!!!

But again, what did You think of the 1st half, and it's wild ending????

I have to have some Totino's pepperoni pizza rolls, and they take precedent over blogging, but what a 1/2!!!!!

Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>I met peavy....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_met_peavy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Long story short is that I live in the same town as Peavy (at least I think he lives here, he WAS here either way.) Anyways, I was just cruising around some local music shops and I found him behind the counter in one talking to the owner (an older man, about the same age as peavy I'd say they knew each other before peavy hit it big or something like that.) Anyways, I was able to strike up a conversation with him and talk for a good 30 minutes. Pretty cool dude (of course). I bought a cheap little guitar strap to ask if he'd sign it for me but left while I was browsing, missed my chance lol. ]]></description>
			<author>JohnnyBoyJohnson</author>
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			<title>Makes me wonder why psychotropic is in this sites spell check????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/makes_me_wonder_why_psychotropic_is_in_this_sites_spell_check</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Of all the words, the spell check can't fix for me, "psychotropic" is in there????



Metal001]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Berklee?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/berklee</link>
			<description><![CDATA[opinions? you can rant and rave if you want!]]></description>
			<author>liz</author>
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			<title>Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, the anime made for guitar players.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/beck_mongolian_chop_squad_the_anime_made_for_guitar_players</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This anime is what inspired me to start playing my guitar seriously. I know I know, it sounds stupid, but honestly, inspiration is inspiration. The series is about an unknown rock band trying to make it and become famous. The main character starts out not knowing anything about guitar or rock music in general but ends up learning how to play and play well blah blah, it's really a good story and I'm not going to ruin it. Anyways, beyond the good story, it also has many MANY good guitar and music references. And believe it or not, the motions they make on the guitar...match the noises!!! I know, it's unbelievable. They even reference Tom morello, as well as many other famous musicians. And the guitars are simply beautifully animated. From Tele's to Les Paul. It's all there. Anyways, it's a good series and worth the money if you like anime, or even if you don't! ]]></description>
			<author>JohnnyBoyJohnson</author>
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			<title>i have an extremely important question </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[how do u reply on posts ]]></description>
			<author>travis dransfield</author>
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			<title>replys</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[how do u reply on posts ]]></description>
			<author>travis dransfield</author>
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			<title>Spinal Tap The Movie and real Life</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/spinal_tap_the_movie_and_real_life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I once saw a heavy metal interview with Toni Iommi, where they had an idea to do a Stone Henge thing, so they gave the measurements to there manager, who sent it back to England, where they built the props in Meters instead of Feet, so they were Three-times larger than what was asked for: And Toni Iommi said He remembered walking up to them and looking at them, and said something like "Bloody Hell, what are we going to do with these,"  ( just another installment of real life stories, which wound up as punch lines / and gags in Spinal Tap, one way or another ).

Metal001. ]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>how to </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_to</link>
			<description><![CDATA[how do u reply back in a convorsation on this webste]]></description>
			<author>travis dransfield</author>
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			<title>What the hell is all this touchy feely stuff doing in action adventure and violenec based dramas?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_the_hell_is_all_this_touchy_feely_stuff_doing_in_action_adventure_and_violenec_based_dramas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Where the hell did all of this touchy feely stuff come from anyway????? I think they should have started the first Rocky movie, with a negative star rating, and the rest could have gone down hill in their ratings after the first one!!!! because the Rocky movies spend more time with all this touchy feely stuff, and Rocky needing permission to be a man from Adrian, than He did actually being a man, ( in spite of them working that point into the plots, where too late to be true, Rocky tells Adrian, 'don't stop asking Me to be a Man ), because like I said He spent more time with all that touchy feely crap, than actually beating the shit out of anyone!!!!!!

And in lethal weapon, where You just want to watch good old fashion violence, and people killing each other and all, why the hell does "Martin Riggs" have to spend so much time crying over His dead wife, and wanting to pop Himself over it????? Shit happens, She died, be sad about it, in character-theory, but don't make us have to watch so much of it, and then try and pop yourself off, over what apparently was a tragedy for You?????

And why did "John McClain" have to whine about wishing He could live, and wanting Sgt. Powell, to tell His wife, all His touchy feely screw ups, and how much He loves her, instead of pulling that glass from his foot, and killing more bad guys?????

I could go on forever, like in True Lies, I would be happy if My wife had an affair, and moved on already, killing terrorists and all, instead of whining and crying about it, even if trying to look tough, by punching out car windows, while whining on the inside?????

What the Hell is up, with all this touchy feely stuff in action adventure movies, and drams for anyway, when as guys, we only want to watch stuff blow up?????

Thankfully, a lot of newer action movies don't have as much of that touchy feely stuff all of the time, but I began to worry, when "Jason Bourne" was starting to get too, all touchy feely, with Maria, because I just wanted to see more stuff get dead!!!!!!!!!!

And touching, and feeling girls, is not the same as getting all touchy feely with them, in a movie, or real life either, so I am cutting You off at the pass on that one, because we all know I am talking about all of that "Emotional" EMO stuff in action adventure movies!!!!!!!!! ]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Martin sucks at trying to be Peter Sellers. Couldn't pay Me to watch him butcher it so.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey, I'm sure He's got His own sets of skills, and talents, or not???? But it is sad to watch Steve Martin try and do the Pink Panther movies all over again!!!! I guess the Whores who run Hollywood, will prostitute themselves to any project they think they can recoup a profit on????

Peter Sellers, was so brilliant at looking stupid, and having no clue about it, that one could accept the outrageous premise of the Pink Panther movies, enough to enjoy them. But Steve Martin's attempt at minimalist feigned stupidity, only shows His real stupidity in thinking He could pull it off!!!!! I had seen His first attempt at doing so, on cable, when I was unfortunate enough to have seen the first one, and almost died laughing it was so bad!!!! ( But unfortunately for Martin, I was laughing at His lack of a performance, rather than the attempt at comedy: which he butchered with the Skill, to do to comedy, what "Dr. Hannibal Lechter" did for sociopathic killers, in whom you don't know what might set them off,  in The Silence of the Lambs. ) ]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The WWF of Washington DC</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_wwf_of_washington_dc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The WWF's got nothing on Congress and the White House!!!!!!!!

Because in the WWF, one might appear to get beat in the head and stomped on, But Washington led the way in the world to stomp the hell out of all of us, and lead the way, for others to follow, in destroying about 40% of the Entire Worlds Economy!!!!!!!

How would the WWF fair, if it had to kill 40% of an actual person in the ring???? They would have to cripple individuals in the ring, to not even come close to what Washington DC did to lead the world in this Pandemonium and Mayhem they have wrought!!!!!!!!

Hats off to Washington, Beelzebub couldn't have done a better job himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
			<author>metal001</author>
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			<title>Running </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/running</link>
			<description><![CDATA[just wondering any runners out there. ]]></description>
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			<title>Anyone Suffering From Guitar Nipple?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone_suffering_from_guitar_nipple</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cello scrotum -- the truth at last
Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:44pm EST 

LONDON (Reuters) - "Cello scrotum," a nasty ailment allegedly suffered by musicians, does not exist and the condition was just a hoax, a senior British doctor has admitted.

Back in 1974, in a letter to the British Medical Journal, Elaine Murphy reported that cellists suffered from the painful complaint caused by their instrument repeatedly rubbing against their body.

The claim had been inspired by reports in the BMJ about the alleged condition guitar nipple, caused by irritation when the guitar was pressed against the chest.

But Murphy, now a Baroness and a former Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age at Guy's Hospital in London, has admitted her supposed medical complaint was a spoof.

"Perhaps after 34 years it's time for us to confess we invented cello scrotum," she wrote with her husband John, who had signed the original letter, which was published in the BMJ Wednesday.

"Anyone who has ever watched a cello being played would realize the physical impossibility of our claim."

Murphy, who said the couple had been "dining out" on their story ever since they made it up, said they had decided to reveal the hoax after it was referred to in a recent BMJ article on health problems associated with making music.

She also said she suspected "guitar nipple" had been a joke.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison)
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			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>At school bored as hell</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/at_school_bored_as_hell</link>
			<description><![CDATA[any good guitar websites i could get on?]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
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			<title>New Movies</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/new_movies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anybody seen anything good recently?    I saw the new Underworld. Well done flick not a cheesy prequel like I was expecting. I also recently picked up Southland tales, strange flick, and Mirrors. 

anyway anybody got any recommendations? ]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
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			<title>SUPER BOWL</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/super_bowl</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what does everybody think about the matchup? i was not expecting either of these teams to make it all the way to the big game. i thought that TN or CAR or maybe even both would end up in tampa this year. now that the stage is set, im looking forward to what will hopefully be an entertaining game.

PIT is the favorite, and rightfully so, i guess. however i do think that ARIZ is capable of winning. frankly, i believe the cards have the advantage at the QB spot, and they have played very well during the past few weeks.

im not gonna be disappointed with whoever wins. i wouldnt mind seeing a cardinal victory because they have never been there, and because i usually root for the NFC. however, PIT is one of the very few AFC teams i like, so i guess im happy either way.

my official prediction:  PIT 34, ARIZ 37.  you never know. LOL.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>The Audacity of Dope!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_audacity_of_dope</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm sorry, this is just too sad and and too funny, all at the same time!]]></description>
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			<title>Blues Challenge</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/blues_challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Is anyone going to the 25th International Blues Challenge in Memphis? They claim that this is the largest gathering of blues bands in the world. 

I’m not sure if the claim is true or not but I talked to a lady who writes articles each year for the event and she said its good times and great sounds from small time folks.

I will be taking the kid to some of it but I have to work on the day of the finals.

Jim
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			<title>And the winner is.....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/and_the_winner_is</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think most of us realize the Oscars is a load of garbage. They seem so far out of touch with America, (just like Washington), and I think their choice of films often reflect this. Has anybody seen any of these films? I have seen "Dark Knight"

1. Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire."

2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"; Sean Penn, "Milk"; Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."

3. Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"; Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"; Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"; Meryl Streep, "Doubt"; Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

4. Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"; Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"; Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"; Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road."

5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "Doubt"; Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; Viola Davis, "Doubt"; Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler."
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			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/_any_star_trek_fans_on_gcom_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the new movie coming out in May Im getting back into Star Trek big time. I've been watching all the movies and different series again. Anyone down with Trek?


=/=]]></description>
			<author>Marshall2288</author>
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			<title>Another victim of the economy...just laid off this morning :(</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/another_victim_of_the_economyjust_laid_off_this_morning_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it sucks. No more cushy IT job. Oh well...I'm on active duty orders within a month anyway, which puts me in a better position than most.

And yes, I'm well aware that this seems like a possible violation of laws concerning part-time military employees. I've already called the local ESGR office to check into it.]]></description>
			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>book and DVD pushed back 1 month.... </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/book_and_dvd_pushed_back_1_month</link>
			<description><![CDATA[yeah, so publishing of the book will actually be a bit longer, but a DVD will be out by march 1st. just for anyone who was thinking it is coming out on february 1st..... hit some set backs..... taking a bit longer...... sorry....]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Very Cool - The Aliens are coming!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/very_cool__the_aliens_are_coming</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists are baffled.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Inauguration Day</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/inauguration_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I wish our new President well and I hope he is able to lead us in a better direction. I could not get over the staggering cost of this inauguration. Both Bush and Clinton's inaugurations cost 10 million each. This one is going to cost the taxpayer, (oh man), 110 million, and Bush had to declare a state of emergency. An estimated 2 million people, (imagine Woodstock times four), will be on hand. Hollywood is paying about 33 million toward this event. Man, this is going to be some bash. Should the taxpayer be forced to pick up such a large tab?]]></description>
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			<title>The war on GH3 has so many levels</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_war_on_gh3_has_so_many_levels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I know we've exhausted the subject but I happened upon a youtube vid while looking for something else. Someone made a lego robot to play the GH controler (I refuse to call it a guitar) and the robot is controlled by a more conventional-looking game controler. Personally I'm always excited about robotic contraptions that are able to perform some task or another. It's funny to read through the comments though.
 
Many think the robot adaptation is a cheating way of playing GH. It's ironic since GH is a cheating way of playing guitar. Cheating on a cheat is well a hilarious concept to me... "See, you're supposed to cheat this way, not that way you f***n n00b"...
And apart from negging the hell out of  anyone who thinks the game is a cheat-way of playing "guitar" there at each other's throat for whether the game is better on wii or on 360...
The fact that building a robot that can actually do something is the whole point of the effort is lost on most people.]]></description>
			<author>ibzRG</author>
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			<title>Drummers, musics Platypus.........</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/drummers_musics_platypus</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With some posts turning a little flamey, and somewhat political, I thought I would lighten the load with some drummer jokes.
Please consider Mike Portnoy is one of my favourite musicians of all time, so this is not in any way an attack on our tub-thumping colleagues, just something to brighten the mood. If you have a funny drummer joke, story, anecdote, quote etc that you want to throw in, please do, keep it light hearted please, don't call them wankers.

How do you tell if the stage is level?
    The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth.

How many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb?
 Five: One to screw the bulb in, and four to talk about how much better
 Neil Peart coulda done it.

What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common?
 They both suck without Cream.

What's the last thing a drummer says in a band?
 "Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?"

How do guitar players get away with parking in the handicap spots?
 They put drumsticks on the dash. 

Why are drummers always losing their watches?
 Everyone knows they have trouble keeping time. 

What has three legs and an asshole?
 A drum stool. 

What is the difference between a bad drummer and a vacuum cleaner?
 You have to plug one of them in before it sucks. 

Overheard: "Will the musicians please come to the stage. Oh, and the drummer  too." 

And just so you dont accuse me of instrument bigotry or oppression..........


How does a Lead Guitarist change a lightbulb ?
  He holds it and the world revolves around him.



'AI'






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			<author>Father Dougal Maguire.</author>
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			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/sounds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you have some speakers or headphones you may want to check this site out. It's all about sound frequencies. I think it's a tool to teach you about sound pitch, frequency, etc.]]></description>
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			<title>who is the resident computer expert?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who_is_the_resident_computer_expert</link>
			<description><![CDATA[somebody in our community here must be a computer guru. who is it? i need some advice.

i installed mcafee security center on my computer here at work a couple weeks ago, and it slowed me down so bad that at times i couldnt even perform basic functions.  i tried every other option i could think of to help but the only thing that made it better was to uninstall the security center. now i'm riding bareback. fuckin' without a rubber, so to speak. LOL  i'm back to normal now, its working alot better, but i'm not protected. i dont know what would be the best thing to do. we installed the same security center on 2 or 3 more computers at the same time as mine, but mine is the only one that wont handle it.  WTF???

anybody have any input on what the prob might be?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>LOL dead deer talking</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lol_dead_deer_talking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I dont know if youve seen this before but I just seen it holy crap its funny as hell]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Guitar Shows</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_shows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have heard of the NAMM shows, but that's a single event that takes place every year. In most places around the US you have boat shows, gun shows, RV shows, gem/jewelry shows, craft shows, art shows, record shows, etc, etc. I have never seen a music or guitar show, especially on the level of the other shows. Do local music merchants along with larger companies like DiMarzio, Ernie Ball, etc. not to do such shows?]]></description>
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			<title>My apologies for my Grammar to anyone who might have been accidentally offended</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_apologies_for_my_grammar_to_anyone_who_might_have_been_accidentally_offended</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No, I'm not on rehab. I often speak/type in the second person "you" to make general/impersonal statements instead of using the proper third person "one/they" impersonal form. I didn't realize how confusing this can be until it got me into a misunderstanding on another forum. I often use the second person for impersonal stuff in Greek as well. It's something I have to work on I guess. It's just that the "one/they" form sounds so British and formal and sometimes confusing to use...
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			<author>ibzRG</author>
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			<title>When you go skiing, be sure to wear a belt</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/when_you_go_skiing_be_sure_to_wear_a_belt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh My!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Sleep picking</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/sleep_picking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[no that isn't a typo.

in a way I was lucky the camera had dead batteries in it...in another way I wish it weren't so because it was a true kodak moment.

I usually tend to play guitar late at night before going to bed.

My wife woke up this Saturday morning to find me on the couch sound asleep and snoring up a storm in a sitting position guitar strapped to me and my picking hand in playing position with pick between thumb and index finger.

She said if it weren't for the snore she would have sworn I was still awake.

Has this ever happened to anyone else?]]></description>
			<author>this dying soul</author>
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			<title>does any one think john fogerty is a great guitarist</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_any_one_think_john_fogerty_is_a_great_guitarist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hey I havent been on for awhile but im back. um...does any one like john fogery. everyone i know owns a CCR cd. I just love his guitar playing (not saying he is one of the greats) and he has good vocals on top of that]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
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			<title>Songs For Girls</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/songs_for_girls</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Does anyone out there have specific songs they like to play for girls?
for example, when im with girls and they're like oh! play me a song! i will 95% of the time play Lips of an Angel by Hinder, or Wherever You Will Go by The Calling.  

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			<author>Mixolydian</author>
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			<title>Only from Baltimore</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/only_from_baltimore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LOL, no wonder I left!]]></description>
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			<title>Got a little too happy on New Year's Eve?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/got_a_little_too_happy_on_new_years_eve</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm sure these pics were repeated all over the world.  Look at that one pic where the woman was clearly trying to induce herself to vomit.  I remember Daily Mail had a similar article last New Years, of a bunch of drunken revelers humiliating themselves in public.

Lovely!]]></description>
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			<title>Free Zombie MMORPG</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/free_zombie_mmorpg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've been addicted to this game lately. Anyone else ever played this?

I assure you I'm not an adbot. I'm a guy who doesn't have money to blow on new PC games, or on a new PC that can run new PC games, so a sophisticated MMORPG with nothing to download or buy has been the answer to my gamer prayers these past few weeks. 

It'd be cool to get a group of G.commers going on this.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WllVeegm5oY&feature=related]]></description>
			<author>PatchworkMan</author>
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			<title>Wow!  TV Producer has meltdown on air</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wow__tv_producer_has_meltdown_on_air</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Do you think he's unemployed at about this time?

Wow!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Now THAT'S Marketing!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/now_thats_marketing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I never knew the stage was so dangerous, (yes, I know it's an ad), still, I wonder what some of the worst concert accidents were.]]></description>
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			<title>HAPPY NEW YEAR</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_new_year</link>
			<description><![CDATA[whats everybody doing for new years eve? im at work today, and tonight i will be home, maybe have a few nice cold adult beverages, but no big party. my wife will be at work.

best wishes to everybody for the new year. maybe it wont be as crappy as this one has been.   LOL]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>ok heres an awesome question what guitar related activitie would you want to do most when you ...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ok_heres_an_awesome_question_what_guitar_related_activitie_would_you_want_to_do_most_when_you_go_to_heaven_or_where_ever_you_think_you_go_when_you_die</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i would probaly jam with hendrix while having SRV sing then have jesus and bonham drummin it out or jesus could play bass]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
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			<title>poll for my post below</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/poll_for_my_post_below</link>
			<description><![CDATA[please answer honestly]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>what the hell? how is led zeppelin heavy metal!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_the_hell_how_is_led_zeppelin_heavy_metal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[go on wikipedia and look up led zeppelin and their classified as heavy metal what the hell]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>It's the Wunder Boner!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/its_the_wunder_boner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[

This is hilarious]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
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			<title>top 5 geetarist </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/top_5_geetarist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[post your top 5 guitar players of all time 

1 jimmy page
2 SRV
3 hendrix
4 clapton
5 EVH]]></description>
			<author>zeppelin is god!</author>
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			<title>The Divided States Article</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_divided_states_article</link>
			<description><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html

Here's the article. For some reason it wouldn't post on the first thread.]]></description>
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			<title>The Divided States</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_divided_states</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Even though you can smell KGB all over this guy, I'm beginning to wonder if this is how the old Soviet hard liners have us sized up...]]></description>
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			<title>Testing a file-hosting option</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/testing_a_filehosting_option</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skydrive that is... I've never explored the options and services that accompany a hotmail/live/msn etc email account. I wasn;t planning to either but my dad started poking around and stuff and skydrive came up (he also found my profile which I wrote like forever ago and forgot about -  awkward 8-| ).
Anyway, I uploaded an mp3 file to Skydrive and I wonder if you guys can access it at all or if it needs a live account. Either way it took me unforgivably long to download my file for playback on my machine so yeah it's kind of a last resort thing but I'm just wondering if/how it works and if the link I'm pasting is even the right address.

http://cid-186f32211c857c4f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/christmas.mp3
BTW, that lame tune is my submission for last year's christmas challenge...]]></description>
			<author>ibzRG</author>
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			<title>This ain't Spinal Tap</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_aint_spinal_tap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well it isn't, but it's still funny....]]></description>
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			<title>For christmas...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/for_christmas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What did you get? I didn't get as much as normal because of my drumset but I got PLENTY! I finally got a cry baby wah, a "10 splash, And a double bass pedal and some other small stuff and cloths and whatever... And also here's a picture of the set now.]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Christmas Gear</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/christmas_gear</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Get any?

I got an MXR Carbon Copy and a Boss Phase Shifter]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
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			<title>Have a better Christmas than this kid had!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/have_a_better_christmas_than_this_kid_had</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is just sick!!!! ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>To Salt or Not to Salt....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/to_salt_or_not_to_salt</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seattle decided not to salt......to save the environment....and it's a mess.  Seattle decided to depend on drivers and their 4WD SUV's to tool around town.  Not even the police can get everywhere!

Lovely!]]></description>
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			<title>shopping for food</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/shopping_for_food</link>
			<description><![CDATA[my wife has been told that she may be in the early stages of diabetes. the doc says she should adjust her diet a little bit just in case and he will be able to tell more about the situation as it progresses. i have been trying to buy foods and drinks that have less sugar and less carbs. i have discovered that the labels/packaging are VERY MISLEADING.

so far i have found that ocean spray cranberry juice labeled "no sugar added" has more sugar per serving than the regular variety, and i have discovered that some of the "low carb" pasta has more carbs than the regular. who the fuck is in charge of this kind of thing? i have always assumed that the FDA or somebody was supposed to make sure our products are labeled correctly. i guess they arent doing such a good job. like so many govt programs, they are probably spending a billion dollars and doing 50 bucks worth of good.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Happy Holiday to all, and to all a great week!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_holiday_to_all_and_to_all_a_great_week</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just thought that I would tell you all, Happy Quanza, Honnika, Buddha's New Year, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Santa's Day, Hindu day, Muslim, Hare Christnas, Satan's Day, etc.... I won't be on here the rest of the week.

To the tune of Holiday, by The Scorpions.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Death Day Gives A Warning!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/death_day_gives_a_warning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm not really superstitious, but...   There is one day of the year that I'm really leary of.  December 23rd.  I've called it "Death Day" since 1970 and was always convinced that this would be the day of the year I die.  Between 1960 and 1969 I was almost killed three different times on that day.  These weren't the "perception" of almost being killed.  I was in the hospital for each accident.  Since 1970, I have not gone ANYWHERE on that day.  I've stayed at home and kept away from anything that might be dangerous.  I'd actually considered, this year, that I was probably being silly about it all and intended to come into work tomorrow!  Saturday, changed that thought...

Was Christmas shopping with the wife.  I HATE Christmas shopping so close to Christmas.  Too many people.  Far too busy.  It's just a pain.  She wanted to stop at Best Buy and I wanted to go home.  Volume of traffic prevented me from getting into the lane I wanted so it was easier to go to Best Buy than to try to squeeze my way across traffic to the highway.  As we were turning into a parking place there was a sudden "crash" and the car just stopped dead.  I looked around and couldn't see anyone or anything I might have hit.  I got out and then I saw the problem...   The drivers wheel...   Snapped the lower ball joint.  Being front wheel drive it also did something to the transmission as there was tranni fluid running on the ground.  Even going slow the wheel had jammed itself back into the door hinge area so the door takes a LOT of effort to close.  From the outside only...  Can't close it from the inside anymore.

It was right then I considered this a warning.  We very well could have been on the highway doing 80.  That would have been REALLY bad!

Even worse...  We drove that car to North Carolina and back two weeks ago!  Lots of high speed interstate driving.  It could have happened then.

My wife was a bit upset at first, but it is what it is.  It's not like we don't have other vehicles.  This one was 11 years old and had 185,000 miles on it.  She had just filled the gas tank, and was concerned about that, but I figure it was better that gas is no longer $4+ a gallon!  Everything we could think of that was possibly "bad" about the whole event had a silver lining.  No one was hurt.  No other property was damaged.  Best Buy was pissy about the car being stuck in the middle of their lot and the managers came to me and told me they would just push it out of the way.  (Guess that's why they work at Best Buy.)  I told them to go ahead and have fun with it, I was going shopping and a tow truck had already been called, knowing full well it wasn't moving until a pro with the proper equipment arrived.

Anyway, it all comes down to seeing that as a warning.  I never saw this coming.  The car never made any indication there was a problem.  This could happen on anything I might be driving.  Or it could come out of nowhere like a couple past accidents.  (Getting broadsided by some moron blowing a stop sign at 60 mph comes to mind.)  Just like I never expected to fall off that bridge in 1960.  (Thank God there was 8" of ice over the 2' of water to break my fall!  Sort of...  Guess it kind of broke other stuff too...)  Tomorrow is just not worth taking the chance.  I have no intention of spending Christmas in traction, on IV's, in casts, in stitches, or any other manner of medical discomfort.  Guess I'm calling in "sick" tomorrow after all!]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>Snow Yahoos</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/snow_yahoos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Boredom is the mother of invention]]></description>
			<author>Waltz</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Some YouTube videos are being pulled...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/some_youtube_videos_are_being_pulled</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hope this isn't the start of a trend. I like accessing music videos..]]></description>
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			<title>GOT ACDC TICKETS FOR LONDON AND PARIS!!!YEAH!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/got_acdc_tickets_for_london_and_parisyeah</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It was a drama, buying tickets on the internet for the first time, and all servers were busy, after 2h I finally got in and after 2 great disappointments, asking acdc.com to cancel the wrong code I chose, calling to france to check for tickets, I finally make it and have damn tickets!!!
I also can`t wait to see Paris and London!]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Im back!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_back</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm back from Singapore...

Though I did post a bit  from there
:)

Its good to be home]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>Unsung Heros</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/unsung_heros</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many bands that are unpopular are better than the mainstream crap. I love listening to bands that you can tell they have fun making their music. I thought I'd make a post asking anyone if they know of any bands that i might not of heard of. I can name some y'all (I'm from Texas) should look up.

Shinedown- i love "Sound of Madness"
Bowling for Soup- Yeah they're a pop punk band but they have fun
Apocalyptica- "I Don't Care" is a good song with the lead singer from Three Days Grace
Rise Aganist- This band Practices what they preech with an awesome singer. "Collapse" is an amazing song
Rev Theroy- an band that uses distortion. "Hell Yeah" is good
Seether- a modern day NIrvana]]></description>
			<author>Branden</author>
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			<title>MTV, what a joke!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mtv_what_a_joke</link>
			<description><![CDATA[They just don't get it. They had a really good thing going in the early 80's!]]></description>
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			<title>Party like it's 1999</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/party_like_its_1999</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just hit 1999 in web cred, so I had to post this. "I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes to fast."]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Congress gives itself a raise!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/congress_gives_itself_a_raise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You gotta' love these guys. Right now, I'm about to get furloughed and these bastards just gave themselves a  $4,700 raise. I think we all need to take off our shoes and throw them at every congressman we see!]]></description>
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			<title>I want this!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_want_this</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is Execute by Slipknot!

What are more songs like this one?]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Anybody from London England?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anybody_from_london_england</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So, I will be doing my Internship this summer...in A/R department in labels and whatnot. anybody from london england here?]]></description>
			<author>goodbyeboy</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I work with this guy, holy crap!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_work_with_this_guy_holy_crap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey so I think I told you guys I got job finally about a month ago and I seen a tattoo of what looked like a pick on his hand so naturally I asked do you play? and he was like played for about 27 years or so and he told me his myspace, he even does lessons but I was shocked! check him out 

and there another guy,a chef, he just came from cooking for bunch of big rock stars he had to cut his hair , he plays as well told something like he runs his acoustic through an FX loop and uses a wah and what not as well as his Tenor sax too

least I have cool employees hehe



 ]]></description>
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			<title>What does Scientology got to do with it?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_does_scientology_got_to_do_with_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What is the Scientology advertisement doing on the Guitar.com page? Is there something I should know fellas? Why? What kind of money are they paying Guitar.com to advertise their shiite? That's not something I want to see on this page. If it was an advertisement for Muslims, or Buddhists, or Christianity it wouldn't matter. It doesn't belong on here.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>I may be going to a luthier school!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_may_be_going_to_a_luthier_school</link>
			<description><![CDATA[you guys should check out this school. it is the galloup school of lutherie. I am thinking about taking the 6 month "master" program. it is $17,500 but it includes EVERYTHING including tools, 3 guitars that you build (an acoustic, an electric, and an archtop) and even includes housing in 1 of 4 log cabins they own! with 3 other guitarists! what a blast! they go over building the guitars of course, and all of the repairs you could ever dream about, PLUS a complete business building class teaching you how to be succesful in creating your own shop, and job placement if you want to work somewhere else! many of the students end up working in a custom shop somewhere!

now all i have to do is get the cash, go to my boss at work and have him give me 6 months off for "family reasons" and get this done! im heading over to michigan to check this place out in february... im psyched! check them out!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>True of False</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/true_of_false</link>
			<description><![CDATA[there has been an email going around lately saying that it has been proving that Obamas birth certificate says he was not born in America. So propaganda or Truth?]]></description>
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			<title>Michael Phelps.... what can a guitarist learn from him??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/michael_phelps_what_can_a_guitarist_learn_from_him</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just watching CNN and they did a huge segment on Michael Phelps (the olympic swimmer that won 8 gold medals in the olympics this year) they said that for years, he did not take a single day off of training, and many days trained over 8 hours straight. i got to thinking, what if any of us were as dedicated to the guitar as he is to swimming. playing every day and training ourselves in the same way. learning everything we can and never accepting defeat, putting in all of that time EVERY DAY INCLUDING CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAYS! how good do you think you would be? do you think it works the same way with guitar?

i know that when i actually sit down to learn i learn a ton, and never can stop coming up with things i want to learn to do, write, etc. i honestly think that if i had that kind of dedication from the time i was little, i could potentially be a major player in the guitar world.

in closing, i have to say that Phelps is an inspiration. he deserves every bit of what he has and then some, and if there were more people like him in the world, it would be a better place. hats off to mike Phelps.

what do you think?]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>do you guys know what ASPARTAME is?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/do_you_guys_know_what_aspartame_is</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well... you should..... it just sent me to the hospital... in pretty bad shape..... allow me to explain..........


about 3 weeks ago i starteed to get muscle spasms and twitched in my fingers, arms, legs, and face. i diddnt really pay attention to it much at first, but it became progressively worse to the point where i had to stop playing my guitar because my fingers wouldnt do what i wanted them to do. then, all at once, it hit me.....

i stood up from my desk to get a water, and suddenly my heart started beating a thousand miles an hour. actually,. when i finally checked it, it was 160 BPM for NO REASON! i felt slightly dizzy and felt like i couldnt think straight also.

i went to the doctor who drove me immediately over to the emergency room after she hooked me up to a heart monitor and my heart beat was rapidly changing between 30 and 160 BPM. they did blood and urine tests, sugar tests, and an EKG. nothing looked abnormal. i was twitching more than ever and felt really odd....

the next day i came in to work and i told the guys on my shift what happened. one of them said "well, drinking all of that crystal light is probably some of the problem".  after having him explain himself, i had learned that crystal light is sweetened with ASPERTAME. this is the same shit they use in diet soda to sweeten it. but guess what? its FUCKING POISONOUS! the FDA was pressured by some political big wigs to pass it so it could be used in our food and drink. it is now in 1200 products. i was drinking 10-15 individual sized ice tea packets every day at work for 2 months. and got this poisoning, it has in fact, killed people, most likely more people than anyone may realize. it nearly caused me carrdiac arrest. i am still getting over some of the symptoms, but i am way better now. you all really need to stay away from this shit. there have been many cases where people that have been diagnosed with MS and Parkinsons, have many years later found out that the whole time it was aspartame poisoning. it is a sick and rediculous fact that they allow this stuff. the FDA released the side effects from it recently... THERE ARE 92 OF THEM! INCLUDING DEATH! some others include ADD, shaking, brain cancer, cant think straight, hair loss, dizziness, confusion, depression, numbness or tingling of extremities, slurring of speech, headaches/migraines, tremors, my god i could go on and on. i am telling everyone i know about this stuff. you can also go to aspartame.com and aspartamekills.com among many others to get more info, and if you want, i have a word document with hundreds and hundreds of people describing what their symptoms were and what happened to them... some people were misdiagnosed for so long that they had chemotherapy for a disease they never even had! its insane! if any of you say "eh, whatever, i drink diet pepsi and i feel fine" all i have to say to you is smarten the fuck up retard! do some damn research! THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MIS DIAGNOSED WITH MS AND PARKINSONS, DIABETES, EPILEPSY...ETC. HECK, THERE IS EVEN A WARNING ON THE BACK OF PRODUCTS THAT USE IT! LOOK CLOSE AT THE INGREDIENTS!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>White Elephant Gift Ideas...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/white_elephant_gift_ideas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok guys I have a party tomorrow night with a white elephant gift exchange. For those who don't know, those are cheap gifts that tend to involve a bit of humor. I already bought mine, but I was wondering what legendary white elephant gifts you all could come up with.

Here's mine:
The Electric Plunger - A plunger with a cheap extension cord taped to it. Also taped to the handle are the "real" gifts...a travel size bottle of febreeze, and a laser / LED light keychain. Yes, the laser pen is pointed at the end like a targeting laser, and the febreeze has a rather obvious purpose when you consider what it's taped to...


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			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Real pictures of peoples, and their guitars</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/real_pictures_of_peoples_and_their_guitars</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's my real one. Everyone post a real pick, so I get an idea of who I'm talking to on here. I know what someof you look like, but most of you are an avatar and that's it, for me. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>hey everyone, its SATAN. if you can... do this please.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_everyone_its_satan_if_you_can_do_this_please</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hey guys, if you could, please donate to this fund. it goes twords making a state of the art facility for troops returning home with traumatic brain injuries. the UFC just put on a huge fight all to benefit them, and if you saw some of the stories of the guys that are recovering and how much they are suffering and need help, you would do this immediately. im soory about advertising something like this in the forum, but i think you all can understand why. just throw anything you can at this cause, it only takes about 60 seconds. thanks erveryone.

fightforthetroops.com]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Assisted Suicide - Where do you stand?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/assisted_suicide__where_do_you_stand</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I realize this may be painful for some folks here. I know Xark and papa recently lost people who were very close to them, and I know others have as well so you may find this upsetting. If that's the case, I respectfully ask that you please go to another thread. I find this story quite fascinating because I wonder what this says about us as a society, watching a man commit suicide on tv. I don't blame this man for wanting to die with dignity, but I am worried what will happen once this becomes an accepted practice. Today, it's people like Mr. Ewert. Down the road, say 20 years, it may be anybody who is old and depressed. I don't know if I like where this will take us in the long run...]]></description>
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			<title>I'm SUPER bored at work!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_super_bored_at_work</link>
			<description><![CDATA[entertain me!!!]]></description>
			<author>liz</author>
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			<title>Trouble in Athens</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/trouble_in_athens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[RG, you alright over there?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Check this out</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/check_this_out</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The culprit of the smashed glass and broken lamp is two foot seven inch Otto. Photo: EUROPICS 
Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium and had discovered he could extinguish it by climbing onto the rim of his tank and squirting a jet of water in its direction. 

The short-circuit had baffled electricians as well as staff at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany, who decided to take shifts sleeping on the floor to find out what caused the mysterious blackouts. 

A spokesman said: "It was a serious matter because it shorted the electricity supply to the whole aquarium that threatened the lives of the other animals when water pumps ceased to work. 

"It was on the third night that we found out that the octopus Otto was responsible for the chaos. 

"We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot out the 2000 Watt spot light above him with a carefully directed jet of water." 

Director Elfriede Kummer who witnessed the act said: "We've put the light a bit higher now so he shouldn't be able to reach it. But Otto is constantly craving for attention and always comes up with new stunts so we have realised we will have to keep more careful eye on him - and also perhaps give him a few more toys to play with. 

"Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it. And from time to time he completely re-arranges his tank to make it suit his own taste better - much to the distress of his fellow tank inhabitants."

Here is the web page on it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html

But it's pretty damn amazing. And they say animals are just instinctual!!!!]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>A CONTEST FOR G.commers! WITH PRIZE!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/a_contest_for_gcommers_with_prize</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alright guys, here is your chance to win a personalized, autographed picture of ME! also, it is a chance to win a piece of Gear which is currently in my arsenal. ill even pay shipping. it could be anything from a pick, to an amp.either way, it will have my autograph on it! heres how to play!:

1- VIDEO yourself playing your guitar unaccompanied, any style you wish. maKE IT BETWEEN 1 MINUTE AND 1 MINUTE 30 SECONDS LONG. at the end of your playing, explain why you think you should win.
2- SEND YOUR PIECE OF MUSICAL WONDERMENT TO ME AT rizadchizad@yahoo.com. 

a winner will be chosen based on both portions of the recording, dont worry, i will take into account experience. i will announce the winner on new years day, and the winner will recieve their prize the first week of february.  there will also be a second place winner that gets just the autographed picture. good luck! rock on! AND IT NEEDS TO BE A NEWLY RECORDED VIDEO SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS CONTEST! NO OLD ONES!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Your getting a sex change, and you don't even know it..</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/your_getting_a_sex_change_and_you_dont_even_know_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Any of you guys getting cramps yet?]]></description>
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			<title>ever heard of peter blegvad?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ever_heard_of_peter_blegvad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm flying to Singapore tonight to attend a 2 week workshop on creative writing by him, at the "International Gateway for Gifted Youth"

I hear he played in a band called Slapp Happy, and currently plays in the Peter Blegvad Trio.

Ever heard of him?]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hey y'all!  It's Hippieway's Birthday!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_yall__its_hippieways_birthday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A long, long, long, long, long time ago.  In a galaxy far, far away on this day was born the Hippieway!  Brought into the world kicking and screaming in the ancient land the Indians called O-hi-o!   Alot has changed since then, the wheel was invented, the Mayflower sailed, it's been an exciting world since then.  

Happy Birthday Dude!!!  I hope I can accomplish the same in a couple decades or so!

Y'all wish him well!!!]]></description>
			<author>Erk</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>A Dime A Dozen</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/a_dime_a_dozen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Is the guitar the worlds most popular instrument?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Did Johnny quit his job?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/did_johnny_quit_his_job</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just wondering.......]]></description>
			<author>goodbyeboy</author>
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			<title>DONT POST IN THIS THREAD.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dont_post_in_this_thread</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WHATEVER YOU DO.... DO NOT POST ANYTHING IN THIS THREAD.]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>The Meaning Of Metal</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_meaning_of_metal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone up for a little philosophy? I just want to know what you think of metal, and what it means. I think it is really about freedom, and expression. It seems that it doesn't matter what you look like, act like, or talk like, if you like the music, know one gives you a whole lot of grief over it. And it also seems that, no matter where you are, the music is an way to express yourself. Everyone's stuff has a purpose, regardless of whether they say it does or not. Any other ideas?]]></description>
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			<title>Where you Frums</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/where_you_frums</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Frums-ter here. Where is everyone in the world on this web page? I live in the deep south, Gulfcoast of Mississippi. D'Iberville to be exact. I have been all over Mississippi though. Lived in the delta, where blues started. Lived on the road for four years. That was an interesting thrill ride. Got to see a lot of places and faces. I knocked doors for a living, then. Now I am trying to settle down and find a place that my wife and I can stop renting, and start buying. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Something about the military I find hard to believe!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/something_about_the_military_i_find_hard_to_believe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a woman at work today who's son, (a Marine), is now stateside, but recently returned from Iraq. She was telling me that military personnel have to pay for their own uniforms. That the cost of your uniforms comes out of your paycheck. If you rip your uniform, you have to pay to have it repaired. WTF???? Is our government so damned stingy that they don't provide uniforms at taxpayer expense for our troops?? She was saying that many military families are also on food stamps. I realize this has nothing to do with guitars. I'm just asking if anyone can confirm or deny this. This is an outrage! What next? Will they have to pay for their own ammo too????]]></description>
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			<title>say something random and odd.....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/say_something_random_and_odd</link>
			<description><![CDATA[everyone write a scentence that is random and/or odd. and include a picture!.......

ahem...

twitching!!!!!! i hate it when you twitch! gah! let go of my goat!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>I'm Back!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_back</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey, guys and gals. It's been a long week. Feels like it's been a month. On Wednesday of last week I got a phone call that my grandma was in the hospital, in Tupelo, going down hill fast. So I drove from about 8:30p.m. until about 2:30a.m. It was rough seeing one of the major strengths in my family lying there on a resperator, dying. She was one of the people in my life who taught me never to give up. She passed on Friday morning about 1:00a.m. My wife and I went to a hotel at such time to plan for the funeral. I went to see My Grandma on my Step-daddo's side. She is deteriorating slowly, but she seems to be doing okay for the moment. i came back on Saturday evening after the funeral, and such, and still had to get over this crap. I have a feeling that I'm lucky it's not pneumonia by now. I am back at work today. This has been a hell of a time. I wish I coiuld have logged on during all this, to say what's up to you guys. But I have either been sleeping or having someone cry to me or me to them. Been pretty glum. But hey, maybe I'll be in good humor before too long. Thanks for the ears guys. My family away from home. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Pisses me off!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pisses_me_off</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When people learn that I play the guitar, they always ask "Electric or Acoustic? People who want to show off their 'knowledge' invariably ask "Lead or Rhythm"
This really really pisses me off

An electric plays the same as an acoustic
You need the same fundamental skills

No guitarist plays solely lead or rhythm
The whole point of playing the guitar is to play both

]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>I missed Credmas</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_missed_credmas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys (and gals). I'm alive. Ive just had no time to be on here due to school. Unfortunately i missed credmas. So did Fred Kraus change his name to Freddy? I didnt think you could do that. What was with the negging of Freddy? He had to lose a few dozen in one thread.]]></description>
			<author>pickabass</author>
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			<title>Has anybody heard from Xark?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/has_anybody_heard_from_xark</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think it was Danno who was asking about Xark about a week ago. Xark's been a regular on this site for years, since the old one at least. I hope he's ok. Has anybody heard from him lately?]]></description>
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			<title>Post your best &quot;Hot Girl With Guitar&quot; pics!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/post_your_best_hot_girl_with_guitar_pics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[post your best ones here...thats right fred! this is your call to arms!!!!!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>regular doritos or cool ranch????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/regular_doritos_or_cool_ranch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[YEAH! THATS RIGHT, VOTE NOW! I WENT THERE!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Music Class</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/music_class</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When I was still in grade school, way back in 1 billion B.C., there were five things I really liked about public school, music, art, lunch, recess, and leaving! My music and art teachers didn't always have to follow the curriculum, at least not as much as the other classes did. They tended to be individualists who were able to cater better to what the kid needed in order to learn, at least I thought they did. I had one art teacher who let me work on a project for four months, while the other kids made stuff their parents pretended to like. I did like science class somewhat, especially when they talked about compounds that could blow things up, (really, what kid doesn't love that?), but I loved music the best. I remember playing on the teacher's piano before the class started and the teacher wasn't there yet. I'm banging away, and the class gets quiet. It finally dawned on me there was something wrong. I turned around and there was Mr. Treacy, (oh sh*t), but instead of grabbing me by the ear, (they still did that in 67'), he goes "here try it like this" (or something to that effect), and he shows me the C maj chord, (yes, I still remember), next thing I know the whole class is standing around the piano learning the c maj chord. I was just wondering what your experience was in music class..]]></description>
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			<title>How does SATAN spam??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_does_satan_spam</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'd like to know


And remember to cred me up 
+1
+1
+1
+1

come-on!!]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>ANOTHER CRED THREAD!!!! POST AWAY!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/another_cred_thread_post_away</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ANOTHER CRED THREAD!!!!! post away everyone!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>THIS THREAD IF YOU WANT CRED!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_thread_if_you_want_cred</link>
			<description><![CDATA[POST A BUNCH OF JARGON ON HERE IF YOU WANT WEB CRED! ITS CREDMAS!!!1]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Tales from the road</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/tales_from_the_road</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ran a search to see if anybody had posted on this topic but came up with a no results found answer so.........

Some of the best conversations Ive ever had about music, have been when I've sat  down with other bands and musicians over a beer and talked about all the crazy stuff that has happened to them on the road.

So  If you've got any funny, crazy, spinal tap like stories regarding the road that you would like to share post them here. Thanks]]></description>
			<author>Thomas</author>
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			<title>Barry DB Manilow</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/barry_db_manilow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We we're just talking about him!
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e935d2ca-3667-4b43-acc7-9f66fdfddc61


]]></description>
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			<title>The Credmas Challenge!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_credmas_challenge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'd like to play a little game I call King of the Webcred Hill. I'll give you +1's, (and each other I suppose), but in return, you have to give me -1's. My goal is to have at least -1,000 knocked off my webcred count on Credmas. Think you can do it? I'll bet you can't!]]></description>
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			<title>BUY THESE BOOKS! HILARIOUS!!! the &quot;bro code&quot; and &quot;bro-cabulary&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/buy_these_books_hilarious_the_bro_code_and_brocabulary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[OH MY GOD. these books are HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! buy them they are "the bro code" by barney stinson, and "bro cabulary". i am going to put one bro-cab word on this forum every day.... you are all going to LOVE THEM! here is your first "BROCAB" word::


"Hommitment"- A commitment you made to a ho that prevents you from hanging out with your bros. "Sorry man, i cant make it to the bar tonight.. i have a hommitment... she wants me to go to the hospitol and bond with my newborn son... lame, i know..."]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Unreal!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/unreal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm not into class envy. If you can make a pile of money in this world, then I say good for you! But it really pisses me off to see these shitbags pull up in private jets with their hands out asking the American people to bail them out, then turn around and spend that money on booze, broads, cars, and mansions....]]></description>
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			<title>Name your favorite avatar</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/name_your_favorite_avatar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over time people's avatars tend to change and though it's mostly the content of their posts that matter, I was wondering if people's perception of the member changes with the avatar, especially if you've never seen the person. I like Satan's avatar it looks like a clay figure, or some kind of toy Satan, but it's cool looking. I miss DC's cat with headphone avatar, but the spin doctor one is good too. Sallan's is cool too, he kinda' looks like a 50's rocker/Jazz guy in the photo. MizzLizz looks like she's insane, but in a fun sort of way. I like JTC's guitar pick symbol. Billy Bob's eyeball is....different. To me, the generic g.com symbol screams newbie. Thoughts?]]></description>
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			<title>Selling Equipment on Ebay</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/selling_equipment_on_ebay</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was thinking of selling a guitar on ebay. I hate parting with it, but I could really use the money. I'm sure a number of the folks here have sold items on ebay. Any pointers?]]></description>
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			<title>can anyone say pathetic?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/can_anyone_say_pathetic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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			<title>Credmas is coming</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/credmas_is_coming</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As promised, I said I would remember Credmas and remind everyone that it takes place on the 27th.]]></description>
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			<title>Obama Wins pt 2</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/obama_wins_pt_2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh man, they're out to destroy Israel! They don't even try to hide it. I've talked to several people from that area of the world, (as I'm sure a few others here have), and they have only one goal when it comes to this issue. Israel must go! One way, or the other!!

After 135 posts, I figure if we're going to discuss this, we might as well start a new thread..]]></description>
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			<title>Hmm...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hmm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So tommorow we're heading on back out to Tennesse and since I was forced to go with my grandma to bingo and was lucky enough to win 100 dollars guess who's going to the music store? XD And hopefully no Patrick Hopper like last time I went there and that night in the hotel he appeared and I also got caught outside of the room getting water! XD But anyway just lets hope better luck yes? And is there anything you can think of for 100 dollars? Not much I know but still!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Woodless Guitars</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/woodless_guitars</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These days it seems environmentalism is everywhere. I'm wondering if there will come a day where guitars made of wood will be a thing of the past, say 50-60 years from now...]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Veterans Day</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_veterans_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lest any of us forget what so many have done for us. 

]]></description>
			<author>duane</author>
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			<title>Check out the ads</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/check_out_the_ads</link>
			<description><![CDATA[for the past few months I have been on the site, one particular add caught my eye
It showed up every other day

"Learn to play the Djembe"

Seriously, though I have nothing against the Djembe, why post that on a guitar site??

Atleast, the ads could be relevant

PS
I bet some of you noticed the IIT Kanpur festival application thing ad a few months ago
Useless information: My Dad won that 20 years ago or something.....

Not that anyone cares]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>The Little Guys</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_little_guys</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the rise of outfits like Guitar Center, and now online stores like Musician's Friend and Stillwater, I wonder what will happen to the small music stores who are trying to compete. Over the years I have purposely avoided places like GC in favor of small family run businesses, (though I did buy my bass from Stillwater). When I lived in Baltimore I bought my equipment, or got it fixed at Bill's Music in Catonsville, Md, or Gordon Miller's Music in Towson, Md, (now out of business). Now that I live in Pa, I've tried several stores in the area, Triple R Guitar in Harrisburg, I really like Link's Music in Hanover http://www.linksmusic.net/home.html, both stores helped me build my Fredocaster. I was thinking it would be cool to showcase a small, family owned music store on this site once a month. Submit photos, tell everyone what you like about the store, provide a link, rate them, perhaps a rating scale of one to six strings, six strings being the best. Any ideas? I really believe the small music businesses are a valuable asset to the music community.]]></description>
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			<title>quantum of solace</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/quantum_of_solace</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just watched the new Bond,
and I think its great!!

the movie's a sequel to Casino Royale
A helluva lotta violence...

But no catchphrase
"The names Bond..."

If your wondering how I watched it so early: It released in India a week before it released in the US]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>HOWDY</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/howdy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i havent been around here much lately. hows it going? any news i should know? ]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Support my band for radio airplay in NY!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/support_my_band_for_radio_airplay_in_ny</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello Guitar.com....I need your help...once again! My band has submitted one of our songs to Q103.4 New York's Classic Rock, and they accepted our song so now it's us to promote and spread the word to more plays to gain more chance for airplays!

Please visit following link to support me and my band!

http://www.q1043.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=210001

Thank you guitar.com.....you guys rock!

you can also check us out at http://www.myspace.com/theaudacity
]]></description>
			<author>goodbyeboy</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Team Fortress 2 anyone?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/team_fortress_2_anyone</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sure, this is pretty off-topic, but is anyone on here on Steam or Team Fortress 2 for PC? Im apparently bored alot more than usual.  (Wow, for some reason, this seems out of place even in an offtopic area)
Steam name is [EPiC] [ACESHEP] Ace Slowman, so if anyone has it, add me.]]></description>
			<author>Alski</author>
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			<title>Music on television shows. </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/music_on_television_shows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just thinking. My wife and I are Trekkies. We watch Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and I was thinking about the music involved in these shows. Not the opening credit themes, but the scenes where there's someone performing, such as the Vic Fontaine character on Deep Space Nine. Anyone else here ever really notice music on movies or shows that really gets you going? The movie "Unleashed" there's a song at the end of the movie/beginning of the credits. It's just the outro to the movie, but it's amazing song structure, good back bone bass line, and the drum is a loop, but it sounds amazing. Just wanted to start another thread on here about music.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Defining moments for guitar...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/defining_moments_for_guitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I would like to hear about people's initial moment when they decided to pick up a guitar and learn how to play. Did you have a family member or friend that got your interest? Was it a lonely stranger you met on an intersection of old road? I'm interested in hearing.]]></description>
			<author>Hammerman</author>
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			<title>Obama Wins.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/obama_wins</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now that the election is over, i know that i will set aside my point of view enough to support our new president and do my part to keep america behind the president. congrats obama. you are now the elected leader of the most powerful country in the world. god speed. what do all of you think?]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>how much do you guys think a small cup of eddie van halens semen is worth???</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_much_do_you_guys_think_a_small_cup_of_eddie_van_halens_semen_is_worth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[it just so happens that eddie van halen gave me a small sample of his very own semen.... how much do you guys think it is worth???? i have already been offered 5 million dollers for it by the kennedy family, i was just wondering if anyone wanted to pay more? (oh yeah... HAHAHAHA sir johan.)]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Army History of Jason Krause, Kid Rock's guitarist </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/army_history_of_jason_krause_kid_rocks_guitarist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm curious to know if anyone has any information regarding Jason Krause, the guitarist for Kid Rock.  Was Jason ever in the Army.  He looks and sounds a lot like a friend of mine from my Company (from about 15 years ago).  His Guitardotcom interview mentioned his employment as a carpenter, but there was no mention of military service.  Just curious.
Thanks...
Horn's up, metal forever ]]></description>
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			<title>If Obama wins I will quit my job</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_obama_wins_i_will_quit_my_job</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Why should I work? I will sit home and wait on wealth distribution.]]></description>
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			<title>Knifes?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/knifes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Me and my friend Page ( He's very redneck ) And we're making a knife to see who has a better one! Yes we're retarded... So I don't know how I'm going to cut the steel! We have to do this all from scratch that's the hard part so any ideas of how I can cut the steel or the handle or how to put it all together! I have everything at my dads garage but am limited to what I can use! So yeah!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Politics = dumb</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/politics__dumb</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of my friends just made this comment: "I wish people would vote with their minds, and not just be dumb republicans voting for religion". First off, I'm a centrist, but the statement is stupid. What if I use my brain and reach the conclusion that the republicans are who I want in charge? Does that make me dumb, or voting for religion? Even if I didn't, there's no way he could really tell either way just what influenced my vote.

I'm sorry I just wanted to vent. I'm not a big fan of either candidate actually. And no I'm not saying who I voted for.]]></description>
			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>Happy Birthday to one more person...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_birthday_to_one_more_person</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As many of you know my Uncle Richard died a while back... I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to him he was born today on Halloween... Happy Birthday!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Future of g.com</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_future_of_gcom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's October 31, 2018. Guitar Hero Turbo 400 was just released....and people are still posting about it. What does g.com look like? Is there a g.com? Do you invision yourself still logging on and being part of this virtual village of guitar slingers and gearheads? Let's disscuss.....]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Birthday!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_birthday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Danno!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Scientists at MIT are baffled!  Baffled, I say!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/scientists_at_mit_are_baffled__baffled_i_say</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You think?

LOL!!!!!!!!

Actually, I blame this guy!]]></description>
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			<title>It came from television</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/it_came_from_television</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh man, this is bad. Can you top this?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Decisions</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/decisions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am a young guy, college is the main thing on the table for me right now. I have been accepted to UF, however this was via a computer glitch because I haven't even completed I school, I snapped essentially quit the last quarter of the last year. To get the diploma is no problem just need a credit.

Choice 1 - Go to UF balls to the walls back into a school environment which history has shown I don't take well. Its all expenses paid room and board and tuition.

Choice 2 - Work in my dead beat town and go to a community college while living in a house full of some going no where friends.

Why is it that the easiest school situation comes with the harder living situation.

At UF I wouldn't have to work, I would be a full time student, while down here in the Keys I am stuck trying to get by while taking classes.


Advice or opinion will be highly appreciated.]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Russian Rifle pwned my shoulder</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/russian_rifle_pwned_my_shoulder</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it's true. But it's a badge of honor ;) This gun is amazing. This is only after 40 rounds. The sad thing is, I also have a .308, .300 win mag, and I've fired pretty much everything from a .17HMR all the way to a 50 BMG. This is by far the worst shoulder stripe I've ever had. I guess that's what happens when you have a 208 grain bullet leaving the muzzle at 3000 fps.

But I'm enough of a pansy that I have a recoil pad on order for it ;)

P.S. Yes, I have freckles and can't tan for shit. Comes with having red hair. So sue me.]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Poor Planning</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/poor_planning</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So, my guitar is out of commission for a short period, broke a high E, at the ball, as usual. Except I forgot to re-up on strings last time it happened. :( No guitar today.]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Wayne Guitars (STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE!)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wayne_guitars_stay_away_from_this_site</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just googled the Wayne Guitar site and the second I clicked on it I got hit with some kind of Win 32 Virus. This is a nasty little spud. I had to leave my computer at home on while I went to work for fear that I wouldn't be able to reboot it. Many of you probably don't know much about his guitars, but perhaps a few of you do. Whatever you do, don't go to that site, at least for now.]]></description>
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			<title>Republican...how far will you go?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/republicanhow_far_will_you_go</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am not allowed to vote and I'm not Republican nor Democratic, but this truly is the stupidest thing the Republican has done so far in this campaign.]]></description>
			<author>goodbyeboy</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Chemically enhanced practice. </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/chemically_enhanced_practice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[First laugh, because the topic sounds ridiculous.

This is something that I am intensely curious about the community's views on. I have written a blog detailing some own experiences. 

I want to know if its frowned upon, generally accepted, commonly seen, etc.

For people who need example, I mean people who say getting stoned makes them play/practice better, a shot or two makes them play/practice better, taking 30mg of Adderall or Concerta makes them play/practice better.

Before I talk about personal experience I definitely want to know what you guys think.]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Music Rant</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/music_rant</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I went to the school dance tonight, and I have to say the music was crap.  And the fact that the sound quality was bad (way too much treble...someone didn't know what they were doing) didn't help either.  ALL of the fast songs, except for 1 song, were hip hop/rap.  In past years, someone else was in charge of the music ( the students do the party planning and music), it was much better.  
Grrgh..I just needed to vent on that, and I though that this would be a good place for that...]]></description>
			<author>Hale</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>RIP little doggy</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/rip_little_doggy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A friend's dog was put down at 2pm today... it's an awful experience for everyone. The dog was considered one of my pets in a way, he spent a lot of time at my place, I used to jog with him and he would nap with my cats regularely. He drew ladies at the park even more than I do by myself and was a happy friendly little mutt. I figured I'd share because for the most part I don't have bad emotions, I generally just roll with the punches and keep in a good mood. However for some reason this really shook me up, and my girlfriend more so since she works at the animal hospital and put him down. 

I had this picture I took of the dog and owner printed and framed and am going to give it to him tonight.

RIP MICKEY.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Question for you webcred gods.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/question_for_you_webcred_gods</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Its something I would like to dismiss in my head so I can move on, with this webcred business where you can support your caffeine habits, is the cake a lie? If I say had 3,000 webcred would I likely be finally able to purchase a cup of coffee or something?

I like ratings systems, it shows who knows their stuff, but could I really truly use the ad money to buy a coffee one day? If so, would you share you experiences?]]></description>
			<author>The Manic Demented</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>You might be a redneck if....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/you_might_be_a_redneck_if</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If figured with all the political hullabaloo going on some of the members might like to take a break. With that in mind...

You might be a redneck if......]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Drained</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/drained</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is not an EMO thing, but My mind and soul are tired lately. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just being a douche? For the last 2.5 weeks I have been running from one place to another, and had sick Grandma, inventory for a week, got sick with the stomach flu, and then my wife tells me I am not paying attentions to her. So now I feel like a jerk for that. Good news is that I am playing guitar with a lot more feeling these days. Just rambling. Let me know what you guys think about it.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Where's the Leif?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wheres_the_leif</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What happened to Leif? I haven't heard anything from him since....Thursday? Leifster, where are you dude? Probably traveling incognito...]]></description>
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			<title>Job offer  or  a   scam spam e-mail?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/job_offer__or__a___scam_spam_email</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I checked my e-mail and I got this letter with the Subject saying - "ACCOUNTRECEIVABLE/BILLINGMANAGER(JOBOFFER)"

its alot to read I know sorry but they didnt leave any contact information, but the company is a real one? then again I didnt fill an application for this place or I dont know how they know me at all, as well they want my information seems a little fishy dosnt it?



Attn:

We have a job opening for the position of Accounts recievable officer. Would
you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? We are offering this
position to all interested applicants. Please carefully read through.
ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY is a well established Manufacturing Firm,that
delivers
high quality precision furnitures products to some of the largest and best
known
companies in far back Asia ,the Regions Of America and Rest of The world for a
long time. You will find our high quality furnitures in the BEST products on
the market today.

ABOUT US:

About Our Company
Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principles have been developed to
reflect not only our day-to-day work on our core business strategies,but also
to guide us through the challenges and   opportunities  that come  with global
expansion and rapidly changing markets.


Job Description

Your primary task for now , as a representative of the company is to Coordinate
payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are  not
involved in any sales. Once orders are received  and sorted we deliver  the
product to a customer. After this has been  done the  customer has to pay for
the products but in most cases we make our clients prepay for orders or  items
they order for . About 90  percent  of our customers prefer to pay through
Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the
amount involved.

We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving
this problem.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):

1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you
will be directed to send payment to (Payment is to be forwarded by Western
Union Money Transfer or Money Gram). Transfer Charges  will be deducted from
Our funds.Prospective Finance coordinators should forward their resume or
infos.below if interested:

1. Your Name:
2. Mailing Address:
3. City/State:
4. Zip Code:
5. Phone Number(s):
6. Sex
7. Marital Status
8. Age:
9. E-mail address:


A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.

Thanks For Your Checking to Apply with US.
Mottl Zachary(Staffing and Recruiting Dept)
ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
]]></description>
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			<title>Make it go away!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/make_it_go_away</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a new manager moving into the office next door to me.  She is unpacking all of her boxes.  Right here in the open office with her door agape, she is blasting Sheryl Crowe.  WTF?  "if it makes you happy..."  AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  You aren't supposed to do that here.  They keep all their race rats very quiet here.
I just have to vent to someone because that whiny bitch is driving me nuts.]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
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			<title>Funny Joke</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/funny_joke</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A lady walked into a pharmacy and told the pharmacist that she needed some cyanide.

The pharmacist said, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"

The lady then explained she needed it to poison her husband.

The pharmacists eyes got big and he said, "Lord, have mercy -- I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband. That's against the law! 

I'll lose my license, they'll throw both of us in jail and all kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not, you can NOT have any cyanide!"

The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacists wife.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well, now. You didn't tell me you had a prescription.

]]></description>
			<author>bachmirage</author>
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			<title>web cred</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/web_cred</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Okay,

I was just on cruising the forums and watched my web cred go from a whopping 34 to a shameful 30....make that 29.  Is someone stalking me?  Now Mrs. glue tells me I'm paranoid and I do still break into a sweat when the K-9 sniffer dog cops pull up beside me at a light, because I'm sure that Scooby is going to rat me out.  I uh um.. have been good for a while now though.

Anyway, who is using the cred as a weapon?  I think that I have retracted or appologised to any and all for my transgressions.  well except for one.

So if you have a problem with me please let me know but quit following my threads to get back at me sissy boy.]]></description>
			<author>gotanyglue</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Happy Birthday to ME.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_birthday_to_me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it's selfish for me to post this. But, who cares, it's my freaking birthday. And I feel like being a little selfish today. Just putting it out there.]]></description>
			<author>MizzLizzBeck</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>CHOCOLATE vs. VANILLA</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/chocolate_vs_vanilla</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I SAY VANILLA ALL THE DAMN WAY. i respect chocolate for the job it does, but vanilla will always be my knight in shining armor....]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Classic/Current</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/classiccurrent</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I went to watch a little of the "Fuse" channel because I wanted to see what type of artists they had on there, but they had some show on that had nothing to do with music, (sounds familiar), so I surfed by mtv and saw this video. The show was called "Classic/Current" and from what I gather, it takes the old school rockers and shows them performing new material. Wow imagine that, music on a music video channel. What a novel concept.]]></description>
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			<title>Halloween costumes and what are your plans this year</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/halloween_costumes_and_what_are_your_plans_this_year</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, it`s been a while... a year since I dressed up for halloween, and it was a weak costume. Before that, a number of years before I dressed up. This year I have been plotting, and I have 80% of my costume complete... soon I will post pics, but for now if you have your costume ready, post a picture of it. Only this year`s stuff to keep this post up to date. Post info like what you did if it was more than just dress up, how much it cost, everything. I`m hoping to have mine ready for pics next week.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Joe the plumber</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/joe_the_plumber</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am a small business plumber and I too desire to grow my company.  yes I know Joe is only an employee aspiring to self employment, but his question and Obama's answer are... I think... the defining point in this election as they let us see clearly what Obama's ideology truly is. Marxist.  soooo....the question is;

Why is the media destroying the person known as Joe the plumber?

Why if I take all the risks and stresses of business should I be penalized for success.

and finally, why does the "guy behind me" need a government hand up at my expense.  I received no help from the feds nor do I want any.  I have worked hard, eaten Rolaids and kept on truckin.

what think you all?]]></description>
			<author>gotanyglue</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>This guy owns.....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_guy_owns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I couldnt help but laugh a bit, but it was pretty cool in a werid way.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What kind of losers create virues?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_kind_of_losers_create_virues</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seriously.  What kind of guy sits around and thinks "I'll create a virus that will make a computer keep rebooting before it ever gets to Windows XP?  That's what I got.  And I wasn't even surfing porn.  It was graduate school test sites of all things.  These hackers should be rounded up and have their fingers cut off.]]></description>
			<author>jobabrinks</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Heading to Chicago</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/heading_to_chicago</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I case nobody cares, I'll be in Chicago next week.  I'll definately visit Sam Ash and Guitar Center on Cicrro.  And partake in some Giordano's pizza.  And dodge a few bullets on the southside for good measure.

But if nobody cares, no biggie.

BTW, when in Chicago, beware of the blue lights!]]></description>
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			<title>The Final Debate</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_final_debate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the final debate about to begin, I thought I'd get the thread started....Who do you think won the debate? With the debates now over, who do you think has the White House?]]></description>
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			<title>g.com</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gcom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The best thing about this site is that it has brought so many of us, who wouldn't have otherwise known each other, together. It links us through our love for music and the guitar. I mean, it transcends age and area. I don't think that someone like Duane (who, by his profile is 101...lol) or Danno or Shane or Xark ....(i could go on) would have ever met someone like me; a 14 year old from India. We come from different corners of the world, but are united as a community on g.com...
How awsome!!
Its thanks to this site that I've met such great guitarists and people (Patrick Hopper included)...
So..
This may sound cheese=y and cliched, but
Go G.com!
]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Need some practice help!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/need_some_practice_help</link>
			<description><![CDATA[okay, so i need some help practicing.
i know lots of different routines and schedules for guitar practice, but there is one little obstacle... i hurt my left hand and cant play. hopefully i will be able to play again very soon, but in the meantime, i need any and every suggestion possible on how to practice without actually playing. like maybe some good ways to study music theory or ear training, i dont know]]></description>
			<author>Mixolydian</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>How long have you played?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_long_have_you_played</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just thought about after my friend asked me at school and I ve only played for 2 1/2 years I swore I thought it was 3 1/2 but if I started at the around end of my freshman year and its now my senior I guess that is about right?

anywho how long has everyone else been hitting the good ol strings?]]></description>
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			<title>Online Petitions</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/online_petitions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[-]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HOLY CRAP!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/holy_crap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok tell me if this is anything just now I was playing and my left hand index finger got that feeling like when your sitting on your feet and you lose blood the ants feeling! Well yeah why? And it still feels like that but it was instant! Idk maybe I'm freaking out to much!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>im gonna start some sh*t</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_gonna_start_some_sht</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok. are you liberal or conservative, and why, and why do you think the other guys are wrong? this is completely harmless, dont go overboard and try to respect other peoples views (but that doesnt mean you cant try to change their minds!)

here is my view:

the DEMS: always very good at economics. they seem to bring us back from a slump very quickly and that is great. however, their complete lack of giving a damn about our military strength, paying off countries to leave us alone, and tendency to want to turn our constitutional rights into mishmash makes me want to hurl.

the conservatives: love their support for our military and their ability to stand their ground on important international issues concerning our country. but.... STOP BRINGING RELIGION INTO OUR GOVORNMENT! issues like gay marriage should not be shot down by govornment, which is supposed to have a clear separation of church and state. the views expressed by them on these issues are all based on religion. and that is bull. and abortion as well. GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO RUN AROUND THE STREETS TRYING TO SCREW PEOPLE IN THE ASS! so no one can tell me that they are TRUELY AFFECTED by the fact that people are gay.

im a moderate..... can you tell? go at it g.comers!]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>drugs, what do you think?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/drugs_what_do_you_think</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok, when i was in high school i smoked weed once in a while, whatever. BUT. im only 24 now and i feel like that is quite simply the ONLY TIME it should be done. after you are out of high school, why the hell dont you grow the hell up and not do drugs? everytime i see anyone that i went to school with and they are still even doing it once in a while, i cant help but look at them like they are complete morons. seriously, GROW UP! what are your thoughts?]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>iPod Sadness...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ipod_sadness</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My iPod went missing today...we think someone working at Jiffy Lube stole it, since the car got an oil change there (my iPod was in the car in the glove box).]]></description>
			<author>Hale</author>
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			<title>SATAN is black people!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/satan_is_black_people</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sorry, couldn't resist.  Longtime g.commers will get it.]]></description>
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			<title>Wall Street</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wall_street</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just at the Dow website. We've managed to drop from a 52 week high of 14,198.10 to 8,579.91 as of today, a 5,618.91 drop. Realizing that our musical habit often involves $$$, I was wondering if anybody was crossing off any goodies from their holiday gift list, both giving and receiving. Politics aside, I was just wondering how everybody's coping, or if it bothers you at all. I think I can scratch that bass amp. As for that Taylor Jumbo, not only did that ship set sail, I can see it burning on the horizon. Then again, I never know. I'm liable to wake up tomorrow afternoon, (I work nights), and find that the Dow has shot through the roof. Any thoughts?]]></description>
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			<title>Last Night...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/last_night</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We went to a Red ( A local band ), Papa Roach, Seether, And Stained concert and it was awesome! Papa Roach was probably my favorite he came out into the crowd and my friend a girl by the way hugged him and got punched in the stomach by Jacobis's security guard! Lol! Just wanted to tell you guys I went...]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>YES!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to say I'm going to a Seether, Papa Roach, And Stained concert tonight from 6-12 and want be back after school! Later guys!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Does working out and eating right make you a better guitar player?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_working_out_and_eating_right_make_you_a_better_guitar_player</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Most of us have seen the results of drug and alcohol abuse on people in the music business and it usually isn't very pretty, though with some guys I have to wonder if it doesn't actually help them, (I'm not talking recreational use). So I've wondered if living the opposite lifestyle would make you a better guitar player. Since my doctor has ordered me to get off the couch and exercise, I've noticed I'm more lively in my approach. More upbeat. I remember ibzRG saying he studied a form of martial arts. I've basically been for the last month doing a cardio workout, yoga, (don't laugh, that sh*t is hard!), and avoiding junk food, and I have to say it makes me want to practice more. Do any of you guys do anything to physically/mentally prepare in a way that enables you to play better?]]></description>
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			<title>MLB playoffs, anyone?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mlb_playoffs_anyone</link>
			<description><![CDATA[im kinda rootin' for the dodgers.

i hope to see the world series be: LA vs BOS, and of course, i'll be hoping to see the NL win it.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>OK</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ok</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How did this word become?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Need to help my cousin with his poetry</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/need_to_help_my_cousin_with_his_poetry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello everybody, in today’s world each one of us have some or the other ways to express our talents. There are a wide range of people with different talents and here I am to help my cousin feel better. He has interest in writing poetry but the problem is a place where he can find enough exposure. I don’t believe that he will get a straight forward or a quick response but may be a way into the poetry community with inputs from others.

Any help will be appreciated.
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			<title>first presidential debate</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/first_presidential_debate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[who watched it? i did and i am looking forward to the other 2.

i am getting closer now to making my choice. one certain candidate has not yet convinced me that he will be different than another person who just happens to be in charge of things right now, and i cant help but think that more of the same will lead to more of the same, and we damn sure dont need that.

if only the other candidate would lean a little further to the right on issues like gun control, my choice would be easier.

last night, tom brokaw used the term "reagan democrat". maybe that applies to me a little.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Inspiration on demand</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/inspiration_on_demand</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So yeah this dosnt have anything to do with the shadows fall song, but man lately I feel like I have lost the hunger to learn and play lately I dont know why I mean still do almost every day even if its just a little but I feel de morlaize I wont get into my more personal life maybe thats why but still its annoying ya know, its like dam it you want it you know how to get it, its really just up to you...........I hate that s*** what is stopping me, why am I stopping me? ARGHH

Theres is a side of me that feels more lost than ever and more certain than ever how retarded is that.....haha

I dunno what about you guys?]]></description>
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			<title>Are we heading for another depression?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/are_we_heading_for_another_depression</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just got home from work and I turned on the news. I had no idea that things were this bad. Are we heading for a global depression?]]></description>
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			<title>PETA</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/peta</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just have to wonder, how many humans will it take to equal the milk production of one cow ? I'm not considering people like Rosie O'Donnell in this equation.

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk

WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.

"PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says.

PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health.

"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Everyone knows that 'the breast is best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch to breast milk."

"We applaud PETA's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child," said a spokesperson for Ben and Jerry's.

Read PETA's letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

September 23, 2008
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Cofounders
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield,

On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's.

Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and cows-would reap the benefits.

Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease-America's number one cause of death.

Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup.

And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around.

The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Tracy Reiman
Executive Vice President ]]></description>
			<author>Chester Field</author>
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			<title>Pornographic Vegetables</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pornographic_vegetables</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Work Safe:  I mean they are vegetables!

So, I imagine many of you also have a garden.  Yesterday I pulled two carrots from my garden and discovered that there is something going on out there that I wasn't aware of.

They did have sucker roots that I cut off and when I cut them off the first carrot, here's what remained...]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/brigade_homeland_tours_start_oct_1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a few questions about this and I hope some one with more knowledge can chime in

1.  I thought it was illegal to use the military for these types of domestic operations.  If it isn't, was it ever and when did this change?

2.  Aren't these duties of the National Guard?  ]]></description>
			<author>evol666</author>
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			<title>Road Warriors</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/road_warriors</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm finding out, second hand, how tough it can be to be a road warrior.  This is my wife's thrid week out and last Friday we got a rude awakening...  When she got home I thought it would be best to set her up with web access so she could track her charges on her MasterCard.  We logged on and from that point on things went south until the screen displayed "You are not authorized to access this account!"  A call revealed that about $2000 in charges had been made in Michigan, (a Home Depot, gas station, restaurant.)   My wife had only had the card for less than a week, but apparently had it scanned at a chinese restaurant last Wednesday.  Since it also happened to a travel companion, who didn't find out until Sunday night when she went to check-in to the hotel and her card was declined, they managed to narrow it down to the only place they BOTH used their cards.  This other lady had almost $3000 worth of charges.

Now, I don't have to pay for anything here as it was a crime against the JPMorgan/Chase, but it gets difficult having to lose a card and not be able to get another before she's on the road again.  (Luckily I have more than one card.  For now...)

We already knew not to use a bank card at a gas station or ATM, but never expected a restaurant to be involved with scanning cards.  At least I know they're not all that smart.  If they'd spent $10,000 at a music store, I probably wouldn't have known until I got my statement!]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>The guns thread...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_guns_thread</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah this is *way* offbeat. This is for those of you who aren't opposed to the idea of owning / using firearms. As an avid firearms enthusiast, I was just wondering what you guys have in your personal collections?

Here's mine:
Rifles:
 Russian Mosin/Nagant 7.62x54Rmm, model 91/30 laminated furniture. Rubber butt pad (to add an inch to the length for my monkey arms), bent bolt, Tasco Super Sniper 10x scope (GREAT scope for cheap btw), jewel-polished bolt, low-friction match-grade trigger. This one is my favorite. Consistently less than 1" @ 100 yds.

Rock RIver Arms .458 SOCOM-chambered M-4. Personal defense weapon. This definitely falls in the "use a bigger hammer" category. Solves the problem of the "weak" standard M-16 round of 5.56 NATO by replacing it with a .458 SOCOM round. It's a beast. Floated foregrip, ERGO tactical grip, Magpul PRS stock, EOTECH 551 w/ 3x attachment.

Shotguns:
Mossberg 12ga Pump - No upgrades. It's great as it is ;)
Beretta Xtrema 2 Auto 12ga Slug gun - EOTECH 551 w/ 3x attachment. This one is the pile-driver. If it can't take it down, nothing will.

Pistols:
Glock 10mm Auto. Super-powerful pistol. I love it.
Beretta U22 Neos long-barreled version with carbine kit. This is my baby gun, the .22. It's a lot of fun and looks like something from star trek.

Why do I need all this stuff? I don't really. I've had the Mosin and Mossberg for a long time. The M-4 I got after my Army training days, when I was still hyped up on the M-16. The Beretta shotgun I got as a gift, and the pistols I bought myself because, again, I was hyped up on pistols after my training days. I wanted something harder-hitting than the 9mm we are issued though. The Mosin I use for hunting deer and varmints, the Mossberg and Beretta for birds / squirrels, and the M-4 and Auto 12 for terrorists ;).

That russian gun is a beast too though. It's my favorite because it has the longest "legs" of all of my weapons. I help my friends shoot coyotes sometimes in the fall, and last time I brought it with me, I let one of them borrow it. He literally split a coyote in half with it at about 300 meters. It's also deadly accurate and hits harder than any .308 I've shot...a lot like a 300 Win Mag. The big difference is cost...you can pick up a decent Mosin for less than $150 USD, since the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia is selling off millions of these fine weapons.

Anyway there you have it. So come on you guys, spill it!


 

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			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>Wow man....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wow_man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok so I was talking to a drummer I met about a song I was making and he said that I needed to work on my timing and pronoucne my vocals more and compress them, like everyone else said , so I told him thanks and he gave me his http://www.myspace.com/sabcatamerica with a jam session and some songs, I guess I dont know what being in time is but surely this guy cant be serious?

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			<title>Lucid dreaming</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lucid_dreaming</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anybody do this? I tried last night, and I got creeped out about the point where I was at sleep paralysis.]]></description>
			<author>Alski</author>
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			<title>Guitar Rags</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_rags</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Years ago the big magazine for all guitar players was..."Guitar Player." These days it's hard to find GP outside a music store, or a Borders. Today it seems "Guitar World" is the magazine of choice. I believe "Guitar World" was first published in 82' or 84' something like that. "Guitar Player" was around in the early 70's if I recall correctly. At first I didn't like GW. It just didn't seem as well done as GP. Now I'd have to say that GW has the edge, at least in the market. Which do you prefer?]]></description>
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			<title>Can you dance?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/can_you_dance</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My grandmother started a boring story about how a man who cannot dance is not a man.I thought for a second how its bad not to know dancing, but then I thought, man, is that what makes you a man, a gentleman, or whatever?!I don‚t think it does.
Anyway, do you dance, or youre a chair-man?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cancer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just can't believe the luck my family has had with cancer over the past two years. First my brother-in -law was diagnosed with skin cancer, but thanks the the barber who was cutting his hair they caught it before it reached his lympth nodes. As many of you know, once that happens it's usually over, but they were able to take a piece of his ear and he's fine (you wouldn't belive the tip they gave her.)  My Aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer and died last December, just before the Christmas holiday. My Cousin, (her daughter), who happens to be staying with my Mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer about two months ago and had to have a mastectomy, but as far as I know she's doing as well as can be expected. Today I hear that my other Aunt, (my Mother's other sister), was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which has spread from the ovaries to the stomach and into the lungs. They don't give her very long to live. I know this has nothing to do with guitars, but I find all this to be a little overwhelming. It feels like people are falling over with cancer every time I turn around.]]></description>
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			<title>Will race cost Obama the election?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/will_race_cost_obama_the_election</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If he was a white candidate would he have a large lead in the polls?]]></description>
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			<title>The Key</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_key</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What is the key to become a great musician & guitarist. People have different opinions on this one, i've asked alot of people this.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Democratic party wants Sicialism</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/democratic_party_wants_sicialism</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The democratic party of the US is hell bent on turning is into a socialist society. They love to tell the masses what they want to hear. "We will make this a better country" "we will take care of you", " rich people are evil", " big corporations are the enemy" ect. In fact they want to increase the size of government and have you depend on government for your every need. They actually went as far as to say "We should seize the profits of the oil companies"  "SEIZE". Do they realize what these big corporations do for our economy and how many people they employ? I dont think people know how much they actually pay in taxes

I have an idea. I think the IRS should stop withholding taxes and give you all of the money you have earned. Then at the end of each month you should write 3 checks. FICA, SS and Medicare. ]]></description>
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			<title>2 things 1 thread</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/2_things_1_thread</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Iam pretty smart aint I? :P

But I wanted to know whats up with Leif and the Internet band thing we were doing anyone heard anything?

and I have a song that is 3:15 LONG its over 2mins Iam pretty happy with this one, the intro is we rid, middle is drop D riffing and then it ends werid again with a randomish solo, I tried my best to stay in time I tend to get ahead of myself if you will :D

Anyone here have music or stuff they have? I dont wanna seem like a attention whore ya know >.<?


My signature works now thanks Ibz]]></description>
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			<title>Too much time getting wated</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/too_much_time_getting_wated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dont you think most of us spend too much time in front of computer
Internet, video games, chat, whatever...
I know it can be useful, but people stop to communicate, meet new friends, go out...
I know this may sound like 100 times said before, but You must admit its true.

But than still, this is computer age. :)]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>IKE/gas prices?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ikegas_prices</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i just went to buy some gas ahead of the price surge. i waited in line because everybody is trying to buy "cheap" at 3.99/gal.
it is supposed to be 4.99/gal here within the next couple of days. this leads me to a question.

hurricanes are not a new concept. why does gas go up so much now? in the past we have had hurricanes that didnt effect it so much.
something tells me we are being ripped off. again.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>AC/DC-ish and some venting</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/acdcish_and_some_venting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ow ok guys I got another song up its really AC/DCish whioch is odd because I have not listened to any lately,( I decied to trash the old ones or put em in storage if you will)   myspace.com/fminorpenta

but I really got to vent this from my mind

I got home from school cause my damn knee was locking up I got surgery about 6 months ago and its been buggin for the past 2 weeks, I have a partial ACL tear and they drain some stuff and took out a ligament that when you have as a fetus that you dont use, I was told that after 3 months and the swelling went down I would be fine wtf ya know? 

I still have the pics of the inside of my knee I cant upload em though :| so you can see what Iam saying. but yeah anyways I dont know this sucks balls...............freakin cant get a job till Iam 18 and I need MONEY NOW lol sorry had to say that too I talked to wal mart. GC .and a car wash place as they are all close  enough to walk or ride a bike BUT I need to be 18 (I know a car wash I thought wtf)

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			<title>If It Carries the Label &quot;PRO&quot; It MUST Be Better...  Right?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_it_carries_the_label_pro_it_must_be_better__right</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Strange...  I got an email this morning that made me think of this.

It's generally a marketing gimmick to put the PRO label on something.  If it really is PRO, the pro's know it, but what about those things that carry the label?  In my experience they may be a little better than the standard, but rarely reach the actual professional standard.

The email that I got to prompt this post?

Viagra PRO.  You really have to wonder on this one.  And to validate it, do you have to seek out a pron actor for verification?

Regardless, the question is, when you see the label PRO on something does it actually influence your purchase?]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>What am I gonna do now???</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_am_i_gonna_do_now</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So I had moved my stuff out of my apartment into a storage unit. I am paying $20.00/month for $5,000 insurance coverage. Well I'm reading the policy and am totally distraught to find that it doesn't cover the following (copied right from the policy under the EXCLUSIONS section):

G. Loss or damage caused by nuclear action, meaning nuclear reaction, radiation, radioactive contamination or discharge of a nuclear weapon, even if accidental, or any consequence of any of these. Loss caused by nuclear action is not considered loss by peril of fire, explosion or smoke. Direct loss by fire resulting from nuclear action is covered. (So is the nuclear weapons I'm storing go off I'm screwed but If someone elses go off an catch my shit on fire, I'm good!)

H. Loss or damaged caused by war (declared or undeclared), civil war, insurrection, rebellion, or revolution 

I got a good laugh out of those!!]]></description>
			<author>Danno</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Fighting in schools</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/fighting_in_schools</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ We were jsut discussing at work the fact that if a child in school defends him/her self they are looked down upon. WTF?!! Then they want to send the same kids into battle and expect them to know how to defend their own country? HOW? They can't even defend themselves. . Does anyone here have an opinion? We are turning our children into pussies.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Leaving town. Yes, I'm letting Ike win.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/leaving_town_yes_im_letting_ike_win</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just FYI, I'm heading farther inland this afternoon / evening. I just checked the forecast and my area is supposed to have 90+ MPH sustained winds Saturday. I just don't have that much confidence in my apartment :-P

Anyway I might or might not be off the grid for a few days. Where I'm headed is still going to get hit but it'll be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hits there. Much more survive-able. And I'll be in a brick house.

Yes, I'm taking my rack and my guitars. ]]></description>
			<author>NegativeGhostRider</author>
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			<title>Boxing</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/boxing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am going to the Lightweight World Championship Boxing at the Beau Rivage this weekend. Does anyone here watch boxing at all? I am looking forward to this event. It might start something with me wanting to watch more. Do you guys like boxing or not? I ahve watched a couple on cable, but nothing this serious.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Help my friends with contest :-)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/help_my_friends_with_contest_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey, well my friend's cousin is participating in a local contest. I was just wondering if you guys could help. We're both guitarists, and when we posted this on our other website, the moms of the kid competitors came on the website and flamed us, calling guitarists "teenage weed smokers," and after that, a great portion of the website joined together and voted. Its for a good cause, and I'm just wondering if you guys would like to help. You dont have to, but it will literally take maybe 5 seconds of your time:

click the website, go to "Avery Horton" (ctl+f helps) and vote, its only once per day, but we got really pissed after they called us weed smokers, so us guitarists must get together and fight off these moms! As you can see we're winning, but not by a very large amount, we need all the help we can get.

Really, you dont have to, but if you could that'd really be great, thanks.]]></description>
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			<title>Piercings</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/piercings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My wife has quite a few, and wants to go pierce her nose again, tonight. I think they're pretty cool, on her. I am more into tattoos, but what do you guys think? Just a thought to break the monotony.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Mizz Lizz! I've got a questizz!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mizz_lizz_ive_got_a_questizz</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok... My friend He's completley deaf except out of one ear and he's like over halfway deaf in that ear... He was born like that and he can't talk on the phone or anything... So... I remember you said somthing about your boyfriend who was disabled... And there was some place that designs stuff so you can do certain things? Could you send me that link? I want to see if there is anything they could do for somthing for him... Thanks!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>I think Billy Bob knocked Leif off the site.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_think_billy_bob_knocked_leif_off_the_site</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I told him to take his treasonist acts elsewhere]]></description>
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			<title>Tree Huggers</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/tree_huggers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've been watching the video feed from Berkeley where the cops are bringing down the people that have been sitting in the tree.
I'd sure as hell be billing them for all that went into this. It might take them a few years to pay up at prison wages, but that's ok.
 

Where's DC ? he usually has something to say about these types of things.]]></description>
			<author>Chester Field</author>
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			<title>This is a guitar site</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_a_guitar_site</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is a guitar site. So I think that we forget Patrick and just continue discussing guitar related stuff. He just wants the attention he's getting from us [lol..I'm sounding like my 6th grade teacher]
But still...
I'm adding a poll]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>crap</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/crap</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this website is crap so i dont care if u kick me off cause i got better things to do]]></description>
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			<title>dieing of boredom</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dieing_of_boredom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i about to die of boredom]]></description>
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			<title>Shed Questions</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/shed_questions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm trying to build a shed in the back yard so i can practice as loud as I want...(my grand parents live with me, and are sensitive to noise)...My first question is do you need a building permit to build a shed?


If i have more questions ill ask in this topic.]]></description>
			<author>Music49</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>So I checked out UG...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/so_i_checked_out_ug</link>
			<description><![CDATA[...and so far it has given me a bad impression. I wasn't there an hour before I got in a PM argument with some guy who was convinced that there was such a thing as "more tone". Here, let me put it up:

Shane, what I meant in my comment about the VHT 50CL regarding the more gain you use the less tone you will have:

When you hear a player like Eddie Van Halen (back in the late 70's and early 80's) you notice how massive his lead tone is. How you can hear every single attack, screech, slide, etc. Thats cuz he is making it sound like that from his hands. His Marshall Super Lead allows him to showcase his vast control of dynamics because it derives most of its gain structure from the output trans.

Power tube gain is very different in how it responds to pregain. It is more unpredictable and complex. Preamp gain is an attempt at recreating power section like dynamics and compression but it is never as convincing.

When I said you lose tone I meant it. Let me give you an example. The more distortion you use the more every note you pick will sound uniformely the same. Many 'shred' types of today rely on thier pregain to play guitar. You know guys who NEED to have a ton of distortion to play something and make it smooth.

To me John Petrucci is liek this. His tone lacks any character. Every note he plays sounds the same. When I saw G3 with him and Vai, Satch I thought Vai's tone was head and shoulders above Satch or Petrucci. This is because Vai uses about a 3rd less pregain in his lead tone. Thats why you can hear every little subtle clickity clackity when he plays leads. You can hear all his pick attacks. Van Halen's old Marshall tone was like that too.

If you have ever played through a good JCM 800 head cranked to 11 you know it sounds exactly like old VH but though it is plenty of distortion, it is quite thumpy and unforgiving. In other words if you let some joe blow shred head plug into it, he would probably sound like a hack cuz you really need to be able to play guitar with attacjk and conviction to sound articulate and tonally sound with the cranked Marshall.

I have played for 27 years and can do all that shred stuff as well as a variety of other styles. I realize that tone is personal pref. I am just commenting on my experience with many amps and tones. Seems like alot of the younger guys playing guitar nowadays kind of don't get it regarding a good micd tone. You know they scoop the mids and use WAY too much pregain. The end result live is a buzzsaw guitar tone that is competing with bass and cymbols for its spot in the mix. Instead of sitting in the midrange frequency range.

But beyond all that, I am a firm believer if your power section isn't adding a proportion of power tube compression to your distorted tone, your tone will never really have 'legs'.

Its a weird phenomenon really. I mean what a power section can do for your sound. I learned first hand with an amp I used to own THD BIvalve. It cut through my band 10 times better than my last amp before that, and it didn't even need to be loud. I realized then that I had been a dummy my whole life about tone. I mean not realizing that the power section is what separates teh men from the boys.

Thats why great amps are expensive.

Ok sorry for the lecture, I am a fast typer.

Bruce

***********************************************************************
Wow. What a close-minded and totally convinced he's right individual. My last response was: "Really....and what unit of measurement do you use to measure tone?".

My argument with these boneheads is always that tone is subjective, just like art and women (or men, for you ladies). Everyone has a different opinion of what's good, therefore it's a highly subjective qualitative measurement, and not something you can ascribe a quantity to. Which means there is no such thing as "more" or "less" tone. Heck, even "better" or "worse" tone is up to the individual. 

Anyway just thought I'd share.]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
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			<title>Hey Patrick</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_patrick</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Once you hit -200 you are permabanned. That means IP too. So this is an early goodbye. 
Meh I kid, this thread is too big already. Move along.]]></description>
			<author>Alski</author>
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			<title>weird al</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/weird_al</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well the boss came in with a rifle in his hand and wiskie in his breath he said MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND NOW YOUR GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>DONT CLICK ON THIS WHATEVER YOU DO DONT CLICK ON IT</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dont_click_on_this_whatever_you_do_dont_click_on_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[yoda yo yo yo yo DA  well im met him in a swamp at dagobah where it bubles all the time like a giant carbinated soda S-O-D-A soda oh my yoda]]></description>
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			<title>guns n roses</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guns_n_roses</link>
			<description><![CDATA[welcome to mcdonalds we got shakes and frie
s we got everything u want we even got apple pies]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>guitar photography</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_photography</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I took some photos of my wife (which I will NOT show you because she is my wife) with my LP.  They turned out beautifully.  I think it is amazing how the shape of an LP compliments the body of a woman.  Have any of you done anything like this and found another guitar that does the same?]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Ok, so...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ok_so</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I know a few people will be pissed but I found one of those "get a free ___" but most of them are fake... anyways this one does work so check it out its for sony products:  http://sony.v-bux.com/index.php?id=11584  then look at this, for apple products, like a macbook pro: http://apple.v-bux.com/index.php?id=3440  but anyways, yeah just sign up from the links though please because both of us get a bonus that way...

Ok, yeah I probably pissed alot of people off by doing that but it does work.
Jack]]></description>
			<author>Anon.</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Woo! A new stereo!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/woo_a_new_stereo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Like I have said before, I never really liked music a few years back. Therefore, I never had a stereo. I just got a Sony Hi-Def Stereo with subwoofers and stuff, 380 Watts, etc. This is gonna be great. With the money I got for my birthday, Im gonna take my strat in to get set up, and all will be good.]]></description>
			<author>Alski</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>cell phone expert?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cell_phone_expert</link>
			<description><![CDATA[is there anyone among us who has a full understanding of the 16,872 different configurations and features of todays cell phones? i have had a few, but not recently and i dont know what the hell i am shopping for.

im looking to get a plan with 2 phones for me and my wife.
whats the difference between a 1.3 mp camera and a 2.0 mp? and dont you smartasses dare say 0.7 mp is the difference. LOL, i have figured that much. im asking what is the difference as far as their use?

what does it mean if a phone is bluetooth capable?

how does an mp3 player work?

i know, i know, i am behind the times here but it has been about 5 years since i bought a cell phone.
i need somebody to help me avoid paying for features i dont care about, and make sure i get the ones i want.



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			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>topics: lock</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/topics_lock</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone here knows if its possible to lock a topic, so there can't be written any new replys?]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>NFL season starts tomorrow !!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nfl_season_starts_tomorrow_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[wooooohoooooo!! 

its time for the football season to fire up again. anybody got any thoughts and predictions going in?

im gonna be rootin for the dallas cowboys of course.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Exhausted</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/exhausted</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am so tired right now, that I could sleep fpr 2 days straight, and not wake up for anything. I drove 22 hours in a matter of 3 days, to Birmingham, and back again! We were fine going up, if we had just stayed on the little highways, and back woods roads. But at Tuscaloosa we got the not so bright idea of getting on I-59 going out of Tuscaloosa and onto Birmingham. It took us 2.5 hours to go 30 miles beacuse the people were backed up for no reason other than sitting on the side of the road, bullshitting, or parking and sitting, because, So yesterday we went the back roads all the way home. And then the wife and I were at each other the entire time, just about. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>GAC competition</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gac_competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So this person I was in Vocal Ensemble with is going on national TV for a singing competition. (on GAC)
TV show is "The Next GAC Star"
Check out his youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TyBlakeBarham
check the website out here:  http://www.gactv.com/gac/pac_ctnt/text/0,,GAC_26058_67931,00.html
Theres voting, but I dont know when.
Its pretty big, considering its a small town with a few thousand people.]]></description>
			<author>Alski</author>
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			<title>Not to start this back up but...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/not_to_start_this_back_up_but</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think I'm positive Jim Dandy WAS! In fact Patrick Hopper... Notice the gay names... But when Jim started talking a whole lot! There seemed to be no more Patrick? Ahh, Yes! And Jim don't say " Well you guys probably scared him off... " No...

Oh yeah, And Jim... Don't sign in as Patrick and say no I just didn't want to write to anything... Or come up with some dumb excuses, Ok?]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Will You Please?!?!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/will_you_please</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well... Steve Aguilar scared the hell out of me with that last post about the website shutting down! So I'd really hate to lose some of you guys as friends! So could you add me on myspace at myspace.com/515skateteam and if you don't have one please ask me for my email and I'll send it to you in a message on here! Thanks!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>guess my identity</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guess_my_identity</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have been a member of this forum for a long time. When I get bored of flustered or feel that people are taking themselves too seriously I turn into Jim Dandy. I make a smart comment here and there and get a chuckle out of it. What is even better is when people really get pissed over one little comment.  Some people are so uptight.  Where is the sense of humor. I will give one hint a day till someone guesses right. Then I will retire Jim Dandy;

Hint #1...I play guitar.]]></description>
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			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/whateveramericans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok. im sticking my neck out a bit here but please hear me out before you decide to attack.

why do so many people use the terms "african americans" or "latin americans" -etc. ?

in the news we have heard a thousand times that barack obama is the first "african american" to be nominated for president. why cant we just call him an american and leave it at that?

please dont get me wrong. yes, i am white, and i have absolutely nothing against black people, or any other race. i am still undecided and there is a good possibility i will be casting a vote for obama. the fact that a person is of a different race doesnt bother me in any way. what does bother me is when they say they want equality but then they insist on labeling themselves as being different. i am in total support of equality. i think that your skin color should not dictate your rights. all americans should have the same rights. but why cant we all just be americans?

i have descendants from ireland and probably other countries too, but i dont refer to myself as "irish american". i have never been to ireland, nor do i wish to go there. 

i have considered asking this question before, and hesitated because i dont want everybody to take it the wrong way. i am not a racist and this is not meant to suggest that i am.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>How do you do it?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_do_you_do_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So after reading thread/posts about how the music industry and music in general is hard at making a living and what not, I was curious of how most of yall do it, I dont mean to get perosnal or anything :D Iam just curious, Iam trying to take jobabrinks advice and go all the way with which is why Ive decided to stay in band even if I have to march (I think I only have to do pregame which is only 2 songs) but yeah anyways Iam still unsure to some degree, I would still like pyhscology as a back up if you will and if music dosnt work out, what do you guys say?

Oh yeah shane hook me up with that practice schedule, =)]]></description>
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			<title>Water!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/water</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to go get some water... I'm not supposed to but there sleeping so I don't care... I hope I don't get kidnapped when I leave our hotel room! XD]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Patrick Grasshopper...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/patrick_grasshopper</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We... Know all... Who are you? And why do you lie so bad? You should work on it!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>click here if ur heart broken and nobody likes u</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/click_here_if_ur_heart_broken_and_nobody_likes_u</link>
			<description><![CDATA[nobody likes me im a loser at my school no one likes me exept for my dead gf who was killed by a snake]]></description>
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			<title>WTF KIDS!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wtf_kids</link>
			<description><![CDATA[THESE KIDS ARE FLYING, GOING BACKWARDS, AND ON THE CEILING WHAT THE HELL?!?! SORRY BUT THIS IS A DUMB COMMERCIAL AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT I DON'T SEE THE POINT IN THEM FLYING! HEY EVERYBODY I CAN FLY BECAUSE I SHOP AT TARGET! WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT WHY?!?! IT'S RETARDED!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Virginia to Tennesse!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/virginia_to_tennesse</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So... We took another trip to Tennessee! And tommorow we're going to this HUGE! Music store! I love it! I go evertime I'm here but... We're going to buy a speaker for that amp so I can use my Silvertone Head?!?! Remember? Is there anything else I need like some kind of cable one of you said a while back? And don't worry Leif I haven't forgotten about you... I'll deffinantly make that video for you!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>yo mamma insaults</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yo_mamma_insaults</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is for doing yo mamma battles]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>i need help</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_need_help</link>
			<description><![CDATA[help me nobody likes me i have no freinds people beat me up and my parents hate me and hurt me]]></description>
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			<title>none of ur buisness (computer) </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/none_of_ur_buisness_computer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i really wish i had a girlfreind]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>nothing</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nothing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anybody live in milan tenneesse
]]></description>
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			<title>boring day</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/boring_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[im INSANLLY bored right now]]></description>
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			<title>bad day to pick apples</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/bad_day_to_pick_apples</link>
			<description><![CDATA[okay so i live really close to an apple picking place and i brought my video camera there and there where a guy and girl kissing and i grabbed an apple and i threw it at them]]></description>
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			<title>boredom</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/boredom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[im really bored and i dont have my guitar right now ;(]]></description>
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			<title>guitar battle </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_battle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[who would win a guitar battle? jimi hendrix slash john lennon or stevie vaughn? please reply
]]></description>
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			<title>yo mamma</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yo_mamma</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hghs]]></description>
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			<title>WOW</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i kind of hate to start another political thread, but i cant help but ask what you guys think of the republican v.p. choice.

my thoughts = WTF???????????

i almost cant believe it. the republicans have spent at least a year trying to convince the masses that obama is not experienced enough, and then they select this lady from alaska who has VERY LITTLE experience. as far as im concerned, that sort of made john McCain look like a jackass. 

as most of you know, i am among the undecided and i think i just leaned a little farther toward the democrats. now i dont know a great deal about this lady, and i am not gonna say she's no good, but as a vice president, and possibly being president one day, i think she is a horrible choice as far as being someone who will bring in the votes. 

this news is such a surprise to me that i cant help but wonder if maybe in some fucked up way it is meant to ensure that obama will win. ]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Difference of sounds- Bedroom/Livingroom</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/difference_of_sounds_bedroomlivingroom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I notice a HUGE difference when playing in my bedroom and when I'm playing on my livingroom.
When I play on my livingroom the sound comes out of the amp with MUCH more "reverb", it sound more natural than in my room, I wonder why.
I posted some pics so you can tell me why this happens.



Pic 1 - Bedroom]]></description>
			<author>RuiOlasBrandon 's</author>
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			<title>I think I have imoroved. </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_think_i_have_imoroved</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think I have improved, from 3 1/2 years ago. LOL, god I'm using achronyms, now. I really am a part of the Net.  Any way I was packing up all of my CDs, just in case all Hades breaks loose, and we have to jet out to Birmingham, because of Gustav. I pulled out this one from the pile, and written on it was "Mind's Ear." I thought "Well, I want to hear how bad I was then. I start playing it in the car. I laughed when the first song came on. The recording is okay, the mix was horrible on most songs. The music was okay. There were a few songs that I liked my vocals, and some decent ideas for some new songs that I have been trying to think up lyrics for. The two guys I played in the band with, one was in his 40s and was a Ted Nugent fanatic, so he had to play a lead over every song. That was okay until you had to write lyrics, and there's a lead over the entire song the next time you go in, to try and listen to the song and write lyrics for the final demo to sing. Then there was the bass player, who was not there but about 6 months out of a whole year, and he was 65 years old and thought he was a womanizer. Key word here, "thought." 

But it got me to thinking about playing with those guys, and we had fun, smoked a lot of stuff and drank a little too much, but those were good times, and I think that they helped me develope more into the style I have now. I have to admit, there were some good ideas from everyone. We had no live drummer, but I noticed that you don't really pay attention to the beat, except for the back ground a little. What kind of experiences have you guys had? Just wondering.
But a whole lot has changed, because Aames the other guitar player actually brought me out of my shell as a guitarist. 

I think that I have improved. There just making sure I can still spell, LOL.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>democrat vs republican .....again</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/democrat_vs_republican_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i dont intend to piss anybody off here, but i have to vent about this.

we all know that the election is big news right now, and its getting bigger every day now that convention time is here. i have been listening to my buddies here at work and it has reminded me of something that has always bothered me. there are SO MANY people who vote based strictly on party lines. they dont care who the candidate is. they will say anything to continue convincing themselves that a certain candidate is the best choice, even if they disagree with that candidate on a certain issue. i know alot of people who have been told all their life to vote for one party or the other because their parents were devoted to one party or the other. sometimes they dont even know the name of the person they have voted for. this really bothers me whether it is for a democrat or a republican. both sides are equally guilty of this sort of thing. i dont understand why we feel it is so important to label ourselves as one or the other. why cant we just be americans and leave it at that?

i have voted for candidates from both parties in the past, and i will probably continue to do so. if you tally it all up, i have voted for the democrat more often, but i still can not vote for them just for that reason alone.

i am not trying to ask your opinions on which side to vote for, im just wondering how everybody feels about the issue of dividing ourselves like this. 

]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Videos based on music recommendations</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/videos_based_on_music_recommendations</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Think its funny it's misleading you. Today when i logged in, it showed a recommend of Avenged Sevenfold's album City of Evil. But it showed this video Afterlife wich is from the selftitled album. So if someone sees that video and think it sound great and then buy the album, they dont get this song they heard.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Gustav/Katrina</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gustavkatrina</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, it looks like this weekend might blow chunks. The anniversary of Katrina is Friday, and Gustav is not far away. So if you don't hear from me, it might be because I am headed North bound, before the "Fit hits the Shan". Hopefully the high pressure system will keep it moving out of range, but this is gearng up to be a very crappy Labor Day weekend. We'll see!]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Online Music Stores</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/online_music_stores</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've recently done a lot of business with an online music store. I've been treated pretty good so far. I won't name the one right now since it might come off as spamming. I'm just curious if any of you have dealt with an online music store, or even bought a guitar from one. There are several, ZZSounds, Sweetwater, Musician's Friend, Cheap Band Gear, Sam Ash, Gigasonic, etc. I'm just wondering if you've ever been ripped off, or any other horror story, or if you have anything good to say about any of them..]]></description>
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			<title>Wearable Motorcycle</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wearable_motorcycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just thought this was too cool not to share....]]></description>
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			<title>Just watched Tropic Thunder...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/just_watched_tropic_thunder</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And I thought it was pretty good. Definitely had it's funny moments. And the part at the end where the kid I've never heard of gets to make out with Jennifer Love Hewitt....!!!! I would give my entire fortune (all 38 dollars of it) and several vital organs to even be in the same room as her. lol as my brother once put it, "I would crawl through broken glass to put a burnt match upright in her turds".

Anydangway, I'd say it's worth the 5-8 bucks you'll pay to see it. I also got to watch it at a Drafthouse cinema, which was an added bonus...because I discovered this wonderful drink called a Snake Bite! 1/2 Guiness + 1/2 Cider = 300% crazy-go-nuts good.]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
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			<title>I need to vent...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_need_to_vent</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok... I hate my orthidontist, The first time I had braces I was fine, And then he messed somthing up and had to put them back on but now again?!?! This will be the third time... Yeah now I have a gap in my teeth! WTH?!?!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>lol</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lol</link>
			<description><![CDATA[*WARNING ALOT OF CUSSING* (for all the kiddies out there :P)

My friend on myspace sent me this video funny as hell gotta watch it ,lol it only re enforces the stereotypical metal head lmao :P

(that one part where it says lounge thats actually a REALLLLY old slipknot song!)

Heres the song pretty cool and werid o_O just like slipknot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEKXVhuqF8

EDIT: Oh man check this out funny as hell too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H8tGE4mr_0&feature=related]]></description>
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			<title>here we go again.....................</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/here_we_go_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[o.k. alot of you have already heard my story about my wife losing her job at the hospital. well, the saga continues. since it all went down, they have changed their minds about a dozen times as to what they are going to do. first, she had no job at all, then it was temporary, then it was part time, then it was part time at a different position, blah, blah, blah. it has went on and on. she has been trying to come up with a game plan, including finding another job. she has made some progress. she is already working part time at another job, and has had an offer of full time employment at yet another establishment. however, it has been very difficult to know what to do as far as scheduling, because the hospital has changed their tune so many times. i'm sure some of you recall me saying that she was told she could stay temporarily until she had trained her replacement and she refused. well, she got a certified letter today saying that assuming that the position was temporary was "speculation on her part." thats not true at all !! they TOLD her it was temporary. now they are considering a schedule for her that would involve working mon-fri, 4 hours per day. in other words, she would have to drive over there just as much, spend just as much in gas money, and make half the wages. her health insurance will also be more expensive because they pay a higher percentage of the premiums for full time workers. i am tempted to encourage her to forget that place completely, and tell them to go fuck themselves. what do you guys think would be the best thing to do in the long run? i have considered talking to an attorney. is there laws in place to prevent them from lying and saying they never told her it was temporary? WTF is a person supposed to do?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Just when you thought</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/just_when_you_thought</link>
			<description><![CDATA[it couldnt get any worser then GH it does!

Guitar Idol
http://www.redrockethobbies.com/Spinmaster_Guitar_Idol_Yellow_p/spn20013084.htm

I seen the commercial ,another sad day in guitar history :P Seriously Smoke on the water? just buy a freakin guitar and play the real thing lol]]></description>
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			<title>Stevie Nicks - What the hell is she saying???</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/stevie_nicks__what_the_hell_is_she_saying</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've often wondered!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Celeberty Rock</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/celeberty_rock</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hear Stephen King has his own rock band. Tony Snow jammed with Ian Anderson. Here's Johnny Depp. He seems to be heavely "punk" influenced. I wonder what other celebs dabble in music...]]></description>
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			<title>I wonder about Hippie...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_wonder_about_hippie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I wonder how Hippie is enjoying his concert, What do you think? He's probably going to be like why the hell are you talking about me hahahaha!]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Tropical Storm Fay - 1, Kite Surfer - 0</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/tropical_storm_fay__1_kite_surfer__0</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This guy clearly is in training to win a Darwin Award.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>My friend Tracy...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/my_friend_tracy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well my friend Tracy Hatcher just now left we've been talking and he plays drums in a band in LA called Gods and monsters we we're talking about " Making It " and alot of different stuff od any of you know anybody that plays and stuff like that...]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>THE DARK KNIGHT</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_dark_knight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone seen this one yet? Heath Ledger did the role of his life literally. I didn't even recognize him, at all. He was that damn good.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Online guitar tab player</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/online_guitar_tab_player</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alright, might not be right place in this forum to ask, but I’m just seeking for some feedback for Songsterr. It’s online guitar tab player. You can see the tab and hear the song as it is being played, thus you can get an idea of what it should sound like and how fast it should be played.

P.S. I know Guitar Pro is better, but Songsterr is free and it’s web based. It could be convenient for some people. More details in our blog: http://blog.songsterr.com/
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			<title>Movies</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/movies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone have a movie suggestion that doesn't suck, new ones here. I like everything from The Count of Monte Christo to 300, so lay it on me.]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>real thing this time ??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/real_thing_this_time_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[some guy claims he has found a body of a bigfoot in the northern georgia woods. he says he is going to offer "definite proof" tomorrow in california. is it another hoax, or is it real this time?

i am not a fanatic, but i think it is possible for such a creature to exist. at one time, the panda bear was a mythical creature that many thought to be only a fairy tale. i wont be shocked to find that this claim is a fake like so many others, but one of these days we may find it to exist. who knows? i find it hard to believe that so many people are all telling the exact same lie.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Underage Chinese Gymnists</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/underage_chinese_gymnists</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This story just won't go away.  There's documented evidence the 1/2 of the Chinese women's, err, uhh, little girls gymnastics team are inelgible to complete in the olympics becasue they are underage.  The girl in the picture was documented to be 13 years old just 9 months ago.  One of the girls is missing a tooth causing people to question that her baby teeth are still falling out.  This controversy had been going on before the olympics but it's clear the IOC have turned a deaf ear to this matter.

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			<title>How Would You Feel?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_would_you_feel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While women working is no longer unusual, (remember I'm a child of the 50's and 60's when women worked part time maybe,) it is still a little unusual that your wife would make more than you do.

Just wondering what the general consensus is here.  I'm long past kids so that's not an issue.  I have a damned good job, with top notch benefits and make a pretty decent salary exceeding $65K a year.  Now the wife just got a job that pays TWICE what I'm making.  (Is the economy really THAT bad?  I haven't felt it yet, other than high gas prices.)

I know a lot of guys who would have trouble accepting their wives making twice what they do, but personally I'm thrilled.

How would you accept not being the #1 bread winner in your home?]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/8yearold_guitar_wiz_has_reason_to_play_the_blues</link>
			<description><![CDATA[lol this was too funny and crazy not to post I was bored this morning gettin ready to work and went to yahoo to check my mail and seen this

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_en_mu/blues_kid]]></description>
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			<title>back to the forums</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, its been a while since Ive dropped by the forums. Ive gotten a job over the summer, being a lifeguard at my local pool. Its a pretty great job, but I havent had hardly any time for guitar... One of my guitars strings havent been changed in about 4 months! anyways, how is everyone doing? I just logged on, so I havent read any of the latest stuff either. Whats new?]]></description>
			<author>Christian</author>
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			<title>Workin again</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/workin_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well this is random but I was happy to get work again almost 1 and a half week damn Fllorida weather (Iam mostly do outside stuff pressure washing,and tedious yard work :P) figures though I am about to start looking for a new job and my boss calls and now the summer is almost over :( now I need to find a job for after school, I must say it made me apprciate hard work and an earned dollar, but you guys are probabaly gonna hate on me but GuitarCenter said once I turn 18 they might hire me :0 hehe surrounded by guitars helping people perfect job for me :)))]]></description>
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			<title>I`m sad.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_sad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I had a need to say this somewhere, I`m really sad and confused.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UC Davis learns Cows Prefer Showers!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/uc_davis_learns_cows_prefer_showers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What will they learn next?

Maybe Time Magazine will report groundbreaking news that men and women are different!]]></description>
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			<title>Richard...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/richard</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well... My uncle left us today at about 8:00AM and I'm thinking I'm going to put somthing in his casket with him knowing how much he loved guitar I'm going to get my favorite pick and write my name on it and I love you and we'll miss you or somthing is that a good idea or is that just dumb?]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Anyone watching the Olympics?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone_watching_the_olympics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am.  I've been faithfully watching the Olympics every ocurrance since I was a child.  All I know is China outdid themselves with that opening ceremony!  I can't even imagine how anyone else could top that one.  It was spectacular!

A few things things that stood out to me was:

1 -  I never seen handball played like that before.  It's really exciting to watch.

2 - Yup!  Bejing has smog, and plenty of it.

3 - The father-in-law of an American vollyball coach was stabbed to death, and the attacker lept to his death.  The Chinese authorities would only say the attacker's name, age, and he was a Chinese citizen.  I think there's more to this story.  I have my theories.

4 - It appears China would not allow Taiwanese athelets to carry their country's flag, nor be identified as Taiwanese.  They can only be identified as being from Taipe, Taiwan's capitol city.  This is lame, but I'm not suprised.

5 - I was watching men's swimming and I noticed lane 1 in a heat was empty.  Iran's swimmer was supposed to be there.  I later read that the Iranian swimmer refused to swim in the same race as the Israely swimmer.  This too, is lame, but I'm not suprised.  Can you imagine the long plane ride back to Iran if the Israeli swimmer beat the Iranian?

6 - So far, I'm enjoying it.  Go USA!]]></description>
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			<title>show last night</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/show_last_night</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So my band and I played a smll show last night. We played first it went pretty well got some offers to play agian with the other 2 bnds and the owner of the bar said we could play there again anytime.]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
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			<title>How many memebers ?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_many_memebers_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was wondering how many member does g.com have.I couldn`t find the number anywhere.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Hard lovin` man?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hard_lovin_man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What does the phrase Hard Loving Man (Woman)?
I heard this in some Deep Purple and Kiss songs so...]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Hard lovin` man?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hard_lovin_man</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What does the phrase Hard Loving Man (Woman)?
I heard this in some Deep Purple and Kiss songs so...]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Georgia/Russia</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/georgiarussia</link>
			<description><![CDATA[looks like Russia and Georgia have decided to do some fighting now. I wonder how long until GWB decides to send our troops over there and spend a few billion dollars that we cant afford?]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Voting</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/voting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well maybe its a bit early but Ive decided to vote Iam tired of all these all people voting and most of the youth just sitting back and doing nothing what happened to taking action  and execrising our first amendment eh? but thats just me...........]]></description>
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			<title>Is America coming out of it's funk?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/is_america_coming_out_of_its_funk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DC predicted that oil would drop in July. It has dropped significantly in the past week or so. Is America making an economic comeback? I sure hope so!]]></description>
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			<title>A guitarists hands</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/a_guitarists_hands</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My wife says that she loves the way I touch her with my hands.  Last night she attributed it to the fact that I have played guitar for so long (19 years now).  That got me to thinking...could that be why women like guitar players?  Are they thinking that if you can do what you do to a slab of wood with some metal strings attached to it you can surely do some stuff to them that they will like?  Have any of you had females say such a thing?]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
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			<title>NIN</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nin</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Iwent to see nine inch nails tonight. And though I'm not a huge fan, I must say they put on a great show, the stage set up was cool and there were all kinds of hot women. anyway just wanted to say that]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
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			<title>Karadzic!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/karadzic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I`m from Bosnia, and I saw some comments on politics here.So...Anyone heard of Radovan Karadzic being caught after 13 years hiding?War criminal, very loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......ng story, but I want to know what you americans know about it. You must know, it was main thing on Cnn and BBC.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny Frusciante</author>
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			<title>Ahem...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ahem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHRHRRRRRRRRSSSAATTTHHHIIISISISIFOWIHFOISDFSN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sorry. I just had to vent]]></description>
			<author>Danno</author>
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			<title>aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww</link>
			<description><![CDATA[my puppy was dreaming she was running and her little feet were moving so i poked her in the tummy and she woke up but went right back to sleep!]]></description>
			<author>Hetjr</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Tony Danza Extravaganza</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_tony_danza_extravaganza</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok,  I have to know, what is the deal with the old g.com and TD?]]></description>
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			<title>Paris in Washington?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/paris_in_washington</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I got a bit of a kick outta' this one....lol!!!]]></description>
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			<title>Bush-o-nomics strikes again</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/bushonomics_strikes_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[my wife lost her job yesterday because of our failing economy. the same economy that our idiot president says is "growing at a slower rate than we would like, but is still strong." yeah, right.

she has been working at a local hospital for the past 5 years. she was told at 3:30 yesterday that her position was terminated at 2:00. a total of about 40 people were affected, and they took great pains to make sure it was a surprise. no warning whatsoever.
they wanted her to stay temporarily and work part time to train her own replacement. when she refused, they made her clean out her desk and turn in her keys immediately.

they were required by law to have a public meeting to notify the community about their intentions and to accept public opinion. conveniently they did not announce the meeting, so hardly anybody was there. that was pretty fucking dirty, not to mention illegal. im sure they have a team of crooked lawyers to handle that kind of thing.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Too fat to put to death????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/too_fat_to_put_to_death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So put a bullet in the back of his head and call it a day. What's the problem?]]></description>
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			<title>Tennessee Vacation!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/tennessee_vacation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, And I was wondering my friend Clayton and Page are coming with us we decided to invite them since they are like my best friends and me and my friend Page are wanting to play a funny prank on Clayton while he's sleeping! Haha. Any ideas? And of course knowing me I don't go anywhere without a guitar so I'm wondering whether I should take the Dean, Epiphone, Ibanez acoustic ( Which I doubt it ), Greg Bernett, Doubt it but I think either the Dean or the Epiphone and the Bass since Claytons been learning and Page doesn't think he can play guitar because he doesn't practice so he's going to start trying Bass... Help with either one?]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Bathroom Prank?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/bathroom_prank</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok so somebody done somthing in the bathroom at Mayhem at least I think when I flushed the toilet and water went flying all throught he air and some dude was like what happened do you guys know what that was or how to do it man?]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Anyone looking forward to the Olympics?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone_looking_forward_to_the_olympics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am, but boy, there have been a list of issues/controversies China have been having leading up to the Olympics.  I'll list the ones I've been reading about for several weeks.

1) The sailing venue had an out-of-control infestation of alge that turned the sailing venue bright green

http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2008/07/01/1214677990813.html

2) Islamic terrorists just killed 16 policemen and threaten to violently disrupt the Olympic games.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7540138.stm

3) Bejing have been having an ongoing smog problem.  China announced a few months ago that they will seed clouds to cause rain to wash away the smog before the games, but alas, the smog still persists.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/oly.beijing.pollution/index.html

4) There's been ongoing challenges regarding the level of censorship China will impose during th games.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/olympics.internet.ap/index.html

5) The "top secret" opening ceremony had been recorded and the footage has been leaked onto the internet

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395246,00.html


....but in spite of all this, I'll still be watching!

Go USA!!!


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			<title>vacation time is over</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/vacation_time_is_over</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well, my time off has come to an end and here i am back at work. gotta work here at the rescue station until 7pm sunday, then its back to the slab shack monday morning. i got some work done around the house and also managed to relax a little watching t.v.

i dont have any exciting stories. i cleaned out the garage, got rid of some junk and trash, built a fence, put up a gate, did some plumbing and some painting, and stayed up late last night watching letterman, leno, and obrien. ]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Powerslave</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/powerslave</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Look what i found... I seached for a live performance of Powerslave by Iron Maiden... i found this gameplay video of an old game called Powerslave. it can be downloaded here: http://www.dosmuseum.com/doku.php?id=games:action:fps:powerslave]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Ghosts</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ghosts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Do you believe in 'em or not? I believe in ghosts cuz' i've seen 3 in my home, two outside my home (not right outside my home), one on my previous school, and one in a church. My brother also once saw one in a church. On the school i'm in now, you can sense least one in the basement, where we listen to music on a computer down there. This video is really just wicked sick... AND looks very promising.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>When it rains, it pours...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/when_it_rains_it_pours</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well, I've been having a crappy week and I just need to vent... Sorry this is so long...
So I'm doing a simple project: adding to small separation walls to the front entry. the small one is going just fine. The larger on requires me to cut out a large section of drywall from the wall it's attaching to so I can at studs. I also need to add an extra outlet. Trying to remove the necessary section of drywall, I'm finding all kinds of diagonal bracing. The wall is a free-standing wall-- The other side of which has kitchen cabinets and the pantry. Now I have to figure out where all this bracing is and it's going to give me problems adding studs.

Problem two--- The fans in my computer's power supply have been noisey for a while now and just recently it started smelling 'smokey'. So I got a couple fans, did what was necessary to replace them (they're not supposed to be replaced) and then found that the power supply has either a bad diode or a bad resister that is leaking 'Factory Smoke'. So I get a new power supply, plug it in, and it don't work. Try a bunch of different stuff and finally get it going only to find that one of my hard drives shit the bed. And it would be the one with all the pictures and emails on it. The drive won't power up at all. Now I'm looking for the "exact" drive so I can try changing the circuit board on it. Needless to say, I have some peeps that are unhappy with me now. There were A LOT of e-mails(like 30,000 + (recipes, crafts, etc))  and ALL the photos...

It's being a shitty week... :(]]></description>
			<author>Danno</author>
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			<title>If you have LOTS of money, why not waste it?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_you_have_lots_of_money_why_not_waste_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Arab Sheikh had his Lamborghini flown from Qatar to Britain............for an oil change.]]></description>
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			<title>Does anybody here like Anime?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_anybody_here_like_anime</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, I was just wondering if anybody else here liked anime.]]></description>
			<author>siddp</author>
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			<title>Madonna as I've always immagined her,,, </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/madonna_as_ive_always_immagined_her</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I love this!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pot or Not</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pot_or_not</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Let's see where we go with this.

 Rep Barney Frank is proposing the end of Federal Penalties on marijuana. So is this a good thing, long overdue, or is it another red flag on our long slow slide into the abyss]]></description>
			<author>Hippieway</author>
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			<title>Diabetes...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/diabetes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well I'm dreading tommorow more than anything I don't know if I've told you guys this or not but I might have Diabetes I went last week for a physical and they told me I had one week and they'd Re-Check it and that week ends tommorow and I'm dreading it really bad so just wish me luck I thought I'd tell you guys because you guys are most of my friends because I don't like to tell alot of the people because there either not or I have or they just aren't those kind of friends... But I'll tell you tommorow if you want me to...]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Out of context</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/out_of_context</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, while moving an armoire (sp?) I said something stupid to my father-in-law (who was helping me).  Post some of the stupid things you have said that, when taken out of context, is something that was probably better left unsaid.  The only requirement is that it be true.  Let me use what I said yesterday as an example along with some others that I have been privy to:

To my father-in-law which is also heard by my mother-in-law and my wife:
"I don't think something this big was meant to fit between someone's legs."
We were moving an armoir up some stairs.  I was at the top so I had to straddle the armoir as I moved it up the stairs.

My fellow guitarist in my former band while we were sitting around bullshitting:
"Two breasts is all I can handle."
This was his response to a comment made by the drummer who said he could eat a whole chicken.

My fellow guitarist told me that his grandad said this:
"When I was a kid, we ate everything but the pecker."
His grandad was talking about how they ate every part of the chicken when he was growing up.  He was referring to the beak.]]></description>
			<author>Richey</author>
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			<title>If the only knew pt. 2</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_the_only_knew_pt_2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I figured I'd re-start this thread since it seems to still have plenty of life left in it. It's also getting hard for some people to respond since it takes so long for the page to load.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Who?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Who here has a cool nickname kind of like Dime had his nickname and stuff like that I was just wondering because I wish I had a cool nickname man...]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>Help: Guitar Hero Quote</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/help_guitar_hero_quote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone!! I'm new to the site and not quite sure if this would be the correct forum to post this in but... my first major question is... has anyone ever heard of the 'Guitar Hero' quote that references to a guitar hero being that of like a Greek hero?? The quote has nothing to do with the video game. I think I may have heard the quote from something that was on MTV or VH1... but it was a very touching quote and I attempted to search for it online but to no avail. Anyone out there ever hear of it? If so it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! =)]]></description>
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			<title>London Stabbings</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/london_stabbings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What's up with all of these murders in London?]]></description>
			<author>Anon.</author>
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			<title>vacation alert</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/vacation_alert</link>
			<description><![CDATA[im taking next week off, so you wont see me too much. (maybe you will be glad) i'll be back around the week after.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>If they only knew </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_they_only_knew</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If the Founding Fathers of the United States of America knew then how things would be today do you think they would have written the Declaration of Independence with a little sub-note saying: (for Declaration in Spanish, see other side) ?

A friend of mine was living in Miami FL for a little while and was actually refused service in a store unless he would speak Spanish.]]></description>
			<author>Danno</author>
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			<title>Will Novak Walk?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/will_novak_walk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I can't believe how arrogant this man is. He knew full well he hit the guy. He was all over the hood of the car.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Could someone explain this to me??</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/could_someone_explain_this_to_me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've been wondering about U.S copyright stuff for a while.  I looked at their website, but I didn't really understand what it meant.  
So this is my question:  Is it considered infringement if, say, I buy a song book and then publicly perform a song(s) from the book (playing for free and if I were to get paid for performing).]]></description>
			<author>Hale</author>
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			<title>Speedway World championship (3)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/speedway_world_championship_3</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now we've just won the team speedway championship... so now its three times champion. Danish Nicki Pedersen won in solo race and we've also won in youth speedway... Awesome.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Now what is this</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/now_what_is_this</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This ad has been showing itself in the right side of the forums menu lately...
But what the hell is it. http://flyff.gpotato.com/ad/]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I bet you'll laugh of this!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_bet_youll_laugh_of_this</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is just too damn funny... Look whos learned new moves--->]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>How to earn paypal money... free</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/how_to_earn_paypal_money_free</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey, for you guys who like to buy online stuff and would like some help on PayPal, I've got help.
I don't want to advertise anything, but this PTC site is really cool. I earned 25$ and bought a REAL silver ring online.
The main objective is clicking on ads, to earn money. You also earn what your referrers earn, so.. start clicking and earning money. Invite your friends.
Just go to this site: http://bux.to/?r=ruiolas 
All you have to do is register on Bux, have an AlertPay and PayPal account. When you make money on Bux, you can transfer it to AlertPay and then to PayPal.
OH, and DON'T BUY any refferals. That is VERY much advertised on the site, but don't spend any money, it won't work as they say.

PS: There are more PTC sites, but some of them are scammers. Don't go to www.AwSurveys.com they Scam. 
You guys can find the PTC scammer list on google. Bux doesn't scam.

My objective is not to advertise, it's just to make you earn money without spending anything.
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			<author>RuiOlasBrandon 's</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>This is funny....and not funny at the same time!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_funnyand_not_funny_at_the_same_time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So, in San Francisco, a network administrator and his boss got into a dispute.  The NetAdmin got pissed off and hacked the city's complete network.  Locked it down and only he has the adminstrator password to it's servers.  SF police threw him in jail, but he won't give up the password.  SF is hosed, they would have to install a duplicate network, and load it's servers from backups.  This could take a month, and if SF is so sloppy to get into this perdicament, who would venture to guess their backups might be carelessly made as well?

....and oh yea, the guy still won't give up the password!

even though this is serious for SF, you gotta admit, this is funny!]]></description>
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			<title>Guitar Hero: Good or Bad for us guitarists?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_hero_good_or_bad_for_us_guitarists</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well guitar hero (and rock band) have hit us. Does anyone think they are good for the guitar...or do they give the wrong impression that a blistering solo by Tom Morello is actually very easy to play?

My opinion (having played the game) is that they are a bit of fun with mates but given the choice of a game or a jam....it would be a good ol' fashioned jam.

Ideas? Thoughts? Complaints?]]></description>
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			<title>practical applications for the guitar</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/practical_applications_for_the_guitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i just got my heart broke by a girl. so does anyone have any tips on using a guitar to seduce women?]]></description>
			<author>charles</author>
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			<title>What should I learn?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_should_i_learn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(I think I double posted my bad)
You guys have been extremely helpful and figured to ask you guys (my friends are more clueless than Iam when it comes to gear or music in general lol)

Well Iam fianlly gonna get guitar lessons and for free its a long story (ah karma) but its at a real place  www.tampaguitarschool.com  not just some guy giving me lessons, but what should I learn, for the past 3 years or so I ve been self taught and I really have no clue what its like to go in and get taught and what should I ask for or is there something important I should try to learn like reading music notation or music theory?

but the schedule is once a week for 30 mins for a few months after that its about $89 dollars a month(about $20 a week),If the lessons help I might just keep going with it.


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			<title>poison ivy</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/poison_ivy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[the f*ucking poison ivy eats me up every single time that i use my weedeater to cut weeds at my house. i did so yesterday, and i will be doing it again today after work. despite wearing long sleeves and taking a cool shower immediately afterward, im likely to be looking at several days of misery pretty soon. the suffering usually sets in about 3 days after i am exposed to the stuff.

i have tried every cream and ointment, along with several home remedies, with varying degrees of success. anybody have any suggestions on stuff that has helped you in the past?

yeah, yeah i know, some people are not affected by poison ivy..........lucky s.o.b.'s]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>voting in america</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/voting_in_america</link>
			<description><![CDATA[there are many people that i know who make their decisions based strictly on party lines. there are people who vote for the democratic candidate, regardless of who the person is, and without concern for any other details whatsoever. there are many who are the same way toward the republicans. all they need to know is whether there is a D or an R beside of the name. nothing else matters.

i can not do that. i vote for the person, not the party. i agree with the republicans on some issues, and i agree with the democrats on others. i think that too many people vote based entirely on the party name, and our country suffers because of it.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Going to Iraq...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/going_to_iraq</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So my number has been pulled and I'll be deploying soon. Sorry guys, can't give out details. 

I'm trying to decide if I want to get some cheap gear to take over there with me. I already have my voltage converter, so the 220v thing won't be an issue. I'm looking at maybe a Randall Rh150GPlus head (solid state so I don't have to replace tubes while I'm there) and an Ibanez SA120 since it is the closest cheap guitar to my SAS32EXFM I have on layaway. That, a laptop, and a firewire interface should get me recording on my down-time. 

My other idea was to build an awesome RG as a project while I'm there. I may do it still. Who knows.

Anyway the point of this is to let you guys know I'll be leaving for a while, but I fully intend to be able to participate in some jams while I'm there. This site is a little light on the jam sessions compared to the old one...maybe we can get one up and running.]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Relics and Relicing</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/relics_and_relicing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What do you guys think about relicing? Personally i would never buy an artificially reliced guitar, or relic a new one. I have however bought guitars that have withstood the test of time, and have the scars to show it. I have a few problems with relicing 1- you scratch my guitar; i KILL you 2- fender just ruined a perfectly good new guitar 3- it sounds new 4- they are all reliced exactly the same 5- artificially reliced guitars will probably age different 6- I like every scar on my guitar to tell a story (not necessarily a true one) 7- the whole concept is taken by idiot 17 wear olds and applied in the basement to a decent guitar (this has caused teen related guitar fatalities to more than double in recent years) 8- its suddenly ok to have the grimiest, stickiest, worst setup guitar around 

Hopefully the fad will end soon. . . ]]></description>
			<author>pickabass</author>
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			<title>I just bought an Harmonica</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_just_bought_an_harmonica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's true, I bought(last saturday) a Delta Blues Hering Harmonica, made in Brazil.
I've been reading a few things about playing it, and I already know some chords and how to play the notes.
I would like to know how to bend, if anyone here knows.
By the way, it's tuned on the "A" key.


PS: It's been 1 year since I joined Guitar.com, thanks to all the folks who've helped me, hehe!]]></description>
			<author>RuiOlasBrandon 's</author>
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			<title>This Bud's For EU</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_buds_for_eu</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Budweiser is no longer an American company. It has been sold. The beer that made Milwaukee famous will now be made by a Belgium owned corporation. Time to fly the flag at half-mast]]></description>
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			<title>Hecklers</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hecklers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was wondering how some of the people here have dealt with hecklers and drunks since this seems to be an occupational hazard for bar bands. Do you usually bring along some extra muscle in case the bar doesn't have it covered? What were some of the comebacks you've used?]]></description>
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			<title>Back again...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/back_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to tell you why I haven't talked and latley I went to camp and then went on a cruise and then another camp but it was really cool I talked to the guy that played in the little band though the music sucked he liked playing metal and all of the music that we like so it was pretty cool and some other guy that has been playing as long as me but was like 4 to 10 years older than me and I had to play ac/dc for him so it was really cool...

-Trey.]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
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			<title>quotes from movies</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/quotes_from_movies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[the thread about movies inspired me to think about lines from movies that i like, or ones that i have found to be hilarious.

" why are you doin this, doc ?"
" wyatt earp is my friend. "
" hell, ive got lots of friends. "
" i dont "

                           - from tombstone

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			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Movies</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/movies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just thought. about movies what do you think of movies wich do you like and wich do you hate...

The best movie i've seen is propably Scarface.. It's just brilliant.
The worst was Juno. A trip to the cinema with the school. It was boring as hell.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Bad Habits</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/bad_habits</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a few bad habits when I play. I try to keep my fingers parallel to the frets, but often I lapse back into playing lazy handed, I also tend to wrap may thumb completely around the neck instead of keeping the ball of the thumb in the center of the neck, which reduces reach. Some habits just won't die.]]></description>
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			<title>Age Discrimination in Rock</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/age_discrimination_in_rock</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm wondering if anybody has ever heard of a performer who started out in their, say, 40's who went on to play arenas. I know Tina Turner hit it big when she was 50, but she was already established. I also realize that popular music is geared for the young, still if you can play, if your really good, why is it so hard for somebody to get started later in life? I ask this because I've had people ask me to join up in a band, and my attitude was why, who wants to see some 48 year old guy nobody ever heard of? I've finally gotten over that block because I simply don't care anymore. I want to play! I know I'll never be the next big thing, but I don't care. Still I wonder why us older guys don't get the same consideration. Is rock music all about youth and looks and talent comes in at a distant second? Is it the ultimate in age discrimination? I've noticed a lot, and I mean a lot of older guys picking up the guitar again.]]></description>
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			<title>A-Rod I don't get it</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/arod_i_dont_get_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was reading today's USA Today newspaper and a sports writer comment on this.  He said he usually don't discuss these matters, but this one just baffeled him.  Basically he articulated what I was thinking.

How does this ever make sense?]]></description>
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			<title>Upsetting the Neighborhood Critters</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/upsetting_the_neighborhood_critters</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I came home the other day and the birds and other tree dwelling critters were going nuts out back.  My brother said it had been going on all day long.  I went out and looked and here's what I found.  Not typical they roost in a tree, but this guy looked pretty annoyed that the other critters weren't letting him get any sleep.]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>New job [again]</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/new_job_again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well the time has come for me to get a new job. Currently I have many jobs... teach guitar, work for a big venue doing sound [they also contract me out to other venues around town to do sound], I work for a touring company, I own my own studio but it's not open becauwse I'm still renovating [the only thing I do now regarding recording is record bands at their own jam spots and mix at home on my big system].

Today I had an interview for the new Conference Centre opening in town, as the sound man and tech... running the PA's [25 seperate conference rooms plus 2 medium concert halls {>1200 ppl}], maintaining the gear, and the like. I am 99% sure the job is mine, I will find out in  a few weeks.

   The PAs are all these crazy touch-screen things with feedback suppressors, hard-disc recording systems, and other such technological nonsense. It's kind of a set-it and forget-it foolproof plan for the different conference rooms, but wow is it fancy. The local cable tv company has hundreds of cameras throughout the building, as lots of bands, political nonsense, and misc other crap may be televised. I have to run some of that stuff as well.

   The concert halls will be running ProTools Venue systems, which excites me. I went for a tour today, the building is almost complete [they're in the last stages of painting right now]. The guy made it pretty clear the job was mine without going and saying it. Corporate A/V is not generally my thing, but the pay is good, the hours flexible, and it's 30 hours a week so I can still do my other nonsense. Yay me! In the ten months I have been here [I upped from Vancouver BC and relocated to Vancouver Island] I have started a successful audio editing company with repeat clients; gathered a few guitar students and a mandolin student; had several newspaper articles about me appear in the newspaper; done location recording for tons of bands; joined two companies running audio for both FOH and monitor mix; done tons of freelance sound engineering; lost 2 inches from my waistline. This is all without the reputation I had back in Van helping me along. Things are going very well for me and I imagine it's only going to get better.

   Speaking of getting better, my parents sold their house today and are moving to the Island as well... they are gonna give me some cash to help with the studio renovations.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What do you think the outcome of this will be?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_do_you_think_the_outcome_of_this_will_be</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't impress me as the most stable guy out there. I truly believe the world will have to take this joker out, but I get the feeling we'll be to busy squabbling with each other. I also believe he will use the bomb once he get's it.]]></description>
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			<title>Stupid People</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/stupid_people</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You all have stories about stupid people that make you wish you were born in the 1800's before it was possible to do any of the stuff you heard about. Here's one of them.

This kid from my school (I won't mention any names) went to an unchaperoned party that was "clean" until he got there. He brought a ton of alcohol with him, and when almost nobody would take any from him, drank almost all of it. Eventually, he had consumed between two and eight beers (depending on which version of the story you believe, I lean towards the eight), a half bottle of tequila, and a couple shots of vodka. Then he decides he needs to use the bathroom. After about two hours, the hostess of the party realizes the drunk hasn't come back down yet, so she grabs a friend and heads upstairs.

There are small puddles and clumps of brown ooze on the stairs, the banister, and the walls in the hallway. There's more of it in a hall closet and on the doorknob of the bathroom. When they open the door, they see the drunk lying on the floor in a puddle of his own vomit and diarrhea, which is also overflowing from the toilet. When he wakes up and realizes what happened, he freaks out, leaves the party, and gets on his bike. About halfway down the street, he runs straight into a PARKED car, scraping up his legs and chipping a tooth.

The hostess and her friend drag the drunk upstairs into the bathroom, make him take a shower in his clothes, and then tell him to clean up all the mess. The next day, she's posted a blog describing the entire event on her Facebook page. The school administration finds the page and suspends her. The drunk still comes to school, and gets laughed at for the rest of the year and into the summer. The End.]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Yay, I have Evil Cred!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yay_i_have_evil_cred</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now it's my brief moment in the dark!!

EVIL CRED!!! 666]]></description>
			<author>Danno</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>cookout / grilling / BBQ</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cookout__grilling__bbq</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok tomorrow is the 4th of july so im sure that alot of people are planning to cookout / grill. i know i am. my grill is getting old and worn out anyway, so after work today i am headed to the store to get a new one. i think i am gonna get the kind that uses charcoal instead of gas. im also gonna be going to the grocery store for ground beef, hamburger buns, potato chips, beer, and other supplies.

any suggestions on what kind of grill i should get ?

any ideas on what kind of groceries to get ?

hmmmmmm......... a big thick juicy steak sounds good too. maybe i will get a couple nice ones......................]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Posers</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/posers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Don't you guys hate all the little kids who run around and act like they're awesome because they can play Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and then get mad when you call B.S.? Yeah, they're fun games, but they're not real!]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title> Best place to drink coffee?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/best_place_to_drink_coffee</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Which is better? Starbucks or Seattle's Best...]]></description>
			<author>Migs Viray</author>
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			<title>name for my buddy's kid  ????</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/name_for_my_buddys_kid__</link>
			<description><![CDATA[it seems my friend has got his wife knocked up and they are considering names. so far all indications are that it is going to be a boy.

he is into guitars, and his last name just happens to be marshall.
im trying to convince him that a good name would be - Les Paul Marshall - .
i cant think of two names that go hand in hand any better.

any thoughts ??

this thread would have never worked in the old days of misc..... LOL  just another reason i dont miss it.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Are Boys Becoming Emasculated?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/are_boys_becoming_emasculated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After the software failed to properly present Fred's 2 attempts, I'll pick it up here.  I say yes!  I blame it all on PBS cartoons!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Are Boys Becomming Emasculated?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/are_boys_becomming_emasculated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This didn't work the first time out, so I'll try again, sorry about that..


I've noticed a trend where there are no winners or losers on public school playing fields. Everybody gets a trophy. The reality is, there are winners and losers in life. Are we sending our young men out into the world unprepared for when the going gets tough? Are men becoming feminized, or are they still competitive, bold, and uninhibited? 
]]></description>
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			<title>Are Boys Becomming Emasculated?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/are_boys_becomming_emasculated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've noticed a trend where there are no winners or losers on public school playing fields. Everybody gets a trophy. The reality is, there are winners and losers in life. Are we sending our young men out into the world unprepared for when the going gets tough? Are men becoming feminized, or are they still competitive, bold, and uninhibited?]]></description>
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			<title>Making manure bombs is dumb!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/making_manure_bombs_is_dumb</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reminds me of when I was living in Los Angeles.  I was leaving for work very early one day.  I saw a homeless woman drop her undies in a supermarket parking lot and take a dump.  Yup, there are cases when seeing a naked woman IS NOT a good thing.]]></description>
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			<title>4 days worth</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/4_days_worth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For the last 4 days My wife, Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, and I have been picking through my daughters hair, for lice, and eggs. I think this is probably one of the worst things I have ever had to do. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst, it would be a -5, at least, right down their with digging through trash to find womething you dropped, down in there. We have had to fumigate, wash clothes everynight, and all kinds of other shiite, just to battle these little bustards. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
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			<title>Surfers - 1 , paparazzi - 0</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/surfers__1__paparazzi__0</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So the paparazzi showed where they're not welcome.  Isn't that everywhere they show up?  Anyway, they were tring to get pics of Matthew McConaughey surfing in Malibu.  The other surfers took matters into their own hands.  As best I can tell, the paparazzi threw the first blow.  Good for the surfers!]]></description>
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			<title>Falling test scores blamed on wikipdeia - how this may relate to music</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/falling_test_scores_blamed_on_wikipdeia__how_this_may_relate_to_music</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So I'm reading this article, and it clearly is scrutiny of the free on-line web encyclopedia.  I remember the days when you bought a set of encyclopedias for $500.00.  But what did you get for your $500?  Well, alot of paper.....and quality control!  You stood a tremendously far better chance of getting accurate information.  But with the free on-line encyclopedia, regardless of the best intentions and hard work of the volunteers, there's no substitute for someone getting paid to do the vetting and maintain the quality control and high standards.

Now, how does this apply to music?  There's been alot of people calling for music becoming free as illegally downloading has exploded over the last 5 years or more.  So, if these advocates of free music get heir way, will there be a music equivalent to the wikipedia phenomena?  A lack of quality control, and it getting out of control of the best intentions of the volunteers.  Personally, I prefer to pay for my music in the hopes that, notwithstanding style differences, I get the best production quality available.

....just IMHO.

waddya think?]]></description>
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			<title>These people need to be stopped!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/these_people_need_to_be_stopped</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is just too much!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I am at 666 credits, oooohh, cool.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_am_at_666_credits_oooohh_cool</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just thought it was interesting. ]]></description>
			<author>frumsapap</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Man sues Home Depot for becoming glued to the toilet seat</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/man_sues_home_depot_for_becoming_glued_to_the_toilet_seat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now, let's explore this.  In order for someone to become glued to a toilet seat, he will have to NOT inspect the seat before sitting down, THEN he will have to sit on the seat without lining it with toilet paper or toilet seat covers.  THEN when he sits his bare rear on the toilet seat, we will not become alarmed when he feels the moist, gooey goop that would have to be on the seat.  Then, he will have to sit there long enough for the goop to set in.

I'd like to think nobody is that careless with their sanitary habits.  I smell fraud!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Phrases that eat my will to live.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/phrases_that_eat_my_will_to_live</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Below are a few phrases that for various reasons, grate on my last nerve...

Old school

Gettin' your ____ on (insert whatever inane activity you like, i.e. sip, drink, groove, etc.)

It's for the children.

It's for the enviroment.

It's for your own safety.

The list goes on.]]></description>
			<author>Erk</author>
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			<title>Credmas, when is it?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/credmas_when_is_it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We're all pretty much in agreement that Credmas is in February. Do we have an established day? If not, may I suggest Valentine's Day? I think most people around the world celebrate that day, and it would be a good landmark. Whatever's fine with you guys. If it's already been established, that's fine too.]]></description>
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			<title>try pen and tellers bs water</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/try_pen_and_tellers_bs_water</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ohhh this is great 



i still love fiji water though]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>contact juggling</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/contact_juggling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is cool]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Freak show</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/freak_show</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now alot of y'all has made threads to post video you think is funny.
So now i make this thread for all whos got a crazy video.

I now declare the Freak Show Gallery, Open...]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Happy Carbon Belch Day!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_carbon_belch_day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[OK...  With all the "global Warming" crap that's out there, it's about time someone came up with some opposition!

Just like needing a day to be a slob at home, or just wanting to waste some gas driving around, we all need a designated day to pollute the hell out of things before going back to our conserving, recycling ways.

http://tech.msn.com/guides/green/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=7869086&GT1=45002]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I always wanted one of these..</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_always_wanted_one_of_these</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ever since I saw the show "Northern Exposure" I've always wanted one of these.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>first automobile</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/first_automobile</link>
			<description><![CDATA[the muscle car thread made me think of this.........
what was your first automobile?
mine was a 1978 chevy pickup
350 engine
350 trans
4 x 4

my dad bought it for me when i turned 16.
i still own it and it is being used by a family member.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>this is just stupid</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_just_stupid</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is truly dumb this chick must have been blond]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Tallest Building in the world......by a long shot!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/tallest_building_in_the_worldby_a_long_shot</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pretty impressive.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>skullfucking</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/skullfucking</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is fucking great....]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Muscle Cars</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/muscle_cars</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All this talk about global warming made me wonder if some of the folks here are into muscle cars. If you could have any car you wanted, what would it be? Mine is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with a 426 c.i. Hemi.]]></description>
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			<title>Bets Office Worker Meltdown I've seen</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/bets_office_worker_meltdown_ive_seen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I believe it's a fake, especially when he throws the monitor and it's not plugged in.  But there's a whole lot of mayhem going on in this video.

Second angle.

http://www.break.com/index/office-worker-meltdown-second-angle.html]]></description>
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			<title>Ibanez vs Squier Strat</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ibanez_vs_squier_strat</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I went down the shop today to look at some guitars.

These are the ones that stood out most.
Ibanez adc120-bk
Squier Vintage Modified Stratocaster (Cherry)


What do you think of 'em
]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>Global Warming Website tells us when we should die</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/global_warming_website_tells_us_when_we_should_die</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're an evergy hog, then you need to be killed right away.  If you're average, they suggest you can live a little longer.  But the true global warming believers, if they ride bikes for transportation and wear bamboo pants, well, they are rewarded by being allowed to live to old age!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Who do YOU play for?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/who_do_you_play_for</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So this past weekend i was having a campfire with my friends, and it triggered some interesting thoughts in my mind. 
A friend of mine was there. He played guitar for about a year, quit, then took it up again. So anyways, he was able to play all of this music that was pretty popular with the other people there. He played these pop songs like, hey there Delilah, and Avril lavigne songs.  

Whereas when somebody handed me the guitar i played some songs and realized, nobody knew any of the stuff i was playing. Now this can probably be blamed on the fact that i play mainly electric, and mainly older blues rock, and classic rock. So i was plucking away playing "get back" by the Beatles, as well as "tears in heaven" Eric Clapton, and i was getting blank stares.

Now theres no question that I'm a better guitarist than my friend, but perhaps he has some more ability for choosing the crowd pleasers.

So i guess what i was getting at is the question of "who do you play for" 

i play for myself mainly for fun.
i also play for other people, and do stuff for my band, but can't find the motivation to learn "pop" songs just so that i can impress the girls...
]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>what to play?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_to_play</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It just dawned on me the other day, that if I were to pick up a guitar, and someone said play me something, or what do you know how to play, I would basically be stumped.  I have been playing for a long time, but havent been playing any actual songs for quite a while.  I've just been practicing scales, and new chords and arpegios and soloning and stuff.  I have original songs, but I think I should be playing other peoples music also just for more exposure to other styles.  all the songs that I "know" are ones I figure out when I first started playing, and are mostly overplayed classic rock, that I wouldn't listen to anymore, or want to play for someone.  heres my question to you
What do you play when someone says "play me something?"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Josh Duncan write me on here...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/josh_duncan_write_me_on_here</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Write back you lard...]]></description>
			<author>Trey</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Downloading 86% </title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/downloading_86</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pirate copying and illegal downloading make the people, who made the music loose lots of money.
No one buys the album anymore, because of this cyber internet fashion controlled world today.

I look at it this way... if people download it. its in fact not because they like the music. its because it lays as number 5-1 on the chart... it popular....!

Anyone who keeps the tradition of buying the albums?]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>So, I'm In Florida vacationing</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/so_im_in_florida_vacationing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm in Daytona Beach.  The water's just fine.  I think I'm going to see the shuttle launch on Saturday.  

.....in case you were wondering.  If not, oh well.....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What are you looking at?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_are_you_looking_at</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I took this picture a few months ago. I often watch from this view while I practice on the guitar. It's a picture of the farm next to my back yard.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Time for a picture change?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/time_for_a_picture_change</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Y'all changing picture now.. how come.
Fred Kraus started... then everybody suddently change picture...



.......No offense ofcourse

....hmm....should i change my picture?... haha.]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>PSA for Memorial Day weekend</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/psa_for_memorial_day_weekend</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dwayne Stomp. The man, the legend!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>indiana jones movie</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/indiana_jones_movie</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i just read a story about how the russians are pissed off about the new indiana jones movie. they claim that americans are trying to fool their kids into thinking that history was different. they say that it portrays things that did not really happen and it should be banned. i dont understand the anger. as far as i know, the movie makes no claim to be a true story. with all that is going on in the world, i would think they would have bigger worries than some movie. are there any people here from russia? surely everybody there doesnt feel this way.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>A bit of humor</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/a_bit_of_humor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I ran across this, thought you might enjoy it..]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Misc.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/misc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Um, so...I haven't been on g.com for a couple years. but when i was on it, we use to post in the misc. forum.  what ever happened to all you misc. guys?]]></description>
			<author>ALowe</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hard To Believe</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hard_to_believe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Unbelievable!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lord Stanley's Cup</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lord_stanleys_cup</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone else excited for the greatest game on Earth?  Wings and Pens.  Game 1 Saturday night.]]></description>
			<author>evol666</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Google wants your medical records!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/google_wants_your_medical_records</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Come on, you can trust Google!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/child_bankrupts_makeawish_foundation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is just terrible!  Terrible, I say!!!!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Creative Guitar</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/creative_guitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fun things to do with a guitar when your bored.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Yngwie Video spoof (ready to laugh?)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/yngwie_video_spoof_ready_to_laugh</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This video cracked me up.  ]]></description>
			<author>JTC</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What is your opinion of Howard Stern?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_is_your_opinion_of_howard_stern</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I see where Dolly Pardon plans on suing Howard Stern. He's basically altered her words from different sound bites and did what he usually does, which is to make fun of people in the most infantile manner possible. I'm not outraged in any way, but I do think he deserves the lawsuit he's about to get and I hope she wins. I think the problem I have with Stern is that his humor is that of an elementary school kid. I don't take him very seriously, I just find him to be annoying. So I'm not a real listener. I did however listen to this audio clip that was played on his show through youtube out of curiosity. I have to say it's pretty infantile stuff. I've posted it so you can judge for yourselves. I'm pretty sure most of you are ok with this, and I'm sure he has a few fans here, but I can't take that for granted so I have to warn you that some folks here may be offended. It's basically bathroom humor. I can't believe people pay to listen to this idiot.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>mymusic-give thoughts</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mymusicgive_thoughts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
 
  http://www.myspace.com/nathanelhaleproject   
 
  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>need constructive crit on my music...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/need_constructive_crit_on_my_music</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
 
  http://www.myspace.com/nathanelhaleproject   
  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Imagine what he'll be like when he's 10</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/imagine_what_hell_be_like_when_hes_10</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hate this kid!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Robotic exoskeleton amplifies your strength 20 times</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/robotic_exoskeleton_amplifies_your_strength_20_times</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Talk about science fiction becoming science fact!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>And now for something completely different</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/and_now_for_something_completely_different</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Learn to play with your bad motherfinger.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Important World News</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/important_world_news</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I found this news story in the Milwuakee Journal-Sentinel this afternoon. I laughed until there were tears coming out of my eyes.

As we used to say on the old Misc, "Lightning Bolt!"]]></description>
			<author>PatchworkMan</author>
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			<title>Top 10 Angry on-camera meltdowns!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/top_10_angry_oncamera_meltdowns</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These are good!  Enjoy!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>perfect pitch</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/perfect_pitch</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Has anyone tried "the perfect pitch ear training super course" by David Lucas Burge or its relative pitch counterpart?

they seem to good to be true, but if it work i see it being well worth it. 

thanks for any help]]></description>
			<author>charles</author>
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			<title>Do Americans Think They Deserve to Eat More?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/do_americans_think_they_deserve_to_eat_more</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Supersize meh baby!

]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The irreverent, irreplacable, irregular....Kalus Nomi!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_irreverent_irreplacable_irregularkalus_nomi</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Though he's gone, his music lives on!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Man gets the boot, so what does he do?  Break out the saw!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/man_gets_the_boot_so_what_does_he_do__break_out_the_saw</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I like this guy!  So his son's car stopped working.  He parks it in the driveway, but a part sticks out over the pavement.  So the government beaurocrats do what they do,  They put a boot on the car and asses a fee.  So what does he do?   Cut's the car in half!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Wanna save Mother Earth?  STOP BREEDING!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wanna_save_mother_earth__stop_breeding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Join the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and do your part!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>46'' LCD TV</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/46_lcd_tv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i bought an rca brand lcd television at wal mart a couple days ago. so far i like it. it is the 46'' model. anybody had one like this? i have always thought rca has a decent reputation and im hoping this thing will last]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Vancouver BC</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/vancouver_bc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone here live around/in or spent some time in Vancouver, BC?  I will be honeymooning there in early June and looking for suggestions on things to check out.  So far our agenda includes

1.  Vancouver Island (some biking and sightseeing)
2.  Eating our weight in sushi
3.  Doing a brewery tour
4.  Hitting some Korean restaurants (my future wife is Korean)

I will also be looking for a peameal bacon sandwich.  Not sure if you have them out there or if peameal bacon is exclusively a Southeast Ontario thing.  Growing up in Michigan, I spent a lot of time in Southeast Ontario and now that I live in Chicago I miss peameal bacon *badly*.  My last trip to Toronto I couldn't wait to get to the St. Lawrence market and have some fresh off the grill.
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			<author>evol666</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Got My Dream Job</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/got_my_dream_job</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So i got a job for the summer. Here in Cyprus we get about 3 months summer holiday from school, and since im finishing my GCSE exams this term, i get an extra 2 weeks holiday. now thats pretty awsome. 
i got the whole summer to be my lazy self. so i was thinking about how good on guitar i would be by the time i got back to school in september. 
Then my friend told me that she can get us jobs in the summer. and the job is....Guitar Shop!! 
im sooo excited. working for the whole summer in a guitar store. its gonna be pretty awsome, and a very good memory too. my 16 year old summer... the owner also told me and my friend that we will be able to get cheaper stuff from there. 
so what were gonna do is half our pay, and then get half price on anything in the store...to a certain extent of course :P 
these are the things i want to get: 
-Electric-Acoustic guitar
-Flying V (dont have a specific Make :P )
-New Amp (again no make :P )
-Guitar Accessories and whatever =D

sorry it was a pretty long post, but i had a lot to share lol
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			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>EVH Frankenstein's Retirement Home</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/evh_frankensteins_retirement_home</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was looking at a replica of EVH's Frankenstein which retailed for $30,000. The real Frankenstein has to be one of the biggest icons in rock n' roll history. Absolutely priceless, (even if it is a piece of crap). You don't have to know much about rock music to know who's guitar that is just by looking at it. So when it's all said and done. When Ed can't play it anymore for one reason or another, where do you think it should go? Going under the assumption that it doesn't stay in the VH family, The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame? The Smithsonian?]]></description>
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			<title>trying to sleep in a room thats too hot</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/trying_to_sleep_in_a_room_thats_too_hot</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is a post born partly out of boredom and partly out of discomfort....................
im spending my weekend at the rescue station like i often do, and the weather is getting warm.
for some reason there is a nice big lock on the thermostat, and i cant control the heat pump.
it was 80 degrees today and the damn heat is on.
i have turned off the breaker to stop the heat but it sure would be nice to have a little a.c.
now im havin trouble trying to sleep. i woke up sweating a little while ago.....................

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Those crazy Detroit politicians</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/those_crazy_detroit_politicians</link>
			<description><![CDATA[She called him Shrek!  LOL!!!!! ......wow, her poor husband.....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Parabola (mind-twist)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/parabola_mindtwist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've been wondering what's the meaning with this video (lyrics too)
I've seen some Tool fans around here... maybe you know it!?

Tool - Parabola]]></description>
			<author>NoKindOfAMankind</author>
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			<title>String Snapping Stories!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/string_snapping_stories</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So, this morning, I was adjusting the tuning on the ol' geetar and snapped the high E string, nailing myself in the hand and lip. Then I pondered about the time I somehow managed to break a low E string (can't really remember if it was from tuning or me frigging around in a way I shouldn't have been frigging around), and then I thought, "I bet those guys on guitar.com got some interesting, and possibly hilarious, stories about broken strings!", so, now I'm asking, has anyone broken a string in such a way that it would make for good story? Please, do tell!!]]></description>
			<author>angyfirebomb</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>funny tv war</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/funny_tv_war</link>
			<description><![CDATA[the real question is who created john stuart]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>F beer, How bout something a little stiffer?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/f_beer_how_bout_something_a_little_stiffer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If there is a beer topic, then ill make a booze topic. Personally, i hate beer with a passion. I'm a rum and vodka person myself. 

Personal favorites: 

So Co 
Jager
Captain Morgan Private Stock
Smirnoff (sometimes Vanilla)
Bacardi 

p.s.- beer sucks


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			<author>Teel</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Stereotypical College Kid</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/stereotypical_college_kid</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm currently attending college (it blows) and am buying my first guitar. I always thought that it was an odd stereotype that college kids play guitars and do drugs. but i understand now. (the guitar part) its a total lack of stimulation and creative activity. i have WAY to much free time on my hands and i didn't know what to do with it. i just sat in my room and listen to music, occasionally went to parties, but that wore off fast. and that's why college kids start guitar. that and the fact that most think it helps pick up chicks. i have always listened to rock and metal ever since i was a kid. i don't know why i waited so long to start playing. i guess I'm an idiot. anyways my first guitar is gonna be an ESP LTD M-100FM. not that you guys care. just thought that was an interesting stereotype. any thoughts?]]></description>
			<author>Teel</author>
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			<title>Beer?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/beer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Who drinks beer, and if so, which brand?  I'm a fairly simple dude, I'm happy with Bud Light 95% of the time, but I also drink Corona (w/o lime), Budweiser Select, and Michelob Ultra on occasion. :)]]></description>
			<author>G_Barber</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Media is asleep</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/media_is_asleep</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Why isn't the media covering this?]]></description>
			<author>evol666</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Life after death?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/life_after_death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How bout it folks, is there life after death? There have been enough songs written on the subject. The Doors come to mind. I believe there's a stream of consciousness that continues on, though I don't know in what context. I'm sort of a religious pluralist. I simply don't know what is out there, but I believe something is.]]></description>
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			<title>Hey Mr. Johnson!  Have you seen Willy?  Peter?  John Thomas?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_mr_johnson__have_you_seen_willy__peter__john_thomas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now this is just funny.  It still amazes me how many people there are in this world who actually believe this stuff.  Even more amazing is that fact that the people who claim this has happened to them, don't believe their own eyes.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2319603620080424?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I just got back from Houston</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_just_got_back_from_houston</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It was nice.  I was there for training for my job.  I did get to make it to guitar center because by Wednesday, I was jonesing to play a guitar really bad.  It's been a while since I've been to GC.  No matter which GC you go to no matter which city it's in, it's all the same.  The place is full of wankers, and they're all playing loudly, and many are playing pretty lame.  But let's not forget the guy who hangs out at GC just to show off.  I was in the acoustic room working out some scales and runs with a nylon string guitar, and then this guy shows up, picks up a guitar and starts singing........loudly.  I immediately left the room.  The same guy then gets an electric guitar and plugs it in and starts playing.....loudly.  Granted, he had skills.  But I didn't care.  Lots of players have skills!  I was there to satisfy my jones, not be overwhelmed by his loud playing.  Then he stops playing long enough to announce to everyone withing 20 feet how much he loves that amp.  Once again.....I DON'T CARE!

I then find the ONLY 7-string guitar in the place and plug it into one of those Line6/Bogner amps and started riffing.  I usually don't like burdoning others around me with loud playing, but I couldn't get any decent tone out of the thing, so I turned up a little.  After I got finished, said player then looks at me with that "so you can play" look.  Once again, I DON'T CARE!

I came away from that experience with 2 take-aways... 1) I'm definately NOT impressed with that Line6/Bogner amp.  and 2) I don't like going to Guitar Center.

....and to top it off, I arrived off the plane late Friday night, and IT WAS SNOWING!  It snowed on Saturday too!  It's mid April! ]]></description>
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			<title>NHL playoffs</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nhl_playoffs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sports wise, this is my favorite time of the year:  NHL playoffs.  Round one is ace since there are multiple games on every night.  Anyone else following the action of the greatest sport on the planet?  Anyone want give some picks?  I think we are looking at a Detroit/Dallas Western conference final and a Pittsburgh/Montreal Eastern conference final.  Who would have thought the Ducks would fall so soon?]]></description>
			<author>evol666</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Do You Recognize This Guy?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/do_you_recognize_this_guy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It could be our very own Satan.  Or it could just be a pretender.  In either case he should get an honorary membership...

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=db7ec0e5-2ac6-4d30-b096-3961ff510cf4&playlist=videoByTag:tag:viral:ns:Gallery:mk:us:sf:ActiveStartDate:vs:1&from=MSNHP&tab=m137&GT1=28114]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What is your favorite snack?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_is_your_favorite_snack</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bettermade BBQ Chips]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hormel Spam</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hormel_spam</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well.....do you like it or hate it]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Band Name for My Band</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/band_name_for_my_band</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am trying to think of a cool band name for my band. So, if you think of any cool names post em!]]></description>
			<author>Manbearpig</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Arthritis</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/arthritis</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For some time now I have had trouble with my right hand thumb. I have to constantly stop and bend the thumb to a fist shape so it will crack at the joint closest to the tip. I got a little rambunctious when I was twelve and tripped, accidentally, over another kid's feet. I landed right on the hand and sprained the thumb. I couldn't hold anything for at least two weeks.  I took it to my G.P. and he just shrugged it off. I fired him.  I will be seeing my new doctor in a few weeks.I have trouble holding on to picks, or holding them correctly. It's not painful...yet, but it really hinders my playing. If I don't stop to pop the joint, the grip I have on the pick just gets weaker. I have tried thumb picks, they help to some degree. Warm ups help, but it doesn't do away with the problem. I would think that many of you have these issues with the joints, and tendons in your hands, especially since most of you push your dexterity limit to the maximum on a daily basis. Any suggestions?]]></description>
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			<title>myspace/facebook/etc for music promotion</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/myspacefacebooketc_for_music_promotion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am aware many of you have myspace and other accounts for "promoting" your music. Does it work? Is it worth it? Does anyone have a bunch of those free pages?

I have been considering it for a while now for my studio, having a myspace or facebook page. I guess what the question is, is t worth the trouble? How are they for customization?]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Excuse me Miss...  We need a closer look at those!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/excuse_me_miss__we_need_a_closer_look_at_those</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Airline travel is getting more and more difficult.  For some...

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSREE85411920080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pandora</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pandora</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My friend just got me onto Pandora Internet Radio... www.pandora.com
I feel kind of stupid for not using it before, since I had heard of it before he told me how to use it.
Anybody else listen to music via Pandora?]]></description>
			<author>Zak</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>They were in a drunken stupor when they passed this law!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/they_were_in_a_drunken_stupor_when_they_passed_this_law</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Get on the bus, now get back off, now get on again.  Thanks for your cooperation!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Craigslist gone Psycho</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/craigslist_gone_psycho</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Man, this bites big-time!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Identity Theft , Paranoia is good</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/identity_theft__paranoia_is_good</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
It's kind of funny , everyone I know laughs at me for being as paranoid as I am . However today because of my need to have several bank accounts I still have all my money . I have a separate checking account not attached to anything with any real money , which is the one I use for all my online purchasing , ebay ,paypal,  anything mail order etc.
I simply take enough money from my real accounts and deposit it in this one when I want to buy something . I also have this account set up to notify me via email if the balance ever drops below $50 . Today when I got up I got an email informing me my balance was in the neg 462.77 . So when the bank opened I called them and went down there . There are over $1700 pending in charges to my account set to got through Monday morning . So I removed all of my money except 1 penny ,canceled my overdraft protection to insure the account can not go into the red and get me fines of $25 for each trans below $0 , and canceled my debit card for the account so no more charges can be pending between now and then . I just have to go through the steps to open a new account now and reattach it to anything that is automatically withdrawn . While this is irritating to say the least I did catch it before anything really damaging took place . 
A woman I worked with was already out $75000 before she knew what was going on .  She had to put a freeze on all her assets  until they could sort out everything . 
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			<author>Hackbastard</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>man foils proposal....big time</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/man_foils_proposalbig_time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i just saw a story on yahoo about a guy who put his girlfriends $12,000.00 engagement ring in a helium balloon and let it slip out of his hands. he hasnt seen it since. what a dumbass!]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>good tabs</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/good_tabs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hay guyz!  I'm looking for a good tab of All The Small Things (Blink182 i think??)

help!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Some ways to get money</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/some_ways_to_get_money</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'd like you to share here some ways of getting money, 
wheter those ways are related or not to guitars/music.

Just post some ideas to show everyone else.]]></description>
			<author>RuiOlasBrandon 's</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Running out of time</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/running_out_of_time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It seems like I am running out of time in the day to practice my guitar  is anyone except me having this problem 

what are some scheduling tips that you have that can remedy this]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>THIS is Robert Downey Jr.??????  Impressive!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_robert_downey_jr__impressive</link>
			<description><![CDATA[But there seems to be a backlash because a white actor is playing a black character.  I say, yawn!  I'm black and I got no beef with this.  I'd be interested in seeing this movie.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title> Idea of guitar web-site, need your opinion</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/idea_of_guitar_website_need_your_opinion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alright, might not be right place in this forum to ask, but I'm just seeking for some feedback for www.Songsterr.com, a guitar service for playing, learning, and singing online. Right now it's just proof of concept of future site. It has 9 songs to choose from and gives a feeling of what it is like to control guitar playback of song using keyboard. In fact an experience from playing a song using Songsterr is quite close to one delivered by a real guitar.

I think that we can build something useful based on this prototype but we really need some feedback now to make a decision on the future of the project.

It is really up to you now to define Songsterr's future. Thanks in advance!]]></description>
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			<title>New here ummm yeah</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/new_here_ummm_yeah</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I'm bored tonight, the wifes watching American Idle, I Googled "guitar" and yep, here I am. I have had my guitars stored away for many years, (I don't know what I was thinking). I am all of the sudden going guitar crazy. I've busted out the les Paul, the Takamini, and even the 64 Gibson J-45. I am rusty but wouldn't say I suck. I play a little of everything but have a new fascination for slide guitar. I've tuned a couple of my guitars to open E and bought a couple slides. I guess that's about it for now. Thanks for having me. ]]></description>
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			<title>gun control?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/gun_control</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i am a gun owner, and i have very strong opinions about gun laws. im curious about how everyone here feels about it. it really pisses me of when these dickhead politicians talk about how we can avoid crime by passing laws to restrict gun owners. some want to do away with concealed handgun permits, some want to stop selling handguns completely, some would even like to see a ban on all guns. it is beyond comprehension for me to understand how we are going to reduce crime by taking guns out of the hands of decent, law abiding citizens. drug dealers and gang members dont have concealed weapon permits. the crack head down the street didnt buy his gun at the sporting goods store, he got it from some other crack head. 

some guy on tv was talking about mandatory trigger locks. now if somebody breaks into my house in the middle of the night and my safety is in jeopardy, i dont think im gonna have time to say " excuse me just a minute while i remove my trigger lock "  hahaha

there have been more and more shootings in the news. shouldnt that make you think about what you would do if your life were in danger? 

you could intentionally drive into a crowd and kill a bunch of people with your car if you wanted to, but does that mean we should ban automobiles? 

go to youtube.com and watch the video from " texas monthly talks " where ted nugent is talking with evan smith about the 2nd amendment. you cant deny that he is right. 


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			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Americans aren't the only ones with weight problems</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/americans_arent_the_only_ones_with_weight_problems</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh my.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>great rock picks</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/great_rock_picks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[cool yea these are pictures not picks you play with]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>this is kinda cool</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_kinda_cool</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is kinda cool]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
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			<title>Cute little Knut ain't so cute anymore!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cute_little_knut_aint_so_cute_anymore</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're been an internet news junkie, you know how everyone raved over how cute little Knut was.  Well, Knutt is a Polar Bear!  He ain't so cute, and ain't little no-mo!  LOL!!!!
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>boredom- your &quot;itunes/music player&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/boredom_your_itunesmusic_player</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So... I happen to be proud of the amount of music ive collected over the years, although i know alot of you will have alot more than i do(i think)

so this is not a competition just a comparison of our big/small libraries of music, and just to pass the boredom by.


Format:

Program:(itunes, windows media player, ect.)
amount of songs:(obviously how many songs you have)
time of all songs added together:(if it says)
Longest song:
Most played song:(if it says)
Anything else you have to add:



Well here we go heres mine

Program:Itunes

amount of songs:about 10,000
time of all songs added together:30 days 
Longest song: "Lonesome Whistle Blues" by Bob Dylan(33:08)
Most played song: "My life inside your heart" By Rise against(5043 times, god i love that song)
Anything else you have to add:
Curious to see what you guys have :)
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			<author>Cargen</author>
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			<title>fattys united</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/fattys_united</link>
			<description><![CDATA[is any body else here a fatty]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HAHAHA!!!!!  They say airline mistreated them because they're so pretty!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hahaha__they_say_airline_mistreated_them_because_theyre_so_pretty</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!  So young, so delusional!  They belong on MTV!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I would like to invite everyone over for a visit.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_would_like_to_invite_everyone_over_for_a_visit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the spam. I deleted it. I didn't realize I was spamming the board at the time I posted it.





___________________________________________________

toddyvols.ecrater.com]]></description>
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			<title>LOL!  Can anyone detect what's wrong with this picture?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lol__can_anyone_detect_whats_wrong_with_this_picture</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was amusing myself reading about flat-fatima and I came upon this.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>independent guitar teaching and taxes</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/independent_guitar_teaching_and_taxes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So all I do is give guitar lessons to 11 people, and I volunteer at a center for the poor to which i get an occasional stipend.

I am not another person's dependent and I live with a room mate.

The thing is...I'm completely under the american poverty line. I make about 700 a month where the line is  $9,393 a year (2003)

I am not under an employer, as i just give guitar lessons at my parents' house. but, i travel there once a week (about 25 bucks to travel there and back via train)

how do i do all this?]]></description>
			<author>johnmarkh</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Sometimes, the media have no clue how stupid they can be</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/sometimes_the_media_have_no_clue_how_stupid_they_can_be</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rant alert!!!!

I was listening to the radio and ABC News had their top of the hour report.  The guy reporting said there was an earthquake in Nevada.  He said, although this guy was in a brothel, on this subject, he has some creditity when he reported the earthquake lasted about 1 minute.  So let me get this straight.  Just because a guy is in a brothel, he has no credibility on any other subject?  And on that thought, what about when he leaves the brothel?  Does he *suddenly* get his credibility back because he's no longer in the brothel?

-End Rant]]></description>
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			<title>Video game suggestion</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/video_game_suggestion</link>
			<description><![CDATA[from yalls suggestion what game should i play, i just finished Fable:lost chapters for the 80th time, i need something new. Same kind of game maybe? i dunno i may just pick up KOTOR or something, but i wanted yalls opinion first. and it needs to be for the PC.]]></description>
			<author>Cargen</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>World Of Warcraft</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/world_of_warcraft</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone else addicted to this? lol]]></description>
			<author>Zombre</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pizza...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pizza</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what kind of Pizza do you guys like??

i jus finished a mid-day-friday-after-school pizza. it was great. 
but my fave pizzas are:
1: American, Pizza Express style
2: ham and pinapple

how bout you? ]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Happy singles awareness day everyone!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/happy_singles_awareness_day_everyone</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So it's that time of year again, when people in love go broke trying to impress their significant other, and people who are single go nuts from being reminded just how single they are!!

I am definitely in the latter group. First time in a while too...kind of sucks but meh. Life in general is good so I can't complain too much ;)]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I'm not dead...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/im_not_dead</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm just really really sick. My huband has acute bronchitis, my son has the flu, and I have a sinus infection. I know. So, if anyone was wondering where I've been (SATAN), I'm just at home recuperating. I ran to the library to post this. LoL. Miss you all.]]></description>
			<author>MizzLizzBeck</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Woman Sues Best Buy $54 Million for Lost Laptop</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/woman_sues_best_buy_54_million_for_lost_laptop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here we go again!  (rolls eyes)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>skating</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/skating</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anybody here skate let me know]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>This is scary.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_scary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This makes me sick to my stomach.  It looks likely that the telecom companies will be getting retroactive immunity.  All that needs to happen is for the House to pass it.  With the spineless leadership (I use that term loosely), it will most likely pass.  Hey, if the president says it's legal, DO NOT QUESTION IT.

If this doesn't put us one step closer to all out fascism, I don't know what else does.]]></description>
			<author>evol666</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>JFK has a love-child?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/jfk_has_a_lovechild</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If it's true, this would be no suprise.  Well, based on his picture, there could be a relation.  He's asked for some Kennedy DNA to perform a test.  We'll see what happens.  If he's JFK's son, he just hit paydirt!  cha-ching!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Awesome embed player</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/awesome_embed_player</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Soundclick made a new embed widget. I'm loving it!]]></description>
			<author>ibzRG</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>He taught HS for 17 years, but he couldn't read</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/he_taught_hs_for_17_years_but_he_couldnt_read</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How could this have happened?  The system is broke!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The $2 billion fallout from the writer's strike</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_2_billion_fallout_from_the_writers_strike</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The writers are expected to be back to work by wednesday, but based on what I've been reading, and especially from this article, I suspect even though the strike will end, there will be many, many hard feelings over this event.  And I suspect the writers union will take the lionshare of the criticism.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>NASCAR</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/nascar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well as you might have guessed, i am a nascar fan. right now im watchin the bud shootout. anybody here into racing? should be an exciting season coming up.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>dumbasses</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dumbasses</link>
			<description><![CDATA[im workin rescue tonight, like i often do on weekends. just a few mins ago im sittin here at the computer desk and i hear a loud bang on the door and then a rattling sound in the parking lot. when i went to investigate, i found someone had thrown a beer bottle at the door as they drove by. now i like beer myself but you would have to be a real jackass to do that. why do people have to do shit like that? it looks like it could have hit my vehicle but so far i havent spotted any damage. its nice to know that if i have to go out on a rescue call later, im sharing the road with some drunk dickhead.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Computer Problems (Internet Stops)</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/computer_problems_internet_stops</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone know anything about computers?  I have a problem that I can't figure out.

A co-worker gave me his laptop because he is frustrated with it.  Once you boot it up you can browse the internet for about 10 minutes then the internet just stops.  

You can ping IP addresses but not load web pages.  Any browser used (IE or Fire Fox) will display an error message that says the page failed to load.

The computer is a Dell Inspiron 1150 with XP Home.  It has a broadcom internal lan card and is hard wired to a cable modem.

If you reboot the computer you are good for about another 10 minutes, then you have to reboot again, and again, and again... forever.

I have tried thus far,
- re-installing network card drivers (from dell and manufacturer)
- uninstalling all un-necessary internet related software
- antivirus scan
- spyware removal
- used the windows xp sinsock fix tool
- tcpip optomiser
- reset the mtu to 576 and later tried 1500
- flushed the dns 
- disabled power management features of the lan card (and wireless card that I'm not using) [wireless card has same problem]
- Manually input figures for TCPIP, DNS, and Wins servers

That's all I can recall.  I'm about to give up on this laptop...
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			<author>JTC</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Anybody seen Satan?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anybody_seen_satan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I miss him.]]></description>
			<author>MizzLizzBeck</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Unborn twins saves mother's life.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/unborn_twins_saves_mothers_life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pretty cool.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>I.C.T Coursework</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/ict_coursework</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok my ict coursework involves fixing a problem using a computer program. they are just everyday programs.
i chose a guitar store. im going to use Microsoft excel to sort out stock in a guitar store. so monitoring types of guitar in stock, and being able to group all the guitars in a section, eg fender/gibson/dean etc. it would mean grouping things into groups for flying Vs, explorers double necks etc. so thats where i need your help. i need help in finding a good way to sort guitars into groups. i tried looking on the net, but what i really need is just a simple list of guitar types.
a HUGE thanks to anyone who helps. I'd really appreciate it]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>WOW WHAT A GAME!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/wow_what_a_game</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow what a game. I can't believe the Giants pulled it off. What a nail biter that was.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>coffee ?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/coffee_</link>
			<description><![CDATA[who likes coffee and how? i like just a plain old store brand or folgers, maxwell house, ect. with nothing. just black, average strength.

and yes, this post was produced out of boredom. im working rescue on what is so far a slow night.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>official super bowl thread</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/official_super_bowl_thread</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok. super bowl time is upon us. i know there are some nfl fans here so here is a thread to post all of our predictions and thoughts on the game. i am interested in how everybody feels about it. im having a hard time making a prediction just yet, but i dont think it will be the pats in a blowout like many are saying. im expecting it to be at least somewhat close. the pats do have one of the best offenses of all time. you cant argue much with that, but the giants defense have been playing very well so you never know.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Worst Building In History</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_worst_building_in_history</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Leave it up to the North Koreans to build this monstrosity!  The locals call it "The Hotel of Doom"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>French Homework...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/french_homework1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Right...my french homework is to wirite an essay about music i like. BUT, yes there is a but.. i hate learning french it n jus cant wait to stop. so basically i agreed to do a homework, but what i really wanna do is spend most of the words on music genres. 
so saying something like: J'aime la metal, heavy metal, metal noir, soft rock, hard rock etc. 
and so taking up most of the essay space :D

so can u dudes give me a bunch of other genres, particularly in the rock world? :P
thanks lol]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>French Homework...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/french_homework</link>
			<description><![CDATA[okie dokie let me write this again lol. my french homework is to write an essay about the music i like. since i hate french, and the teacher knows that, i agreed to do just one homework, ''since its on the things i love''. anyway, im not gonna write a freaking essay, so, wat i want to do, is take up all the word with music genres. eg: J'aime la metal, thrash metal, metal noir, soft rock, hard rock etc
so can u guys give my a bunch of different music genres, particularly in the rock world.
thanks :D]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Idiot &quot;Guitar Tech&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/idiot_guitar_tech</link>
			<description><![CDATA[*Warning* the following may contain material that resembles that of a rant. 


Ok so i decided to take my Takamine acoustic into Tom Lee Music Store to get the frets redone, get the neck set up, and the nut glued back in. Its a chain music store here in canada similar to guitar center. They told me that they had a profesional guitar tech who would be in next week. So i handed the guitar over to the guy at the counter. He looks at the guitar and tells me that HE can reglue the nut. I asked him why doesnt the guitar tech do it while he does the setup and refretting. He convinces me he is quaified to simply glue a nut in. I let him and look at pedals while he does it. He takes off the lid of kazy glue (the big lid, so theres a half inch opening) dumps gle all over the front and sides of he nut and spils it on hi hand and the table. By this time im like woah dude, but he puts it on dripping glue all over the headstock and neck. He aso puts the nut in an ighth of an inch out. Wow i got pissed. i told him to wipe it of, so he ties and it doesnt come off. When i talk to the manager he mutters "oh. jeez." and walks away. I got kinda rude and said "that beter be all off when i get that guitar back, or your going to owe me a new, VERY expensive guitar!!!" They told me it wold be but can you get krazy glue off without wrecking the finish? 

I'm not sure what this guy was smoking, or mom was smoking, cause he was the biggest moron ever. Turns out he was on cash pa working part time on wekends. HE was nowhere near qualified to do guitar repairs. Come to think of it i could of done a way beter job regluing a frickin nut than him. 

So next time im taking it directly  the source, to the professional guitar tech. Im sure this comes with the territory, so have any of you experienced something like this?
and does anyone know if its gonna be possible for them to remove the krazy glue from the guitar without wrecking the finish?




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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>anyone from or know brooklyn well?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone_from_or_know_brooklyn_well</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hey does anyone know how far that venue called Warsaw in williamsburg is from that bedford ave subway stop on the L train comin from manhattan? or is there another stop on that train closer]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Awesome music video - must see!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/awesome_music_video__must_see</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is what I call talent!  Check this song!  I especially like the chorus!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Midnight Guitar.com</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/midnight_guitarcom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am writing this at about 1:00 am, how many of you have just stayed up all night looking at guitar.com? I find it amazing how I can look for hours and never get bored.]]></description>
			<author>Joe</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Going to Vegas!!! Kind of...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/going_to_vegas_kind_of</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I'm only going to Wendover NV. But it's still Nevada, 24 hour drinking and casinos and a jacuzzi in my room! I'm running up my credit card because my tax return is big enough to pay it off up to my limit, so there's gonna be a whole lot of partying and perhaps some baby-making going on. And, it's only a 2 hour drive from home, so if I have to escape legal action, it will be easy. :o) I'll miss you all until next Monday. Sorry I've been missing for the past 2 weeks. My son and I both got really sick, and now that we're better, it's time for a vacation. Oh, and don't worry, the boy is staying with Grandma while I'm gone...I'm not a negligent mother. I'm rambling. Bye!]]></description>
			<author>MizzLizzBeck</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Math Problem</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/math_problem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can anyone show me how to simplify this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

It's number 10 on the exam i dont know how to do. 
]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>modern marvels</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/modern_marvels</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anybody else here who likes to watch modern marvels? i think some of them are great.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Stupid apartment complex!! GRRRR!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/stupid_apartment_complex_grrrr</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok so I always pay my rent BEFORE it's due...by at least 5 days. I also pay enough extra to cover any sewage or garbage disposal or whatever fees.

So...I come home today to find a note on my door stating that they have put 2 previous notes on my door asking me to pay up. The grand total I owe? $3.36. Yeah. Three measley dollars. The note says, and I quote:

"We have tried to contact you on Jan 9 and Jan 16 and have received no response from you. (This is a lie...if it was notes, they were never on my door. If it was a phone call, my phone has no record of it. Either phone actually. No emails either). This note is to inform you that if you do not pay your outstanding balance of $3.36, you will receive a 24-hour eviction notice on Sat., Jan 26. (I received this note on Friday the 25th after having spent the past 4 weeks in San Antonio. I come back on weekends, which is how I know there was never a note)."

First off, I have NEVER been late on a payment with them. Second, it's 3 freakin' dollars!! Finally, they claim to have contacted me on the 9th and the 15th which is a total lie. They have my phone number I KNOW because they called me when a package was delivered to the front office for me. But they don't call when I allegedly owe them money!? 

When I go in tomorrow morning, I am speaking to the manager. This is absolutely ridiculous.]]></description>
			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
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			<title>The Best Fightscene Ever</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_best_fightscene_ever</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The action so intense, the fighting so realistic, all without the use of special effects! Enjoy]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Oh yea, don't surf for porn while at work.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/oh_yea_dont_surf_for_porn_while_at_work</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Don't ever say I didn't warn you.]]></description>
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			<title>If she wants to be treated like a pet dog, it's her right.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_she_wants_to_be_treated_like_a_pet_dog_its_her_right</link>
			<description><![CDATA[But then again, if she and her "owner" choose a lifestyle WAY out of the norm, then they musn't be surprised if others react strongly.


....it comes with the territory, get use to it baby, uh I mean fido.]]></description>
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			<title>Anyone like tattoos?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone_like_tattoos</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about this for a while and I think I am going to get a tattoo. I do not know what will be tattooed on me, where I will get it done, and if I will regret it later on in my life when my skin is sagging off of my body. I do think they can be very meaningful and tell a story, when done properly. So, putting no label on the guitarists of the world, I thought this might be a good place to get some decent advice. What I should avoid, what I need to look for in an artist, what body parts hurt the most(which matters a lot to me), how much it typically costs, etc...

Thanks!]]></description>
			<author>Natasha</author>
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			<title>Presidential Paintball!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/presidential_paintball</link>
			<description><![CDATA[TheSmokingGun.com is pretty critical of this game.  And at first I thought the game was over the line too.  But once I played it, I think it's harmless.  It's a PAINTBALL game.  And kinda fun too!  Waddya think?]]></description>
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			<title>Hey Billy bob, Jim Dandy is coming after ya...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_billy_bob_jim_dandy_is_coming_after_ya</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LOL!!!!  This may be fun.]]></description>
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			<title>Amy Winehouse on crack?  NO!!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/amy_winehouse_on_crack__no</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One wonders if she's trying to win a Darwin Award.

Pretty sad, pretty pathetic.]]></description>
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			<title>MTV...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mtv</link>
			<description><![CDATA[is it just me, or has mtv bloody gone nuts?! i remember back in the day, when there was i bigger variety of music on it, but now its totally hiphop and RNB based.
am i just going crazy or is mtv not what it used to be?]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
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			<title>update on: rant about my truck.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/update_on_rant_about_my_truck</link>
			<description><![CDATA[a while back i posted about my truck and probs i had with it. well i have now traded for another one and i wanted to see if anybody has any input. i now have a 2001 silverado reg cab 4x4, with 42,000 miles on it. so far i like it pretty good, i was just wondering if anybody else has one and how it has held up for you. ]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Newest Darwin Award Inductee - and two honorable mentions</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/newest_darwin_award_inductee__and_two_honorable_mentions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I suspected this was the case, but I didn't post until now because the facts weren't in.  But now I can post one important admonition.

Never, I mean NEVER get high and get drunk, enter a zoo, climb on a railing and taunt the tiger.  Something bad might happen.  But the one exonerating factor was the tiger pen's wall was 4 feet too short.  But I have to still maintain thousands of people passed by that same tiger pen with no incident, maybe because they didn't taunt the tiger?  Also, it appears, the tiger may have had a mean streak beaus she bit a trainer's arm a year before.  But I still maintain, don't get drunk and get high, then climb on a railing and taunt the tiger.

....the gene pool has now been thinned out a little.]]></description>
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			<title>heres a vid clip....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/heres_a_vid_clip</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is a clip from a couple years ago, when we played at the bass players folks house the day of the fireworks in groton, ct. its in my profile aswell]]></description>
			<author>inablackout</author>
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			<title>SATAN is evil</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/satan_is_evil</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SATAN is an evil entity. He is not human. He is evil to his core.

But I am pure goodness. My quest is to rid SATAN from this site and the world for the good of mankind. 

If I were to come face to face with him, I would lance his heart with my SG for it is my Excalibur. (I had better do it soon because there are only 2 Michelob's left in my 12 pack)

You are going down SATAN!

]]></description>
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			<title>Terrifying the Grandson...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/terrifying_the_grandson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm going to be gone for a few days.  My daughter and her husband are heading to Mexico for their first vacation since the grandson was born, 21 months ago.  I get to take care of the grandson for the next week.

Normally, this would be something to look forward to.  After all, I was the first person to get him to laugh.  Nice, big, belly laughs.  Since then, however, it's all been downhill.  Every time he sees me he gets this look on his face and just starts screaming.  He's fine with the wife, my kids, (his uncles,) his other grandparents too.  (Though he doesn't want to go to his father's mother.  He's just aloof with her.  He screams at me!)

Now that he's adding words to his vocabulary, (he's been taught sign language and has been using that, in a limited fashion, for about 10 months,) he's added screaming "NO!" continuously as he expresses his distaste for me.  On Christmas, as he sat there screaming "NO" I asked him if he wanted a present.  He managed to get out a single "YES," and reached out for it, but never changed his tone and went right back to the "NO's."

It's going to be very interesting indeed.

The good thing about all this is that he LOVES music.  I bought his dad an acoustic guitar last Christmas.  (Told him that MY grandson shouldn't be listening to the piece of crap he had as a guitar and he agreed.)  So...  I've got the 12 string packed up and will be able to sit down for the next few days and play.  (Something I haven't done since last October.  I've been playing the drums for some recordings in the studio, so have been putting my efforts there.)

So, I'm going to get some well needed practice and callous development, and the grandson will get to listen between his screams.]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>Whose watching Idol tonight?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/whose_watching_idol_tonight</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am!  This season, the singers are allowed to use instruments for the first time.  And with the writers strike going on, ratings are expected to soar.]]></description>
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			<title>Please help identify this bizarre piece of music!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/please_help_identify_this_bizarre_piece_of_music</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone into noise music -....or anyone into anything at all please help!!! Does anyone have ANY idea's about what type of genre, or artist this may be of?? I'm working on this for a academic scavenger hunt and we really need help! http://www.sou.edu/youth/competitions/hs_scav_music/av_3_audio.mp3]]></description>
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			<title>Cartoons - then and now</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cartoons__then_and_now</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So, as I watched a few episodes of transformers season 2 [G1] I thought about the cartoons they have nowadays... I have nephews and a niece and 2 godchildren and they watch things like bob the builder, poke/digimon, beyblades, calliou etc. I'm glad they're too old for Tele Tubbies and all that other stuff. Does anyone think that the "violence" of the cartoons I/you watched as a youngster affected you in a positive or negative way? I watched things like Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Batman, GI Joe and Looney Tunes. My girlfriend watched Transformers, Jem, My Little Pony, Carebears, Thundercats... 

I honestly think the fight between good and evil were a positive influence, due to the good guys generally being out manned and out gunned, but had the determination to step up to the challenge. And I learned that some people are just assholes... FogHorn LegHorn, for example always telling the dog to shut up and then slapping him. And some people just don't like to wear clothes [anyone seen the original Felix cartoons?]

My godson was over and was crying about something so I put on Thundercats for him [I own all the "classics" on dvd now] and his first word was Thunder.

In general, I find people that missed the boat on these cartoons [younger than me 5+ years] way more overly-sensitive than "my generation" and before. I personally think that it has to do with the television programming I was brought up with - not that I was a couch potato but each and every half hour a lesson was learned - and knowing is half the battle. 

Anyone else have any thought on this? Thundercats, Ho!]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>Brother and sister got married by mistake</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/brother_and_sister_got_married_by_mistake</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't understand this.  They happen to be twins, separated by birth. 

"Hey, we were born on the same day!  What a coincidence!"
"And we even kinda look alike, wow isn't that cool?"
"Yea, let's get married!"]]></description>
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			<title>&quot;What are you doing here?&quot;: man asks wife at brothel</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_are_you_doing_here_man_asks_wife_at_brothel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees.

<insert clichéd pun here>]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>1st step for a real live matrix scenario.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/1st_step_for_a_real_live_matrix_scenario</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Actually, that New Zeland person who converts body fat to energy is the 1st step, this one is the 2nd step.  A scary new world on the horizon!]]></description>
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			<title>DONT DO THIS......</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dont_do_this</link>
			<description><![CDATA[have any of you ever taken the new hydroxycut hardcore??? well i just popped 3 of thoase bad boys with a coca cola, and im not sure if i am , i mean, i cant even think straight im so hopped up on caffeinE!!! i feel like running and never ever stopping. i was playing the guitar right after i took them and i was doing some arpeggio stuff, but had to stop when i thought i was going to break the damn neck off of the thing. i just looked up a couple forums on it and there were some positive ones, but there was actually one that was titled "hydroxycut almost killed me on thanksgiving" this dude went to the hospitol with seizures after he took the dosage and drank a couple maountain dews./......... my god, i am going to be up for a long long time and i dont know what to do, hopefully i will calm down soon enough to start playing guitar.....seems like a good time to write a speed metal song.......]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>Future Profile Video...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/future_profile_video</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've never recorded myself on guitar, and I'm thinking of doing something to put on G.com. 
i was thinking of copying this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYwwvWiCi8
its Kirk Hammett showing riffs from master of puppets. i can play all the riffs from the vid apart from Damage, Inc. 
think its a good idea?]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
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			<title>I Actually Feel Bad for This Telemarketer</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_actually_feel_bad_for_this_telemarketer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This lady is freaking nuts!]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Free Air Guitar</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/free_air_guitar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Good for a chuckle. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Find Out How Long You'll live</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/find_out_how_long_youll_live</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cool map listing average life expectancies according to country. Of course statistics mean nothing to the individual but this basically means that Zombre will live roughly 3 years longer than us Americans!]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Jesco White</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/jesco_white</link>
			<description><![CDATA[anybody heard of him? he has been around a while but i have just recently discovered that his story is quite hilarious.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Whats the bigget amp you've ever seen</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/whats_the_bigget_amp_youve_ever_seen</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm just wondering what the biggest amp you've ever seen is. Dont say that you saw a wall of amps at a concert i'm talking about 1 single amp. i've seen a 200 watt beast before. this thing was huge.]]></description>
			<author>Manbearpig</author>
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			<title>Movie With BLACH SABBATH SONG!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/movie_with_blach_sabbath_song</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DUDES!! new movie called Iron Man is coming out in may! chek out the trailer - www.ironmanmovie.com
about half way through, i think that you Sabbath fans will be really happy, as was i ... n_n
(trailer is totally cool!)]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
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			<title>Anger Control</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anger_control</link>
			<description><![CDATA[slightly random (which is why its offbeat :P ), but how do you guys control your anger? 
see I've got a prob with anger, and sometimes my guitar helps me get my mind off it, other times if its serious, nothing helps. the reason I'm posting it on Gcom, is coz 1:I've gotten to know a few of the regulars, and i know ur actually decent ppl, and 2: every1 i talk to just says ''just talk about it, it will make you feel better''. but wen your so angry that you shake and cant control your body from hurting itself, talking doesn't really do much lol. 

PS: if SATAN answers, make it from ur human form lol

thanks guys]]></description>
			<author>Savva_Rhythm</author>
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			<title>Hey Bloke!  Party 'til ya drop!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hey_bloke__party_til_ya_drop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[They are all mashed!]]></description>
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			<title>New Years - what did you do?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/new_years__what_did_you_do</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My new years eve plans - I worked for a ridiculous amount of money. I was head sound at a local community centre and wow did they ever over pay me. I wasn't told what was going on, so basically I came over prepared. There was like 2 mics and a cd player. I just had to make sure nothing fed back or exploded and start the tunes... and I just sat there and watched some childrens' entertainers, clowns, a magic show, and a dance group. It was easily the easiest time i've had working on a mixing board. That is, after I had it all patched up...

   The "mix position" wasn't bad, and it was obvious they hired someone in-the-know to design the room to sound great. And were out of money for a PA system. I actually was working with the house board which wasn't bad, a Midas Venice. But the rest of the PA - literally this is true - used to be a paging system in a supermarket. And it was in mono. There was a small stage built in front of the real stage because there was a band with their own sound man on the big stage. After I was done doing the entertainment, they would come on and do the music.

   The mix was in mono with a speaker built into the wall right above the mini-stage they had constructed, pointing down at an angle towards the audience. Try explaining feedback to a clown. She insisted her mic [a wireless mini condenser] be clipped to her tie, looking up at her carny mouth  [and the speaker] instead of down out oh her wig at the floor or even behind her ear into the audience. So she wasn't nearly as loud as everyone else and I was riding the edge of feedback all night [she was the "MC" as well as an entertainer]. She complained and wouldn't listen to my reasoning. And of course she switched her mic on and off whenever she wanted to , making the PA pop a number of times. Another point worth mentioning was the input jack on the wall where I plugged in the mixer had.... a volume knob... weird.

   Anyway, after I was done and packing up the  band opened up the loudest, most horrible feedback you have ever heard. I of course looked at my board to make sure it wasn't me, and yeah of course I'd never leave a fader up or unmuted but I checked anyway and nope. It was fine. And then their band "manager" runs up to me screaming stuff at me VERY rudely. "Kid, turn your fuckin faders down! You're ruining the show!".   FYI I am younger than I look [26 this month and still get id'd for video games bearing the 17 mark]. Anyway I sent him away after explaining more politely than I should have that it was his sound man.

   literally a few minutes later the feedback was still going... I walked over to where there was two of them looking confused at the board... so I told them for an apology I'd fix it. Heh. I pulled down some faders on the graphic eq and bam. Hero. Exciting day, 12 hours from 10:30 to 10:30 -12 hours making $39 an hour, and home in time to ring in the new year.




~

   And then yesterday some buddies came out from where I used to live to give me my housewarming present. They helped me frame most of the walls in the studio. So that was my new years... anyone else wanna share some stories?
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			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>short rant</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/short_rant</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just as I was feeling better and in the mood to pick up the guitar after over a week of break and finish a tune or two that belong in the past year, my soundcard decided to play monkey games with me and I'm not down with that. The left line-in channel is dead and I can't record at proper level using only the right one.

Now where did I leave that thor-hammer???]]></description>
			<author>ibzRG</author>
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			<title>There's a writers strike going on - has anyone noticed?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/theres_a_writers_strike_going_on__has_anyone_noticed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, at first, I was disappointed I would not be treated to new episodes of The Office, but that disappointment soon faded.  Now, the writers strike is now just a mere curiosity to me.  But my, (not very informed) take is there's a whole lot of dishonesty and greed afoot in this strike, and it seems the bad blood is with the studios.  The income streams for TV shows have now diversified and more income is drawn from the internet.  It seems improper to freeze out the writers from sharing in that new revenue.  Also, with all the *various* entertainment options we now have, pissing off the consumers of the legacy option is just bad business.  Recall the Major League Baseball strike in 1994, MLB never recovered to it's pre-strike glory.  Many came back, other's lost interest.  This is what I think will be the fate of the TV studios as a result of this strike.  I've already lost interest.
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			<title>OMG HI ALL</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/omg_hi_all</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have returned to Gcom after two years' absence. How fares ye olde miscery? I recognize Xark and Dcunning; any other old timers around?]]></description>
			<author>PatchworkMan</author>
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			<title>Anyone - cough - going to the - cough - Bejing Olympics? - choke - gasp - sputter</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/anyone__cough__going_to_the__cough__bejing_olympics__choke__gasp__sputter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[And everyone's mad at the US over the environment.  They're looking in the wrong direction.]]></description>
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			<title>does anyone else hate judge judy as much as i do?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/does_anyone_else_hate_judge_judy_as_much_as_i_do</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i am going to complain a little bit about a woman who i dont think should be on TV. hell, i dont think she should be in this COUNTRY!!! to sum it up,  i like her aboput as much as i like guitar center..... and we all know how much THAT is. anyone else feel the same way about this raging B*%&h?]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>&quot;Fired!&quot;  Right before Christmas.  What a Scrooge!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/fired__right_before_christmas__what_a_scrooge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I provided some sponsorship to a local performer, singer/songwriter, along with 16 hours in the studio for his "new CD."  You'd think he'd jump on that, but he's never been in the studio.  I have heard from him every few months over this time, but it's all talk, talk, talk...  I've also had many musicians in the studio over the same period.  Funny they would comment to me, "You're working with Tommy Thomas?  I'll never play with that man again!"  I'd explain that he was offered time, but had never been in the studio.  He would put my studio URL on all his advertising, no objection to that, and call to tell me he was "promoting" us to lots of groups.  Funny about that too...  I've never had a single group he directed to the studio.

This past fall, he started in telling me he had to get this done and that I should expect a check soon.  I blew that off as he's always just been talk, but damned if Saturday I didn't get an envelope in the mail containing a check!  Now, for a lot of struggling studios, this would be a great thing to get just before Christmas, but there was a problem...

In the envelope was his usual "full color flyer" promoting Tommy Thomas, and about 20 business cards.  These business cards were MY studio logo and layout just like my own company cards!  He'd even given himself an A&R title!  I told him on the phone that this was a problem and these cards needed to be immediately destroyed.  His response to that was, "Well then return the check!"  Now I'm really wondering what's going on?  He hasn't even been a client in the studio and the check was noted to be a deposit toward recording, made out to Clear Gravy Productions.  Add to that, he didn't write the check!  Multiple calls by Tommy, in an attempt to "repair" the situation, resulted in me just getting more disgusted with him.  In one call he says he sent me the cards for my "approval" and they had never been distributed.  I told him if I EVER see one I'll be suing for copyright infringement and misrepresentation.  (I'm checking with my lawyer to see how much it will cost to scare the hell out of him.  I figure it's worth it!)  In another call he says he handed out a "few" of them.  The lies were more than enough for me to immediately terminate the "relationship," but what about the check?

I called the lady who wrote the check for him.  Turns out she's a local "celebrity" of sorts and has done the commercials for a local car dealer for many years.  We had a nice talk and I told her I'd be returning the check to HER and NOT to Tommy as he requested.  She advised me that Tommy had represented himself as working for my studio and had initially asked her for $10,000 to record his CD.  She wouldn't pay him directly as he'd requested, but did consent to pay a deposit to the "company," MY company, directly.  (She did say that she paid him to get him to shut-up and get out of her face.  She seemed grateful that she now has a reason to never deal with him again!  Just like I do!!)

Long story short.  Bonnie gets a Merry Christmas as she didn't lose a dime.  Tommy's going to get what's coming to him.  I know...  I'm a Scrooge.  But I'm loving every minute of it!]]></description>
			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>Cool Comedian</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cool_comedian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[this is one of my favorite comedians check it out.  He has several other puppets, but this is one of my favorites. =P]]></description>
			<author>bradZILLA</author>
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			<title>Say it ain't so - Paris Hilton - Hockey Player?  It's true!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/say_it_aint_so__paris_hilton__hockey_player__its_true</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is no photoshop.  I promise to not poster about her again, but I had to share this!]]></description>
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			<title>Questionable Employees</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/questionable_employees</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Worst Employees of 2007
By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer 
 
They cheated, stole, scammed and assaulted. They lied, got arrested, used illegal drugs and committed lewd acts. No one is perfect – workers included – but even knowing that, you’ll be surprised at what you’re about to read. Here are some of the crazy stunts employees pulled throughout the year to make our list, “Worst Employees of 2007.” 


This year’s most awful employees…


Sell drugs at work
The founder of a California pot-lacing food factory was arrested on drug charges for conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana. He originally said he made his products for medical marijuana clubs in the state. The founder and three of his employees allegedly produced such marijuana-laced products as cookies, barbecue sauce, honey and soda. During an investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized pot-laced candy bars called Buddafingas and Stoners, which were wrapped in packages similar to Butterfingers and Snickers. (Source: The Associated Press, MSNBC.com)


Use drugs at work
An ambulance driver in West Virginia faces an impaired driving charge after he ran two red lights with a patient in the back of the ambulance. The driver allegedly forgot to turn on the lights and sirens of the ambulance, then failed a field sobriety test after he was pulled over. He went to jail on a charge of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, according to police authorities. (Source: The Associated Press, MSNBC.com)


Counterfeit DVDs
An employee at a Baltimore elections warehouse was charged with the possession, manufacturing and distribution of 415 illegally copied movie DVDs, including such recent releases as “Shrek the Third,” “The Nanny Diaries” and “3:10 to Yuma.” Authorities found the counterfeit DVDs at the elections warehouse and in the employee’s car and home. (Source: The Baltimore Sun)


Commit green card scams
A former federal immigration employee and his sister pleaded guilty to charging people between $8,000 and $16,000 to obtain green cards through fake marriages in New York. In return for money, the siblings prepared phony documents for customers to acquire marriage licenses and other legal documents. Americans were paid to participate in phony marriages with the customers. The siblings will spend about three years in prison and pay $1.5 million in fines. (Source: The Associated Press)


Embezzle mail
A former letter carrier pleaded guilty to embezzling and stealing mail from patrons along her route in Texas. The carrier was convicted after admitting to opening and removing such contents of mail as greeting cards and money for approximately one year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (Source: States News Service)


Forget about clients 
The last employee to leave a child’s day care center in Dallas accidentally left a 14-month-old girl locked inside alone; not realizing the child was still there. The girl was found safe and sound, according to police reports. (Source: The Associated Press)


In a separate incident, while a 73-year-old woman looked through her safe deposit box, employees of a California Bank of America accidentally locked her in the building, according to authorities. The cleaning person called police when she found the woman unconscious and cold to the touch. The woman apparently passed out because she hadn’t taken her diabetes medication. (Source: The Associated Press, MSNBC.com)


Use bad judgment
A former Chicago television reporter was videotaped with her two young children, wearing a swimsuit at the home of a man whose estranged wife has been missing since April 2007. The reporter said she was on her way to the pool with her kids when she received a call from the missing woman’s sister to come to the home to discuss the case with her.


Display violence on the clock … and off
An employee in England took matters into his own hands when he confronted his manager for wages he said he was owed. He opened a register and took the money, pushing his manager out of the way and allegedly punching her in the cheek. The employee pleaded guilty to theft and assault, saying he accepted pushing the bar manager but not punching her. (Source: Halifax Evening Courier)


An off-duty airline employee was arrested on assault charges after he sat down next to a woman trying to sleep and allegedly touched her inappropriately, according to an affidavit filed with a complaint from the woman. The employee was charged with simple assault and was suspended from the airline until further review of the incident. (Source: The Associated Press)


Finally, a man strangled his boss by putting him in a neck hold after an argument during a party in Alaska. The employee was charged with killing his boss, according to police. Apparently, the two were good friends, as well as co-workers, and they frequently roughhoused after a few drinks. (Source: Anchorage Daily News)


I love this one!  This happened just a couple blocks from my house in Frederick, CO!!!

Jog in the nude
A Catholic priest in Colorado went jogging one morning before sunrise – naked. The priest said that he didn’t think anyone would be around so early in the morning, and that he sweats profusely if he wears clothes while running because he’s heavyset, according to police reports. The priest was placed on administrative leave. (Source: TheDenverChannel.com)


Disobey orders
A bakery employee in Canada resisted an order to stay home from work while he was sick with salmonella poisoning. He was required to stay home until his tests came back negative, but he never submitted samples for testing and returned to work without permission. He was fined $1,000 and there’s no evidence customers became ill as a result of his negligence. (Source: CanWest News Service)


Don’t listen to complaints
An employee for the Department of Human Services in Oklahoma allegedly didn’t believe a 5-year-old girl who said she had been sexually abused while in foster care. The employee failed to report the claim because she said the little girl was prone to lying. Later, a teenage boy admitted to the crime, which resulted in a misdemeanor for the employee. (Source: The Associated Press, The Oklahoman)
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			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>It's the sunday before Christmas:What are you up to?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/its_the_sunday_before_christmaswhat_are_you_up_to</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'll go first. This way you can all see how friggin' drab my life is:

First of all, I woke up and ate a bowl of cheerios, while watching "Hellboy". I then did some coloring with my daughter (She's 3, coloring's a big deal!), and then I cleaned my basement, did some repairs on a section of insulation that was coming out. ( Ilstened to the Stray Cats and The Police all the while, so that's cool...)I may, or may not do some guitar stuff, but first and foremost, I think I need to get my studio area cleaned up, as it's a friggin' mess. I just can't gt into it when the place is messy, or even slightly disorganized...]]></description>
			<author>Zombre</author>
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			<title>I confess</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_confess</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I confess.

I am Billy Bob]]></description>
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			<title>This is different, women sexually assault footbal players!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/this_is_different_women_sexually_assault_footbal_players</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Who'da thunkit?]]></description>
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			<title>LOL!!  Michael Jackson goes shopping in disguise</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/lol__michael_jackson_goes_shopping_in_disguise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Perfect disguise to not draw attention to himself!  LOL!!!!!!]]></description>
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			<title>Fat People Will Fuel The Earth!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/fat_people_will_fuel_the_earth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Maybe, think of the possibilities!]]></description>
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			<title>if you were left with one thing....</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/if_you_were_left_with_one_thing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok, if you all of a sudden became homeless but you were able to have a guitar... any guitar, and for the rest of your life you were only able to play THAT guitar, what guitar would it be and why. i personally would play a martin 000 eric clapton signature acoustic. im not sure how many of you have ever played one, but for me, it just made me want to play music non stop..... it was a work of art, not because of complex detail or anything, but just the simplicity and sound. i am going to get one at some point, but i just baught a new taylor.... so not too soon.]]></description>
			<author>SATAN</author>
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			<title>What are you hoping to get for xmas?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/what_are_you_hoping_to_get_for_xmas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Me, I'm hoping for gift certificates to the hardware/lumber store to help me build my studio some more, rolls of wire for the wiring I need to do [ethernet, electricity, stereo audio].

Guitar wise I'd like a new multi guitar stand, it's getting too crowded on my warwick rockstand. And I'd really love a shure SM81 or a pair of shure KSM137's, my new favourite mic under $1k.]]></description>
			<author>eds1275</author>
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			<title>i have something to confess</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/i_have_something_to_confess</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have something to confess. Some of you may remember Zombre's little webcred "slip..."
i am taking full resposibility for it. Alright take your best shot. Let the crap hit the fan...]]></description>
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			<title>parties</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/parties</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what is the best party you have ever been to and you don't have to remember the whole thing]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
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			<title>live performers</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/live_performers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what are the best live performers that you have ever seen]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
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			<title>jobs</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/jobs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[what are your jobs every body cauz you post all day its got to be a great job]]></description>
			<author>pinsone</author>
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			<title>Guitar Hero???</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/guitar_hero</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I wanna know what you guys think of the game. Im personally addicted to it lol.]]></description>
			<author>the BIG Mac!</author>
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			<title>Man Drinks Liter of Vodka at Airport Line</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/man_drinks_liter_of_vodka_at_airport_line</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

My hero. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Pleasure Panties</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/pleasure_panties</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's a must read. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>The Emo Light Bulb</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/the_emo_light_bulb</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I make no judgment on the genre itself, but this was just too funny not to post. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Hearing Voices?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/hearing_voices</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A billboard for "Paranormal State," a ghost-themed series premiering on A&E this week uses technology manufactured by Holosonic that transmits an "audio spotlight" from a rooftop speaker so that the sound is contained within your cranium.
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			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Cops Charge Chick  for Criticizing Crapper</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cops_charge_chick__for_criticizing_crapper</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Man, you're not even safe in your own home anymore...

In October a police officer in Scranton, Pa., charged Dawn Herb with disorderly conduct after he passed her home and heard her, through an open window, cussing her toilet, which at the time was overflowing and leaking into the kitchen. Herb, and the American Civil Liberties Union, were incredulous. [Times-Tribune (Scranton), 10-16-07] 
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			<author>Xarkzila</author>
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			<title>Omaha Mall Shooting</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/omaha_mall_shooting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was at my office just 1/2 mile from the mall.  My daughter was at the mall at the time.  It was surreal.  It's totally shook up the whole community.  Sucks.  We learned the shooter had previous run-ins with the law, and he's made previous death threats on others, that was reported to the police.  The police didn't even follow up.  Talk about lost opportunities.]]></description>
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			<title>Presidential primaries</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/presidential_primaries</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just curious if anyone would like to share their predictions for each party?  I know the herd has not been thinned yet.  Anyone have a sleeper pick?  The last few primaries have not been as interesting due to one candidate jumping ahead early.  Remember '04?  Kerry won the first and it was all over.  I would like it to come down to the wire with both parties.  Let's see some blood!

On a side note, "fear and loathing on the campaign trail '72" has become my guide for this election.  
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			<author>evol666</author>
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			<title>Microsoft disabled potty-mouth Santa Bot</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/microsoft_disabled_pottymouth_santa_bot</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It seems Microsoft had a Santa Bot that seems to have some AI and chat with users in a contextual way.  Having said that, some people discovered they could steer the Santa Bot to discussions about sex and other things.]]></description>
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			<title>Man's Wedding Ring Saves His Life</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mans_wedding_ring_saves_his_life</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When armed robbers came into Donnie Register's antique shop in Jackson, Mississippi this weekend, pointing guns and demanding cash, Register threw his left hand in front of his face. One of the robbers fired a shot, hitting the shopkeeper on his wedding ring, which deflected the bullet away from his face, almost certainly saving his life.

Who says you can't have a life and be married?]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Submitted for your approval, the Wilhelm Scream</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/submitted_for_your_approval_the_wilhelm_scream</link>
			<description><![CDATA[....and now you know.  Go forth and impress your friend and neighbors with one more tidbit of useless trivia.]]></description>
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			<title>Mike Huckabee Plays Free Bird</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/mike_huckabee_plays_free_bird</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A presidential candidate actually plays in a band that plays Free Bird.

I just might vote for him so he could play it at his inauguration.

(I hope this thread does not get too deep into politics)]]></description>
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			<title>rant about my truck</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/rant_about_my_truck</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i am a fan of chevrolet cars/trucks. i have owned several and have had very good service from all of them with the exception of the one i currently own. i have a 2002 S-10 pickup. it is ext. cab, 4 x 4, v6, 5 speed, with power everything. it is comfortable and ( so far ) the engine has been dependable, but i have had lots of other probs.

past trouble - has been repaired:

- heat + a.c. controls quit working
- pass side window quit working
- seat handle broke
- door handle broke ( twice )
- door latch broke
remote oil filter lines leaking

current probs - in need of attention:

- ignition switch tries to stick in start position
- left rear shock busted
- drivers door hinges worn out, causes wind noise and leaks in rainy weather
- head liner coming loose
- wiper delay not working properly
- parking brake is out of adjustment
- dash has ALOT of rattles and squeaks
- center console is loose
- weather stripping below windows is loose

this truck had 19,000 miles on it when i bought it and didnt show signs of any of this shit. it still only has 51,000 on it and i have had all this trouble despite the fact that it has had a fairly easy life. im not that hard on it, and it has had regular service too. im getting ready to trade it in on something else. im just wondering if anybody else has had trouble like this. i had a 99 model S-10 and it was very dependable. i also had a 95 model full size chevrolet that was prob the best vehicle i have ever had, along with a few other chevys that i liked very well. im just curious as to why all of the sudden i get a lemon? damn it has been very annoying. ]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
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			<title>Other hobbies you're into...</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/other_hobbies_youre_into</link>
			<description><![CDATA[OK guys it's time for a new question...

What other non-guitar-related things are you into? And yes, anything studio-related = guitar-related for this thread...

Personally, I have 3 other BIG things that I do a lot beisdes guitar.
PAINTBALL - I mega-insanely-disproportianately love paintball. I have 4 markers and a 5th one that's in the process of being built. My first one was a Brass Eagle Stingray II Ice that's been modded like no other (have you ever seen a stingray with a regulator and e-trigger?). My second was a Tippmann 68 Carbine that I also modded a lot. My next one was a Spyder Xtra that I turned into a scenario mil-sim gun...it's currently in possession of my brother. My last one and personal fav is my Smart Parts Ion that I also modded to be a scenario mil-sim gun. The one I'm working on is another Ion (I loved the first one so much, I had to buy another!!) that I'm custom-building from the ground up.

CARS - I have 2 cars that I keep around, only one is driveable at any one time though because I love to work on them. My first one is a Mitsubishi 3000GT Turbo that's pretty much bone-stock. I drive it too much to worry about modding it, and import modding requires tons of $$ usually. My second (and favorite) is a '74 Nova fastback. This one *is* modded quite a bit...blown z-28 302 (yes, Chevy DID make a z-formula 302. I have a GM poster I got from a dealership that displays all the Z-28 motors Chevy ever made...and the last one on the list is a 302. Came in a 67-69 Camaro, I believe.) that produces over 450hp at the wheels. I've had it timed and it'll do 11.2 in the quarter-mile. I love that car!!

ARMY STUFF - I'm in the reserves and I get to do a *TON* of cool stuff. Everything from jumping out of airplanes to riding in tanks to blowing stuff up. Who doesn't like to blow stuff up? Seriously? My current position is in my company's S-6 shop keeping the radios and computer networks in working order. I'm trying to go to Warrant Officer school or OCS though eventually, so we'll see what happens there. 

Come on guys share it! And don't be afraid to give the details!
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			<author>shanejohnson2002</author>
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			<title>Feeling Tired?</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/feeling_tired</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's about time a new energy drink comes out that guarantees us 400 babies and the ability to run like a Kenyan. 

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			<author>Jason</author>
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			<title>Man Busted for Having Sex with His Bicycle</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/man_busted_for_having_sex_with_his_bicycle</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced to three years on probation.]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>black friday.</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/black_friday</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i was just curious,

do music stores in your area, or the bigger ones, have black friday sales/doorbuster specials?]]></description>
			<author>collisi0n</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Cop Taser Self</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/cop_taser_self</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I can't even remember life anymore without the random video clip of something ridiculous making me smile a few times a day. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Todays NFL Action</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/todays_nfl_action</link>
			<description><![CDATA[any thoughts on todays upcoming games? i think DAL vs. NYG should be a good one. its a division game too, which means it can have heavy impact on the standings. im going to predict that romo is gonna throw at least 2 tds, and eli is gonna get sacked at least twice. im picking DAL to win by 6 points in a rough, physical game.]]></description>
			<author>Johnny</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Worst album covers of all time</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/worst_album_covers_of_all_time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I honestly cannot decide which is the worst.]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Beware of falling cows</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/beware_of_falling_cows</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You just might get hurt.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>For the first time - white man on cover of Ebony Magazine!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/for_the_first_time__white_man_on_cover_of_ebony_magazine</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LOL!!!!!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Indy Cheats!!!  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/indy_cheats__lol</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is hilalrious!  The Indianapolis Colts are being accused of cheating by piping artificial crowd noise into the game against the Patriots.  Check the you-tube video, clearly you can tell it's artificial especially when they have a Milli-Vanilli moment and the crowd noise begins warbling!  LOL!!!!  The article suggest it was CBS's fault.  I don't know, but it's funny!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Help Me!!</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/help_me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello there,

I am currently working to get this scholarship for college and it requires me to create a political equation in which I use clever formulas and images then equal them to one political figure.

I have already completed and submitted my work but now I need votes in order to win... So with that said, you can view my piece and vote for it here http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/Phot...63797&scid=154&

All you need to do is take 10 seconds and click 'vote' but you need to first enter in as a guest (it will pop up) and you will have just helped me obtain money for college that I desperately need.

So please, please take just 10 seconds and do this for me. thank you

-Carny]]></description>
			<author>Carnivean</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Vinyl is Stealing</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/vinyl_is_stealing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I can't find out if this is indeed an authentic image but if it is, it's hilarious. ]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Angry father-in-law sends FBI email that son-in-law is terrorist</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/angry_fatherinlaw_sends_fbi_email_that_soninlaw_is_terrorist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So he's angry at son-in-law who's in the middle of divorcing his dauther, so he send FBI an email that his soon-to-be ex-son-in-law is travelling to US to attend meeting with Al Qaeda operatives.  The FBI detains son-in-law for questioning and the man claims it's the FBI who is stupid.  The moron shouldn't have sent the emil in the first place.

Reminds me of bomb-girl, who showed up at the Boston airport with a device that looked like a bomb strapped to her chest and was suprised she was arrested.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Dude Rippin Sweet Child O' Mine With His Hands</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/offbeat/topic/dude_rippin_sweet_child_o_mine_with_his_hands</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yep title says it all. Just give it a watch.]]></description>
			<author>Jason</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Karma moment</title>
			<link>http://www.guitar.com/forums/