That would be the Eden Project North, to be plonked in Morecambe town centre. Having just been to the Cornwall one, I can’t see how a marine version would fit in the middle of a small seaside town. I’m not against it, but Cornwall had a ten minute bus ride to the car park, through other car parks.That's an average of 3,774 visitors a day, some of whom we can presume rode in together. If it's an attraction that has peak attendance days, you may double your attendance or something on certain days. What is the attraction we're talking about?
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This girl’s boyfriend said he liked my lipstick last night and she got really mad. I didn’t think he was flirting with me, he just asked about my lipstick.
She’s a friend of a friend. I felt bad about it. Kind of guilty, even though I didn’t feel like I did anything wrong.
She’s a friend of a friend. I felt bad about it. Kind of guilty, even though I didn’t feel like I did anything wrong.
Damn your face for being where your face should be!This girl’s boyfriend said he liked my lipstick last night and she got really mad. I didn’t think he was flirting with me, he just asked about my lipstick.
She’s a friend of a friend. I felt bad about it. Kind of guilty, even though I didn’t feel like I did anything wrong.
Why didn't I buy that 303 when I had the chance?
A few years ago one of my former customers was selling her son's music equipment. He had passed from a infection of some kind and she was selling off all of his gear, minus a few things his wife and kids held on to. Among his vast collection of classic mixers, amps, compressor modules and synths was an original, fully working TB-303, TR-808 and a Technics SL-1200.
The holy Trinity.
At the time, I already had the 808 (needed some work, but fixable) and the Tech was too expensive, but the 303 was well within budget if I just put off my rent for a week. $400, which is amazing when you consider that working models run about $3000 nowadays, if you can even find one. I wasn't about to try to talk her down because she just lost her son and at that price I was practically stealing it already anyway. It was payday, I already cashed my check and I had the money in my wallet...
I passed on it, like a chump.
A few years ago one of my former customers was selling her son's music equipment. He had passed from a infection of some kind and she was selling off all of his gear, minus a few things his wife and kids held on to. Among his vast collection of classic mixers, amps, compressor modules and synths was an original, fully working TB-303, TR-808 and a Technics SL-1200.
The holy Trinity.
At the time, I already had the 808 (needed some work, but fixable) and the Tech was too expensive, but the 303 was well within budget if I just put off my rent for a week. $400, which is amazing when you consider that working models run about $3000 nowadays, if you can even find one. I wasn't about to try to talk her down because she just lost her son and at that price I was practically stealing it already anyway. It was payday, I already cashed my check and I had the money in my wallet...
I passed on it, like a chump.
Hahahah right?!
I definitely know I shouldn’t feel guilty but I’ve for sure been the insecure girlfriend before and was in her position. Kind of sucks.
I had a girlfriend once who snapped at me for making eye contact with the waitress when we were ordering lunch.
And (on a separate occasion) made me drive her around town on various errands even though I had just come down with chickenpox and I had a face like a pepperoni pizza.
And (on a separate occasion) made me drive her around town on various errands even though I had just come down with chickenpox and I had a face like a pepperoni pizza.
Damn. Can’t say I haven’t done similar stuff. Some of us lady’s get a little out of hand with our jealousy!
Small comfort but there's a modern copy available that is said to have precisely the same sound and it costs only $418,37 (at today's exchange rate): https://www.thomann.de/gb/roland_tb_03.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0=
Any chance of you coming to Germany? Thomann has not only a shop but also a studio and a huge stage where you may try any of their equipment, including that 303-remake and any bass they have in the shop
I could give you a lift from Munich or Nuremberg airport.This trying out has its side effects, though: last time I was there I only meant to buy an amp and came home with the amp, 2 guitar cases, a few miles of cables and strings, and a Fender Jaguar
If you'd like the real thing and can handle a soldering iron, here are the schematics for the original 303: http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Roland/TB-303/schematics/
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Small comfort but there's a modern copy available that is said to have precisely the same sound and it costs only $418,37 (at today's exchange rate): https://www.thomann.de/gb/roland_tb_03.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0=
Any chance of you coming to Germany? Thomann has not only a shop but also a studio and a huge stage where you may try any of their equipment, including that 303-remake and any bass they have in the shop
This trying out has its side effects, though: last time I was there I only meant to buy an amp and came home with the amp, 2 guitar cases, a few miles of cables and strings, and a Fender Jaguar
If you'd like the real thing and can handle a soldering iron, here are the schematics for the original 303: http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Roland/TB-303/schematics/
I've played around with the newer one and it's close, very close, but still not quite the same. Hazards of being an auditory synesthete, we take sound very seriously. I still wouldn't mind having a tb-03 though.
I do plan to visit Germany some day, it's just not in the cards for the foreseeable future.
Nice score on the Jaguar. Not much of a guitar guy myself, never had the fingers for it, but those Jag's do sound nice.
I wish I could handle a soldering iron. If I did I'd still have the 808. Took it in for repairs, then it became evidence and the police "lost" it.
There was one already but it decided to destroy itself.
Besides, considering the current global situation, the odds are that politics will overtake you before you draw so much as page #1 of your blueprints. Or, as my old zoology prof put it: 'Man builds nuclear bombs. No mouse would be so stupid to build a mouse trap.'
Besides, considering the current global situation, the odds are that politics will overtake you before you draw so much as page #1 of your blueprints. Or, as my old zoology prof put it: 'Man builds nuclear bombs. No mouse would be so stupid to build a mouse trap.'
Ah, but to extend you analogy man builds mousetraps to get the mice. If the mice could build nukes to get the man...they would.
Not human...Leviathan. Not trap, Desolator.
Frankly the Desolator should have been done 10 years ago. Damned sub-contractors are so unreliable. The Trump, Kim-Jong, and Trudeau robots failed to go to war...that one was just an idle hobby though...didn't really try that hard. The Oblivionizer is also just too much work (getting all the humans run over by self driving cars while they are looking at thier phones) so i think it's just going to have to be some sort of meteorite. That worked last time....but it is a TON of work.
On the plus side....the CO2 pump is at least finally starting to keep me warm and there is a steady supply of evil CEO's to eat...so it's not all bad.
there are too many superhero films
Wait... you were waiting for Canada to go to war?
That might have been the flaw in your plan. Have you seen the size of our military?
Which reminds me of Beechwood 45789 - One of the few cases where the cover version is better than the original.
Cool article! Thanks for sharing! Our German ones are tiny and comparatively boringly coloured - they have zebra stripes
Who could withstand those beautiful eyes?
Cool article! Thanks for sharing! Our German ones are tiny and comparatively boringly coloured - they have zebra stripes
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Yes. You guys recently defeated the USA (I think it was 1812?). I also understnad you are still using the same guns from that war. That's got to be a winning combo.
As a backup, I also notice that you still have Quebec...some of the finest, and best complainers known to exist. Against that onslaught, nothing can stand.
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