I'm going to LA for a long weekend at the start of October, and as I've been before and done all the usual stuff, I'd like to see some unusual and niche sites. So, does anyone know of any recognisable landmarks in LA that feature prominently in MST3K (or Rifftrax) episodes?
I'll be relying on public transport so can't go anywhere beyond the city itself.
>!The dozens of SAS men who suffered traumatic brain injuries to train seven potential agents.!<
I know the 00s are meant to be elite agents, so have to beat the best of the best, but is that really worth decimating one of the world's most renowned special forces units?
Of all the Richard Kiel movies I thought would get referenced (deliberately or otherwise) in the latest Bond game, 007 First Light, I didn't think Eegah! would be one of them.
There are two usual hotspots I encounter this - on Oxford Road near the MRI, and the Asda in Hulme. It happened again at the fomeer on Monday, and then at the latter today. Not the first time, and not the first time I've reported it to the police.
I get that there are people out there struggling, who need help. But they're not the ones shouting vile abuse, following people to their cars and physically demanding the pound from your trolley.
I'm giving up the will to go out of the house at this point. It's not like I'm an incredibly flamboyant or alternatively dressed person either. At most I might wear a pair of Pride shoes, or a bracelet. But I hear slurs from these people all the time, and nothing ever gets done. This city's great for being LGBTQ+, within a small section. The rest of it fucking sucks, and no one seems to want to make it any better.
I was getting a load of unwelcome messages from a Facebook friend last week, so wanted to temporarily deactivate my account just to put them off. I didn't realise this would remove my account as an admin from all pages for which I was one.
One of these is my band's page. I was the only member with a Facebook account, so I was in charge of it and was the only admin. It's a non-commercial page - we don't play paid gigs, don't have any commercially-available music. Just a side project. But now the page has no admins at all. I can't just start a new one, because the old one will still be there with the same name. I've tried messaging Facebook support but the tickets get no response and just get closed with no action actually taken.
Is there an actual way around this?
Police closed the road off heading west during the rush hour, so all traffic heading that way had to turn around (couldn't turn down the empty Oxford Road, obviously!), and the traffic just built up along Upper Brook Street in both directions. Took me an hour and three quarters to drive the 3.5 miles home.
Every Google search turns up different terms like tighten/loosen, concave/convex, and most seem to be based on a headstock adjustment point. So I figured I'd ask here, just to confirm that turning the rod counter-clockwise from the base of the neck would give a little extra relief (i.e. the neck curved slightly downwards), and ease the fret buzz.
I know this is basic, but the terminology seems designed to fry my brain.
Every morning when I put my contacts in, I'm forced to thing of Donald Pleasance, he who is funky.
My dad was always left of centre when he was younger. Even got asked by a left-wing party to stand as an MP in a metropolitan constituency he'd almost certainly have won.
But for the last 15-20 years he's read the Daily Heil under the mistaken impression it's a newspaper. First he became pro-Brexit. And now he's gone full Reform. I posted the video on Facebook of Farage's fake acts of remembrance for Widdecombe, and what I got in reply was a 500-word screed about how left-wing violence is the true evil in our country, and he's the only one who cares about the working man.
I pointed out that Farage would, in his own words, remove the Equality Act 2010 on day one, along with ILR. That would mean I could legally be discriminated against as a bisexual man with disabilities, and that my best friend who's lived here for 13 years will get deported. But that didn't make a difference, and apparently that would be Labour's fault, not Farage's.
Had to delete him from social media. My mum has given him a bollocking, and their 50th wedding anniversary is next week. Now I'm actively considering not going if my dad cares that little for my rights and future.
So fuck Farage. Fuck him forever.
This face never fails to make me laugh.
Unfortunately I can't make it any more and would hate it to go to waste.
I've been suffering from a chronic anal fissure for 3 years. Because of high levels of absence, I'm on a final warning from work, with attendance targets to meet, but they said any time needed for further surgical procedures wouldn't be counted towards the targets. Worked there for 16 years.
I had a fissurectomy in May, and the healing has gone well so far, but I'm still getting some minor pain and swelling, which started immediately after the op. It's a lot better now, but still there. Worst case scenario, I suspect it may be a fistula, which is a recognised potential complication from this surgery. To confirm it would need further tests, and the only remedy is another operation.
So, would the fistula continue to count as a disability under the Equality Act and therefore time off for surgery would be sensible for my employer to offer, or because it's technically a different issue (albeit caused by surgery for the previous one), does the clock reset and it's no longer covered by the Act?
Or, alternatively, happy Fourth of July to everyone celebrating.
(Source: Writing Better Social Letters short)
I bought a Sire Marcus Miller P5R a few months ago. It played pretty well out of the box, but the action was too high for my tastes, so I took it to my local tech for a set-up. I can do them myself, but it takes ages and stresses me out, so I'm happy to pay a pro to do it for me.
It played perfectly in their workshop. Took it home, and after a couple of days there was fret buzz on all strings, up and down the neck. I adjusted the truss rod myself but it made no difference, and using a straight-edge I could tell there were some uneven frets. So I took it back to the tech to get the frets evened out, and the set-up tweaked to match Sire's recommended action etc. Again, played perfectly well after, the action is lower but not super low, so I was happy.
But since then it's gone back to buzzing. All the strings have some buzz, but the worst is the G, which buzzes very badly between frets 2-5 and 9-13. The other strings buzz in the same regions. That sort of suggests to me that there's back-bow, but when I check the relief using the string (fretting at the neck joint and nut, then tapping against the neck in the middle of the string), it seems about right, a tiny bit of relief.
I'm stumped as to why this buzz is still happening the way it is. Is it possible it needs a shim under the neck joint, might there be another issue at play here?
Really gutting news. It's been obvious for a while that he's been struggling with something long-term, just from the cancellations this year and last. I hope he can keep the bugger at bay for as long as possible. Must be so frustrating for him, especially having to pull out of gigs.
Keep on bringing the noise while you can, Bruce. But look after yourself.