Hobbies

[laurab]

I'll start you all off...I love to be out with my camera, I have a fuji 602Zoom digital and click at every opportunity, I entered a competition a few years back and was a runner-up, I am still waiting for the right snap to get my name known!

I used to do a lot of needlepoint but found it got in the way of my 'wine appreciation'! :lol:

I also have other pets:- 2 jack russels, 4 giant african land snails and a lap dog(my husband)! :shock:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi all,

Apart from my main Hobby of Birdkeeping/breeding, I keep various other Animals including,
Jim my Iguana,
various Tropical Fish: Cardinal Tetra's, Rummy nosed Tetra's, False Rummy Nosed Tetra's, Splashing Tetra, Mosquito Fish, Siamese Flying Fox, Harlequin Shark, Dwarf/Chain Loach, Pygmy Corydoras, Dwarf Corydoras, unknown Species Dwarf/Pygmy Corydoras, Ottocinclus, housed in a 4ft Tank,
a pair of Red Banded Rubber Frogs & a group of six Phantasmal/Tri-Coloured Dart Frogs.
My Mother also has two young Spur Thighed Tortoises & breeds Chipmunks.
That only leaves Sam, the Family Cat.

Apart from the breeding of Birds, I have enjoyed the Exhibition side as well, with wins at local Shows in Dorset (Broadstone, Poole & Parkstone, Bournemouth & Counties etc) & Surrey/Hampshire (Aldershot, Camberley, Guildford, Alton etc) when I lived in Surrey before I moved here to Dorset, several wins at the Foreign bird Association Open Shows & the National Exhibition of Cage & Aviary Birds. :D

On rare ocassions, I enjoy Birdwatching/Nature walks etc, Painting/Drawing, Photography & I intend to get started in Taxidermy (when time allows). :roll:

I also love my Music, which ranges from 60's to current day Rock, Heavy Metal, Rap, Ska some Pop etc......
The Artist I love are from Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones to Guns n Roses, Sound Garden, Faith No More, Linkin Park, Madness, Paul Weller, Robbie Williams & then some.........................

Paul. :D

[chris]

hi all,

apart from my birds i also keep 3 leopard geckos (soon to be 9!), 2 cats (moulder and scully :shock: ), and loads of guppies that just don't know when to stop! the ones in there that i've been breeding for some time now are soming along quiet nicely, i'm breeding less oddballs and gettin more of the ones i want, but now with better coulours and a more defined tail fin :wink:

i'll get another picture at some point, but it could take a while considering out of 30 odd pictures last time only 3 were decent where i actually caught the fish, instead of it being over the other half of the tank :oops:

recently i've been spending lots of time finishing off my shed with insulation (only the floor to go now :D ), and a shelf system along the back to place several large tanks on! also been building a few bugdie size breeding cages to keep quail in untill i sell em!

as some of you already know, i've been breeding newts and frogs for release into my garden for about 5 years now, i'm glad to say that it has been a great success as i now have a thriving population of wild smooth newts, common frogs, and common toads in the garden/ area now. i doubt i'll be doing this again unless we have some kind of disatser or unless i can find some breeding program to release these and other species into the wild elsewhere.

now i've got past the animals! i also play guitar, mostly rock and metal stuff including deep purple, rainbow, black sabbath (one of my favourites!), metallica (another favourite!), van halen etc etc

songs i can play at the moment (or at least a lot of) are : rainbows cover of "hall of the mountain king, Enter Sandman, holier than thou, most of: master of puppets (1st solo not too bad.. second solo erm... interesting :lol: ) (metallica), since you've been gone, i surrender (also rainbow), paraniod, iron man, black sabbath, symptom of the universe, into the void (black sabbath) runnin with the devil, ain't talkin bout love, and i've very nearly mastered "ERUPTION" (van halen) can also play "run to the hills" iron maiden

could do with gettin a bit more practice in :roll: as i haven't really learnt much new lately, and still need to learn the solos to songs i could play a few years ago :oops:

the band i'm in isn't doing great... our drummer has something against me because i can play way better than her boyfriend (out rhythm guitar) and has been trying her best to get rid of me :shock:
apart from that i get on great with out bass player Dave, and rhythm man Ben, drummer's a bit out of time anyway so... :twisted:

i'm going to see how it goes over the next month or so, if it doesn't improve then i'll be off and start my own band with a few other mates, the other bonus would be the music we would be playing wouldn't be stuff like the darkness :shock: :shock: (not that we've got that far yet but i can see it coming) also, hopefully i won't have to put up with having to do nearly everything myself such as writing music only to be told it's rubbish (DRUMMER AGAIN!) while our so called rythm man randomly beats his guitar and calls it a song..........

anyway, my guitar is staring at me 8)

cya :wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Great to hear not only are you an Animal & Bird lover, but you play the guitar, are in a band & you have a damn good taste in Music (apart from Iron Maiden :roll: )!!
All you need to do now is have a sex change operation & I'll propose marraige!! :lol:

Chris, please check out System Of A Down, top band mate!!!

Paul. :wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Chris,

If you do put together a new band let me know if you need an air guitar playing fat dancer, I could be the Metal version of Bez, of 2005! :lol:

Paul.

[chris]

hi paul! :shock:

air guitar... hmmm :lol:

yeah, system of a down are pretty good! i've looked at some of their music before now and the riffs are good, but guitar solo's??? i tend only to learn things with a decent solo in em as every other guitar player i know just tend to learn the simple things and claim they are superior :lol: ... that was before i showed them the two handed tapping technique :twisted:

i think the only system of a down written music i've got is chop suey, and the album i have is toxicity. i'll take another look at it :D

oh yeah, forgot to mention AC/DC on that list before :wink:

as for the sex change, i currently have a girlfriend who wouldn't be too pleased if i did :lol:

on another note (no pun intended)...
those guppies which i've been breeding, well i took some down to one of the workers at my local aquatics and now they're darn interested in em! and want me to start supplying them :D now all i need to do is get me a 3 foot tank to bred em in and i'm sorted :D

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

So no career for me in a band then? :roll: :lol:

I'm glad you like SOAD!! T he only album of theirs that I have is Toxicity, for now anyway.

You will have to explain the two handed slapping technique. :roll:

I'm glad your local Aquatics are interested in you supplying them, good luck mate.

Paul. :)

[laurab]

I'm seriously worried about you guys :roll:
:D

[dave85]

hey paul & chris,

I have all 3 S.O.A.D albums also i like korn, A, blink 182, METALLICA!!!!,
Foo fighters, nirvana, Rage against the machine, placebo and others lol !
plus im into different types of music too!

I have 2 dogs, 1 cat & 2 house budgies!

I want a Harris Hawk, so im going to have to look into it when i can drive & ive been to have training!

Thanks
Dave H
p.s - also i own a guitar!

[laurab]

Oh dear, I am seriously out numbered here! I don't think I will mention my love of Elvis Presley EVEN though he is number one AGAIN :D

[chris]

lol :lol:

paul, if i start a band and need an air guitar bloke i'll give you a call mate! 2 handed slapping?? :shock: :lol: tapping, come on, u must have seen it before now! where the guitarist uses both hands on the fingerboard/neck of the guitar :wink:

chris

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris & Dave,

Dave welcome to the Metal Heads Forum (sorry Laura :lol: ), great taste in Music mate! :D

Chris I've gotcha now :roll: I didn't think it had a technical name I thought it was just some flash git showing off, :lol: no offence mate. :D

Paul.

[chris]

flash git showing off :lol: sounds a bit like me :lol:

just got the matallica S&M album, although i hate classical music the way they've put the orchestra together with some of their greatest songs is fantastic and i love the album! master of puppets sounds brilliant, enter sandman and everything else. the fact it's live is even better :wink:

i'm going to start asking around this week to see who's interested in forming a band with me as we're back at college this week from study leave (my maths exam was a piece of cake :D ). probably start with covers of other songs, if we're good enough then maybe even doing gigs as a tribute band. in the unlikely event that this works out, i'll be giving out a few free tickets to you lot to any gigs we could be doing in the future :wink:

i'm getting carried away now :lol:

anyway, better get back to being a flash git :D

[laurab]

S&M !! :roll: What has Metallica got to do with that!! :D
Metallica I am not in to but..........!! :lol:

[laurab]

Oops! I think I should ban myself :lol:

[PAUL HEARN]

Laura,

I think maybe you should do just that! :lol:

Also I think you should know, due to Metallica getting on a bit now, that S&M actually stands for Slippers & Moccasins, this is because they are coming up for their Pipe & Slippers years in the Metal World. :shock:
Sorry Chris & Dave, that was just a joke. :lol:
Metallica ROCK & will do for many years to come!! :twisted:

Talking of Chris & Dave, have either of you heard anything by Everlast?
Top tunes peeps!!

Paul.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

If you are a GREAT flash git, then keep it up mate!! :D

But remember that Thrush by the name of Steve Vai (spelling??)?, don't turn into what he became (it starts with irritating & ends in nt)! :x

Remember the two God's of Guitar, Jimi Hendrix & Jimmy Page? now these are two real Greats to follow, & attempt to better! Good luck :wink:

The best of luck mate, but I don't think forming a band on the basis of covers is the way to go, unless you do covers in your own style!!

Originality is the future!!

The same old is just that, it will get you nowhere!

A couple of covers, fine, but write your own material & you might make it?
Come up with a mix of Old School Rock/Metal with a new sound or mix then you are on a winner (but only if it works)!

As you said Classical & Metal for Metallica worked, but Rap & Metal has been done (very well), Dance & Metal has been done, as has Ska & Metal (nice touch I thought), Country & Metal was always doomed! :x

Industrial should have been an everlasting Music form in my opinion, eg Nine Inch Nails, The Ministry, REVCO etc.

This probably only leaves Jazz & metal?

Maybe a revival is needed in one crossover, but if maybe you could create a triple (or more) crossover??
Then I recon you are onto a good thing, remember diverse Musical taste is the winner, I know we are living in an it's already been done generation, but it is down to people like you to come up with a new generation of Music!

How about Jazz, Ska, Rap & Metal all in one?

Later, Paul.

[chris]

hi all,

i've now left the band i was in as no-one seemed interested in practicing :shock: (just how they think a band is supposed to work without practicing is beyond me :? )

anyway, started up a new band now :lol: mostly doing metallica stuff at the moment but i still need to get hold of a bassist and a drummer with their own drum kit (unlike several i know).

i'll let you know when we come up with a name :lol:

nearly forgot! the other guitarist/singer in our band is greatly influenced by SOAD, so when we do start doing our own stuff it may sound interesting. might even do a few SOAD covers?

chris :wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Oi Chris,

Whats all this about covers?

Shouldn't you be doing original but maybe influenced by certain material?

If I come up with a name for your band do I get a percentage of Royalties & the chance to be your Fat Dancer X Air Guitarist? :D

Please don't turn down my offer straight away it could become your new bands biggest regret. :lol:

Paul. :wink:

[chris]

:lol:

we're just doing covers to start with, so we can learn to play in time etc properly. plus if we're good enough we could get a gig n get some cash out of it which would help with buying new equipment etc for starting our own stuff.

chris :wink:

[laurab]

Hi Chris, good luck with the band.

I would turn down the offer of air guitarist though...ssh....don't tell Paul I said that :lol:

[chris]

hi paul,

didn't know you were selling your equipment on E-bay :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=621&item=730400648 0&rd=1

:lol: :lol: :lol:

chris :D

[laurab]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[PAUL HEARN]

Oi you two,

Stop picking on me coz thats not my Air Guitar, did you notice the guy in the picture was of normal weight for his height (even though he was only a Torso)? :lol:
My Air Guitar is bigger, louder & plays better than his coz I'm a Lardy Bloater!!!

Laura,

You haven't seen my Air Guitar playing, so you don't know just how great I am, I wouldn't normaly blow my own Trumpet (because I only know how to play the Air Guitar :lol: ), but I'm pretty damn good. :P

Chris,

You may have passed up your chance of International Stardom, due to the fact you do not recognise the Worlds Best Fat Dancer, Air Guitarist & picker of the Best Band Names ever.

All I can say to you both is, thickies. :P :shock:

Paul.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

How about asking everyone on here to post ideas of a band name?
You don't have to accept the names suggested of course, but I recon it would be a laugh.

Paul. :lol:

[chris]

great idea mate!

come on then!!!! got any ideas?
can't be much worse than the name for the band i left... "aftertaste" :shock:

doesn't have to be anything special,could just be a tribute name like metallicish or something (i think that one's taken :lol: )

chris

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

How about,

Hendrix & Page are Led to have No More Faith in A System Of The Sound of Mettalic Guns made Down in the Park Linkin with the Garden Growing Roses in Living Colour of a Zeppelin Rainbow? :lol:

Paul. :roll:

PS when I come up with a serious suggestion I will let you know.

[chris]

:shock:

[laurab]

Paul

Have you been to the doctor for medication yet? :)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris & Laura,

You may question my efforts, but just how gutted will you both be when I enter the record books for the greatest Air Guitar, Fat Dancing, Band Naming Hero of all time??

Paul. :roll:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

How about Plectrum Spectrum?

Paul. :shock:

[chris]

actually that one isn't too bad :D

i'll see what the others think :wink:

[Anonymous]

Joining late as usual, sorry :?

There does sem to be a common thread running here. My first ever concert was way back in @ 79 and it was Iron Maiden supported by Praying Mantis. The maidens lead singer was then Paul Dianno whos autograph I got , I was young and silly then. How times change :D

Also been to Ozzy, got his towel, where it is now I dont know but would have been worth a punt on ebay, Judas Priest, Motorhead aaaaaagh! brilliant but got a sore head, Marillion, Robert Plant solo gig ( strange intoxicating smells and afghan coats by the dozen), Krokus (superb swedish crossbills), Robert Cray, BB King and many more almost forgot ACDC the Back in Black tour, absolutely mind blowing and Gillan and more......

Laura, the wife loves Elvis :oops:

Chris been playing guitar for a few years now, never mastered the solo got to be guifted, ask Air head tubby lard belly Paul :lol:

More into mild mannered Neil Young and James Taylor, well its all chords and I can do them. Never played any Staus Quo, no no no!!!.

Embarrasingly though I also play a bit of .... no I cant tell you, I am squirming at the keyboard.

Catch this thread later

Greg

[chris]

hi everyone,

first song is now pretty much in the bag, including lyrics & guitar solo (still need a darn crummer, but the bassist could be sorted now). i've started messing about with a few new riffs which could possibly lead to another song, if it does it's gonna be a darn site heavier than the last one :lol: .
both of us can now play enter sandman together, and everything to master of puppets except that last solo (could take a while...)

nearly forgot, band name: "last rights of the damned" (don't ask :lol: i looked at a first aid sign and thought "last aid" and then.... :lol: )

chris :wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

First of all, Greg you Dark Horse you,

A well & truelly confirmed Metal Head & you wait to mention it until now :roll: .

But Air head tubby lard bellied Paul :( I'm gonna tell my Mummy of you :cry: .

I only play the Air Guitar (but I must say I'm damn good :lol: ), as for Gigs my first was Heart (Nancy Wilson PPHHOOOAAARR!), next was Nepalm Death :roll: , various non comercial bands, Cop Shoot Cop, Atom Seed, Shake The Tree etc, Nirvana- Nevermind tour :twisted: :twisted: ! ACDC Razors Edge tour Angus is THE MAN! :twisted: and many many more.

Nothing wrong with Neil Young though, Jesus that guy can still keep up with blokes of my age :twisted: :twisted: .

But Greg please don't tell me you also like The Darkness :roll: :shock: :roll: :lol: , if you do I will mock you at any given oppurtunity. :lol: :lol:

Paul.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Great new of your progress mate!

I might be able to help you out with a darn crummer, I'm not to swift with sewing, but give me a loaf of bread & I could be the crumber you are looking for (which do you prefer though, white or brown crumbs :lol: )?

Last Rights Of The Damned, cool name matey! :D

Don't forget though when you have your first Album we are the Critics you need to run it by.

Paul. :D

[chris]

white bread will do fine for me paul :lol: it will be like Mc vitties but different, we make the music, you make the crumbs :lol:

forgot to mention i need a darn drummer also :D

don't worry fellas, as soon as we've got an album or a few songs i'll put em on MP3 or similar and send them to you lot through an e-mail. just don't get puttin it on discs and selling them claiming to be a record company :lol:

chris

[PAUL HEARN]

G'day Chris,

I'm happy being your darn crumber. :lol:

Good luck finding the darn drummer you need, and I look forward to receiving an e-mail from you with any of your material.

Paul.

[chris]

BETRAYED :evil:

the only other member in our band so far "jason" hasn't shown up for the last few practice sessions and today i've found out why, but not from him :x as of last week he has joined another band which he has been practicing with and turning up on time for (more than that can be said for when he shows up down here) since last week he hasn't shown up for practice, so my guess is that i've been ditched and he wasn't even polite enough to say what he has done :evil:

if i find out that he uses any of my riffs & solo's with there band he's going to be getting a vist off a very angry chris :evil:

now i'm in seach of not only a bassist and drummer, but everyone else! i think it may be time to advertise and respond to any adds in the paper and guitar mags

chris :roll: :cry: :x

[PAUL HEARN]

G'day Chris,

I think adds are the way forward for you right now, just please don't quit on something you believe in mate! :)

And do I see a band name at the head of your last post? Betrayed.

Good luck mate, Paul. :D

[chris]

hi paul,

thanks for your support mate :D
i am feeling better now as he isn't going to be getting very far with his current band given that he is moving to yorkshire in a few months, and their lead singer (let's just say the village bike :shock: ) has gone and got herself 7 months pregnant so won't be doing much singing :shock:

chris

[laurab]

:lol: I wish I could have got myself 7 months pregnant instead of suffering the full 9 months :lol: :lol:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

I'm glad to see you are not bitter mate, :lol: seriously though good luck with filling spaces in what will become your new band.

I know I've offered before but you know where I am if you need a fat dancer (hey man just look at Bez now, he is more famous than Shaun Ryder :lol: & what about Robbie Williams? :roll: ), but if need be I will learn the Electric Triangle or Tambourine. :D

Paul.

[chris]

here's something for you to take a look at:

the guitar i currently own:

http://www.bcrich.com/images/hi_res/Platinum_Virgin_Shadow.jpg

and one that i'm looking toward getting:

http://www.bcrich.com/images/hi_res/NJ_Beast_Blue.jpg


that's gonna put me back £500+ :shock: the alternative is an ESP-LTD KH 202 (a Kirk Hammet Signature model) however after taking a look into this i've found even though it costs more it's made cheap and isn't good value. if i wanted the replica model i'd be looking at £1800 :shock: but even that's over priced due to the signature on the neck :lol:

haha, bet i've confused the hell out of ya with the fancy terms :shock: :lol:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Even if it is made cheaply isn't a Guitar worth money for the individual sound it produces?

And is it possible to change a comercially produced Guitar to produce a unique sound?

Paul.

[chris]

Hi paul,

some woods have better resonance than others, meaning the sound is fuller, different and holds for longer rather than fading. unfortunately these woods tend to be more expensive (mahogany is a good one). the other thing that effects the sound is the string guage and type, whether the bridge is fixed or is a trem, and what pick-ups are used.

it is possible to change the sound of a guitar by altering the amount of times the wire on the pick-ups coil around the pick-up, as it effects the magnetic field it generates (when you hita string, it cuts this magnetic feild, the pick-up detects it and sends the info to the amp and thats roughly how they work)

the best thing to do is to buy a guitar with a good brand name, and good body wood. the pick-ups can be removed and changed/altered, but the body can't (well it can, but then it's not the same guitar:lol: )

unfortunately for me, BC Rich have now ceased making the 2004 range and are maing the 2005 range, meaning the race is on for me to get one of these guitars as the design and materials are a little different!

Chris

[PAUL HEARN]

:-| :-|


Paul.:-?

[chris]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris:wink:

[laurab]

:confused: :confused: :confused:


Why did I have to legnthen this to 10 characters? Paul and Chris didn't :?

[chris]

ah well,


the guitar has been put on hold for now, i'll probably get it around my 18th later in the year (unless i get a pair of pekin robins.............). unfortunately i've had little time lately to be playing the good old guitar, and this band thing just never seems to get off the ground. everyone talks about it, i arrange a date, and then nobody shows up as they've all made other arrangements:mad: . perhaps when i've got more time on my hands during the 6 weeks holiday thats only a few weeks off now:grin: , i'll get some serious practice in and get this band thing rolling.

Chris

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

I'm sorry to hear the band isn't going well mate:|, I hope it does happen someday.

But as for choosing between a Guitar or a pair of Pekin Robins, come on mate think about it, if you get a true pair of Pekin Robins and you manage to breed them then you can buy a Guitar with the money you get from selling the youngsters.:D

But back to the band subject, I've come up with another name for your band, well I don't know if you have heard of Doctor and the Medics? But how about Veterinary and the Vet Nurses?:?

Sorry mate, i guess it's back to the drawing board huh.

Paul.;)

[Old Crow]

Hi Chris


Sorry to hear the band is a no go at the mo, but should you start again and are looking for a name how about Jab 1 and the hypodermics :razz: or if you are leaning more into the agricultural side of vetinary how about The Swinging Drawbars with lead singer Lynchpin (if you know tractors you'll understand) ;-)

Best of luck


Old Crow

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Old Crow,

It's great to see you back mate:D, how are ya?

I know it's not my place to say, but I reckon Jab 1 and the Hypodermics is a perfect name :D !!

If Chris doesn't use it, I think it would be a good idea to get the right's on the name and make a bundle when someone decides to do so.:D

By the way, are you in the Entertainment Industry, or are you just a genius?

Paul.:D

[Old Crow]

Oh bugger, I didn't think anyone would recognise me, but yes I have to confess I am a genius:razz: :razz: :razz:

[chris]

Hi paul,

thanks mate, you've inspired me for a new band name:

BANANAMAN AND THE TREE AMIGOS

:grin: :grin:

Chris (bananaman):wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Great mate,

You have now shown you can come up with a band name nearly as dire as the ones I have suggested.:lol:

Paul.:grin:

[laurab]

How about Bananaman and the splitz? :razz:

I caught Bananaman reading this thread and managed to get a picture of him, what do you think? :-P

[nigel]

Bananarama is another good one but I think it may of been done before ?

[kenny]

hi all apart from my birds i have 2 dogs a westie called eddie and a border collie called meg,i like photography,reading non fiction books,and music my all time faves are van morrisson,hendrix ,dylan,cream but i like all types even classica,l bowie,police,beatles i could go on but there is not enough space on here.might come back later to complete it ha ha:-P

ken

[jimmy]

Hi all,

I,m afraid i don't have time for hobbies as you will see from my job description in my profile.

I am quite famous for writing poetry and i also study famous Yorkshiremen (although this dosn't take up much of my time):):)

jimmy

[Waxbillman]

ey up jimmy!

you cheeky bugger!! theres more famous people from Yorkshire than Essex i'll have you know, Yorkshire was the capital in Britain for powerfull industry as well, what the hell is Essex famous for? oh no sorry its essex, the word is not worthy of a capital letter, all i know essex for is its dumb blonde's!! and its near that horrible place called London.
lol, if i was to write a book on essex, all the information would fit on the end of a pin head, and thats after i repeated the words naff several thousand times!

(we are friends really)

matthew

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew

My blonde wife would like your address :)

jimmy :razz:

[Waxbillman]

lol, good come back jimmy,

though i wasn't aware that essex women are literate - are you going to write the letter?
lol, sorry thats was a little harsh wasn't it?

matthew

[kenny]

hi jimmy

you forgot to say that you do weird avatars aswell:grin:

ken

[nigel]

Jimmy

I'd give up as you look surrounded from all forum buddies in Yorkshire, who are close relatives, although inbred with sheep, to us Lancashire folk lol :grin: :grin: :grin:

[kenny]

hi matt

here we go again with the slagging of of the yorkshire people,

ken

[laurab]

Nigel, you are a baaa'd boy and you mutton do it again! :-P :-P

[Waxbillman]

lol, now then Nigel thats shocking totally un-called for, would you kindly crawl back into the rancid ses pit fro which you dragged your flee-infested corpse out of, any way i better go now, for my shearing!!

matthew

[laurab]

Hi Matt, you've done the shearing....I dread to think what Paul is going to do! :-P :-P

[kenny]

its a good job all of us yorkshire people have a great sense of humour,eh matt


ken:grin:

[PAUL HEARN]

Christ I've missed another bitch fight, what is the World coming to?:?

So start again, if there is a bitch fight going on here for Gods sake please let me know so I can join in!!

Paul.:lol:

[kenny]

hi paul,

hows the cider down where you are mate.

ken:grin: :grin:

[Waxbillman]

your right about that ken,

i hear southerner's are too serious as well,

i don't think he can hear you Ken, he's too busy on his combineharvesterrrrrrrrrrr


matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Bloody Northern Bitches,

It's not Cider by the way, I'm a Namby Pamby Lager Drinking Southerner (as I was once labelled by an old red eyed Bitter drinking waster from Blackpool).

Although I don't think it will make any difference to the low IQ remarks from the inbred Yorkshire members here, I think I should point out that I'm not of Dorset breeding and that although my Parents now share the same surname, (and unlike the Yorkshire members here) this wasn't the case before they were married.:lol:

Mines a few pints of Kronebourg which I pick up with the standard five fingers on my right hand complemented with a few Marlboro which fit nicely between my first two fingers due to the fact they are not webbed, and my Combine Harvester is a Cavalier with a CD player which will play any music I wish to listen to, rather than having my Yorkshire bred Brother (who also happens to be my Father and my Auntie) playing the Banjo on the back seat using his six webbed fingers.:lol:

Kenny, the mention of a Yorkshireman with a sense of humour, now that is funny!!:D

In spite of my above comments, I'm very pleased to say welcome to Feathered Friends and I love you all.

Paul H.:D

[jimmy]

Nice one Paul,

Up yours to my yorkshire buddies:razz::razz::razz:

[kenny]

paul,

you must keep posting like that my neck hurts through laughing mate,i really haven`t laughed so much for ages and i am a yorkshire man.

ken:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

[jimmy]

Kenny,

i think we've found our place. :grin::grin::grin::grin:

WHATS MY AVATAR ????

[kenny]

hi jimmy,

deffo, i said i think its a combassou or a wydah

ken

[Waxbillman]

:grin: hello paul,


you make me laugh, twice i had to get my mother to stitch up my sides because they split.

though as with regards to being in-bred i think you'll find that you slack-jawed yocals, are more famous for being in-bred. :grin:

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt that paul thinks he is so funny he should be a chameleon.


ken

[Waxbillman]

who knows ken, perhaps there is some chameleon in him, who knows what the folk down there cross with - lol

matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi all,

Jimmy I am so pleased you feel that you have found your place mate, a Forum that hopes to give great Bird advice as well showing that we can have a laugh along the way.;)

By the way is the Bird in your avatar a White Billed Bufallo Weaver?

Kenny I'm pleased that my previous post made you laugh, it just goes to show that we Southerners have such a great sense of humour we can even make you miserable Northeners break out into laughter.:lol:

Matthew you deny that you are inbred up there and that we down here are guilty of being so, straight after stating that your Mother had to stitch your sides up, down here we have partners that offer such a service from outside of our own immediate Family.
It's known as an outcross.:lol:

Also is it true that Merrick is a name of Yorkshire origin, or am I being a bit too trunky for asking?:D

Paul.

[chris]

hi paul,

apparently where i come from has the higest density of inbreeding in the country:neutral: damn those government statistics:lol: anyways, i'm off for a swim with my webbed toes:wink:

Chris

[kenny]

hi paul

i am not even going to comment on that merrick thing.....................cheek

ken

[laurab]

I guess my hobbies are pretty boring other than bird keeping, I like wine, photography, gin, sunbathing, spending time with my family, wine, swimming, reading, gin....err birdkeeping, gin, sunbathing, family, oh yes I do have friends, they like wine.......you get the picture!!!! :razz: :razz:

[chris]

hi laura,

do you just drink the wine, or do you brew it youself? we usually make our own rhubarb wine and have some fermenting now. also used to brew our own beer from the hops we grow, maybe this year....

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

I get the picture mate, no more mention of Genetic Mutants due to inbreeding:cry:.

All Birdbreeders are very nice people except people from.................................er no I will stop there:lol:.

Love hugs and sloppy kisses to all Birdkeepers, I love you all!!:D

Paul H.;)

[bigal47]

Hi Chris
AHH-AHH. Wine I like a little wine some times or even a moan on the odd time.
To the more pressing subjects do you make your own wine if so I think one of the better ones to make is rose petal. It takes a time to collect the petals we use to collect and sort them by colour and put them into the freezer in plastic tubs and when the desired amount had been colected you made the wine.
I am not sure what we liked about the wine may, be the colour ,or even the smell, but after a few glasses neither mattered, but at least when you went home drunk you smelt good.
Allan

[kenny]

hi laura ,

apart from the occasional gin and wine,i have heard that your partial to the odd chris packham on toast.

ken

[axelrod]

hi laura
if wine appreciation is a hobby then i've got one i didn't realise, as well as birds and gardening

[laurab]

LOL, I think I have given you all a very bad impression of me :razz:

[kenny]

hi chris ,

just thought you might like to see these,i also have a les paul copy which at this moment is having new pickups fitted plus 2 semi acoustics 1 12 stringer which is my favourite,

hthttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=88&stc=1tp://www.feathered-friehttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=89&stc=1nds.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=87&stc=1 (http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=88&stc=1tp://www.feathered-friehttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=89&stc=1nds.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=87&stc=1) ken:grin:

[jimmy]

they look the biz Ken,
is this another talent you havn't told us about.
nice quilt cover on bed too :razz:

[kenny]

hi jimmy,

in my youth i did play in a band yes,i dont think you would know them as you are to young but the last one i was in was called terra nova and we supported edwin starr johnny johnson and andy fairweather-lowe
to name but a few we got around a bit then we got to tired of coming in from work and dashing all over to places that paid peanuts i just keep my hand in now keeping my fingers supple evry hard to play now with my injuries mate but we all have cross to bare,at least we are still posting on here the cnai is dead now that phil has put his stamp on it

ken

[jimmy]

didn't know you was half famous Ken.

anyway, cheer up mate, every dog has its day :) :)

[kenny]

hi jimmy,can you give us another clue to that bird i want to get it before you go to malta,mate


ken

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Ken,

It's great to discover another Guitar player here of FF, I see a future band coming together on this Forum.
How about the Feathered Friends French Fries?

But what is this about Phil on CnAI, what have I missed???

Paul.:-|

[kenny]

hi paul,

i think we would be better calling ourselves creme brulei from the league of gentlemen.and about phil i would rather not say.

ken

[jimmy]

I also play the odd musical instrument, could i join the band. :) :)

http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=96&stc=1
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=97&stc=1
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=95&stc=1

[chris]

hi fellas,

nice to know theres another guitarist on here! i have one bass guitar (just a cheap one lol) and a BC Rich Virgin platinum series. hopefully i'll be getting another guitar for the birthday later in the year which if i do will be better than any i've had yet. i'll see if i can get some photo's of my gear in a second

plus, what is this about phil eh:-? ??

Chris:wink:

[kenny]

hi jimmy

are you sad or what.

ken:grin:

[chris]

Hi again,

here's the pics as promised. i decided to have a laugh with the last few photos so as you can see, playing dazed and confused with a violin bow:lol: eruption with the two handed tapping, and another van halen solo from somewhere:? :lol:

Chris;)

[kenny]

hi chris a bit of the old jimmy page with the violin bow there mate


ken

[kenny]

hi chris

look what i got today mate

ken
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=130&stc=1sorry the dates wrong as i had to change by batteries got this from fox`s for £150 in the sale

ken

[jimmy]

Looks very nice Ken.

What is it :grin:

[Waxbillman]

£150 for a lump of plastic with a few buttons,

are well each to their own, i always say., i take it is summut to do with musice, if so my ears are ringing already.

matthew

[kenny]

hi jimmy /matt

it is a four track recorder without being to technical,for making your own music tracks ,you can sing to it aswell and then make your very own recording after adding the sound track mmmmmmm.very nice if you can sing


ken

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol: oh yeh, i thought it was one of them :wink:


matthew

[jimmy]

Nice one Ken :smile:

Last time i saw one of those i was supporting the Stones at wembley Arena.

Any chance of poping round with my triangle & recorder and we could have a jamming session :smile:

Jimmy :razz:

[kenny]

what a crawler you are mathew,and jimmy i only like marmalade,by the way how about putting some clues to the bird quiz eg foreign or british or american.

i am good but not that good:)

ken

[jimmy]

Sorry mate, i can't give any clues.

I took the quiz from another site and although i've got the answers, i havn't got a clue where the birds come from :)

[kenny]

hi jimmy

are you sure they are birds mate

ken

[jimmy]

Yep, it was a bird site :razz:

[laurab]

As I have said before, photography is one of my hobbies and luckily enough I have some lovely birds as models :wink: Thought I would share this one with you.

[Waxbillman]

thats a great Picture there Laura, he looks in top condition.

matthew

[laurab]

Just a shame they have not bred this year :???:

[kenny]

hi laura

lovely pic you have there

ken

[laurab]

Thanks Ken :wink:

[Waxbillman]

hello Laura

thats a shame i wonder why, how old is the pair? have they bred before? have you made any changes to the way they have been kept, or added any different birds?

matthew

[laurab]

Hi Matthew

I have 2 pairs of Goldbreasts, 2 pairs of Orange Cheeks, 1 pair Red Eared, 1 pair of Strawberry's, 1 Lavender finch and they are house with a pair of Jacarini's, a pair of Golden Song Sparrows, a pair of Parsons and a pair of Hecks.

Last year I only had 1 pair of Goldbreasts and they were housed with the Weavers, and they bred! I thought it would be less manic if they were housed away from the Weavers :?

[Waxbillman]

what are they like with the other 2 Gold-breasts?

matthew

[laurab]

They are fine, in fact it is a very happy aviary! But obviously something is wrong :?

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

It may be late in the year, but try one pair of Gold Breasts in your main aviary.

Paul.:wink: