I  had  a  commando  850  for  a  while and  later  a  triumph trident  t150 v the commando  was  nice  but  the  trident   out performed it  in every  way.

It was  entirely Trevs  fault  he  used to  ride  like  a  lunatic  .He  wasn't  wired up  right I  remember  one  time  he  stripped  a bike  down in his mothers living room , granted  he  covered  the  carpet  with plastic  but  he  then  drained  the  oil out which ran over  the  edges .We all  had  a good  laugh at his  Dad  dragging  the  bike out  of  the door and  Trev trying to drag it  back in. Honestly you  couldn't  invent  a  story  like  this even if  you  wanted  to .

The  new  skills  thing  is very important .I  always  bring  something new  to  rehearsals ,not  as  a  suggestion  to  include it  in future  sets  but  to  improve and  diversify  from things  we  have  been   used  to. 
Some time  ago  I  suggested  we play  Donna Summers  hot stuff which  every  body   except  our  girl singer   seemed  horrified  by . How ever every body  loved it  once  they  played  it ,the  lead  riff  having such an effect on our  Conga  player( who  is  also   a  good guitarist ) as  he  asked if  he  could take  the  lead  on guitar for this  song .

This  is an argument  which some  of  my  colleague's feel quite  strong about .Our  last  bass player really  felt  that we  should  mimic the  original songs  where as  the  rest  of  us  felt  we should put  out  own stamp  on the  track ,As probably  60% of  the  current  set  is  covers My  personal take  is  that  it  should  sound  like us  and not  the  original  artist .
However if  you  play  as  a  tribute  artist  then yes try and  be  as close to  the  original as you can ,no one  wants  an Elvis  impersonator who  sound like Dolly Parton .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPHBzozYNc
Rough recording  as promised

Probably   Johnny  be  good  or  some  other  rock n roll  classic

Do  you  get   nervous or does  it  happen all the  time .If its all the  time  I would  just say  practice. If its just  when some ones listening try  to imagine  your on your own .But in either case warm up your vocal chords with a few  exercises before you start  then you don't strain

You can just  use the  browser on kindle and it  functions  just like a  normal computer no app needed

Thanks Daiyu

This morning I  am breathing better  but   my  sinus's  feel  terrible  like  a real bad case of hay fever .