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Wow Jan, I never realised you were lefty too! I began torturing the strings at about 14 in an attempt to attract the girls....never worked! But when I picked it up for the first time it went naturally lefty, I've tried swapping but gave up.
Upside, your gonna have to give us a shorter name we can call you? Yes great song made all the more poignant by the accompanying story, glad to hear you're clean, congrats on that and the song, it's early morning here and the wife is still sleeping so with your permission I'll give it a go later. You have a talent keep on.
Phill
Hi Jim, just having little problems like reinstalling the programs I used, I keep getting told win 10 doesn't support them. I'm still having problems getting my recording programming working...still keep trying. I couldn't log into Chordie the other day luckily Roger came to my salvation
Just a last post to finish this thread off;
As you may have read above i had a major crash and had to have my HDD formatted then Win 10 re-installed. MS had tried to down load the anniversary update on a couple of occasions but always got stuck at 84% to 91% and took 25 hours to get there before giving in!
Anyway, I switched on tonight to find that Win 10 had began down loading again so I thought OK let it run see what happens. 40 minutes later it had completed the down load and we are running fine (wipes sweat from brow) so hopefully no more crashes or formats.
Thanks again to those that offered help and advice.
Phill
Hi Jan, I almost hit the report button on this as it's so spamalicious! You have a lovely voice and your guitar playing is really coming along. I liked the rhythm you used I could almost hear sleigh bells! Of course Jim is a tremendous songsmith and you've picked a great song to cover.
scary indeed, i've just come from a sunday afternoon in the local club so i'm not quite sober or sensible, but your poem is rather scary imagine having to watch x factor or i'm a celebrity without a drink? unthinkable! please write some more
hi amy, no just £45 that he said it would cost, so not too bad, whats that about $30-$40 just mourning the loss of all those songs, still got them on thumb and cd. thanks for caring.
Yes very nice in that modern style. It's nice to see young talent singing rather than talking or rapping and writing her own music, full marks.
Hi Amy, yes I'd love a new PC basically cos I love new stuff anything from computers to guitars PA's TV's anything, I'm just a wastrel....ha, ha.
anyway, update;
took my PC in Wednesday and the techie worked on it all day and finally phoned to say all he could do was format the HDD and re-install windows 10 from a disc, which meant I'd lose all my programmes but he could save my songs and music and photos*, I had to say OK no other choice. so I spent yesterday (Thursday) reinstalling my essential programmes but it seems all my self penned songs, must be between 50 and 100, have all gone or at least hiding somewhere I haven't looked yet, that's not a problem as I have them all on CD or thumb drive. All my written work survives and my PC runs. Such a relief. Thanks for all your suggestions and help and concern.
Phill
Edited to add *photos 1000's of photos at
I spoke to a techie today who laughed and told me my symptoms...smart ass! So it's going into his shop tomorrow as he says it's an easy fix...double smartass, and it'll cost between £25&£45 the other alternative is a new PC which will cost a lot more. I should have grabbed it quick when the wife suggested it, but I'm too honest, stupid but honest.
thanks for all the help.
Phill
Hi Jan thanks for the listen, just hoping you're OK after the quake? Stay safe
Here's an update;
Last night the update popped up again so I thought I'd let it run. 15 hours later it was still I think? Running. It had been stuck on 91% for a good 4 hours when I lost it and switched off. When I switched back on my PC went into a cycle of start up screen going into the windows logo saying something like attempting to return to previous version, it flashes up and off so fast I don't get time to read it before it switches off then returns to the start of the cycle. Can I sue Microsoft?
Any help with how I can get out of this cycle would be a god send
Phill
i remember my mother commenting on the stones when they first appeared on top of the pops she said they were the ugliest pop group she'd ever seen, well mam, they're even uglier now.
and bill my friend, i wouldn't want keith richards blood running through my veins, have you seen his fingers? he must be riddled with arthritis, and i'd probably come out of the transfusion an alcoholic 
Bill, as your long term friend and sometime collaborator, I agree with all you said, but I want to expand on a few things; firstly I've always looked at Chordie as a musicians site not just string twangers union. Secondly and probably most importantly, when I started out as a solo ( when Elvis clocked out ) all the clubs I played at had an organist and drummer, most were OK some were rubbish. As the 70s became the 80s clubs found they couldn't afford an artist and backing music, so we had to resort to the hated drum machine, then backing tapes which cost a fortune and inevitably stretched and sounded awful.
I have noticed on a more happy note that groups are having a resurgence locally, I've seen 2 bands in the last month and they seem to be getting a good turn out. Funny thing is they all seem to be crumblies my age 65 or older....rock on Tommy
Honestly I've had that conversation myself....you want to know why? Not just why the guy is happy to kill him/herself but why kill possibly hundreds of innocents?
Yes we all know the Japanese had harakiri pilots, the Italians had manned torpedos. And every country have soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves to save others. But they killed combatants not the innocents and that was during wartime not when we think we are at peace.
The god of Islam just like Jesus preached peace and love not violence. It's man's greed for money and power that has killed millions not to mention the biggest killer.... religion!
Returning to the subject; well written and delivered, I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but I promise I will.
Great work my friend, as usual.
here is the soundcloud address for girl with a gun. i have to say i don't like it, but have a listen and see what you think?
https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/girl-with-a-gun
thanks for listening
Yes I believe they do still produce books with paper! But look how many trees the Kindle and others have saved? I tend to read my Kindle every night before going to sleep, just think I have a hundred books in my hand and it weighs less than a banana!
Going back to W10 I'm happy with the original download, so I may just stick with that. Thanks for all the advice guys.
It's on my PC ready to upload. Just need 5 minutes to get around to it. Thanks glad you like it.
It was a very cruel time. They'd cut you down from the gallows before you were dead, then split you open and lay you guts and entrails on your chest. I'm not quite sure if they cut off your arms and legs or worse? It was called being hung drawn and quartered. I don't know why we have fire works and a bonfire, maybe the fireworks signify the explosives/gunpowder. Maybe they burnt the bits later? They must have been desperate to get rid of the king and his corrupt government.
A little known fact, Guy Fawks committed suicide by jumping out of a window at the tower of London while on the way to his execution! That didn't spoil their fun though, they still hung him, disemboweled him then cut him into quarters and displayed the bits at the 4 corners of the country! What would they have done if he'd succeeded?
Is there such a thing as an honest politician? They're all millionaires that are robbing us to make more millions for themselves.
You can't blame the Guy ( get it?) For trying. I let the fireworks off last night for my grandkids, seems like there were a lot of like minded Peep's around there were lots of rockets,wizz bangs, flashes and stuff going on all around. I suppose there'll be more tonight as it's only just the 5th here, we are a good few hours behind you new Zealanders.
sounds like mac is a bit marmite; you either love it or hate it, me; i'm just a lawn mower, you can tell me by the way i walk, genesis
Really enjoyed it, played bass along too and the words are well written and the story rings true. All in all a great song.
Yep looks like I'll have to the bullet for the present and switch to Mac when my 4 year old passes it's sell by date! It actually crashed last night which is why I uninstalled W10 update. The only question now is...is it worth the wait Rog?
anybody know anything about this update? it tried to update my PC a few months back, got as far as 84% and froze so I uninstalled it. so it tried again this week and got to 84% and froze again, taking hours to do nothing basically, so when it tried again tonight I just said no and uninstalled again....so does any one of you smarter people have any suggestions?
thanks in advance
Someone's definitely cooking kippers ( that's the smelliest fish could think of) put the post into your bin and forget it.
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