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Most of those early Japanese Squiers of the era are now worth more than their Fender counterparts, as the US Fender factory was in a total mess at the time and making pure junk. Fender spun off Squier to compete with the excellent clones coming out of Japan (Tokai Hard Puncher being a personal...

Love the rig. Anyone playing their own concoction rather than just another muddy Ampeg fridge is good with me. The bass is classic, too. When I got my '76 P, it had the classic late '70s combo of a Badass bridge and DiMarzio Model P pickups with the cream covers. I swapped the originals back in...

Not that I'm aware of. The IBL seems to now mostly be a spot for local kids that didn't quite make it, prospects who've fallen out of the system, and a few guys from Latin America who will play for what I have to assume are pretty tiny salaries. There's also a few guys like Dalton Pompey, who...

I don't, well before my time in Hamilton unfortunately. I'm always impressed by the quality of play, though. It's obviously a step (or two) down from the majors, but there's lots of guys who have played in the show mixed in. Pretty much every game you're guaranteed to see a great play of some sort.

True for most sports, but especially for me with baseball. I love heading down to see the Hamilton Cardinals play in the Intercounty Baseball League, around since 1919. Perfect for a muggy summer night, watching the sun set with a beer in one hand and a hot dog in the other. Makes the slog of...

No shame there. I'm down to four basses and three amps now, having more was fun, but unnecessary. I also had the advantage of having a buddy who manages a Long & McQuade in the Vancouver area, as well as getting along well with the manager of the bass department in the main Vancouver store. This...

Weirdly, for me, budget isn't the constraint (though it is a factor, as we basically spend the equivalent of a decent used bike every time we go to Italy). I just kind of like only having one street bike, not really sure why. I get that this sounds silly considering I also have a track bike and...

Alright, add Gun-(infared-thermometer) Gene to the list!

For me, it's hard to define. For my street bike, it starts with a sense that what I have isn't working for me anymore. From there, when I see 'the one', I usually know it right away. Then I'll spend a month or two researching and comparing alternatives, invariably only to come back to the one I...

Have met "How-Was-It" Hank's brother, Tire-Pressure Troy many times. Will get out a magnifying glass to inspect the patterns on your tire, ask what pressures you're running, tell you what they're running, wonder whether a 0.25psi change might help them get better hook-up onto the back straight...

Landed back from two weeks of bliss in Italy to that score yesterday afternoon. That plus the sh*te weather did little to brighten the already sour mood. Trying to remind myself that they need time to sort out the system, and thinking back to how long it would take for Klopp to start new...

After our first pair of dogs passed away, we decided our next ones had to be small enough for my wife to easily lift, as our 80 lb dog's hip issues were tough on her with the many stairs in our house. We searched locally for a not-too-big-not-too-small dog for quite a while with no luck (lots of...

Agree with everything except re-signing Konate. He's been solid in flashes when the rest of the team is there to bail him out from his moments of distraction, but when they aren't at their best, he makes things much worse with his lack of consistency. He's come in for a lot of stick this year...

Insanely bad reffing aside, this was the first no good, awful, very bad week as a Liverpool supporter in a long time. Have heard a million theories as to why it's not working, from it all being Konate's fault, all being Wirtz's fault, Slot's fault for too much chopping and changing and never...

Couldn't watch, so only my usual workday mix of Bluesky, Reddit and Fotmob feeds. Have never seen Slot so cranky in a post-match presser, saying Ekitike was stupid and that a few other players didn't put enough effort in. Consensus seems to be Gomez, Endo and Frimpong were the source of his...

Anyone paying attention on the contracting side has known this for months if not close to a year. I know of excavation contractors, the first on the ground for any high-rise development, who have moved their businesses almost entirely over to things like sewer installation because the...

Went to the second Toronto Timepiece Show today, and it was a bit different to last year. More established brands, fewer tiny microbrands. Some high/lowlights include: - echo/neutra: small Italian microbrand making beautiful watches with vintage inspiration but still looking modern. The...

I couldn't watch because of work, but was glued to Bluesky and the Fotmob app in the office and have since seen the excellent highlights package DAZN puts together (Fubo's sucks by comparison). Both the Atleti goals looked iffy to me, the first should have been called back for offside with...

Hey, I've always maintained that the only thing I miss about BC is the motorcycling roads. Ontario has BC beat for everything else I care about, though... (oh, wait, I also miss ICBC, which I never thought I'd say!) I wasn't trying to be snarky (at least not TOO snarky), I was genuinely...

Okay, this has bugged me since I moved back from BC, but just to confirm, the bit of the Forks of the Credit that folks head to for riding is just the 3 odd km bit around the hairpin, right? Is there a bit I'm missing on the way to or from that makes it such a destination? I went to Snake Rd...