• Re: Thanks America!

    From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to Arelor on Fri Nov 15 07:06:00 2024
    Wood fire is not popular for house heating in Spain, though. Firewood is regarded as a poorman's resource. Nearly everybody uses gas for house heating, or fuel-oil. People who wants solid fuels tend to use pellets, which are a bit of a scam if you ask me.

    Well we do have gas a primary heater resource too, but it's coming back to fashion to have a chimney and fire it up in the winter, just for the style.

    ANd I like it too so I buy 3-4 cubics every year so I can have a nice winter time reading and glass of wine at the fire place.

    Nothing replaces the heat from wood being on fire... the temperature, the smell of it... its humidity... all things lovely and if you conside a cubic of oak costs you about 200 EUR and gas still has subsidies here then I'd not call it poor's man way :)

    It's more about blaming me to produce extra CO2 than being poor as general feedback.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HOLLOWONE on Fri Nov 15 09:44:00 2024
    I'd more say, they have both, but yes; I'm quite often surprised that many Chinese premium products are really premium and with fairly acceptable price tag.

    Haier's washing machines and fridges as most notable discovery of last years!

    Since Haier recently purchased GE's appliance division, they are making
    Haier products (mostly labeled as GE) in the US now.


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  • From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to Dumas Walker on Sat Nov 16 11:44:00 2024

    Since Haier recently purchased GE's appliance division, they are making Haier products (mostly labeled as GE) in the US now.

    Yep, they acquired a lot of US/EU brands recently.

    -h1

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HOLLOWONE on Sun Nov 17 12:54:00 2024
    Since Haier recently purchased GE's appliance division, they are making Haier products (mostly labeled as GE) in the US now.

    Yep, they acquired a lot of US/EU brands recently.

    Which is something I think we should be concerned about.


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  • From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to Dumas Walker on Tue Nov 19 03:01:00 2024
    Yep, they acquired a lot of US/EU brands recently.

    Which is something I think we should be concerned about.

    Well... they have the real money, not the printed ones... I think since 2008 more than US, I'd say.. and they keep spending it wisely to expand influence and grab back tech spec so their native brands can be top notch advanced.

    I think that's part of the strategy.

    -h1

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HOLLOWONE on Wed Nov 20 09:05:00 2024
    Yep, they acquired a lot of US/EU brands recently.

    Which is something I think we should be concerned about.

    Well... they have the real money, not the printed ones... I think since 2008 more than US, I'd say.. and they keep spending it wisely to expand influence and grab back tech spec so their native brands can be top notch advanced.

    I think that's part of the strategy.

    Meanwhile they (the Chinese) are also up to things like this:

    https://gcaptain.com/details-of-baltic-sea-cable-incident-remain-murky-as- danish-coast-guard-shadows-chinese-vessel/

    https://tinyurl.com/vsy8jsf8


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  • From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to Dumas Walker on Fri Nov 22 13:13:00 2024
    Meanwhile they (the Chinese) are also up to things like this:

    https://gcaptain.com/details-of-baltic-sea-cable-incident-remain-murky-as- danish-coast-guard-shadows-chinese-vessel/


    Yeah I know.. it's sort of a big news in my part of Europe.

    -h1

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HOLLOWONE on Sat Nov 23 10:58:00 2024
    Meanwhile they (the Chinese) are also up to things like this:

    https://gcaptain.com/details-of-baltic-sea-cable-incident-remain-murky-as- >DW> danish-coast-guard-shadows-chinese-vessel/

    Yeah I know.. it's sort of a big news in my part of Europe.

    I figured it would be. ;)


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  • From Shitty@VERT/ALCO to Weed Hopper on Sat Nov 30 01:40:00 2024
    Let me start by saying yes, dump more weed into the hopper! :)

    being alive long enough to eat the food that's stored in it.

    First I want to mention that the last time Trump was in office, tarrifs did not have any negative impact on pricing. China ate the cost and they will this time as well. In additon, O'Biden left the tarrifs in place because they are generating huge sums of money.

    I agree about being alive long enough to eat the food, but I also
    listened to someone explaining tarrifs the other day and the bottom line is they tend to be good for the country because it protects our
    industries from markets being flooded with products that have
    artificially lower cost. These products harm our competing industries.

    Thank you. My thoughts exactly. And while we're able to control peace through money, so be it. Let's do it.

    Someone out there that knows more than me can do a better job of explaining

    You explained it perfectly.

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  • From Shitty@VERT/ALCO to Nightfox on Sat Nov 30 01:46:00 2024
    improved over time. I've seen this in what people say about guitars - A lot of the budget guitars sold in the US are made in other countries (Mexico, China, Indonesia, and Korea, among others). It used to be that
    a lot of people would say US-made guitars are better in quality, but
    these days, I've seen a lot of reviews of such guitars saying their
    build quality is excellent.

    As long as a guitar can stay in tune with a moderate amount of bending, isn't it as good as the next?

    I've had a variety of them (electrics.) The ones that I miss the most are the cheapest rip-offs, like my old Biscayne Six (a strat copy) and my old Hondo V.

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Shitty on Sat Nov 30 10:11:40 2024
    Re: Re: Thanks America!
    By: Shitty to Nightfox on Sat Nov 30 2024 01:46 am

    As long as a guitar can stay in tune with a moderate amount of bending, isn't it as good as the next?

    Not to me... but then I think that each axe is individual and stands on it's own legs.

    But after saying that, I should admit that my current fave is a Chinese made (in the Epiphone Custom shop) Les Paul GoldTop. I only bought it because I went to a music store to buy a bass (which I did), and saw it sitting on a stand. I had been thinking about getting a goldtop Les Paul, and when I played this one, I fell in love with the action... like playing a stick of butter. I had to have it so I bought both it and the bass. I had not had a guitar that played like that one since my 1966 Gibson Melody Maker. I wish I still had that one.

    But I am comparing this Les Paul to all of my high-dollar, American made Fenders, Gibsons, G&Ls and PRSes and while they are great guitars one and all (and all for sale I might add), none of them measure up to the playability of the LP (which is NOT for sale.)

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  • From Grease@VERT/DARKMATT to Shitty on Sat Nov 30 09:12:44 2024
    Shitty wrote to Nightfox <=-

    As long as a guitar can stay in tune with a moderate amount of bending, isn't it as good as the next?

    See if the G string stays in tune on a Les Paul. Even the Les Real I built can't.

    I've had a variety of them (electrics.) The ones that I miss the most
    are the cheapest rip-offs, like my old Biscayne Six (a strat copy) and
    my old Hondo V.

    Hondo's were actually pretty good guitars. If it good enough to get sued for, it's got to be a pretty good guitar. I've got an Electra tele copy that is bulletproof.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Shitty on Sat Nov 30 15:06:55 2024
    Re: Re: Thanks America!
    By: Shitty to Nightfox on Sat Nov 30 2024 01:46 am

    As long as a guitar can stay in tune with a moderate amount of bending, isn't it as good as the next?

    I've had a variety of them (electrics.) The ones that I miss the most are the cheapest rip-offs, like my old Biscayne Six (a strat copy) and my old Hondo V.

    I don't think it's just about staying in tune; it's also the quality of parts they use in the guitar (moreso for electrics).

    Nightfox

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Grease on Sun Dec 1 09:05:35 2024
    Re: Re: Thanks America!
    By: Grease to Shitty on Sat Nov 30 2024 09:12 am

    See if the G string stays in tune on a Les Paul. Even the Les Real I built can't.

    It stays in tune perfectly on my Epiphone Les Paul.

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  • From Shitty@VERT/ALCO to Bf2k+ on Sun Dec 1 22:42:00 2024
    As long as a guitar can stay in tune with a moderate amount of bending, isn't it as good as the next?

    Not to me... but then I think that each axe is individual and stands on it's own legs.
    But after saying that, I should admit that my current fave is a Chinese made (in the Epiphone Custom shop) Les Paul GoldTop. I only bought it because I went to a music store to buy a bass (which I did), and saw it sitting on a stand. I had been thinking about getting a goldtop Les
    Paul, and when I played this one, I fell in love with the action... like playing a stick of butter. I had to have it so I bought both it and the bass. I had not had a guitar that played like that one since my 1966 Gibson Melody Maker. I wish I still had that one.

    I can relate. Did you ever try a Squire? I thought they were crap until I tried one. It had a maple fretboard and a very smooth and comfortable neck (like a soft hardwood.)

    I don't know what the rock stars see in expensive guitars.

    But I am comparing this Les Paul to all of my high-dollar, American made Fenders, Gibsons, G&Ls and PRSes and while they are great guitars one
    and all (and all for sale I might add), none of them measure up to the playability of the LP (which is NOT for sale.)

    What are G&Ls? I've seen PRS guitars. What do you get in exchange for all the money of the world? <jk>

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  • From Shitty@VERT/ALCO to Grease on Sun Dec 1 22:44:00 2024
    I've had a variety of them (electrics.) The ones that I miss the most are the cheapest rip-offs, like my old Biscayne Six (a strat copy) an my old Hondo V.

    Hondo's were actually pretty good guitars. If it good enough to get sued for, it's got to be a pretty good guitar. I've got an Electra tele copy that is bulletproof.

    Hell yea. The neck is just cheap crap, but I had great times with my Hondo V.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Shitty on Mon Dec 2 10:08:25 2024
    Re: Re: Thanks America!
    By: Shitty to Bf2k+ on Sun Dec 01 2024 10:42 pm

    What are G&Ls?

    G&L is a guitar company that was founded in 1980 by Leo Fender (of Fender guitars) and George Fullerton (the name G&L stands for George & Leo). Leo Fender made his last guitars & innovations at G&L, and I think G&L continues to carry the Fender legacy. I think they make good guitars.

    Nightfox

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  • From Grease@VERT/DARKMATT to Bf2k+ on Tue Dec 3 10:50:49 2024
    Bf2k+ wrote to Grease <=-

    See if the G string stays in tune on a Les Paul. Even the Les Real I built can't.

    It stays in tune perfectly on my Epiphone Les Paul.

    One of the lucky ones. All my others are great. I just tune that one.
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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Shitty on Wed Dec 4 13:48:03 2024
    Re: Re: Thanks America!
    By: Shitty to Bf2k+ on Sun Dec 01 2024 10:42 pm

    What are G&Ls? I've seen PRS guitars. What do you get in exchange for all the money of the world? <jk>

    G&L is the company that Leo Fender started after he left Fender. Mine is a fine guitar.

    And yes I've played some Squires I'm sure... just never owned one.

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