Sharon Osborne speaks

Sharon Osbourne has issued a statement on the incident that took place with Iron Maiden at Saturday's Ozzfest show, when the band was pelted with eggs from people believed to be associated with the tour. For the most part, it outlines her previously stated belief that Bruce Dickenson was disrespectful to Ozzy throughout the tour, with several examples. She admits to cutting Maiden's power throughout their set, but never specifically admits to being responsible for the eggs thrown at the band. However, she did state the following:

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name

LONDON, (AFP) - British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village.

While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of F---ing are failing to see the funny side, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Only one kind of crimimal ever stalks the sleepy 32-house village near Salzburg on the German border -- cheeky British tourists armed with a sense of humour and a screwdriver.

But the local authorities are hitting back and with the signs now set in concrete, police chief Kommandant Schmidtberger is on the lookout.

"We will not stand for the F---ing signs being removed," the officer told the broadsheet.

"It may be very amusing for you British, but F---ing is simply F---ing to us. What is this big F---ing joke? It is puerile."

Local guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with F---ing.

"The Germans all want to see the Mozart house in Salzburg," he explained.

"Every American seems to care only about 'The Sound of Music' (the 1965 film shot around Salzburg). The occasional Japanese wants to see Hitler's birthplace in Braunau.

"But for the British, it's all about F---ing."

Guesthouse boss Augustina Lindlbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas.

"Yet still there is this obsession with F---ing," she said.

HELP!! I have gone soft in the head or got old over the weekend. I awoke on Saturday to find myself deeply in love with Natasha Beddingfield - I'm seriously concerned. I listened to the song 'unwritten' on replay all day and was even blasting my own pipes to it. What can I do to cure myself. I know, I need the new Joe G3 DVD but its not out yet :o(

SAVE ME!!!!

zinc, this F---ing American doesn't care about the Sound of Music! I'd be right along with the bloody Brits, screwdriver in hand, getting me a F---ing street sign! And no F---ing post cards? What the F--- is up with that!! lmao!! Bloody F---ing Austrians have no sense of humor! If they would have these things for sale, we wouldn't have to steal them...much. ;-) We have places here like Bird-In-Hand, Blue Ball, Intercourse, and Virginville, and we whore out the printed stuff like nobody's bidness! All Brits are welcome here. We have a great sense of humor ;-D lmao!

cuth, I call 'em as I see 'em. lol! I thought for sure the guitar player was going to ram the head of his guitar into the singer's face a few times the way they were up there jerking around. lol! Now THAT would have been a show!

Fablawyer, I have no idea who Natasha B. is, but I feel sorry for you anyway. lol! Watch an Anthrax or Pantera DVD, and see if your still singing girlie songs afterwards. If you are, just lay down till it passes. Good luck man! lol!

Its no good - the bollox have indeed dropped. I just bought the CD. It even has a sampled sequenced looped guitar! Oh God help me.

Hey Joe, i'll get my almost sickly gushing praise out of the way first as succinctly as possible. Your abilities and music have been a huge inspiration for me ever since i started learning guitar seriously. I also have admiration for the fact you never seem to sacrifice melody for the sake of technique, unlike a lot of other mainly instrumental guitarists i've listened to.

Anyways on to my questions, firstly are there any plans in the pipeline to release a production of the 7 string oil finished JS prototype you been photographed with (and presumably recorded some of the guitar tracks on 'Seven Strings' with) and other than the extra string in what ways does it spec vary from a normal JS?

Secondly, i own a 91' Ibanez Radius 540ltd similar in spec to the early JS1's. It's loaded with Ibanez USAs like you had on the Ibanez's you played in vids prior to getting the JS sig sorted. What was your opinion of these pickups and did you choose to upgrade them to full DiMarzios as soon as you endorsement was arranged? Also in what ways did you change the body spec from the Radius design when creating the JS?

Finally is there any possibility of either Andy Timmons or Charlie Hunter joining you and Steve on a future G3 tour as i think both would compliment the lineup extremely well.

THE LUNCH DATE

The following is a synopsis of a 10-minute movie that won an Academy Award in the short film category one year...

An older woman, smartly dressed, checking the clock in Grand Central Station. She finds her ticket in her purse only to discover that her wallet has been stolen. First scared and then annoyed, she scrounges for a few bills in the bottom of her purse, finds the cafeteria, buys a cobb salad, settles into her booth with her lunch, then she realizes she forgot her fork.

So she leaves her packages and salad to return only to find a very large, disheveled man in her booth eating her lunch. She is indignant. But he doesn't seem to notice. Determined, she sits down at the table, picks up her fork and stabs at the salad; he does the same, each taking a turn till they're done. Finally the man leaves, only to return again with coffee, two cups of coffee, and they end their meal in polite silence. He is the first to leave.

She looks at her watch; it's time for her to catch her train. She reaches for her packages and discovers they're gone!! - And then her eye wanders to the next booth, where her packages sit along with her cobb salad, untouched!

Phrydom- So are you enjoying living in Atlanta? We would love to emigrate from England one day, although I think I would choose Italy... you never know, one day it could happen!

Civ - The Oregon hunt continues. However so does full time employment in our current locale. I am interested in Portland. NW Portland is the nicest? It's a large area. My most current trip there (2001) I went to a software class in Tigard. I saw a little of downtown. Not enough to get my bearings. My husband says if JS plays there it's good. I have also been looking in Brookings, Newport and Florence. The move is up to six years away. We have a series of things we need to do before the move. Looking forward to it. Pine trees and rain.

GMAIL INVITATIONS

I have a few gmail invitations (Google mail) if anybody wants one.

Send me a note or post your email address here - and I will send you an invite.

All you Southerner's....hope God is with you tonight...

hey all.... hope that all is well with everyone in Satchland and that all are able to steer clear of Katrina as much as possible... things here have been crazy again... work and school... never ending cycle... good to see that the dvd will be available soon :) well off to study...

hope all in satchland have a good evening and that all on the south coast stay safe...

...weather-wise it's been kinda weird... i rode to work at around 1400 and it was warm and sunny... during my shift it rained *a lot* and so many (most!) of the dogs didn't even want to go outside... as i finished my shift it was raining pretty scarily so i got a (n offered) ride home with my bike... i hope tomorrow is easy cycling! it's really bad what happened further south... apparently some tornadoes touched down locally today... and tomorrow is supposed to be worse.... yuck... i actually have on a long sleeve shirt at the mo!!! earlier today i guess the rain was coming down sideways, upwards, backwards and all over the place... freaky....

take care everyone in Katrina's projected path... I'm pretty certain it's much worse for you than it is for me