zenfish, Joe is melodic master over Steve! Joe's melodies are great, but Eric Johnson's are the best! hehe

He's updating his site quite a lot these days because of the new release, so you should go check it out! There's a launch show for the new record, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and I would suggest you pre-order his CD from his website - the first 300 orders get a signed copy!

Clarky, you're right the Mongolian archers did use a quite small bow suitable for their archers to use from horseback, but it was called the Mongolian Longbow. I don't know why.

Speaking of Jag performance, they made the XJR15 in the early 90's which was an awesome car, but lasted about 5 minutes cause nobody was interested in it. A few months ago it was anounced that the rights had been given to re-ignite the XJR15 project.

civgeek, I don't think it'd work. When I met jennifer batten i asked "have you ever thought about doing a G3 thing with satch and vai" and she quite forcefully, yet very politely, said "oh I think you have to be asked".

Delfino, haha, that was me who said that about the pink guitar! hehe, Paul Gilbert and Steve Vai both had bright-f*ck*ng-pink guitars, and both played 'em well.

I'd love to be good enough to have a bright pink guitar! haha

Plain old auto paint from halfords? crazy! I might have to get me some metallic black or something funky like metal-flake black, and then get it mirrored on top!

civgeek, yeah I see your point about opening lines of communication!

Pastafarian, cool, I'd love to get all the sopranos seasons on DVD......i'm just following it on TV at the moment. Do the DVD's have any special features like cast/director interviews or anything?

It's a cracking series, and everyone in it is top class on the acting front. Edie Falco and James Gandolfini are superb....there's a lot of movies come out these days where the acting is not nearly at their level!

Crazy, some stupid kid must have found one of me Jem-sale adverts and decided to give me abuse about the fact that I play Ibanez, claiming that my Jem was a shit one! Little sod really irritated me, but he's shut up now - I played the sarcasm card and told him he's really cool, what a god! I wish I could be like him!

It's cool tho, I saved his number. I'll phone him at...like...3 in the morning and wake the little f*ck*r up. Every night for a week. MUAHAHAHA

OllyNo1, no problems duder! Yeah i'm good thanks, although a little annoyed by this pillock who so rudely interrupted my social evening yesterday! The thing that most annoys me is I don't know who the little bastard is, and that is lame, cause I know he'd never say anything like it to my face! nevermind. hehe, hope you're cool too mate!

I know, everyone else is going to be thinking i'm surely just stooping to his level, but little f*ck*rs like "Ross" need to be taught a lesson! I don't take lightly to unprovoked abuse, it's just not right!

Fable looks good huh? I'll have to check that out. Mate, I found screenshots of Ghost Recon 2 the other day...it looks stunning!

http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/924/Tom-Clancys-Ghost-Recon-2/p1

Delfino, you should get an amazon account....games are cheaper. You could also pre-order the special edition of Halo 2, with the metal case and 'making-of' special features!

Thanks, I hope I sort the little sod out too!

Opticalstudio, i think the name of the track designer is Hermann Tilker. What a genius, the chinese track is awesome! I think he screwed up when designing Sepang (Malaysia) but the Shang Hai circuit is his redemption.

It was great to see Jacques in those renault colours....it's a shame he's not staying there, but Sauber isn't such a bad move I suppose. It was also great to see Schumi f*ck up....it's about time! hehe. Barrichello was hilarious up on the podium! hehe. Japan next, I wonder what will happen!

Oh, I really wish they'd take F1 to Laguna Seca!

Suzie, thanks for the rockers link! oh and always remember the http://! hehe

It has been discussedbefore though, and I think the FIA said something like "we already have a USA Grand Prix and to go to Laguna would cost billions. The circuit facilities would need updating and we're not sure it would pull a big enough crowd".

Bullshit if you ask me, it ought to pull a bigger crowd than Indy F1 cause it's a better circuit! damn the FIA and their rules! hehe.

By the way, I hear what you're saying about the higher-buying-prices in London stores.....in your opinion, does that make my chances of selling my Jem to one of said shops, for a reasonable sum (ie 800 quid at least) any good?

and finally....amen on dutch people. they rock. It kinda makes me sick how amazing they all are at learning to be fluent in foreign languages, but they make up for it in coolness!

Delfino, if the release date has been pushed back once, it'll probably happen again. Expect Fable in about a month. It sucks, I know....just as long as it doesn't happn on the scale that it did with Vai's Astoria DVD - that was about a year and a half late! hehe

jelly man, sorry I didn't realise HL came out in 98. Yeah I know HL2's engines are great....I was just being purposefully OTT and saying that by the time it comes out it will be outdated.

Yes of course, HL2 will be good, but too much hype is a bad thing. From what I've seen it does look excellent, and I await with intrigue, but I think that release date will change quite a few times before we get to play it.

Those Lego men you linked to, I have all those. What's special about them.....I missed the previous posts on the matter?!