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  Tour de France winner taking drugs?

  by Crumpet in

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  newssplash: tour de france winner floyd landis fails drug test, his phonak team says, according to media reports.. .

  does this mean i will have to repay my betfair winnings if he's disqualified?

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  Hmmmm

  Being a qualified Personal Trainer, 'doping' is a subject that interests me greatly.

  My peronal stance and opinion of many of my contemporaries, is that ALL modern day atheletes are enhancing their perfomance in some way or other! They have to in order to keep up, it's the way it ticks now and there's waaaay too much money involved.

  As for Lance Armstrong (his noble and gutsy fight against cancer aside) well let me relate this.

  My friend who is a keen road cyclist (recently cycled from Lancashire, England to Barcelona, Spain) tells me that the latest technology is genetic manipulation and thinks that is what Armstrong used, apart from drugs and his natural ability.

  The masking and hiding of these drugs in the body is just as advanced a science as the drugs themselves.

  Peace

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  A heartfelt warning to parents

  by Stealth453 in

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  yesterday, at 5 in the afternoon, my 17 year old son was swarmed and beaten by a gang of 6 young males.

  in broad daylight, on the busiest corner of the city, in front of his horrified girlfriend and about 300 passers-by.

  he is in the hospital with head injuries.

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  Jeeeeeesus Stealth!!!

  I have 3 boys (18, 16, 14) and it's one of the worst nightmares of a parent to experience this kinda shit. Poor kid!

  Much love to you and yours.

  Peace

  Lowden
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  LOVE this song!!!

  by Sunnygal41 in

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  one love.

  it's one love.

  one love.

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  Hey Sunny

  Well i find myself agreeing here. Not a massive U2 fan but ONE is their best song IMO and it's also the song of theirs that i enjoy singing the most, it's part of my repetoire (i'm a musician/guitarist). I love to belt it out and feel the song fly out of my lungs.....'love is a temple, love the higher law'.....

  A classic in that gospel tradition that they did so well with I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

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  Music you chucked out when you were a JW.

  by lowden in

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  it made me think, reading comments on carpenters thread....... what music did you throw out when you were a witness??.

  i got rid of all my led zeppelin (satanic backtracking and all that baloney).

  all my deep purple.

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  When i read through these posts it makes me realise what seriously warped people we were involved with. The reasonings that they used and the ultra-paranoia that possessed them/us.

  Good story Tijkmo...wow.

  It makes me want to guard my personal freedom all the more so, in a 'screaming blue faced Mel Gibson' kinda way.

  Peace

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  Music you chucked out when you were a JW.

  by lowden in

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  it made me think, reading comments on carpenters thread....... what music did you throw out when you were a witness??.

  i got rid of all my led zeppelin (satanic backtracking and all that baloney).

  all my deep purple.

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  Superb posts you people!!

  LMAO at Dismembered and DB74 (What was hidden in the drawer DB?)

  Thing is, the paranoia that this cult raised in us would have made us throw anything out. Craaaazzeeeee!

  Listening to RUSH (Raised Under Satans Hand is it?) has never made me wanna nail cats to peoples doors or drink virgins blood. Funny that!?!!

  I'm a musician, i neeeeeed my music. The odd bit may make me feel a bit melancholy but i turn it off when i realise it's having that effect.

  We're freeee people and it's a darn good feeling.....now...where's that Black Sabbath album?

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  Music you chucked out when you were a JW.

  by lowden in

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  it made me think, reading comments on carpenters thread....... what music did you throw out when you were a witness??.

  i got rid of all my led zeppelin (satanic backtracking and all that baloney).

  all my deep purple.

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  It made me think, reading comments on Carpenters thread......

  What music did you throw out when you were a Witness??

  I got rid of all my Led Zeppelin (satanic backtracking and all that baloney)

  All my Deep Purple

  All the Black Sabbath (speaks for itself)

  Somebody even told me Rush were satanic (out they went too)

  Anything remotely connected to punk/new wave (too rebellious)

  Believe me it was ALOT of albums/vinyl

  I have since replaced most, except the Sabbs.

  Happily i also listen to a much more diverse range of music too.

  Man..... the things we did........

  Peace

  Lowden
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  WHO DOES PETER SUTCLIFFE HAVE BIBLE STUDIES WITH?

  by badboy in

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  every friday,he has a bible study!.

  i wonder who with?

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  Sutcliffe studying with the Witnesses...Badboy, you avin' a laugh, is that really happening...seriously????!!!!

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  Let's Impeach The President!! Mr Young on form again.

  by lowden in

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  he may now be a bit of an 'old croc' but neil young has really pulled a gem out of the bag with his latest album 'living with war'!

  i've been a fan for over 25 years now and this is a milestone album, probably the best since freedom or ragged glory imo.

  he's very often at his best when ripping into someone or something, a brilliant writer when it comes to putting things simply and in a nutshell.. stand-out track has got to be 'let's impeach the president'.

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  Undrercover

  I agree with the sentiments of your post. He's not really going anywhere new musically, i heard it was a rushed album. But the 'bite' of the old dog is just as strong and that's what i like. Whether it stands the test of time is something we'll have to wait to see. The anti-war thing has been reverberating in America for a while now, the more commonly known stuff coming from Greenday's last noteworthy offering, so Young isn't going anywhere new in that way either. I do think it's brilliant though that he can still turn out good stuff when artists of a similar age struggle miserably.

  Peace

  Lowden
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  Let's Impeach The President!! Mr Young on form again.

  by lowden in

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  he may now be a bit of an 'old croc' but neil young has really pulled a gem out of the bag with his latest album 'living with war'!

  i've been a fan for over 25 years now and this is a milestone album, probably the best since freedom or ragged glory imo.

  he's very often at his best when ripping into someone or something, a brilliant writer when it comes to putting things simply and in a nutshell.. stand-out track has got to be 'let's impeach the president'.

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  He may now be a bit of an 'old croc' but Neil Young has really pulled a gem out of the bag with his latest album 'Living With War'! I've been a fan for over 25 years now and this is a milestone album, probably the best since Freedom or Ragged Glory IMO. He's very often at his best when ripping into someone or something, a brilliant writer when it comes to putting things simply and in a nutshell.

  Stand-out track has got to be 'Let's Impeach The President'. Very few thinking people could like Bush and Neil Young speaks for us all in this rip-roaring, scathing denunciation of a bad, bad leader. Nixon has nothing on Bush, which reminds me of Ohio, possibly the greatest song he ever wrote. I hope Mr Young 'keeps on rocking' for a long time yet if he's going to release material like this and i hope America and the world can soon be free from Mr Bush. Listen to the song.

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  Multitrack audio recording in the basement

  by Twitch in

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  one of my hobbies is recording original music with either of the two bands i play in.

  i've got a roland si24 8 track interface/control surface and use sonar on the pc, various plugins (waves native bundle dx plugins for mixing and isotope ozone for mastering) .

  just finished one cd for one project with another in the mastering stage.

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  Twitch

  I'm a musician and record my own stuff too. I use Cubase SX version one ( tried the latest version but not too keen). Pro-Tools is the way to go though as mentioned above and works best on a Mac because that's what it was designed for. I haven't got a Mac but it's the daddy for recording. Myson goes to university in September in Manchester doing a degree in Music Technology and the Perfoming Arts, using the same studios that The Smiths and The Stone Roses recorded in. Lucky sod!!! I've no doubt that he'll totally convert me to Mac and Pro-Tools after he's been there a few months. Ialso use Propellerhead Reason for my beats and loops which i think is an awesome programme. Happy music makin'.

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  Lowden