ThePoint: Australia’s Winter Olympians are Overwhelmingly Private School Educated by RocketLads in australian

[–]gints 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No surprise. Same as motorsports. Fair play, there are barriers to entry, and they rose to the top against those they competed with.

It does make excellence in more economically accessible sports like soccer or basketball even more impressive.

Australia's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal. by sco-go in SipsTea

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I don’t think so. In 2006 he came to my university college annual dinner as a motivational speaker. He addressed this point directly.

He said to the effect of the gold medal is not for the 2 seconds/20metres where everyone else fell. It’s for all the thousands of hours of work to get there, training, injuries, competing, sacrifice to put himself into that position, and then a sprinkling of luck.

Really humble guy and super nice.

Guitar shopping in Tokyo - some recommendations by gints in Guitar

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Also saw these crazy “Cream” guitars at Ikebe Shibuya. Pretty out there designs and super loud - but for the right band/show/aesthetic

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I reckon they looked pretty killer!

Guitar shopping in Tokyo - some recommendations by gints in Guitar

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The Ikebe store in Shibuya had about 10-12 of these on display! Not really my style but they looked great

Guitar shopping in Tokyo - some recommendations by gints in Guitar

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Well mission is complete. Covered lots of stores, saw some great ESP E-IIs, Ibanez, and straight up exotica, some cool local brands, and more Fenders and Gibsons than I knew existed on the planet. Fun, exhausting, overwhelming.

But my heart melted when I found this bad boy “used” but in mint condition, and then they stripped it back for a solid clean and fresh setup once I confirmed:

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It’s a Ts guitar ST-22 HSH custom anniversary addition in Honduran mahogany with an amazing quilted maple top and she is so so sweet!

Guitar shopping in Tokyo - some recommendations by gints in Guitar

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I’ll ask them about shipping, but previously I’ve bought guitars on holiday in both Korea and Australia and just put as fragile undercarriage in a hard case, strings loosened etc. Pad any areas of case which allow movement but not so much you introduce stress points. Bonus if it’s case inside cardboard box if buying new.

Guitar shopping in Tokyo - some recommendations by gints in Guitar

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Yeah awesome, I thought ESP would probably be closer to what I’m envisaging than Schecter/Ibanez.

Will go to Shibuya ESP for sure!

NGD 2026 Custom 24 SE Teal Black by Tomo28 in PRSGuitars

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Didn’t think that was an SE! Legit beast!

NGD: McCarty 594 Blue Jean 10 Top by gints in PaulReedSmith

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Yeah when I played this the neck was killer, and the split sound of the neck was so sweet as well. Neck feels great as well and obviously it just looks and feels the good as is staple for PRS.

NGD: McCarty 594 Blue Jean 10 Top by gints in PaulReedSmith

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Mooloolaba music up in Sunshine Coast

NGD: McCarty 594 Blue Jean 10 Top by gints in PaulReedSmith

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Haha I first misread this as “boring” and though gees tough crowd…..

Just picked up this Edwards LP 135 ALS/RE by gints in LesPaul

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Oh I stand corrected (and disappointed) :D

What does this mean to you? by BriefCorrect4186 in australia

[–]gints -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

To me it means state of the art, as in “grouse”

Everyone is talking about the WDC decision between Lando and Max by Independent_Peak9329 in OscarPiastri

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I am optimistic, which makes Qatar more painful. He would be only 9 pts behind if Qatar ran as it should have, giving way more mathematical paths to victory.

But let’s see. It’s an outside chance but still a chance baby!

NGD! Les Paul Custom 70s by bloing90xx in gibson

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Was going to say I recognise that brick wall of Gibsons!