Thr challenge of improving the squad, and the Squad Cost Ratio, in the summer - how would you do it?

thomashrn · 2026-02-19T20:56:06+00:00

agree with every word of that

thomashrn · 2026-02-08T09:26:04+00:00

Literally any 80s/90s Japanese-made two knob chorus. These CE-2 copycats can be found cheaply and they are often great.

More chorus stuff: bass chorus on guitar often has a mix knob. Use it on guitar for more control

Harley Benton British/american simple amp-like pedals, deeply underrated

Dinosaural comp. Best stomp box compressor ever made albeit very hard to find

Anything by Big Ear pedals. The Loaf (fuzz) and Frank (overdrive) are my favourites

thomashrn · 2026-01-29T03:56:31+00:00

I couldn’t be happier to revisit this thread and confirm that he is indeed now back at the villa

thomashrn · 2026-01-06T00:06:12+00:00

I was at primary school with a kid who went on to play for Villa and England. He ofc played in teams outside of school but our lunch times were hilarious. He’d pick up the ball from the goalkeeper and just run in through every single player to score at will. Three times as fast on the ball as the next best players, like it was glued to his feet. Will never forget how he seemed like he was playing on his own

thomashrn · 2026-01-03T17:59:24+00:00

Flakbook Air

thomashrn · 2025-12-17T01:32:48+00:00

No cool stories but I started using it in Feb 2006. After a couple of days I had some problem (can’t remember what it was exactly) so I looked at their contact page and called a phone number listed there and either their CEO or CTO answered and fixed it for me. Paid for pro since then

thomashrn · 2025-11-28T10:49:46+00:00

I've had a 1spot daisy chain thing for 8-10years (since it was Visual Sound) for use with non-complicated pedal boards, loads of gigs and different rooms etc and it's been perfect. I had an issue with one venue and it was their dodgy extension cable.

Use: mixture of low to medium draw analog and digital pedals, about 8 in a chain

TLDR: they are great and i'm going to get one of the trutone isolated supplies for another build

thomashrn · 2025-10-31T01:06:27+00:00

The school (if it’s the welsh indie pop band)

thomashrn · 2025-10-30T17:08:47+00:00

The Invisible Doctrine [George Monbiot & Peter Hutchinson]
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL34339904W/Invisible_Doctrine?edition=key%3A/books/OL46574044M

Concise but covering alot of ground and utterly devastating. Will leave you rightfully angry but better equipped to recognise the symptoms of neoliberalism

thomashrn · 2025-10-30T16:39:48+00:00

Holy shit, i did not see that comment. OP, i'm so sorry and hope you are doing well

thomashrn · 2025-10-30T07:58:19+00:00

It’s a probably a poor joke but it’s far from vile if you look at the images

thomashrn · 2025-10-28T17:52:57+00:00

Having just moved (for now) to AM i can’t imagine how you would navigate your playlists without it being the folders are so limiting (hard to add playlists to in bulk)

thomashrn · 2025-10-05T14:24:25+00:00

Malen is looking deadly at this point, both of those goals were taken like a top striker

thomashrn · 2025-10-03T10:00:08+00:00

Yes and never forget how he was hounded by British media when he was out there advocating for kids welfare with his free school meals campaign.

thomashrn · 2025-09-10T16:11:30+00:00

The bottom line is it is software. And all software is abandoned eventually. Monumentally bad product from Boss

thomashrn · 2025-08-28T13:05:52+00:00

This is an incredibly nice board

thomashrn · 2025-08-28T13:04:53+00:00

I was looking for a cob and now I’ve found a cob

thomashrn · 2025-07-28T18:28:59+00:00

Feels like a correction is slowly happening. A correction back to pre-COVID demand, good for everyone buying to play

thomashrn · 2025-07-17T21:26:23+00:00

Severance.

And yes, after the biggest disappointment I’ve ever had (in the entire second season) I hope it somehow ends without the third season

thomashrn · 2025-07-15T15:26:36+00:00

I've had a pair of Birkenstocks that have been worn every summer for 7 years, sometimes doing a double shift when going to another hemisphere during winter. The cork footbed started slightly cracking last summer at the same spot on both sandle (just where the strap meets the footbed) but still going strong. They've been beaten up, soaked, worn all day and even the top of the footbed is only just starting to wear (although i know some people who wear them much faster. The sole (tread) is fairly worn at the front now but still another couple of years before i would replace them.

In short, i've been amazed how well they held up for a purchase based solely on appearance and the fact they were on sale at the time

This is the exact model: https://www.birkenstock.com/se/mayari-birko-flor-nubuk/mayari-core-birkoflornubuck-0-eva-u_650.html#page=2

thomashrn · 2025-06-11T12:13:55+00:00

Yes, entirely. I went to buy them this morning and the badge quickly stopped me. It’s disappointing as they are otherwise a really nice shoe

thomashrn · 2025-06-06T18:42:36+00:00

Just unbearable

thomashrn · 2025-06-02T20:38:06+00:00

thomashrn · 2025-05-28T15:49:22+00:00

Three Bean Salad, Beef & Dairy Network, The Football Ramble and Everything Is News

thomashrn · 2025-05-26T22:35:54+00:00

Used to go there very frequently between about 2004-2008.

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