Jesus, Doc… sorry to hear that… hopefully you can steer away from quacks and witch doctors and get on the right path to recovery.
I’ve never had a lot of faith in medicos… 
Cheers mate, hence why I’m staying metro region for a few weeks…… that’s where all the good Doctors & Specialists are!
Might go join the communist party heard they have the same great brutality but the catering isn’t as good
Well…
I was going through , some old files…
and found this…
my rendition of,
“American Pie”…
enjoy, if you please …
it was awhile ago…
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how those blasters
Used to make me smile
And I knew, if I had my chance
That I could make those people, jump and dance
And maybe, we’d be happy for a while
But 3rd July, well it made me shiver
With every blaster, I couldn’t deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t drop an order, not one more yet
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about, rescinded pride
Something touched me, deep inside
The day the blasters died
So, bye-bye, my M4 Blaster that flies
Took my AK to the levee, but the gel balls were dry
And them good ol’ boys were slinging pellets, not dry
Singin’, “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
Did you write, the book of Perth
Who wants no more blasters, left on this earth
Cause the Bible tells you so?
Now, do you believe in rock ‘n’ roll
Can draconian laws, save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to ban, real slow?
Well, I know that you’re in consort, with him
'Cause I saw you at press conference, speaking Sin
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, you deceive, with falsehoods and untruths
I was a lonely teenage bronckin’ buck
Wanted a Spas-12 gelsoft OO Buck
But I knew the law, didn’t give a fuck
The day the blasters died
I started singin’, bye-bye, Laws that get kids running outside,
Drove my Chevy to the field, but the field was dry
Them bored kids started, drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
Now, for a few months, we’ve been on our own
With just nerf guns, and also throwing stones
But that’s not how, it used to be…
When the blasters, were allowed and keen
Along with upgrades, Doc Bob style, pristine
On the red towel, that allowed them, to be seen…
Oh, but while the Premier, he was looking down…
The minister banned, all the blasters around…
The Whole state was adjourned…
Not a valid reason, was returned
And while WA, suffered non constitutional Marx
A task force, emerged, from the parks
And we all shouted protests, into the dark
The day the blasters, died
We were singin’, bye-bye, Laws commonsense and tight
Drove my Chevy to the border, but the border was locked tight
Them Govt boys, were spruiking blatant lies
Singin’, “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
Helter skelter, in a WA swelter
They got confiscated, and thrown, into a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
The pollies, just talking right out of their Ass
The protesters tried, for a forward pass
With Tiger on the sidelines, penis in a cast
Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume
While state propaganda, sprayed a mind numbing tune…
We all got up to chant…
Oh, but we never got the chance…
'Cause the pollies, played on an unlevel field
Some disgruntled owners, perhaps refused to yield?
Do you recall, the truth, buried, concealed?
The day the blasters died?
We started singin’, bye-bye, M4 blasters on fire,
Drove with Maiphut to the levee, but the levee was dry
Good ol Deadsquid, was having a paper plane try
Singin’, “This’ll be the day that it flies
This’ll be the day that it flies”
Oh, and there we were, all in one place
Modded gen 8 blasters, all lost in space
With no time left, to rebuild again
So, come on, Gels be nimble, Gels be quick
Gels get shot out, from a big boom stick
'Cause FPS is the Devil’s only friend
Oh, and as I watched them, lie upon their stage
No rebuttal, was allowed, for quite an age
No person could tell them, well…
They’re harmless, and good fun as well…
And my spent green gas, climbed high into the night
Sent from my mag, whose seal, was still airtight
I heard Corey, laughing, with delight
The day the blasters died
So, bye-bye, my M4 Blaster that flies
Took my AK to the levee, but the gel balls were dry
Good ol Rattler and Whisky, sledging each other all night
Singin’, “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
I went into a shop, that sold the blues
And I asked , for a gas powered shotgun too
But Zehamish just smiled, and turned away
I went on down, to the xforce store
Where I’d pre-ordered Thompsons, some months before
But Vas said, the ships still on its way…( I still have faith 
)
And in the streets, the children screamed
They thought about, their pulse rifle dreams
But not a word was spoken
About Jazzy’s Sig, that had gotten stolen
And the three men, I distrust the most
The Father, pollies, the border closer, the most
They caught the last flight from the coast
The day the blasters died
And they were singin’, bye-bye, preorder uptake rates high
Ordered me a mystery box , It didn’t bring me delight
And them good ol’ Mods, were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "Lets hit the shit pit, this friday nite
Lets hit the shit pit, this Friday nite "
And they were singin’, bye-bye, preorder uptake rates high
Ordered me a mystery box , It didn’t bring me delight
And them good ol’ Mods were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "Lets hit the shit pit, this friday nite
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Excellent I even started to sing the tune while reading it.
you should hear, all my airline song versions…usually about CEO’s…
They are private perfomances, for the people, sitting next to me…!!
Everyone laughs…no-one ever complains…!!
Absolute GOLD mate!
You obviously have a lot of talent…… and a lot of spare time on your hands 
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Na he texts while on autopilot 
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Watching The Rookie. Good show. Nathan Fillion is hot.
…Well it’s a terrible show, but I enjoy how bad it is. It’s overly cheesy and earnest, and they manage to jump at least 3 sharks a season. It’s so much dumb fun.
Also, this is the third prop gun I’ve noticed where they’ve had this problem. They don’t even try to disguise it, I swear. Show runners are so sloppy with this stuff. I see them even in stuff that’s as high-budget as WestWorld.
Weren’t they one of the shows that switched over to all airsoft instead of prop guns after the Rust set shooting?
You know, that would actually make a lot of sense come to think of it. I’m pretty sure WestWorld Season 4 was after the Rust shooting too. Would also fit with the show runner’s other sensibilities.
Still wish they’d pay a guy 5 bucks to put a black dot on those shots though. It’s very noticable
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For those of us with an eye for detail…yes it’s noticeable….
The average punter, wouldn’t even know the difference…
I’d expect there would be a big shake up, in the tv/movie industry, after the Rust shooting…
Like every other industry, its all driven by lawyers and insurance companies…
It makes sense, to use a/soft, for the prop guns / non firing scenes…
Its probably also cheaper to use a/soft for the firing scenes as well, and use CGI later, to add the muzzle flash, and falling shells…
Zero risk , and saves the cost of paying an armourer to be onset ( with now much higher insurance premiums, and therefore prices ).
TV shows would have a much lower budget, than movies.
Arnie disagrees, though…!! 
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The WOKE BRIGADE control Hollywood
Just watched a show were an active shooter go,s into a hospital kills 4 people .and swat are trying to catch him alive by shooting him in the shoulder.
If you have a clear shot of a mass murder
Empty your clip and save the tax payers money.
But NO let’s drag the show out for another season
trying to convict him in court.
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Anyone have a crack at Starfield yet? I’ve had a quick go, not too bad cos I like sci fi stuff but going to be another one of Bethesdas titles where you disappear off the face of the earth for 3 months playing it.
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Soon™
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3 hours in - not nearly enough time to get a deep feel yet. Gunplay’s good but not great. UI and inventory management sucks as usual. RPG elements same old same old from Bethesda. Story is meh. Space’s nice but combat’s not overly deep. Technical accomplishment’s great if you can excuse the poor optimisation (especially on an Nvidia card).
Haven’t seen anything that makes it GOTY for me yet - but this is coming from a guy who didn’t love Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim or Fallout 4. Fallout 3 and New Vegas was dope though.
If anything it feels a bit like going from Deus Ex to Deus Ex 2… Will keep at it though because I want to progress enough to at least build a customised ship and outposts - then I’ll have played enough to really understand it.
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I’m kind of with you on the love ending at New Vegas. My current GOTY is Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve got a feeling that Starfield is gonna basically be Fallout 4 in space.
Same Fallout 3 was tha bom.com but the rest I had a dabble in and meh didn’t tickle my fancy, Skyrim… eh sorta only coz the daughter twisted my arm and I liked the horses and sick bows and arrows you could get.
Fallout 3 new Vegas complete DLC was free couple months ago on Epic. I had a quick revisit for old times sake.
For those expecting eye candy in Starfield even the latest graphics cards that cost $3500k are struggling. Unoptimized, but still plays ok on lower end systems with things turned down, way down, still looks ok. Not the best but I won’t be playing it for long methinks I got better use for 170GB on my nvme. Oh yea you will need an SSD min or it will jag and stutter on a sata mechanical drive.
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That bloody grain filtering, it looked shithouse, I turned that right off and it looked way better even gained frames.
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