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Many thanks all for the kind birthday wishes! As it is a super-long long weekend down under (the co-incidence of Easter and ANZAC Day means three public holidays around the weekend ) I have been off-line! Yesterday was fabulous - had the whole family to myself, which is rare when your children are all teenagers (or just post-teen in my daughter's case). The fact that today is yet another holiday is the icing on the cake....

Jeff - your old Hofner V63 has been well used over the weekend - I was invited into the Easter band at my church and used it on Good Friday and the morning service on Easter Sunday. Sadly Griffin could not attend to see his bass in action - only seeing-eye dogs are allowed in and Griff doesn't pass muster, no matter how much I claim that he is really a minature German Shepherd. For the evening youth service (a bit more rock 'n' roll) I used Eden's old Green Machine 12er. My left forearm is still aching from the additional pressure I have to exert to fret that beast , but the sound was well worth it .

Today is music project day... hope to get some ideas recorded - might even use one of those Rickenbacker thingies....

ANZAC Day? Australia New Zealand Armageddon Competition Day?

Glad the V63 getting it's due praise, so to speak!

So, Teddy is really an overgrown Corgi? I better not break the news to him.

Happiest of Birthday wishes to ya Evan!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Evan!

doctorwho wrote:Happy (belated) Birthday, Evan!

+1!

jps wrote:ANZAC Day? Australia New Zealand Armageddon Competition Day?

You're not far wrong there! It must have been very similar to armageddon 96 years ago when the ANZAC legend was born!

Thanks John, Dan and Gary!

And to add to Greg's comment - ANZAC is the acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. The first official military involvement for both nations occurred on April 25, 1915 when the allied forces (of which the ANZACs formed a significant proportion) invaded the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. The campaign was particularly brutal and the anniversary has become our version of Rememberance Day. There are dawn services in memory of the fallen across the country and parades of past and present military personnel to allow us to honour their service. In true Aussie and Kiwi fashion the marchers usually congregate with their service-mates for a beer or two after the march, and each nation has the entire day off.

Wow! Pretty intense, really. My hat is off to the friendship between the As and the NZs.