Dan Eickmeier@amanda How are you?
@Va3ets i'm good, what about you?
@amanda R.E.M is a good band, not sure whatever happened to them
@Va3ets definitely, and I'm not sure either.
@amanda Can you put that Cheryl crow song that was in that promo into the playlist? It’s one of my favourites of her’s
@Va3ets yeah I can play it.
@amanda Hey Amanda, tuned in here
@Va3ets HI, yay thanks.
@amanda I got a second of my Grandpa’s accordions that he had, since he passed away, and found a store that’ll look at them. Not sure if you got my messages on messenger about that or not
@Va3ets oh wow that's cool. I'll have to look. I mmight have seen one but forgot to look. wow though.
@amanda Yeah, wasn’t sure how often you use messenger, but thought I’d message there anyway
@Va3ets yeah I do use it a lot. I must have just missed the message but will look later.
@amanda Aw ok, cool. That’s cool you still have your grandpa left on your Mom’s side. What was your Grandma’s name?
@Va3ets she was called Margaret.
@amanda Aw. Her last name I’m assuming wasn’t Hall since she’s on your Mom’s side?
@Va3ets it was Cook.
@amanda Awww ok. Had she not been too well near the end? I bet you have recordings with her on them to listen back to? Or not really?
@Va3ets No she wasn't well. And yeah, I do have quite a lot of recordings with her in so I'm really glad about that.
@amanda Awwwwwww you should totally send me some, as I don’t think I’ve heard her before. Didn’t she have to do with you getting into the accordion too?
@Va3ets Yeah, she did. She had an accordion in the loft which she didn't play but it had been her brother's accordion who had died years ago. So she gave me it and I worked out how to play it. I still have it, although I don't play it that much since it's a 12 bass, and normally I need one with more chords, so mostly play my 72 bass.
@amanda Aw that’s cool you still have it. Did you ever know him at all? Or had he passed before you were even born?
@Va3ets I think he died before I was born.
@amanda aww. That’s cool you’ve got the accordion that he had though
@Va3ets yeah it is.
@amanda Was listening to this the other day. When was it released? Has to be like early 2000’s?
@amanda Was listening to that on the way back from my Grandpa’s funeral actually
@amanda I find those are tough to follow, if you don’t have descriptions. So good that you had them
@Va3ets yeah they are. The first one didn't have audio description at the time, so I think my sister whispered some stuff that was happening, but the others I saw did, which was good.
@amanda Ah yeah, that’s good that the others did. For sure
@Va3ets yeah it is.
@amanda Hey Amanda, tuned in here :)
@Va3ets Hi, yay thanks.
@amanda How are you? I’m good here, grabbed iOS 18 now, and it installed just fine
@Va3ets yay I'm good too. I installed the beta last week since I wanted to try the upgrade to Braille screen input. i'm liking iOS 18 a lot.
@amanda Awww cool. Now recording in stereo is finally possible in the voice memos app, it’s long over due
@Va3ets yay that's brilliant. I can't remember whether you said, will you be getting a new iPhone this year? I'm getting the 16 pro on Saturday.
@amanda Yeah I will be. Not sure if I’ll go for the pro model or not. I’ve usually just gotten the regular models. Will get it in October. My contract is up then
@Va3ets oh sounds cool.
@amanda And waiting to hear back on the repairs of one of my Grandpa’s accordions too. Will switch it for the one I’d gotten a while back to see what can be done to fix that one. That one is I think in worse shape, it’s got some dead notes on it, and notes on the left side, sound quite raspy as well.