Mundane News

[cookiemonster]

24c in Hong Kong today. 10c higher than usual.

And it's going to rain Sunday and Monday, in the middle of the 'dry' season.

This is not normal.

 

[Grant Fondo]

A speed boat seems a very odd choice of prize to be honest. It's not something just anyone could use. Lots of people don't like boats, you'd need somewhere to store it, a car with a bit of power and weight to pull it, a fair bit of money to fuel and maintain it.

there was a tasty car stereo as one of the prizes ....

 

[Grant Fondo]

24c in Hong Kong today. 10c higher than usual.

And it's going to rain Sunday and Monday, in the middle of the 'dry' season.

This is not normal.

.... not envious at all! I remember actually seeing some frost on the ground when I did a Lantau walk once!

 

[CXRAndy]

Luckily I use a brand called QUAD as my HiFi amplifiers specifically a 44 control unit and a pair of 303 poweramplifiers these use all discrete components so even though the 303's are 50yrs old they can be easily repaired and there is still a factory service workshop, in fact my much younger 44 control unit (only 30yrs old) is back there at the mo but my old 33 control unit has been put back into the system whilst I wait for the 44 to return (QUAD currently have a backlog of 6-8 weeks work)

It's funny to think that in 1967 someone could be listening to pretty much what I do today and there are very few modern Amps as capable and adaptable as these are

I remember repairing a few Quad amps in my day. Nice kit

 

[Gwylan]

Previously, in Hebe’s Mundane News…

My Dad, Mum and two Hebe siblings all caught Covid at Christmas lunch. I travelled to look after them all as my sister normally does any supporting that my parents need. Added stress caused by one unvaccinated parent choosing not to test (“I don’t have Covid! I know I don’t have Covid!”) in between coughing exactly the same way as everyone else who’d been in the same car, going to the same meal, who did have Covid. The main thing is that no-one needed taking to hospital and they are all much less poorly now. I am home.

Oh my! Worse when you know who you caught it from.
Get well, fit and recover. Best place is home

 

[Mike_P]

You can still buy washing machines and fridges from a British manufacture. Think we did have a manufacture of TV's not sure if they are still going.

Cello, although being British made does not rule out components coming from all over and of what quality.

 

[tom73]

Cello, although being British made does not rule out components coming from all over and of what quality.

yes components will be international though we make a good few about I remember something about 90% of all kettles have a British made switch. Components are about the only thing we can stay competitive on manufacturing is no longer mass basics it's more about quality specialist stuff.

 

[tom73]

A speed boat seems a very odd choice of prize to be honest. It's not something just anyone could use. Lots of people don't like boats, you'd need somewhere to store it, a car with a bit of power and weight to pull it, a fair bit of money to fuel and maintain it.

A few years ago they did a program about bullseye and stuff that happen and off camera. Jim explained the speed boat thing. At the time of bullseye TV shows had a limit on prize money. So to get round that they had big value items, I guess they got to a deal off camera to buy it back one way or another.

The program also revealed they had a working bar back stage too. One pair of contestants even once got a bit too drunk and they tried to film them but the darts when all over the place.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Bless him, always liked old Jim.

 

[tyred]

there was a tasty car stereo as one of the prizes ....
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That would be perfect for my 205 whenever I get it restored.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice that you can still 'buy British' with hifi even today. That's some use you are getting out of those amps!

Yep, I bought my 33/303 2nd hand from the original owner in 1988, he'd got an enormous room that was kind of 'L' shaped with a grand piano in the tail of the L. The main part of the room had a pair of I think Altec speakers about 6 foot tall with 5-6 big 10 or 12 inch speakers (kind of kit you'd find in a big hall or theatre) driven by a pair of 100w Radford valve Amps.

As for British HiFi companies well there's Linn, Naim, Sugden not to mention several smaller 'boutique' makers in the UK (note I didn't mention QUAD as they were bought out by IAG* along with Wharfedale and Mission/Cyrus who transferred manufacture to China in the late 90's)

* IAG is International Audio Group

 

[Hebe]

sorry for your friend & family. not that it matters to me but I can't tell if your deceased neighbor was just thinking ahead & got the bin out early or you've been surprised by today being the day to put it out, & now it might be too late for you to get yours out?

my elderly Mother is still taking her own trash out & it makes me crazy

in all seriousness, take care, be safe

It is confusing. The blue bins go out every second Thursday night for emptying the next morning. This week he put his blue bin out on the Wednesday night. So most of the neighbours did likewise, assuming it was a bank holiday change. Then he died early Thursday evening, with the bin already out, ready for Friday. It’s almost like he knew.

Yes, elderly mums can be challenging.

 

[Hebe]

Oh my! Worse when you know who you caught it from.
Get well, fit and recover. Best place is home

Touch wood, I haven’t caught it from them, have been testing every day. I did have it at the very start of December so hopefully my homegrown antibodies did the trick.

 

[Reynard]

A mild, breezy and occasionally sunny day here chez Casa Reynard.

I did not sleep well (too cold this time), so am a bit grumpy today. But I have cleared up all the Christmas decs - they're all boxed up and ready to get shoved on the loft later. Also need to take the festive table cloth off the table in the dining room, but that can wait till later too. Have also done a load of laundry and re-jigged the fridges in the kitchen and utility room.

Had a spat with the parental over packaging this morning. Elderly mums indeed... She wanged boxes from her birthday and xmas pressies in the recycling without taking off the address (I'm always a stickler for that), and then moans she's got nothing to pack her presents in and put them away. Aaaaargh... Said items (for her collection of several hundred) are now back in the packaging they came in, rather than the tupperwares in the kitchen that I use for food.

The 1988 British F3 season review turned up this morning. That was quick, I only bought it the other day...

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

 

[raleighnut]

I remember repairing a few Quad amps in my day. Nice kit

Yep QUAD even included a full circuit diagram/schematic in the owners manual