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[Deleted member 1258]

Was it an odd shade of blue coloured coach?

???, White if I remember correctly.

 

[Jenkins]

A lovely beef stew cooked in the slow cooker for tea

That's what I'm doing tomorrow for the weekend's meals

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Bitsas supper of bolognese pasta, green pepper stuffed with lemon & parsley bulgur wheat and some chips.

That's three more tupperwares out of the fridge.

What's the point in emptying it? You're only going to fill it up again.

 

[classic33]

???, White if I remember correctly.

Remember being at work when we heard about another companies coach engine going up in smoke. Driver of the coach following stopped to see if help was needed.

 

[classic33]

I've just swept and mopped the entire apartment.

It's all go on the domestic front, I tell you.

And on the home front?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Bullseye only ran for 15 series, 354 (inc. 11 Christmas specials) episodes.
Strictly has run for 20 series, 366 episodes and counting.

Don't forget the Welsh language version, Oci,Oci,Oci .... i kid you not!

 

[Reynard]

Time for a and a Min Spy.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Time for a and a Min Spy.

sounds like a good idea, although my stocks are getting low and I need some for the FA cup marathon tomorrow!

 

[Reynard]

sounds like a good idea, although my stocks are getting low and I need some for the FA cup marathon tomorrow!

I'm still quite well-stocked, as I took advantage of a very good clubcard offer in Tesco before the hols.

My lot don't play till Monday evening, but I'll definitely sit back and watch / listen to some of the other matches over the weekend.

 

[slowmotion]

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That's an email I wasn't expecting this morning.

Oh dear, it looks like the swivel-eyed fraud is at it again.

 

[Grant Fondo]

My lot don't play till Monday evening

that's a bit of a wait .... 4th round already for my lot

 

[cookiemonster]

Oh the horror!

https://www.thenational.scot/culture/23234749.rod-liddle-devastated-discovering-scottish-roots/

Rod Liddle has discovered, via a DNA test, that he's 90% Scottish. He's devastated.

 

[Reynard]

that's a bit of a wait .... 4th round already for my lot

Better late than never, I guess... ⚽

 

[Reynard]

Time to put the art stuff away and toddle off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[raleighnut]

I'm a Naim fan myself, had bits and pieces since the late 90's ... it was all Rotel and Denon before that but no going back now.

Naim are pretty good, I've listened to a few including a workmate who had a '6 pack' (how much ) and even once had a Nait hooked up to my rig...............a bloke was selling one so I rang and went round but he'd changed to a different 2 box Naim (hence selling the Nait) and couldn't connect his LP12 (different connectors) but after getting home the bloke rang me and said he'd bring it to my place so I could have a listen I hooked it up but TBH it didn't sound much different/better than my 33/303 so I hooked that back up and let him have a listen. He looked most miffed when I told him that using the Nait would mean losing the excellent filters and tone controls (I like to listen to some of my old scratchy LP's which were 'out of pressing' so unavailable new) but a filter system that begins at either 5, 7 or 10 Khz then has a control to vary how much filtration is applied from not much > a lot is a godsend (it also works well with early digital recordings which could be a bit harsh at the'top end' but kicking in the filter at 10Khz and adjusting the amount so it just takes that away makes them less tiring to listen to.

As for early kit I had a Pioneer SA540 as my first 'decent' Amp..................Funny story..................The shop I used a lot back then was 'The Leicester HiFi Co' owned by a guy called Jim who I didn't really get on with (unless you were spending a couple of grand he wasn't very interested) but his son Jon I got on really well with and had bought a couple of bits from told me of this new Pioneer with 'Tone Bypass' (when that became a thing in the early 90's) and he said "listen to this" and put something on their demo set-up so I had a listen and adjusted the volume but also kicked the bass and treble up just a touch (Just lifted them slightly off the zero to a bit less than 1 on the control) "Ah now listen to this" says Jon and pressed the 'Tone Bypass' button "It takes them out of the signal path" but nothing happened to the sound, he looked quite puzzled til I showed him what I'd done with the tone controls. What happens is that if you have tone circuits then they need to have a tiny bit of gain to compensate for them being there to get a 'flat response'.....................Anyway enough about HiFi, back to Mundane news.