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Certainly looks like it mate.
Consolation is that you seem to have done a very good job of parenting.
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Certainly looks like it mate.
Consolation is that you seem to have done a very good job of parenting.
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Well none of 'em have mugged anybody or robbed a bank yet 
As far as I know...
As far as I know...
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Was gonna put this on general forum but thought it may cause unrest so I will post it here, if you have any nous it's quite self-explanatory really - take the quiz
How much are you hated by The Daily Mail
How much are you hated by The Daily Mail
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Was gonna put this on general forum but thought it may cause unrest so I will post it here, if you have any nous it's quite self-explanatory really - take the quiz
How much are you hated by The Daily Mail
the "quiz" I'm sure will give the same answer every time.
FBS, you may like to watch, err, listen to ... InKredulous WARNING! very expressive vocabulary used.
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the "quiz" I'm sure will give the same answer every time.
Nope, it's possible, if you choose your answers carefully, to get merely 'disliked'.
Will give Inkredulous a listen later today.
Related story
Related story # 2, relevant to the quiz
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The Daily Mail thinks everybody is a twisted evil bitter hating racist bigot who are patriot to the core and worships the Royal Family whilst offering up prayers to them at a Christian church who all own their own house, never fail to vote Tory or BNP and think this country has completely gone to the dogs.
I despise them with a passion (Not that I'm actually against all that I listed in my above rant, you understand).
When my generation have all shuffled off this mortal coil I very much doubt if tabloid newspapers will continue to exist which I personally think will be a good thing. Please don't tell me that there's a whole generation of 15-35 year olds who reckon the Daily Mail is fab - no!
Urmas' link lists the views of fair minded people who seem to have one thing in common - integrity. Something sadly lacking in the editorial colums of that sleazy tabloid rag The Mail, who would have us believe it's in our own interests not to have it confirmed that Big Brother is spying on all of us continuously.
That is wot I fink, gawd bless ya Mary Poppins
I despise them with a passion
(Not that I'm actually against all that I listed in my above rant, you understand).When my generation have all shuffled off this mortal coil I very much doubt if tabloid newspapers will continue to exist which I personally think will be a good thing. Please don't tell me that there's a whole generation of 15-35 year olds who reckon the Daily Mail is fab - no!
Urmas' link lists the views of fair minded people who seem to have one thing in common - integrity. Something sadly lacking in the editorial colums of that sleazy tabloid rag The Mail, who would have us believe it's in our own interests not to have it confirmed that Big Brother is spying on all of us continuously.
That is wot I fink, gawd bless ya Mary Poppins
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I am hated by the Daily Mail, thank goodness
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My ageing but trusty CD player, a Marantz CD52 Mk II suffered a broken phono socket recently, the main body surround just fell away when I pulled out the lead. As the socket(s) was custom made to be PCB-mounted in the player I had to think outside the box a little to find a solution.
So I mounted two quality phono sockets close to the original socket location and ran a cable direct to the PCB. Works fine
The pix show the Line Out socket that broke.
So I mounted two quality phono sockets close to the original socket location and ran a cable direct to the PCB. Works fine
The pix show the Line Out socket that broke.
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Brilliant mate..well done had it been me I wouldn't have had the technical know how and it probably would have ended up in landfill by now..
Great that you kept it out of landfill and saved yourself a packet into the bargain..
Great that you kept it out of landfill and saved yourself a packet into the bargain..
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Thank you mr Legs.
Did you know the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band has a sax player named Legs Larry Smith?
You are not alone
Did you know the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band has a sax player named Legs Larry Smith?
You are not alone
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Over the weekend I took a load of CD's down to the local market record stall trader and swapped them for some vinyl. I rarely play CD's now, mostly vinyl, FLAC files or online radio. So I had a CD clearout.
I splashed out on some vinyl I normally wouldn't have paid that much for (don't ask) but as part exchange didn't seem to be like paying cash I got extravagant.
Here's what I got:
Finally found a decent vinyl copy of this, an old fave of mine that I only had in FLAC files before
The first Nice album, I have a copy of this with a slightly different track listing, different cover and it was a reissue. This is the real deal, Immediate label and in Mono. I bought this when it originally came out, long lost, good to have it back again:
This is another album I bought when it was first released in 1970 and again, long gone. I had expected this to sound really corny as I'm sure this is one of the albums that inspired the Spinal Tap film but it actually sounds pretty good.
In 1970 I saw them play at The Lyceum in London's Strand on a Sunday evening and they brought out a young lady, disrobed her til she was nuddy-noo and, er, whipped her. Well, they simulated whipping (I think) The place went bananas, atmosphere was charged and the bow-tied black-suited bouncers whisked the girl off stage and the lights went down and the power was cut off to the band and that was the end of the evening.
The next morning the newspaper cutting pictured here was in The Sun newspaper.
This is very much of it's time, reminds me of all those cheesy Hammer Horror Movies from the same era.
Original album on Pink Island label complete with original pop-up group cutout in foldout sleeve. Record plays just fine, a vinyl collector's dream come true
The only official Led Zeppelin release on vinyl I didn't have, I got the whole set now.
A Mountain album:
I've been after this one for a while, love this album, last saw them at Glastonbury ten years ago, late at night, it was - an experience.
And here's the one I'm most pleased about. This is the third reissue released in 1980 and it has the original round sleeve and it's on the Immediate label although the label does say 'Re-released by Virgin Records'. Still, it's the closest I can get for a decent price, the 1968 original in round sleeve goes for silly money now.
I do like a bit of old soul, this one doesn't show up very often:
And this is probably the closest I'll get to liking jazz
And finally, got this one out of interest, not the usual greatest hits type compilation but one in a series of live concert recordings, the sleeve is all in French and it folds out with lyrics (not that I can understand them). And of course it's all sung in French. Something I have to be in the mood for but I like it a lot.
I splashed out on some vinyl I normally wouldn't have paid that much for (don't ask) but as part exchange didn't seem to be like paying cash I got extravagant.
Here's what I got:
Finally found a decent vinyl copy of this, an old fave of mine that I only had in FLAC files before
The first Nice album, I have a copy of this with a slightly different track listing, different cover and it was a reissue. This is the real deal, Immediate label and in Mono. I bought this when it originally came out, long lost, good to have it back again:
This is another album I bought when it was first released in 1970 and again, long gone. I had expected this to sound really corny as I'm sure this is one of the albums that inspired the Spinal Tap film but it actually sounds pretty good.
In 1970 I saw them play at The Lyceum in London's Strand on a Sunday evening and they brought out a young lady, disrobed her til she was nuddy-noo and, er, whipped her. Well, they simulated whipping (I think) The place went bananas, atmosphere was charged and the bow-tied black-suited bouncers whisked the girl off stage and the lights went down and the power was cut off to the band and that was the end of the evening.
The next morning the newspaper cutting pictured here was in The Sun newspaper.
This is very much of it's time, reminds me of all those cheesy Hammer Horror Movies from the same era.
Original album on Pink Island label complete with original pop-up group cutout in foldout sleeve. Record plays just fine, a vinyl collector's dream come true
The only official Led Zeppelin release on vinyl I didn't have, I got the whole set now.
A Mountain album:
I've been after this one for a while, love this album, last saw them at Glastonbury ten years ago, late at night, it was - an experience.
And here's the one I'm most pleased about. This is the third reissue released in 1980 and it has the original round sleeve and it's on the Immediate label although the label does say 'Re-released by Virgin Records'. Still, it's the closest I can get for a decent price, the 1968 original in round sleeve goes for silly money now.
I do like a bit of old soul, this one doesn't show up very often:
And this is probably the closest I'll get to liking jazz
And finally, got this one out of interest, not the usual greatest hits type compilation but one in a series of live concert recordings, the sleeve is all in French and it folds out with lyrics (not that I can understand them). And of course it's all sung in French. Something I have to be in the mood for but I like it a lot.
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That 'record' shop looks like a proper 'dealers' shop, no?
Enjoy!!
Alas the record shop we had in Southport has gone. I do still have a record player (one that plays CDs & cassets as well) but what's left of my 'collection' is in my sisters loft.
oh, and your solder has too much flux, or the iron was too hot, or you were under the influence. That's a rubbish bit of soldering.
Enjoy!!
Alas the record shop we had in Southport has gone. I do still have a record player (one that plays CDs & cassets as well) but what's left of my 'collection' is in my sisters loft.
oh, and your solder has too much flux, or the iron was too hot, or you were under the influence. That's a rubbish bit of soldering.
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floppybootstomp said:
muckshifter said:oh, and your solder has too much flux, or the iron was too hot, or you were under the influence. That's a rubbish bit of soldering.
No it's not, it's actually very solid. Weller fine tipped iron, quality solder from RS. The only thing that's wrong with it is I didn't clean off the flux with the usual toothbrush/isopropyl alcohol combo, an oversight on my part.
And it works, listening to it right now. Last night recorded Love's Forever Changes and Arthur Lee's Vindicator from vinyl to WAV to CD for a mate of mine and just playing them back to make sure they're ok. They sound great
Here's one of those LP's last night, on bedroom setup: Stock Lenco/Slate Plinth/Decca Pivot arm/Denon DL110 MC Cartridge through a Focuswrite Scarlet audio interface to an AMD 'puter.
Been soldering since '71 (Disco leads) and fixing and making stuff with a soldering iron since early '85. No complaints so far and to my knowledge no dry joints
And crazylegs: The Led Zep live double album isn't hard to find, probably on account is it's probably not their best offering. But I had to have the set.
