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by shane
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

Re: Nothing In Particular

Now gone to a new home.
by shane
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

The Story of Nimbus

I picked this up from the National Trust 2nd hand book stall at Saltram a while ago. It tells the story of the creation of the Nimbus record label in the mid 70s, and the dedicated and slightly odd people behind it. I’d never realised how much they contributed to the development of CD before. Fascin...
by shane
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

RIP Marcello Gandini

Nothing to do with HiFi, but if music took physical form he’d be up there with the great composers.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... SApp_Other
by shane
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

Re: Nothing In Particular

Thanks Phil, your link works but my saved bookmark doesn’t. Odd.

Bookmark deleted.
by shane
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

Re: Nothing In Particular

Is it me, or has the WD forum gone down? Keep getting “access denied”.
by shane
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

Re: Nothing In Particular

Seem to remember Devon and Cornwall police doing this by putting officers in the upstairs front seats of local buses.
by shane
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: The Quackery Thread
Replies: 360
Views: 188979

Re: The Quackery Thread

So, in the interests of scientific research and the furtherance of knowledge I just put my trusty Fluke multimeter across one of the tyres of my Honda Civic, and can report that a Continental PremiumContact6 shows no sign whatsoever of being conductive. Hmm.
by shane
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: The Quackery Thread
Replies: 360
Views: 188979

Re: The Quackery Thread

Ah yes, but…. I used to often get a belt off Dad’s old Morris 1100, but only when I got out and turned round to close the door. I think what was happening was that synthetic fabrics in my clothes generated a static charge when I was sitting in the vinyl seats, which didn’t have a path to ground unti...
by shane
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16428
Views: 4478298

Re: Nothing In Particular

Mine ran out after two years. The bloke who replaced the meter said that wasn’t unusual. He also said that it’s perfectly possible to replace the battery, but they’re not allowed to. The only reason he could think of as to why not was to increase profits for the meter manufacturers.
by shane
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Interesting (non musical) YouTube videos.
Replies: 413
Views: 139495

Re: Interesting (non musical) YouTube videos.

My six year old grandson asked me to take him to see Concorde 002 at the Fleet Air Arm museum. It occurred to me that Concorde is more archaic to him than this was when I was six. Time flies. Sadly, Concorde and Heracles don’t.
by shane
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: General health matters.
Replies: 784
Views: 183431

Re: General health matters.

Sounds reasonable to me.
by shane
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: General health matters.
Replies: 784
Views: 183431

Re: General health matters.

How does a laser create an arc?
by shane
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: The Quackery Thread
Replies: 360
Views: 188979

Re: The Quackery Thread

Saw one today firmly attached to the plastic bumper of a Ford Fiesta.
by shane
Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Your Fave Artists
Topic: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?
Replies: 6147
Views: 1852530

Re: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?

I thought that, but it looks to me that it has two hands.