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pre65 wrote:

Prince of Darkness wrote:

Aye lad ! Thems 't blokes to blame for all this sillyness, and Yorkshire men too !

Yorkshire men? Soft southerners!

[quote="Dr Bunsen Honeydew"] the Belvior Room - pronounced by Lecestershire-ies as Beaver for some unknown reason./quote] This pronunciation was mentioned on the QI TV show as a method of checking if someone was a German soldier in disguise (during WWII). The belief being that Germans woul...

Well, you learn something every day.

Nick wrote:Think it comes across as DC, but that could be rubbish.

Pretty sure it is . I expect it is sent as A.C. at 110kV or more, just as it is within Britain.

I haven't shaved all week. That makes two of us :-) As to veggy beer or not. It may have changed, but the finings normally used were certainly from a animal source (swim bladders of sturgeons if I remember). Irish Moss is used as a clearing agent in some beers now making them (thankfully) veggie/ve...

Very useful, I use them to damp resonance on my tone arm

Sorry to see that Les Paul has died. A true legend.

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles ... uitarists/

An Aberdonian was washed up on a beach after a terrible shipwreck. Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed up with him. Looking around, he realized they were stranded on a deserted island. After being there awhile, he got into the habit of taking his two animal companions to the beach every evening ...

I still have fond memories of the EM87 level meter on my brothers Fidelity Braemar, in the early 70's. Not exactly Hi-Fi, but great fun non the less.

Just got an e-mail from Apple about the new iPod shuffle; seems to me they've lost the plot a bit. http://www.apple.com/uk/ipodshuffle/...d=CDM-EU-11113 In order to reduce the size, they have moved the controls from the iPod to the earbud cord. Clearly, this will make it impossible for users to upgr...

I agree, up to a point, metal is better in my view. On the other hand, if the right plastic is used and it's well designed it should be more than adequate.

Excellent compilation, one of my brothers has it. I'll have to try and borrow it sometime (could be a long term lone :roll: ). For anyone not familiar with it, here's the track listing. Side One 1. Song for Jeffrey - Jethro Tull 2. Sunshine Help Me - Spooky Tooth 3. I'm a Mover - Free 4. What's That...

I think this is an attempt to combine two pieces of Star Trek technology, the Tricorder and the Phazer!

Seconded