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#13846 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Maybe “magic smoke” scented candles more appropriate....
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#13847 Re: Nothing In Particular

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shane wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:07 am
Thermionic Idler wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:33 pm My wife's best friend just posted this - I know I want one, anyone else?

Can’t see a thing…
Ah - neither can I on this other computer. Have you got Facebook containerised or otherwise behind bars?
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#13848 Re: Nothing In Particular

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I don't do Facebook, but I can still see the picture.

Laptop - W10 - Google chrome.
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#13849 Re: Nothing In Particular

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For the benefit of those sensible folk chopping off Facebook's tentacles:
John Rehwinkel wrote: One of the things I did during lockdown to keep my mind working was restoring a pile of old broken oscilloscopes I had accumulated. Even after sitting out in a shed for years, when I would open one, I'd get this great scent of old electronics. Then I spied this joke image of a "burnt resistor" candle, which gave me an idea. Part of the process of restoring these things involves replacing the old wax-paper capacitors which deteriorate over time. After a while, I had accumulated a pile of them, and the capacitors themselves had that great old electronics scent. So I figured I could melt the wax out of them and cast it into candles to make "old electronics" scented candles. I grabbed a pile of capacitors and melted out their wax, then blended it with paraffin and beeswax, and poured a couple of test candles.
Although we still don't know if the experiment was successful...
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#13850 Re: Nothing In Particular

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It's an embed! :D Well there's clever isn't it?

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#13851 Re: Nothing In Particular

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pre65 wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:56 am I don't do Facebook, but I can still see the picture.

Laptop - W10 - Google chrome.
I dont anymore, although a presense from years ago there I cant and dont login. So I cant see anything but a blank screen. But I dont actually give a fook. Just pointing out it doesnt show on ipad without ability to log i to facebook.

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#13852 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Holocaust Remembrance day yesterday. It's horrific to listen to, but you should: https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/richard-d ... en/zvw7cqt
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#13853 Re: Nothing In Particular

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The latest blog on Thomas Meyer's Vinysavor - an all silver differential 10Y pre amp. €47k according to his website. It would be fascinating to hear one of his systems.

http://vinylsavor.blogspot.com/2022/01/ ... e.html?m=1
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#13854 Re: Nothing In Particular

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I heard them in Munich 2019, I have to say it was entirely disappointing, But not sure what was the cause, but it was in a smallish room with windows on two sides with some large OB speakers. So hard to know what was what in all that.

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#13855 Re: Nothing In Particular

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There's probably the cost of a house in amps in that video. Value is a tricky thing as everyone has their own reference. For us spoddy blokes that strap lumps of stuff to planks it probably doesn't make much sense, but others may have a tremendous pride of ownership.

Shoud still sound extraordinary for that money though...
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#13856 Re: Nothing In Particular

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I've just done a 40 mile round trip to pick up a 1.8 m length of kitchen worktop.

Seems they cocked up the advert and it was only 0.8 m long.

They tried to say it was my error, and I "exploded", but I calmed down on the way home.
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#13857 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Careful Phil, you are the only one who will be hurt by losing youre temper these days.
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#13858 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Paul Barker wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:27 pm Careful Phil, you are the only one who will be hurt by losing youre temper these days.
Quite right Paul.

But, in the heat of the moment it's easy to forget.
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#13859 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Off to see this at the weekend...

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/ ... ensibility

Similar to the Slapstick Picnic production of The Importance Of Being Earnest which we saw at the end of last year at the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT).

Lordy, it's wonderful going back to live events...

...but the van Gogh exhibition at the Courtauld first.

Got a second, private view, in a couple of weeks.
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#13860 Re: Nothing In Particular

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A days rest from walking today.. so had a tour of the S/H shops in Keswick. Not many records worth buying, however I did spy the complete back catalogue of Cliff, so maybe Mark can complete his Cliff collection on his next visit.. I bet they will still be there :wink: There was a fair selection of the Canterbury bands vinyl but not paying £40 for an LP.
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