Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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If only we could go back in time and tell the people fretting about the time it was taking for the rollout to reach them the delay didn't matter. They would catch up in the end. 😏rick_chasey said:
There of course is the separate issue that, judging by how a lot of nations in the EU have caught up, it wasn't all that different in the end!kingstongraham said:
Someone disagreed with you. Get over it, buttercup.ballysmate said:
Like Germany, France Italy and the Netherlands who were made to scrap their procurement programme even though it was further advanced than the EU's?pangolin said:And as you've been told many many times, we could have done the same thing if we were in the EU.
But no matter. Carry on.
But enough. I've been re-educated and am now with the programme. No hint of any benefit of Brexit will be countenanced.
In fact I won't mention the EU again. It's just so painful to think of all that milk and honey I'm missing out on, not to mention the pavements of gold.
FWIW, I don't think there is any chance we'd have done the same with the vaccine without having left, or at least without the Brexit mindset at the top.
There was an explanation of the historical reasons why this might be wrong a while back on here which made me a little bit less certain, but I think it's 100% we approved it quicker than if we weren't about to leave all the structures.1 -
On a plane, i'm a neurotic wreck.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Plane journeys are an opportunity to watch films that I want to watch.0
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Back OT:
Made a Bee house. No, not hive - 'house'. Used up bits of Hep., a washing machine cold water inlet pipe, some bamboo, some sticks to create nooks and crannies, a few screws, some left over pressure treated 150mm x 20mm and a bit of Silicone to 'glue' it together.
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The wood ain't rotten BTW, it's a bit muddy. I used it as a ramp for the wheelbarrow.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Rescued two bees from a spiders web in the garden this morning. Plenty of flies for the spider.
Bee 1 very quickly off and away.
Bee 2 required a major clean up operation during which he had to swear at both of my cats (with a little help from me).
Off and away after about half an hour of balling up spider web. Damaged wing made me wonder is rescue would prove fruitless but he flew off quite happily.2 -
France being taken off the naughty step. Should give me an extra week here... though I'll not be changing my Eurotunnel ticket until very near the day... or be holding my breath.0
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What's the chances of Spaffer's Gang doing a pfwaw bibble U-turn next month, next week, tomorrow...? Good luck with the reentry phase BT.
On the positive good feeling side, got myself another week booked up in that there Scottishland for September. Gravel bike to the ready.0 -
orraloon said:
What's the chances of Spaffer's Gang doing a pfwaw bibble U-turn next month, next week, tomorrow...? Good luck with the reentry phase BT.
Quite so. I'm keeping fingers crossed that it being summer , schools being out, and lots of things being out-of-doors, the dung won't hit the ventilation device before the first week of September. But who knows? Certainly not Spaffer...0 -
You do know that this is the cheer you up thread don't you?orraloon said:What's the chances of Spaffer's Gang doing a pfwaw bibble U-turn next month, next week, tomorrow...? Good luck with the reentry phase BT.
On the positive good feeling side, got myself another week booked up in that there Scottishland for September. Gravel bike to the ready.
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People thinking the "rules" are taken seriously. 🤣The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Surely this is a win-win situation?ballysmate said:
You do know that this is the cheer you up thread don't you?orraloon said:What's the chances of Spaffer's Gang doing a pfwaw bibble U-turn next month, next week, tomorrow...? Good luck with the reentry phase BT.
On the positive good feeling side, got myself another week booked up in that there Scottishland for September. Gravel bike to the ready.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Perhaps he is going 'All inclusive'?
He'll get a blue and white wrist band so that he can help himself to buckie and smack.0 -
The fact that wheelie bins have serial numbers. I don't know why that makes me smile, but it does.0
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Things are still surfacing from boxes following our move.
Just found that the wife has a PJ and Duncan CD.
For the benefit of Rick, a CD as physical medium in which you used to buy and play music before everything was streamed.
PJ & Duncan were the names used by Ant and Dec before one had a nasty paintball accident that left one of them blind, since recovered.1 -
Receiving on order made online for some work trousers (Scruffs by name and by...) and finding their sizing has remained constant since last time I bought similar, many years ago. They only blxxdy well fit! 😊0
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...and i'll just throw a curved ball into that one - Vinyl.elbowloh said:Things are still surfacing from boxes following our move.
Just found that the wife has a PJ and Duncan CD.
For the benefit of Rick, a CD as physical medium in which you used to buy and play music before everything was streamed.
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But (and 'it's a big but), lost of things have been released/re-released on Vinyl recently.
Does that mean there is an uptake of decks and amps in a sort of throw back?
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
It's starting to head towards more people knowing what Vinyl is compared to CD's. Whats old is new again......pinno said:
...and i'll just throw a curved ball into that one - Vinyl.elbowloh said:Things are still surfacing from boxes following our move.
Just found that the wife has a PJ and Duncan CD.
For the benefit of Rick, a CD as physical medium in which you used to buy and play music before everything was streamed.
.
But (and 'it's a big but), lost of things have been released/re-released on Vinyl recently.
Does that mean there is an uptake of decks and amps in a sort of throw back?0 -
Thankfully, I have all my old Hi Fi separates.
Rotel Amp
Marantz CD player
Rega Planar deck
Wharfedale speakers
Pioneer tuner
Pioneer CD burner.
The sound quality is stunning.
What do people do with their MP3's (I don't know what digital formats people use)? What do they play them on? Are you telling me that the sound quality from their iphone through an earphone is actually going to be good?
[Warning; impending nerd stampede]seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Youngsters don't own music, they play music from a subscription service. On their phone or a smart speaker I would say. Some people might have some higher quality speakers (Sonos maybe?), but nothing like your separates.pinno said:Thankfully, I have all my old Hi Fi separates.
Rotel Amp
Marantz CD player
Rega Planar deck
Wharfedale speakers
Pioneer tuner
Pioneer CD burner.
The sound quality is stunning.
What do people do with their MP3's (I don't know what digital formats people use)? What do they play them on? Are you telling me that the sound quality from their iphone through an earphone is actually going to be good?
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To answer your question - Laptop -> DAC -> Amp -> Speakers.pinno said:
[Warning; impending nerd stampede]
Refer to this thread in order to avoid the stampede.
https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/20757506#Comment_20757506The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
RIp to flac, by a decent DAC and then play through the same set up with much more ease.pinno said:Thankfully, I have all my old Hi Fi separates.
Rotel Amp
Marantz CD player
Rega Planar deck
Wharfedale speakers
Pioneer tuner
Pioneer CD burner.
The sound quality is stunning.
What do people do with their MP3's (I don't know what digital formats people use)? What do they play them on? Are you telling me that the sound quality from their iphone through an earphone is actually going to be good?
[Warning; impending nerd stampede]0 -
A friend has a T shirt that says "the plural of vinyl is vinyl". Always makes me smile, but blows the mind of yoof.JimD666 said:
It's starting to head towards more people knowing what Vinyl is compared to CD's. Whats old is new again......pinno said:
...and i'll just throw a curved ball into that one - Vinyl.elbowloh said:Things are still surfacing from boxes following our move.
Just found that the wife has a PJ and Duncan CD.
For the benefit of Rick, a CD as physical medium in which you used to buy and play music before everything was streamed.
.
But (and 'it's a big but), lost of things have been released/re-released on Vinyl recently.
Does that mean there is an uptake of decks and amps in a sort of throw back?0 -
Yeah but, you can now access an enormous breadth of content for less than the cost of a small house. For some of us, that’s enough.elbowloh said:
Youngsters don't own music, they play music from a subscription service. On their phone or a smart speaker I would say. Some people might have some higher quality speakers (Sonos maybe?), but nothing like your separates.pinno said:Thankfully, I have all my old Hi Fi separates.
Rotel Amp
Marantz CD player
Rega Planar deck
Wharfedale speakers
Pioneer tuner
Pioneer CD burner.
The sound quality is stunning.
What do people do with their MP3's (I don't know what digital formats people use)? What do they play them on? Are you telling me that the sound quality from their iphone through an earphone is actually going to be good?
[Warning; impending nerd stampede]
The brother in law had a record then CD collection running to thousands of discs. That’s a serious investment and space commitment.
Most people can access all the music they want for less than the cost of a handful of vinyl albums per annum.
Heresy I know.0 -
People being happy riding BSO's.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I wasn't criticising. I don't listen to a lot of music, when i do it's normally in the car via DAB. That's it. Occasionally via the Echo in the kitchen.morstar said:
Yeah but, you can now access an enormous breadth of content for less than the cost of a small house. For some of us, that’s enough.elbowloh said:
Youngsters don't own music, they play music from a subscription service. On their phone or a smart speaker I would say. Some people might have some higher quality speakers (Sonos maybe?), but nothing like your separates.pinno said:Thankfully, I have all my old Hi Fi separates.
Rotel Amp
Marantz CD player
Rega Planar deck
Wharfedale speakers
Pioneer tuner
Pioneer CD burner.
The sound quality is stunning.
What do people do with their MP3's (I don't know what digital formats people use)? What do they play them on? Are you telling me that the sound quality from their iphone through an earphone is actually going to be good?
[Warning; impending nerd stampede]
The brother in law had a record then CD collection running to thousands of discs. That’s a serious investment and space commitment.
Most people can access all the music they want for less than the cost of a handful of vinyl albums per annum.
Heresy I know.
I have a load of CDs boxed up in the shed and never spent huge amounts on stereo equipment. I bought expensive headphones for listening on the go a few times, but kept breaking them (usually damaged the cables).0 -
Cassettes are also coming back into fashion again, there's a whole new generation of kids that are going to have to learn to splice the tape after it gets mangled in the player and snaps.pinno said:
...and i'll just throw a curved ball into that one - Vinyl.elbowloh said:Things are still surfacing from boxes following our move.
Just found that the wife has a PJ and Duncan CD.
For the benefit of Rick, a CD as physical medium in which you used to buy and play music before everything was streamed.
.
But (and 'it's a big but), lost of things have been released/re-released on Vinyl recently.
Does that mean there is an uptake of decks and amps in a sort of throw back?0
