I'm well aware of the story but it's utterly pretentious to use it in this context - Staines on Thames (it's Sunday name now) or Royal Leamington Spa would be just as amusing. In daily life it's Staines, Tunbridge Wells, Leamington, Wooton Basset. Show a bit of a sense of humour.Originally Posted by PaulStewart
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Southall, where I live, is 'twinned' with towns in France, Poland and Germany. I never did figure out what that's all about. Holiday junkets for bunches of councillors at our expense I expect. The 'twinned' European towns likely have no idea what this place is like, otherwise they'd be embarrassed with the association. It's a tip!
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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This guy's been trying to flog this piece of junk for £80 for months. Why bother? It belongs in the bin!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTA...cAAOSwd0BV3sTs
There's only one, so not much use. It's definitely not fifties/sixties with those terminals. I'd value a pair at a tenner, maybe.
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Haha - £80 for a lousy Hunts 2uF capacitor and a Welwyn 100 Ohm linear carbon track pot. That must be a bargain! (I wouldn't pay any more than £1.)
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Bootiful......real bootiful
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-G...QAAOSwMNxXUBOe
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I didn't realise a Thorens TD147 would be worth £495.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thorens-TD...IAAOSwOVpXYWZm
He's open to offers. I might make a £30 bid.
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Hideous..real hideous
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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That's effin' hideous Rob.
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