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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    And if you'd won a fifty million on the lottery why would you need an investment? If you spent like a drunken sailor you'd still not run out of money before you copped it.
    It's my nature. And it sets future family generations up financially (I'd probably set trusts up).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Vinyl records...
    Museum pieces!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    The Queen outranks the 'bish. Her title is 'Supreme Governor of the Church of England.'

    Although in practice it is the 'bish who runs the show. Nevertheless the Queen is the papal equivalent in the C of E.
    That wasn't my point, though. Joe said that there was more 'fuss', worldwide, made of the Pope than there was of the Queen. I agreed, and gave valid reasons for why that was the case.

    Therefore, it's not about who's head of what, but who commands the most public attention overall, worldwide. And rightly so, that's the Pope.

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    I suspect the problem will be the roads being filled with little electric 'city cars', so the only way one could enjoy the performance of a Ferrari etc. would be under the artificial conditions of a race track.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    It's my nature. And it sets future family generations up financially (I'd probably set trusts up).
    That's what I would do.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I suspect the problem will be the roads being filled with little electric 'city cars', so the only way one could enjoy the performance of a Ferrari etc. would be under the artificial conditions of a race track.
    Probably.

    I expect electric cars will eventually be self driving and will power from induction loops under the road surface, only needing charging for areas off this 'grid'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe View Post
    Just as bad, IMO, is someone who has 'made good' looking down on those who, for whatever reason(s), have stayed poor.
    I agree that both attitudes are abhorrent, but IMO, deliberately trying to stop someone bettering themselves, by directly or indirectly stifling their progress, particularly if you have some sort of control over them, is worse.

    Simply looking down on someone is bad, as in the way some ignorant folk do with tramps, but in most instances won't stop anyone from bettering themselves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I suspect the problem will be the roads being filled with little electric 'city cars', so the only way one could enjoy the performance of a Ferrari etc. would be under the artificial conditions of a race track.
    Or simply live in somewhere like north or west Wales, or up in the north of Scotland, basically anywhere that's largely divorced from the control or restrictions of commercial life., and thus where the roads are largely empty.

    Even if I live long enough for electric cars to become the norm, and I was still able to drive, I'd be the one going to the 'specialist shop' for some petrol, with which to fuel my combustion-engine car - no matter the cost.

    Quite simply, some principles are worth defending!

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    had a shot of a supermarket buggy yesterday. couldnt face walking... goes quite good... must get one lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    had a shot of a supermarket buggy yesterday. couldnt face walking... goes quite good... must get one lol
    Has it got a 'sport mode' button?

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