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Back on the 70s, some bright little ne'er do well discovered that if you put a small elastic band around the edge of a 10p coin, you could fool vending machines into thinking it was a 50p. Several pubs round Preston only twigged when it came to refilling their cigarette machines, and finding a shit load of ten-pees and elastic bands.
I wouldn't have wanted to be in the shoes of whoever got caught red handed there. 70s landlords were a tough bunch, had to be.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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There was a similar trick when the newfangled £1 coins came out - wrapping the old style 5p (shilling) I think it was in tin foil to the same diameter and thickness of the £1 coin would fool vending machines. 5p to £1 - not a bad return on your investment even taking into account the roll of Bacofoil.
Alex
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It's funny how one's strength declines and you become less muscular with advancing years. I was poking about in the garage/workshop and dug out an old Avery 56lb weight to clean up. I can cart it about no bother, but god knows how I used to manage arm curls with it, but I did (not many though ).
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I can remember in my twenties, a delivery of 20 one hundredweight (112lbs) bags of cement was made whilst my father was away from the house. I was the only one in at the time, so it was down to me to shift them all. Even then my knees were 'buckling' at the end.
Nowadays, I doubt if I could easily manage half that weight.
Barry
Yeah, it's called sarcopenia. I think by the age of 60 it'll be about 1% per year, and this decrease isn't linear
A couple of years ago when I was fitting some windows in a customer's garage I saw one of those 56lb weights. In my younger years 12 to 15 overhead reps was easy peasy. This time I struggled with half a dozen. Bit depressing really.
I should join a gym really, see if I can slow down the decline. Maybe treat myself to an OAP-rate membership for my 66th birthday...
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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