My name is Paul James Downs so my username is based on the first initial of my first and second name followed by my surname :)
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My name is Paul James Downs so my username is based on the first initial of my first and second name followed by my surname :)
Genius.
Thanks Rob, that's the nicest compliment anyone's ever given me :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
Duo(2)
Because i like stereo ....:argument:
Have owned one like this since 1987...
Arne K
Struth won 73 trophies during his career, making him the most decorated manager in British football history.... Struth is shorter than Fair suck of the sav!
The bird or the car? Respect either way ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobra2
not sure what would cost more tbh.....:eek:
I would believe Farrah Fawcett' maintenance-cost would been higher... and while the car has faded, it can be brought back.
:cool:
Arne K
(but still have good memories from TV-series Charlie's Angels)
I was watching Black Adder II and was laaaaaghin me tits off and so, well.... why not! :)
Many years ago a group of friends used to have "dice evenings", based on the book The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man
We'd decide what we'd wear, what pubs we'd visit and what we'd do when we got there by the roll of a dice. My "dice name" was Josef Sneff and now Mr Sneff is the name I use for various online activities, including this blog - http://mrsneff.wordpress.com/
Don't know how this will go down in the forums but as a kid i loved bubble writing and quickly got into letter forms and then eventually "graffiti." I did my first piece at the age of 13 in some underpass and the age of 16 starting using the name of "Lacey" - i'll use Lacey or Lace'd Taste on various forums now. Had a good run and had a few articles in the local papers before police came over whilst me mum was having a party (not the best of memories), Lacey became legal and i ended up studying fine art at Uni. I'll post some examples scattered around my home town of Barnstaple.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/1...112afc16_c.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/1...9b5e42c1_c.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/1...22186cf9_c.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/1...9d13ea17_c.jpg
Wow, love the van, very nice.
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Originally Posted by mr sneff
Ha Ha, another victim of the 'Diceman Culture'! Been there, done it too about thirty years ago. Good fun and a great book.
'The Diceman' is an all time classic, there's nothing else quite like it. I still have a couple of copies knocking about. An absolutely essential read if you've not heard of it!!!
By the way, I always feel sorry for people sucked in by the VW camper thing. It's all about image (not one I'd want. 'Fake Cool? Not for me) and generally the people who buy them don't have a clue that the poor old things have the dynamics of a shed. Unless you spend a fortune, it'll be desperately slow, full of rust and handle (wrong word) like an overloaded pram!
Whilst not being a VW man i am a fan of the Austin Minis and whilst it might not be the most practical of cars generally full of rust and i'd probably spend the rest of my days doing it up i think there's still that appeal to own something iconic/fun without going down the whole "look at how retro and different i am" route.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I'm not sure I agree with you entirely Geoff - I think for some people, yes it fits into an image to which they aspire to, whatever that is ... But for others, who might have lived through the era, it may bring back good memories, and they really don't care about all the performance stuff - they'll see all that as part of the 'charm' ...Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I recently replaced a fairly new bike with a bright yellow 70's BSA racing bike in a fit of vintage lust - technically it may be wanting on many fronts compared to bikes today, but I actually find its 5 gears better than the 21 I had before and I just love riding it! It makes me feel good. :)
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Originally Posted by julesd68
I agree on the seventies (and earlier) racing bikes, they're great to ride, so light too. I always get rid of the drop bars though and fit flats.
Oh, and I grew up with Campers and other old VWs, nobody thought they had any particular image back then. The 'Lads' all wanted Transits!
I had thirteen BL Minis of all types. Many were well tuned too (by me) and there's no job I've not done on a Mini. I've replaced engines, gearboxes, wiring looms, floors, door skins, roof linings, subframes, etc., etc. Done several engine rebuilds and resprays. Those were the days. Still got a fully equipped workshop though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lace'd Taste
Forever changing? yew nutters shurrup!.. Barbarian bi first track from ELP Debut LP { yew know the best band in the world}
Sorry due before i checked out your location i though it was the Bronx NYC ffks.. move immediatlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Lace'd Taste
Sounds like a life well spent!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Well I had a bit of fun with the Minis. Then went on to Opel Manta GTEs! Current 'toy' is a Suzuki Carry 1.3 van I've had for seven years, cars come and go but the van is a little cracker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lace'd Taste
Yeah, 30 years ago would be about right for me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
In the rugby league state or origin series Queenslanders are canetoads and New South Welshmen are cockroaches. I'm a Queenslander. :eyebrows:
So where di I get 'darkmatter' from?
One of my other big passions in life Astronomy, so nearly my career :)
CageyH - not very imaginative, but it's the phonetic pronunciation of my initials.
Been using it for years all over the place.
My username comes from the Aubrey/Maturin historic novels by Patrick O'Brian, it is an expression that crops up regularly. I also frequent the TZ UK watch forum, so thought it was appropriate for a mechanical watch fan.
Lawrence
Toads seem to have been on a regular diet of roaches lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canetoad
Mine's sort of ...Spanish...(form of my first name), followed by a misspelled phonetically French "Belgium", the catch being that "ik" is Dutchspeak and means "I".
Doesn't mean s*** to a tree, which is probably the best thing about it.
I think my user name speaks for itself. I have always liked to push boundaries of all sorts! :)
Nigel.
My user name comes from my main passion Plymouth Argyle ! ( yes , even more important than hifi & music )
But !!!! I've really needed the hifi to soothe my nerves at times when I've come in from the football .
Data
In
Music
Out
Hah, hah! No vinyl for you, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by DIMO
It's an overstatement, but I needed a name and have been visiting here to learn about all things digital. In the 20 years since I first owned a CD player there have only been two occasions when I have bought vinyl when I could get the same music digitally - one was Discipline by King Crimson which would have cost far more to get as a remastered CD, the other was Armed Forces by Elvis Costello because of the fabulous foldy-outy album cover which I never bought first time round as a teenager.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
My initials.
Used to use something a little more imaginative but then ended up with a dozen different usernames.
Mine was a funny joke to myself that I was kind of the opposite. Anyway, it was the first alias I ever had on the world wide web way back in the late 90's.
destroysall was a term I picked to use for another forum long ago. It was a title from an old cover album dedicated in tribute to Godzilla. Not one of my favorite albums but a cool name nonetheless. ;)
Sounds a bit like a name that might be given to a disinfectant!
Welcome to AoS by the way.
:lol: Thank you, Barry. Now that I think about more, it indeed does sound like a great name for a disinfectant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
ERM....its my surname.....
minus the 2468..of course.....Quote:
Originally Posted by lonergan2468
My name is simple it's the name of my parent company. Rainbow electric co inc. And my name is AL.
Imam going to post my new listening room. The title will be
From the beginning.
A fitting name is the room is completely gutted top to bottom . I will be posting pics soon .
Al
Well I won't lie . . . my user name is what I use for everything haha!
Hi Jordan,
Judging from the link contained in your above signature, I suspect you require a trade account? Please PM me for details before contributing further :)
Marco.
Mine is easy, 'allthingsanalogue' as I love Vinyl, Tape, reel to reel!
Its my old mans name,He was a yugoslavian.My great grandad assassinated the Prince of Montenegro,strange but true.I have the blood of an assassin running through my veins,which it was running through my speaker cables.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
Must be murder! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ljubomir
I've been a bird lover since childhood, the Eagle owl is a magnificent bird of prey.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofession...eagleowls.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MbgmOLTLhk
MrAcoustat - - - I started in audio pretty late ( 1969 ) before that i was busy with bikers in 1969 i changed my life around and got married for the first 15 years it was ALL boxes to name a few - Snell - Proac - Altec Lansing - Celestion - Kef - Totem - and many different models of each in 1984 heard a pair of Acoustat and since then i have NEVER looked back.
http://cdn-1.dastatic.com/forums/gal...at_Speaker.JPG
Life without Acoustat is possible BUT senseless
Not much to tell really. It's an anagram of my real name, Ickswert, an ancient Briton term for 'ale swiller' or 'piss head'. Cheers.