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  1. #2891
    Join Date: Apr 2012

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    I'm Geoff.

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    Most people can be good at whatever they choose. It's just a matter of mindset!
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

  2. #2892
    Join Date: Mar 2015

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    I think the mind is stronger than muscle but I was never going to play football for England or sing in a successful rock and roll band! I do think we need to encourage our children to reach for the moon and follow their dreams. It's a short life and very easy to simply conform - I think I've had too many Baileys!

  3. #2893
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    Quote Originally Posted by spm View Post
    yes actually being good at something rather than boasting you were good at something gained you respect. Good climbers were respected also, I was chuffed that if we were down to our last match and we wanted a fire it was given to me. Little things!
    You had the power to make fire! That was important to children of our generation, no Xboxes or smartphones to distract us. some of those things they only ever do on those video games we used to do for real. Crossing a deep gully via a fallen tree, trying to climb up onto the roof of a house, stuff like that.
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  4. #2894
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    Guide, don't push. Persuade, don t force. Above all try and let them be kids as lon g as possible
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    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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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***

  5. #2895
    Join Date: Mar 2015

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Guide, don't push. Persuade, don t force. Above all try and let them be kids as lon g as possible
    wise words! I'm not sure I always get it right.

  6. #2896
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Quote Originally Posted by spm View Post
    wise words! I'm not sure I always get it right.
    No-one does mate. All you can do is try and try. It's not an exact science. Everyone is different.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    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***

  7. #2897
    Join Date: Mar 2015

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    so true, I'm going to log off now, shout at the kids to get off their xboxes and try and get a good night's sleep! If I feel better tomorrow i'll drag the kids out down some of my old haunts, just hope they don't' spark up!

    Good Night.

  8. #2898
    Join Date: Aug 2009

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    I'm Martin.

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    Not had a drink in so long I've forgotten what it's like so just got 3 cans of Guinness in to remind me.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

  9. #2899
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    Down that lot, then go and pump the girly next door. You know she's aching for it... Job done

    Marco.
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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.

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  10. #2900
    Join Date: Apr 2012

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    Decided on a couple of beers tonight too. Not yet though.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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