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  1. #10371
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    Anyway, thanks guys, I'll pass on your good wishes
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  2. #10372
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    Just some thoughts.

    Modern attitudes to older things are strange.

    Are what I regard as normal skills so lacking? In this age of 'disposable' items, there are many TV programmes dedicated to renovation/restoration/recycling/repairing/upcycling, etc. and folk seem amazed by the often basic skills displayed. These activities would have been regarded as normal when I was young, people mended things! Repairing and restoring things is something I have always done, as did most of my family.

    I don't get the 'shabby chic' idea. In my book if you renovate something, making it look old and worn again is counter-productive and daft! And 'patina' is a modern fad, nobody used to baulk at polishing, repainting or revarnishing items to literally improve them.

    Also, elderly cars, trucks and bikes with an intentionally rusty look seem popular now, god knows why (Henry Cole carries some of the blame ). If an older vehicle is getting scruffy, just tidy it up! Fifty years ago owning and driving a rusty motor would have been regarded as unfortunate and the owner would likely be either broke or lazy. Did you know that you can even get 'rusty car look' vinyl body wrap now? That's just silly.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

  3. #10373
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Just some thoughts.

    Modern attitudes to older things are strange.

    Are what I regard as normal skills so lacking? In this age of 'disposable' items, there are many TV programmes dedicated to renovation/restoration/recycling/repairing/upcycling, etc. and folk seem amazed by the often basic skills displayed. These activities would have been regarded as normal when I was young, people mended things! Repairing and restoring things is something I have always done, as did most of my family.

    I don't get the 'shabby chic' idea. In my book if you renovate something, making it look old and worn again is counter-productive and daft! And 'patina' is a modern fad, nobody used to baulk at polishing, repainting or revarnishing items to literally improve them.

    Also, elderly cars, trucks and bikes with an intentionally rusty look seem popular now, god knows why (Henry Cole carries some of the blame ). If an older vehicle is getting scruffy, just tidy it up! Fifty years ago owning and driving a rusty motor would have been regarded as unfortunate and the owner would likely be either broke or lazy. Did you know that you can even get 'rusty car look' vinyl body wrap now? That's just silly.
    indeed, society went all 'disposable' and only now are realising there are finite limits to how much raw materials there are and how much rubbish we can bury.
    i never had a new bike in my life they were all, can i say... 'recycled' lol in many ways people became wealthier and just wanted new, new, new... now many want old but have lost the skills to recover/repair stuff.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

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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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  4. #10374
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Got this precision driver set.
    All metal and loads of tips. Nicely put together. 4sides of ends etc..
    Been needing a new set for a while and this should cover most things.
    Already fixed a electric tin opener. Lol
    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***

  5. #10375
    Join Date: Apr 2012

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    Got a set that has similar tip selection, different style though. Very handy!
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  6. #10376
    Join Date: Jun 2014

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    Surprising just how many things require torx bits, including my old CD player as I discovered yesterday. My set looks like this, and it's crap. Lost 2 of them already, fortunately not the two I needed yesterday.

    Your set looks better, easier to keep organised.
    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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  7. #10377
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    Surprising just how many things require torx bits, including the rear light cluster of my Vito, and my old CD player as I discovered yesterday. My set looks like this, and it's crap. Lost 2 of them already, fortunately not the two I needed yesterday.



    Your set looks better, easier to keep organised.
    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.

    KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009

  8. #10378
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    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***

  9. #10379
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Bloody Kickstarter again. This product was launched in 2017, and the article, dated March 2023, reports that a "significant number of backers are yet to receive theirs". And with only 5 being built each month, I'm guessing they'll be waiting for a while yet.
    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.

    KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009

  10. #10380
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Bloody Kickstarter again. This product was launched in 2017, and the article, dated March 2023, reports that a "significant number of backers are yet to receive theirs". And with only 5 being built each month, I'm guessing they'll be waiting for a while yet.
    looks good tho... may well just be overpriced tat tho
    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***

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