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  1. #3811
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ninanina View Post
    I know what you mean Russell about the 00's party crowd having to keep it low profile...

    Definitely kids these days seem to have a very orchestrated life which doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me which is a shame

    I'm sure you are a lovely "crazy uncle" though

    Thanks on the feet bit... I've no idea if anyone notices but, strangely, I've never known a guy that's 'into' feet... bums, legs, boobs etc but never feet

    How are you feeling now Russell? hopefully you are on the mend
    I reckon Russell will be fine, he just needs plenty of "mental posts therapy". And here you are!

    You may have been too young for much of the seventies fun, but probably just about the right age for what was dubbed "The Second Summer Of Love", which must have been about 1987. I didn't come into it until the early nineties by which time I was a thirtysomething. Made me the oldest swinger in town, but no one minded. I imagine you being a bit of a ravehead at some point, don't spoil it by saying you weren't
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    I reckon Russell will be fine, he just needs plenty of "mental posts therapy". And here you are!

    You may have been too young for much of the seventies fun, but probably just about the right age for what was dubbed "The Second Summer Of Love", which must have been about 1987. I didn't come into it until the early nineties by which time I was a thirtysomething. Made me the oldest swinger in town, but no one minded. I imagine you being a bit of a ravehead at some point, don't spoil it by saying you weren't
    I'm sure I can provide some "mental posts therapy"...

    Certainly in 87 I was having a lot of fun... I was earning a decent salary and was sharing good times with a guy, including a fair bit of 'substance' I guess...

    Funny you should mention about being the "oldest swinger in town" as I was much the same. My work colleagues were all younger than me but I was the one having the most fun when we were 'out on the town' as it were...
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    Best early years for me, when I had most fun as a youngster, were from 79-83. So many great memories during that era, for all manner of reasons!

    Before that, I was really too young to have gotten up to anything that exciting. Would've loved to have been, say, 16 in 1963.... As knowing what I know now, I'd have loved to have been in the thick of things from then, right through until the late 70s. A veritable golden era, IMO

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    I’m healing fine Nina, today I went walking without my cane. Just small steps, pushing myself just a little. My next visit with my surgeon isn’t until August 8, so I guess that means I’m in the slow lane right now?

    And I’ve thought the exact same thing Marco, I always felt I was a decade too late! If I’d been born in ‘52 rather than ‘62, I’d have been happier with the world at large. Happier with the music, happier with the times, the fashions, and, um, party favors. But all things happen for a reason. Once out of school, I instantly became friends with people much older than me, people I met at work. Many times they were surprised that I knew the words to songs that were, “before my time”.

    And I’ve just learned that I’m not only a good uncle, but I’m going to be a Great Uncle! Yes, my niece is pregnant, 8 weeks apparently. She and her husband are such good looking people I’m sure the baby will be gorgeous!

    Russell

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Would've loved to have been, say, 16 in 1963.... Marco.
    That would have been ideal however I was only 10 so missed out big time

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    Quote Originally Posted by alphaGT View Post
    And I’ve thought the exact same thing Marco, I always felt I was a decade too late! If I’d been born in ‘52 rather than ‘62, I’d have been happier with the world at large. Happier with the music, happier with the times, the fashions, and, um, party favors.
    But then you might have been drafted in to fight in Vietnam.

    There are obvious times/places that were not good to be born in (most places in Europe in the run up to WWII if you were Jewish, for example, or China during the Cultural Revolution), but for the most part, family circumstances and individual personality traits count for far more than the coincidences around the year in which you were born.

  7. #3817
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    You make a very good point! While I see things a bit differently now days, in my youth I was very anti-authority, and I’d have wound up in military prison before I ever got to Vietnam. I guess things did work out for the best. While I think back and see things I should have done differently, if I had to do it over, I’d probably make all the same mistakes. And I wouldn’t want to do anything that may have caused my daughter to not be born, or be who she is today. She is the one thing I got right! And the single greatest accomplishment of my life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alphaGT View Post
    And I’ve thought the exact same thing Marco, I always felt I was a decade too late!
    Closer to two decades, for me, in terms of being the right age to enjoy [the things I'd have loved] during the era in question

    I also think the mid to late 50s would've been a cool time to have been a teenager or young adult, especially in the States [loved the style of the cars then and the whole 'rock 'n' roll' era, diners, jukeboxes and drive-in movies, Dean Martin and Sinatra, Elvis, etc], and in the UK when all sorts of cool new things were being produced, including some amazing speakers and valve-based hi-fi equipment!

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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.

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  9. #3819
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Closer to two decades, for me, in terms of being the right age to enjoy [the things I'd have liked] during the era in question

    I also think the mid to late 50s would've been a cool time to have been a teenager, especially in the States [loved the style of the cars then and the whole 'rock 'n' roll' era, diners and drive-in movies, Dean Martin and Sinatra, Elvis, etc], and in the UK when all sorts of cool new things were being produced, and also some amazing hi-fi!

    Marco.
    Yeah I can see you in the role of Ritchie Cunningham (or maybe Pottsy)
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Lol.... Interesting that you mention Happy Days! The message is in the title



    Think the original Grease movie, too. Love the whole vibe of that era! Sadly, the world has changed so much since then, and NOT in a good way.....

    Marco.
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    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    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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