Good man! We're definitely on the same page.
Good man! We're definitely on the same page.
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RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
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Main System
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Precisely! Rob has just made a similar point. So how can the stated death figures be in any way accurate or trustworthy?
If you're hospitalised with conditions related to Covid, but have an underlying heart condition, and sadly later die of a heart attack in said hospital, is the cause of death Covid, or a heart attack?
Marco.
Main System
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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That sounds good. But I would point out that old people aren't typically put on oxygen until below 88 (as in 88-92 isn't actually always abnormal).
By the way, where is your daughter? It seems like different areas have an initial influx; especially if they are an area of high density population. Nearly all the most severe areas are high density population. The viral load is just much higher before symptoms.
mainstream mediaOriginally Posted by Duckworp
Covid tests are trash. Believe me, they don't work worth a crap. Flip a coin... It's BAD. As an anecdote (not proof or whatever) I know a guy who made an appointment but never showed, and got sent a positive result...Originally Posted by Duckworp
That's a far cry from proof... evidence of an observation. Everyone was still going to grocery stores etc. It's not just economic either. For example my great uncle is in California and needs to see a doctor pretty bad but can't for any reason. We're collecting much bigger health problems than covid by being shut down. The third world that depends on a lot of other countries are suffering as well. It's like we're living a drug commercial. The reality is we may be running more risk of mutations that cause bigger problems.Originally Posted by Duckworp
I actually suspect a lot of the people who get severely sick don't show symptoms for extended periods of time. Covid has been in many places way longer than the media would portray. It was in France as early as November, and the US by December. I know of areas that got hot with cases that had it spread all over and masses of people online where talking about strange symptoms and being told no to seek medical help unless they're basically dieing (they wouldn't let them make appointments). We're talking about February and March.
I’m no expert on conspiracy theories but I have read one that believes such. See link.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/air...iracy-theories
On vaccines- Although vaccines won’t be made compulsory there are rumours that airlines will not allow you to travel, nor public events, such as sports, theatre, cinema etc, allow you to enter, without a certificate of vaccination. If this actually happens it will severely limit what unvaccinated people can do. Who knows if this will be implemented or not but I suspect the air travel bit might be more likely.
Its interesting that you mention the certificate, i was listening to a radio show a few days back, and one person mentioned that if a certificate were needed as proof then within days the internet would be awash with fake versions available for a sum, now that's where the newly developed tattoo under the skin version will play its part.Then what next ???
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"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla
Its now a conspiracy theory to believe that the Immune system is capable of doing the job it was designed to do.
A fish is only as healthy as the water its swimming in ! [Dr Robert Young]
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Matthew 5:10
I believe if Covid 19 is found in the patient then it is counted as one more towards the Covid death count, but don't quote me on that. A clearer picture might be overall excess deaths, again not conclusive, as some of those deaths may have been due to other conditions being neglected because of covid (i.e. treatment being postponed).
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Yes I've heard that and don't doubt it's likely to become reality, or at least they'll try and make it so.
We rarely fly anywhere, mostly go abroad by car/boat and rarely use any of the other venues you mention (we have a perfectly good home cinema with Sky and Netflix, plus a blu-ray player, and watch all the sport we need on TV), so it would be no big deal. And if it got to the point where we couldn't travel abroad, via any means, then we'd just stay within our own shores - *anything* to avoid taking something that WE DON"T WANT!!
In any case, if what you've said comes to pass, we'll see how well the population accepts having their freedoms limited in that way, especially the millions who won't be taking a vaccine, and of course anyone else [and there are plenty] who believe in protesting and fighting against the fascist controlling of our civil liberties...
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/
The above organisation is but one of many, worldwide. It won't just be large protests in many major UK cities, like there were recently against lockdowns, but MASS RIOTS and the beginnings of civil war. As there are many people, including me, who simply won't just 'sit back and take it', but FIGHT against such oppression and tyranny!
And I'm not kidding when I say this, if it *really* got to the stage where it was necessary, I'd gladly become a 'freedom fighter'/activist - and a prominent one at that, as I'm very good at influencing and leading people. If they want a war, they'll fucking get one!
The fact is, many of the freedoms we currently enjoy were fought and won by others against their oppressors, and if necessary, the people will be triumphant again!!
That said, in terms of what you mentioned, which are essentially 'immunity passports', should they be introduced (I think it's likely), and my own personal situation, it would be a good test of our ability (or anyone else's ability) to be self-sufficient, which is something we've been building towards for years!
For starters, neither of us (my wife or I) needs to work, we have no kids and no debt [mortgage free], everything we own is bought and paid for, plus we grow a lot of our own produce, so that puts US in control of ourselves and our future rather more than most
Marco.
Main System
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
That would seem the case. As for the PCR test, my main beef with that; and going by the explanation of many independent virologists, and those from the scientific, and medical fraternity, is that it doesn’t actually identify the virus, only the debris left in your respiratory system, nasal passage, and throat. Even the person who was credited for the development of this test stated it was not to be used as an accurate method of detecting a particular type of corona virus, as it would be highly inaccurate, when used for this purpose. Now if we were to use a very simple comparison as an example; if the vaccine developed is specific to a particular type of virus, then you would need to know the exact virus your dealing with after having done extensive research to isolate it in its entirety, to prove without doubt that what you have developed is specifically for the job intended, i hope we at least agree on that, now bear with me on this one; lets say you were driving your car on the motorway, and you have a puncture, you may then ring your emergency breakdown service, and explain the situation, they then send out one of their technicians to help, the technician turns up with a wheel and tyre, great, unfortunately he didn’t know that your car was a range rover, and the wheel he’s brought with him is for a Mini I hope you understand where I am coming from with this, now some will say, well, they don’t need to know the exact car you have as long as the wheel stud pattern is the same, but seriously' how likely is that going to be though ?
Now some may also say that well, it’s a blanket vaccine, it will cover a few versions of Corona virus mutations, again, I say; how likely is that really?
Folks, I really, really hope that what ever the first 20 million people in this country get as far as a vaccine works, and we can all get back to some kind of normality, but I have to admit, until I see the Range rover, and its spare wheel united, I remain a sceptic.
"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla
Its now a conspiracy theory to believe that the Immune system is capable of doing the job it was designed to do.
A fish is only as healthy as the water its swimming in ! [Dr Robert Young]
www.tubedistinctions.co.uk
Matthew 5:10
Main System
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!