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  1. #7421
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Are we broadly in agreement then, on post 7417?

    Marco.
    Looks like it lol. Never been into eating things that are vaguely related to sexual improvements although powdered rhino horn seems an improvement over bulls baws
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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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  2. #7422
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    Where do you get yer rhino horn from then? Pardon the pun!

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  3. #7423
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Looks like it lol. Never been into eating things that are vaguely related to sexual improvements although powdered rhino horn seems an improvement over bulls baws
    Most of them are only supposed to 'work' by their suggestive appearance, and in the way they are consumed: asparagus; figs; oysters, etc. The use of rhino horn is utter nonsense, it's made of keratin, so you have as much success with it as you would chewing your fingernails. Again it's the shape of a rhino's horn that gives it any (misguided) credence in it being an aphrodisiac.

    The Chinese have a lot to answer for with their use of animal parts for their traditional medicine.
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  4. #7424
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Most of them are only supposed to 'work' by their suggestive appearence, and in the way they are consumed: asparagus; figs; oysters, etc. The use of rhino horn is utter nonsense, it's made of keratin, so you have as much success with it as you would chewing your fingernails. Again it's the shape of a rhino's horn that gives it any (misguided) credence in it being an aphrodisiac.

    The Chinese have a lot to answer for with their use of animal parts for their traditional medicine.
    I've always thought that but was unsure whether they are taking the piss or just plain stupid. Sorry Marco, I know you've said before that you are pro-Chinese medicine, but it's all wrong imo
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  5. #7425
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    Yo Piggurs, 'pro' it only to an extent... I'm in favour of some 'alternative medicines'/natural remedies, generally plant-based stuff, as long as it's effective, as it normally has no side-effects

    What I dislike is pumping my body full of chemicals, where the side-effects are often worse then the condition that the drugs are supposedly treating!

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

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.

  6. #7426
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    Just had a duck in the house...

    Flew over into my garden panicking, something had obviously spooked it and headed straight into my conservatory door and head first at my 401

    It was trying to get out the front window (ducks obviously don't get glass). I grabbed a throw, threw it over the duck and gathered it up then took it outside and let it go. It seemed to fly away ok so fingers crossed no harm done.

  7. #7427
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    I have a 'through lounge with a large window at one end, and floor-to-ceiling patio doors at the other.

    On several occasions I have had birds fly into the window, presumably thinking it to be a tunnel, attracted by the light at the other end. In most cases there has been a loud 'thump' and the bird flies away; although stunned and possibly wounded. On one occasion, sadly the impact was so severe the bird broke its neck.
    Barry

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    went into the town at lunchtime today because I'm fed up eating the crappy sandwiches from the local shop.

    There was a place advertising baked potatoes so I thought that would do for a change. Asked for one with cheese - three quid!

    I had to go outside again just to make sure there wasn't a sign saying 'Millionaires Only' out front. (There wasn't).

    Thought it would be about £1.75, or two quid tops. Just ridiculous.
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  9. #7429
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    went into the town at lunchtime today because I'm fed up eating the crappy sandwiches from the local shop.

    There was a place advertising baked potatoes so I thought that would do for a change. Asked for one with cheese - three quid!

    I had to go outside again just to make sure there wasn't a sign saying 'Millionaires Only' out front. (There wasn't).

    Thought it would be about £1.75, or two quid tops. Just ridiculous.
    a bit steep unless it was a big un with an expensive filling.. cost of spud? 20p for a big un
    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***

  10. #7430
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    went into the town at lunchtime today because I'm fed up eating the crappy sandwiches from the local shop.

    There was a place advertising baked potatoes so I thought that would do for a change. Asked for one with cheese - three quid!

    I had to go outside again just to make sure there wasn't a sign saying 'Millionaires Only' out front. (There wasn't).

    Thought it would be about £1.75, or two quid tops. Just ridiculous.
    Serves you right for trying to eat healthy - chippy next time It would have been even worse if you'd gone posh and asked for tuna and cold slop, they'd really have the shirt off your back
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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