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  1. 24-09-2021, 19:15 #7891
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    No such issues with the denizens at Texaco: http://a.cly.cx/a/xJXtZLdtvuy

    Fuel shortages? Pah! We'll let all the other muppets worry about that

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    Yeah, because you can just saddle up a sheep and ride that into town. Be a doddle compared to what you normally put them through

    Very thoughtful of Texaco to write to you personally. I can only assume business must be really quiet at your filling station when your monthly ten quid top-up gets you on first name terms with the Star Rewards team
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  2. 24-09-2021, 19:28 #7892
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    Heh-heh - just the advantages, old boy, of making different lifestyle choices from the masses!



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    Just seen my first Christmas ad - got to be a record that. It's not even October yet. There needs to be laws.
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    That is just f’in ridiculous! What company was it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Just seen my first Christmas ad - got to be a record that. It's not even October yet. There needs to be laws.
    I wouldn't worry about it - the rate things are going there will be nothing to buy for Christmas anyway!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex_UK View Post
    That is just f’in ridiculous! What company was it?
    I don't know but it was about buying early for Christmas. And the music was 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.'
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    All I want for Christmas is a gallon of diesel!
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    Human flesh tastes remarkably porky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex_UK View Post
    All I want for Christmas is a gallon of diesel!
    The way things are going, you'll be lucky to get a gift wrapped toilet roll, never mind fuel .
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    Lol... The 'way things are going' here, is the way they've always been going!

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    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.

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