That's 1m 42s I won't get back.
3rd April 1957 - Norwich City Council's forward-thinking treasurer decided this was what they needed to speed up their collection of rates and payroll. That it would also help them shed some staff was an added bonus.
Here they are taking delivery. "C'mon lads, put your back into it"
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Probably an Elliot 803 machine. The first computer I used as a pupil in the lower sixth.
Think it was solid state, but it was a long time ago.
Barry
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, 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,
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A 405 - that's the same as the amplifier I occasionally use!
Barry
4 April 1949
Eleven countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington.
4 April 1968
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
4 April 1988
TV soap Crossroads ended after 24 years and 4,510 episodes.
And birthdays today:
Dave Hill, rock guitarist with the group Slade, 78
Jonathan Agnew, broadcaster and cricket commentator, 64
Hugo Weaving, actor, 64
Graham Norton, TV host, 61
Robert Downey Jr, actor, 59
Lemar, singer, 46.
Barry
Also:
5 years ago today Amazon's Jeff Bezos and his missus agreed a record breaking $35 billion divorce settlement. Blimey, for a settlement like that, I'd marry him.
And 75 years ago NATO was formed.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, 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,
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ofc North Atlantic Treaty... I'm such a silly sausage. Bet you didn't know it's Dave Hill's birthday 78 candles in a Cup-a-Soup.
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, 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,
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