Padded Cell
OK guys, beat this.I have just collected my new car, a gorgeous metallic red Lotus Elise.20 feet from the showroom doorway I drove over a row of metal inspection plates in the dealers car park. One twisted, broke and has punched an 8 cm hole clean...
Sir Bobby Robson has died aged 76. I am so glad I went to see him get great such a great reception at his charity match on Sunday, when 33,000 turned out at SJP. A great send off for a great man. I knew he did not have long, but I am still shocked. A...
Hi all,I needed to ask this question in the padded cell as I have ZERO knowledge about cars and need to buy one (on finance) in the next month or so.I'd be really grateful if anyone could offer some advice here as I just need a car to get from A-B and...
ChapsI sometimes think that people like whinging for the sake of it and this so called recession has had people moaning in droves.Some people must be a lot better off because inflation is peanuts and interest rates are low and housing is becoming...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/t...oys-115875-21583054/
How does one get in touch with one of the administrators? It seems that my permissions have changed, and I'd like to find out why.
Dear Friends,I have waited a long time to try to post this photo of my old London bass.In the early part of the Twentieh Century it was the property of Gustav Holst, and when he died it became the property of Pates School in Cheltenham, where it fell...
This is just a little bit of fun, but tomorrow the date will be 07-08-09 and, as with everyday, the time for one whole second will be 12:34:56, put them together and im sure everyone can see what you get. This is the only time for the next 1000 years...
When I try to edit a post I find the dialogue box is a different size than say, this one I'm writing this in. I ask because the post now button keeps disappearing.Question: is there any way to change this box size permanently?BTW thanks JulianH for...
Advice gratefully received...BackgroundOn 3rd January I purchased a new Nikon D90 + lens kit, after having saved up for it and studied the reviews. I took advantage of the fact that I was working in the Caribbean, and I paid €990 there which was...
Radiohead have released the song using the words of Harry as the lyrics to form a beautiful anti-war song which can be purchased online for a £1, all money raised will go to British Legion. Harry's funeral is today.
Hi All, Can I please ask have we all forgotten why we choose to post on the Naim forum...For me a quite recent member July 08, in my short time here I have experience lots of good advice, use full tips, found a good joke or two and mostly made some...
How could this happen? How could the banking sector go from near-death to robust and fabulously wealthy health, all in the course of just a few months?The key to modern banking success, it seems, is for bankers to follow a few golden rules:1. Adopt a...
Well, it does it for mii Tony
A historian says ...I say bah!
i don't expect this to get posted. I really just wanted the moderator of the forum to know how I feel.For the years I have been on the forum, Munch has always been there. It's obvious he loves the forum, by the number of posts.I don't understand why...
ChapsI have just retired and expect to be spending more time in my Spanish shack. I would guess about 4 trips per year, each of 4 or 5 weeks duration.The shack is cabled up to accept broadband but you have to take out an annual contract and it is...
Hi,I must admit that I know very little about cars or car audio. I have just purchased a 2005 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec Climate. Not the most exciting car but good for running around in. However, the OEM stereo sounds terrible and has no input for my...
I know it's not the proper place to discuss this, but since I'm coming to the UK on August 22nd with my wife, any suggestions about the risk of suine flu?Should I buy antivirals at home, look for them when in the UK or not worry at all?Thanks,Massimo
Richard-If Paul is still interested in comparing a non Naim ps to a Naim Hi-Cap? I might be interested.1. It will not sound exactly like a Naim ps. 2. It would still be rock solid built and cause no impurity to the chain(impedance,ground and such).In...
I picked this up while travelling in Asia - by far the best record brush I've used. It expands to the width of the radius and then whisks the dust right off. Is there a local distributor for these?
I did like this Butchershop in the Guardian regardsdiccus
Got a spare hour and I'm just a tad bored. So, for interest I went back to the very first posts on this forum form 2000. I recognised very few names among those who regularly post nowadays, so I'm just wondering what happened to those guys
here's the answer
Look what turned up at the local pub on Saturday - you don't see many of these in one place. The procession through the local villages turned a few heads too - the sound was sublimeAny other Alfisti on here?CheersJohn