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Hi guys;It is just past midnight here and I just left my listening room. Been sitting in dim lights listening to Diana Krall's "how insensitive" and I couldn't get my eyes to stop staring at my kit. The naim kit is a cd5i and nait 5i sitting on a...
Is it just because I'm getting older that I get more emotional when kids tell their own stories during the evening, or are the stories they show getting sadder?
Our current five year fix at 4.99% is coming to an end. Nationwide's best fix is currently 5.63% for five years with no fees. Alternatively it's a tracker at 0.34% over base. Which way would you go?Nigel
According to the Washington Post, 35,000 Chinese miners have perished since the year 2000 in mine accidents. Makes the electric bill at the factory quite reasonable. Yes that's 35 thousand. 2000 thus far this year.
Looks like Naim will have to get into auto business Japan's melody roadsCue discussion on which tyres et al will give the best sound reproduction.CheersScott
Macho, sexist, aggressive and an insufferable egotist but he just happened to be the best American writer of the twentieth-century.I remember as a young twenty year old being totally and utterly blown away by The Naked And The Dead, Barbary Shore and...
Dennis Kucinich calls for Cheney to be impeached - about time too say I. here
I am watching BBC2 NY marathon and the picture has shrunk with a large black surround. The TV 32" Thompson CRT is still switched to cinerama my normal W/S setting. I've notced this with several other sports programmes. Any ideas as to why?Howard
funny naim word assosciation Say hello to my little naim! With great power comes great naim.
The East of England is expected to be a bit damp...flood warningsTime to get your valuables upstairs. Bet you all wish that East Anglia didn't have the world's highest concentration of DBLs .
He can certainly afford it!David
The following is for information only. Whether they will work is not for discussion. Take it for what it is please.An article in my union mag suggests:-Those no one there phone calls made by machines to establish when people are in the house. If you...
ChapsI just received a renewal request from Hifi+ to take out another subscription. I binned it.I now find mags just totally useless, the reviewers are just a bunch of prats trying to out do each other on using waffle and stupid expressions. Who is...
.....just a thought for the future as the time is nearly there when oil goes for good....
Come xmas I should finally have a bike license, I have been meaning to do this for years, with a little spare time and a pot of cash to spare the time is now right.I fancy something nippy and reliable etc, really like the look of the Honda 600rr and...
So, Lewis Hamilton has announced that he is to set up home in Switzerland. A real slap in the face for the town of Stevenage, which has also just announced that a street is to be named after Hamilton.So where should he be? Switzerland or Stevenage?...
I am going to Reading in a few weeks time ...Would appreciate suggestions for good Indian restaurants in Reading. I will probably go to London but -- apart from the train to LOndon -- I will probably be confined to local buses.Thanks for the previous...
I had gone to bed that evening and listened through the night as the winds raged, thinking it was just a bit windy! There was a park at the bottom of the garden and the larches that lined the fence were bent double. I couldn't sleep and got up at...
BBC Link: Vulcan flies again
I caught a snippet of something on the radio the other day and it made me wonder about whether biofuel would ever really be a net benefit to the planet. Something I had not really formed any opinion on at that point.Apparently the diversion of crops...
This is what I get on my edit profile page:-our personal preferences to be applied to various parts of the platform.My Time DisplayShow my times in: Community timezone 4:09 PM GMT My timezone 3:09 PMShow time and date in: Community time format Tue...
Todays 'Observer' sunday supplement magazine shows a boxer training by throwing a punch at the carcass of a large headless cow.My 8 year old daughter pointed at the carcass asking "What's that?"."A dead cow" I responded.Pausing for thought, and still...
i am so glad Ferrari did it again! what do you think about Lewis Hamilton losing it in the last two races?regardsBF