- Messages
- 3,869
C. That made my day too - beautiful pictures - I.
What made your day a good one
- Thread starter Bechet
- Start Date
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Thank you
- Messages
- 3,802
- Location
- Edinburgh Scotland
Finishing Work
that’s what made my day a good 1
that’s what made my day a good 1
- Messages
- 1,440
- Location
- North Wales
I'm glad you added it was while you were at work, Chris. I looked at that mirror photo, and thought "hang on, the bloke taking that photo looks like he's got a full beard. Have we been being gaslit all this time"
- Messages
- 7,015
I'm glad you added it was while you were at work, Chris. I looked at that mirror photo, and thought "hang on, the bloke taking that photo looks like he's got a full beard. Have we been being gaslit all this time"
I actually thought the same.
- Messages
- 15,990
- Location
- Halifax, Republic of Yorkshire
Happy Yorkshire Day!
Super day, today ...
Yesterday, on a whim we popped into Piece Hall in Halifax, a Georgeon cloth market and now focal centre for all manner of artisinal shops with a great event space in the middle. Jazz bands on, food stalls and all sorts of Gin Houses, Brew Houses and so on. Very much enjoyed. Moreso, that tomorrow (as was, yesterday ... today, in fact) would be Yorkshire Day and that again there'd be much the same, but more ... we popped down again and had a great time. Brass bands performing modern tunes, Hog Roasts and flat caps in abundance. Great (old-timey) fun!
It's one of the first few tentative times we've been out anywhere other than the Supermarket and it has made a very welcome break. People were being sensible, but having fun. Vendors had things laid out with plenty of space, nothing felt cramped or hurried or stressful. Very well done to the organisers.
www.thepiecehall.co.uk
Super day, today ...
Yesterday, on a whim we popped into Piece Hall in Halifax, a Georgeon cloth market and now focal centre for all manner of artisinal shops with a great event space in the middle. Jazz bands on, food stalls and all sorts of Gin Houses, Brew Houses and so on. Very much enjoyed. Moreso, that tomorrow (as was, yesterday ... today, in fact) would be Yorkshire Day and that again there'd be much the same, but more ... we popped down again and had a great time. Brass bands performing modern tunes, Hog Roasts and flat caps in abundance. Great (old-timey) fun!
It's one of the first few tentative times we've been out anywhere other than the Supermarket and it has made a very welcome break. People were being sensible, but having fun. Vendors had things laid out with plenty of space, nothing felt cramped or hurried or stressful. Very well done to the organisers.
Yorkshire Day Celebrations | The Piece Hall 31/07/22 - 1/08/22
31/07/22 - 1/08/22 - To celebrate Yorkshire Day, local talent will be performing live music in the courtyard on Sunday 31 July and Monday 1 August. 1 August
www.thepiecehall.co.uk
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Two granddaughters around this afternoon which always makes for a good day.
Then the phone rang
Zuzu, the youngest aged four picks up the receiver
'No we don't want PPI thank you' and puts the phone back down
Made my day. It was a nuisance call when I rang 1471
Then the phone rang
Zuzu, the youngest aged four picks up the receiver
'No we don't want PPI thank you' and puts the phone back down
Made my day. It was a nuisance call when I rang 1471
- Messages
- 3,007
- Location
- Not too far from LHR
Can I borrow her, she sounds perfectly qualified!
"This-is-HMRC- you- will- be-arrested".... yawn. I was gonna say haven't these punks got better things to do, but it's a machine. Pfff. That would have really made me laugh to hear her dispense with them.
"This-is-HMRC- you- will- be-arrested".... yawn. I was gonna say haven't these punks got better things to do, but it's a machine. Pfff. That would have really made me laugh to hear her dispense with them.
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Can I borrow her, she sounds perfectly qualified!
"This-is-HMRC- you- will- be-arrested".... yawn. I was gonna say haven't these punks got better things to do, but it's a machine. Pfff. That would have really made me laugh to hear her dispense with them.
Loan her? You can bloody have her
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
The Oracle turntable lives again. Changed the motor for an Origin Live DC kit and voila. Took the chance to give it a service and check all the settings while at it. Sounding fantastic. Happy bunnyism
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Also serviced and tested another turntable I 'adopted' while at it. A Golden Note Valore. Up for sale later. Proceeds towards a new razor
- Messages
- 3,007
- Location
- Not too far from LHR
Well, there are 2 ways of looking at it, but Friday was potentially a "what made your day a crap one?" Because after a crap week, I settled down to listen to some vinyl myself, only to find the right channel had almost completely dropped out. This half an hour before bed. However, I am fortunate that I am friends of the amp designer, so my day was a good one cos he fixed it for me the following afternoon, with a new pair of perfectly matched valves and a few small updates that had happened since I got mine as a preproduction unit when he first developed them. All for a coffee and panino and an unspecified favour to be cashed in at some point in the future. So the tunes are flowing without interruption. Result.
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Aren't valves great?
Valves in the pre amp and D-Class in the power. Super combination. Crap when valves start going off the boil. Fortunately just one set in the last 10 years
I'd be wary of unspecified favours. Probably worth a result though
- Messages
- 6,688
- Location
- Liverpool
Oh and finding a Tunnock's chocolate wafer in the bottom of the biscuit jar.
Last edited:
- Messages
- 5,079
- Location
- London
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that kind of it is right now.
“There is a worldwide panic on availability of vacuum tubes”: EHX's Mike Matthews on the murky future of valve amps
EHX founder Mike Matthews has sounded an ominous warning about the present and future of amp tube production.
guitar.com
Things could settle down later on, but Mike Matthews (who is a legend in the world of valves) seems to suggest the supply could be erratic in this year and on, I think when bands start touring again, the demand for valves will be even more than it is now.
What is your valve preamp/ class D amp you have? I know absolutely nothing about HiFi gear.
I've heard HiFi enthusiasts are something to themselves, I've never got into it myself. I bought a Marantz Power Amp and Project Debut for my 18th birthday, and they are still going strong 21 years later, never felt the need to upgrade, as I was too occupied buying vinyl and guitars! I bought a valve Fender amp the year before (so had it for 22 years), and it also is still going strong!
I have no experience of using valves for hifi, but I love my valve guitar amps.
Got Bluetooth on it bruv?