#249398 - 23/02/2005 10:08
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Ah, I've found a source for those plugs (the ones from the back of the HiFi's), but at £9.05, I might have to make do with two matchsticks and bare wire!
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#249399 - 23/02/2005 10:15
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It's the 'As good as any mains cable I've heard' bit that cracks me up
I've just crawled round the floor of the office, been slapped by one of the girls and have to say, it may be an off day, but not one of our mains leads seems to have anything to say!
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#249400 - 23/02/2005 13:28
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The friendly folks at Bulgin tell me that it's a PX0782 and that the mating part is the PX0772. Neither of these seem to be listed in their catalog. Nor are those part numbers found in a Google search except for one obscure, useless PDF on Bulgin's site. They tell me that they're very soon to be obsoleted, too.
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#249401 - 25/02/2005 14:58
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Well I'm now the proud possessor of "The Plug", regrettably, it's set me back $18, a monstrous price, but a small matter in the affairs of men. I regret to say that, even at this price, it sounds remarkably similar to any other piece of plastic, rubber and metal that I ever purchased and has totally failed to raise the quality of the dynamic audio experience!
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#249402 - 25/02/2005 16:57
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Where did you get it from? I've got the same plugs on the back of my amp.
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#249403 - 25/02/2005 20:02
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Charles Hyde & Sons. Ltd.,
T.A. Partspeed,
Part No: 42007
Sales Tel: 08709 90 94 74
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#249404 - 25/02/2005 20:24
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Registered: 06/02/2002
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Loc: Leeds, UK
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Thay are showing at £3.71 +vat on their website (out of stock). How come you had to pay so much ???
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#249405 - 25/02/2005 21:19
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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You might well ask, if you go through the Yamaha site, it comes up +3.99 handling + 1.35 v.a.t., I could have almost got my friends, nearby, to pick it up from the place.
I'd start a big argument, but after three months negotiating with solicitors and accountants and three weeks arguing with Comet* over my Sky+ box warranty, I'm all argued out. The magic day, hint, hint, is Tuesday: If you want to come by for 10 pints with Bushmills chasers tuesday night, you'll know where to find me!
Just a minute, If it costs £1.20 to have a pair of kippers* sent to me from the Isle of Man, each week, how can it cost £3.99 to have a plug sent to me from Pocklington, in the County I live in?
*If you ask, I'll start anothe thread!
I
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#249406 - 25/02/2005 22:21
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*If you ask, I'll start anothe thread!
I'm asking.
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#249407 - 26/02/2005 10:53
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Kippers
For many years, my duty as CEO has been to walk to the Bank at about 11.30 Wednesday, Pay the week's cheques in, draw enough money for the week for me and petty cash, and conduct any other business.
Then, walk to Leeds market and buy a pair of Manx* kippers for breakfast, walk from the market to the Shabab Indian restaurant, taking advantage of the £4.99, as much as you can eat, buffet and 2 pints of Cobra, chat to the odd friend and business associate that knows that that's where to find me, and return to the Office for a snooze.
Impending retirement led me to 2 conclusions:
1. It's a cheap, not a particularly good restaurant, far better to go with the wife to the Rajput in Harrogate, trumpeted as one of the best, most innovative Indian restaurants in Britain.
2. I'm not going to drive the whole way to Leeds for 2 kippers, I tried Morrisons and Sainsbury's but they weren't up to scratch.
So, I googled, and found that for £1.20, a firm in the Isle of Man would send me a pair a week. All I have to do is email them any weekend I'm away, to hold.
* The Manx kipper is grey uncoloured, but immensely more tasty than the Loch Fyne or North East, Supermarket kipper, with the rust red colouring.
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#249408 - 26/02/2005 11:55
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Registered: 13/07/2000
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So, I googled, and found that for £1.20, a firm in the Isle of Man would send me a pair a week.
In the post? I was flicking once through a guide to posting things, whilst in the queue at a post office, and it said something like "Special permission is required to send bacteriological or radiological material through the post, but fish cannot be posted under any circumstances."...
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#249409 - 26/02/2005 12:28
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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but fish cannot be posted under any circumstances
Well they never mentioned it, I was more worried that Jasper, our rescue dog, grabs all the mail as it comes through the letterbox.
They did say they can only ship to the mainland UK, maybe what you were reading referred to overseas.
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#249411 - 26/02/2005 14:01
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Only a fish with 9 lives would be live after the smoking process!
Thanks for the clarification, Philip!
Oh, that's tailess cats, not fish!
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#249412 - 27/02/2005 07:59
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"Special permission is required to send bacteriological or radiological material through the post, but fish cannot be posted under any circumstances."...
Good grief, I've just realised the significance of that, Selafield is directly facing the IOM, I'd better check that they don't glow in the dark like self-seal envelopes!
So, I spend £9 0n a plug, after weeks of trying to find it, plug in the RF headphones, and discover that it's so long since I last used them that the batteries have leaked and corroded - Mallory alkalines at that, b******s!
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#249413 - 27/02/2005 09:01
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Selafield is directly facing the IOM, I'd better check that they don't glow in the dark like self-seal envelopes!
Is it double jeopardy if you post the radioactive kippers in self-seal envelopes?
Anyway, discussing Rajput and kippers with Wayne, my friend from Harrogate, he told me that there are some smoke houses not too far from them in Harrogate where they still do it the traditional way. Not sure if they sell from there though or just supply retailers
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#249414 - 27/02/2005 09:20
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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smoke houses not too far from them in Harrogate where they still do it the traditional way
One of those is run by an ex-employee of mine, I think that I've tried them all over the years, but somehow, the Manx kipper is just to my taste, although, at this time, I've only tried the ones from Leeds market, hopefully the posted ones will taste much the same.
I meant to try Ramus, which is the big seafood place in Harrogate, but I fear that they would be as overpriced as their other stuff, and it would still be more than £1.20 for the round trip.
What's Wayne's opinion of the Rajput?
Years ago, the Shabab had the leading restaurant in Harrogate. The owner approached me one day, as I'm in advertising, and asked if I'd like to re-do all their publicity material. This was fine, until it came to paying, when he suddenly became "unavailable".
After a couple of months, he walked in to my office with a suitcase, saying that he had just got off the plane from Bangla Desh, opened it, and paid me in used fivers, their must have been £30,000 in the case.
"Sorry to have mucked you about, he said, I'll explain it one day, I've told the manager in Harrogate - no bills", and we ate for free for a good eighteen months, until he sold the restaurant.
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#249415 - 27/02/2005 11:27
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What's Wayne's opinion of the Rajput?
He really likes it for socials, but think it's a bit noisy for a quiet dinner. He gets takeaway/delivery from there quite often.
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Did you ever get an explanation?
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#249416 - 27/02/2005 11:35
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Never did, I never saw him again in person - probably a little knowledge would have been a dangerous thing!
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#249417 - 27/02/2005 13:12
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So, I googled, and found that for £1.20, a firm in the Isle of Man would send me a pair a week. All I have to do is email them any weekend I'm away, to hold.
Mmm... Haven't had a decent kipper in ages actually. There seem to be quite a few sites out there which will post you Manx kippers actually. Average price is about £5?
Some of them say they'll only ship to UK and other say they'll even do Europe so they're either flaunting the rules or a kipper is exempt? 
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#249418 - 27/02/2005 13:36
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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£2.40 + 1.20 at isleofmankippers.com
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#249419 - 27/02/2005 14:09
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Some of them say they'll only ship to UK and other say they'll even do Europe so they're either flaunting the rules or a kipper is exempt?
Isle of Man might have different postal regulations
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#249420 - 20/03/2005 12:18
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yeah, but unfortunately one-up-manship will require that some people use a gold plated piece of damp string, just to be better than the next guy.
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#249421 - 06/04/2005 08:15
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Silly youthful question time:
What the hell would you want an old reel to reel tape machine for?
What would you do with it?
Whoa! I've got one off ebay and it's only in Newcastle! By Friday lunchtime, I'll be staring at it in adulation: who needs MP3's when you can have a B77!
It started at "Buy it now £295" and on the third re-post I got it at £137.99. It's got a documented recent service, but the low price is because it's a slow speed one (1 7/8 & 3 3/4)and I'm one of the few people that wants that, specifically for radio recordings, also it's missing the NAB hubs, but they aren't hard to source,
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#249422 - 06/04/2005 16:56
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So you got it then ...and at a pretty good price too
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