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JackyJoll wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:19 pm
Trinity765 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:28 am New horn, f***** up nails :clap:
435 Hertz is an A, but just far enough flat to be annoying.
Do you have a recommendation? I was hunting around, not knowing what to look for and went for a basic one.
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Taipan wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:04 am There was a time when you couldn't give them away lol! I took one in PX in the early 80s. It was one of the ones with the cotton reel speedo and self straightening steering. It became my "leaver". I used to leave it everywhere and pick it up later etc. Took forever to sell it. Wish I still had it now!! Deffo on my list of cars for the dream garage if my numbers roll in!
I had one of the later versions - a CX 'Croisette', probably one of the last of the 'basking shark' designs ever made. Self-centring steering, whacky suspension etc. It got attention but it was a bit rubbish tbh - underpowered and a lot smaller inside than you might think.

(Car dealers called them basking sharks too because the loafed around on the forecourt in the sun for months and months).
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Trinity765 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:28 am New horn, f***** up nails :clap:
If you think the nails are bad you should look at your headers!!
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weeksy wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:15 am
Trinity765 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:28 am New horn, f***** up nails :clap:
If you think the nails are bad you should look at your headers!!
I know. I was thinking of starting a thread about using Harpic. Yes or no.

Edit: on my headers.
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Trinity765 wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:30 am
weeksy wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:15 am
Trinity765 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:28 am New horn, f***** up nails :clap:
If you think the nails are bad you should look at your headers!!
I know. I was thinking of starting a thread about using Harpic. Yes or no.

Edit: on my headers.
Won't make them any worse :angelic-green:
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The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. On the Protestant part of this cemetery J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden is buried in the Catholic part. They were married in 1842, he was a protestant and didn’t belong to the nobility.
This caused quite a commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years the colonel died in 1880 and was buried on the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the other side of the wall, the closest she could get to her husband. Two clasped hands connect the graves across the wall.
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Trinity765 wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:44 am
JackyJoll wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:19 pm
Trinity765 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:28 am New horn, f***** up nails :clap:
435 Hertz is an A, but just far enough flat to be annoying.
Do you have a recommendation? I was hunting around, not knowing what to look for and went for a basic one.
Tune your other instruments down to match.
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In 1936, the American Standards Association recommended that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch
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Taipan wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:07 pm Image
@Nidge and @weeksy

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Probs the last Welsh bug hunt this year;

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Ducati wheelnut anyone?

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Stare at the colored dots on this girl’s nose for 30 seconds, then quickly look at a white wall or ceiling and start blinking rapidly. Tis Sorcery!

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Taipan wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:11 pm Stare at the colored dots on this girl’s nose for 30 seconds, then quickly look at a white wall or ceiling and start blinking rapidly. Tis Sorcery!

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Bugger all 'appened. I want a refund.
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Taipan wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:11 pm Stare at the colored dots on this girl’s nose for 30 seconds, then quickly look at a white wall or ceiling and start blinking rapidly. Tis Sorcery!

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Whoa! That is sorcery. In colour!
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You're staring at her nose??
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Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:22 pm
Taipan wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:11 pm Stare at the colored dots on this girl’s nose for 30 seconds, then quickly look at a white wall or ceiling and start blinking rapidly. Tis Sorcery!

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Bugger all 'appened. I want a refund.
No can do. She's got my bloody credit card.


I reckon she 'arf-inched it when I was staring at the wall. :(
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Why?
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Trinity765 wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:31 pmWhy?
Weirdos.