Do you have a recommendation? I was hunting around, not knowing what to look for and went for a basic one.JackyJoll wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:19 pm435 Hertz is an A, but just far enough flat to be annoying.
utterly random picture thread.
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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.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!
(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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I know. I was thinking of starting a thread about using Harpic. Yes or no.weeksy wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:15 amIf you think the nails are bad you should look at your headers!!
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Won't make them any worseTrinity765 wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:30 amI know. I was thinking of starting a thread about using Harpic. Yes or no.weeksy wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:15 amIf you think the nails are bad you should look at your headers!!
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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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Tune your other instruments down to match.Trinity765 wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:44 amDo you have a recommendation? I was hunting around, not knowing what to look for and went for a basic one.JackyJoll wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:19 pm435 Hertz is an A, but just far enough flat to be annoying.
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch
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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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Bugger all 'appened. I want a refund.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!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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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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