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Chemmy posted:The last time someone from England got slapped that hard it was by John Adams. I can’t tell if you’re trying to own me or not. @Cojawfee: I’ve seen the same thing happen on Escape to the Country. The thing is that the show mixes up its formula enough to keep things fresh even in the rote episodes. People frequently end up in properties nothing like what they said they wanted at the beginning and loving them.
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I jumped on the MiniDisc train in 2000 I think I bought a new car and had a minidisc 6 disc changer installed in it, and bought a Denon minidisc recorder/player for the AV stack and also a portable minidisc player  Here’s an artifact of the 1980s that I doubt many people have encountered 
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I will guess that you rub that on your uh items to remove dusts. Maybe vinyl, maybe something weird like a screen or those videodisks or some poo poo. I think prob vinyl but don't know what's 80s about it. Gonna guess you rub it in one direction and don't go against the grain either
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Aug 30, 2019 07:01
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SniperWoreConverse posted:I will guess that you rub that on your uh items to remove dusts. Yeah it was a thing to clean your vinyl records Put your record on the turntable, get it spinning, put drops of the alcohol solution that came with it to clean the dust off your record
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Aug 30, 2019 07:21
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Except in the 80s people were using carbon fibre brushes. Only old people had those things.
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Aug 30, 2019 07:33
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lol if you didn’t have radioactive ionising brushes
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Platystemon posted:lol if you didn’t have radioactive ionising brushes Ah the taintbrush to make your ropes glow.
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Aug 30, 2019 07:38
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Imagine thinking the BBC was unbiased. I named my cats Betamax and Minidisc. Unfortunately Betamax is dead 
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I collect old hifi and stereo stuff. I've got tons of Walkman, tape decks, CD players, minidisc stuff etc etc etc. Since I now live alone, I decided to class up the kitchen a bit. 
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evobatman posted:I decided to class up the kitchen a bit. Ah, the "before" picture. Where's the "after" pic without Jamie Oliver? e: What's that on the microwave oven?
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Aug 30, 2019 09:52
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Jerry Cotton posted:Ah, the "before" picture. Where's the "after" pic without Jamie Oliver? Handle for the microwave crisping pan.
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Aug 30, 2019 10:29
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evobatman posted:Handle for the microwave crisping pan. A what...? The gently caress?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNT19oUtg6A 
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Wasabi the J posted:But what about the story about your title?? A sneakernet of 3.5in Floppies between myself and a friend in another town that my mum would visit for work essentially. "Hey mum, can you give these games to my mate while in town? Our dialup is too slow"
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Aug 30, 2019 11:12
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Oh poo poo it's a lint roller, has one-way fibers...doesnt work well at all compared to the sticky tape ones, but it's reusable. err...oh it's for records...well they have some old style lint brushes like that too
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Aug 30, 2019 13:10
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evobatman posted:I collect old hifi and stereo stuff. I've got tons of Walkman, tape decks, CD players, minidisc stuff etc etc etc. I've always liked the look of those B&O units - my grandfather used to have one, and it's that refined sort of 80's cool that never really looks outdated. How does it sound?
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Wasabi the J posted:A what...? The gently caress?? wait isnt it usually a really bad idea to put metal in a microwave? or is the coating somehow making it ok?
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Kanine posted:wait isnt it usually a really bad idea to put metal in a microwave? or is the coating somehow making it ok? I'm pretty sure that metal in the microwave isn't the problem, especially since the "oven" section is made of metal. The problem is the gaps between metals allow for arcing (the lightning) to happen. In the end metal in the microwave is just frowned upon because the average person isn't an electrical engineer who could predict what would and would not cause arcing.
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There's some way that you can put metals in a microwave without it being a problem...something about insulating them properly...dunno exactly. Watched a guy loosen some bearings by wrapping them in wet cloth and microwaving them and it was fine...also seen some types of microwaves that have a metal rack that lives in there...it's probably voodoo.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Except in the 80s people were using carbon fibre brushes. Only old people had those things. Eh, they're kind of separate things. The carbon fiber brush is to remove surface particles and reduce static. The RCA Discwasher and knockoffs had a bottle of cleaning fluid (that's what the hole in the handle is for) that you squirt on the brush to get deeper in the grooves. Today I use a carbon fiber brush on most records I play, and only use my velvet brush with fluid on the dirtiest records. edit: although I'm sure lots of people use that thing dry, and in that case it wouldn't do any more than a carbon fiber brush would.
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LifeSunDeath posted:There's some way that you can put metals in a microwave without it being a problem...something about insulating them properly...dunno exactly. Watched a guy loosen some bearings by wrapping them in wet cloth and microwaving them and it was fine...also seen some types of microwaves that have a metal rack that lives in there...it's probably voodoo. It's definitely safest to just assume it's voodoo and don't do it lest your house will be burnt down by an angry magnetron or loa.
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As somebody who accidentally left a screw inside one before I demo'd it for a customer at a Habitat For Humanity store, yeah, just keep metal out of microwaves.
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I think the instructions for my microwave say that if I'm heating water in it, I should rest a spoon in the container so it doesn't do that thing where it suddenly explosively boils when you disturb it. Apparently this is really important because there's an illustration of this inside the door. I've never tried it, I just use a kettle. No, not in the microwave.
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Computer viking posted:I've always liked the look of those B&O units - my grandfather used to have one, and it's that refined sort of 80's cool that never really looks outdated. How does it sound? Sounds great, pretty much. Lots of power from those relatively small speakers, since each driver has its own amplifier. I've had a ton of B&O stuff, it always sounds good since the electronics inside them are typically top-shelf stuff from Philips or Panasonic. When they are new you pay a huge premium for the Danish design, but preowned you can get amazing deals. This system would probably have been $3,000 new in 90s money. I paid $50 for it since nobody plays CDs any more, and FM radio here has been replaced by DAB+.
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Buttcoin purse posted:I think the instructions for my microwave say that if I'm heating water in it, I should rest a spoon in the container so it doesn't do that thing where it suddenly explosively boils when you disturb it. Apparently this is really important because there's an illustration of this inside the door. I've never tried it, I just use a kettle. No, not in the microwave. It's really only an issue if you put pure water in there. Strangely enough, pure water doesn't like to boil, but it boils very rapidly if you introduce some sort of contaminant (like a spoon or w/e)
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I owned a Zune
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Never forget Zunepocalypse on December 31, 2008. When every Zune suddenly bricked itself for 24 hours. I was there, dead Zune in hand. I forgot to check if the bug resurfaced in 2012 or 2016. It was a leap year thing.
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Buttcoin purse posted:I think the instructions for my microwave say that if I'm heating water in it, I should rest a spoon in the container so it doesn't do that thing where it suddenly explosively boils when you disturb it. Apparently this is really important because there's an illustration of this inside the door. I've never tried it, I just use a kettle. No, not in the microwave. This happened to me. I was heating a glass measuring cup with 2.5 cups of water and when I went to grab it, I bumped it a bit before grasping the handle and boiling water erupted everywhere - all inside microwave and on the counter, but I avoided getting scalded. Helped clean the microwave a little, at least.
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Ah the joys of superheating your water! 
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Buttcoin purse posted:I think the instructions for my microwave say that if I'm heating water in it, I should rest a spoon in the container so it doesn't do that thing where it suddenly explosively boils when you disturb it. Apparently this is really important because there's an illustration of this inside the door. I've never tried it, I just use a kettle. No, not in the microwave. When I've run into this advisory, the suggested item is usually a toothpick. Maybe the illustration is meant to indicate "use caution when stirring microwaved liquid"?
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You just need something in there besides smooth glass to act as a nucleation site for bubbles to form.
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If it doesn't boil at first just run the microwave again at double power for twice as long
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They make special microwave safe kettles, I used one at work since you couldn't have normal kettles.
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evobatman posted:Sounds great, pretty much. Lots of power from those relatively small speakers, since each driver has its own amplifier. I've had a ton of B&O stuff, it always sounds good since the electronics inside them are typically top-shelf stuff from Philips or Panasonic. When they are new you pay a huge premium for the Danish design, but preowned you can get amazing deals. This system would probably have been $3,000 new in 90s money. I paid $50 for it since nobody plays CDs any more, and FM radio here has been replaced by DAB+. Ah, good. Some of the not-current B&O stuff had a reputation for being a bit more about the design than the sound, so to speak. I'll check Finn next time I want a small sound system.  (It's just a shame Google stopped selling the Chromecast audio, it was ideal for this sort of thing.)
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Necrothatcher posted:I acquired one of these gigantic motherfuckers shortly after their release when my Dad won it in a competition: That's why we had cargo pants back then!
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I, an idiot, insisted on putting FLAC files on my 512MB mp3 player. Sure I can only store 1.5 albums that way but they sound so good you guys
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Aug 31, 2019 16:59
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These sound so good on my 1989 GameBoy headphones!
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Phanatic posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p gently caress you, Escape to the Country is a fantastic show!
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uli2000 posted:gently caress you, Escape to the Country is a fantastic show! THANK. YOU.
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Computer viking posted:Ah, good. Some of the not-current B&O stuff had a reputation for being a bit more about the design than the sound, so to speak. I'll check Finn next time I want a small sound system. For a long time I worked for a large B&O Reseller in the UK (they've since gone bust) called LifeStyle-AV and it always amused me how much the mark-up on those things we're I distinctly remember a B&O Plasma Television called a BeoVision 4 was essentially a Panasonic Plasma Screen with some custom electronics and a polished frame added, the panasonic sold for around £1000 the B&O screen was closer to £8000 from what I recall. I did have alot of fun hooking up 8 BeoLab 5 speakers together in a chain and blasting some Slayer in the warehouse that was close to £60'000 worth of speaker's and jesus christ was it loud.
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