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Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 18:25 ]
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Smelly.

All food disposed of, fridge freezer cleaned out and slightly repopulated, doors firmly closed on freezer for tomorrow's Jazzy to worry about and Chinese ordered.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 18:26 ]
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Oh no! Do you know why it went off? Do you have that covered with freezer insurance or similar? I hope it’s not ruined any flooring, etc or created any smells. Sorry to hear that :(

Please get some rest, use the excuse to enjoy your favourite takeaways and re-stock with your favourite foods.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 18:27 ]
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Haha, you were literally answering all the questions and suggestions I was typing at the same time as you were :D

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Nov 05, 2017 18:40 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Oh no! Do you know why it went off? Do you have that covered with freezer insurance or similar? I hope it’s not ruined any flooring, etc or created any smells. Sorry to hear that :(

Please get some rest, use the excuse to enjoy your favourite takeaways and re-stock with your favourite foods.

Haha! We don't know why it tripped, but it must have been a while ago as everything was defrosted while still in the freezers and our cordless phones had lost their charge.

We do have insurance, but it's not really worth the hassle of claiming on it this time. We had been trying to wind the contents down for moving anyway. It's more the inconvenience as we had bread in there and some batch cooking that Joan's had done for when we got home.

Never mind though, we have had a lovely holiday, cereal bars for lunch and are in a position when we can just pick up our phones and have food brought to us. It's just an annoyance when you are so tired anyway and want to feed others.

You can tell the cat has been on holiday, he's put some weight on and come back with a new toy! :D

Author:  Kern [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:27 ]
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I found out today that I've been paying 40p more for parking than I should be, because I left a couple of boxes about receiving notifications by text message ticked each time I used that particular app. 40p! That's a pint every ten days.

Author:  MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:56 ]
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Not having a smartphone sucks.

Author:  MrChris [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 17:33 ]
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Get a smartphone.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 18:09 ]
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Get an Xbox.

Author:  asfish [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:25 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
After being awake for 24 hours and getting home, we find out the electricity has been off for a few days and we need to throw all the food from our fridge and freezers away. :(



Think you can get compensated for that from the electricity company?

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consu ... power-cut/

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 20:37 ]
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My daughter’s had a Samsung TV for about 18 years and decided she’d like a smart TV for Christmas. She doesn’t have an aerial connection in her bedroom so gets almost all her TV content via a Virgin TiVo or BluRay player. She went with my wife and bought a Samsung 40” 4K TV yesterday and I set it up today. She immediately said that the picture quality was worse than her old HD ready 37” TV. The assistant in Curry’s/PC World tried to sell her a fifty quid HDMI cable, telling her that she wouldn’t get the full benefit without it, but most places I’ve looked for cable reviews say that you’re being ripped off if you’re paying that much, and that as long as you get an HDMI 2 cable, it’ll be fine. We noticed that standard definition broadcasts could be a bit blurry when there was a lot of movement, and HD channels were noticebly better, but not nearly as crisp as the Samsung TV+ transmissions or stuff from her BluRay player. I buggered about with the settings but in the end the content is only going to be as good as the quality of the source signal, so she’d probalby have neen better just going for a smart HD TV. Trouble is that Currys returns policy only applies if you haven’t opened the box so she may be stuck with a good TV that she doesn’t really like.

Modern technology’s a minefield, innit.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 20:53 ]
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asfish wrote:
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
After being awake for 24 hours and getting home, we find out the electricity has been off for a few days and we need to throw all the food from our fridge and freezers away. :(



Think you can get compensated for that from the electricity company?

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consu ... power-cut/

Meant to say thank you for this. But I'm pretty sure it's something in house that has tripped it.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 20:55 ]
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Burnt my tongue on the mince pie I heated up to taste test for Mimi. Must have been the caramel inside it. :(




I still ate the cold one afterwards though. ;)

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 20:59 ]
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To cool it back down?

Best have some ice cream to be sure.

(And oops, sorry!!! Xx)

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 21:10 ]
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Mince pies can be dangerous. Mrs. H heated one up in the microwave a couple of years ago and the damn thing exploded and pebble dashed its interior.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 21:29 ]
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Mimi wrote:
To cool it back down?

Best have some ice cream to be sure.

(And oops, sorry!!! Xx)

Heh, not your fault, totally my own. :)

No ice-cream, got thrown out last week. Only replacing essentials (yes I know) until the house move.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 22:13 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
Mimi wrote:
To cool it back down?

Best have some ice cream to be sure.

(And oops, sorry!!! Xx)

Heh, not your fault, totally my own. :)

No ice-cream, got thrown out last week. Only replacing essentials (yes I know) until the house move.

Does not compute.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 22:14 ]
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Warhead wrote:
in the microwave

Does not compute.

Author:  Mr Dave [ Sun Nov 12, 2017 23:30 ]
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Warhead wrote:
The assistant in Curry’s/PC World tried to sell her a fifty quid HDMI cable, telling her that she wouldn’t get the full benefit without it, but most places I’ve looked for cable reviews say that you’re being ripped off if you’re paying that much, and that as long as you get an HDMI 2 cable, it’ll be fine.

Ask Grim... He's the expert on this topic.

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:25 ]
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Everyone’s an expert in this topic, Shirley. At least, everyone appears to have an opinion, it seems.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:18 ]
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Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:42 ]
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Warhead wrote:
as long as you get an HDMI 2 cable, it’ll be fine.


There is a 2.1 standard incoming, but not out yet.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-H ... s=hdmi+2.0

6ft cable - £5.99

Author:  TheVision [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:02 ]
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I bought an HDMI cable from poundland for a temporary solution for something and it worked absolutely fine... In fact, I think I'm still using it somewhere.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:35 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

When i’m Really bored I wander into high end hi-fi shops and have amusing arguments disabusing their pseudo science

Author:  Findus Fop [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 14:10 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

When i’m Really bored I wander into high end hi-fi shops and have amusing arguments disabusing their pseudo science


Not all heroes wear capes.

(You don't wear a cape, do you?)

Author:  Trousers [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 14:12 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

When i’m Really bored I wander into high end hi-fi shops and have amusing arguments disabusing their pseudo science


Doesn't Cavey have an audiophile system which he uses to incorrectly rank Iron Maiden songs on?

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 15:23 ]
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Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 15:35 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Whilst true, there's plenty of snakeoil on the analogue side too. For analogue systems, you definitely want to stand your amplifier on wooden knobs and use £10k power cables.

Author:  Mr Burrrrt [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:07 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Whilst true, there's plenty of snakeoil on the analogue side too. For analogue systems, you definitely want to stand your amplifier on wooden knobs and use £10k power cables.


You'll also need a £150 fuse for the power cable.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:08 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Whilst true, there's plenty of snakeoil on the analogue side too. For analogue systems, you definitely want to stand your amplifier on wooden knobs and use £10k power cables.

Oh, for sure. But the analogue bits are normally more variable in quality, which is why you spend money on speakers even with an otherwise digital system - even the cables.

Yes, there are cables that cost £1000, and yes, those are stupid. But there will be a difference between a £1 cable and a £50 one, especially if you're running high powered stuff.

Author:  markg [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:14 ]
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Vanishingly tiny amounts of difference between cables once you get past something that's not just far too thin e.g. bell wire.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:21 ]
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Obligatory link to Monster Cable vs coathangers double-blind ABX: https://consumerist.com/2008/03/03/do-c ... er-cables/

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:41 ]
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markg wrote:
Vanishingly tiny amounts of difference between cables once you get past something that's not just far too thin e.g. bell wire.

Indeed, but there is a difference, unlike with digital.

Also, I do kind of think that if you spend £10,000 on a power cable and you can hear £10,000 worth of difference, placebo (not the right word but anyway*) or not, then it's worth the money.

What shouldn't be allowed is people stood in the showroom saying that you simply have to have the expensive cables.

* Psychoacoustics, apparently. Cor.

Author:  Trousers [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:45 ]
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I love the language of the cable sellers and proponents "It was as if the drums were carved from ice, such were their transient speed, power and impact."

Basically this woman right here;


Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 17:33 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

When i’m Really bored I wander into high end hi-fi shops and have amusing arguments disabusing their pseudo science


Not all heroes wear capes.

(You don't wear a cape, do you?)

I don’t.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 17:34 ]
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Mr Burrrrt wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Whilst true, there's plenty of snakeoil on the analogue side too. For analogue systems, you definitely want to stand your amplifier on wooden knobs and use £10k power cables.


You'll also need a £150 fuse for the power cable.

Hello. Are you my brother?

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 20:50 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:07 ]
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Warhead wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

Author:  myp [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:08 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Warhead wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

At least they still work

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:12 ]
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Valid. And that's the one thing that is worth paying extra for perhaps, which is build quality - especially if you're going to be plugging the cable in and out a lot and shoving it in a bag (if you have them for a laptop, maybe).

But not £180.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:14 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

What's the over/under on that being more than your TV is worth now?

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:50 ]
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Hmm, dunno. The TV is seven years old. I'll look it up.

Author:  Cavey [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:07 ]
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Heh. This again, huh? I always remember Kalmar (what happened to him?) eternally berating me for having the temerity to like the sound of my beautiful old valve monoblocs, when apparently anything over a £50 all in one CD bedroom hifi from Dixons was a waste of money.

Grim... is absolutely correct: it’s about way, way more than the digital source, any old shite can read that data for you, it’s all about the analogue because you know, and surprising as this will seem to one or two here, we don’t hear things in 1s and 0s.

I’m about to fulfil a lifetime of passion for hifi, dating back to when I was building speakers from Cornflake packets, and get a pair of B&W 800 D3s, the best speaker in the world bar none. Mrs C’s soul will sound as never before, I can’t wait.

Kudos to Grim... re. ‘Psychoacoustics’. Awesome!

Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:34 ]
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Cavey wrote:
I’m about to fulfil a lifetime of passion for hifi, dating back to when I was building speakers from Cornflake packets, and get a pair of B&W 800 D3s, the best speaker in the world bar none. Mrs C’s soul will sound as never before, I can’t wait.


In this week's Exxxtreme Body Mods, a middle-aged man from Cheshire is fulfilling his life-long dream of implanting a pair of £20k speakers into the body of his wife.

"I know people will say it's mad", Cyril Cave said, not-at-all madly.

"But when you love someone. Like, when you really love someone, it's not enough to simply hear them tell you about their day, the new kitchen they have their eye on, what's for dinner. Sure, you hear that. You listen, you nod. But that's not enough. You've got to hear their soul. Every rumble, every gurgle, every frrrp. Now, with this extreme body mod, I can hear our love. And now she also looks like Krang's vessel in Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, which is totally a bonus."

Author:  Cavey [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:35 ]
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:DD :DD :DD

*salutes*

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:49 ]
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:DD

Also, the best speaker in the world is a Cerwin Vega CVP 121, AS ANY FULE NO

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:59 ]
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The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:00 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:01 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you


The best speaker? Betty Boothroyd

Author:  Pundabaya [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:12 ]
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The only good reason to buy Monster cables is their lifetime guarantee. I know a couple of semi professional guitarists who play a lot of live shows that use Monster cables because guitar cables get trashed, and the Monster ones may cost 5 or 6 times the cost of the equivalent Fender or whatever, they last a bit longer, and when they break, you take them back and get a new one. (Pretty much no quibble, possibly apocryphal tales of guitarists cutting cables in half and getting them replaced are around)

That's a guitar cable, that gets trod on, caught under amp cabs, chucked into leaky vans, and generally abused. Stereo or TV cables that basically sit at the back of equipment forever? Nah.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:14 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you


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