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Post by Three Litre on May 26, 2019 13:20:17 GMT
Bit like the room next door (that'd be Room 101) but stuff you particularly like, rather than stuff that makes you want to strangle someone. First one - the great way you can get spares for most things off the internet. I just bought and fitted a new oven element since the previous one failed in the week, got the new one for £12 plus postage in two days, fitted in 15 mins, job done. I've had no end of stuff that allows me to fix things in the house and car. Of course you have to be an electrical/electronic genius like me and Sparky to figure some of it out, especially when the new bit doesn't quite look like the bit you took out!
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 26, 2019 21:16:55 GMT
There are many things that I like and much like Three Litre's accessibility to spares via the internet my 'Like' is the fact that smartphones exist with full internet access to all many on instant information. During the week when I was in London I left the office on my commute home. Being new to the job and the location I had relied on the underground for my return to Waterloo. Now I do know my way around the underground well but on this occasion I was unable to access the nearest station due to a 'passenger incident'. A quick look on the phone showed that the associated mainline station actually offered a quicker route back and the bonus was that I'd be home even earlier. Result!
Sam.
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Post by Three Litre on May 26, 2019 21:26:46 GMT
When computers started to appear in the stores in the early 80s, todays smartphones are what they wanted to be when they grew up.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jun 19, 2019 14:20:28 GMT
Having not read books for years due to losing the habit & my eyesight deteriorating, I re-joined the library a couple of years ago. I used to just use the local library to borrow cds & reference books as the fiction is mainly new stuff that I've no interest in. However since joining online I've been able to reserve books that are either long out of print or cost money on ebay. All you need do is type in the name of a book or author, press 'reserve' and usually about a week later it's there to pick up from your local library and only 75p per book.
To be able to just type a few words on your laptop & press a button, then someone miles away goes & finds your book that may be over 70 years old, long out of print, maybe not been read for 40 years and has library stamps in it from as far back as 1948, all for 75p.
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Post by Cartman on Jun 19, 2019 15:38:48 GMT
43TV! Your one stop shop for everything relating to the best era for motors, TV and music. Where else can you indulge in nostalgia and be informed and entertained?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jun 19, 2019 17:38:32 GMT
43TV! Your one stop shop for everything relating to the best era for motors, TV and music. Where else can you indulge in nostalgia and be informed and entertained? Strong candidate for post of the year Carty Gene.
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Post by Cartman on Jun 21, 2019 8:56:45 GMT
I was flicking around on you tube late last night and stumbled on some fantastic footage of Bury and Radcliffe in colour from the early 60s and it was just brilliant, it's called Bury Olden Days part 2 and I'm convinced that I'm on it for a few seconds at the age of about 4! There was a kids roundabout at the entrance to the old Bury Market where I was often dragged round by mum at that time and there is a lad with a blue coat on which is exactly like one I remember having when I was a nipper!
It's tinged a bit with sadness as it reminded me of what a wonderful place Bury was then, it was a great little town, the centre was very attractive with a park called Kay Gardens in the middle and the smart green Bury Corporation buses used to run from the three sides of it, opposite was the Co op and a bit further up was a really impressive Victorian building called The Derby Hotel, which was later knocked down. There were also lots of little winding streets with three floor buildings nearby.
When developers got their hands on it they just ruined it and the centre of the town is now just an ugly, horrible mess.
This footage brought back lots of childhood memories and you tube can be great for obscure stuff like this
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Post by Steve Austin on Jun 21, 2019 9:29:21 GMT
I was flicking around on you tube late last night and stumbled on some fantastic footage of Bury and Radcliffe in colour from the early 60s and it was just brilliant, it's called Bury Olden Days part 2 and I'm convinced that I'm on it for a few seconds at the age of about 4! There was a kids roundabout at the entrance to the old Bury Market where I was often dragged round by mum at that time and there is a lad with a blue coat on which is exactly like one I remember having when I was a nipper! It's tinged a bit with sadness as it reminded me of what a wonderful place Bury was then, it was a great little town, the centre was very attractive with a park called Kay Gardens in the middle and the smart green Bury Corporation buses used to run from the three sides of it, opposite was the Co op and a bit further up was a really impressive Victorian building called The Derby Hotel, which was later knocked down. There were also lots of little winding streets with three floor buildings nearby. When developers got their hands on it they just ruined it and the centre of the town is now just an ugly, horrible mess. This footage brought back lots of childhood memories and you tube can be great for obscure stuff like this I agree with your Cartman. There is a video on YouTube of a road journey from Alnwick to Edinburgh shot on a cinefilm in car in 1959. About a couple of minutes in they pass through my old village. Love those old films, they have a warmth about them and are an invaluable window to a past that is long gone.
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Post by Three Litre on Jun 21, 2019 9:41:16 GMT
Steve, I used to live Coldingham near Berwick on Tweed which was probably close to that route, from 65 to 69.
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Post by Villain on Jun 21, 2019 12:11:39 GMT
Great idea for a thread Random things I like.... 1) Seeing the changes in the seasons through the cab windows of the locos I drive on some varied and interesting routes, it's completely different from driving on the motorway and seeing next to nothing apart from vehicles in front of you. 2) Car culture, in all it's various forms - despite it being politically expedient to be against 'polluting the planet' I see, hear and experience a massive amount of enthusiasm at car shows all over the country and online for all things automotive. My own passion for Italian cars hasn't diminished one bit as the years roll by, it just seems to grow stronger all the time, there's so much beauty and history to absorb and enjoy. Far from being inanimate man made objects, they've brought millions of people a lot of pleasure. 3) Researching family history, it can get quite addictive and throw up some surprising stuff which you never knew about, for example I found out recently that on my Dad's side there used to be a Scottish clan attributed to the family name which had exactly the same four leafed clover design as part of the family crest as the Alfa Romeo racing team lucky mascot, only four hundred years earlier! 4) Sweeney lounge & 4:3 TV Forum meets Villain
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