Nerdy awesome shit we want

[ECA]

Surface clone

The more high end pretty windows machines on sale the more apple suffers, so it's a good thing.

 

[fettoken]

Nah. Would need a firearms license which I dont want atm. With a spring air rifle my only future expense is pellets which are £12 for 500 and I can store and carry the rifle (covered) without hassle. Public liability insurance is cheap too.

I suppose governments aren't very keen on handing out licenses during times of 'crisis'.

 

[Raven]

I wouldn't have a problem getting one and have tipped my toe into applying but just can't be arsed with the hassle, I can take mine onto private land (with permission) and hunt.

 

[fettoken]

But isn't it lots of more fun to have a real .22 rifle? Cmon, how much hassle can it be? Also, what can an air/spring .22 do, shoot rats & squirrels?

 

[Raven]

Rabbit, pigeon, squirrel, pheasent etc. Big noises do not really interest me all that much...besides there is more skill involved in getting a few mm of lead into a 5p target at 50 yards than blasting something with a shot gun.

 

[Moriath]

Rabbit, pigeon, squirrel, pheasent etc. Big noises do not really interest me all that much...besides there is more skill involved in getting a few mm of lead into a 5p target at 50 yards than blasting something with a shot gun.

Hew as suggesting a proper .22 rather than your air rifle. Not a shotgun. Surely a 22 air rifle will have the same size ammo as a .22 normal gun.

 

[Raven]

Because the projectile travels much faster and is far less effected by things like wind and range.

 

[fettoken]

Q400b Home Theater Surround Sound Subwoofer | KEF Direct

*drool*

 

[Hawkwind]

Q400b Home Theater Surround Sound Subwoofer | KEF Direct

*drool*

They do make exceedingly good speakers, still use my 16 yr old floor standing ones and they sound great. Nice piece of kit that.

 

[fettoken]

They do make exceedingly good speakers, still use my 16 yr old floor standing ones and they sound great. Nice piece of kit that.

Aye, and they look great as well. Which one are you using? I bought a pair of x300a, great sound, but need some extra umpf, so sending them in to a company that adds a slot so you connect other equipment to it.

 

[Hawkwind]

Aye, and they look great as well. Which one are you using? I bought a pair of x300a, great sound, but need some extra umpf, so sending them in to a company that adds a slot so you connect other equipment to it.

I think they were Q7's from memory it was early 2002 so not absolutely sure, will check tonight when I get home. Our belongings had shipped from UK to Dubai and my beloved Acoustic Research speakers had been trashed from the journey over. I filed an insurance claim and bought the Kef's

 

[Hawkwind]

I think they were Q7's from memory it was early 2002 so not absolutely sure, will check tonight when I get home.

Q7's

 

[Bodhi]

Q7's

Lovely speakers - I auditioned the baby floorstanders (Q3's iirc) when I got my current ones - went for Mission 733i's in the end as I preferred the extra bass, but was it was very close.

 

[Hawkwind]

Lovely speakers - I auditioned the baby floorstanders (Q3's iirc) when I got my current ones - went for Mission 733i's in the end as I preferred the extra bass, but was it was very close.

Have some Mission M73's for the Home Cinema setup in the lounge, presume they are they the forerunner to yours. Small world!

 

[Bodhi]

Have some Mission M73's for the Home Cinema setup in the lounge, presume they are they the forerunner to yours. Small world!

Think they were the model that replaced mine - I made the purchase in 1997 So tell a lie, it was the KEF Q35's I almost bought. Still lovely speakers, but the 17 year old me wanted a bit more thump

 

[Hawkwind]

Think they were the model that replaced mine - I made the purchase in 1997 So tell a lie, it was the KEF Q35's I almost bought. Still lovely speakers, but the 17 year old me wanted a bit more thump

Look what I found in a pouch bag, in a box when I rummaging for the Kef speaker info:

Had a recorded disk in it - New Order greatest hits

 

[Raven]

Really liked my minidisk player, it went all Sony and died, they had fucked it off by then.

Edit, this is the one I had (I think) that and a GBcolour kept me sane when I first started out with the missus, had to commute to hers 2-3 hours each way every weekend.


View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-MZ-N710-Blue-MiniDisc-Walkman/dp/B00008AF64/ref=sr_1_11?s=network-media&ie=UTF8&qid=1488491550&sr=1-11

 

[Moriath]

I jumped from cassette to cd to mp3 players. Didnt mini disk.

 

[Bodhi]

The HiFi I'm currently listening to predates Mini Disk by about 5 years - and old Sony Midi System with a record player and graphical equaliser

 

[old.user4556]

Ahhh Mission, I had the bookshelf M72i, superb speakers. Still got 'em somewhere in the garage.

 

[Raven]

Question is, did you have gold speaker cable?

 

[caLLous]

A keyboard with RGB lighting with an actual point.

 

[Hawkwind]

Question is, did you have gold speaker cable?

And were they fitted in the right direction?

 

[Scouse]

Yay? @Tom, @TdC?

 

[Tom]

I haven't touched my mtb in ages, so I couldn't tell you. I did 66.6 very nice miles on the Mercian today, lovely to be back on that beauty after a winter of using the Whyte. A very, very nice day's cycling.

 

[TdC]

Yay? @Tom, @TdC?

I like it but it's not steel ( )

 

[Raven]

Not really nerdy but these would look very good in my kitchen.



£1500 or so though. Damascus steel.

 

[Moriath]

Not really nerdy but these would look very good in my kitchen.

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£1500 or so though. Damascus steel.

Work harder then

 

[TdC]

@Scouse

NSMB.com - 2017 Santa Cruz Chameleon

 

[Scouse]

I don't think I could go full purple @TdC - purple is the colour of madness after all.

I think the new solaris max frame is only .3lbs heavier. But the lack of cage mounts under the down tube fills me full of rage like you'd never believe. (I'd have bought one by now if Cy had done that).

Not sure about aluminium. But it ticks most other boxes for me. (Well, not the purple version, but y'know). The other worry I have about a new bike is that I want to know the height from the bottom bracket to the ground. My Nomad is a motherfucker for pedal-strike and worries me a bit in the highly rutted peak district. I want a bike with a bit more clearance so I'm not likely to fling myself over the handlebars because my foot hit a root or a rut at high speed

Edit: My Nomad has a bb height of 13.39" as opposed to the 12.4 of the chameleon. I get the "long and low" thing - but not if it means I can't pedal over rough (or not even that rough) stuff.