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"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:


Trust me on this, I'm a 'Fettler Grade II'.... :-)

I used to know someone who was trained as a fettler, great guy, gone now
though :-(. Built a motorised bar stool for the pub we used to run.

Real talent being a fettler, I guess a bodger also required talent but of
a different sort.

Ah, the dark satanic mills...



OK, if we are going to be strictly correct, I'm actually a 'Sagger Maker's
Bottom Knocker' and here's where I used to knock the bottoms out:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ockingshop.jpg

;-)


(I wonder who clicked on that, all of a fever - expecting something else?
:-)

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I'm actually a 'Sagger Maker's
Bottom Knocker'

I once knew a sheep worryer who became a house haunter by skillful management.

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
Audio, music and health pages and interesting links.

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"Andy Evans" wrote in message
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I'm actually a 'Sagger Maker's
Bottom Knocker'

I once knew a sheep worryer who became a house haunter by skillful
management.



I had a dog who was a sheep-worrier once - used to rush up to them and
whisper 'Mint Sauce' in their ears....

;-)

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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 23:28:16 +0000, Nick Gorham
wrote:

Keith G wrote:


Trust me on this, I'm a 'Fettler Grade II'.... :-)

I used to know someone who was trained as a fettler, great guy, gone now
though :-(. Built a motorised bar stool for the pub we used to run.

Real talent being a fettler, I guess a bodger also required talent but
of a different sort.

Ah, the dark satanic mills...

Indeed, but I'm afraid Keith will never understand the difference
between a fettler and a bodger. Those real skills are sadly lacking
these days.......................

OTOH, real fettlers do tend to premature deafness, especially those
working on large marine propellers!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
OK, if we are going to be strictly correct, I'm actually a 'Sagger
Maker's Bottom Knocker'

Certainly proves what we all suspected - you're potty.

--
*I must always remember that I'm unique, just like everyone else. *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Nick Gorham wrote:

Tat Chan wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

BTW, the only way Microsoft will ever make a product that does *not*
suck, is if they buy out Dyson......................

Windows 2000 is/was a good OS ...


No, No, NT 3.5, that seemed to be the nearest they got to a OS that
didn't crash and burn. Then they got rid of Kutler, and decided to push

Kutler??? No experience with NT 3.5 (wasn't it 3.51?)

the graphics driver into ring 0, and it all went to the wall again...

was that like integrating the graphics code (GDI) into the kernel level?

Anyway, NT has its roots in VMS, so you can say the OS has a good
"heritage" ...



Does depend on what you decide a "good OS" has to do, OS9 and Vertex
were IMHO both good OS's, but not much use for the man in the street
(unless the were running the trafic lights).

Well, I was more or less refering to the man in the street. Win2k is
good for what it does, fairly stable and isn't a resource hog.

OS9? You don't mean Bell Lab's Plan9, do you?

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"Andy Evans" wrote in message
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I'm actually a 'Sagger Maker's
Bottom Knocker'

I once knew a sheep worryer who became a house haunter by skillful
management.

=== Andy Evans ===


That was my cousin!
He later went on to much greater things, and
became a grave digging contractor, but due to
a labour shortage, had to manage with a skeleton staff.

Iain

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In article , Keith G
wrote:

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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[big snip]


Indeed, similar to my own experience - albeit with quite different
types of music and system... :-)


Not into 'Yello' then? ;-)

Not sure if it is the same, but there is an except from a group (?) called
'Yello' on a Graham Parsons test CD-A that I was listening to a couple of
days ago. Was listening as a friend had asked to borrow some test discs as
he is having problems with his (valve) amp and speakers, and I was deciding
which discs might be most suitable for his use. Gave him the Parsons disc
to try this morning. The 'Yello' track (The Race IIRC) has what could
describe as some 'nice effects', but isn't the kind of material/recording
I'd normally listen to. No idea if this is who/what you were referring to,
though.

It did then prompt me to listen to a few tracks from a Graham Parsons CD-A,
but this left me as it has in the past. Interesting 'sounds', and neatly
done, but to my ears somewhat 'clinical' if you know what I mean. More of
an excercise in producing pop/rock than actual pop/rock itself... KInd of
thing I associate with demos at audio shows...

Slainte,

Jim

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In article , Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:24:03 +0000 (GMT), Jim Lesurf
wrote:


BTW, the only way Microsoft will ever make a product that does *not*
suck, is if they buy out Dyson......................

I have tried to keep Microsoft products in the same category as I mentioned
for DAB. Not quite as successfully, but nearly... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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In article , Chris Morriss
wrote:
In message , Jim Lesurf
writes
So far I have carefully avoided listening to DAB.


Very wise. I've heard a few DAB tuners, and I'm not impressed so far.
Although it may not be the fault of DAB, but of pushing too many
channels in the radio space. R3 certainly sounds the best, but as I
normally only listen to R3 to hear the excellent 'Late Junction', and
I've not heard that on DAB I can't compare. Speech on R4 is noticeably
poorer than on FM, and I don't listen to R1 or R2.

I did exchanged CR-R's of a DAB and VHF concert with a friend a few years
ago (his DAB recording for my VHF one). This was on R3. They recordings
were audibly different, and this showed up on analysis. I preferred the
VHF, but I think this was mainly a matter of familiarity. However apart
from this one example of DAB I have avoided it as VHF here is OK.

DAB certainly makes sense for car audio though, (but then again, so does
Minidisc, and that never really caught on).

IIRC DAB initially grew out of work aimed at moblie/portable reception. For
that it may well be excellent. However the reports about it I have heard
are less than inviting.

Slainte,

Jim

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