Greetings
 

Morning K the K

You did not reply to my e-mail about the
"Valve amp basics" text, so presumably it does
not interest you.

I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.
Maybe that's a tactical necessity
if you want to maintain
a popular presence on UKRA:-))

I feel you paid me no compliment in comparing
me to the Irishman, whoever he was.

I am on holiday now - three glorious months.
Don mentioned that he had been to Iceland,
- a country I have never visited. It's incredibly
beautiful. I found out this morning that there
is a company that flies a small ten-seater
propeller aircraft from Malmo in Sweden to
Iceland stopping off for refuelling in Norway.
I am going to book a round-trip for two
if there are any tickets still available this season.

Iain

Greetings
 

Sorry group. I posted this to UKRA in error.
It was supposed to be an e-mail to Keith.

Iain

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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:22:53 +0300, "Iain M Churches"
wrote:

Morning K the K

You did not reply to my e-mail about the
"Valve amp basics" text, so presumably it does
not interest you.

I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.
Maybe that's a tactical necessity
if you want to maintain
a popular presence on UKRA:-))

I feel you paid me no compliment in comparing
me to the Irishman, whoever he was.

I am on holiday now - three glorious months.
Don mentioned that he had been to Iceland,
- a country I have never visited. It's incredibly
beautiful. I found out this morning that there
is a company that flies a small ten-seater
propeller aircraft from Malmo in Sweden to
Iceland stopping off for refuelling in Norway.
I am going to book a round-trip for two
if there are any tickets still available this season.

Iain


While you are there, hire yourself a 4x4 and drive into the interior.
That is where all the really nice looking stuff is. You can do all the
normal tourist stuff like Dettifoss and Sellfoss by bus. Also take a
look at the prices of the holiday homes around the prettier fjords.
The government has banned any further building on environmental
grounds, and they tend to attract a rather "premium" price.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:22:53 +0300, "Iain M Churches"
wrote:

I am on holiday now - three glorious months.
Don mentioned that he had been to Iceland,
- a country I have never visited. It's incredibly
beautiful. I found out this morning that there
is a company that flies a small ten-seater
propeller aircraft from Malmo in Sweden to
Iceland stopping off for refuelling in Norway.
I am going to book a round-trip for two
if there are any tickets still available this season.

Iain


While you are there, hire yourself a 4x4 and drive into the interior.
That is where all the really nice looking stuff is. You can do all the
normal tourist stuff like Dettifoss and Sellfoss by bus. Also take a
look at the prices of the holiday homes around the prettier fjords.
The government has banned any further building on environmental
grounds, and they tend to attract a rather "premium" price.

d

Thanks Don. I was going to ask you for some tourist tips, anyway,
but did not intend to do it through this NG. Oh well.

This trip includes some sight-seeing from the air. A 4WD excursion
is an excellent idea. Pity I cannot take my own:-)

If the holiday home prices are anything like Norway, one could by
a penthouse at Marble Arch for the same money:-)
I already have a holiday lakeside cottage in Finland, and a pied-a-
terre in Stockholm. That's enough for the time being:-))

I am trying to get through to the travel agent at this very moment.
Ring ring......ring ring.

Iain

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"Iain M Churches" wrote in message
...
Morning K the K


Morning I the I,

OK, I gather you meant this post to go as a direct email to me and have
posted it here in error. I will answer it here in order to reduce any 'loss
of face' and also so you can see my replies (normally private) stand even
when in public, as it were.



You did not reply to my e-mail about the
"Valve amp basics" text, so presumably it does
not interest you.


Iain, I have 50 'unread' eems in my inbox at the moment (49 since I
acknowledged yours this morning) which I'll get back to when I can - and
that's with my little *at least two emails every day* Turkish friend away in
business in Japan atm!! Some will be of no importance but many will merit an
acknowledgement of some sort. The post you refer to is actually lost in the
*gawd knows how many* 'read' ones, as I seem to have failed to mark it
'unread' when I answered the first, non-technical half. I'll get back to it
when I can, after I have had the time to find it. (Or send it again if you
have it handy....??)

I'm a bit busy with 'good weather jobs' atm, despite the ludicrous level of
my posting here - bear in mind your emails (especially the 'technical' ones)
take more time to answer than simply flinging summat daft onto this group!!
I cannot undertake to return *any* emails in a given time period. If an
immediate answer *is* required anytime, it will most probably have been
'agreed' by prior agreement or prior understanding!

The content of the email (valvey stuff) *does* interest me, as you know.
However, it is on the limits of my knowledge/understanding and will probably
have me referencing summat on the Net (I don't know yet). You must
understand that 'audio' (to a point) is only my *hobby* and gets fitted in
as and when. It might also help to explain that when I'm posting here I'm
also listening to music (usually) with Swim watching the telly on subtitles,
in the evening!! (Believe it or not, she prefers it like that!!)



I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.


Absolutely not - I don't need to get into any 'lines' in ukra.

You *know* my return to ukra was partly in response to a small number of
direct emails that had said the group had all but dried up. You also know
that I have studiously avoided getting into any slanging matches here
despite the incredibly weak efforts of a tiny number of 'farmworkers' here
to provoke me from time to time... ;-)

The fairly recent 'valve and vinyl wars' have all but disappeared (valves
and vinyl won - as your presence in this group attests) and with them any
requirement to 'vigorously defend them' - not that I would bother any more,
as all the 'vinylists' appeared to have ****ed off anyway and the few
valveys that did post here *lurk* but don't post any more, from what I
gather. (That and I don't think I could be arsed....)


Maybe that's a tactical necessity
if you want to maintain
a popular presence on UKRA:-))


Are you kidding?? Who gives a FF about 'popularity'??

(Apologies if I have given you the impression that I need to be *popular* in
ukra - what, with the 4 or 5 regular posters that remain...!!!???)

Any 'tactics' I may/may not employ on ukra are (as I have said more than
once) are only to try and reduce the acrimony that turned this group into a
cesspit a while back. (I have to balance that with my own wickedness and
sense of fun, so there's bound to be a little slip occasionally!! ;-)

(Failing that, **** 'em all bar one and he can go **** himself!! - Know what
I mean?? ;-)



I feel you paid me no compliment in comparing
me to the Irishman, whoever he was.


Believe me, there are similarities - Ronnie went head to head with Pinky (ad
nauseam) and got beaten up (ish). You, I'm pleased to say, show no signs of
suffering the same fate - if it helps, I would put you way ahead on points,
as Pinky sems to have run out of steam and is falling back to the usual
stream of invective and insults he uses when he finds he can't win by
arguing 'technicalities'!! ;-)

But, having said that, you need to understand I do *not* disagree with all
that Pinky says, there are many areas where I agree with him entirely -
cables, overpriced/over-rated high end stuff, DVDPs/CDPs and ss amps all
sounding virtually identical etc....

(Thinking on it, it's perhaps Pinky's side of the exchanges that more
reminds me of the Bonnie Ronnie Mack!! :-)

If it helps, I liked BRM - he was a hoot at times and his 'slanging match
abilities' weren't too bad at all, once he had got the hang of it!! :-)


I am on holiday now - three glorious months.


Lovely. (I'm *always* on holiday, but I got/get jobs to as well!! :-)


Don mentioned that he had been to Iceland,
- a country I have never visited. It's incredibly
beautiful. I found out this morning that there
is a company that flies a small ten-seater
propeller aircraft from Malmo in Sweden to
Iceland stopping off for refuelling in Norway.
I am going to book a round-trip for two
if there are any tickets still available this season.


And very nice too - I wouldn't mind that trip myself!!

Go get on now - this post has been on my sodding screen since I acknowledged
your email earlier with the interruptions I have had *so far* today!! (My
life's not my own when Swims 'working at home'!! ;-)

K the K

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Keith G wrote:

But I snipped it ..because I did !

K the K

Great post keith keep them coming lol

some good quotes in there I like this best :-)

"Are you kidding?? Who gives a FF about 'popularity'??"



regards

Dave also not giving a FF

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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:35:40 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Iain M Churches" wrote in message
...

I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.

Absolutely not - I don't need to get into any 'lines' in ukra.

To paraphrase the inimitable Bugs Bunny - he don't know you very well,
do he? :-)

You *know* my return to ukra was partly in response to a small number of
direct emails that had said the group had all but dried up. You also know
that I have studiously avoided getting into any slanging matches here
despite the incredibly weak efforts of a tiny number of 'farmworkers' here
to provoke me from time to time... ;-)

The fairly recent 'valve and vinyl wars' have all but disappeared (valves
and vinyl won - as your presence in this group attests)

Bollox!

and with them any
requirement to 'vigorously defend them' - not that I would bother any more,
as all the 'vinylists' appeared to have ****ed off anyway and the few
valveys that did post here *lurk* but don't post any more, from what I
gather. (That and I don't think I could be arsed....)


Maybe that's a tactical necessity
if you want to maintain
a popular presence on UKRA:-))

Are you kidding?? Who gives a FF about 'popularity'??

To paraphrase the inimitable Bugs Bunny - he don't know us very well,
do he? :-)

(Apologies if I have given you the impression that I need to be *popular* in
ukra - what, with the 4 or 5 regular posters that remain...!!!???)

Any 'tactics' I may/may not employ on ukra are (as I have said more than
once) are only to try and reduce the acrimony that turned this group into a
cesspit a while back. (I have to balance that with my own wickedness and
sense of fun, so there's bound to be a little slip occasionally!! ;-)

(Failing that, **** 'em all bar one and he can go **** himself!! - Know what
I mean?? ;-)



I feel you paid me no compliment in comparing
me to the Irishman, whoever he was.


Believe me, there are similarities - Ronnie went head to head with Pinky (ad
nauseam) and got beaten up (ish). You, I'm pleased to say, show no signs of
suffering the same fate - if it helps, I would put you way ahead on points,
as Pinky sems to have run out of steam and is falling back to the usual
stream of invective and insults he uses when he finds he can't win by
arguing 'technicalities'!! ;-)

But, having said that, you need to understand I do *not* disagree with all
that Pinky says, there are many areas where I agree with him entirely -
cables, overpriced/over-rated high end stuff, DVDPs/CDPs and ss amps all
sounding virtually identical etc....

(Thinking on it, it's perhaps Pinky's side of the exchanges that more
reminds me of the Bonnie Ronnie Mack!! :-)

Fork in L - time to reassess one's strategy! :-(
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Greetings
 

"Keith G" wrote in message
.. .

"Iain M Churches" wrote in message
...

OK, I gather you meant this post to go as a direct email to me and have
posted it here in error. I will answer it here in order to reduce any
'loss of face' and also so you can see my replies (normally private) stand
even when in public, as it were.

No loss of face. Like you, I don't need to write anything in an e-mail that
cannot be written in open forum.


I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.


Absolutely not - I don't need to get into any 'lines' in ukra.

Probably better to form your own:-)

You *know* my return to ukra was partly in response to a small number of
direct emails that had said the group had all but dried up. You also know
that I have studiously avoided getting into any slanging matches here
despite the incredibly weak efforts of a tiny number of 'farmworkers' here
to provoke me from time to time... ;-)

Yes. That has become apparent.

The fairly recent 'valve and vinyl wars' have all but disappeared (valves
and vinyl won - as your presence in this group attests)

Agreed.


and with them any requirement to 'vigorously defend them' - not that I
would bother any more, as all the 'vinylists' appeared to have ****ed off
anyway and the few valveys that did post here *lurk* but don't post any
more, from what I gather.

There are a large number of people especially those of our age who have
a mild, polite disposition. They feel uncomfortable in the company of louts
and so do not choose to post here. I correspond with several and read their
posts often on closed groups. The alpha chimp has done this group a great
dis-service:-)

Maybe that's a tactical necessity
if you want to maintain
a popular presence on UKRA:-))


Are you kidding?? Who gives a FF about 'popularity'??

Please don't confuse us with your technical terminology:-))

(Apologies if I have given you the impression that I need to be *popular*
in ukra - what, with the 4 or 5 regular posters that remain...!!!???)

You have a very distinctive style - quite unique:-)
The group will soon be small enough to form a string quartet:-)


Any 'tactics' I may/may not employ on ukra are (as I have said more than
once) are only to try and reduce the acrimony that turned this group into
a cesspit a while back. (I have to balance that with my own wickedness and
sense of fun, so there's bound to be a little slip occasionally!! ;-)

Yes. Highly commendable. If I were a catholic I would feel honour bound
to confess that I have transgressed in clashing with Oinkie again. I have
not
seen his posts for a while (and not missed a thing I am told:-) But this
new
horticultural laptop (the one I use in the garden) had no Foot and Mouth
filter. I have no installed one:-)

Believe me, there are similarities - Ronnie went head to head with Pinky
(ad nauseam) and got beaten up (ish). You, I'm pleased to say, show no
signs of suffering the same fate - if it helps, I would put you way ahead
on points, as Pinky sems to have run out of steam and is falling back to
the usual stream of invective and insults he uses when he finds he can't
win by arguing 'technicalities'!! ;-)

For someone who claims to be an educated man, he seems to have
difficulty with both self expression and self control.
That's probably all part of the truth denial syndrome :-))

Someone on the broadscaster's group said "You should not post anything
which you would not allow your mother, your managing director, or your
priest to read"

But, having said that, you need to understand I do *not* disagree with all
that Pinky says, there are many areas where I agree with him entirely -
cables, overpriced/over-rated high end stuff, DVDPs/CDPs and ss amps all
sounding virtually identical etc....

Yes. I agree with him on those points also.

If it helps, I liked BRM - he was a hoot at times and his 'slanging match
abilities' weren't too bad at all, once he had got the hang of it!! :-)

So what happened to him. Maybe he is also slumped in the doorway of
a hifi shop in Moss Side - strangled with RBoS lamp flex:-))


I am on holiday now - three glorious months.

ICELAND
And very nice too - I wouldn't mind that trip myself!!

Shall I book four tickets? :-)

I have a shellac transfer de-clicking session in progress.
I will host it if it comes out well.

Cheers

Iain

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Iain M Churches wrote:

There are a large number of people especially those of our age who
have
a mild, polite disposition. They feel uncomfortable in the company
of louts and so do not choose to post here. I correspond with
several and read their posts often on closed groups.

Are you saying that this unmoderated public newsgroup should be the preserve
of people 'of your age who have a mild, polite disposition'?


The alpha chimp has done this group a great dis-service:-)

Is there any reason to interpret this as being anything other than a
thinly-veiled insult from a sanctimonious prick? Do you contend that
'polite' insults are acceptable, while more direct insults aren't? If you
don't, then why are you sinking to the level that you criticise in others?
If you do, then please justify your position.


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com/FiatPandaRally/index.htm
www.wally.myby.co.uk

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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote


I get the feeling you are falling into line
behind Oinkie, slowly but surely.

Absolutely not - I don't need to get into any 'lines' in ukra.

To paraphrase the inimitable Bugs Bunny - he don't know you very well,
do he? :-)


I'm sure he doesn't really think that, but....


Are you kidding?? Who gives a FF about 'popularity'??

To paraphrase the inimitable Bugs Bunny - he don't know us very well,
do he? :-)


.....if he does, then no, he doesn't!! (IYSWIM... ;-)



(Thinking on it, it's perhaps Pinky's side of the exchanges that more
reminds me of the Bonnie Ronnie Mack!! :-)

Fork in L - time to reassess one's strategy! :-(


Probably not - worked well enough with the Bonnie Ronnie and I gather
(somewhere down below) that Iain the Iain's binned you yet again, so why
change a winning formula? :-)