"Eeyore" wrote in message
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David Looser wrote:

"tony sayer" wrote

No but theres a local station round these parts where the engineer does
give a monkeys but the programme controller only knows LOUD LOUD and
LOUDER!!! cos the bloke at the other station down the road is the
same;;

All thinking LOUD is better..

Did anyone hear on the news recently that the new CD from "Metallica" is
so
heavily compressed that even Heavy-Metal fans are complaining in their
thousands? Good for them I say!

Seriously ?

So Radio 4 says, they even played a bit to show just how awful it is.

So it's AAaaaarrrrggghhhhhhh! all the way through then ?

Absolutely

David.

John Williamson wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Hey, you know the VW in the much later Beatles rip-off of that ?

A friend of mine found that on a forecourt in a local garage and bought
it. He later auctioned it. Not sure what he made on the deal. Must ask
sometime.

Quote from the Guardian Newspaper, 1989:-

"The 1968 Volkswagen was sold at a Sotheby's auction three years ago to
an American collector for £2,530. They say it even runs."

Another, more up to date, site says :-
"Later, this car sold in an auction for 23,000 dollars and is now in a
museum"

I believe it's still about somewhere, as it was mentioned in a classic
car magazine a few months back.

Not bad. I think he only paid a few hundred for it. I'll see if Peter knows
it's in a museum now. Didn't say which did it ? He probably saved it for
posterity by recognising the number plate.

Graham

David Looser wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
David Looser wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote

No but theres a local station round these parts where the engineer does
give a monkeys but the programme controller only knows LOUD LOUD and
LOUDER!!! cos the bloke at the other station down the road is the
same;;

All thinking LOUD is better..

Did anyone hear on the news recently that the new CD from "Metallica" is
so heavily compressed that even Heavy-Metal fans are complaining in their
thousands? Good for them I say!

Seriously ?

So Radio 4 says, they even played a bit to show just how awful it is.

Good old Radio 4. One of the last good bits of the BBC.


So it's AAaaaarrrrggghhhhhhh! all the way through then ?

Absolutely

LOL ! Someone tried to convince me a few weeks back that Metallica weren't
REALLY 'heavy metal' there were actually some tunes somewhere in there. I was
sceptical.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:

John Williamson wrote:
I believe it's still about somewhere, as it was mentioned in a classic
car magazine a few months back.

Not bad. I think he only paid a few hundred for it. I'll see if Peter knows
it's in a museum now. Didn't say which did it ? He probably saved it for
posterity by recognising the number plate.

Google for LMW 281F.

Opinion favours the VW factory museum.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

David Looser wrote:

"Arny Krueger" wrote

If you are worried about an airplane's altitude to the 5th digit, you
obviously need to find something else to do with your mind! ;-)

Well OK I could have read my boring novel, or attempted to watch the
in-flight movie on a really crappy LCD monitor with the sound from a pair of
cheap earphones trying to compete with the background noise level. I think
I'd rather watch the numbers!

I take my own headphones. Beyer DT331s. You can get an adaptor for the dual
sockets on 747s too I recently discovered.

Graham

On 2008-10-21, David Looser wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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If you are worried about an airplane's altitude to the 5th digit, you
obviously need to find something else to do with your mind! ;-)

Well OK I could have read my boring novel, or attempted to watch the
in-flight movie on a really crappy LCD monitor with the sound from a pair of
cheap earphones trying to compete with the background noise level. I think
I'd rather watch the numbers!

I was stunned how bad the earphones were on my last transatlantic flight
(United). I didn't realize you could make something that sounded
that bad. Even the "free" earbuds that came with my last mp3 player
were high-end in comparison.

BTW, which part of the plane was the measurement centered at? ;-)

And, indeed, where is the reference point for the other end?

Goodness knows!, but whilst trundling around San Fransisco airport it
hovered around 42 feet, if that proves anything.

I once sat in a 747 on the ground at Kai Tak waiting for takeoff (a long
time ago) and noticed that we were apparently at -4 metres.

--
John Phillips

In article , John Phillips
wrote:


I once sat in a 747 on the ground at Kai Tak waiting for takeoff (a long
time ago) and noticed that we were apparently at -4 metres.

Sound like the pilot was a little late with the round-out during the
previous decent. Perhaps understandable given the approach. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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I suspect your plane was more than 1 metre tall. :-)

It was a 747. I believe they are over 1m tall :-)

Did they say if the
height was measured to the seat of the pilot's chair, or to some other
reference? :-)


Nope.

David.

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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Funnily enough we've got four Band 1 transmitters , yes those
frequencies are still used, and the cores in one have all disintegrated
away whereas in the other their fine all about the same age!..

What do they transmit?

David.

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message

In article ,
John Phillips wrote:


I once sat in a 747 on the ground at Kai Tak waiting for
takeoff (a long time ago) and noticed that we were
apparently at -4 metres.

Sound like the pilot was a little late with the round-out
during the previous decent. Perhaps understandable given
the approach. :-)

I don't think its big enough to handle 747s, but I've visited this airport
in person, and it will send plane altimeters even further in the negative
direction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea_Airport