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  8. Owd Nottingham lad

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

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    I think there was only Stu who dint have long hair then, he was going thin in his early twenties

    It was gone last time I saw him, at least mine didn't start to go until I was in my forties :laugh: Then I got fed up with it and Gillete took over.

    I always remember Neil Kinnock

    and his comb-over:

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    I wouldn't let myself get like that!

    At least it's fashionable now! (baldyness not the comb-over)

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  10. What's your hobby?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I really can recommend jamming. I have several mates who are at different levels but they really do bounce off each other when playing. I showed two of them how to break down a tune and how to work out what the recommended chords the rhythm and lead guitarists should be playing and they are great at it. Simple things I was taught years ago still work today. I tend to let them get on with it and noodle in the background.

  11. What's your hobby?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

    Posted

    Like you I used to hang my nose over the window of University Radio on Shakespeare Street.

    And me, I loved that shop and the guy (or the lady?) used to give you your parts in brown paper bags like you'd bought sweeties. I remember one project I had on the go I needed hundreds of resistors, caps, transistors and a couple of 555 timers and a 741 op amp or two. We used to get an enormous amount of spare parts at the ROF as they used to bring experimental projects in to be smashes on the forge presses. We used to bribe the lorry driver so he would clear off for ten minutes and then we used to go skip diving :happy:

  12. What's your hobby?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I studied for my three guitar grades at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, which was nice. I got fed up with the instructor keep asking me where notes were on the fret board, I explained I could do that all day and I wasn't learning anything. In the end I found I learnt more jamming with may mates. So much for my twenty quid twice a week, all the lads want is a can now and again.

  13. What's your hobby?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    My first real hobby was electronics thanks to the fine people at the ROF during my apprenticeship. I went on to build several audio amps from scratch including the cases, one I still have now 40 odd years later.I was fortunate enough to have a best mate who was was service manager for IBM in the East Midlands who guided me from Dragon computers to IBM PC's in 1981. He was also a radio ham which I also got involved with and got my 'A' licence in 1983 (callsign G4XMH) Since then I've DJ'd (dance/house music not weddings) and been involved in lot's of electrical/electronic shenanigans since. I've recently gone back to playing guitar after a 40+ year break. I also got in to spending money which I've now put a stop to.

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  15. Owd Nottingham lad

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

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    Surprised i didnt know you Mick, i spent many an hour in Barry Sander's cabin

    I was ETU shop steward after Alan Truswell while I was in the forge and we were having a lot of issues with the mechs over the dreaded Maynard scheme. You can imagine I had quite a tough time down there, we used to fight like cat and dog. I used to have hair down past my shoulders at one time so that's maybe why you don't recognise me.

  19. Owd Nottingham lad

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

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    You mention the NSU, me and Lynn went all over the country weekend after weekend in that thing, German engineering for you.

    I had a second hand green Fiat 128 ('J' reg) and eventually managed to scam my dad in to paying a big chunk for a brand new yellow 128, I think it was £1200. Until this moment I was impressed with foreign engineering but the yellow devil changed my mind. You could never get it to start, it was a total moo!! I sold it to Tommy Tedds a week before I went to South Africa, I haven't heard from him since.

  20. MXQ Quad Core Android 4.4 TV Box ?

    in Technology

    Posted

    Personally, I use and recommend an emish box (amazon uk) but, as you say, there are hundreds of 'em. If you want fully loaded add that to your search. Basically, quad core with as much memory as you can find. My box does the bizz.

    For £40, what the hey. If it doesn't suit you in three months time you've saved £260 in Sky bills.

  23. Whats the connection?

    in Nottstalgia Trivia?

    Posted

    Hmm, brain fart must've taken over, dunno where I got that from then but yes, it's Alvin :glare:

    Edit: This is where I failed to read everything:

    Bernard William Jewry was born 27 September 1942 in Muswell Hill, North London.[2][3] Moving to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at a young age where his mother ran a boarding house frequented by musicians and entertainers appearing locally,[4] Jewry attended the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School (now Southwell Minster School) in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, near Newark-upon-Trent, as a boarder. He made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of four.

    From his wiki