WCMUT....what cheered me up today

woof woof said:
I'm copying LP's onto CD and some of them I haven't played for years and years. I'm copying Hazel O'Connor's Breaking Glass at the moment and it's wonderful. I know every song as it comes on :D
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After being in storage for 5 years, I put the HiFi back together last weekend. Currently listening to some of my old Jazz Funk CD's for the first time in years. We've decided to invest in a new turntable so we can play all the old vinyl, there's boxes & boxes of that to get through...
 
Some of my LP's seemed to be a bit crackly but a quick rinse with warm water and playing through a couple of times at 45 (instead of 33 to save time) had them sounding a lot better.

I have an old Garrard deck upstairs I've had for over 40 years and a Linn Sondek LP12 downstairs I've had for just a couple of years less. Upstairs I have a Creek 4040 amp, Monitor Audio speakers and a Sony CD player, downstairs I have an Exposure amp and Tannoy speakers, an Arcam CD player, Denon cassette deck and a cheap Tangent tuner. I wouldn't be without my hifi systems. My most recent CD buys are a couple of "Within Temptation" albums I got cheap on ebay.
 
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woof woof said:
Some of my LP's seemed to be a bit crackly but a quick rinse with warm water and playing through a couple of times at 45 (instead of 33 to save time) had them sounding a lot better.
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I use something very similar to this

Playing them through before cleaning can risk damage to your needle and the record if there's even tiny bits of grit.
 
simon ess said:
I use something very similar to this

Playing them through before cleaning can risk damage to your needle and the record if there's even tiny bits of grit.
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I'm happy. A rinse in warm water and a brush with my cleaning brush basically did it, the play throughs were really just the final touch and there's no apparent damage to needle. Also after not being used for a long time both "needles" benefitted from a stint on a little vibration pad gizmo I've had for years.
 
Had Home insurance renewal at a 31% increase. Called them today and got £40 off ..ie an 18% increase rather than 31%. That's fine but what about those who aren't up to getting on the phone and 'having a chat'. I had my percentages ready and average increases for this region and told the chap how low a risk we are ..etc. .. What did strike me was I got £40 off last year,too. I assume £40 is the discount offered to those who call.

I read that insurance premium increases have now plateaued so shouldn't be in the region of 30% next year. I did try to get an online quote from the RBS amongst a couple of others and I got to date of birth. I was able to input the day but the month box had a drop-down list of months to select from but it didn't show. The application wouldn't go any further. I called them only to hear an automated voice asking for my account number and if I didn't have one then register. I didn't take it any further so they may have lost new business. It can often be a real faff doing things like this online. I'm online now with my credit card but I had tried as few years ago and it was so hard I gave up. I told one of the staff I spoke to over the phone and he said it was too complicated and they'd had a lot ofd complaints. So..these 'clever' people..as I see them who are very competent with IT issues have no perception that many others,especially the elderly and not-so-bright, can struggle and don't want 'complicated'.
 
I've just had a midnight snack. Well, 00:07.

I wanted to make some bread but I was busy and didn't start until 9pm. When it was ready I noticed a delve in one end so I cut the delved slice off, buttered it and ate it whilst it was still warm. It was lovely :D
 
The smell of fruit cake cooking...
 
Trick or treaters were well down in numbers here, but it's half term and we know at least a third of the families in our street alone are on holiday.
 
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