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From: zoara on 20 May 2010 11:19 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Oh, buggery wank. > > Is that what's known as a "reach-around"? A very British one, yes. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Woody on 20 May 2010 11:46 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-20, Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > >>>> 87.5 > >>>> > >>> That's the one I usually use, but for some reason it wasn't > > > > working too > >>> well that day. > >> > >> Oh, that's odd. I must have been lucky with it. In my tootles up > > > and down > >> the M6 (and up into Scotland) it's always been reliable, except for > > > those > >> occasions when something drives by and you briefly get Mexican > > > Mariachi > >> music blaring out for a couple of seconds. > >> > > > > Ah, 87.5 is usually ok up and down the M1 (apart from that one day), > > but > > useless on the M25 in my experience. It goes back to being able to > > try > > it on your own journeys! > > > > Funnily enough, this has been a recurring topic on here, I bought my > > > > first FM transmitter from a guy (Mike?) on this very newsgroup about > > 5-6 > > years ago :) > > I only recently stopped using one. My new car stereo (a Sony of some > sort) > comes with iPod goodness baked it via a USB connection. > > On a completely unrelated note, why do you have to pay -more- for a > car > stereo that doesn't look like a disco that's being lit by a firework > party > in the middle of a thunderstorm? Because the sort of people that don't want lights are going to spend more to not get them -- Woody
From: Jim on 20 May 2010 12:06 On 2010-05-20, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> On a completely unrelated note, why do you have to pay -more- for a >> car >> stereo that doesn't look like a disco that's being lit by a firework >> party >> in the middle of a thunderstorm? > > Because the sort of people that don't want lights are going to spend > more to not get them Yeah, I had a nasty feeling that was the answer. Bastards. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 12:41 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > Because the sort of people that don't want lights are going to spend > > more to not get them > > Yeah, I had a nasty feeling that was the answer. Bastards. Have you ever read 'The Space Merchants'? The cars for 'children'? Where the powerful whoosh started just before the car moved? Clever chap, Kornbluth. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 07:36
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: [snip] > On a completely unrelated note, why do you have to pay -more- for a car > stereo that doesn't look like a disco that's being lit by a firework party > in the middle of a thunderstorm? Flashy flashing lights are cheap. Modules to run the flashing lights are stock parts. It's easy and cheap to fit flashing lights. Flashing lights are attractive to a certain kind of person. Flashing lights sell kit - to people who don't like paying over the odds But high quality audio gear is not cheap - and people who buy it tend to think the more expensive, the better. So the flashing lights stuff is (I'd guess) sold with a lower margin than the good stuff. But the good stuff would be expensive anyway. > I don't want a display that's jumping around trying to distract me - I've > got enough on my plate with the numpties on the motorway... If I had my way, no music listening while driving would be permitted. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |