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Raff 
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 Posted: January 28 2009 at 15:12 |
Well, my dear hubby used to have an MP3 player... You want to know what happened to it? He left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans, and it ended up in the washing machine  . MEN!
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:09 |
 Jared wrote:
OK, so I just thought I'd let you all know that I have found a thoroughly marvellous deal on an MP3 player (can't you all tell I'm not in work today??  ).
Anyway, I've had it with carrying a Sony Walkman CD player around the hostel while I'm cleaning, so I asked around for the ideal companion, and came across this little beauty in a massive Argos sale:
Argos is by FAR the cheapest for this model at the moment, and the 16gb memory will hold almost half your prog collection...RESULT!!.. 
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Jared
Hope you enjoy the Sony. I've had my HDD 20Gb for three years or so now and it has been great. In fact I liked it so much I went and got another 5 off ebay. Talk about future proofing or what ?!  .
These little devices are definitely my can't do without gadgets and the battery life is excellent. In fact there is still another 5 hours play left when the battery indicator starts flashing. Also I can listen to the albums on the computer as well. 
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:12 |
Raff wrote:
Well, my dear hubby used to have an MP3 player... You want to know what happened to it? He left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans, and it ended up in the washing machine. MEN! |
No more Images and Words then, huh??
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:23 |
Raff wrote:
Well, my dear hubby used to have an MP3 player... You want to know what happened to it? He left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans, and it ended up in the washing machine. MEN!
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Come on Raff. Did nobody tell you that it's part of your wifely duties to check our pockets before putting our trousers in the washing machine?
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:25 |
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^Alan - hope you are wearing your chain mail boxers!
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:32 |
^ At least they come up to scratch...
...I'll get my cloak
Edited by Dean - January 28 2009 at 16:32
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What?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 03:15 |
Neil wrote:
Jared wrote:
OK, so I just thought I'd let you all know that I have found a thoroughly marvellous deal on an MP3 player (can't you all tell I'm not in work today??).
Anyway, I've had it with carrying a Sony Walkman CD player around the hostel while I'm cleaning, so I asked around for the ideal companion, and came across this little beauty in a massive Argos sale:
Argos is by FAR the cheapest for this model at the moment, and the 16gb memory will hold almost half your prog collection...RESULT!!..
(hope you didn't mind my sharing this with you all... ) |
I've had a Sony NW-A3000 hard drive walkman for nearly three years now and can recommend it above one of those flippin' ipods. |
I like my iPod... sorry...
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mystic fred
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 04:50 |
you will laugh out loud when you see this (put down that cup of coffee...)
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Jared
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 05:34 |
^^
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 06:14 |
Brilliant
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 09:51 |
How did that get there?
Answers on a postcard to..........
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 10:14 |
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"Oi t'ought he said revoise"
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 11:40 |
mystic fred wrote:
you will laugh out loud when you see this (put down that cup of coffee...)
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So which one was the brains of the gang?
On a sadder note, John Martyn is no longer with us:
Solid Air and One World will be getting a spin or two this evening.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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chopper
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 14:59 |
Billy Powell, the pianist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has also passed away. 
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Wilcey
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 15:50 |
limeyrob wrote:
How did that get there?
Answers on a postcard to.......... |
I know, that's so weird, cos Turners lorries come from Soham near Ely............ weird! 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 02:14 |
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Billy Powell, the pianist [and organ player] for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has also passed away. |
Is Lynryd Skynryd possibly the most unlucky band on the planet? Ronnie Van Zant RIP - air crash Steve Gaines RIP - air crash Cassie Gaines RIP - air crash Allen Collins (paralyzed from the chest down: car crash) RIP pneumonia Leon Wilkeson RIP - emphysema/liver disease Billy Powell - RIP (heart attack) Artimus Pyle - no comment  I think if my name was Gary Rossington, I'd never leave the house
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 03:56 |
Jim Garten wrote:
chopper wrote:
Billy Powell, the pianist [and organ player] for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has also passed away. |
Is Lynryd Skynryd possibly the most unlucky band on the planet?
Ronnie Van Zant RIP - air crash
Steve Gaines RIP - air crash
Cassie Gaines RIP - air crash
Allen Collins (paralyzed from the chest down: car crash) RIP pneumonia
Leon Wilkeson RIP - emphysema/liver disease
Billy Powell - RIP (heart attack)
Artimus Pyle - no comment
I think if my name was Gary Rossington, I'd never leave the house
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i don't think it's down to bad luck, Jim - these guys, and rock musicians in general, live pretty risky lives -
the air crash was pretty horrific, losing so many members of the band together, but many stars use aeroplanes like we use buses. many stars have been killed by air crashes.
life on the road - burgers/junk food, late nights, motels, booze  conducive to heart and liver trouble.
drugs, booze - John Bonham and Jimi Hendrix both died swallowing their own vomit  while sleeping off drink/drugs.
it's a wonder any survive past 45
the 9 to 5 glass-of-wine-a-month with wife and 2 .5 kids in Esher would have a healthier life, but which is best - a long quiet life or a short life as a hell-raiser? 
Edited by mystic fred - January 30 2009 at 03:58
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 05:06 |
So how the hell are these men still alive:   Classic cases of the exceptions proving the rule, I guess...
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Wilcey
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 05:33 |
mystic fred wrote:
rock musicians in general, live pretty risky lives -
the air crash was pretty horrific, losing so many members of the band together, but many stars use aeroplanes like we use buses. many stars have been killed by air crashes.
life on the road - burgers/junk food, late nights, motels, booze conducive to heart and liver trouble.
drugs, booze - John Bonham and Jimi Hendrix both died swallowing their own vomit while sleeping off drink/drugs.
it's a wonder any survive past 45 |
 Should I be worried, or checking the pension or something?
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Wilcey
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 05:41 |
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5614962.ece
Oh how the greys will lose sleep! (don't show Peter!)
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