Craig Sawyers

That Michell and Webb Look. If you enjoy Brit comedy sketch shows, this is a must watch. Also, for total madness, Shooting Stars. Very oddly David Gest was on, totally bewildered about what on earth he had got himself into.

OK Inu - I'll bite. Where did you get those screws? What an amazing material.

That is serious good news!

Problem is I didn't notice who it was. This must have been fifteen years ago or more - long after The Frost Report, Python, Python movies, FT and his half way decent other movies (like Clockwise, Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures).

It is amazing the major effect this series had - considering the fact that only 12 were ever made. Years ago, while trying to barge my way to my seat at a Jose Carreras open air recital at Hampton Court I pushed past a big guy while muttering "'scuse me...". When we got to our seat, my wife said "Did you notice that you just barged past John Cleese?". Oops.

Way to go! We've just celebrated 32 years - but you're precisely where we started out

Um - the sketch I had was misdimensioned. The official bush diameter of the 7721-3PPSG is 3.56mm and so should fit in a 3.6mm hole. Mine actually measure a tad over 3.6mm - so it takes a very firm push to get them home in the device tab. But they *do* go in.

Hokay - remaining outstanding items have arrived. 2SC3381 - check 4171G - check 7721-3PPSG -check Now - a question for Inu. How did you get the 7721-3PPSG to fit in the holes of the TO220 devices? Faced with the fact that they don't (for me anyway) I looked up the spec. Holes in devices = 2.6mm, bush diameter 2.85mm. Did you ream out the holes in your devices, or am I missing something?

That is really useful information - thanks. My Lambda's are 1987, so 250V as per KG's suggestion sounds like the way to go.

That is what I have gone for too. Getting all hot and sweaty now - just waiting for: Alumina insulators Long transistor bushes 2SC3381's Casework

Finally off-shelved a project - a Gilmore class A dynamic headphone amp. Did 90% of the work four years ago and then - ooh shiney. Even did board layout and procurement, and all the parts procurement (good job since getting the complementary dual FETs now is next to impossible). So building cost was next to nothing - just getting value from money spent four years back. Outboard dual power supply with two transformers. In the amp box a Borbely current regulator and four amps - currently wired as two stereo feeds from RCA in to two Neutrix headphone jacks. Expect to upgrade to go single ended in to bridged out (need two more partly-stuffed amp boards for that - no FET's needed) and full balanced in to bridged out switchable, switchable gains and DACT to replace ALPS blue beauty. But already sounds astonishingly good after warm up. Quickly came to conclusion that I prefer DT990 to K701 in most departments. Now on to the final build stages of KG's SRM-T2 - just need a few trivial parts on back order, and casework from Kevin.

Vicki - that looks exceptionally uncomfortable. I really winced at the bone-on-bone bit. Good luck with the options - but that they can now resurface the ankle joint sounds like a very positive development.

That sounds real neat. So one 5M resistor gets 560V and goes to the high bias jack, and the other resistor gets 250V which feeds both bias pins (shorted together) on the low bias jack?

Or turn beer into Marmite and put that on the toast - best of all worlds

Eek - I now realise I should've keep up to speed with software more. Looks like a burst of transmission line noise....

My wife did a math(s) degree at University with an excellent result. Left me standing - and I did every math(s) and theory option in my electronics degree. She then went into being an accountant, and now can remember absolutely no math(s) at all. There is probably a joke about that, but since she out-earns me by a significant amount I can't quite remember it

That is a disturbing image for sure

Oooh - TTY art! It is the odd decade or three since I saw any of that. Pass the walking frame.....

Astonishingly still made [url=http://www.transcriptors.net/turntables-3/reference-series-ii/]Reference Series II

Long time since I saw Clockwork Orange. Must watch it again.....maybe

So what is new? Just part of the stupidity associated with an overpaid sport with teams of primadonnas kicking a pig's bladder into string bags. <flame suit mode> = on

We've a real problem with urban foxes in the UK - you can sight them most nights foraging around garbage. But it was brought home how dangerous that is - an urban fox got access to a house, and savaged the children as they slept. Parents woke to the sound of screaming to find a confused looking fox on the landing wondering what the fuss was about. Baby twins Isabella and Lola Koupparis seriously injured in 'fox attack' | Mail Online

I think that this is possibly the definition of "classic". Porsche 928? Gorgeous - a nightmare. Aston Martin DBS? Superb - a moneypit. Jag Mk10 - don't even consider it. In fact the older Astons had such "individuality" in panel fit that they used to lead load the bodyshell in the factory to get everything levelled off. So if you need to replace a panel, you need to find a bodyshop that knows how to lead load panel seams. About the only older car that just keeps going is an older Rolls Royce - 1960's to 1980's. You can pick them up for a song. Even the Bentley Mulsanne Turbo is only a few grand. Just don't try to go around a corner in it - straight line performance is like a bullet (0 - 60mph in 4.8 seconds), until you turn the steering wheel.

Tour de France. There have been more riders on the deck this year than I can ever remember. It is basically the riding wounded. Tyler Farrar has been riding with a broken wrist, keeping in there until it heals up, which it seems to be. Frank Schleck ended up in hospital with 8 bolts holding his shoulder together. High speed carnage. Now they are in the mountains - so hot that the roads are melting and the guys are wearing ice collars to keep core temp low enough.

'Reks - I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like going through that. Must be one of the toughest things going. Good that you and your mother are getting over the worst.