May 15, 20206 yr comment_825218 44 minutes ago, mwl168 said: What? No love for the Pioneer 8 Track player? I grew up with those things! That’s like being into granny porn—not everyone thinks of them that fondly. Report
May 15, 20206 yr comment_825225 2 hours ago, mwl168 said: What? No love for the Pioneer 8 Track player? I grew up with those things! Gawd, you made my ears cringe with that... I think my '70 Chevelle SS had one in it. Never bought any 8 tracks, but played one in it once. Almost threw it out the window! Man were those things bad. Report
May 15, 20206 yr comment_825226 I don't know - but I want to listen to the Awesome Mix -- Vol. 2! -- on the Nakamichi. Report
May 15, 20206 yr comment_825236 Awww - you used "valves" just for little old me? Oh and Grahame I suppose. Report
May 15, 20206 yr comment_825238 In Spain we call them "válvulas". In other Spanish speaking countries they call them "tubos", but not in Spain. I rarely see them named valves in English. Report
May 15, 20206 yr comment_825239 In English, "valves" is used almost exclusively. In American, everyone says "tubes" except for Dusty! 😁 Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825298 39 minutes ago, Craig Sawyers said: Short for God's Truth. Sounds like a promotion to me, Dusty Wait, it is? I thought it was just a normal contraction, for "is truth". (wanders off to Google) Goddammit, now I have to stop using it. Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825303 It is like zounds, that used to be used as an exclamation in Marvel and other comics. Actually is a contraction of God's Wounds, a reference to the Crucifixion. Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825304 Egad. I've been doing it wrong. I used it as confirmation, like 'indeed'. What about 'zoiks'? Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825308 30 minutes ago, Dusty Chalk said: Egad. I've been doing it wrong. I used it as confirmation, like 'indeed'. What about 'zoiks'? That comes from Zoidberg in Futurama Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825309 1 minute ago, Craig Sawyers said: That comes from Zoidberg in Futurama Naw, it predates Futurama by a few decades: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zoiks Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825311 Zoinks, surely. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoinks#Etymology Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825314 51 minutes ago, Grahame said: Zoinks, surely. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoinks#Etymology You say, “toe-mah-toe”... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoiks Honestly, I was too afraid it was short for god’s oinks. Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825317 16 minutes ago, Dusty Chalk said: Honestly, I was too afraid it was short for god’s oinks. I'm still laughing. That made my day! Report
May 16, 20206 yr comment_825326 1 hour ago, Dusty Chalk said: Honestly, I was too afraid it was short for god’s oinks. Well, now it is. Report
May 17, 20206 yr comment_825419 The lovely cassette deck I mentioned above. TBH it wasn't as good sounding as the looks would suggest. Still I recorded a ton of vinyls into cassettes with that machine. Report
May 20, 20206 yr comment_825810 DIY tube amps made by the father of a user in reddit's /r/audiophile: Report
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