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  1. mawnansmiff

    SSD or HDD For Archiving Music: Advice Please.

    In an attempt to reduce my ever growing mountain of CDs I've taken to ripping them to FLAC files then burning them onto USB sticks to plug into my AVR. I chose to use 32gb sticks so as to keep track of which group was on which stick, such as all Floyd, Tull & Zeppelin on one stick, Dire Straits...
  2. mawnansmiff

    A Little Humor for the Day 2025

    Only last week whilst watching BBC News America there was a lady presenter who was relating to some story from there and she pronounced it 'wercestershire' which I thought hilarious. It's actually pronounced 'wuster~shire' but I'm sure you know that ;) Rather like Howick on the Scottish...
  3. mawnansmiff

    Drones over New Jersey

    With respect, you seem to take the bait an awful lot, especially so with cheap n' nasty tat. Why not do yourself a favour (and your bank balance) and buy quality gear from the very start? My old mate used to say, "buy cheap, buy twice" which makes a lot of sense to me. Jay.
  4. mawnansmiff

    Drones over New Jersey

    Well if it was in the Daily Mail then it just has to be true ;) Jay.
  5. mawnansmiff

    Beef Tallow

    Not sure if this happens in the US but there is/was a company in Suffolk, UK that somehow made lipstick from all manner of used oils, fats, grease! Waste not want not as they say but I wonder how many women know what they're putting on their lips. Jay.
  6. mawnansmiff

    I Get This Error Page - FIXED

    I tried to log in this morning but was refused access for hours. I assumed a new rule had come into force not allowing us poor Brits from participating :oops: Glad all is now sorted. Jay.
  7. mawnansmiff

    Fare Dodger Clings On To 175mph Train.

    I always knew that but I just assumed the arrogant mandarins of Brussels were really strict on anything smoke related. Live and learn puffy Jay.
  8. mawnansmiff

    British High Tea Time

    From the OED... Noun 4.a. A meal or social entertainment at which tea is served; esp. an ordinary afternoon or evening meal, at which the usual beverage is tea (but sometimes cocoa, chocolate, coffee, or other substitute). Not sure what the OSD has to say on the matter ;) Tunnock's, now...
  9. mawnansmiff

    British High Tea Time

    Oh it's ok to dunk, but NEVER in company. I confess to having dunked ginger nut biscuits in the past (hard as nails are those things), but only when on my own ;) Not sure what a 'double dunker' does. Perhaps dunks in his own tea then someone else's tea? The only people I can imagine...
  10. mawnansmiff

    British High Tea Time

    Just in case any American was wondering, it is the height of bad manners to dunk one's biscuit in one's tea (or anyone else's tea)......so DON'T do it. ;) Jay.
  11. mawnansmiff

    Seeking Recommendations: Magnifier

    Wouldn't a simple loupe do the job? I use a magnifying lens to read my laptop but I use a loupe to read ingredients lists on jars etc, medication directions and the like. My magnifyer is a Bausch & Lomb which is American/Canadian. The Germans & Swiss have made superlative optical gear for...
  12. mawnansmiff

    Fare Dodger Clings On To 175mph Train.

    I thought that was rather odd too. I thought Europe were far stricter on smoking that us Brits, or maybe he was just having a 'crafty' smoke? Whatever, I'll bet he needed a strong drink when he finally alighted. Jay.
  13. mawnansmiff

    Fare Dodger Clings On To 175mph Train.

    Clearly too expensive. Jay.
  14. mawnansmiff

    Fare Dodger Clings On To 175mph Train.

    Some numpty in Germany who was travelling 'free' (ie he had not bought a ticket), got off at a scheduled stop for a smoke break only to take too long so he clung onto the train as it left the station, reaching speeds of up to 175mph :eek: "...the train powered on towards Nuremberg at up to...
  15. mawnansmiff

    I'm Really Struggling To Sympathise With This Woman.

    Again, I get what you're saying but think of it this way, if you saw a guy slip on a banana skin wouldn't you laugh before going to help him up? Someone using a salt shaker thinking it was a sugar shaker, would you not find that funny? Humour is just laughing at someone else's ineptitude and we...
  16. mawnansmiff

    I'm Really Struggling To Sympathise With This Woman.

    I get what you're saying but there was no evidence of senility or cognitive breakdown, even her daughter saw right through the scam but the lady insisted she was dealing with the real guy, why? Because she wanted to believe it. Gullibility is not an illness. Jay.
  17. mawnansmiff

    I'm Really Struggling To Sympathise With This Woman.

    For 18 months, a seemingly intelligent French woman genuinely believed she was in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt. She was so convinced of this she paid out around £700,000 to 'him' despite they never meeting nor speaking :oops: I know these scams are old hat but I thought these days folk...
  18. mawnansmiff

    I'm Still Here

    You fibber Michael, you told me he'd been banned for being Welsh :LOL: Jay.
  19. mawnansmiff

    I'm Still Here

    This is down to our telephone services BT and their hopeless repair outfit called Openreach. Openreach are known nationally for their glacial progress in making repairs to our essential phone & broadband infrastructure. Hope you get sorted soon bud. Jay.
  20. mawnansmiff

    What Are You Listening To? - January, 2025

    I was in guitar heaven last night with more beautiful guitar work by two totally different maestros, Bill Frisell and Intercontinentals & Joe Bonamassa Live At The Sydney Opera House. Jay.
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