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Post by speedysteve on Sept 9, 2022 20:11:45 GMT
I keep getting clips from The Sopranos coming up on my YouTube - never watched it before and mildly intrigued now. Does it deserve its legendary status? Yes, absolutely. In some ways a slow burner but there are many moments of shock and the ensemble cast are superb, all of them. Top show. Hehe, "shock" - as in the first scene if I remember correctly? Put Marie straight off it🙄
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 21:41:09 GMT
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 21:07:33 GMT
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 20:55:05 GMT
Yeah, works fine in my phone only world 🙂
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 20:24:43 GMT
Your avatar has suffered, though Got bored and tried a few..
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 20:11:26 GMT
Not bad. Lowest peak at 35Hz. Lots at the normal 50-56Hz.
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 19:53:08 GMT
open.qobuz.com/track/60931498(Could only upload this in the smallest size - keep getting error stream closed on others tried many times ) One more try it worked Such an uplifting guitar lick
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 19:49:38 GMT
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 19:46:25 GMT
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 8, 2022 19:23:47 GMT
It okay. The presentation is not obnoxious. The effect on her voice grows on me after a while. Bit 2 dimensional, compared to other favs I have. Okay pump but nothing special bass wise. Now this track by her is expansive in comparison! In fact the whole ep is. open.qobuz.com/track/41796495You'll probably find it a bit loudnessy. My system handles them well. Edited; Heard this on the Umbrella ☂️ academy. open.qobuz.com/track/100589159This is a catchy cover 😃
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 7, 2022 12:59:57 GMT
Now you know ! Rephase How can you have Colon Cancer if you don't eat your meat 🙂 (Scottish accent)
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 7, 2022 9:10:11 GMT
Forgot to say. The main difference with us and the UK average is that we are at home 24/7. We don't go off to work / turn off because of that.
The good thing about underfloor heating is that it's on for couple of hours early morning, and then just gives great all day. Right up to bedtime we've found. Really efficient.
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 7, 2022 8:34:47 GMT
LT has floated an energy cap of around £2500 for the average UK household. This is about double or more pre price rises, and much much less than the shock rises we were told to prepare for, £3600 in Oct, and £5000+ odd in January.
They bandy this average UK household about, but I've never heard the actually amount of energy quoted. How many KWh is that per year?
It's 12000 KWh of gas = 1073CuM
And 2900 KWh of Electricity. That just 7.945 KWh per day!
We are fortunate (by design) to live in a EPC B property. Would be A if we had solar / heat pump etc. It's got thick celotex in the floor slab, thick celotex in the walls, 300mm insulation in the ceiling and a 14" thatched roof (this incurs other cost penalties though). We have double glazing downstairs and triple upstairs. All doors are well / double sealed, no draughts.
Underfloor heating means you feel / enjoy what energy you use.
Water cylinder (modern insulated type) is at 45deg. Run it at 60 once ever two weeks to kill bugs.
Gas wise we can get to 9000 KWh a year easily. We turned the thermostats down 1 degree last Feb and that had a dramatic effect.
Electricity wise. To get to 2900 KWh we'd have to turn a lot of things off.
The Jacuzzi! 🙄 Basically doubles our elec bill. I've winterized it. Means totally draining it and turning off completely.
Most of the parasitic Sonos, the chargers and power supplies that proliferate, the outdoor wifi router extender, the 2nd router in the music room. All off now when not in use.
Even the elec door bell uses 1 of those precious KWh per year! Ours only works half the time (due to dodgy bell push switch) and the door knocker is free and much louder.
We already have led bulbs, the 4 and 5 watt type everywhere. Turn off when not in use. Led strip lights in the workshop.
Tumble drier - used to soften the towels!.? We didn't used to bother when we were younger. She's complaining, but wil stop using it.
The washing machine run at 30deg for everything! Using SMOL tablets - first time she's been happy with the results at 30 degrees. This saves 40% apparently.
The dishwasher we always run on Eco. Always full. I wish there was a setting to turn off the dryer cycle at the end! We had that on a machine in the 90s. Not since then. It's out of warranty, perhaps I will disable it.
Other things are the Qooker -: boiling water on demand. Came with the house. It's so convenient. They say it's as cheap to run as a kettle - bet it isn't!
Esp if you mostly drink coffee🙂 Those machines are only on when in use btw. Same for the microwave.
I started using the convection oven in the microwave to bake my sourdough bread. 4 loaves no problem, uses a lot less than the big Falcon range oven.
So with all that;
We can get to around 2900 KWh or perhaps less, of Electricity per year, I think.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 31, 2022 15:04:08 GMT
The best version I have of this classic, full of attack, dynamics, sweeps along with great musicality, feeling and detail. If you love this piece get a copy. Antonio Vivaldi, Nils-Erik Sparf, The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble* – The Four Seasons Label: BIS – LP-275, BIS – BIS-LP-275 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden Released: Jan 1985 Yes indeed. The year I moved to Sweden - 1985. I used to go past the church where it was recorded. I've owned the CD since 1988. Stream it now of course🙂
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 29, 2022 7:06:33 GMT
Alexandra Rapaport in the final hurra Penoza / Gåsmamman series 6 streams tonight on Swedish TV4 / Cmore. I came across another service called Just watch that was advertising it. There was an English setting. Not sure if that would have subs though. Or if it's free! She's also in a new series of Morden i sandhamn. TV4 / Cmore again.. They make one every summer it seems. Series 8 now! 🙂 Whilst browsing TV4, I found an adaptation of Jan Guillou's Hamilton. I read all the books in the 90s etc - long series of books. Swedish secret service stuff. (Conspiracy theory alert: Bet they know what really happened to The Estonia / 800+ souls who perished this night) It's quite well done. Probably just a few years old, judging by the actors and tech. Watched 2 episodes last night. The actor, Krister Henriksson, who played Kurt Wallander is overseeing / guiding mastermind 'PG' character. Nice find. No idea if it's on a UK / USA channel with subs.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 24, 2022 13:14:32 GMT
Profound sense of relief following the viewing of the last Westworld... got to be a bit of a chore staying with the story line but they managed to end it with some grace and closure. Yes! The right people, or versions of them, were extinguished. Sort of hope going forward. There apparently could be a 5th.. "Westworld' Season 5 Will Be the Final Season of the HBO Series – If It Gets Renewed. Those who watched the “Westworld” Season 4 finale on Sunday evening would be forgiven for thinking it felt like a series finale, but if co-creator and co-showrunner Lisa Joy gets her way, it's merely the beginning of the end."
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 24, 2022 8:59:24 GMT
Easier to deal with polution at concentrated points of source. Responsible manufacture and generation? If ever a gov actually did anything!
The affect tail pipe polution has on all of us is often overlooked. Walk down any thriving through traffic town, I'll pick Lyndhurst in the New Forest, the polution you directly breathe in is horrible! It should never have been allowed to happen.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 24, 2022 6:53:30 GMT
Interesting listen. For me, their discussion on bass was the most interesting part.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 17, 2022 19:57:56 GMT
Watching Sandman. Bit farfetched so far😂
The Umbrella academy, just😂😂
Didn't finish Locke and Key😂😂😂
Perhaps we'll like Papergirls more?
Lots of drama Tennis on Prime to watch too.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 17, 2022 11:02:07 GMT
Plenty of 30 and sub 30Hz from this 2019 pop track At moderate volume it's approaching gut wrenching even.
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