half ton
Legendary Knight
We used to have a Basenji.....feckin yodelled instead of bark
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Scrappy
Legendary Knight
I think mine might have been a Basenji x Collie, he did look very much more like a basenji when he was young. We got him from a rescue when he was only a few months old, he had been too much for his previous owners to handle, and it did take a few more months to get him out of his many bad habits, but was an incredible dog and lived to almost 17 years old.
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
We were in Hull today and SWMBO wanted to have a look around the Ferens art gallery. It was there that we came across this exhibit and I thought of Lilly, the fearsome guardian of our very own DD and the scourge of every cat in Northampton!! Was I right?
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Indeed, that is supposed to be an EBT in a caricature style Steve
half ton
Legendary Knight
I thought it was meant to be a Punk RabbitIndeed, that is supposed to be an EBT in a caricature style Steve
Yeah, IMHO it's a shite sculpture HT.I thought it was meant to be a Punk Rabbit
But what do I know mate, someone else thought it was good enough to go in an art gallery
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
Yeah, IMHO it's a shite sculpture HT.
But what do I know mate, someone else thought it was good enough to go in an art gallery
Some people thought that an unmade bed, a pile of bricks and a sheep preserved in formaldehyde were worthy of a place in an art gallery. Other truly weird exhibits have been displayed in various galleries in the past. You may recall some of them - my mind just went blank!
Worryingly, many of these 'so called' artists and the people who encourage them to display their work(s) still walk amongst us and breathe our air!!
They may even breed if we let 'em.
Those 3 are definitely the stand out "WTF" moments Steve.
But in a way, I guess it's like music. I always says that there's no such thing as shite music. It's just music I like, & music I don't like.
However, with art I reckon it steps up a gear & has similar rules to wine. If the "right" people say a certain wine is great & worth £100's. The wannabe "right" people perpetuate that story until the wine costs £100's
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
I tend to buy wine from Lidl or similar establishments. Once a philistine always a philistine I guess. Or a tight arsed Yorkshireman!
I do agree though that there is a lot of snobbery in the world of art, wine, fashion and indeed many other areas. Let 'em get on with it I say. I know what I like and I know a twat when I see one!!
I do agree though that there is a lot of snobbery in the world of art, wine, fashion and indeed many other areas. Let 'em get on with it I say. I know what I like and I know a twat when I see one!!
The reason I used wine as an example. Is it's all made in the same way, using the same ingredients.
Therefore (IMHO) a bottle of white wine at 12% costing £6. Will hit the spot exactly the same as a.n.other 12% bottle of white wine costing £600.
Both would be enough to chill out most people.
And the person purchasing the £6 version will be £594 better off the following morning
That was Yorkshire maths
Therefore (IMHO) a bottle of white wine at 12% costing £6. Will hit the spot exactly the same as a.n.other 12% bottle of white wine costing £600.
Both would be enough to chill out most people.
And the person purchasing the £6 version will be £594 better off the following morning
That was Yorkshire maths
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
Sigh!!! There is little I can add to the above. Exquisite Yorkshire logic. So impressive! An extra £594 plus a bit of (perceived) kudos does not equate to a good deal (£5.94 would be just the same!).
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
Just a thought ..... have we suitably derailed this thread??
It's the law of diminishing returns Steve.
A £12 bottle might be noticeably "better" (depending on personal taste) than a £6 bottle?
A £20 bottle might be head & shoulders "better" than the £6 bottle (depending on personal taste)
But it's highly unlikely that a £600 bottle is genuinely worth the money.
However, rich folk like to think that with that wealth, comes good taste
Hifi gear is another absolutely classic example. For a while I nearly was "That Tw@t" that claimed he could hear the differences between a £50 cartridge (needle) & a £250 cartridge. Or a £300 amp V's a £2000 amp.
And I was purchasing the stuff secondhand.
The folk that purchased it new are invariably exactly like wine snobs.
But God bless em. Without their constant need for the latest gizmo recommended by What HiFi Magazine etc. There'd have been no lightly used kit for folk like myself
In the real world, there's a massive difference between a Tesco brand £49.99 mini system & a £399 Panasonic all in one system. A set up made up of separate items costing £1500 is better still.
After that, every £1000 invested returns tiny gains in sound quality. But plenty of folk still do it, & claim to be able to hear an enormous difference that more than justifies the price. Therefore (in their mind) setting them apart from us Plebs......
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
A lot of wine, even 'high end' stuff is made in factories (They are like oil refinery's) rather than a bunch of mental Frenchmen dancing around in big vats with all their corns, dead skin and verruca's going into the mix and little old men with decades of expertise checking each individual barrel etc. and the whole process is very clinical. I doubt they really put that much effort into getting the perfect vintage as they know the label alone will sell it. Personally I wouldn't give you a fiver for any bottle of wine as I hate the taste of the stuff.
I have a few guitars and banjo's that cost a couple of grand each and I have a load of guitars and banjos that cost between £75 and £300 and I can't honestly say that a two grand one is any better than a seventy five quid one. They play and sound pretty much the same under my fingers. I've got a valve amp that was made in China copying a Fender Bassman circuit and cost two hundred quid and it sounds every bit as good as the genuine old Fender Bassman that I have sitting in storage at my mother's house which is now worth two or three grand.
On the music front I find it rather funny that people spend a fortune on 'vintage' instruments to be like their heroes when, of course, their Hero's were using that equipment when it was new and so lacking forty+ years of abuse, wear, and degradation of the pickups. No matter whether the sound is crystal clear or muddy, whether the equipment you are listening to it on is worthy of NASA or out of TESCO the song remains the same and it's the song that is important.
I have a few guitars and banjo's that cost a couple of grand each and I have a load of guitars and banjos that cost between £75 and £300 and I can't honestly say that a two grand one is any better than a seventy five quid one. They play and sound pretty much the same under my fingers. I've got a valve amp that was made in China copying a Fender Bassman circuit and cost two hundred quid and it sounds every bit as good as the genuine old Fender Bassman that I have sitting in storage at my mother's house which is now worth two or three grand.
On the music front I find it rather funny that people spend a fortune on 'vintage' instruments to be like their heroes when, of course, their Hero's were using that equipment when it was new and so lacking forty+ years of abuse, wear, and degradation of the pickups. No matter whether the sound is crystal clear or muddy, whether the equipment you are listening to it on is worthy of NASA or out of TESCO the song remains the same and it's the song that is important.
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
A couple of years ago I bought a Denon DM41DAB amp/cd player/DAB & FM radio unit along with an Audio Technica turntable for around £350/£360 for both (now £329 + £129 each) to match up to a pair of Mission speakers that I've had for a good few years. My ageing lug 'oles can't fault it.It's the law of diminishing returns Steve.
A £12 bottle might be noticeably "better" (depending on personal taste) than a £6 bottle?
A £20 bottle might be head & shoulders "better" than the £6 bottle (depending on personal taste)
But it's highly unlikely that a £600 bottle is genuinely worth the money.
However, rich folk like to think that with that wealth, comes good taste
Hifi gear is another absolutely classic example. For a while I nearly was "That Tw@t" that claimed he could hear the differences between a £50 cartridge (needle) & a £250 cartridge. Or a £300 amp V's a £2000 amp.
And I was purchasing the stuff secondhand.
The folk that purchased it new are invariably exactly like wine snobs.
But God bless em. Without their constant need for the latest gizmo recommended by What HiFi Magazine etc. There'd have been no lightly used kit for folk like myself
In the real world, there's a massive difference between a Tesco brand £49.99 mini system & a £399 Panasonic all in one system. A set up made up of separate items costing £1500 is better still.
After that, every £1000 invested returns tiny gains in sound quality. But plenty of folk still do it, & claim to be able to hear an enormous difference that more than justifies the price. Therefore (in their mind) setting them apart from us Plebs......
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Buying Hi-Fi or A/V kit:
Check what won 'best of year' last couple of previous years in What Hi-Fi's below £500 category.
See what is the best bargain at Richer Sounds.
Buy it.
Weakest link in my listening = my ears!
DS
Check what won 'best of year' last couple of previous years in What Hi-Fi's below £500 category.
See what is the best bargain at Richer Sounds.
Buy it.
Weakest link in my listening = my ears!
DS
stevethegoolie
Sword of Fenrir
All of the above!!
The Denon unit was/still is (probably) a recommended unit. The turntable was a pretty basic one at a good price from a long-standing manufacturer.
Bought 'em both from Richer Sounds in Hull (and transported them carefully back to Goole on the train!).
Tinnitus rules, OK!
Pardon??!!
chas
Legendary Knight
We should have a club!
Earplugs, who knew?
I really don't know whether it's turning the amps up to eleven or never wearing earplugs has fucked my hearing but fucked it certainly is.
Comes in handy though
