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14 minutes from advertised to sold must be a record! :)

I have a spare 50k Noble pot of the type HFC used to stock - I assume it's log, although the only markings apart from '50k x2' are '294Y' and '8252'. PM me if it's of any interest.

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2640-20-Apr-2024 This may be of interest to some.

They could always do the sensible thing and ban aerodynamic devices before they screw it up even more? (Incidentally, Jon Saltinstall's book on Niki Lauda is available from psbooks for £16.99 (+ p&p) instead of £60. And for the even older generation...

George Monbiot's piece in today's Guardian provides a glimmer of hope.

There are certainly some in the DIY community who maximise psu capacitance to the nth degree, and the true believer probably regards Thomas's 100,000uF per channel as a starting point. The concept of a massive reservoir of power is particularly attractive if you play heavy rock or organ music at...

Jos seems determined to lever Christian Horner out of Red Bull, giving interviews to the press which pour petrol on the flames. It's bizarre that the best team on track seems to be tearing itself apart behind the scenes. Something will have to give sooner or later - one side or the other, Thai...

It's taken the Captain longer than usual but you feel it was only a matter of time.......:) (If they start wielding the BOP later on, where does that leave the customer teams?)

A thoroughly professional job, no real surprise, but still disappointing. If the pole sitter has managed to retain a brand new set of softs then the rest are fighting for second place. BOP has no place in F1, but Liberty Media must be getting worried........ We could be in for a cracking WEC...

That was always the way, I suppose, but now that scrums are fed and the hooker no longer hooks, the 'skill' lies in kidding the ref into penalising the opposition. Which is a shame.

I can tune out the occasional promo, but find it much harder to ignore the presenter who witters on after Radio3 In Concert every evening. Her voice and demeanour might (possibly) suit CBBC. On R3 they just sounds weird. And wasn't it someone on pfm who referred (last year?) to Carsick FM...

I've occasionally wondered how our taste is formed. Nature over nurture? Whether you expect to work at it, or wait for it to grab you? What if I'd gone to Uni and discovered Soft Machine rather than Russ Conway??? I only know Bax's piano sonatas - they seem like a gentle intro.

Interesting. I really enjoy Chopin but it has to be a great pianist and I have to be in the mood. But I can sympathise with the reaction: I tried to read 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' years ago and gave up after a few pages, thinking ' He just needs a good slap!'

Bored by Bruckner, repelled by the second Viennese mob. But both fill concert halls, so they obviously appeal to some folks. The terms 'atonal' and 'music' are mutually exclusive for me. Some people like Campari. Baffling!