Recent content by Simon Dawson

I'm using a Quad 606 driving Lancaster MG12s. (I put it in the system to drive some MG IIIas and kept it there when they came out for repair). Sounds great to me.

4 pages in and no one has posted this?

What does EV think about this: Wine Tax Changes? Sounds like an administrative nightmare. I know that there are already noises in the industry here about harvesting at lower sugar levels so as to finish up with wines at less than 11.5% alcohol to get into a lower tax bracket in the UK market.

That reads like getting your excuses in early! (long distance gooner here, so not entirely serious).

You should read (if you have not already) "The Death of Economics" by Paul Ormerod - not a fan of MMT by the way -where he does look at non linear dynamics and strange attractors in economics (mainly unemployment data). It is a while since I read it so not sure how well it holds up post GFC.

So, what does this mean? I'm sure it's not good (either they agree with Trump's argument or delay any verdict until after the election). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/28/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity-claim

No, It is the second coming.

Of course you do. This is hiding in the shed as it, surprise, surprise, needs some rust removal:

Yup

I think that FP may be talking about one of these: Giulia

Or even transcendental.

Of course you need the appropriate hairdo to drive an HSV: Mullet

Do these count? Either would be seen off by even a lukewarm hatch, but that's not really the point. Great fun to drive and still quick enough to get into trouble. Fortunately we still have enough interesting, quiet roads here to enjoy them on.

Except New Zealand gave women the vote in 1893, quite a while before WWI.

We have friends about 20 minutes drive away with a small olive grove, most gets harvested and processed for commercial oil (it's all relative in NZ) but they have a few dozen trees along the drive that cannot be machine harvested so we help hand harvest with rakes, branch shakers and nets (a...