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"Look what I'm gonna buy!"

I'm a hi-fi enthusiast. Mine is on virtually the entire time I'm awake either playing music from the CD player, music from my Mac or the sound from the TV, video or PS2.

I bought an amplifier some years ago - an Audiolab 8000S - and paid £500 for it; it sounded absolutely superb and it still does. I wanted the CD player to go with it, but couldn't afford it, so I bought a different one instead. Since then I've hardly seen the CD player I wanted for sale anywhere because they don't make them anymore.

Lately I've been, not depressed exactly, but things in my life haven't been going as planned. I've 'umm'ed and 'arr'ed as to what I could do to cheer myself up (apart from kicking the missus out!) and the conclusion I came to was to buy myself something nice.

The next day, I was idly browsing another forum and I saw this ...

"For Sale : Audiolab 8000CDM/DAC Combo"
http://forum.hifichoice.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=9116

... and thought: "It's a sign!" If you're wondering, the 8000CDM and 8000DAC are the CD transport and digital to analogue converter (the two parts that make up a conventional one-box CD player) that match my amplifier. Hurrah!

But, then I thought "I can't afford £825!?! ARGH!!" and so I sulked for a while.

I sent a friend a jokey email asking him to lend me the money and the reply was "Sure - when do you want it?" Hang on!?! He said "Yes"?!? After I checked he wasn't cruelly winding me up, he said "You've helped me out loads of times in the past, financially and otherwise, and knowing what a sad git you are I know you'd love to buy them. So: yes." Who says Karma doesn't work?

So, there you go: my mate's lending me the money to buy what I've been wanting for about 7 years or so. Lucky me!

http://timothygriffin.co.uk/music/hifi.shtml

We were an item *before* she was my carer. Poeple ask me if that was the downfall of the relationship, but I reply "No: she's a b***h."

:^)

Timmargh wrote:
> I thank my lucky stars that I can wipe my own bum!

Yeah, I'm sure that you and your carer would have never become an item if she'd had to wipe your buttocks after a night out on lager and curry.

Timmargh wrote:
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Timmargh, just checked out your page. It's nice to put a face to the
> posts.
>
> Those are the only photos of me in existence that come anywhere near
> to acceptable ...

I know what you mean. I'm not photogenic either. :)

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Timmargh, just checked out your page. It's nice to put a face to the posts.

Those are the only photos of me in existence that come anywhere near to acceptable ...



MoJoJoJo wrote:
> you have a VALID excuse for not doing housework. Most men would eat
> from a toilet bowl for that.

Heh.



Notorious Biggles wrote:
> So you spend all that money on a great sound system only to listen to
> Adam and the Ants?!

Rumbled! It's a childhood nostalgia thing ...



Paradox: wrote:
> Just tried the link and was rewarded with a big ton of nothing.

It's temperamental, but it's free so no complaints - try adding 'www.' or try later. I'll be moving it soon to 'timmargh.net' and a new host.

Just tried the link and was rewarded with a big ton of nothing.

Is the site down due to tax dodging, or is it spelt wrong, or something?

So you spend all that money on a great sound system only to listen to Adam and the Ants?!

Timmargh wrote:
> I have muscular dystrophy: can't walk or do stuff like washing
> clothes, hoovering and that sort of thing.

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Bummer about the chair, but hey, you have a VALID excuse for not doing housework. Most men would eat from a toilet bowl for that.

Timmargh, just checked out your page. It's nice to put a face to the posts.

I have muscular dystrophy: can't walk or do stuff like washing clothes, hoovering and that sort of thing. I can dress and wash myself and I thank my lucky stars that I can wipe my own bum!

Carer? What's the crack with that? I knew you were old, but...