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IOC and Fifa: "It is time to welcome Russia back into the sport family".

Chews up tapes?

Hope I've made it easier for the next person who services this maybe in 2066!

Quite close now, new take up reel tyre fitted. Plastic control knobs have been through the ultrasonic cleaner then touched up. Final calibration of speed and azimuth.
#Sony #boombox #cassette

With a tear in my eye

👆 That book was astounding!

Mid morning Hario - spot on! The cheapest and easiest way to get an amazing brew imo

... not forgetting the superb Morwenna Banks 🤔

STONEY BRIDGE!

so pleased Nigel Tufnel overcame the limitations of the instrument

A light green alien mascot with antlers and a diamond-shaped mouth and a perspex cranium through which you can see an orange pear.

Nashiro (mascot of Hita City) is an alien with a see-through cranium, showing its brain, which is a pear.

👌 Had to put that one through the Hi-Fi

Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... I’m not sure if this is even possible but as somebody somewhere said “you can have clean water and you can have privatised water but you can’t have clean privatised water”.

Queen's Cross Church. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1899.
Photographed c.1966 by James Macaulay.

Our cat Shuggie often gets on top of the wardrobe just so he can sleep on 'cuddlekins'

Stereo2Go forums The best site for Walkmans and Boomboxes

This site has been invaluable, for my Walkman collection as well...
stereo2go.com
There are proper experts on there and I'm not one of them!

Mostly for my own pleasure, the challenge of fixing them and of course enjoying my tapes. Never had a decent one back in the day so making up for that! MADE IN JAPAN is what I look for and, for the most part, I only buy broken boxes. Occasionally sell on when times are tough...

Yes - that little Sanyo sounds amazing... but repairing last year nearly killed me!

They're nearly all from boot sales, junk shops and skips.

JVC Sanyo Sharp Hitachi Toshiba Panasonic Pioneer... (plus another Sony on the bench at 80%) ♥️

A collection of vintage Japanese boombox radio cassette players, mainly from the 80s

Sorting and tidying #boombox collection with Maisie helping 🐈

Can't stop playing that last @stereolabgroop.bsky.social album. And the session on @bbc6music.bsky.social was outrageous...

Trump Boys Try Trading In George Washington Portrait At GameStop

Trump Boys Try Trading In George Washington Portrait At GameStop https://theonion.com/trump-boys-try-trading-in-george-washington-portrait-at-gamestop/

For What? Frederick Varley 1918

For What? Frederick Varley 1918

Visited in 2023, just loved Matsumoto ♥️

For Cheshire folk - recommended, one of my absolute favourites.
Kodiak, from Beartown Brewery, Congleton 🐻 🏆

Applies to all companies I think!

Contra

So much to like in that pic

Blimey