CLOSED - THANKS to all customers for the last few years

jeffmack, leed castle is nice, but I think Bodiam is better ;-)

Found this picture, I think its some of Mightymicro's staff at work

Nice day was had at Leeds Castle.

Space, difference between Leeds and Bodium is about 2 hours. I do like Bodium but doesnt take long to visit.

Chocs, thanks for the birthday song, very funny

jeff your right but Bodiam is great in the summer.

'twas a pleasure, birthday boy ;)

Time to find a log and test the hammock before supper.

Evening all,

jeffmack,

Please register me for the GG comp, would be nice to lose some virtual money instead of the real thing for a change....lol

In lieu of my legendary nag-hobbling capabilities I will celebrate my winnings now with a bottle of DP VIN....just in case...

Having experienced the wonderful accoustics of this place in a suitably quiet period, took the liberty of re-calibrating 5 of the stack cross-over units to obviate 2 of the dead spots which I encountered on my last visit, though the final one towards the left-hand end of the bar area could only be addressed by re-directing one mid-range unit by 18 degrees. Locating this problem caused me great difficulty given the circular bar.

Spaceman please note, any opera fanatics with a penchant for music ranging higher than 1 octave over top C will require the installation of 2 more directional tweeters, ceiling mounted, 18 feet either side of the RED bubble-gum machine, to gain full spectrum reproduction. In order to accommodate this potential need and to increase the flexibility of the system, all audio feeds have been replaced with impedance-balanced platinum leads, pre-amps have been cross-synchronised, and the digital/analogue decoder chips replaced with guaranteed micro-crack free, space-station grown Gallium Arsenide jobs provided by a pal at NASA.
Power-amps have been upgraded to demolition grade items, driving kevlar/carbon fibre composite cones, sorry I blew the original units but then titanium is so yesterday!

It should be noted that the system now has a user limit of 657 dB continuous, 876* dB peak, that should pin bunnies ears back.....:-)
(*This is enough to convert a trader brain to soup @ 219 yards, cable traders needn't concern themselves!!

After all that, time for a well earned rest,

Gotta blow

SC

If You want to take part in the Cheltenham Tipster competition, please register by midnight on Monday.
The rules will be simple,
Players to register their interest HERE
The deadline for selecting a horse will be 2 hours before the start of each race.
Players have 500 to wager on each race.
Only one selection per race, 500 win or 250 Each Way.
Each Way is settled on first 3 home at 1/4 the odds.
The nominated competition races will be
Tuesday 15th March - 3:15 Champion Hurdle
Wednesday 16th March - 3:15 Queen Mother Champion Chase
Thursday 17th March - 3:15 World Stayers Hurdle
Friday 18th March - 3:15 Gold Cup

Registered players
Spaceman
jeffmack
chocolat
Socrates
daves dazzlers
fundamentalist
jj50
stockbunny
Priscilla
little willie
optomistic
Dil (500 win #7 each race)
Lambykins
STORMCALLER
Photomad
Steph

 

Stormcaller thanks for the accoutics upgrade and explanation of the strange problems we have been having when hosting opera. ;-)

On a slightly more serious note, are you involved in room correction? I have been looking into active room correction recently, this now seems to be a possibility and to a high quality, TACT is the name that I have read most about however I am interested in the possibilty of making a PC based active correction system possibly fully digital even including digital amps.

Time for a quick coffee on the way back from a school run.

Jeff please add me to the list of Cheltenham losers. I have lived 10 miles from the racecourse for 8 years and never actually attended the NH Festival.

A friend invited me to the New Years day meet there this January and I backed No.2 for the first 3 races. No.1 won in each case.

On the fourth race I backed No.1 and No.2 won. I got to the last race having lost all day and having decided that I couldn't work out a proper risk-managed strategy akin to trading rules. This plunging business might have been ok for Jesse Livermore but I can't handle it.

So I put 20 on the horse with the longest odds (66-1) in the last race out of total contrarian desperation and it won.

Next time I'll go for the crack and keep my hands in my pockets.

Coffee gone, tongue burnt, must dash...

Ok Guys and Girls. Here are the runners for the first race in the Cheltenham Tipster Competition. New players have until midnight tonight to register. Details can be found in the header above. Tuesday 3:15 Cheltenham 1 5-11215 Accordion Etoile (IRE) 6 11 10 Paul Nolan J Cullen 2 01-0633 Al Eile (IRE) 5 11 10 John Queally T J Murphy 3 3-0450P Astonville (FR) 11 11 10 M Scudamore T Scudamore 4 2215-21 Back In Front (IRE) 8 11 10 E O'Grady R Walsh 5 1-12222 Brave Inca (IRE) 7 11 10 Colin A Murphy B M Cash 6 11-311 Essex (IRE) 5 11 10 M O'Brien A P McCoy 7 5-43111 Harchibald (FR) 6 11 10 N Meade P Carberry 8 1-12331 Hardy Eustace (IRE) 8 11 10 D Hughes C O'Dwyer 9 12345-4 Intersky Falcon 8 11 10 Jonjo O'Neill A Dobbin 10 1-11311 Macs Joy (IRE) 6 11 10 Mrs J Harrington B J Geraghty 11 P-0456P Present Bleu (FR) 10 11 10 M Scudamore B J Crowley 12 2-24422 Rooster Booster 11 11 10 P Hobbs R Johnson 13 1-23443 Royal Shakespeare (FR) 6 11 10 S Gollings J Culloty 14 012-421 Self Defense 8 11 10 P Chamings R Thornton 15 2-4120P Turnium (FR) 10 11 10 M Scudamore James Davies

Tuesday - 3:15 Cheltenham

Name	Selection	Bet	Total
Spaceman	No Selection	500 win	2,000
jeffmack	Back In Front	500 WIN	1,500
chocolat	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Socrates	No Selection	500 win	2,000
daves dazzlers	No Selection	500 win	2,000
fundamentalist	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
jj50	No Selection	500 win	2,000
stockbunny	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Priscilla	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
little willie	No Selection	500 win	2,000
optomistic	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Dil	Harchibald	500 WIN	1,500
Lambykins	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Steph	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Photomad	No Selection	500 win	2,000
compoundup	Self Defense	250 E/W	1,500
STORMCALLER	Macs Joy	250 E/W	1,500

250 e/w No. 14 Self Defense please Jeff

250 E/W Accordion Etoile please jeffie

ps - what a cracking race this could well be

250 Each Way on Accordion Etoile, please

Cilla

you copying me lol?

Well we have so much in common already, Fundy, why not?! But I didn't see your post when I typed mine.

Elevenses, anybody? Gooseberry danish and a cappuccino sounds good.

Tuesday - 3:15 Cheltenham

Name	Selection	Bet	Total
Spaceman	No Selection	500 win	2,000
jeffmack	Back In Front	500 WIN	1,500
chocolat	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Socrates	No Selection	500 win	2,000
daves dazzlers	No Selection	500 win	2,000
fundamentalist	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
jj50	No Selection	500 win	2,000
stockbunny	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Priscilla	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
little willie	No Selection	500 win	2,000
optomistic	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Dil	Harchibald	500 WIN	1,500
Lambykins	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Steph	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Photomad	No Selection	500 win	2,000
compoundup	Self Defense	250 E/W	1,500

Afternoon all

jeffmack,

250 E/W Macs Joy please

Spaceman,
Not into digital room correction atm, I feel this technology has some way to go before it reaches maturity, as it is currently static rather than dynamic. May look again when it gets closer to real-time modelling.

Ok Guys and Girls. Here are the runners for the first race in the Cheltenham Tipster Competition. New players have until midnight tonight to register. Details can be found in the header above. Tuesday 3:15 Cheltenham 1 5-11215 Accordion Etoile (IRE) 6 11 10 Paul Nolan J Cullen 2 01-0633 Al Eile (IRE) 5 11 10 John Queally T J Murphy 3 3-0450P Astonville (FR) 11 11 10 M Scudamore T Scudamore 4 2215-21 Back In Front (IRE) 8 11 10 E O'Grady R Walsh 5 1-12222 Brave Inca (IRE) 7 11 10 Colin A Murphy B M Cash 6 11-311 Essex (IRE) 5 11 10 M O'Brien A P McCoy 7 5-43111 Harchibald (FR) 6 11 10 N Meade P Carberry 8 1-12331 Hardy Eustace (IRE) 8 11 10 D Hughes C O'Dwyer 9 12345-4 Intersky Falcon 8 11 10 Jonjo O'Neill A Dobbin 10 1-11311 Macs Joy (IRE) 6 11 10 Mrs J Harrington B J Geraghty 11 P-0456P Present Bleu (FR) 10 11 10 M Scudamore B J Crowley 12 2-24422 Rooster Booster 11 11 10 P Hobbs R Johnson 13 1-23443 Royal Shakespeare (FR) 6 11 10 S Gollings J Culloty 14 012-421 Self Defense 8 11 10 P Chamings R Thornton 15 2-4120P Turnium (FR) 10 11 10 M Scudamore James Davies

Tuesday - 3:15 Cheltenham

Name	Selection	Bet	Total
Spaceman	No Selection	500 win	2,000
jeffmack	Back In Front	500 WIN	1,500
chocolat	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Socrates	No Selection	500 win	2,000
daves dazzlers	Essex	250 E/W	1,500
fundamentalist	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
jj50	No Selection	500 win	2,000
stockbunny	Rooster Booster	250 E/W	1,500
Priscilla	Accordian Etoile	250 E/W	1,500
little willie	No Selection	500 win	2,000
optomistic	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Dil	Harchibald	500 WIN	1,500
Lambykins	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Steph	No Selection	500 win	2,000
Photomad	No Selection	500 win	2,000
compoundup	Self Defense	250 E/W	1,500
STORMCALLER	Macs Joy	250 E/W	1,500
Golddog	Brave Inca	250 E/W	1,500