MaxPC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:59 pm
Time to kip down. You will have to settle for a couple of rashers and porridge instead of the Full Monty. I am told that they are upwards of 25 quid now.
You're gonna have to translate that into American English. I have no clue what is happening here.
kip down = go to bed
have a kip = take a nap
rashers = bacon strips
porridge = oatmeal
Full Monty = Full English brekkie (breakfast). Cost: 25 quid.
25 quid = 25 £ (GBP) = $31.09 American (USD at today's exchange rate)
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Max (Plain Catholic)
Mt 24:35 Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
MaxPC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:17 am
In my youth, phonographs were hand-cranked.
I have one of those, one that was given to my Dad when he was around 16 years old, from his great uncle. (It also has a radio in it, with a dial for station selection that goes from 1 to 10, not the radio dials common now.)
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Congregation: Gospel Haven Mennonite Fellowship, Benton, Ohio (Holmes Co.) a split from Beachy-Amish Mennonite.
Personal heritage & general theological viewpoint: conservative Mennonite Brethren.
Used an MD recorder in our language work. Also a Zip Drive, but that was for data storage.
A friend back home, his parents had a cylinder music player. There was also a wire recorder, before tapes. My grandpa had a record recorder, but I never saw it when it was still working. They also had a player piano, and I recently saw a whole box of the paper rolls for one of those in one of the area second-hand stores.
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Congregation: Gospel Haven Mennonite Fellowship, Benton, Ohio (Holmes Co.) a split from Beachy-Amish Mennonite.
Personal heritage & general theological viewpoint: conservative Mennonite Brethren.
