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Same classic, but a different take[^].
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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Great minds think alike!
(I don't know what it has to do with the two of us, though...  )
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I had to reread that three times to get the "Pipers". I was already thinking, "Wow, they have the Red Hots at their company Christmas, and got them to play with some bagpipe guys, weird but amazing !"
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Ah them sounds!
Had a reenactment this weekend, gladly the scotts were there to, luv to go on a march with their piper piping the sh** out of that duck 
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My daughter played the bagpipes as part of a band. It was okay until it was our turn to host practice night. 
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My eldest plays piano, when she was learning at the start, that was a headache, now she is learning the flute.......o.m.g.!
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My son damn near ruined the saxophone for me, it was a relief when he moved to the drums.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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The members of that group were all police and ambulance sirens in a prior life, but have re-incarnated as bagpipers because of their criminal karma.
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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I've recently read that bagpipes were invented by the Irish, who then discarded them and gave them to the Scots as a joke. Unfortunately, the Scots didn't get the joke.
Will Rogers never met me.
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So time for me to get a new telly. My old CRT (!) has been asking for a replace for several years now, but it has still a very decent image and I have always fond a better way to invest my money in until now. The TV is however giving signs of exhaust...
You guys are experts, so I will happily take any piece of advice you'd be kind enough to give me, as I have near to no knowledge in the area.
My couch is about 2.5m away from the TV, I heard this might be an important data for finding out the adequate display size.
The TV will be mainly used to watch ... TV, so no gaming, no professional picture viewing, no movie from the NAS, no fancy experimenting turning it to a stroboscopic light using lego mindstorms, no sick-making 3D, etc... just the basics function of displaying a video signal. I also only need one HDMI input. I watch about 2 to 3h TV/a week, sometimes more when there are interesting sports events, so the picture need not be the latest and greatest, as I am unable to spot any difference anyway.
Considering this, a thorough search yields between 100 and 200 different TVs matching these requirements. I still wonder why each brand need to have 50 different size/quality/etc.. and how they still can earn money with it, instead of having 5 to 6 sizes (with 2 low-, 2-mid, and 2-high quality for instance), but I am surely not a marketing genius either.
Enough said, you get the picture (no pun intended), so I'd be happy to know what could be a good invest.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Just don't replace it. After a while you wont even miss it and you'll have so much more time.
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This is what I have been thinking all these years, hence I kept up with the goo'ol' Thomson from 2003. And 2h/week seems a reasonable time for brainless activity watching TV.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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If you don't replace it what are you going to do with that corner of the room with its now pointless power and aerial socket? 
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Don't settle for anything less than Full HD with HD Freeview, get one with built in WiFi and Smart stuff, great for iPlayer etc.
Probably go for something of at least 42" upwards.
I bought 2 off these[^] in 2012 and they are great, so whatever the current model version would be a safe bet.
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Thanks !
DaveAuld wrote: I bought 2 off
You needed a spare one ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: You needed a spare one ?
His wife keeps breaking them!
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Not quite, I was replacing some other old old tellies around the house!
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If you've got a blank wall somewhere convenient, get a beamer, and stick it on the ceiling.
A damned good beamer costs about a fifth of what a reasonably good TV costs, and gives you a genuine cinema feel, rather than a fake one.
Don't worry about screens, or petty things like wall colours and textures; the brain compensates for all that.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I looked at this recently and even managed to convince the wife! Then I thought to myself "Just what is a 90-100 inch image going to look like?" answer - MASSIVE in a 3x3m room so I convinced myself to stick with the LCD 46" TV we currently have.
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Display Name Taken wrote: Just what is a 90-100 inch image going to look like?" answer - MASSIVE
That's kinda the allure.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yes I really do get that, its just what happens if I get the Optoma hd141x, ceiling mount, 20-30m HDMI cable, fit that lot and then find for us the 100" picture is just too big. I suppose I wasn't prepared to risk it.
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My TV is the best - never need to replace or maintain in any way...Take one too!
TV[^]
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I've got the wide screen version of that! 
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