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In Reply to: RE: vintage hifi show documentary posted by bullethead on September 13, 2016 at 06:20:55
Wow! I always wanted to visit England. Now I am thinking I should time it with that show. I really don't get a chance to see much British gear (outside of my listening room!) and I think I would enjoy seeing the stuff that doesn't get across the pond. However, what struck me most about the the video was how laid back they were about the hobby. There was no dogma or arrogance, they were just telling you about an economical and practical way to enjoy you music with great sound quality. That is an attitude worth emulating!
Dave
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I've been to England a number of times. Mainly for Fanderson conventions. Local version of a SciFi convention. The people are wonderful and the scenery is breathtaking. The people there REALLY get into their hobbies.
I once took a tour of Windsor Castle. In one display room there was a stereo that either it was King George the 6th or Edward the 8th had. The little placard described that the King was also an audiophile.
To quote a great American philosopher "It's good to be the King".
M.Brooks
Hey,Airtime. Never realized you were a sci-fi fan. I just found a really cool novel that the library has classified as a thiller. Written by John Sandford and Ctein, it's called Saturn Run, and is real science for almost all the book. The reviews on it are terrible; because the reviewers don't have the background.
My wife likes Sandford mystery novels; but gave it to me after she couldn't handle the science and engineering. I loved it, and understood everything! Been many years since I worked for NASA; but all the basic technology came back.
Jerry
My mother's maiden name was Buckingham, so there is some heritage there. I definitely want to visit.
Dave
Going to England is easier than going to Florida. You get off the plane and there is a cab "Q" right out side the door. At the Q there will be a person that will get the cab and set your price before you set foot inside the cab. Or you can just go to the "tube" and it will take you pretty much anywhere in London if your up for it after an all night flight.
I love going to London. We usually stay at the Royal Garden just behind Kensington Palace and Hyde Park. Yeag where William and Kate live.
I love going to Tower Castle. There is one tiny room in the tower that was the "Kings" toilet. Or a hole in the wall. You look at this rock and open air hole and all you can imagine is that Kings dating from 1066 sat their frozen arses on this rock and did their business. It's an amazing sensation to be standing in a building that was built a 1000 years ago. Also Westminster Abby is my favorite haunt as well. Another 1000 year old building where you can stand on the graves of Sir Issac Newton or Charles Darwin. Yeah not so smart now with my foot on your grave are ya!
In a 1000 years I will be lucky to be reduced to a few bytes on a database.
I've been to Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic. It can't be more difficult than that. I really enjoy museums and historic places, so I am sure that I would love it. I probably would try to go to Scotland too. My grandmother's maiden name is McPherson.
Dave
I was married in Turks and Caicos back in 1991 before it became developed. Now it looks like south Florida. We were married at the Club Med on 7 mile beach.
If you go to London save the British Museum for last. And take an entire day for Westminster Abby. And read as much as you can before going there. The history there is amazing!!!!!!!
Like I said the most surreal sensation I ever had was standing in the kings crapper !!!! Soooooo this is where William the Conqueror read the Ye Olde Daily Rag???
I think it was around 2002 when I was in Turks and Caicos. I went with my future wife to a wedding. The priest offered to marry us too. I proposed to my wife a week after we got back. It was still pretty undeveloped when I was there. I did not know it became developed. What a shame! It was charming.
Westminster Abby and the British Museum will definitely be on the itinerary. I will have to see the kings crapper now too!
Dave
The last time I was there they put some stupid wood bench across it to make it "presentable". But before they did that you could actually see the wear on the stone from "over use". It was hard to believe that Henry the 8th actually used this!!!!
Plan a full day for the Abby and a full day for the Tower of London. go off season like in October. The crowds thin out. The Tower is nice and you can take a walk by the Thames and then across Tower Bridge. One time when we went the room that held the Royal Jewels was empty. It was me and one or two other people in there. But I'm sure there were like 50 cameras on me watching. Those jewels are SO large they don't even look real. A diamond that is as big as a door knob.
That off season tip sounds like a good idea. Airfare will probably be cheaper.
Dave
Dave,
You have to go! My wife and I have been there several times, and I was there several times on business. If we had a long business trip with a weekend in the middle we'd arrange our itinerary to go to London for the weekend. We've been out to Bath and Stonehenge, and once took a tour that went by bus to Hampton Palace, and then further up the Thames by river boat to Windsor Castle. Lots of photo ops.
London has endless things to see. If you have the time, try Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum. Just be aware that the figures may not be accurate for height. Sylvester Stallone is a bigger man in London than he is in the USA by maybe 5". An awesome theater district. If you're into WWII history, there's the War Cabinet rooms, and a very nice museum on the south side of London dedicated to WW II.
McPherson? Sounds Scottish; but one of my ancestors was a Finley, also a Scots name; but they moved to Ireland in the 1600's, so it's really Scotch-Irish. We only found that out in the last few years.
With a Buckingham in the family, you need to visit the Buckingham Palace. You can go for a tour if the Family isn't home; but if they are, you can only go to the gift shop and stand outside the gates to watch the Changing of the Guard. Go while you can and are in good health.
Jerry
You guys are doing a great job of convincing me to go to London. Yes, Jerry, I am into WWII history. Now to convince the wife!
Dave
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