Free Association Thread 5

[JKendallDane]

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But for now, I'd love a nice coffee.

I'll take one also...but add a healthy splash of Irish Cream to it, please.

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[Tio_Narratore]

I'll take one also...but add a healthy splash of Irish Cream to it, please.

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I'll take a jigger or two of Jameson's in mine, if you please.

 

[Handley_Page]

Well, if it's having some rectification, I'll have Rum, please.

 

[JKendallDane]

Well, if it's having some rectification, I'll have Rum, please.

A pot of coffee and a full plate of good old fashioned rum balls sounds even better.

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[Handley_Page]

A pot of coffee and a full plate of good old fashioned rum balls sounds even better.

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Please describe "Rum Balls".
Are these like chocolates with liqueur rum inside ?

 

[oggbashan]

These are Rum Balls. They have a soft rum-flavoured filling but are non-alcoholic.

https://img.taste.com.au/2BUK3ZOV/w720-h480-cfill-q80/taste/2016/11/chocolate-rum-balls-76104-1.jpeg

 

[Handley_Page]

Oh, what a shame; I managed to find some Choccies with Bourbon therein, but no cherry or rum.
Ah well, keep looking. . .

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Oh, what a shame; I managed to find some Choccies with Bourbon therein, but no cherry or rum.
Ah well, keep looking. . .

Why don't you just get some chocolate, some cherries, and a bottle of rum (may I recommend the 18-yearold Flora de Caña from Guatemala) and 'do it yourself. If need be, forgo the chocolate. The cherries too. Just make sure you have the rum.

 

[JKendallDane]

Why don't you just get some chocolate, some cherries, and a bottle of rum (may I recommend the 18-yearold Flora de Caña from Guatemala) and 'do it yourself. If need be, forgo the chocolate. The cherries too. Just make sure you have the rum.

Hmm. A bottle of good rum, a hypodermic needle, and a dozen or so boxes of chocolate covered cherries from the Dollar Store. That sounds like a plan with possibilities.

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[Handley_Page]

Hmm. A bottle of good rum, a hypodermic needle, and a dozen or so boxes of chocolate covered cherries from the Dollar Store. That sounds like a plan with possibilities.

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Deosn't it just ?
However, Getting a nice, shiny NEW needle is not as easy as it sounds, according to my pharmacist.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Deosn't it just ?
However, Getting a nice, shiny NEW needle is not as easy as it sounds, according to my pharmacist.

My god! They're not giving you the rusty old used ones, are they????

 

[Handley_Page]

My god! They're not giving you the rusty old used ones, are they????

Not at all, my friend.
They won't issue ANY needles.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Not at all, my friend.
They won't issue ANY needles.

No needless needles, I guess.

 

[Handley_Page]

No needless needles, I guess.

It can make the lubrication of my old Tape Recorder a tricky task.

 

[JKendallDane]

It can make the lubrication of my old Tape Recorder a tricky task.

Perhaps if you touched it in a sensual way it would lube itself?

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[Handley_Page]

Perhaps if you touched it in a sensual way it would lube itself?

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What a nice thought; my old Akai (or the Phillips) open-reel tape recorder developing an arm at the end of which is a tiny bottle of oil. . . .
It does it twice a year, June and December.
Spooky !

Any chance of a coffee for now please ?

 

[SamScribble]

... my old Akai ... open-reel tape recorder

I miss my old Akai. And my Akai amp. It was a beast.

 

[JKendallDane]

I miss my old Akai. And my Akai amp. It was a beast.

The good old days of the 1980s when you judged how good your stereo system was by how many components you had stacked in a tower, how tall the speakers were, and whether you could rattle the windows of your neighbor across the street.

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[Handley_Page]

The good old days of the 1980s when you judged how good your stereo system was by how many components you had stacked in a tower, how tall the speakers were, and whether you could rattle the windows of your neighbor across the street.

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You could also tell a good system by the type of output valves (4 x KT88; 'strewth!)
And transformers big enough to require a crane.

 

[oggbashan]

You could also tell a good system by the type of output valves (4 x KT88; 'strewth!)
And transformers big enough to require a crane.

I bought a boom box in the 1980s. It had detachable speakers but could be carried as a complete battery-powered unit. The two channels were rated at 180 watts continuous each. If used at more than 1/4 power the eight U2 (D) batteries lasted about a quarter of a hour. When I used the mains supply and two massive floorstanding speakers I could blast music throughout my whole house and most of the neighbourhood.

The boom box was cheap because too many had been returned for wrecking the speakers on home audio systems.

My children liked it. My wife didn't. She couldn't get away from very loud 1980s pop.

 

[JKendallDane]

I bought a boom box in the 1980s. It had detachable speakers but could be carried as a complete battery-powered unit. The two channels were rated at 180 watts continuous each. If used at more than 1/4 power the eight U2 (D) batteries lasted about a quarter of a hour. When I used the mains supply and two massive floorstanding speakers I could blast music throughout my whole house and most of the neighbourhood.

The boom box was cheap because too many had been returned for wrecking the speakers on home audio systems.

My children liked it. My wife didn't. She couldn't get away from very loud 1980s pop.

Boom boxes got completely crazy though when they started becoming the size of small refrigerators. I think most of the idiots that carried those things around are now the same guys getting hip and knee replacements done.

 

[Handley_Page]

Boom boxes got completely crazy though when they started becoming the size of small refrigerators. I think most of the idiots that carried those things around are now the same guys getting hip and knee replacements done.

Remonds me of the incident that was famous:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCpDQKHcUw

 

[JKendallDane]

Remonds me of the incident that was famous:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCpDQKHcUw

"Twas but simple logic, Jim. He showed us his finger and I showed him mine."

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[Handley_Page]

I recall 'Mother Goose' [driven my Maverick] talking to the Instructress about the finger. . . .

 

[HBergeron]

I recall 'Mother Goose' [driven my Maverick] talking to the Instructress about the finger. . . .

...and speaking of flautists standing on one leg... (oh, we weren't were we? Oh well...)

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...31i67j0i67j0i20i263j33i160j33i299._7qgnWh4qIw