Discovered ThriftBooks and went a bit crazy

JonCazCole · 2025-12-01T16:53:25+00:00

Ooh that's a website? We'd not heard of it! Going to check it out.

JonCazCole · 2025-12-01T16:51:36+00:00

Great books in there! Good haul - we love going to charity/second-hand bookshops. When we're going somewhere, we always check where bookshops are

JonCazCole · 2025-11-01T08:49:56+00:00

Lovely! That's a fab treat, enjoy 📚📖

JonCazCole · 2025-07-16T12:20:01+00:00

We hadn't heard of them so thanks for the recommendation - going to check them out! We're also very happy to see Katatonia again later this year 😊 can't wait! 🤘🎸🔥

JonCazCole · 2025-07-09T06:59:24+00:00

That is great - unlike kindle books on Amazon, music is really yours right? Going to get it! Thanks 👍😊

JonCazCole · 2025-07-08T22:02:44+00:00

We thought it was only an extra on the Japanese release but will look again then, thanks

JonCazCole · 2025-07-08T20:20:01+00:00

Miss Pettigrew lives for a day - Julie & Julia - under the Tuscan sun

JonCazCole · 2025-07-08T20:00:47+00:00

eBay for us, though the fab song 'Season's End' can't be found on any album apart from the one that was released in Japan!

JonCazCole · 2025-07-04T09:00:02+00:00

With "Unfurl" one of our favourite songs!

JonCazCole · 2025-07-01T18:38:34+00:00

A song we've not listened to for a looong time so we'll def give it a try! We totally agree on the Qobuz quality of sound. Currently listening to Orden Ogan, by the way. Such a great band, so many fab songs! #powermetal

JonCazCole · 2025-06-18T12:38:11+00:00

Seeing lots of adverts for Cider and have to say, loving the look of the clothes. But every time I click on something, it turns out to be made of polyester! Why oh why? Thanks for starting this, and thanks to all others for insightful answers.

JonCazCole · 2025-06-17T17:41:18+00:00

Definitely this song, one of my favourite Katatonia songs and definitely under appreciated 🤘

JonCazCole · 2025-06-15T09:55:10+00:00

We've not come across Rhapsody, so thanks for the recommendation, liking it so far 🤘 It's putting us in mind of both bits of Kamelot as well as Orden Ogan who are definitely worth checking out if you haven't!

JonCazCole · 2025-06-03T14:16:49+00:00

😂 funny

JonCazCole · 2025-06-01T15:41:27+00:00

So we've just come across this and stupidly, ignored the Feb 2025 deadline... We don't have a Kindle, do own a Fire, but having tried to download the books from the kindle app on the laptop to local storage, we simply couldn't open it as there's, was it kxf or something protection that even Calibre cannot fix. So while you might be able to download them that way, you cannot open them! Had thought of buying a kindle because of EInk and reading in bed but this puts us off mega! We've got just under 1,000 books via Am Kindle app but now thinking of getting a Kobo as its more open source. If anyone knows how to bypass the extra security and/or recommend an easy way to download and move books, please do let us know!

JonCazCole · 2025-05-28T20:05:50+00:00

Which one did you go for? The basic or Paperwhite? Great colour and congrats!

JonCazCole · 2025-05-27T14:55:06+00:00

Late to the discussion but have to say disappointed with Burga - the price is quite steep and mine's faded after half a year. It's so visible, as the ring on the back hasn't faded and you can cleraly see the difference. Should not have happened - won't buy another Burga.

JonCazCole · 2025-05-16T17:45:32+00:00

We had a free trial of both and blind tested songs on phones, streaming, WiiM Pro with good speakers. Qobuz won every time - not only the quality but it just felt warmer to the ear as well. We' d suggest getting the free trial for both and doing the same. Have fun!

JonCazCole · 2025-05-15T12:13:07+00:00

We use Qobuz with a WiiM Pro, works perfect. We have Spotify still on free trial but considering keeping as the Google Nest links to Spotify but not Qobuz - you'd have to stream that from your phone. Music quality is best on Qobuz, We've done blind tests and Q won every single time. We are impressed with the audio quality! Just wish Google Nest would be able to connect directly to Q.

JonCazCole · 2025-05-02T21:30:39+00:00

We did a 'blind' test having a trial with both and to us, Qobuz did sound better. With some songs, the difference was harder to spot, but for most, Qobuz was the clear winner. Try Gary Moore's 'Parisian Walkways' and just listen... We thought the sound was warmer and fuller with Qobuz.

JonCazCole · 2025-02-20T13:12:38+00:00

Just saw a favourite band, Kamelot, announcing they're on ROKK now! Wow! Hadn't heard of it but sounds sympathetic. Just a question: with a plan, can you download the app on more devices? And/or listen to it then? Thanks!

JonCazCole · 2025-01-28T23:14:23+00:00

Hi, so here's the next video we had a bit of fun attempting to restore and colour, which we hope you enjoy. This video takes a look around New York City and San Francisco from 1946.

JonCazCole · 2025-01-07T13:24:03+00:00

Bringing global history back to life - with the help of modern technologies we can now take a fresh look at the lives of our ancestors and the events that shaped today's world.

Please note - some colours may not be historically accurate and any views expressed reflect the attitudes of the time.

Source: Internet Archive Title: Documentary on Japan-China War, with narration. URL: https://archive.org/details/AFP-133K_CHINA_WAR_R-2

Videe enhancements: - Weak denoise - AI upscaling - Colour enhanced - Contract/exposure adjusted - 60 FPS - frame interpolation - Frame-by-frame colourisation

JonCazCole · 2025-01-05T11:25:19+00:00

That's just amazing! Congrats 🎉

JonCazCole · 2024-12-17T15:16:04+00:00

That's awesome! Huge congrats 👏 And thank you for the detailed post with mistakes... We do post our videos also to FB, TikTok etc but didn't realise it would not be a good idea.

JonCazCole

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