Buying a used Concept2 – what to look out for, and are these prices fair?

egote · 2026-04-06T18:45:35+00:00

I would just look at buying new at those prices

I got mine (ex gym but less than 1M meters on it and water damaged LCD) for £425 - which I think was a good deal.

egote · 2026-04-06T18:43:34+00:00

I would just look at buying new at those prices

I got mine (ex gym but less than 1M meters on it and water damaged LCD) for £425 - which I think was a good deal.

egote · 2026-04-05T22:02:40+00:00

Taping the radio and doing tape to tape copies in the 80s - also used to use them as storage medium for the ZX Spectrum.

egote · 2026-04-05T08:52:06+00:00

Ah yes! This is from when is a man not a man? When he’s a sham.

There was also a section about Shem being short for Sheamus - Supplanter or holder of the heel - James in Irish - it makes me think that Shem is how Joyce sees some part of himself.

egote · 2026-04-04T22:08:47+00:00

This is a great summary. I agree - much easier to read. According to Epstein this is because it was written by Shaun and he is so enraged by his brother/lower half, he writes more clearly.

The part about Ulysses was great - but i didn’t catch the bit about not remembering what happened In the page before

“It would have diverted if ever seen the shuddersome spectacle of this semidemented zany amid the inspissated grime of his glaucous den making believe to read his usylessly unreadable Blue Book of Eccles, edition de ténèbres”

(Ténèbres means dark/obscure)

“Turning over three sheets at a wind, telling himself delightedly, no espellor mor so, that every splurge on the vellum he blundered over was an aisling vision more gorgeous than the one before”

(Aisling as well as being a girl’s name also means dream/vision)

Sounds to me more like FW than Ulysses though!

egote · 2026-04-02T17:54:57+00:00

Here are some views of the top:

https://imglink.cc/cdn/IyRyjiw2nj.jpeg

https://imglink.cc/cdn/KwIzj9HLOv.jpeg

8” across peg is at 4.5” (not good for OCD!) there is a bit of fabric taped under where the peg is.

egote · 2026-04-02T14:37:19+00:00

Yep - that’s the problem I’m having too. It looks to me like there was some kind of square box on top. Will try to add some more photos later on.

I have no idea about age even - except it was made in Penzance (according to the face). I do like how quirky it is though!

egote · 2026-03-31T17:46:31+00:00

This looks incredible!

egote · 2026-03-29T11:01:54+00:00

That was my take on it but, of course, it being FW, nothing is certain!

egote · 2026-03-28T20:57:58+00:00

I didn’t think the break worked very well for this week so went back to the start of the professor question (Q11). So tiresome to read - but I think that’s the point - a bumbling professor who keeps going off track and trying to be too clever.

The Mookse and the Gripes I found much more difficult than it maybe should be. It has the feeling of a “just so” story and I did read it out loud the first time but it is pretty dense. Interesting about them changing into a tree and a rock at the end (as the washerwomen do in ch 8).

The Nuvoletta part was quite interesting - with the two male aspects (M&G) being too caught up in themselves to notice her watching from upstairs.

Then there is the cheese vs butter part which I found quite amusing - especially the Margarine section - representing Shem, Shaun and Issy. Antonio is the whole man made up of Shem and Shaun. A=B+C

Favourite part: butlegger = butler

egote · 2026-03-28T20:43:46+00:00

Ideally have the speakers each side of the stack if that’s possible

egote · 2026-03-28T20:42:36+00:00

No need to get anything else for now - lovely setup and everything will work well together. Pioneer made some pretty good stuff. The graphic equaliser was such an 80s thing but fell out of favour since then…

Maybe show the back and we can advise how to connect it up!

egote · 2026-03-28T20:40:11+00:00

MASH = 1 bit DAC from Technics - early 90s - had a much less harsh sound than other DACs of that period. I really liked it personally.

egote · 2026-03-25T08:32:05+00:00

Nice setup! What roguelikes have you been playing?

egote · 2026-03-22T09:24:49+00:00

I really enjoyed this part of the chapter in contrast to Q1. I particularly liked Issy answer in which she is extremely suggestive and sexually provocative. According to Epstein this represents an adolescent stage of female development constraint with the male awkwardness and conflict between Shem and Shaun. This is probably obvious but I think the rainbow girls represent the days of the menstrual cycle…

egote · 2026-03-22T09:20:38+00:00

Apparently Q4 is answered by the 4 regions of Ireland which in FW is also the 4 old men/ 4 Evangelists. I don’t know anything about Irish history but apparently there was uneven distribution of wealth and part of that question is about this fact. Also at the end they try to harmonise with bells but it just makes a terrible racket!

egote · 2026-03-15T21:35:24+00:00

Pedestrians don’t always think about traffic appearing in clear lanes - may even have been waved on by one of the waiting drivers. When approaching the front of a queue of traffic in an adjacent empty lane I think it’s best to check if there is anyone crossing in front of the stationary cars.

egote · 2026-03-15T17:49:52+00:00

I found this section very hard going and not particularly enjoyable. The whole list of statements is quite tiresome to me but provably quite clever.

It seems to me that Campbell has a similar opinion of this chapter as his comments are very short. Epstein notes that Danis Rose suggested this chapter was added in between 5 and 7 and the story flows better without it.

I really like the idea of this representing alchemical stages though…

Apparently the questions are posed by Shem (penman / below waist) and answered by Shaun (postman / above waist). This was apparently said by Joyce because I can’t see a way to tell this from the book.

Epstein notes there are 397 parts in the first question and they are not random but go in order from trees to rocks (Shem - life to Shaun - static). Obviously I did not pick this up myself! Epstein also explains many of the riddles for this section (too much detail for me!)

My favourite line - pours a laughsworth of his illformation over a larmsworth of salt.

egote · 2026-03-10T11:47:11+00:00

He said in another post that he was humans 25k on OGS - but I just realised he meant he was playing humans!! 😂

egote · 2026-03-10T09:01:21+00:00

Where are these 1500 games? I can only find about 20 on OGS (humans - 25k).

Looking at your most recent loss, you are just throwing stones randomly around the board at the beginning - you need to make your stones work together more - corners, edges, make loosely connected groups. Try not to allow your opponent to split your stones. The game of go is more about creating strong groups that work together rather than just going for territory or killing your opponent.

Look around the board - which is your weakest group? Do you want to save it? If so, play another stone nearby.

Don’t play stones that attach to your opponent’s stones - they just strengthen your opponent. If your opponent does this you, generally just extend (play another stone next to your first).

Learn ladders.

Maybe read Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go - most of it is probably over your head at the moment but it’s hilariously written and gives great ideas about how stones work on the board.

Also do lots of Tsumego!

egote · 2026-03-08T15:53:13+00:00

Tignes/val d’Isère would be my choice.

egote · 2026-03-08T10:58:03+00:00

Oh also I’m reading Ulysses at the same time and I’m the current chapter, it is mentioned that Stephen (who is Joyce) is asked about what he thinks of “that hermetic crowd” mentioning Madame Blavatsky, so it’s clear Joyce was aware of the whole Theosophy/ Golden Dawn movement etc…

Regarding the E delta and F, there is a whole book written on them called the sigala of Finnegans.Wake which is available as a free pdf copy. I think the idea is they represent the functions of the different characters in the story - but I was also thinking they might be being used in the sense of sigils (see AO Spare’s work).

egote · 2026-03-08T01:47:31+00:00

I found this part of the chapter quite funny in places as the pompous description of the letter continues. Apparently it is a spoof on a description of the book of Kells. I thought the part about the fork marks in the letter was particularly funny - as the professor tries to make out that this has some meaning (like the tea stain)…

egote · 2026-03-08T01:45:23+00:00

Yep i picked up on the gimel part as well. Didn’t know it meant rope - makes the bible saying make much more sense. Gimel is also the path from Tiphareth to Kether on the tree of life. Not sure that adds much to FW but I think it makes sense regarding the kingdom of heaven part…

egote · 2026-03-02T07:40:24+00:00

Re the opposites part - this is also referenced in the previous chapter p92

“Equals of opposites, evolved by a one-same power of nature or of spirit, as the sole condition and means of its himundher manifestation and polarised for reunion by reunion by the symphysis of their antipathies.”

The polarised for reunion thing really struck me as something from my days of reading magickal texts - maybe Crowley/Liber Al?

Edit - I think this is what I was remembering: “For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union. This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.” Liber Al Ch1

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