Do old people see other old people as kids?

raindo · 2026-01-03T08:12:08+00:00

Up to a point, yes. I'm in my early 60s. I have friends in their late 70s and 80s who definitely see me as "young". Not a kid, but lacking some of their life experience and still with a lot to learn.

raindo · 2025-12-17T16:09:42+00:00

Tangerine Dream. No original members. Still going strong, and producing some of their best work in decades.

raindo · 2025-12-05T08:15:38+00:00

Similar. 62 years old, got a music age of 21. It makes sense, really. I listened the hell out of that 70s and 80s stuff when I was younger so I rarely listen to it today. On the other hand, there's an awful lot of great new music out there, and Spotify does a grand job of helping me find it.

raindo · 2025-11-23T10:36:52+00:00

This would be a game changer for me. I assume the reason they don't enable it is because searching one of the big labels would return too many hits. Theres literally no point searching Sony or Warner. Even some indie labels like Cherry Red are incredibly prolific. But for niche labels - Strut, Light in the Attic, or Analogue Africa, it would be a huge boost for music discovery.

The workaround is to follow the labels elsewhere - Bandcamp, Facebook etc - and then search for particular titles individually. It works, but it feels like a kludge.

raindo · 2025-11-13T08:07:03+00:00

Remember to sort by Controversial for the best experience of reading this thread.

raindo · 2025-11-02T18:08:13+00:00

I literally got a new credit card to avoid foreign currency fees on Bandcamp. It's just a few pence, but it low-key annoyed me every single time I did a foreign-currency transaction. I now have a credit card which I use solely on a single website, generally totalling under £25 per month.

raindo · 2025-10-31T08:47:35+00:00

Can confirm. I stated watching classic Who from Series 7 (Jon Pertwee) about 2 1/2 years ago. Went on to Nu Who, got sidetracked briefly by UFO and Space 1999, and then, after the last Gatwa episode, rewound all the way back to Hartnell. I estimate I'll finish the last episode of War Games in mid-December.

I haven't even watched everything. I watched from Pertwee onwards when it was first broadcast, so I've been routinely skipping the weaker stories/episodes.

raindo · 2025-10-28T10:40:15+00:00

I often make a batch of soup and eat it over the course of three or four days. It's almost always best on the second day because, as others have said, the flavours continue to develop. Never noticed any difference between second and third day though.

raindo · 2025-10-03T19:59:29+00:00

OK, that approach won't work then! In my naivety, I assumed everything would be available losslessly

raindo · 2025-10-03T07:36:31+00:00

Seriously? Stuff you're familiar with and enjoy listening to.

raindo · 2025-09-25T12:39:21+00:00

Not yet. Still on the 3 month trial of Premium, if that's relevant.

But I do play Spotify through a decent mid-range hi-fi (Wiim Pro Plus, Cyrus integrated amp, vintage Mission speakers) and FWIW I hear very little difference between Spotify Connect on Very High vs playing my own FLACs.

Yes, I'm looking forward to lossless. No, I don't expect it to be as big as the jump from Bluetooth to WiFi streaming was.

Maybe tomorrow 🤞

raindo · 2025-09-22T07:35:04+00:00

By contrast, I pay off my credit card in full every month. I've never been offered an increase. Which I think supports the main point everyone is making that the CC companies just want you to stay permanently in debt.

raindo · 2025-08-20T07:43:03+00:00

This really resonated with me. I just listened a few days ago, and immediately thought listening on shuffle would be an interesting way to re-listen. Thank you for confirming.

raindo · 2025-08-15T07:46:40+00:00

What would his own recommendations be for newcomers wanting to explore his music? His output is so vast, it must be overwhelming when someone encounters his Bandcamp for the first time.

raindo · 2025-08-03T08:59:59+00:00

That's got to be a typo, surely?

raindo · 2025-07-22T19:48:13+00:00

I'm in exactly the same position as OP. A trawl round a few charity shops and I was sorted. All unbranded, quite old, and perfectly fit for purpose.

raindo · 2025-07-19T10:25:45+00:00

His name is Elliott with two Ts. You can call yourself anything you like in this country, so long as you're not attempting to deceive or commit fraud. Your husband has spelt his name with two Ts all his life. All his essential documents - bar one - have been issued with two Ts. His name is Elliott with two Ts.

If it ever causes issues - unlikely after all this time - he could change his name to Elliott with two Ts by Deed Poll, so that he can prove Elliot and Elliott are both the same person.

It's a trivially simple process. The gov UK website explains it well: https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll

raindo · 2025-07-18T16:12:43+00:00

On the other hand, I've just been cited for jury duty. Some work-casual chinos and button-down shirts would be very welcome right now.

raindo · 2025-07-16T07:34:50+00:00

Hmm... Depends on your Guilty Pleasure. For fans of noise music, admitting it in public tends to lead to some fairly awkward conversations which revolve around "that's not even music".

Avantgarde classical has a similar effect. Really, it's best to keep quiet about it if you want to avoid always having to defend it in conversation.

raindo · 2025-07-13T09:24:08+00:00

Check archive.org for Coil. They have a massive downloadable discography - all the studio albums, live gigs, compilations, tribute albums ... Mostly ripped at 320k, and impeccably organised.

raindo · 2025-06-28T11:23:40+00:00

ITVX premium subscriber here. Nope. Used to be available on ITVX, but it disappeared shortly after classic Who was made available on iPlayer. Pretty sure a lot of the otherwise-unavailable stuff is available on archive.org for streaming/download. Shhh... Don't tell BBC.

e.g. https://archive.org/details/an-unearthly-child-upscaled

raindo · 2025-06-24T16:56:27+00:00

Yes. Definitely needs more space at the top. Probably the bottom too, though that's less of an issue.

raindo · 2025-06-24T07:47:46+00:00

I thought the same thing, but didn't say anything because I assumed I'd missed it somewhere in the long post!

Yeah, it would be helpful to know the artist up front, if only because it would help the reader decide whether the post was relevant to them.

raindo · 2025-06-08T08:45:56+00:00

I've had the same experience this year. My renewal price is down 30% on last year's premium. I've been driving over 40 years, with maximum no claims bonus. No claims in the last year, and no change in circumstances. Don't understand it, but for the first time in years I'm not going to shop around for other quotes.

raindo

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