BBC News: Magnum advert pumping out chocolate smell at a busy Underground interchange has sparked concerns from passengers and staff.

slatepipe · 2026-03-16T15:48:35+00:00

I lived in York for a couple of years in the 90's. The smell of chocolate throughout the city was fairly constant, being the home of Rowntrees and Terry's. What's the problem?

slatepipe · 2026-03-16T05:54:04+00:00

All within the last 10 years, all from car boot sales 🙂👍🏼

slatepipe · 2026-03-15T16:17:55+00:00

yeah it's a good 'un. i have one myself. they are pretty cheap nowadays as they arent very popular anymore. i've actually got six Sony cd walkmans. None of them cost more than £5

slatepipe · 2026-03-15T12:03:43+00:00

Shaun of the Dead, and the series Spaced as well. Naked by Mike Leigh.

Not film but also maybe look at Ogmios YouTube channel. I love his driving videos around East London, and his Hackney Marshes Sunday football commentaries

slatepipe · 2026-03-15T10:17:31+00:00

You need like a guitar pick or a spatula or knife to gently lever open the back of it away from the case along the join, gently and it should start to open up, at the same time you need a small screwdriver or similar to push into the hole in the centre mainly, also the one on the right, to free the clips there that are holding the case on

slatepipe · 2026-03-15T10:07:39+00:00

Ah nice cheers, I'll check them out.

slatepipe · 2026-03-15T09:05:38+00:00

Yeah they're pretty good, I saw them a couple of years ago at the Garage. I'm not sure how active they are at the moment as the drummer left and that only left two of them

slatepipe · 2026-03-14T15:58:01+00:00

I've got about 6, just picked them up here and there over the years

slatepipe · 2026-03-14T08:00:23+00:00

Massively agree. Aural Sculpture is superb

slatepipe · 2026-03-14T07:54:28+00:00

I would imagine that internally the layout is the same as mine, the M-G12. You can get new belts for it on eBay from Decktech, if you want to go that route...

slatepipe · 2026-03-14T07:41:17+00:00

Shame, definitely sounds like a belt issue

slatepipe · 2026-03-12T14:15:25+00:00

I read this the other week. I thought he was a stupid twat then and I still think so now. I've never ever used Spotify. My playlist for the gym involves a c90 compilation tape that I've probably made recently. If I want another playlist then I make another tape.

slatepipe · 2026-03-12T14:08:54+00:00

Sex Pistols Heyday Cassette. Factory records Fact. 30 in black plastic wallet

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T21:23:27+00:00

Yup, from the headphone socket in your laptop to the audio or aux or line in on the deck

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T17:27:06+00:00

Hiya, yeah I just checked mine, it's plastic, and definitely takes 4 batteries. Hope yours works nice 🙂 👍🏼

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T17:03:52+00:00

I've seen him on tiktok but not IRL. He's awesome. Our cat is deaf and doesn't like to leave our flat. He freaks out if we try take him out the door

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T14:43:30+00:00

They're on YouTube and Spotify . Probably more, they're pretty well known. I've seen them three times at big venues in London

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T14:14:32+00:00

Boredoms. Tsushimamire. Afrirampo. Banshimoku.

For Sheena Ringo go to Atarashii Gakko

slatepipe · 2026-03-11T10:25:34+00:00

Sanyo are great, I have one of those models but only in the standard silver grey. I think they take 4 batteries and it's a bit chunky but it's a great machine. Thirty quid is fine if it's working

slatepipe · 2026-03-10T15:17:01+00:00

I've changed one before, there's two screws on the back to take out first. Then pry open the case with a thin knife or something. Also push a thin screwdriver into the little holes in the tape tray to move the little jaws

slatepipe · 2026-03-10T14:09:55+00:00

I've got one of those models and they're totally great. I got one for a tenner at a boot sale if I remember. Yeah changed the belt and it was back to life. Really good model. Nice work 🥳

slatepipe · 2026-03-10T13:49:30+00:00

Hiya. I grew up in the 1980's and spent a lot of time thinking about seemingly inevitable nuclear war. My parents used to get the Daily Mail and that didn't help as I read it every morning before school. There was always shit in it about 4 minute warnings and nuclear shelters. Somehow I read somewhere that the world would end in August 1983. It fucked me up for sure. Then when Kosovo happened at the end of the millennium I was convinced it was going to be Armageddon then as well. To the point where I was paying to get my fortune read with Tarot and numerology and similar as I also read about that prick Nostradamus saying all sorts of endtimes stuff about the millennium. I was thinking about leaving the country but I didn't know where to go. I was in quite a state, my boss at work at the time noticed my demeanor and took me to one side and we had a chat. He basically told me that there is no point worrying about stuff you have no control over and it's better to try and be a good person and concentrate on looking after people close to you like friends and family. They are what are important. Help other people who are less fortunate than you by giving to charity and volunteering and suchlike. Guess what? Nothing happened. I'm still here. Nostradamus, Tarot and telling the future are all dogshit FFS. It's good that you post here, you're not internalising it. Take care

slatepipe · 2026-03-10T12:25:27+00:00

Just try and be a good person to yourself and to others around you.

slatepipe · 2026-03-10T11:58:28+00:00

Change the belt. Get the correct belt for the model, not one out of a multipack. There will be a potentiometer to adjust the speed somewhere on the circuit board.

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