I went to 1991 to do some shopping

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:41 GMT
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...except back in those days, you actually had to leave your house to buy stuff!

This morning my doorbell rang, and the mailman handed me this:

(lamp gratuitously framed in to please Jaff)

 

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:45 GMT
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So, time to whip out the ol' Leatherman and find out what it might be. It's nice how B&O puts those arrows on the boxes so you know which side should point to the floor 😳

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:47 GMT
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Why, thank you! It seems I don't even need to pay for this! 🙂

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:49 GMT
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Hmm, this could be a problem...

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:50 GMT
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...except that it's not! I've never seen one of these handy adapters before. I'll keep it in case I ever need to send something to the UK 🙂

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:54 GMT
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Whatever it is, it is surprisingly compact and light to carry a B&O logo, which actually pleases me, and I'm sure the mailman didn't mind either...

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 07:56 GMT
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What do you know, it is an absolutely spotless Beocord 4500! 😉

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:00 GMT
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Need to put it somewhere at least temporarily, and it doesn't look that out of place on the BS6500 stack...

 

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:06 GMT
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Four months into the move, I had conveniently carried my cassettes up to the new flat already last week. So the DIN cord goes into A.TAPE2, the power plug into a free socket, the lid opens smoothly and quietly when I touch LOAD, a Stevie Ray Vaughan recording from 1986 goes in... and it plays!

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tournedos
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Posted October 19, 2011 at 08:12 GMT
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I interrupt Stevie's silky smooth Tin Pan Alley guitar mastery and exercise the functions. Some operations are slightly erratic, so I believe I need to treat the Beocord with one of Dillen's belt kits - not too surprising after 20 years in storage!

Oh dear, I think I made a fingerprint 😳

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