walk, listen, spot..

[pshome]

Found this under the xmas tree:

 

 

Counts your steps and reports it to the web where missus looks it up. Only God knows what happens if you don't hit the target..

 

Buddy told me to wear it on the right arm, find a quiet spot in the park, take some 80's colour mags and everybody will be happy.

Tried this, but reading reviews raving about the brand new Tagora didn't make the counter move at all.

 

Finally opted to put second electronic gadget found under the tree to good use:

 

 

After some fiddling with various "freeware", apart from filling pc with loads of evilware, i actually managed to get some old CD's i didnt listen to for years onto the thingy.

 

Listening to the music is actually nice, the walking doesnt really spoil it and best of all, there's a lot of shite around here i never noticed before. Here we go with todays spots.

 

Album of the day: David Lindley El Rayo-X

 

Spots of the day:

 

Jetta for sale, 800€, new mot, new clutch.

 

Red paint doesn't last...

 

 

no matter what brand the car is..

 

 

silver is boring, lasts forever though.

 

 

Came all the way from spain, didnt look as if it will make it back home.

 

 

Moped shite

another one, didnt know these are so popular

Caravan shite... maximum dampishness levels reached long ago

 

Waiting for better days?

 

 

Is there any car you can buy in a nice colour today?

 

[tux]

The missus has one of those step county things and they have a competition each week at work. She generally straps it to the cats leg and then lets it out with next doors dog. Wins every week.

[pshome]

Album of the day: Kevin Coyne; Marjory Razorblade

 

Spots of the day:

 

Hard to spot, everything snow covered.

 

nice Landy

 

 

Mercedes branded Hanomag F20

 

 

 

[Matt]

What is that second gadget exactly? It looks like a somewhat old fashioned MP3 player but I don't see any track changing controls or a headphone out port?

[mercrocker]

Lovely stuff, those caravans would go for a mint over here.   There's no doubt that shite livens up a dull walk....Unfortunately all I seem to pass on my daily tromp are bastard carriers - usually parked on the kerb where their stupid sticky out mirrors can twat the chests of technophobic middle-aged men trying to text and walk at the same time.   Oooof.

[pshome]

What is that second gadget exactly? It looks like a somewhat old fashioned MP3 player but I don't see any track changing controls or a headphone out port?

Simple USB stick MP3 player, just plug into PC and copy MP3's across.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-GoGear-SA5MXX04PF-12-Player-Pink/dp/B00BBDL3J2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1419698399&sr=8-7&keywords=gogear

 

I hate anything "touch", its all bloated with "features" serving no other purpose but to deeply hide the basic controls you need to make the device do it was made for. This one has real buttons and no more than it actually needs, does the job, no more no less.

[Matt]

Simple USB stick MP3 player, just plug into PC and copy MP3's across.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-GoGear-SA5MXX04PF-12-Player-Pink/dp/B00BBDL3J2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1419698399&sr=8-7&keywords=gogear

 

I hate anything "touch", its all bloated with "features" serving no other purpose but to deeply hide the basic controls you need to make the device do it was made for. This one has real buttons and no more than it actually needs, does the job, no more no less.

 

That's quite neat actually, might pick one up for myself. I've had an iPhone 4 for four years and had an iPod Touch for a couple of years before that and by far & away the worst thing about them is iTunes. My dad had a Zune in the days before Apple dominated this corner of the market and I actually really liked it because it was like an iPod but I could just drag music onto it like a USB stick negating the need for iTunes.

[pshome]

That's quite neat actually, might pick one up for myself. I've had an iPhone 4 for four years and had an iPod Touch for a couple of years before that and by far & away the worst thing about them is iTunes. My dad had a Zune in the days before Apple dominated this corner of the market and I actually really liked it because it was like an iPod but I could just drag music onto it like a USB stick negating the need for iTunes.

The headset that comes with is crap, works well with old sony in-ear's i had in the drawer. Dont install the software that comes with, no good and no need. Just copy mp3's onto it and done.

This is good to convert CD's to Mp3's: http://cdex.mu/, free, no adware etc. Unfortunatley found it but after trying several others, had plenty trouble to completely remove them...

[Matt]

The headset that comes with is crap

 

That's a given, I have never found in-hear headphones that are any good.

[Pillock]

Windows Media Player also does CD to MP3 and is probably already on your computer.

[M'coli]

Unless it's become corrupted and won't run...but that's my problem

 

 

This is good to convert CD's to Mp3's: http://cdex.mu/, free, no adware etc. Unfortunatley found it but after trying several others, had plenty trouble to completely remove them...

 

The drinkable version is would also seemingly be available too:

 

CDex 1.75 Potable has been released.

[pshome]

Album of the day: Kinks; One for the Road

 

Spots:

 

more snow, less to spot...

 

a patriotic horse lover..

these emblems all but dissapeared, must be because no way to fix them to todays plastic noses.

 

Lovely beetle with proper winter tyres, no need for bumpers then.

[Junkman]

I spot a DS bonnet.

[pshome]

Those?

 

will ring the door next time i pass there, looks like a friendly place

 

[pshome]

Album of the day: Little Feat, Sailin' Shoes

 

Spots:

 

more snow, only one spot:

[John F]

The Simson Schwalbe moped has been popular in Germany for a VERY long time, at least since the early '90s...

[pshome]

The Simson Schwalbe moped has been popular in Germany for a VERY long time, at least since the early '90s...

 

but not in this part of Germany

[brickwall]

Found this under the xmas tree:

 

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Counts your steps and reports it to the web where missus looks it up. Only God knows what happens if you don't hit the target..

 

Buddy told me to wear it on the right arm, find a quiet spot in the park, take some 80's colour mags and everybody will be happy.

Tried this, but reading reviews raving about the brand new Tagora didn't make the counter move at all.

 

Finally opted to put second electronic gadget found under the tree to good use:

 

 

Put it on the dog, that'll fool her!

[pshome]

Album of the day: Burdon, The Twain Shall Meet

 

Spots:

 

poor DS, deserves better than getting rusty under the snow.

 

Nice sierra, few of these left.

[pshome]

Album of the day: Stones - Some Girls

 

Inspired by the Simson mopeds "Made in GDR" spotted in December, walked today an extra mile over to Anzingerstr. 1., former home of Bavarian quality products "Made in West Germany" such as this

 

 

or that

 

 

 

4 wheels as well

 

 

even cars were made here... sort of.

 

 

Main building 1960's

 

 

today just offices..

 

the old showroom is gone

 

 

Walking through the main entrance, it gets more interesting. Behind some new buildings, the old factory hall is still there.

 

 

old railway ramp, hundreds of thousands of bikes shipped from here.

 

 

Road name and house numbers are the only hint to the site's history.

 

 

 

All sort shite on the grounds

 

3 wheel

 

 

4 wheel

 

 

aerodynamic

 

 

not aerodynamic

 

 

ugly

 

 

A few spots just outside, seems the location attracts shite

 

Datsun.. when did they stop using that brand name?

 

 

Citroshite... half of

 

[martc]

Inspired by the Simson mopeds "Made in GDR" spotted in December, walked today an extra mile over to Anzingerstr. 1., former home of Bavarian quality products "Made in West Germany" such as this

New home = China. Apparently when Zundapp went bust the Chinese bought the manufacturing equipment and sent over a troop of workers to strip the factory. No accommodation was provided and the workers slept in the packing cases.

[pshome]

Album of the day: Jackson Browne. Running on Empty

 

Spots:

 

rengedengedeng

 

 

BMW with special rust protection coating

 

 

 

[pshome]

audio book of the day: Tom Sharpe, Riotous Assembly

 

spots:

 

nice beaten camperbus

 

 

dont know what that is, but like the color

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

astra coupe

[pshome]

Nice spot this morning, a CX 6 wheeler hiding behind a shite camper van.

Unfortunately in pretty bad shape, mot expired months ago, rust all over, filled with garbage.

 

 

From what i read, these were build for speedy overnight delivery of newspapers. They could take up to 2 tons of load and were not subject to speed limits and weekend restrictions that apply to trucks,

[mercrocker]

I seem to remember Nightfreight having one of these CX 6 wheelers over here (think it was a high top 2 door), either for evaluation or promotional purposes. One turns up with a Beaulieu stall-holder most years. Good spottage!

[jonny69]

I just looked up 6 wheeler CX's and similar conversions. This is WINNING at being French:

 

[pshome]

Mint Opel Caravan

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3 spots within 10 minutes walking

 

 

 

[pshome]

Holiday spot from somehwere in Montenegro