I love that word - fuggly, it says soo much. 
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I have to admit, I sort of like this older Thorens. With the right decor, that sort of steampunk look could be made to work.
Would it be okay in my current and future home? Absolutely not. But I can imagine a room that is tastefully decorated where it would fit in.
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Maybe in a room resembling Albus Dumbledore’s office.
I don’t know what that is.
I was thinking of a sort of Jules Verne aesthetic. Maybe an industrial nautical themed room. A couple Dan D’Agostino amps and that turntable, with perhaps black or green metal rivetted walls with a red chesterfield sofa and overlapping Persian rugs over concrete or worn timber floor. Perfect if a bit cartoonish.
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It looks like Thorens is paying homage to Crocodile Dundee.
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Think Hogwarts and the headmaster…
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Oh right. I’ve heard that name. I’ve never actually read HP or seen any of the movies though.
Some news
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Part 2 available now
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Is anybody going to High End Munich from the UK going from Hull to Rotterdam on the ferry?
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Careful you don’t find yourself in Liverpool, or Rome. Rotterdam could be anywhere.
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Well I’m not going anywhere as was perfectly clear from my question so I definitely won’t be going to Liverpool or Rome or anywhere else. I was asking if anybody on the forum was going from Hull to Rotterdam on the ferry on their way to Munich High End…
I suspect he was referencing the chorus of https://genius.com/The-beautiful-south-rotterdam-or-anywhere-lyrics
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I think it’s a play on the song “Rotterdam” by the Beautiful South.
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There’s also “From Hell, Hull and Halifax, may the Good Lord deliver us”
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As an inhabitant of Sowerby Bridge I love that line in the Thieve’s Litany. I believe that the reference was to Hull gaol and the Halifax Gibbet, occupational risks for thieves. There is a replica of the gibbet in its original location, on the unsurprisingly named Gibbet Street.
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Have you heard of a Sanctuary Limit Stone like the ones near Beverley in East Yorkshire?
Text taken from: ancientmonuments (dot) uk
Image from: beverleyminster (dot) org (dot) uk
“The idea that churches could offer sanctuary dates back to Anglo-Saxon times.
Criminals, including murderers, could invoke the protection of the church and
thereby seek pardon for their misdemeanours. At Beverley, the four original
stones marked the outer limit of the sanctuary area. If a pursuer caught his
quarry inside this outer ring, he had to pay a `hundreth’ (eight pounds) to
the church authorities for the violation of sanctuary. The fines to be paid
rose at the violation of the five inner boundaries (located at the town edge).
The fugitive finally had to cross the churchyard boundary to reach the church
itself, where only very wealthy pursuers could afford the ninety six pounds
fine incurred if they caught the felon at the church door. The sum rose to one
hundred and forty four pounds if the criminal had reached the choir, whilst
the pursuer who took a felon at the altar might forfeit his own life. Once
criminals had gained such sanctuary, they were allowed to stay for 30 days,
during which time they sought pardon. If this was not forthcoming, they were
escorted out of the sanctuary area at the end of the period.”
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That’s new to me, how cool, a sanctuary and money-raiser in one go.
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…who were from Hull
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They hired a studio where I worked (a long time ago) for a photo shoot and they wrote Scunthorpe on the mirror in the toilet in lipstick only they forgot the first letter and the last five letters 
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