Amsterdam Russ

What's the total cost for that and the Panama 45 (x1 copy each and shipping to EU)?

Couple of pics of a jackdaw preening itself. There were taken a little while ago through the window of our second floor apartment - the bird is standing on top of a street lamp post.

I've had yhis in my bookmrks for ages and refer to it when needed. You might find it helpful, but as said, it all depends! https://tipnut.com/25-helpful-items-to-remove-sticky-adhesive-goo/

It worked for me - although when the page opened up, I had to click on the YouTube link so that I could actually get it to play.

Stunning footage. Nice one!

Yup, I vaguely recall having read about this before, but it's one if the countless bits of info that have gone in one ear and out the other. Ask me in six months and I'll have forgotten again!

I'd presumed that the equinoxes played a part, Steve, but didn't know what - until now... Ignore the bit about Canada and apply the lesson as a general principle and there's the answer. Source: http://rooseveltsuw.blogspot.nl/2012/10/why-are-autumn-sunsets-so-vivid.html

Took this pic from the balcony this evening. Yesterday's sunset was also stunning, but not as much as this one. Seems we always get them at this time of the year although not sure why exactly.

Fantastic flipside! You can get an 'Outta Sight' copy for a tenner. https://www.northernsoul45s.co.uk/product_detail.asp?id=17377

And an excellent flip, too. Just thought I'd branch out a little as I couldn't resist dropping the word "pollard" into the conversation. I hope you all twigged it. Enough of the puns. Time to leaf them out or they'll only splinter the thread. I'll now take a bough…

In memory of long-remembered cats and cut back trees...

Wikipedia told me that straight after you'd named what type of snail it was! And now I know.

I didn't get that close.

Great stuff, Dave. Much appreciated. Didn't connect that the second pic was of Spindle as I've seen them elsewhere in the woods, but with more of a luminescent magenta colour. And now I know what a snail looks like...

I cycled to the woods of Amsterdam today — armed with camera — on what was a very grey and quite damp afternoon. My destination was a little place in the woods called Vogeleiland (Bird island), which is a small nature reserve. There are no signposts to tell you where it is, so if you don't already know, you're unlikely to find it. Here's a few pics from the trip... I'm useless at id'ing flowers, so if anyone feels inclined to tell me what they are, I'd be delighted.

Loads over here as well, especially in Amsterdam's parks. We even have them out here in Aalsmeer. They roost nearby, so if we're on the balcony in the evening we can't help but hear them.

Yes, he did have a very good presenter's voice. Jim was much better doing the shows by himself. I think I put him off his stride half the time!

Thanks for taking the time to listen. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.

Looks like they've pulled the site off the web (rather than it being down because of a server problem).

What's the web address?

Bill 'Bunky' Sheppard. Here ya go...

Two shows now uploaded to MIxcloud. More info here:

Encouraged by a number of recent comments about the late Jim Demetriou's Soulcast radio shows, I've decided to upload two of Jim's shows to Mixcloud. The shows were recorded on the 9th of February 2002 and 15th of September 2002. Both feature me as the special guest, for which I apologise in advance. It was always great fun doing these shows with Jim, sat in front of a couple of turntables and a mic and surrounded by all sorts of sound equipment in his cramped West London bedroom. To hear myself from back then makes me cringe now, but it's worth it to hear Jim's voice again, to get caught up in his contagious enthusiasm and to feel the genuine joy he got out of doing the Soulcast shows. I'm not sure when Jim first started broadcasting Soulcast. It must have been late '90s or very early 2000s. Anyone know for sure? Although internet radio was not an entirely new thing at that time, Jim was most certainly an early pioneer in broadcasting Northern Soul-related shows online. He eventually garnered a dedicated audience of listeners from all corners of the world; something that he always found amazing. Occasionally a relative of a soul singer or band member would make contact and tell him how excited they were to have heard someone playing their mother or father's long-forgotten music. This left Jim in absolute awe. Of course, the point was that their music hadn't been forgotten at all; it was and is very much alive in the hearts of dedicated Northern Soul fans, and Jim was helping to keep that flame of soul passion burning through his broadcasts. I have another of his shows - again with me as a guest - on a cassette. If there's any interest in these two shows, perhaps I'll see if I can digitise the recording from tape. I also have some tapes of us doing Northern Soul shows together on Central Middlesex hospital radio in 1991. I've not listened to them in years, so I've no idea if they're worth sharing. I suspect that if Jim, who died in September 2007, was still with us, and we were listening to them together now, we'd both be cringing in mutual embarrassment and having a good laugh at ourselves at the same time, so perhaps it's better if they stay in the tape box! Anyway, if anyone's interested, here are the links to the two Soulcast shows. Show 1: 9th Feb 2002 https://www.mixcloud.com/LomaRuss/jim-demetriou-soulcast-9th-feb-2002/ Show 2: 15th Sept 2002 https://www.mixcloud.com/LomaRuss/jim-demetriou-soulcast-15th-september-2002/

I'm also in a Mac household and agree with your sentiment. Looking further online, everything seems to point to language settings. Most forum discussions suggest changing the language settings of the specific browser being used. However, as you're getting the same problem across multiple browsers, it might be worth changing the language settings of your Mac. System preferences -> Language & text. It seems a long shot, but worth a try. Going off on a different tangent, might this seller have blocked you? Don't know what happens if someone does that, so probably absolutely nothing to do with the problem whatsoever.

Did you try a different browser and if you were using IE, did you change the language settings as per the link?