Strange, I am sure they are heading to France. Fingers crossed. Good luck to everyone for the other prizes,

Puncher: Doubt we'll hear from the National Date Correction Association Ltd (Clitheroe Branch) today, he's probably scrubbing up and making himself presentable for his big night already (he needs all the time he can get) Does he attain the status of "presentable"?

Thanks for the reminder Lee.

nice setup apart from the fire being so close.

j0hnbarker: My experience is that the housing market is well and truly shafted here in the UK. Anyone else have any experiences of trying to sell a house at the moment??? We have a lovely house that we spent a fortune on, up for sale at a very reasonable price (knocked £40k off the asking over the past three months), but we still can't sell

I cannot give any practical advice on the subject as I have not played the trumpet for 20 years. But it sounds like you have already made the decision, the YTR-8310Z, you know you want to.

As I have been away from beoworld for some time I missed Martin the MX's journey, thanks Lee for the research/insight very entertaining.

9 LEE: Peter : What members do off site is clearly up to them though - this includes personal massaging! PS - A rarer than rare event of a typo by Peter.. i couldn't let that go.. Indeed, very rare. Or maybe it wasn't a typo Will send you a "massage" later Peter when I am homeward bound.

thanks for the info paul. If you find a replacement tube for the 28" I would be very interested as I have one requiring a new tube

I think he sells them as more of a service, as a B&O collector, than a "business" money making venture. I am sure there is a genuine reason for his lack of response. I also hope he is ok. I notice that he has not been on this site for 6 weeks.