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Nickthedentist · 11th Dec 2018, 8:52 pm

Yes!

Breakfast with the Hacker VHF Herald and "Today" on Radio 4.

Nothing at work, but I rang my wife at lunchtime, who answered on the 1956 GPO 300-series phone in the sitting room.

Home from work then I put away the laundry to the end of "PM" on R4 through my Bush VHF64.

I've just fired-up my Cossor Melody Master to listen to a Haydn(?) string quartet on R3 while I try to do some paperwork, to the light of my 1940s Anglepoise.

And the house is full of vintage clocks, both electric and spring-powered, both silent and chiming/striking, all running (until SWMBO complains).

P.S. My children (2, 6, and 7) love dancing to a pile of 10" 78s or 7" singles on the Hacker Serenade when we have 5 minutes to kill before leaving for school or whatever, and they're too lively to sit still and do something quiet. They can work the autochanger, but the records end up covered with greasy fingerprints, jam and so on, so it tends to be Daddy's job.

11th Dec 2018, 8:52 pm	#2
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,866	Re: What vintage equipment did you actually use today? Yes! Breakfast with the Hacker VHF Herald and "Today" on Radio 4. Nothing at work, but I rang my wife at lunchtime, who answered on the 1956 GPO 300-series phone in the sitting room. Home from work then I put away the laundry to the end of "PM" on R4 through my Bush VHF64. I've just fired-up my Cossor Melody Master to listen to a Haydn(?) string quartet on R3 while I try to do some paperwork, to the light of my 1940s Anglepoise. And the house is full of vintage clocks, both electric and spring-powered, both silent and chiming/striking, all running (until SWMBO complains). P.S. My children (2, 6, and 7) love dancing to a pile of 10" 78s or 7" singles on the Hacker Serenade when we have 5 minutes to kill before leaving for school or whatever, and they're too lively to sit still and do something quiet. They can work the autochanger, but the records end up covered with greasy fingerprints, jam and so on, so it tends to be Daddy's job.