Quote: lofthouse @ 9th October 2023, 3:41 PMWhat powers the record player?
And WHAT record player??
They've not thought it through at all
Yes they have, and who said anything about record player, which would now work off solar power anyway, apart from which, this has come up before in the actual programme and they do make a point of it being gramophone records, that is a wind up machine.
So the island just happens to have a handy solar power gramophone ?
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 9th October 2023, 3:54 PMYes they have, and who said anything about record player, which would now work off solar power anyway, apart from which, this has come up before in the actual programme and they do make a point of it being gramophone records, that is a wind up machine.
Oh good. It'd be odd otherwise.
Quote: lofthouse @ 9th October 2023, 4:46 PMSo the island just happens to have a handy solar power gramophone ?
From day one, they had the facility of a
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 9th October 2023, 3:54 PM.................. wind up machine.
Can't make it any plainer than that!
EDIT: Oh yes I can............................Apart from which, it's only a bit of imaginary fun, which excludes pedants, I suppose.
By the way, they don't actually go on that island
Ha, that gave me a childhood memory.
We found a wind-up gramophone that someone had put on the local bonfire.
It still had a 78 record on it.
I got sick of hearing 'Claudette by the Everly brothers.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 10th October 2023, 7:05 AMI got sick of hearing 'Claudette by the Everly brothers.
So the gramophone ended up winding you up.
When I was a kid, I used to play records on the wrong speed. Hours of fun. Never a dull moment.
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 10th October 2023, 8:13 AMSo the gramophone ended up winding you up.
Thrrrump Tishhhhhh - I thangyow
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 10th October 2023, 8:20 AMWhen I was a kid, I used to play records on the wrong speed. Hours of fun. Never a dull moment.
Me too. It was me who discovered Pinky and Perky.
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 10th October 2023, 9:51 AMIt was me who discovered Pinky and Perky.
Cor! Can I have your autograph, mister?
Kids these days don't know they're born.
If Pinky and Perky were around now, they'd be subject to harrassment charges.