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From Universal to Modular (2/2) | 38 comments (38 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: From Universal to Modular (2/2) (4.00 / 2)

Precisely. Notice how fast that was -- compare a Taurus 2 starting with a heavy express...

...and a Taurus 2 starting with a heavy freight train:

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Jun 26th, 2009 at 01:54:24 PM EST
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Re: From Universal to Modular (2/2) (4.00 / 6)

Thanks for those videos. Here's the Super Bell"z song Motor Man Keikyu VVVF mentioned in the Wikipedia article.

"Only in Japan" is a terrible cliché, but it's hard to imagine a group like Super Bell"z even existing anywhere else.

by Gag Halfrunt on Fri Jun 26th, 2009 at 02:19:37 PM EST
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Re: From Universal to Modular (2/2) (none / 1)

Kewl! Well, we have Kraftwerk, but this is several notches higher...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Jun 26th, 2009 at 03:10:25 PM EST
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Re: From Universal to Modular (2/2) (none / 0)

I don't know I can imagine Half Man Half Biscuit doing something similar.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jun 26th, 2009 at 04:37:48 PM EST
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Re: From Universal to Modular (2/2) (none / 1)

Singing trains on Sunday morning. life is good.

Authoritative, DoDo. Interresant.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 at 05:01:38 AM EST
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