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Spock vs Spock

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2013-05-15 05:56 in General Discussion
Audi finally impressed me... with a cute video. Just like Iron Man, keep watching until the very end.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/audi-brings-us-spock-vs--spock--video-180716838.html

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  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2013-05-08 13:31
    Okay, that was a good one.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-05-08 14:49
    Made me laugh!!
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-05-08 15:47
    Fantastic.. (Man is Leonard Nimoy looking old...)
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2013-05-08 16:10
    Man is Leonard Nimoy looking old...

    Of course he does, he's 82 years old! I hope I look that good at 82. Heck, I hope I'm just still around.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2013-05-08 16:20
    I've told everyone about that video. 'Tis a keeper.

    Leonard Nimoy came from a very poor family and the bad nutrition that brings, and smoked heavily as a younger man. But he quit smoking, and became a vegetarian. (He even got William Shatner to do the same.) I'd say he looks terrific for a man of 82. It's never too late to start living right!

    -- Gordon
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-05-08 16:29
    When you are a TV/Movie star it tends to freeze your age. It was a little shocking to see this after watching a couple TNG episodes where he guest-starred recently. (Filmed quite a while back)

    Jeff
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2013-05-08 16:33
    I don't know but the Spock driving the Mercedes smoked the other Spock driving the Audi at chess and who was buying lunch!
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2013-05-10 08:45
    Everybody makes jokes about Nimoy's "Bilbo Baggins" song. I never heard it when I was younger. I did, however, wear out my copy of Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space. Seriously.

    -- Gordon
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-05-10 09:03
    GordonMcComb wrote: »
    I did, however, wear out my copy of Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space.

    I cringe when I recall my older sisters back in the 1970's playing their vinyl records on endless repeat on their "hi-fi" stereo with several ounces of pressure on the original needle (stylus) that never got changed. It had to be like a lathe, removing another microscopic layer of vinyl every time it played. The only thing worse was the steel needle (or yes, sometimes a cactus needle) used in early 78 RPM players with HEAVY STEEL tonearms. Not exactly the linear-tracking Accutrac 4000 of its day. :)
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2013-05-10 09:24
    I now have the Mr. Spock album on CD (double album no less), and the original put away safely. I still listen to it sometimes building robots. (The pop TOS theme is a now-classic example of retro lounge.)

    My record player at the time was some cheap plastic turntable, not even an automatic, and I did change the needle every once in a while. They were only 68 cents at Woolworths -- heck, the Mr. Spock record only cost me 99 cents (it was in the bargain bin, and is one of the more rare "mono" versions). For my "hi-fi" I connected the record player to a home-built 3-tube amplifier that always managed to give me a shock because it had loose wires in the back. Made me the bzzt-bzzt that I am today.

    -- Gordon
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-05-10 09:35
    Ahh, the subtle quality of vinyl to be able to reproduce the variability of live performances by slightly changing the audio quality with each successive playback. (it's all in the marketing!!)
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2013-05-10 15:31
    mindrobots wrote: »
    Ahh, the subtle quality of vinyl to be able to reproduce the variability of live performances by slightly changing the audio quality with each successive playback. (it's all in the marketing!!)

    Can I quote this to my muso friends on fb?
  • jacques01jacques01 Posts: 5
    edited 2013-05-15 02:07
    Awesome it's so funny.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-05-15 05:56
    lanternfish wrote: »
    Can I quote this to my muso friends on fb?
    Certainly!! I know I won't be saying it on FB! :smile:
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