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Well I've been prescribed meditation for ADHD. Unfortunately I was misdiagnosed for years. It happened because when I was assessed years ago I wasn't asked how I acted when I wasn't anxious or depressed. This meant that the symptoms were attributed to anxiety and depression as they cause concentration issues and other issues similar to ADHD. However after an assessment I was asked how I acted when I wasn't anxious or depressed and although not as bad the symptoms are still there. After seeing two doctors and 3 assessments it was concluded that I have inattentive ADHD which is normally just called ADD as I'm not hyperactive. The medication works within an hour and I can already feel the difference. So hopefully I can start to progress now.

@Tommy @Bluewolf @Stan England v Belgium at Ashton gate has sold out. Will still go down on the day and see if I can get a ticket but its a good indication of how far womens football has come in England.

Good stop gap, won't be told otherwise. The man has a reason to impress he wants to earn a contract. Let's hope he proves the doubters wrong.

They did before for past Tests whenever they had tickets free although that's obviously rare for the Ashes so your chances will be slim but you never know, there's always some that cant go. If I were you, I'd keep an eye on Ticketmaster exchange or Twickets, thats usually the more honest places where people look to sell their tickets for face value when they cant go and a third party is involved to ensure no one is cheated out of anything.

Well are you looking at new SL1200s or the original model run from 78-10? The originals should be $300-$500 second hand. It is one of the best selling TTs of all time, you can’t not find them. There are other manufacturers, Pioneer, Sony, U-Turn, Reloop, TEAC. Keep in mind, you will probably have to purchase a phono-preamp as I think the LP60 has a built in phono. Also take into account the usability, some very good sounding TTs have stripped out features, if you like to play a lot of 33s and 45s keep in mind some TTs require manually switching the motor speed as opposed to pressing a button. https://www.ebay.com/itm/204213984559?epid=154293257&hash=item2f8c1a1d2f:g:XckAAOSwr3djwMfI&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4OkKja4uJKwoXdoN8iND7940CE9AggX59smroE8JMrjnP%2BB3iG4DsbLgKpodNGxsyhmFu4c5Yx1b70XsDAWGx65YFdzUC8laoiEvob%2Btehm4oGhykiCXu4z0m%2B0cDOLKtJlvFvQOGn0YCdapAFFsH2UHHENqWrpOKndgY8gnqy83R8hHppLJjO8ds%2FzYD8icIYyZ4ZaiF%2B4S9gTIMmtR4klQng7CYkFGC6k8wuOZ8hcZklYzfCMg4TwAc6ewqTPIsgqy%2Bw1Aa0GQ0fK6p29H%2B2IusQfmoVQ%2FjqOJhh5W3XOQ|tkp%3ABk9SR4q1j8W1YQ

It's an art form mastered over many years of using vinyl records... extra brownie points for getting it just between the track you want to play and the one that's just finished on an album. Now that's a skill!

Dropping the needle is scary the first time but the needle is designed to make contact to the vinyl, so you'd have to be pretty silly to damage the needle and the vinyl. It's pretty easy to do as well, just lower it slowly with a finger, the needle will catch the vinyl and just follow through and keep lowering that finger. You'll know if you fucked up because of the immediate sound feedback. It's so simple it is one mechanical movement of the arm. I wouldn't even bother with an automatic arm, it's remarkably easy to drop the needle into the blank spots between tracks and start playing a record at any song you wish. If you have a quality hi-fi system and listen to a lot of records don't bother with an automatic. It's a trade off between convenience and audio fidelity. You're flush with options, personally I love my antique Technics SL1200. Who knows how many people have used it during it's near forty year life? Doesn't matter because it is indestructible, I could probably throw it out my second story window and it'd be fine. Buy a manual, impress your friends, scare your wife away from the TT so she won't play her shitty music.

@Whiskey

Deserved the win. I hope we see a first time winner, eg Lisowski.