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This may have been covered before, and I was taking a nap at that time, or there may be one (BS emoto-button) and I can't find it. I have very mixed feelings about this whole online "Like" culture. Sure I preen when somebody likes what I'm saying, but I calm down and remember it's my just due, being such a studly, intelligent raconteur, and all. But it seems this whole "Like" thing is very one-sided. Why are there no "turd" emoticons. Or a "shaking fist" emoticon. Maybe a "knife plunging into my stomach" anatomy-thingy. A "nuclear option" mushroom descriptor. Maybe something as simple as an "Un-Like", or maybe a "Bully" (TR) or a "Bully" (school-yard). I'm not liking "Likes". The main reason is, cause you can just press a key, the "Like" appears and in your own mind, you've done your duty. You are not obligated to participate any further in the discussion at hand, so can quickly go onto something else. Except this is a so-called forum for a reason. Sure we could call it a "Blather" for example, or a "Pompous", maybe get a little funky and call it a "Shout Out",. but a forum has some Roman gravitas attached to it. It implies a place for a meeting of minds to debate the issues of the moment, not a hiccup in the daily grind. So enough with the "Likes" already. I call Bullshit. (Let me know if you like this)

Gary's weekend will be more eventful .. Just more relaxing. Here's a under $10 stress reliever !

This was from my drive to Anchorage on Monday. A leeetle icy... (no injuries)

Good evening friends....... MKP, that looks like a real 'OUCH' ! Can it be saved? Ok, as you probably have seen in your news/weather for the East Coast, we had high winds and warnings... This morning as I got ready for work, the first gusts roared through.. Did not think too much about it... Until I was in the driveway getting ready to leave the house for work.... I noted some debris on my Escape's hood... Closer look showed I had TWO dents from a smallish dead branch from the ASH tree which is out in the back yard! After some 'oh chits', and getting upset because in the 4.5 years since new, there are only a couple of small blemishes on the whole SUV and was in near perfect shape... THEN, I noted the darn windshield was smashed under the passenger wiper blade and the multi cracks ran all the way to the headliner area! Well, 'Dent Doctors' can remove the dents, and the windshield is covered for free... I am sorry that my 'Ford Proudly Built in Kanas' sticker may be lost....and the windshield is a special 'noise cancelling' type and I would hope they can replace it with the same... Here are a couple of photos..............and all by this little stick .....well, that was how my day started..... Thanks for watching

Afternoon all..... The question of the day....... Do I pull it out or leave it alone?? lol lol MKP :-)

Alas, the job hunt continues. It is a tough market here. Especially for senior level management. My sister's unexpected passing a few weeks back has had me doing a lot of soul searching, thinking about life, what-ifs and tomorrows or lack there of. I have always been a work-a-holic. Maybe it is time to slow down and smell the roses? Maybe do something for the fun of it and not for the money. There may be a job out there dealing with audio. Now wouldn't that be a fun gig?

Happy to see Mike stop in to chat! Lot of bad news here this morning so I'll add to it. Hears my bad luck story.....actually my this winter story......and from a normally healthy guy. So far 1 root canal and crown. 1 rotator cuff tear and rehab. 2 URIs, and 1 UTI. Went to the dentist last week and the new root canal and crown has an abscess and must come out. So after 5 trips to the dentist (2 dentist) and $2000 later I had to get the tooth pulled. The gum will heal and then I'll get an implant and another crown ($3500). Its hell and expensive getting old. LF is returning today after 2 weeks of taking care of her mother's estate. Her mom passed away two Thursdays ago. She was able to list and sell the house in that short time. So on these down notes. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Yeah dTel, that little stick was very light, and ready to fall....the ash trees around here are very tall and of course, they self prune all the time, and this one was ready.... Enjoy your evening everyone.... Mike, that fallen tree stuff is scary! You know, we had a tornado not too far from here Sunday night ??? That is VERY strange. even out in the hill towns, it managed to wreck some homes and destroy a number of barns, and only an F1 !!

Ha They both rattle her windows. However, the Hot Rod rattles the windows in every house on the block. I don't think anyone likes me

Sounds like you and Thaddeussmith are having similar thoughts.

Morning gang Coffee/Duggans tasting mighty fine Yesterday picked up the wife's toyota repair parts, pulley(s)/belt on my Sat venue. Rv work yesterday completes my underbelly work securing the fresh water tank to "My" standards.

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. Remember the good times. Good luck in your job search.....maybe a fun audio job is in your future.

Good TGIF morning my friends.........Yes, tonight will be relaxing over in RTM, may just take your suggestion and pick that one up! Mike, the Gnarly Head 'Old Vine Zin' is a long time favorite here when going out to dine! Saturday evening I will be overseeing another silent film with the grand Skinner pipeorgan, which we have been working on all week to get ready, and today will be the final fixes and tuning... Maybe some photos again like last year ? This movie is called 'The Navigator' with Buster Keaton Well, hope your day is a good on and your weekend is off to a good start.. I will check in when I can,,, ..............Gary

Goes along with a recently received Outlaw Audio RR-2150 Receiver and an Oppo UDP-203 Universal disc player. All drives a pair of 84 vintage Heresys along with a Dayton Audio. 12" sub-woofer to fill in the octaves that that the Heresys just cant. Yep... I'm a pretty happy camper right now. Currently spinning Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of the Moon and wishing I had more vinyl to listen to.

Very nice of you to say, Mookie This is merely a temporary set back. Have no fear, I will be back to LS custom restoration in the near future. I have learned so much over the last few years. The next pair is going to blow your mind. Now that I have my very own full shop here at home, no holds barred. I have a stinking suspicion edition "Plum Crazy" revisited. Just have to get over this HUGE hump in the road of life (temporary) FYI, the 700 horsepower Hot Rod is not going anywhere. To sink back into the seat and smell that sweet exhaust is the stuff dreams are made of Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

There was a change, must have been last week when I was drinking alot and having fun with friends on a cruise out of town boating, yea that's it boating, sounds better.

Shoot with the other shoulder, leave that finger alone.

Time for Michlins

I get home and pull it out. Appears to be sidewall not pressure vessel, no leaky, but I bet separation comes soon.

Just another reason why humans are not really designed to live where it's that cold for that long. Sorry can't help it, I was raised closer to the sun.

Got side tracked, wasn't really thinking about the tire.

It would have to be a telephone pole.

^^^^^ Light poles? Telephone poles? I'd rather not think about the poles you might be inferring ----

I thought I heard Michael was taking up pole dancing

Wow...lots of stuff going on lately. MKP....would you recommend driving on that tire? I know a sidewall can't be patched, but if it didn't get into the carcass, could it be ok? Dtel....good one. I'll start shooting with my other hand, at least it wasn't my trigger finger (Barney Fife reference) Gary.....that seems like a lot of damage, that limb must have been pretty high up in the tree. At least it didn't do too much body damage. I like your pipe organ stories and pics. Chuck, sorry to hear about you LF's Mom. Good luck with the dental issues...they can be pretty painful. I finally completed an implant for a front tooth, hope I'm set for a while. We just missed the bad weather. A few tornados hit about 80 miles south of me. Still on the weather roller coaster....70s last weekend, currently a 10 windchill.

Morning Chuck Dental eh? I know a little bit about that for being 63, last visit, last week, my "New" Dentist say's im done. Done because i decided if a tooth is giving me that much of a problem, it's replaced or yanked, period. Wife is going for complete upper(s) implant, four sockets and it snaps in and out, she is a mess. It's only a payment. Just got done dealing with the wifes dad estate, year before that was her mom, things workout. Sounds like you and the LF need a weekend out........do it.

I would have bet you were a dentures guy by now. Tooth issues are the worst. I feel for you my brother. Get yourself a vicodin and one of your weak *** martinis and try to forget about the pain for a while. I hope you get better soon.

Time for Michlins Don't leave it alone, but pulling out is up to you ? not my tire.... just some old Accord in the shop...... I'm just gonna point it out to the owner..... what he wants to do is up to him lol lol Yea Gary, we got some weather around here also. we missed most of the bad stuff around the shop and house but there were a bunch of reports of trees through house around the Baltimore area. Looking around my trees at my house I gotta get some dead branches cut off. I noticed there is one BIG limb hanging over were we park our cars..... not parking there any longer till I get the tree work taken care of. Yes Chuck condolences to LF.... I know about the dental thing Chuck...... I just got another crown put on a tooth that I had a root canal done several years back. Counting this crown I'm close to 4 g's on this one tooth. We have no dental so I save my side job/cash money to get my dental work done. These tooth issues dig into my audio buying money That's what my dad says...... your right!! Wishing all a great Friday.... later.... MKP :-)

That's too much to take in before I, have my morning coffee.

Doomed to be a sailor from a young age, i wonder if i was a test subject? This was my dad's first (dry) sub 1962, model 600. The popular series was the model 300 as seen in Flipper/Thunderball. Everyone in Newport/Balboa had boats, and some dam fine one's at that. We had Subs, interesting childhood.

Dang! Hope the rest of your week(+end) is far less eventful!

That little stick must have been hauling @ss.

at least your morning was better than this person.. UPDATE: As of 4:40 p.m. Thursday, state DOT officials say Route 233 has been reopened in both directions. _____________________ WESTMORELAND, N.Y. - State DOT officials say that a section of State Route 233 in Westmoreland is closed due to a tree falling on a car. Route 233 is closed in both directions from Route 5 to Norton Avenue in Clinton. Officials say the road is expected to be closed for an hour or two. The incident was first reported at 7:34 a.m., according to the 911 Center Live Activity Feed.

Don't leave it alone, but pulling out is up to you ?

The Sixes.

Matt, I want anyone interested in these speakers to know that Matt is a great person to do business with. I bought his Plum Crazy La Scalas late last summer and could not be happier with the restoration work performed by Matt. Also, I'm driving through Columbia the weekend of the 17th, if anyone needs to get these closer to the eastern U.S. I can get them to Cincinnati for you. Mark

Chuck, My condolences to your LF. I had to wrap up my sister's estate and sell her house; took most of a year, not weeks. That is amazing. Sorry to hear about your dental woes. Getting old is not for the faint of heart. A good Friday and weekend to you, your LF and all here.

A little music fun for your day!

There's too much doo-doo and too many likes in this thread. I think I'll go nuclear.

Those look nice....congrats. Any initial impressions? Did they connect ok? I like the front mounted controls.

Thanks Mike.....I'll stick with the porcelin crowns for now

That's not a pretty sight

We were talking about this a few weeks ago, and I said when things like this happen it tends to make people rethink everything. Life is short. No matter which direction you go I hope the best for you and Mrs R.

Yes sir I plan on bringing my 4 stacks of 600's. It should be a great time. Kevin Harmon

Mom told him to get in the TUB!

While not a picture of me, this might provide some insight. The placard came with sauna equipment installed in my basement, but I posted it on the clothes dryer...

Me have oppo 105 u have ERC-1 me thinking possibility of separate CD or CD transport for 2 channel u receive, listen, feedback 2 me

Does the old lady across the street like the sound of your La Scalas or your hot rod more?

Evening Gang Wife cookin up Pot-0-Chile. Louisiana Cajun Music on youtube feedhttps://youtu.be/aK9PG2RWHsg Lagavulin 16 / Guinness Blonde Chaser, i mean it is Thursday and all. This "New" Fourm Is FKd up Cannot post chit. FK!