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According to what I've heard on NPR and read in the paper, donations of $$$ are needed, rather than in-kind donations of food, clothing, etc. which need to be sorted, stored, etc. To maximize the probability that my modest donation actually helps those in need, I sent money to Red Cross via PayPal.

I think we're going to be good here.

@dirtmudd posted this in @Full Range's "Vinyl - Record Spinning" thread. It belongs here also.

We are flying air traffic control over the area. All the ATC radars are down so we are doing it aloft.

The first record I asked to be purchased for me was Def Leppard's "Pyromania". The first one I bought for myself was Sammy Hagar's "VOA".

this week c.c.&c. blend...maybe a couple of days worth... and my new coffee scooper... the other one doesn't work that well...

Well you guys no I'm old school.....don't believe in all those fancy gadgets but today I broke down and got me one of those camera phones. Ain't she a beaut?

The wife has been blending the Mayorga Honduran coffee 50/50 with the Costco Columbian, works nicely together. Costco had a sale on the Mayorga Cubano, so we bought a couple of pounds but we didn't like that one quite as much.

I tried one of the keurig things... it made coffee taste like mold injected plastic coffee...and I don't have enough $$$ for the k-cups... especially how I drink coffee... there's a Costco about 50 mile from me...if I can get a 1 day membership.

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Lolol, did you post this over in jokes? What a soap opera...

Boom.

8 o'clock is really good as well. We kerp trying different brands and coming back to it.

A helpful, informative thread Dave.....good job.

Not being there one can only imagine. It's surreal watching it on TV, ground zero must be numbing. Careful ---

I am surprised the cars were mid size and smaller 2 doors (at least the Grand Prix and Firebirds). I learned in a 1977 Delta 88 4 door with 3 or 4 kids and the instructor. It just had the orange "Drivers Education" sign on the vertical surface of the trunk lid. One cool thing we did have at our High School were the simulators that you drove to a movie with.

As you might imagine, teaching drivers-ed is a fertile source of stories. Your comment about decals is interesting. The cars we used in Annapolis were almost stealthy. The Buick had the largest sign on the roof. There were never graphics on the bodies. No magnetic or vinyl ads for the dealerships that provided the new cars. The first car assigned to me was a 75 Pontiac Grand Prix. The only sign was directly above the rear license plate and about the size of a National Geographic magazine. Only the people in a car directly behind could read "Student Driver." The students loved that, and so did I. There were more problems from other drivers reacting to a student driver, than when we flew below the radar. The car assigned to me that was the students' favorite was a dark blue Firebird with a black vinyl top. The F'bird replaced the GP, so the same small sign was on the F'bird. We NEVER went out one on one with a student, males or females, there was always a witness. That protected students and instructors from inappropriate conduct or false accusations. All the more reason for me to be disgusted with the conduct of PSU and MSU regarding their respective monsters, Sandusky and Nasser. The F'bird had one flaw. The radio would not play immediately upon turning it on. The delay gradually grew longer as the car aged. What was first a few seconds, grew to minutes before eventually refusing to come on at all. The common reaction was to turn up the volume when no sound came out, so that eventually, if it did work, it was blaring. One day the students were two girls. The radio did not immediately play. Several minutes into the trip the first sounds to roar from the speakers were, " jock itch," from a commercial for some remedy. The girls and I were startled and embarrassed. IIRC, the F'bird was replaced by the short-lived Apollo, which was replaced by a Nova. Sometime I'll tell you about the adventure created by having to park a drivers-ed car and my 442 in crowded downtown Annapolis.

In 1975 I was a teacher and assistant wrestling coach at Annapolis High School in Annapolis, MD. I also taught drivers-ed. One of the cars assigned to me was a Buick Apollo with the 350. It was totaled while I was driving on Duke of Gloucester St. The streets are narrow, with buildings right up to the street. I was stopped at a red light. The stop-line was several car lengths from the intersection. The light turned green, so I proceeded into the blind intersection. A drunk physician in a Tempest ran the red light from my left, slammed into the brand new Buick and then came to rest against a brick building. The sodden doctor was trying to start his car when a fireman reached in to grab his keys. He was ticketed, but it was embarrassing standing in the street next to a spanking new wrecked car with a "Student Driver" sign on it. The worst part was that students who knew me suddenly materialized to join the gawkers. The good part is that I was just blocks from my apartment, so I walked home.

Selling my matched ALK ESN 500hz and ESN5800hz crossovers. With these you have perhaps the finest crossovers made. Run as 2way or 3way. Al has a switch you can add to make the switch on the fly. Currently $1340 for the pair plus shipping. Asking $1000. Approx 11mo old. Headed toward some Jubs so they get to find a new home. These are separately boxed. Not keen on separating but may consider. Justin 323-868-9722

If you choose to avoid lossy formats that you find almost exclusively on the streaming services, you can choose instead to acquire the CDs, hybrid SACDs, DVD-As, or even lossless download formats. You can go to the Dynamic Range Database, then look up the album (record, disc or download) that has the highest DR rating available. At that point, you can look up the version of CD that is (bar code or CD number), then look it up on Discogs or Amazon Marketplace, etc., to buy--usually quite cheaply if it is an older disc. At this point, then the tutorials on demastering will help you to fix those old CDs for defects like rolled-off bass and accentuated highs, etc.: Demastering Part 1 (What and Why).pdf Demastering Part 2 (How To).pdf If you have questions on a particular disc or track, you can ask for help here or in the demastering thread: Chris

Fixed it for ya

Yeah that's the one.

Mine cracked up over the comic about choosing between her and the lp's. She hasn't seen this one yet.

Mike if there is a Costco near you look for Mayorga coffee beans. Have been enjoying it for four years and haven't felt the urge to try anything else. LF has a Keurig and uses those little prepackaged cups. Nowhere near as good.

I have a 0.7 scale Classic , its made of 5/8" Baltic birch, about 28"x 22.25"x 16.5" and weighs 51lb empty. Its loaded with an Eminence made 10. It would have to be made about an inch deeper to accommodate a 12. The back chamber has foam insulation triangles to reduce its volume down to around 1/2 cubic foot. ~7/10 scale Classic built by Triticum Audio response up close - mic ~ at mouth "center" - sometime I'll get the floor plane and data further back. It seems pretty lively. 10 inch Eminence speaker 05-RE OHMS 4.33 ------ 13-FS HZ 52.22 06-LE MH .74 ------ 14-MMS GMS 25.60 07-QM 2.94 ------- 15-CMS mm/N .3622 08-QE .250 ------ 16-RMS NS/M 2.8583 09-QT .230 ------ 17-VAS LTRS 68.19 10-XMAX MM 3.00 ------ 18-SD SCM 366.10 11-BL TM 11.99 ------ 19-EBP 206.2 12-EFF % 3.70 ------ 20-SPL dB 97.7

I have a spare pair of RC7s and set them up from time to time, sometimes with a sub and sometimes not. They are nothing short of amazing and I do believe the fact that they are 2 1/2 way gives them a little something extra

http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649351723-mcintosh-mc2505/ http://www.classicaudio.com/forsale/mac/MX112.html

I'm interested, pm sent.

Hang in there. Hopefully you have a lot on hand and the bathtubs are full. The water should start receding and they should be able to get things back up and running.

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You are 23 minutes from me. But my wife would kill me.

Have you all been seeing the helicopter aerial footage of the flooding all around Houston? It spans a heck of a lot of area.

Thinking about you guys at work today. This was good to see.

Sorry to hear that. I hope your home stays above the water. My son said some of the first floor rooms in his dorm at Lamar U are flooded. Fortunately, he is on the third floor.

Hope this makes someone feel better...one of Texas own....and a rather appropriate tune....

We'll have to try harder...

i agree it's a great price. I sold one of mine for (if I recall) $1,200... Now you're making me feel guilty...

Dammit Dave, you and your temptation.....lol

Wow, that's unbelievable. Perhaps your clients have not heard of all the death and destruction in Texas, impassable roads, the airports being closed to outgoing traffic, the entire shutdown of the Houston area. It was in all the papers.

My brother left for Beaumont with a truck and boat full of water at about midnight. I reckon he will be there around 1600. He is planning on bringing back some dogs too from what I hear.

Not many of those in SE TX.

Still high and dry carl? Are you on the generator yet?

And HEAVY. They have no place in a storm though. I had to be sure to hang them off a joist.

I hope it was marinated in THC barbeque seasoning... http://eatyourcannabis.com/bbq-cannabis-sauce/

Get @rockhound to bring a chopper. No way I'd be out driving in this crap.

I use those seleniums too in pro sound monitors and mains. Great drivers.

Not even an Alice's Restaurant Massacre movement??