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Here's how clueless she is. You know those tests that they do on how alert dogs are? I think it's safe to say she totally failed. She won't be no home guard dog Look REAL close. Ninja cat 1. Boxer big fat 0.

Yesterday rescued a boxer from some idiots. Not exactly "abused" just severely neglected and left for couple months in the back yard with four other dogs for survival of the fittest. Answered an add in the CL and once there which was a 158 mile one way I was seriously depressed. I've raised boxers and their disposition is happy, go lucky how are you types. THIS boxer ran from the owners hiding under the bed of a truck, running across the yard to wedge itself between a trailer and the home. They managed to drag her out and it was all I could do from letting my blood hitting boil. I thought there is no way I can work with this dog. It was filthy and scared as all get out. The owner picked up a stiff as aboard dog and started to bring her to me but seeing that she was already scared of men I let my wife and daughter take the lead. She immediately responded to them. She licked my daughter right away and those two hit it off. You could just tell "Lily" (I got to name her) liked kids. My wife she was equally ok with. After about ten minutes with them I came over and just squatted there letting her get used to us. My wife said "we need to get her out of here". I agreed. I'm good with dogs but.... However, this would prove challenging. There is no instruction manual just go by gut. So I gently grabbed onto her collar and held her and talked to her for ten minutes petting her. Then I had my daughter hold a treat out from ten feet away. She responded! Stiffly walking to her she gladly accepted it. That's a start! Did this maybe ten times just to get her to walk. The owner "you can pick her up and put her in the car". I calmly (wanted to use other words)told him "She has to do it on her own. She has to come on her own will." An hour later she made it from the front yard to the bumper of my car. That's a win in my book. All of 75" took an hour of coaxing and a little bribery. He was pissed it took so long. I so badly wanted to yell at them. She was a good girl on the ride home too. I had to carry her to the bathrooms for shower though. Well after a good hour of shampooing, pampering she's white again! Her ears were really, really dirty. Got out as much as I can could but the vet will do the rest tomorrow. First night at home she was SO exhausted almost falling asleep sitting up. Kinda funny. Swaying left to right. I stayed in the downstairs bedroom and she was staying in the tv room. About 3:15 in the morning I heard her yelping and whining. Checking up on her she was panting as if she has run 5 miles. Clearly she had a nightmare or panic attack. Stayed with her for about 10 minutes then I decided to sleep on the couch. After that she slept like a baby. This morning her appetite was very good as she is WAY underweight for nine months old. As I greeted her this morning I got ONE butt wag but wasn't sure I saw it. However when my daughter came downstairs there was so much butt wagging to power small home. Another good sign. Today she was trained to walk with me. Only took an hour but she decided she would go with me. She started out not so sure kinda jumpy but with some encouragement loosed up a bit as we went around the block stopping fifty times as she jumped at every sound. It broke my heart as she came to me with her nose almost touching the ground. I brought her head up and told her "hey you gotta hold your head up. Your a good girl". She SLOWLY started to "take pride" walking. The COOLEST part. Called the SPCA.to get her spayed explaining the situation and told them she's in heat too. Unfortunately they were booked out for couple months but reservation do get cancelled. That was 8am. By 11:30 am I got a confirmation of her operation tomorrow at 7:30 am!!! Blown away. That NEVER happens to us. I guess someone was watching over her. Today much more but wagging and healthier disposition. Time will tell what her personality really is. But so far she doing ok. Below her resting on her first day home. Checking her "Pee-mail" on our first walk together.

I'm trying to get my son in law to start a build thread in the subwoofer section on this sub. He finished the veneer on it the other day. Looks like he did a great job on my raggedy box.

Well done RX. Anyone that cares for dogs as you do is a friend of mine!

looks nice !!!! what is it called the martini shaker....

Awesome Rx.... Our youngest daughter has a Boxer and my wife grew up with a Boxer. My wife told me when she was a kid she would paint her dogs toe nails pink. Her dog would just sit there and let her do it. Yea I don't understand how people can treat animals that way..... when those TV commercials come on about the abuse to animals I can't watch em. I would like to get those people and take them to my gym and hang them up as a heavy bag! Best of luck with her.... keep us posted... MKP :-)

What a great story to wake up to. Thanks for posting.

Good job RX.

Just made a run to local grocery store as they had inteligenica coffee beans on sale for 50% off. $7 each. Perfect. Looking forward to waking up tomorrow.

I use a NOSValves NBS tube preamp into my Xilica. I am using RCA/XLR adaptors and they work fine. Have used those for years on other systems. I can't find any documentation as to any minimum required input signal level into the Xilica. For instance, my Ashly processors state the minimum input signal level required to achieve full signal to noise ratio on the input before the A/D. Still, the Xilica is clean and produces plenty of output LEDs and I do not have the input nor output gains up at all. I haven't connected the Xconsole in a while and so I don't know the exact levels I'm getting at the moment.

ditto what they said @Rxonmymind. I find it quite saddening & maddening that people can treat animals and people like that. like you, I would have had to fight the temptation to put a beatdown on the former "owners". great job there sir!

That should have been wild, I love a lead bass.

Gonna have fun this week! Got one replacement for a fave that is worn out, it's a direct metal mastered heavy one with a tshirt thrown in. Then the start of my own King Crimson collection that I never had. Supposed to all be the original cuts, had two/thirds of their 80s on a well recorded cassette but this is much better! Mike, you and others posting the tunes here reminded me of what I hadn't experienced in a long time! KC on bigger speakers than these pc ones.

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I looking at pic from last year's Bib O's are OK. I might come. You don't want to see me in my sarong or robe/s

Will do. Maybe you'll be able to tell him yourself as I'm trying to get him to come to Hope this year. That would be nice, tell him we will not make fun of him, just his father in law, he's safe.

Well duh, let's hope so. That's what you all bought 'em for, right? I'll wager that sticker is there cuz someone led by an attorney actually sued and won money for being an IDIOT. Probably right about the lawyer, ours was a metal strap riveted to the door. I broke it off because every time I seen it I thought exactly what you said. It's so stupid, can anyone be that dumb, a caveman even knew fire was hot.

I'll let you know when I see it in person

Close up of corner seams. Just how good of a veneerer is he?

Adirondacks

Fixed it fer ya. Please tell your SIL Awesome job!

No, that's me. It's a Cinema F-20 subwoofer.

Jimi and Janice at Woodstock 1969, wish I had been there for that. I did see Brad Delp and the group Boston on their first world tour 1979.

Wow, just WOW! I'll take 2 please, PRETTY PLEASE!

Well duh, let's hope so. That's what you all bought 'em for, right? I'll wager that sticker is there cuz someone led by an attorney actually sued and won money for being an IDIOT.

I haven't seen it in person but it the pics look fantastic. We built the sub in basically 2 days and he's been working evenings on finishing it. Basically 2 weeks from plywood to what you see here and most of the finish work has been done in his spare time. It's also his first attempt at veneering so kudos to him.

A fine job! Say... maybe he can fly over and do my Bell's. Sunny California...(checking airline tickets...)

Thanks all. Many things I can handle from the military to my job. But hurting animals(kids too) ALWAYS gets me. Well she went to the SPCA spay clinic and "hugged" me tight. I don't blame her! She woke up this morning and gave my wife two wiggles and a "jelly bean" welcome. (Boxers when a happy, walk in a jelly bean fashion a genetic trait) but just went bonkers for my daughter. Speaking of genetic traits. Boxers LOVE couches. She did hop onto the couch and my wife favorite recliner. I'll have to talk to her about that.

we're doing softball right now.

Finally completed the 7.1 system! I put RP-240S in the back and 2 more RP250C for the side. So in all, I have 4 RP250C (front and side), 2 RP-240S (Rear), 1 PR150M( Center) and R-112SW (sub). These are powered by a Sony ZA2000ES digital receiver (100W/channel). The PR150M's are all hanging from the ceiling, so my wife is obviously not thrilled about it, she said "look pinatas!" NOoooo!! She will learn to like it But it sounds FANTASTIC!! Crisp, clean, mid and high range, and tight base that will shake the house! Night and day difference between this and my old Bose system!

Thank you for sharing that. I look forward to positive updates. Your patience is admirable. Sad that anyone treats animals that way. Unfortunately, too many people treat their children no better.

Got the jacket today. Had to wash it twice since it had a slight smoke smell to it. It's awesome. Super comfortable. I'm such a geek.

Darn, no Timothy Leary?

Many here met PWK, including yours truly. The meeting was described here:

Don't have the spine for it.

Yessirre! The direct metal one is my first and just like I've read the mid and high range is prominent. Forte IIIs with my setup have an outstanding sound stage, but this LP especially Vital Signs knocks it out of the park with emphasis on the sound stage!

Same here, seen many other legends but this one was an accident. A long time ago I was in a bar in New Orleans called Rosie's up town along the river on Tchoupitoulas st. The music went off and they made an announcement, anyone want to see the show go to the stairs and pay $10 so i figured why not. The bar was upstairs and was a big open room underneath for bands, I went down and walked up to a table pushed up to the stage, it was just a room with tables and chairs. I sat down and a minute later a man walked up and asked if anyone else was sitting at the table and I said no. He sat down and we started talking as the room started filling, I told him you look familiar but I don't know your name, it was Allen Toussaint. This was quite the surprise, So I asked who is playing tonight I have no idea, he said B.B. King, I almost fell off my chair shocked, I thought it was some local band. He noticed I was shocked and laughed and said were good friends your in for a treat. When BB came out he pulled his chair right in front of where were sitting and played and talked with Allen the whole show, 6' from our seats. It was the best and most personal performance I have ever seen, and for $10 plus a 100% accident.

keep tellin' yourself that ... it's almost over

You are now a Genesis convert And I’m sure you will love it 👌

Just returned from our New Zealand Cruise 🚢 Need to sort out the photos But I have a few taken at Milford Sound on the iPad I was told that this day was the most idealic in a long while ( lucky me ) Rain had fallen over the previous week and we saw dosens of Waterfalls

Gawd I hate to even offer opinion on cables but I use Belden Brilliance. I mean think about it - where do you think all the aftermarket cable makers get their material? Probably from manufacturers of the actual wire. I doubt Knuconcepts or Blue Jeans or a myriad of others actually draws copper into wire. Many high end cable makers buy from a manufacturer in bulk and put their foam, insulators etc. to have them look like fire hoses and charge $100/foot for nothing more than Belden or Carol cable. Or buy Canare, a highly rated, affordable cable. Benchmade Audio has a neat video on why they favor Canare cable.

I remember that, he was a nut, back when Saturday Night Live was funny, and taxi was still on.

Ive been to a probably 200+ shows, a high school friend worked at a record store, tickets were easy to get. My one choice for legend status would be Led Zeppelin, 1977, I was in the 8th grade.

Sounds like a Monday morning company meeting !! Glad I no longer have to listen to that shit ?!?

Full range.....Gary aka tigerman just bought a ticket. to go see a legendary Genesis tribute band ! The Musical Box: 50 Years of Genesis with Selling England By The Pound with a special Lamb Lies Down Set encore Venue: Calvin Theater Date: Saturday, March 24, 2018 ~ 8:00 PM Price: $65.50, $40.50, $30.50 (plus $7 service & $2 facility fee) Links: Share Tweet The Musical Box, internationally acclaimed for its historical re-enactment of early Genesis’ works, will perform Selling England by the Pound, the emblematic 1973 show that made Genesis and Peter Gabriel attain rockstar status, enjoying to this day a cult following from nostalgic and young music lovers alike. With Peter Gabriel’s famous theatrics and Genesis’ unique musicianship, the band’s artistry would produce some of the most iconic images and sounds of the progressive rock era, such as the mythic 23 minutes long Supper’s Ready, considered as one of the most intense live experience ever created. The Musical Box will also perform a special “Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” Encore as a sneak preview of a new forthcoming tour. Exclusively licensed by Peter Gabriel and Genesis, The Musical Box has performed for more than a million spectators worldwide in some of the most prestigious venues such as the London Royal Albert Hall, and had the privilege of receiving Phil Collins and Steve Hackett from Genesis as performing guests. With its quest for authenticity, The Musical Box is often cited as the best interpretation group in the world, proving the relevance of performing contemporary classics.

I have always liked Frank Zappa’s version of stairway to heaven

Love it, I have it and it sounds devine!

Hello fellow LP vinyl spinners I have returned home about an hour ago from our cruise trip to New Zealand What a marvellous time we had Once I get my land legs back, it won’t be long before I’m back into spinning again 😃

Good evening everyone..............I have been enjoying this most recent album from Diana Krall.......love her laid back style on this one... Here is the cover artwork........there are two LP's in this one... Paul, I am enjoying a MAGNUM of a wine SURELY produced in your land Been a LONG TIME since I have had this one.....