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Thanks for all the good vibes my friends... We're getting ready to roll out and go on our daily adventure. Gonna get some fresh air. Feeling a bit better today. MKP :-)

Do you by default always offer outdoor kitchen gear, outdoor furniture, and wrought iron gates at big discounts? When did we as a society decide that audio dealers shouldn't make much but most everything else is ok? Have you ever thought about how much demo equipment costs, or considered how much shipping is over the course of a year? Commercial space can be in the thousands per month, then you still gotta eat and pay the mortgage and still come up with $1,200 to $2,400 a month for stupid health insurance and haul speakers around with something other than a horse and buggy. It's crazy hard to make a good living doing this, literally the hardest thing I've ever done. I love it and it suits me but jeez, some people have no idea. I literally had to have two jobs for three years then work regular 17 hours a day for months just to break into it, and that's with having a cozy software engineer job as the main one. Did nobody notice all the audio shops that shut down after the internet took off and the recession hit? You literally have to be half crazy to try to get into the business of selling speakers nowadays, mainly because of this sentiment, it's a non-stop race to the bottom and we have to actively seek out brands and lines that are more protected to keep profits up in order to survive. Apparently that's a bad thing. SMH.

Good news....enjoy your day!

I did about 30 years ago. A guy with a built H2 raced my friend on his 78 Honda 750. My friend's stock Honda won twice, we couldn't understand why. Then the H2 owner asked if I would race his bike, I said "sure". It was probably an 1/8th mile. I never rode a bike with wheelie bars before, he said just nail the throttle, the bars will keep you straight! We raced, I won by about a 1/16th of a mile I don't think he had the nerve to hold the throttle wide open for very long. It was very quick.

Not being a street bike rider, that looks like what would finish me off. When you think your getting the hang of controlling it that's when your in trouble. Are you married? Just wondering I see the tent in the garage and you just got a new bike, fancy doghouse you got there with a great view of the bike.

I hear ya, a V-Twin at full song is a wonderful sound. Shifting is optional.

Its not that hooligan. 3 years ago I went from my Buell M2 to a FJR1300. I underestimated how much the extra weight would spoil the fun. I really like the FJR but needed something that would handle better. Keeping the Duc under 6k RPM for 600 miles is tough. My 2nd choice was a Yamaha FZ-09. now that is a wheelie machine. Even though the FZ-09 is a triple, I already have a inline. I wanted something totally different, a twin with great sound and some soul.

I think the plow purchase did us in for sure. 2017 Ducati Monster 821

It is a nice place to live, but I wouldn't want to visit there.

Taste like chicken?

i spent a month one weekend in Lafayette, Indiana. No idea which part of the state that is. I guess i still could be there -- i don't remember leaving.

@jimjimbo NW is kinda splittin' hairs, isn't it? You're west of Elkhart ... barely ..Seems like I should be able to get those Scalas on the backs of some of the southbound migration HaHaHa you would think my cat is the one been drinking the coffee. She bouncing the walls. She went blasting thru and stopped at the top of the storm door. Then looks at me ... "Aren't I cute?" MKP -- see my comment about the roosters on Kauai. Was prolly a light on...

A couple years back there was a rooster that was on the farm house right behind our house.... and that SOB would crow all the time!! in the morning, afternoon, evening and I even heard crowing at 2-3 in the morning sometimes. Haven't heard him in awhile.... MKP :-)

And here in NW IN as well.

According the latest forecast damn near half the country is still in winter. So it may Still be winter in September let alone just set in. March and early April have just sucked here in KC.

I was going to play some more jazz but my hand landed on a prog record of one of my favourite bands I speak of King Crimson A compilation record of some of the most fantastic tracks ever recorded This would be a great record for @MetropolisLakeOutfitters Artist - King Crimson Title - The Compact King Crimson EG Record label Cat # EGLP 68

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it's Friday. Time to relax "Waitress in a Donut Shop"

The musical box vs genesis...

AWESOME....a Hooligan bike! I'll bet the front wheel gets light sometimes Very nice bike....congrats.

basically a cover band ... I like this LP. this is a cobbed together version of the LP. My vinyl is way different

Soup !

I think you would know if you were in Indiana.

the way the weather is, I am wondering if I shouldn't rethink my trip to IN. Winter may have set in by mid Sept

We're still waiting for Gary's comments.. On what he witnessed and absorbed...

Decent pair of RS-7 surrounds from Craigslist. Guy is downsizing and Going with a Klipsch The Sixes. They're huge!

miss WKRO Daytona's Crow !!!!!!

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So come here often.... We will share other alternative Music

Here's some 80s crimson

Isn’t this what William Shatner saw on the wing in that Twilight Zone episode?

Good to hear from you and hope you get feeling better, yes "stuff" always seems to happen.

Hey Mark, keep an eye on your health, hope you keep feeling better. It sounds like you're busy, all that work will wait till you're up to it.

@MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE You going to try to make it to Hope this year?

Hope you feel better soon Mark. Pneumonia is nothing to toy with. Do what the Dr tells you.

sunset.

Now spinning

I think this starts with the parent learning and caring about privacy and passing it on to their children. I feel the need once again to caution that most adults get their news from Facebook and most parents are only giving lip service to "learning or caring about privacy," and only slightly understand it themselves....Gotta say, excluding the Facebook analogy I am still on the learning curve myself.

-- I wish I were about 6-7 years younger and could give serious thought to the new V4 Ducati. They're so damn purdy I can Almost justify a purchase and bring her downstairs just to stare at. And with them being so damn purdy they should include Yoga classes so as to contort yourself into some form of riding position. The bikes are tiny to begin with, high foot pegs and low bars = short stays in the saddle.

you could someones' eye out with that thing looks like it can get you to the site of the crash in a big hurry be careful [.. as opposed to my car. It is a rolling wreck. If I park it, you could consider that the crash site.] I know that [once you get to a certain skill level] it is not the bike operator's fault. But you still lose.

feel like I slept in ... 4AM

No I was up at 5am... Just posted late....

that's the problem with toys nowadays folks seem to think that play should be safe. So they sit the kids behind a desk with a computer. to find that Johnny is now Vitamin D deficient and is in terrible physical shape --

Time for coffee

dangerous for today's kids We all have fond memories of these toys. Image: TolToys Kid Growing up in the 1960s meant growing up with some of the best toys on the market. We had Hot Wheels, Barbies, G.I. Joes — not to mention all the adventures we had playing outside. Although toys were great in the 60s, they were also kind of dangerous. Looking back, it's hard to imagine how we made it into adulthood without being scarred for life with these nine toys. But alas, we made it! And these toys arguably made us stronger and ready for the real world. How many of these toys did you have? 1. Super Elastic Bubble Plastic This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles. Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. It's no wonder the toy was discontinued in the 1980s. Image: Remembering the 70s 2. Creepy Crawlers Mattel gave us this gift in 1964. The danger factor not only included noxious fumes, but an exposed hot plate which kids were supposed to heat up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The point of this game was to create plastic bugs. In order to do so, kids poured a substance called "Plastigoop" into metal molds on the hot plate and let them bake. (Words like "Plastigoop" are never a good sign, right?). The instructions said to let the bugs cool off before removing them, but we're guessing kids chose to ignore those instructions. Image: YouTube 3. Little Lady Stove The Little Lady Stove may be quaint and petite, but it packs a much more powerful punch than the Creepy Crawlers hot plate. In the 1960s, officials wanted to ban it because it generated too much heat — 600 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact! That's more powerful than most real stoves need to be. Image: icollector.com 4. Jarts Jarts were heavy lawn darts with metal spikes designed to fly in the air, and they were also a recipe for disaster. The toy had already been banned once, but officials ruled they could come back as long as they were labeled for adults only. But that didn't stop kids from using it. In the late 1980s, a seven-year-old girl died after accidentally being hit with a dart. This prompted her father to successfully lobby to get them banned for good. Officials found that in the eight years leading up to the girl's death, a whopping 6,100 people went to the emergency room because of the lawn darts. 81 percent of those people were 15 and younger. It's probably good this toy isn't around today. Image: www.expertlaw.com 5. Water Wiggle Wham-O is a repeat offender when it comes to dangerous toys. The Water Wiggle was a popular summer toy like the Slip 'n Slide, but it was a little more dangerous. The toy would whip around in every direction, sparing no one from its wrath. Just watch the YouTube video and watch the Water Wiggle wrap itself around a little girl like a boa constrictor. That can't be safe. Image: Top of Texas Gazette 6. Swing Wing It's like a Hula Hoop… for your head! Transogram Games developed the simple concept in 1965, and it probably gave kids vertigo, whiplash and neck problems for years to come. Image: YouTube 7. Sixfinger Sixfinger was the quintessential "you'll shoot your eye out" toy of the 1960s. But not only was Sixfinger dangerous, it was also really bizarre. Obviously kids found it really cool to have a sixth finger that doubled as a toy gun, but did the manufacturers really think people would be fooled that a cold, plastic object could be mistaken for an extra finger? Image: YouTube 8. Vac-U-Form Another toy, another exposed hot plate. The Vac-U-Form was similar to Creepy Crawlers in the respect that kids got to create their own toys. To do that, they had to heat up a sheet of plastic, form a mold, and then suck the plastic down over the mold so the toy would form. Image: www.spookshows.com 9. Luscious Limbs Luscious Limbs isn't so much dangerous as it is weird. The fun part was kids got to create body parts out of a mold... But that wasn't all. Kids also got to eat those body parts. That's right, hands, feet, and ears were fair game. We don't even want to think about all the

Depeche, Cure?

I don't even know who that is, I'm a 90's kid, all I know about is grunge and alternative.

Stevie Wonder Ryan Adams Beastie Boys Weezer Metallica Roberta Flack Eric Clapton Rodrigo y Gabriela Foo Fighters Cypress Hill Barenaked Ladies Pearl Jam Chili Peppers Jimmy Buffett Dr. Dre Rage against the machine Green Day my chemical romance Paul Simon Pink Floyd Nirvana Young MC and Herb Albert

I spy stevie wonder songs in the key of life.. And it looks like king crimson discipline , beat , and three of a perfect pair...