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any of you remember how you felt the first time you were addressed as "Sir" as a sign of respect? I do. It was like a very polite gut kick. The first time I realized I was getting old/er.... than teenage. I was about 40

Feeling almost good enough to run my amp to Tucson. Bet they have some good bday presents for me there. 65 years old tomorrow..damn... never thought I'd last this long. Temp swing... oh yeah. Sposed to make 65`. Frost is starting to melt. Went out to uncover my garden...brrr Prolly 50 in the sun. I feel OK... just no gas. I'm good for a couple hours and need to rest.... sleep/nap. I was up a 0130... hungry. Had some toast with honey and butter. Getting time to eat breakfast. 3 or 4 eggs, toast or tortillas and some juice sounds good. Can't let wife do that for me. She tends to overcook eggs and a lot of other things. She will kill good shrimp. Cook 'em to rubber... same as eggs. Then wonder why she doesn't like them. She does great curries/Asian style... anything else, I tell her AuntRuby taught you wrong. A lot of it comes from trying to multi-task while preparing very fast cooking items. I do most of the cooking around here. How y'all doing with that storm? Came thru here w/o much more than a dip in temp. It rained east of us. Not far east... a mile or two east was wet/damp when we went out yesterday. We got zero precip.

Might even have enough left to come hang out with some friends in Hope.

Morning Pete......warm here for January. May make it to 70 today. Fixed LF a Feta and black olive omelette and she is on her way to tennis. Watching some Motor Trend TV and finishing second cup. Jake resting! Powerball up to $277 million. Have one ticket and may buy another. You could cobble together a decent system for that.

Might be a little light on the center channel.

Nobody mentioned "fat"! Just no sharp edges. I checked my list of challenges and "horizontally" is not on there.

Yep, it's past us now, some bad winds but the really hard rain didn't last long, 1.5" total, no problems. It's just with weather like this you never know when a tornado will pop up and it could be anywhere. Cooling off already, feels nice but still windy. Hope everything goes well for them, Congratulations.

the only "fat photos" of me are at 4 years old I am horizontally challenged

Most of us are proactive and put on at least 5 pounds per year to keep the wrinkle out and keep us looking young(ish) You obviously did not get that memo.

A day early but ......... happy birthday to you Sir grasshopper! 65 looks pretty awesome if you are 80 Make the most of it as nothing in life is assured. Storm is here right now, passin through as I type. 1.3" in 40 minutes.

Happy Birthday!!!

Life and the Holidays got in the way, so I just now started to do my grills. Always wanted cane grills so..... This is the first one and needs a little tweaking but I really like the retro look of these S Heresy's and above all, the sound they produce. Also got them up on stands and off the floor.

This is what ~ $500,000 will buy you: https://www.paragonsns.com/product/wilson-audio-chronosonic-xvx/ I bet Chris would appreciate this: "Like the WAMM, the goal for XVX’s time-domain accuracy was to approach the theoretical ideal, with adjustment increments in the two-millionths-of-a-second range with greater ease and simplicity."

Top of the morning to ya, grasshopper! Had my coffee @ 0400. Claude pointed out something pretty valuable to me a few days ago in a post. $500,000 a pair Wilson Audio speakers are bass reflex cabs. I was really surprised.

The desert does have some pretty good temp swings. Been 30s to 60s and wet, wet, wet, again here. Still occasionally have an eighty foot oak that wasn't tended to in the heatwave/drought two decades ago that just fall down. Found a variant of my new southwest "Rain Song" recently. Hope you're getting better!

Wake up lost in an empty town Wondering why no one else is around Look up to see a giant boy You’ve just become his brand new toy No escape, no place to hide Here where Time and Space collide You have entered the Twilight Zone Beyond this world strange things are known Use the key, unlock the door See what your fate might have in store Come explore your dreams’ creation Enter this world of imagination

Mornin' all a fresh pot of coffee this AM. Chuck, You can put a pretty nice system together w/o hitting the grand prize. $50grand will buy some pretty good stuff. And not take a half hour to turn everything on/off. Crispy out this AM. 25` is kinda fresh.

In high school I drove a bright yellow 68 Camaro pioneer deck and pioneer 3 way 6 by 9s. Man I wish I still had that car

Top ten band of mine for sure. I saw them twice. Love all their music. Really love getting lost in 2112. RIP!

Listening to The Cowsills on a windy night

Wow, just wow! https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/rush-drummer-neil-peart-dies-at-67/287-c5c9fa9c-366b-4dad-85a6-2d6f11c95691

I hope you feel better soon Willy.

Too bad, good writer and really good drummer. He had some tough times for a guy with so much. There was a time after I saw 2112 tour that I was a mega fan. I still love that era Rush music, after......ehh.......RIP

What's the diagnosis? Sorry if i missed it. Antibiotics means it ain't the flu. I hope you get to feeling better soon. 10 pounds off of 125? Yea that's a lot. Be like me losing 11 or 12 Last trip to Doc he said "let's not have you loose any more weight". i said Doc it ain't like I'm trying.

Saw them warm up for Kiss in the early 70's and with 2112 became a hardcore fan. I'm lucky I guess in that I saw them 20+ times. For one concert the warm up band did not show up so Geddy came out and apologized and then asked if it would be okay if RUSH played both sets - 3.5 hours of music, they did have a break in the middle for 20 minutes. Professionals in every sense, I feel a personal loss with this. The most amazing talented band I ever saw, Heaven is an even better place now.

They still make them, I had one a long time ago. So when needing something out in the bar i thought a car radio could handle a little more dampness than home audio electronics and I remembered the old Supertuners. Well I was surprised to find out the still make them but a 3rd version, pre-outs and all, put a Crown D 75 with it, works great. It even has a connector for the back to connect a cable to plug in any headphone, ipad or computer as the source, plus CD's.

I showed my birth cert at the MVD, yesterday. They didn't believe it, either. ....actually I took the fancy, framed on the wall hospital cert.. They wanted the one registered with county recorder... it's here somewhere. I know. But when you move between times that you need it. There are lots of things I'm still looking for.

I won't believe it until I see the birth certificate. And then I still won't believe it.

Happy Birthday Willy....(a day early) enjoy your day.

Now hear this: BOLO Alert... Be on the lookout for this LP. Rated PG It is for me to get. Unconditional Condition... @littlejackhorner and @Vectra... 2 that have done used record biz with and recommend. Also on lookout for APP Poe... Thanks for your consideration and concern. That is (almost) all...:

I don't want to take the fun out of it. Speakers are what I do when I'm not doing what I do for a living. (did that make sense?)

Second Place??

Good Morning! Second pot of coffee running and going into the 60's today in NE Ohio. Not normal but after the temps over the last few, I'll take it, even with the rain.

If I'm too lazy to have my wife get up and change the channel, I don't deserve a remote 😁

remember BlueCheer and their "wall of sound"?

Some of the passages sounded so spooky to me when I first heard that whole LP in the late 70s @Full Range At that point had not even seen the Exorcist, didn't until it came on tv later on. & Oldfield played every instrument on the LP? Good clock in his head and great mastering. The Record Store Day editions I've got are very nice too!

I picked it up because it was a mono recording for use for DJ’s

I received this album for my birthday last month - however I just opened it up for a spin today This classic album needs no introduction But it sounds fantastic on my horn system with a little extra volume 😎 Artist - Mike Oldfield Title - Tubular Bells

Another great musician gone way too soon. He was the TOTAL package EVERY time he walked out on the stage and the entire world knew it! The REAL DEAL! MANY great drummers but damn he soooo took it to another level EVERY time!

I'm new to Klipsch - not new to the game. I'm running a set of RP8000's and recently took delivery of an RP504C like yourself. Power is coming from my Marantz SR7013. I can guarantee something is amiss, because right now I'm running stereo only (pure direct) and the sound is epic. I mean 'Maxell Blown Away Guy' levels. It's fantastic. Great musical quality to the receiver as well. What's your source? I'm playing mostly Tidal masters or FLAC off USB, so quality is better than not. But anything I seem to throw at it is pretty impressive. Lots of things to consider when it's not going right, but maybe a tech from here can chime in? Best of luck.

I've always been able to hide behind a t-post ... if it weren't for my knees

OW! Get better man!

humor is always appreciated. laughter is good medicine... very good

Glad the doctor is optimistic, It's not completely her fault, normal to wasting away might only be a few pounds from what it sounds like. Hope you get feeling better.

Back in the grooves now. Entirely predictable here, the other stuff will have to wait. One of my all time favorite bands lost their drummer Tuesday and it was announced a little while ago. Forty years ago I imagined firing up a stogie (extremely large doobie) when events good or bad happened, forever more. Things are different but side two of "Fly By Night" is still beautiful and comforting to me. Leaving off the first track from side B. Rest in Peace Mr. Peart.

Fair Warning: will have something uncharacteristic of me to post in a little while. *