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Timmikid

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  1. When I graduated from highschool in 1970 I asked for only cash gifts. Then I went out and bought an Accutron like this one except that it had a metal band. It must have been the lowest priced one.

    It was to me a beautiful watch. Accuracy was beyond anything else in the day. It made an intriguing hum.

    In 1977 I was bicycling on Lake Shore Drive -- it had a sidewalk back then with curb cuts -- and had a bad fall. Eventually I got back to the IIT dorms and discovered the watch was missing. I went back to the scene and didn't find it.

    In about 1991 I was buying an airline ticket at Midway Airport. The young man behind the counter was wearing an Accutron Astronaut. It seemed a bit incongruous. He explained that his uncle wore it though Viet Nam and gave it to him. There must have been a very interesting story attached to that Astronaut.

    Watches are passed along on male lines at least in the old days. It is a shame that they are not recorded better..

    WMcD

    I always wanted one like this. Almost bought one on a flea market in San Francisco ten years ago, but at the time it was too expensive as I needed the money to travel.

  2. Hey, I just had a brilliant idea. Why not put a game on the forum, where members can shoot eachother with test tones through Klipsch tweeters, causing lethal earbleed? Solves arguments and may eliminate flame wars? ...

    Maybe not. [:#]

  3. Hi there and welcome to the forum. Klipsch heritage is efficient for sure. Yet... We like them, but it's not everybody's favourite. Please look into the possibility of listening to them at your home for a period of time. Cornwalls are great, but La Scala's or Khorns are, well. Maybe do a search in the archives, if I remember correctly, some posts here are written about the latter two. [;)]

  4. You and I are so much alike! Here's a project I recently completed. Note the "modern" use of corrugated steel with bold graphics as an architectural element. Much like Wright's Marin County building, this one is not in the meadow, but of the meadow. And getting more so every day.

    old_shackA.jpg

    Hello, exactly 13000 posts!!! A beautiful house this. We could exchange houses after all! I'd love to timeshare with you! The only backdraw is the planeticket... Where is this?

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