Coytee

but can I eat Cheetos while working?

My niece (41/42 years old with some drug issues in her past) found herself pregnant. During this, they ascertained that the child had Edwards Syndrome. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/cy/trisomy18.html Seems babies with this affliction are not expected to live long, it has a high mortality rate. She had to go to the Dr's office three times a week so they could verify that the child was still alive within her. She wanted to carry to term, should child last that long, in case perhaps some organs might be able to be donated and (I hate to use this word) 'salvage' some good out of this situation. Seems the child, Benjamin Luke, was born Wednesday. Because it was a live birth, he was/will be given a birth certificate. Hospital did some kind of plaster cast of his feet or foot to be a momento for her as he passed away within five minutes of being born. I've come to understand this might really be a blessing as they were warned, were he to survive, he'd likely pass away weeks/months later and that time would be spent in the hospital verses at home with his moither. I got this call Wednesday Morning from my sister (Benjamins grandmother). Ok.... now, some (unrelated to this) history. I made three of my nieces a wooden box. Picture of one is below. I asked her what color she wanted and she said PURPLE. Ugh, I didn't want to stain or paint it so, I got some Purple Heartwood, brass hinges and made this for her. My other two nieces had one made for each of them but I used Zebrawood as I recall, as it seemed to fit their equestrian background....kind of earthy too. Not being terribly creative, they are all essentially the same. Enter a new nephew (brother to Benjamin) Chance is now three years old. They live out of state so I've not even met him yet. I thought I might build him a box like this....but what to use. For some reason, White Oak is calling my name so as of now, that's my thinking. Nothing done yet. Only 2 weeks ago, I learned his mother was pregnant with Benjamin (who by the way, had a birth weight of 1-pound). I was told of the Edwards Syndrome and the reality that he'd probably not survive either at all or, very long. This got me thinking about this box I was intending on making for Chance. and this is where I'm open to ideas/opinions. If I made this box out of White Oak for Chance, I thought I might take ANOTHER type of wood to either inlay into it or more likely, swap one of the boards as I was gluing them together. Look at these boxes and imagine a 1/2" "stripe" next to the wood you see. This "stripe" would be a representation of Benjamin. The brother Chance never got to know yet, later in life, (to the degree he keeps the box) would have this image that would be a representation of his brother. Last week, I asked my sister about this as that is when it came to my mind..... well, Benjamin was still swimming around inside Mom so it was a bit premature even though this ending seemed to be a lock. Well.... sister held it together but I sensed she almost started bawling so I backed off and figured I'd wait a while. (I probably won't do ANYTHING until summer arrives). But, you knuckleheads here won't be as closely attached to this as my sister might so thought I might ask here. If I were to use White Oak for a box like this..... what wood of natural color, (which is why I used Purple Heartwood) might I use to represent a little boy. so his brother might have this momento years later. Just now, literally as I'm typing this (and seeing these attached photos in front of me..... I just got an idea. What if I used White Oak. As a precursor, look at the purple box with the top closed. White Oak for the box, take the lid, route a (dado?) route a slot in it from front to back, maybe 1/3 distance from the side..... and then, insert an inlay of this Purple Heartwood as a contrast. Possibly use Maple instead (?) Just typing this out has put that thought into me. I've never done an inlay like that but can't imagine it would be too difficult, I've got the tools but might need to acquire an appropriate router bit. Thoughts? What might be some design touches that might make this a keepsake for him once he's old enough to appreciate it. (I still have a decopauged box my grandmother gave me when I was maybe 13/14)

I'd wonder if it's the wireless nature of your keyboard talking to your laptop and getting picked up by your sound card. Can you physically plug the board in as a trial? (different corded keyboard) If that takes care of it then it would seem to me that is where the issue is. (note that I did NOT sleep at a Holiday Inn last night)

Decades ago, I had my two LaScalas up front. Called my favorite store in my hometown (that I was no longer living in) and asked them for their thoughts......he said Academy's all the way! So I said, here's my Card number, send me three of them. I built a 2x3 base that went UNDER my LaScalas, had a water pipe go up say, six feet and attached a platform to the pipe. This allowed me to put the speakers ON the platform to hold it firmly, the Academy's would be in the air above each speaker and the third Academy would be in the cabinet as my center channel..... I was stoked.... Pretty much an epic fail. I just blindly went with his recommendation without knowing what the (center channel) Academy was.... but what really bit me in the hiney was the big difference in sensitivity. The LaScalas essentially drowned out the Academy's, both the center channel and the front effects. To be fair, they probably added some ambiance to the sound but I ended up never really using them and then several years later, sold them to someone on this forum, all three of them. Point being, if you do something like this, make sure your height speakers match your mains verses the stark mismatch I had.

Welcome back and good grief is right!!!

It's nice when "OK" is..... sufficient!

Yes. Kept looking and fount it. It was 2016 396 is on the outside of speaker edge, almost disappears with background. My recollection is there was a second one on the left side (but havn't seen a picture to verify that.) I walked outdoors, heard "that sound" and thought it was that MWM Grande (correct name?) was playing and it was the 396 with Roy once again, snookering us!

Don't recall the year, but I think it was 2009 (?) when I was there and they were outdoors with some of the big guns. I had presumed the BIG speakers were playing but it was the 396's on top of the bass bins.

You know that somewhere.... Roy is either tossing in his sleep with horrific nightmares or, salivating as he dreams of the possiblities.

That crossed my mind too....and I deleted it presuming he knew.

You mean like a picture of the backside? I don't have a picture of this speaker however, if that's what you're asking, here is a picture of mine (single piece unit verses the two piece pictured above). and I have the same top horn sitting on it but you have the top section of the LaScala in-between.

Well.... neither really. As I think you now know, there is the top half that's missing in the picture. Be that as it may, these are more of a 'mid-bass' unit than subwoofer. Cool thing with them, once setup nicely, they can/will reach out and viscerally punch you in the chest BUT they won't shake the foundation of your home as they won't go that low. Here's an idea for you. If you can swing this to happen, it will walk all over the sound you'd get taking them back to stock with the top half sitting on them.

Now that the dust has settled....the rest of the story.... First, thanks for the help! It's not 100% working but I'm getting there. Falling on my sword..... (first, a preface comment that EVERYTHING in the house is wired to internet. I have a wireless router but I have things plugged into it) I was totally expecting to have to plug this dongle thing into my router because EVERYTHING I have, is plugged into the router. So that was a major revelation for me. Even as I took it out of the box, I was looking for the jack to plug into router.... I then had an 'Ah-ha" moment. Internet provider is coming out in 2-weeks to install new modem and router. I upped the data package so need an upgrade. I still can't get the upstairs unit connected to router, basement unit (the important one) does work fine however, very slow as I've used my fast data and am on their disabled data feed until month renews or new installation gets here. Learned that my router has a couple names on it. Not sure how that happened, but it did. So to somplify, we'll just say name 1 & 2. Logged into the router, my cell phone is able to see same router ("1") and I got the basement done pretty much first try. Upstairs unit however, saw name "2" BUT, my phone is seeing name "1" so took me a bit to get that ironed out. Since I know so little about this, it's a bit disorganized.....but am getting there. I appreciate the help & guidance.

might be screwed looks like i need usb port and i have nothing like that near guessing this MUST be fed via pc?

just left wmt, bought last 2 4,000 style in case i need fir both sets ill be tinkering on this soon, appreciate the help!

" can i get" one at wmt

ok, so i do need the dongle i can get one at walmart or better to go best buy?

i hate typing with one finget, pardon typos

cant play with this for couple hours...on way home now and just trying to organize me game plan

i need you tube tv account. will i need a dongle for that or do i plug tv into internet and create/log into account? beginning to think that might work.

interesting dtuff, thank you. ive never done any streaming and am quite ignorant on how it works and parts needed

I've got a moment to breath.... I've been driving 300 miles/day.... having 8-12 meetings when I go on site.... I now have a 7mm kidney stone, was in ER for 6 hours yesterday (to confirm I had a stone, which is what I told them when I walked in) Here's what I don't know. I have a TV (don't know brand, it's in other room) BUT it has several inputs. How do, or CAN I, get the game on the tv rather than streaming it to my computer or phone. I really don't want that option (but, if it's that or the highway, I'm suddenly open to it!) If I got (pardon my ignorance here) a Roku stick... does that interact with my satellite? Can I record any of these events to time shift them?

Been doing the Sunday Ticket now for 15/20 years. I've perused through the channels that would be associated with Sunday games....and they're missing.... keep digging and I find out that Sunday Ticket is no longer with/on Direct TV but other means. This bites for my circumstances. I'm presuming (without knowing) that it's now going to be a download which means computer which means my other satelite will carry it not my DTV satellite. I have bandwidth issues but they may be surmountable. My question is.... what exactly do I need, to go from nothing, to being able to watch the various games. Can I record them like I do on my DTV? I like to record them during the day when I'm outside getting work done and when finished for the day, go watch the game I wanted to see. Having just discovered this, I essentially have 2-3 days to get this figured out and associated parts collected/installed. Who, ME, have his head buried in the sand for as long as this may have been known?

Or using TAD drivers....

Great to see you back in action!