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From what I've read, you have a net gain on the rental. To recover damages in a lawsuit you must prove that you've suffered a loss - yeah, your tenants moved out early - so what - you can recover the cost of re-renting for the balance of the lease - but anything you recover by re-renting will be deducted from what the defaulting tenants owe you on the lease - only fair, you don't get to rent the property twice. But they also improved your property - making it more valuable - I don't see that you've given any consideration that they may be entitled to compensation for the improvements they've made to your property? Re-rent - or better yet sell your property (judging by your post, you're not cut out to be a landlord) and get on with your life. James By the way, it's "are there"

Just witnessed someone on the Rennlist 928 forum resurrect a 2 year old post dissing his company - which only served to remind people why they should avoid doing business with him in the first place. Some people never learn .... James

What's "need" got to do with anything?

Bill: Yeah, I think they just didn't have the resources to properly bring the Ref 70 to market with the constantly changing HDMI standards. Getting HDMI components to "talk" to each other has tripped up a lot of people - especially the installers who have to try to make it all work. I love my Ref 50. Of course, I use it mostly for music. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a more musical pre/pro. I started out with a ST-140 amp that I bought on a whim, when a guy who was trying to sell me a pair of KG2s brought it along with him. Ended up with the Ref 50 pre/pro, a PT-5 preamp, 2 PT-3 preamps, and 5 of their amps. Great bullet proof equipment at very reasonable prices. Really sad to see them fold.... James

Bad news for all us B&K fans. In mid September B&K Components closed their doors and went into bank receivership. The good news is that as of October 18, 2010, all of B&K's assets have been acquired from their receiver by ATI (owner of AudioAccess, Theta Digital, BGW Systems, & maker of a number of OEM brands - including Outlaw, I believe) and production is being moved from NY to CA. http://www.bkcomp.com/ James

Heard somewhere that if the Rangers win, Texas gets to secede from the Union. If the Giants win, Texas has to secede. James

Think he or she may have fallen asleep...? James

Porsche 928. That's the one with the water cooled V8 in the front. [] James

Since I grew up on the east coast, I've ended up with/inherited several vehicles with rust. The last was a Toyota Pickup that I bought sight unseen from an uncle when I needed to transport my BMW motorcycle from PA to CA back in '87. When I flew back to pick it up, my Dad told me that he'd "fixed the rust." I thought "Oh Great." Anyway, the truck spent it's twilight years in CA and never saw salt again. Kept the thing for 22 years, but the rust never stopped. The floor rusted through, the bottoms of the doors rusted through and you could see through one side of the bed and out the other. I was afraid to slam the doors too hard for fear that the whole thing would collapse into a pile of rust flakes. Mechanical stuff you can fix. There's no way to fix rust. James

fini asked: "James, what do you drive?"

Do not, repeat DO NOT buy a car with rust. Repaired or not - rust never sleeps. If you have to have a Z3 buy a plane ticket to CA or the Southwest & buy a rust free car. You'll be miles ahead with a road trip thrown in. James

Didn't bother to read the whole rant. But yes, you clearly are a tater.

dtel, You have my sympathies. I spent a year in Biloxi and I'm never coming back. James

That was the weekend. Things change fast around here! James

5:53 p.m. & we're up to 108F, 41.7C. Beating the all time record by 5 degrees here in Santa Rosa. I think this is the highest temp I've ever experienced - anywhere I've lived! Thankfully, it should be back in the 60's or 70's in a few days. James

remoteControl.jpg I'm guessing it's probably a little low on WAF. James

Not much of a Queen fan myself, but I thought I'd pass along a heads up. I believe he's going to be interviewed on the NPR show "Fresh Air" with Terri Gross tomorrow (August 3rd). James

Just walk in to any WallMart. You can actually feel the intelligence leaking out through your pores. I've had to make a run for the exit before I became too stupid to find my way out. James

"Different" and "better" are not the same thing. With a background in electronics from my Air Force days, I'm of the "wire is wire" school. If a speaker cable is changing the sound, it is adding something which shouldn't be there or subtracting something which should. James

In my experience, 12v triggers usually require a MONO mini plug cable. With your amp it looks like you would have to cut the plug off of one end of the cable and connect the center wire to the 12v input and twist the ground (sheath) together and connect it to the ground on your amp - maybe tin it with a bit of solder first. You're right, you don't wanna plug a 220 watt amp into the switched AC outlets on your pre-amp! James

I give up. Inserting a link simply dosen't work. James

Heads up for NorCal folks: She's in the line up for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. Along with: Charlie Haden Ravi Coltrane Geri Allen Jason Moran Bill Frisell Oscar Castro-Neves Leny Andrade Romero Lubambo George Cables Craig Handy Gretchen Parlato Taylor Eigsti Dafnis Prieto Peter Apfelbaum Claudia Villela. Killer line-up. June 4 - 13th. healdsburgjazzfestival.org James

If you're REALLY carefull the Niles will accept 12 guage wire, but it is a pain....

What do you hope to accomplish by using jumper cables in place of jumper plates? A short circuit is a short circuit. James

Oh yeah, she's the real deal. Studied under Joe Lovano at the Berklee College of Music & was hired as faculty shortly after graduation. Check out her version of Cuerpo y Alma (Body & Soul). I think she is a worthy successor to the likes of Ron Carter & maybe even up there with Ray Brown - plus she can sing! James