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I am extremely grateful to Elden. He spent a lot of time convincing me to snorkel, even though he knew how fearful I was. He stood by patiently and waited for me to overcome the fears and then he showed me a world that I had only seen photographs. The opporunity to view the underwater world was "life changing". Thank you.
True love spoken from a wife....
That would be UNCLE Elden. But kind words for a very gentle and loving guy (I know you try to act tough, it's not you)
Excuse me Michael. You need to slow down a little when you read our posts.
I am the one Elden convinced to go snorkeling. Indy's assessment of my statement was very accurate.
Elden's patience in our "snorkeling adventure" opened a new world for me, in more ways than one. The level of fear Elden helped me to overcome in snorkeling reinforced my trust in him as my life long friend and husband. In addition, the sights of the underwater world gave me a new appreciation for taking time to see the beautiful things in everyday life.
Besides, I have accepted your igoring me in favor of the younger crowd.
Elden is
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I am extremely grateful to Elden. He spent a lot of time convincing me to snorkel, even though he knew how fearful I was. He stood by patiently and waited for me to overcome the fears and then he showed me a world that I had only seen photographs. The opporunity to view the underwater world was "life changing". Thank you.
True love spoken from a wife....
That would be UNCLE Elden. But kind words for a very gentle and loving guy (I know you try to act tough, it's not you)
Excuse me Michael. You need to slow down a little when you read our posts.
I am the one Elden convinced to go snorkeling. Indy's assessment of my statement was very accurate.
Elden's patience in our "snorkeling adventure" opened a new world for me, in more ways than one. The level of fear Elden helped me to overcome in snorkeling reinforced my trust in him as my life long friend and husband. In addition, the sights of the underwater world gave me a new appreciation for taking time to see the beautiful things in everyday life.
Besides, I have accepted your igoring me in favor of the younger crowd.
Elden
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I am extremely grateful to Elden. He spent a lot of time convincing me to snorkel, even though he knew how fearful I was. He stood by patiently and waited for me to overcome the fears and then he showed me a world that I had only seen photographs. The opporunity to view the underwater world was "life changing". Thank you.
True love spoken from a wife....
That would be UNCLE Elden. But kind words for a very gentle and loving guy (I know you try to act tough, it's not you)
Excuse me Michael. You need to slow down a little when you read our posts.
I am the one Elden convinced to go snorkeling. Indy's assessment of my statement was very accurate.
Elden's patience in our "snorkeling adventure" opened a new world for me, in more ways than one. The level of fear Elden helped me to overcome in snorkeling reinforced my trust in him as my life long friend and husband. In addition, the sights of the underwater world gave me a new appreciation for taking time to see the beautiful things in everyday life.
Besides, I have accepted your igoring me in favor of the younger crowd.
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I am extremely grateful to Elden. He spent a lot of time convincing me to snorkel, even though he knew how fearful I was. He stood by patiently and waited for me to overcome the fears and then he showed me a world that I had only seen photographs. The opporunity to view the underwater world was "life changing". Thank you.
True love spoken from a wife....
That would be UNCLE Elden. But kind words for a very gentle and loving guy (I know you try to act tough, it's not you)
Excuse me Michael. You need to slow down a little when you read our posts.
I am the one Elden convinced to go snorkeling. Indy's assessment of my statement was very accurate.
Elden's patience in our "snorkeling adventure" opened a new world for me, in more ways than one. The level of fear Elden helped me to overcome in snorkeling reinforced my trust in him as my life long friend and husband. In addition, the sights of the underwater world gave me a new appreciation for taking time to see the beautiful things in everyday life.
Besides, I have accepted your igoring me in favor of the younger crowd.
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I had the great pleasure of visiting the home office in Indy this week. What a pleasure!
I sat in the listening room and auditioned Khorns, La Scalas and RF 83s. (driven with tube gear) What a treat!
The folks at Klipsch are truly a team of "family folks" who provide excellent hospitality with extreme professionalism and knowledge.
I really enjoyed it a lot.
All the best,
Joe
We were out of town when you started this thread. So, in case I haven't already told you, welcome to the "Forum Family of KIlipsch".
Secondly, whenever I see a "newbie" post I always try to direct your attention to the Pilgramage Section of the Forum. While there be sure to take a look at the thread called "dtels Cornwall III's". It shows the entire build process, beginning to end of the Cornwall III's Klipsch awarded dtel when his name was drawn out of the hat at the 2006 Pilgramage in Hope.
We selected the veneer we wanted and Klipsch took care of the rest. How many audio companies do you know giving speakers away to their "forum members".
If you ever get the chance try to visit the factory in Hope, it is an awesome experience.
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It appears that I have received most email notifications. There does seem do be a slight conflict between receiving PMs in my KIipsch inbox and through regular email. I yes, I do have both enabled. And yes, for some reason my emails from forum members ends up in the Junk Folder of my regular email account.
I have been using standard email for the most part when communicating privately with forum members, just to make sure they get the message.
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GOD BLESS THEM...............................and.............DON'T EVER FORGET...............always remember POW/MIA's..........there are still lost comrades out there.................
For those of you that have not visited the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans (which by the way is part of our Smithsonian Institute) it is a must do if you are ever in the area.
The trip to the D-Day museum was our first visit, as well as Michael's first visit to the museum. Our six year old grandson did not move or speak during the entire 45 minute documentary introduction. His attention was focused solely on the documentary. The entire forty five minutes was original footage from World War II. Other than the sniffles (crying) from the viewers in the movie viewing room you could have heard a pin drop. Excellent footage.
After exiting the introductory movie I made it a point to go back to the admissions area to shake the hand of the World War II veteran that is still giving of himself every day by acting as an ambassador for all visitors to the museum. The museum is staffed by paid employees as well as volunteer veterans.
Our grandson, Buddy was standing beside me when I shook the hand of the World War II veteran. Buddy overheard me telling the vet in a somewhat tearful voice "thank you for everything you have done in service to our country." When we walked away Buddy asked me, "Maw Maw why did you tell that man thank you and shake his hand". I explained that he was one of the many "armymen" in the movie we had just watched. Buddy said, "Maw Maw I want to shake his hand and tell him thank you too." A tear jerker for me and a true heartwarming experience for our veteran still serving as an ambassador at the museum.
The memorabilia housed in this museum is most impressive. Everything from actual tanks, mines, rifles, matchbooks and anything in between. All authentic memorabilia which has been obtained mostly through private donors.
I have always respected and appreciated the job our military does of protecting our country, however my level or respect and appreciation was greatly elevated by touring this museum. Thanks for the special request to visit the museum Michael.
This museum should be on everyone's must see list.
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I am not doubting that you tried everything to get the DVD player to dispay the jpeg images larger.
If I am not mistaken we also reset an option on the television to display jpeg images. On screen television menu which allows us to "toggle" between satellite, cable etc. I think it is called "Antenna" on our menu.
Just a thought.
In any event our Pioneer DVD model number DV 653A will display jpeg images (along with selecting the proper setting on TV) a little less than full screen size (full screen size is 65"), This is great for showing our photos to dtel's mother who is 73 and almost blind. (Long term effects of diabetes). This DVD player is also relatively inexpensive.
Tom, I hope this helps you out.
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We took several of those disposable underwater cameras.
Michael, what no comment on the Christmas invitation. I am insulted.[
]And...it is about you, you should have came with us on the cruise. We did invite you. Heck, I invited you to go with us on the next one.
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Dtel's Wife,
We sail out of Galveston, two days at sea, Costa Maya, then Cozumel, and then Key West. It is on Royal Caribbean. We are doing dolphin excursion (on our own) in Costa Maya, I am glad we are doing it there since it did not sound as though that was the best port. I really appreciate the info on Cozumel, we were thinking about renting a jeep, driving around the island. We will for sure check out Pancho's. Thanks for all of the great info!
Travis
Carnival Cruise Line was great, especially since we took Buddy(six year old grandson) with us. Club Carnival (for kids) proved to be a wonderful adventure for him. He did everything from sand art to Build a Bear. The last night of the cruise the kids at a huge party and we could hear them above us in the main dining room. This may sound crazy but it felt great to "hear the kids" having a good time, while the adults were having a formal dinner.
Travis, if you can do it, go snorkeling in Cozumel, it was unbelievable. I was extremely stressed because I am not terribly fond of water. It took me about fifteen minutes standing in the water to even get up enough nerve to put my face under water with the mask on, not to mention the "tube". Once I overcame the fear of being underwater and breathing through a tube it was totally awesome.
I am extremely grateful to Elden. He spent a lot of time convincing me to snorkel, even though he knew how fearful I was. He stood by patiently and waited for me to overcome the fears and then he showed me a world that I had only seen photographs. The opporunity to view the underwater world was "life changing". Thank you.
Travis, how many days are you going?
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Miss you guys, wish I could come for Holidays but that would just be insane travel. Christmas here is going to be pretty anti-climactic with the family squabble and all. But I've got the new job and getting photography caught up and all.
Love you Dtels! You really made me feel like a Rock Star!
Michael
You are a rock star... aren't we all?
I am so glad you got to experience what true southern hospitality is supposed to be. Besides, you learned the real meaning of "Southern Belle". Your visit with us put a new spin on "family" for you as well. It means a lot to me that you feel like family, because in case you haven't noticed....you have been indoctrinated into the "dtel family".
The invitation to visit the "Nut Hut" is always open.
You would love the holidays here. Plus, Christmas Day is my birthday Michael. What a wonderful birthday surprise a visit from "my favorite rock star" would be.
Our house is always open to you, didn't I tell you where we hid the spare key?[
] Besides, insane travel for us insane people just makes the holidays all the more special. In any event, you know the way here, the door is always open and we'll leave a light on for you.We love you too!
Christy
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What other ports did you go to? What cruise line? (sorry if that in on here earlier, I did not have time to read through all of the posts) We are leaving for a cruise on Sat. and one of the stops is Cozumel.
Travis
We were on Carnival Cruise Lines, the ship was the "Fantasy". The food was excellent, especially the dinners in the main dining areas. This cruise surpassed any expectations I may have had about "taking a cruise". Talk about service with a smile. Every and and I do mean every crew member was thrilled to be onboard to serve us and it showed.
The ship offered so many different viewing decks.The top deck included an Olympic Sized Jogging Track (not used very often) and a nine hole Putt-Putt Course. The deck just below had numerous ping pong tables set up.
There was a variety of music and entertainment onboard, including a casino, a couple of live bands, a couple of djs, as well as several lounges. You could enjoy breakfast outdoors, right beside the hand railing.
DWI, we went to Cozumel and Costa Maya. As our daughter so aptly phrased it, "Cozumel was breathtakiing", as least the snorkeling. We also hit some of the shops along the main road that follows the coastline in Cozumel. We all had lunch at Pancho's Back Yard which was provided the right atmosphere for a day in Cozumel. And, of course, we hit Carlos and Charlie's. We were able to bring Buddy in Carlos and Charlie's and he thought it was pretty cool. All the animals hanging from the ceiling and he enjoyed the music, especially with the DJ sitting in the little bus.
When you disembark in Cozumel go past all the tourist shops to the taxi area, (just ask any local where to catch a taxi). Tell the taxi driver (most speak enough English to communicate with you) you want to go to Chakkenaub State Park(sp). This is also where "Swim with the Dolphins" excursion is. The taxi will cost about $20.00. Upon arrival at Chakkenaub, go to the entrance gate and decide what you want to do, (basic, snorkeling, dolphins, etc.). Pay your appropriate entrance fee. Once inside the gate, enjoy your day on the beach. The snorkeling is awesome in that area. When you are ready to leave go back to the entrance gate and the taxi's are lined up to take you whereever you want to go. We took the taxi to Pancho's Back Yard. The taxi ride to Pancho's took us along "Beach Road"and provided a good opportunity to see what shops are in Cozumel. After a very enjoyable meal at Pancho's Back Yard we headed back towards the pier, did some shopping and ended up at Carlos and Charlie's. After a couple of drinks at Carlos and Charlie's we hailed a taxi back to the pier. Total taxi fees were under $60.00. Entrance to Chakkenaub including snorkeling was around $16.00 each, that includes snorkeling gear. Or, you can book this excursion through Shore Excursions on board.
I was not impressed with Costa Maya. We had very little time in port which did not provide much opportunity to get away from the "shopping area". Any excursion would have taken too long to enjoy any of Costa Maya, so we thought. In retrospect, the shopping in Costa Maya was okay, but I would definitely go snorkeling or to see the "Mayan Ruins" next time. Someone did say the snorkeling in Costa Maya did not provide as much underwater beauty as in Cozumel. We had heard the reef at Chakkenaub State Park in Cozumel is the second largest in the world.
Travis, what cruise line are you taking and where is the embarkation? What cities are on your itenerary? Is this your first cruise?
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You guys are great. Just so you all know we made it home from our cruise. It was beautiful. The water was crystal clear and the prettiest color blue I have ever seen. I have to get the suitcases unpacked, but will post a thread later on our adventures.
We were going to call and check in, but what the heck, we had such a good time.
Yes, we did have to provide a "nearest living relative" just in case we hit an iceberg while "cruisin the Carribean".[
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thanks gang, unfortunately they don't pay me to hang out here, so time is limited. But seriously if you have a real question that is up my alley, please call the tech support line or email in. That's what I'm there for! [
]Please no 'modification' questions though. We like our Klipsch just the way we make 'em!
M
What? We have to pay you to hang out here with us now? All this time I thought you were here for the "conversation".
We love you and miss you. We got your telephone message and we hope your day went well.
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Just wanted to let everyone know we made it home from the cruise. It was super. For those of you that have never been on a cruise...do it at least once in your lifetime.
Michael we really missed you. We know you would have loved the cruise.
We met folks from all over including Picky's home state of Michigan.
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Michael,
It's our turn to tell you congratulations and best wishes. Have a great time in your new job. Be sure to post and let us know how it goes, we will be checking in on you tomorrow evening. Lots of love, hugs and kisses.
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Michael,
Just Elden and I checking in to say hello.
We are heading towards the Gulf of Mexico and points beyond. This internet service on this cruise ship is as slow as us trying to get ready to leave the house.
BTW, we are listening to a real live jazz band while posting. Sure wish you were here with us, you would love it.
Have a great first day of work tomorrow. Tell all the good folks at Klipsch we said hello.
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Rick- proving once again that it sucks being me! LOL
The number was 1192, but I bet I've tossed 200 already. .Will try to edit it down to a manageable 400-600 in the next weeks. Christy thinks she wants to see them all but that would be insanity. That includes all the wedding, travel shots, Katrina aftermath, and the Dday museum . I'll put those others in a separate slideshow with captions.
And what happens in the French Quarter, STAYS in the French Quarter! But thanks anyway Johnny! [
] [:$] Nighty night. I gotta start getting on a regular sleep schedule.
M
How can you say being you sucks? If you weren't you then we wouldn't love you so much.
And yes, what happens in the French Quarter, STAYS in the French Quarter.
Good night Michael.
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CP1, Just your luck. Three beautiful women fall in love with you, and they are all married.
Great pictures!!!
Rick
Rick,
Stop picking on Michael.[
] His day will come, I know this because I spent a lot of time with him. The right woman will come along and totally sweep him off his feet. I think he achieved a new sense of direction this week.
The man is a genius, not to mention the heart of gold he carries around in his chest.
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Hey Michael!! Great job on the pics they look awesome! As you would say this pic says it all! It was a pleasure meeting you
Thanks Jessica. You beat me to it. I was just about to download that pic to our hard drive and post it when it popped up on the thread.
I love you, Dave and Gracie. Thank you for making the trip and sharing this day with your dad and I. It meant more to us than words can say to have you, Dave and Gracie with us.
How do you like the "ballerina" pic of Gracie? Awesome isn't it.
BTW, for those of you that don't know, Jessica is our youngest daughter and Gracie belongs to Dave and Jessica. We are truly blessed to have such an awesome, loving family. Thank you for all of your love and support, Jessica. Give Gracie hugs and kisses from Maw Maw Christy and Paw Paw Elden.
Tell Gracie we will see her soon.
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Excellent job Colter. Man, I just love close families like this.
Arky,
Thank you for following this thread from the beginning and being so supportive.
Michael is the very best, in spirit and in talent. He has captured this day like no one else could have. Michael has officially been drafted into the dtel family circle. That status doesn't come easy.
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Michael, in the words of Dr. Who, "totally friggin amazing".
I cried at the picture of Allie and I. She is a beautiful child.
I feel so lucky to have had you here with us.
Michael you are totally awesome, as a person first and foremost. It takes someone with heart to capture these moments.
Thank you so very much for sharing yourself with us and "letting us in your heart as well".
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I love this thread.
Beautiful pics, Michael.
I'm so glad it was a wonderful weekend. I know how much you all looked forward to it [
]Amy,
Are you going soft on us with all this wedding talk?[
]BTW, now that it's out in the open, thanks for the help with the BS buttons on the garters. Michael was really surprised that we each wore one on our garters.
The BS buttons were for all the members on the forum. Our way of saying how much the forum family means to each of the dtel family.
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Michael, Joni said to tell you she just doesn't like pictures of herself, but feel free to post away, she trusts you. The four trips around the snowman in Hide A Way Lake was the "I feel sick" part.
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Colterphoto1 in Nawlins...
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Excuse me Michael. You need to slow down a little when you read our posts.
I am the one Elden convinced to go snorkeling. Indy's assessment of my statement was very accurate.
Elden's patience in our "snorkeling adventure" opened a new world for me, in more ways than one. The level of fear Elden helped me to overcome in snorkeling reinforced my trust in him as my life long friend and husband. In addition, the sights of the underwater world gave me a new appreciation for taking time to see the beautiful things in everyday life.
Besides, I have accepted your igoring me in favor of the younger crowd.
Elden
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