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42 minutes ago, BigStewMan said:
i had both of my hands blown off in a kiln explosion. i wish i was needed.
Teach yourself to use your feet. I went to school with a girl who had no arms. She could use her feet to take notes in class better than the rest of us. Especially me. 😉
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1 minute ago, Pete H said:
Watched the documentary on Netflix last night. Still going to wait until it's on one of the movie channels that I already pay for to see the movie.
Plan to watch it tonight.
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1 minute ago, seti said:
I would be Shindo from the time period Shindo was alive. I'm not sure what happened after his death. Still great looking gear.
Yes, I'm looking for an amp, preferably lower wattage and maybe SET from the days of Ken Shindo's design work. His son Takashi has taken over the design work from Ken's death in 2014 for new products but an original Ken Shindo amp would be a nice match for my pre-amp.
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On 11/19/2019 at 3:07 PM, BigStewMan said:
Chuck isn’t retired by luck ... he makes people pay for his opinion. i haven’t been to a theatre in six years or so.
Saw it yesterday. I would have preferred to see them cast Christian Bale as Shelby and Matt Damon as the primary car driver (Ken Miles) or someone else in the movie.
On 11/19/2019 at 9:45 AM, dtel said:Waiting for the book to come out.
OK maby the DVD or BR, haven't been to the movies since 1988.
Some movies need to be seen on the biggest screen possible. This is one of them. Too bad this wasn't made for Imax or in 70mm.
On 11/20/2019 at 6:17 AM, Tarheel said:Don't want to say anything to give it away since our bud Wolfbane is seeing it soon. A lot of folks from Philly say that Leo Beebe was not accurately portrayed though.
Everyone quite liked it. I'd watch it again. I do, as mentioned above, think more time spent showing how they built the car and how they shoehorned in the Ford 427 V8 would have been interesting. I also missed seeing more clearly the historical sponsorship by Gulf Oil of the GT40.
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Looking to purchase Lightscribe CD-R's. Please PM me with what you have and pricing.?
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31 minutes ago, DizRotus said:
I'm surprised there is so much interest in a movie about a woman named Carroll and her dislike of Italian enzymes.
Got my four tickets purchased for tomorrow’s show here. It’s forecasted to pour rain for three days so I get to see Carroll, Henry Ford II and the GT40 kick some Italian a$$es.
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Any recommendations for a Shindo Labs amp to match with my SL Preamp? Authorized Dealer here, unlike home so I can request a listening session for specific models. No Klipsch speakers there though.
I prefer something in the 15 to 25 WPC range, not KT88 based. EL84 or EL34 or something else SE within the WPC range specified.
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On 11/3/2019 at 7:22 AM, BamaMike said:
So my wife, the electronic technician, recently diagnosed and repaired an issue with one of my Quicksilver Silver Mono Blocks. God bless her! So now she wants to build an amp or a pair of mono blocks. I have started researching kits but thought I would ask you all for any recommendations. Want something that looks as nice as it sounds.
Have a look here: Elekit - https://www.elekit.co.jp/en/product/TU-8600
and here: http://grantfidelity.com/site/
All made in Japan.
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Just now, richieb said:
} So after two days of this “titillating” conversation is it time for a thread name change ?Cables, Coffee, Cocktails and ( . ) ( . ) ? Just sayin’ —
... and yes 'Jugs'.
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2 minutes ago, dirtmudd said:
For the crime novelist, see Michael Kenyon.
Michael Hubert Kenyon (born c. 1944[1] in Elgin, Illinois) is an American criminal nicknamed the Enema Bandit. He pleaded guilty to a decade-long series of armed robberies of female victims, some of which involved sexual assaults in which he would give them enemas. He is also known as the "Champaign Enema Bandit," the "Ski Masked Bandit", and "The Illinois Enema Bandit".[2]
Attacks and convictionsEditThe earliest attacks Kenyon was accused of having committed were on two teenage sisters in March 1966 in Champaign, Illinois.[3] Kenyon graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1967 and left the state. The attacks thus ended in Champaign but started anew in Manhattan, Kansas; Norman, Oklahoma; and Los Angeles, California.[2]
Kenyon returned to Champaign, and the attacks resumed, in 1972.[4] In May 1975, Kenyon took a job as an auditor for the Illinois Department of Revenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois.[5] He then committed additional attacks, including on three Cook County flight attendants.[6] He also attacked four women in an Urbana sorority house, one of whom was administered an enema.[1][7][8] He was involved in a minor traffic accident later that night, but was not arrested.
Kenyon was eventually apprehended in suburban Chicago a few weeks later in connection with a number of robberies there.[9] During questioning he began to talk about the enema bandit. After his arrest he was judged to be legally sane; in December 1975, he pleaded guilty to six counts of armed robbery[10] and was sentenced to six to twelve years in prison for each count, but was never charged for the enema assaults.[11] He was paroled in 1981 after serving six years. [12
Reminder of his Phi Zappa Crappa days.
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15 minutes ago, Audio Android said:
C'mon man, I was hoping for a resounding YES from the car guys on here.......I really wanted this movie to be GREAT!!....At least it doesn't sound like a flop.... Sounds like they did some credit to the story.... How can you really go wrong about the TRUE story of the GT40.....I do want to see this movie... If I get bored I'll go see it in theaters..... But i guess i might as well just watch the real story on YouTube or Motortrendondemand or something...... Why can't Hollywood make car movie...
Bullitt, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. The original Vanishing Point From the 1970’s. Le Man’s, etc.
Steve McQueen is dead. The current crowd of film makers has forgotten how.
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13 minutes ago, jimjimbo said:
So, do you hang around the bananas or cucumbers?
He doesn’t cook. My money’s on bananas 🍌 .
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You could always ship him a box of something he would not want. Mummified rats 🐀 or something equally disgusting.
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1 hour ago, dirtmudd said:
It's mouth full
Is your mouth larger than your 🖐?
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17 minutes ago, dtel said:
Your right except when her feet are in the air, it has to be bad for your back. There is enough there to trim and make an extra 3-4.
Maybe 5 or 6. More than a handful is a waste.
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6 hours ago, dirtmudd said:
Just ask Rosie
Rosie or Jose?
6 hours ago, sunburnwilly said:
update , it's definitely coffee
could be fake coffee 🧐
Bet she hasn't seen her feet in years and her back is killing her all the time. Those things seriously need to be trimmed.
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3 hours ago, oldtimer said:
Thanks for verifying my instincts. I will stay at home while the rest of them go see it tomorrow.
More room for those of us that want to see this on the big screen. Looking forward to the seats rumbling and snorting when those cars hit the red line.
5 hours ago, rplace said:I saw it yesterday. The cinematography, sound, acting of Bale/Damon were are all darn good. The story as a whole was pretty middle of the road. Absolutely linear start to finish. Why no flashbacks to how Shelby/Miles came to be who they were? Why not a bigger focus on why Ford needed to change their cars? So many lost opportunities to make a story on the level of Apollo 13 or Saving Private Ryan. I love cars, Detroit, that era but it just came up short. Almost zero details on the making of one of the greatest cars ever. They did show a measuring stick and talk about the GT40 being 40" high....yawn. Henry Ford II and Enzo were an afterthought, very little attention paid to their characters. The Ford exec that was Shelby/Miles antagonist was down right terrible. Honorable mention to Ken Miles wife, that actress put in a good performance but could not save it by herself.
I really wanted to love it, half way through I wanted to find something to like about it. In the end I wish I had watched pro football and rented the Blu-Ray to watch in my more than adequate Home Theater a few months down the road. I had the exact opposite experience with The Irishman the previous weekend. I think The Irishman got me to go see FvF in a theater as I had not been in a long time prior. I was ready to fall for Hollywood/theaters again. That affair lasted exactly 9 days, Friday to the following Sunday
C+ maybe squeaks out B- if you were trapped with your relatives over a long holiday weekend and needed to get out. No way is it a see at all costs in a theater movie. Surely worth renting.
Trapped with my eldest daughter and her sig other. Neither are car people, she has paddle shifters in her car and never uses them. But have not seen either for more than six months so not feeling trapped.
1 hour ago, BigStewMan said:that phrasing doesn’t stir the point enough ... these gear heads are passionate folks.
Yes, they are. 🚀
Beats the shat out of golfing. Chasing an annoying little white ball in the heat with a metal stick. Not for me. 😎
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On 11/14/2019 at 8:04 PM, kuisis said:
To make a long story pretty short. I had a very serious medical condition in July of 2018, 3 1/2 months in the hospital and about 13 months in a physical rehab center. Well I'm back home now and I finally had a chance to listen to my 2 channel system. It consist of a Peach preamp, an Njoe Tjoeb CD player, two MC250's and vintage Khorns. Well I turned the system on and it worked fine, at first. Then I turned the channel balance knobs on the peach and got a bunch of static from both speakers. I turned the system off and turned all of the knobs numerous times. I turned it back on and let it play for about one half hour. There was no more static when the knobs were in the same place, but the static started again when I turned them. Should I spray the controls with deoxit and see what happens or do you think there is a more serious problem? I don't want to damage anything. Can leaving a system idle for 15 months cause any damage.
Good luck and best wishes for a long and healthy life!
On 11/14/2019 at 9:55 PM, JohnA said:Yes.
No.
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Sorry for your troubles. God bless and keep you!
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Extremely unlikely, give it play time and catch up.
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13 hours ago, sunburnwilly said:
could be coffee
8 hours ago, sunburnwilly said:nope
Silicone... and plenty of it!
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1 hour ago, foxman said:
Hey guys I have a situation and am looking for some advice. I posted my speakers here and ebay and craigslist. I got a commitment from a guy with no reputation on Ebay who wants me to send the speakers to a different state than he lives in and he is paying me full price, + shipping and giving me an additional $300 for a gift card to include in the speaker box. I just received payment through paypal, what are my risks here?
Any ideas?
RUN! RUN Fast and Far!
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See: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/nov/17/sound-mind-20191117/
Interesting to see PWK died on a May 5th. Same day in the month of May as Napoleon Bonaparte.
Mods please feel free to move or delete this post if needed.
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9 hours ago, JohnJ said:
Although I understand the addictive personality, the need for pain Rx's can lead to abuse. The answer is not to reduce the dosage for patients with documented chronic, acute need. The answer is something folks don't want to hear now-a-days. Personal Responsibility.
That and responsible prescribing in the first place.
Some people will abuse any narcotic given for pain by continuing to take them after the pain issue is resolved. No soup for them the second time around, if abused the first time.
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On 11/16/2019 at 7:09 AM, WillyBob said:
nissan
off to a better start this AM. Still plenty of time for that to change.
the robe is in conjunction with winter sarong.
I'll be digging some warm clothing out next week. A fall/winter storm... with rain!! Talking snow to 6500ft. Interesting set up. Cold ramming into a late season tropical disturbance coming up western Mexico. Could get exciting east of here. NM, TX east of here.
Be cutting some wood this weekend. It will be a week after the rain stops before I will be able to get out. It takes a few for the water crossings and things to dry out.
Not normal.
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55 minutes ago, sunburnwilly said:
could be coffee
More likely Photoshop. ⚠️
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Shindo Labs Amp(s) Recommendation
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Hi Jeffrey,
I'm pretty sure most people here could build a better amp or anything else that requires soldering expertise. I'd also probably burn the house down trying.
I do have a buddy that can solder in his sleep and pretty much do anything with electronics that a professional shop can (he quickly resolved an issue with one of my tube amps a couple of years back that the local tube amp expert could not (was getting a slight buzz in my Klipsch Belles at low volumes from a hairline crack - not visible with the naked eye in one soldered joint on one capacitor). He is not returning from his job in Montana until next May at which time I plan to help him build a new workshop on the rural property he purchased. In exchange, he will very likely 'help' me analyse, repair, upgrade, or build anything I need a hand with. In both cases, I'll be the chief assistant and he's the journeyman. I have the skill to build an excellent (all galvanized screw wooden fence with 6"X6"X10' posts and no sag gates) and do most mechanical work on motor vehicles & can match him in this regard as we have done lots of this kind of work together since meeting in High School, but I draw the line at doing body work on cars/trucks (he can and does do all of his own body work). I also don't like rebuilding automatic transmissions and changing gears in differentials (he does this too).
Never, say never, but I'd need to really up my skill level if I ever decide to get into soldering.
Greg