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From an anatomical viewpoint, telling a human to eat only vegetables makes about as much sense as telling a horse to only eat meat. Man has evolved into being omnivorous (feeding on both animal and vegetable substances). The digestive system is actually closest in design to a carnivore than a herbivore, the evidence is obvious; only one stomach instead of 3, canine teeth, and a gall bladder. The digestive tract is actually engineered to digest animal fat or it wouldn't use bile (a sort of degreaser used to break up fat). It's a fact that consumption of fat is necessary to facilitate the complete digestion of many essential nutrients. A diet without fat causes malabsorption, i.e., one is prone to deficiencies in fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E and K.

Yep, they know exactly what they are doing!

Okay, I'll send you a PM to get the contact info for the local repair shop. It would be wonderful to get the Peach fully functional again, it really is a great sounding preamp! I agree with you about the general poor state of health of almost everyone these days. I'm not going to assign blame to anyone that's overweight or isn't taking care of themselves or is diabetic or has whatever disease deemed by their "healthcare provider". It's not their fault, it's the educational system that has omitted to properly train students in basic biology, anatomy and physiology and therefore the system is guilty of producing functional "health illiterates". Much like a "functional illiterate", a person whose skills in reading and writing are insufficient for ordinary practical needs. If someone doesn't know how something works, they are prone to accept any information or false solution to resolve a problem and are fodder for those that wish to take monetary advantage of them. The examples of people running amuck concerning healthcare abound, from the fad diet that didn't work to the overzealous MD handing out prescriptions like a "Pezz" candy dispenser to listening to the partially true writings of the over imaginative health author that is sorely lacking in any fully workable technology. The bottom line is if you don't know how something works, you can be the effect of it. Once upon a time I did a survey of a few dozen average sort of people that I ran across in my daily life, people in the grocery stores and shops and in the neighborhood... I asked them 2 questions, "point to your liver" and "what is the major function of the liver". Needless to say, the results were sadly dismal. How is anyone supposed to make correct decisions regarding taking care of their body when they don't know anything about it? Maybe it would be possible to not take responsibility for one's own personal health in a perfect world. But I hate to tell you if you haven't figured it out already, this world isn't even the slightest bit "perfect". Those that can't learn are constantly taken advantage of, ripped off, manipulated and "led down the garden path". The arena of "health care" just may be one of the most, if not the worse subjects where people are constantly abused, taken advantage of and generally ripped off and it's not a trivial matter! It's truly a matter of life and death that's at stake if one can't think with the subject and makes the wrong decisions.

Hello Mark, Glad to see you back on the forum! I have a JM Peach that you brought back to better than new condition (RMA #P113). I'd like to have it looked it again. Have you gotten back in the business of repairing these units or can you recommend a repair shop? I have a local repair shop that would do the work if they can get a copy of the schematic. Maybe you'd be willing to consult with my local technician? I'm very impressed that you moved away from carbohydrates and have obviously been very busy training yourself on how to get healthy! We definitely share many of the same viewpoints on nutrition. And very well done on striving to achieve one-meal-a-day! I've been off carb's for 26 years and have been doing OMAD for about 10 years and I also do a water fast for 3-4 days every 4 months or so. The procedure to rehabilitate one's health by getting rid of insulin resistance and making the transition from consuming mass quantities of sugar to running on ketones isn't as easy as one might think. It's not just that the food nowadays is mostly of negative nutritional value, it's because most everybody is physically in a such state of extremely poor health than they know or they'd care to admit or they are much worse off than they think. Not only is the average intestinal tract generally incapable of absorbing essential nutrients due to years of abuse and neglect, but organs like the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys and spleen are in such bad shape that it's a wonder that most people are walking around at all. Getting healthy is not just a simple matter of switching to eating better quality food and cutting out toxic things like alcohol and grains. What has to happen is a gradual process where the body has to essentially rehabilitate and repair the entire system and restore it to proper functionality. It's a wonder that it can straighten it all out and heal it up at all, but it's a very tall order after 50 or more years of total neglect and degradation.

Oh boy, you definitely "Don't look at anyone too long"... Believe it or not this "looking at crazy people" can be dangerous. For some reason the guy "screaming at imaginary people" while standing on the sidewalk has issues with people observing him? You'd think he wouldn't mind because he's not exactly in a location that's in anyway private. Go figure? It wasn't that long ago when the LA skid row only encompassed a few blocks of area. Now the "crazies" live in the entirety of "downtown", West Hollywood, Miracle Mile, Carver city, Santa Monica, Silverlake, Echo Park, all of Hollywood, most of Glendale, Burbank, North Hollywood... I could go on and on... This is a big problem. The police are telling honest citizens to comply with robbers. Fortunately, I don't live in CA anymore. In Texas (especially after September 1st) "comply" means something totally different and it has nothing to do with "minding your own business".

I prefer to remember California in better times such as playing in the Kern river and trips to some of the remote dry lake beds.

I lived in the Los Angeles area (off and on, but mainly on) for more than 40 years. I moved to Texas in the spring of 2020 after it became obvious it was going to remain "shut-down" for a very long time. It's still under some version of shut-down as far as I know. In the last 5 years the number of homeless people jumped up exponentially and as you might expect so did crime. I observed the changes and it was definitely one for the worse. Many parts of town that used to be clean, crime free areas are now filthy with way too many crazed homeless people. There are people living on the streets, under freeway overpasses and in their cars all over the place. It's not the same city it used to be...

I'm using a Marantz AV8805 AV Surround Pre-Amplifier. AV8805 The World’s First 13.2 Channel Full 4K Ultra HD Network AV Surround Pre-Amplifier with HEOS. Control Your Music with Amazon Alexa Voice Commands. AV Separates | Marantz The system is 5.2; Jub's, center Belle, KPT-8001-T surrounds and a pair of Danley DTS20's. A variety of Crown amps and a couple of DSP's make it all work. Despite the fact that the room is far from acoustically treated it still sounds pretty good. I like the AV8805 a lot!

Yes, the price of old VW's has skyrocketed in the past ten years. This one cost me $400 in 1986, who knows what it's worth now? https://i.imgur.com/G0CHiby.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QNRUpYL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/flJ1Zdd.jpg https://i.imgur.com/888WkqY.jpg

The study’s lead researcher, USC Public Policy Professor Neeraj Sood, said in a statement that their study’s early estimates suggest that “we might have to recalibrate disease prediction models and rethink public health strategies". “We haven’t known the true extent of COVID-19 infections in our community because we have only tested people with symptoms, and the availability of tests has been limited”. ”If the researchers’ estimates are correct, the fatality rate in the county could range from around 0.14% to 0.28% — far lower than the 4.5% found by looking at only the current confirmed cases in the county (13,817 cases, 617 deaths) or the 3.7% by looking at confirmed cases and deaths in the state (28,964 cases, 1,072 deaths). As a comparison, the fatality rate of the flu is around 0.1%.

https://pressroom.usc.edu/preliminary-results-of-usc-la-county-covid-19-study-released/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Klipsch-Jubilee-brand-new-current-model-includes-preprogrammed-crossover-DSP/293507666389?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225085%26meid%3D2c46bc3a88894fcf91d968ee4e1f3a74%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D254040742067%26itm%3D293507666389%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A329ade53-6efe-11ea-a9a2-74dbd180e220|parentrq%3A146175ea1710aad36b1bbc7affffe25a|iid%3A1

These horns are clones or copies of Klipsch K-510 horns.

I absolutely refuse to do business with anyone that can't even produce an accurate shipping quote. I asked for one and he said, "Shipping is high maybe 200.00?" What?

So, you're saying that he gave you a quote for $700 for 2 bass bin flat packs including shipping to NE.? He quoted me $725. plus (maybe) $200 for shipping.

The ebay sellers response to a request for his asking price on a pair of bass bins only: hydrocloneusa: "Yeah I can knock off 125.00 off the 850.00 plus shipping. Shipping is high maybe 200.00." (to Los Angeles)

Death Valley is beautiful that's for sure! Unfortunately in 1994 it was redesignated as Death Valley National Park from its National Monument status. With the change came numerous suppressive regulations, prohibitions, permits, restrictions and rules that didn't exist prior to its change in status. https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/management/rules-and-regulations.htm As you can see from the link, the list of rules, regulations or laws is quite extensive. If you wish to enjoy your right to use public lands and not have to deal with an inane number of restrictions / regulations the only other option is to use BLM land.

There's definitely a lot to complain about in California... And then there are quite a few locations that are uniquely beautiful. I took a day trip this past Tuesday to a very remote dry lakebed in the Mojave. An incredible place!

I've lived in Los Angeles off and on since the late 70's. In my opinion, California (especially Los Angeles and San Francisco) are seriously going down the tubes at an accelerated rate. Do your homework, research the internet to weigh the positive and negative aspects. Find out why people are leaving California. Look into topics like: the high cost of living, high cost of property, high taxes, heavy traffic, toxic air quality, eroding civil liberties, high crime, suppressive political policies and an expanding homeless population. Frankly, the only reason I'm still here is because I'm making good money, but even the money can't justify living here anymore.

You have a good memory! Yes, I used to have a pair of Crown XLi800 amp's that I purchased on sale in 2015 & 2016. It's a great little amp for a very reasonable price. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AR0A3V4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also have a Crown XLS1002 powering a Danley DTS20 that work great together.

D-75 and modified D-45 on the K-402/TAD4002's.

Sent a PM.

Looks like good stuff! It has been "received with excitement by those industries that specialize in painting dumpsters and storage containers". https://fmipaint.com/direct-to-metal-coatings/