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Almost forgot Happy New Year , and try not to blow, or burn yourself up.

Stacked up a little pile of wood for new years eve, probably light it about 8 pm. It's about 15' wide and 20' tall, have a few people coming over to watch and shoot a few fireworks, will put some pic's of the fire, later, maby in the am. [D][D][D][C][:S] Doing anything special ?

Yep, Cheech & Chong will be with us.[]

Let's see...*** Salad (Italian Salad for those of you not familiar with the term), Seafood Gumbo with rice, Green Bean Casserole, Cream Cauliflower, Cornbread Dressing, Crawfish Cornbread Dressing, Asparagus, Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Artichoke Casserole, Candied Yams with Marshmallows on top, Rice and Gravy, Sweet Peas, Dinner Rolls, 24 lb. Turkey, Turkey Breast, Pecan Pie. Last but by far not least, birthday cake [^]for my wifeChristy, I love you.

In NJ, I think they just send out a couple big Italian " family" members to "talk" with them, no need for a lawer.

No way all 6 speakers would go out at the same time, it would have to be something else ! I know that is not much help but you have to start to eliminate one thing at a time.

Not that lucky[]

Tom considering everything you sound good. Everything happens for a reason, that's what they say anyway. Thanks for being so honest, it's good that you can talk about it like this. Good luck, things will improve, have faith. Merry Christmas

How do you like the Oppo, I was thinking about the Oppo 981 for HT to replace the Pioneer. I want to use the Pioneer to use with the Harmon Kardon and C lll's for 2 CH. That way I could use DVD-A or SACD on either setup and watch DVD concerts in 2 CH with Clll's or 6.1 with 6 Forte's. It looks like a good player for the price, and it plays everything but the new HD disk.

Glad she is at least back home, that should make her feel a little better. Best wishes

Fake every other year because every other year we will be somewhere else for Christmas. If I had my choice it would be fake every year, they can be very dangerous, ever burn one after the holidays, takes about 5 seconds. Although nothing beats a real tree, they smell great. Even with a fake tree you can still decorate the house with some real branches and make a wreath to get the smell.

I was thinking the same thing, hope everything is ok.

I did the same thing with Forte ll's, the center is sideways and to tell the truth I can't hear a difference. You will love a center that is an exact match to the mains, nothing like a perfect match. Add 2 or 3 for the rear and what more could you ask for ? I have the 3 rear Forte's also on there side hung from the back wall. The room is 18' deep and 24' wide, if it was in a much larger room it might make a difference with them sideways, but in this room I don't hear a problem with them sideways.

Good for you with the 6 years, the rest would have been much harder without those 6 years. A new wife and a new house, sounds like work but it will be the most fun you will have in a long time. Good luck and have fun.

Lucky guy, always wondered how they would sound. Most outdoor speakers you hear sound , well not so good, cant wait to hear what you think of them. Are they going outside or in a garage ? They look bigger than the average outdoor speaker.

Thanks Tony that's good to hear.

Arfandbark I bet you can guess what was the first thing I did when we walked back in the house ! I walked right over to the HK and fired it up, and sat down on the sofa with a smile ! The poor Yamaha has not even been turned on for music anymore. THANKS from many here.............................it sounds great, I never expected that much of an improvement.[]

Exactly Oldbuckster. When Michael was here we went to the D-DAY museum, their should be one set up for every war or conflict every military person was ever in, to show a little of what these brave people went through and for so many who never came back home. Not just the POW / MIA's , every one who served should be remembered, where would we be without them ? THANK YOU

No OB it's not full of BOW-FLEX people by a long shot, real people with in some instances real small bathing suits[:S] Also OB " it's not full of those beautiful people " hey they let us on ! It's not the beauty or the size or shape it's how much was being exhibited from some brave people. Nothing obscene just some really brave people.[] One thing about it though it does make you feel better about a normal bathing suit .

It was Carnival, the boat was the Fantasy, Cozumel and Costa Maya Mexico. They did have a club with a rock band and they were pretty good but it was the only night the band was off. They also had a 3 piece jazz band and a guy who would play some organ type thing and sing, he was not very good, but really late at night it was just the clubs with music. I thought the disco would be OK, it's fast and will have people dancing but it was not disco by any stretch of the imagination. It was late so we just went up on the top deck for a short time and went back to the room. One evening when in Cozumel we went to Carlos & Charlies and this place was jumping, that's what they need on the ship ! The music there was kind of disco/Caribbean/ ? really different but nice.

Good luck on the new job, after seeing you last week with a group of unorganized nuts you can handle ANYTHING ! Sorry if we screwed up the sleep habits ![:$]

Back home. [:|] Michael if you can live here for a week you " are " now a relative, sorry ! Michael did a great job of being a friend while here, then a great photographer, could not have asked for more of either. It was the first cruise we have ever been on, but it won't be the last. It was fun, but busy. What I liked the most was snorkeling around the reef in Cozumel . I did not expect to see so many fish and coral even close to shore, that is what I want to go back and do again. I know there must be some divers here so I have a question. Is there anything you can do about the pressure on you ears when you swim down to 20 or 30 feet ? When I would swim past say 15 feet the pressure on my ears was very painful, at say 25 feet the pressure would be so painful I could only stay just a second. I wanted to scuba dive but I could only stay close to the surface, whats the use ? We were on the surface and could see down 40 feet as clear as if there was no water between us and the divers were swimming along the bottom. The water was so clear it felt like you were flying and looking down at the ground ! Is there a trick or is it just not for everyone ? The reason I said trick was because we were told to spit on the inside of the mask to keep it from fogging up and it works very well. Even if I have to stay close to the surface it was still unbelievable ! I have had saltwater reef tanks with live coral and invertebrates, and of course fish , but to see it for real and as far as you can see is unbelievable , were hooked !

Ok I have to say something, it will not be Politically correct but I have to say it anyway ! I don't hang out on a beach or public places where you would swim or wear a bathing suit very often at all. But after ending a cruise today and being around the general public for the last week, THEIR SHOULD BE AN APPLACTION PROCESS TO BUY A BIKINI ! Ok I would be the first to say my wife or I are not in very good shape, I'm not judging the size or shape of anyone but how much of it they decide to show off to the general public ! To be fair I am glad they feel comfortable enough to dress how they like, but I have to say some people have tons more nerve than I could ever get together. It was a sight to see, good and bad !

At 49 I also went through disco, it was fun but it couldn't replace rock, for me. Just came back today from a cruise and went to a " disco " on the boat, It was the only music still going at that time of night. It was not " disco " even worse it was rap for the most part and all the young people dancing thought it was disco. After the third song came on and it sounded just like the first two we were out of there.

This is Joni Dtel's sister, I am not getting my own sign on name, this house has enough Dtel groupies!!! So I will just post under him! My guess is 1250, are we there yet??? I feel sick! remember michael? [+o(] ha ha[] beautiful pictures, minus mine, can we remove me pleasssssseee []