thefluffy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks for sharing! This was a great read. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmans Robin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice story Dave, we had tried to talk DrBill into writing a book but never could, I think his biggest problem was his relationship to Mr Paul, many of the conversations were in confidence and the line between that and friends was a little blurry. This sounds a little too secret agent-y to me. Are we supposed to believe that PWK prefaced all of his conversations with Now don't put what I am about to tell you in a book! He died some time ago what's the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinlr Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice story Dave, we had tried to talk DrBill into writing a book but never could, I think his biggest problem was his relationship to Mr Paul, many of the conversations were in confidence and the line between that and friends was a little blurry. This sounds a little too secret agent-y to me. Are we supposed to believe that PWK prefaced all of his conversations with Now don't put what I am about to tell you in a book! He died some time ago what's the problem. Not so. PWK was a bit eccentric. For instance he routinely wore three wristwatches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmans Robin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 This is something I did not know that La Scala was for theatre and commercial systems, NOT HOME. I wonder when PWK decided to sell them for home systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I wonder when PWK decided to sell them for home systems?I believe it was after folks heard them and said... I would like to have some of those for my home. Funny, that still happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2009 Nice story Dave, we had tried to talk DrBill into writing a book but never could, I think his biggest problem was his relationship to Mr Paul, many of the conversations were in confidence and the line between that and friends was a little blurry. This sounds a little too secret agent-y to me. Are we supposed to believe that PWK prefaced all of his conversations with Now don't put what I am about to tell you in a book! He died some time ago what's the problem. Nothing secret agent-y about it, not sure of the religion but he was one of PWK's preachers, that made some of the conversations between them personal and possibly hard to recall which were public and which were private. No need to imply anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2009 This is something I did not know that La Scala was for theatre and commercial systems, NOT HOME. I wonder when PWK decided to sell them for home systems? SOUND FAMILIAR...............I guess they did not exist either until they went into home use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Great story as always, Dave. Has anyone heard from DrBill lately? As I recall, he was also quite gifted at refurbishing/rebuilding vacuum tube amps...true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmans Robin Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Nothing secret agent-y about it, not sure of the religion but he was one of PWK's preachers, that made some of the conversations between them personal and possibly hard to recall which were public and which were private. Oh gimme a break!!! Sheeesh!!! You don't think any intelligent guy could figure out the difference between some personal problem that's nobody's business and a funny story??? You're going to have to argue a LOT better than that to convince anyone with more than a room temperature IQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 BR, with all due respect, you may not fully understand the classical concept of "honor." It is not an argument amongst those who have it, but an absolute. Having met one (PWK) briefly and Dr. Bill in much greater depth, I believe I can say both these men were men of honor in the finest tradition of the American south. It is not a question of deciding what is a confidence and what is a funny story, it's a question of not deciding. BTW, it is 72 in here. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmans Robin Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Mr. Mallette you are offering an entirely different rationale, to wit, no book should ever be published of reminiscences of friends, especially honorable Southern friends. The argument I addressed was "many of the conversations were in confidence and the line between that and friends was a little blurry." To address your rationale (or excuse), I would call your attention to the genre known as BIOGRAPHY. I wonder how many biographies have been written about honorable Southern gentlemen? I wonder if even one of said biographies does not include reminiscences of friends and amusing anecdotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 -30- Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Dr. Bill & PWK were Episcopalian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/79459/789573.aspx#789573 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Thanks Bob. Great post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Dr. Bill & PWK were Episcopalian.Which reminds me of a song that one of my co-workers wrote. It' sabout an Episcopaleontologist..."When not studying fossils, he's reading the Acts of the Apostles...." It goes something like that, and would fit on w Weird Al cd with no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmans Robin Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Dr. Bill is a good writer. Clearly from the wide variety of anecdotes he dispenses in his long post, there is no problem at all with confidentiality, AS I STATED FROM THE BEGINNING. I WAS CLEARLY CORRECT ALL ALONG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2009 Pater, dimitte illis, non enim sciunt quid faciunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Pater, dimitte illis, non enim sciunt quid faciunt OK, what the hell does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2009 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do Arky I am not all that religious and I defiantly don't know any Latin, it is on BR's line on the bottom of his post and it just hit me as a little hypocritical for a trouble maker. Although he knows exactly what he is doing, trying to aggravate people. such a waste of energy on people who could be good friends and would go out of there way to help him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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