Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails

[JohnJ]

Mine's collecting dust lately @Invidiosulus not like those. 

 

Made some meat sauce & fettuccini yesterday, like everything else it hurt. Today with leftover coffee-milk from lunch it was yummy and the comfort food it should be!

 

Nice to have a table again, nevermind the canvas tarp, it's still clean & I like it better than flowers!! The camo one is too used to use it for this.

 

[Dave1291]

Ok, I'm drooling.  Came up with this wild idea of boycotting Kroger so have been diving into the stockpile.  About time to rotate things but also getting ready for a massive wallet rape maybe this week but could make it a couple more.

 

Started thinking all ya really need is a baked tater w/sour cream and butter.  Factored in a cob salad w/goodies once a day.  So that runs about 84$ a week and it's good stuff not junk.  I hit Kroger I buy more garbage than I should anc drop more than the 84 a week AND have to put it together.  Bacon, chopped egg, cheese, lettuce ya wind up chopping?  It aint rocket science but when ya involve the nickel & dime stuff along w/the all the other garbage I wind up buying?  Blah.  It's good for me and I'm dropping weight which is also good.  Won't be long and I'll be right back in Kroger playin the game though.  Life's boring like that.  lol

 

Gonna soooo beat that darn grasshopper!  Just hope things are ok on his end.  Crazy!

 

[Invidiosulus]

On 4/22/2024 at 9:57 PM, Marvel said:

Yes I do, but it's in pieces. I had replaced the 7199 driver board a long time ago and got a different one to replace it. I need three 9 pin sockets and forget to order them.

Was that the Audio by Van Alstine board that you first put in?

[billybob]

1 hour ago, Dave1291 said:

Ok, I'm drooling.  Came up with this wild idea of boycotting Kroger so have been diving into the stockpile.  About time to rotate things but also getting ready for a massive wallet rape maybe this week but could make it a couple more.

 

Started thinking all ya really need is a baked tater w/sour cream and butter.  Factored in a cob salad w/goodies once a day.  So that runs about 84$ a week and it's good stuff not junk.  I hit Kroger I buy more garbage than I should anc drop more than the 84 a week AND have to put it together.  Bacon, chopped egg, cheese, lettuce ya wind up chopping?  It aint rocket science but when ya involve the nickel & dime stuff along w/the all the other garbage I wind up buying?  Blah.  It's good for me and I'm dropping weight which is also good.  Won't be long and I'll be right back in Kroger playin the game though.  Life's boring like that.  lol

 

Gonna soooo beat that darn grasshopper!  Just hope things are ok on his end.  Crazy!

 

Yes abit jealous of grasshopper. Don't lose too much or, I will be the same with you... whatever works. John is eating fettuccine so...

Jealous of him too.

Kroger has alot of stuff...

 

[Dave1291]

@billybob  Yea, it's like the old Little Ceaser pizza joint ad. 5 bucks, 5 bucks, it's ALL 5 bucks.  It doesn't matter WHAT it is it's 5 bucks or close to it around here.  Wild!

 

[Marvel]

13 hours ago, Invidiosulus said:

Was that the Audio by Van Alstine board that you first put in?

No, it was the Curcio board. It was ok, but I wanted to try the Tubes4HiFi board, even if the layout isn't the best. I had also replaced the power tranny, as I thought the original got pretty hot, but that may just be TVA's power grid running at 125V. I do still have one of the large adjustable theater variacs that I could use to bring the voltage down a little, but it's a bit ugly. Not that anyone would notice in the listening room. It has that studio/lounge/garage look, especially now.

[Dave1291]

Freak out?  Call Dad!   😂

 

Oldest:  Dad there's a freakin squirrel in my house.  I've got the dog in the crate and the cats locked in a bedroom.  This thing is running all over the house who do I call.

Dad:  HAHAHAHAHA & HA!  Suit up and get after it!  Don't look at me.  Go get it girl!

 

20 minutes later

 

Oldest:  I got it Dad.  I put Joel's big coat on (he's 6'3), my hat and gloves, grabbed the broom and got it cornered.  Then I chased it with the broom out the back door!

Dad:  Good girl!  😂  💪

Oldest:  I've even got it all on video I'll send it to ya.  😂

 

Guess I could have told her if ya get a bat in there flyin around she could borrow my old tennis racquet hangin on a nail in the garage.  Blah, I'll save it for another day.  Gotta have a tennis racketl 

 

Carry on 

[Marvel]

One of the ladies at work took this pic of her dogs. The sign is kinda nice.

 

 

[Dave1291]

@Marvel she picked up an old female rott at the shelter a few years ago.  Someone bred her a lot then got rid of her.  There are two dogs on the planet I'd NEVER own.  A rott and a chow.  They have the brain the size of a peanut.  When they flip they will take your face off in a heartbeat. 

 

Finally a couple weeks ago the kids got her out of the cage when I was there hangin.  They brought her over to me and she snuggled right in.  She was fine after that but I was in defensive posture the entire time. 

 

Prior to that she'd been crated and going nuts wanting to tear me up when I stopped or was there w/them.  Daughter's second one that's the thing.  They're freaky for sure.  I'm good w/any other dog on the planet except Rotts and Chows.  Maybe they could just crate me and let the dog out when I'm  there.  Then I could take a nap. 

[Marvel]

56 minutes ago, Dave1291 said:

I'm good w/any other dog on the planet except Rotts and Chows.

My wife's younger son in the Philippines got a Chow (crazy enough with the heat), and one of the grandsons is only nine. He can love on the dog, use him as a pillow, etc., and the dog just loves it. When we visited last July, just started to reach out to pet him and he jumped at her and scratched the skin while biting her knee. Since there are so many strays in the Phils, right around the corner from the house is a "Dog Bite Clinic". She got a couple shots, a couple weeks apart.

 

I had told her that Chows weren't very safe to have around, but they had already had him a while. I kept trying to pet him, just by letting him rub against my leg when he would walk by. The day before we left. he was  letting me pet him. I'll probably have to start over when we go thee for Christmas this year.

[geezin']

5 hours ago, Dave1291 said:

Freak out?  Call Dad!   😂

 

Oldest:  Dad there's a freakin squirrel in my house.  I've got the dog in the crate and the cats locked in a bedroom.  This thing is running all over the house who do I call.

Dad:  HAHAHAHAHA & HA!  Suit up and get after it!  Don't look at me.  Go get it girl!

 

20 minutes later

 

Oldest:  I got it Dad.  I put Joel's big coat on (he's 6'3), my hat and gloves, grabbed the broom and got it cornered.  Then I chased it with the broom out the back door!

Dad:  Good girl!  😂  💪

Oldest:  I've even got it all on video I'll send it to ya.  😂

 

Guess I could have told her if ya get a bat in there flyin around she could borrow my old tennis racquet hangin on a nail in the garage.  Blah, I'll save it for another day.  Gotta have a tennis racketl 

 

Carry on 

Post the video!

[geezin']

My ferocious beast.

 

[Invidiosulus]

7 hours ago, Dave1291 said:

Freak out?  Call Dad!   😂

 

Oldest:  Dad there's a freakin squirrel in my house.  I've got the dog in the crate and the cats locked in a bedroom.  This thing is running all over the house who do I call.

Dad:  HAHAHAHAHA & HA!  Suit up and get after it!  Don't look at me.  Go get it girl!

 

20 minutes later

 

Oldest:  I got it Dad.  I put Joel's big coat on (he's 6'3), my hat and gloves, grabbed the broom and got it cornered.  Then I chased it with the broom out the back door!

Dad:  Good girl!  😂  💪

Oldest:  I've even got it all on video I'll send it to ya.  😂

 

Guess I could have told her if ya get a bat in there flyin around she could borrow my old tennis racquet hangin on a nail in the garage.  Blah, I'll save it for another day.  Gotta have a tennis racketl 

 

Carry on 

I am dad 😆
 

The past two times I had a bat in the house I just grabbed a cardboard box and waited for it to fly by and smacked the box up in its face and caught it.

No tennis racket required.

 

It’s been about a decade since we’ve had that problem as we no longer have an open chimney.

Some days my reflexes are still stupidly fast for stuff like that, other days I’m not so sure.

[Dave1291]

10 hours ago, Marvel said:

I'll probably have to start over when we go thee for Christmas this year.

Just keep him outta your face.  Those two breeds are the worst on the planet according to an old vet I know.  He has a Vet Hospital w/9 Vets working in there treating all kinds of pets.  He charges out the rear but they're the best around.  I saw him take a sedated lab off the table one day and put a bulldog of my sister's on the table w/a torsion.  When I called him he said look at his eyes and if there's no blood showing in his eyes get here as fast as you can.  It's stomach had flipped.  Opened it up, flipped it back and stapled it to his rib cage.  Crazy.  Saved that dog then it got parvo and they sat with that dog 24/7 and saved it from that too.  The lab got an extended nap.  I didn't ask the cost but my sister gladly wrote the check.  Guess they're pricey.  I loved it when she started whining.  Just gimme a mutt any day.

 

5 hours ago, Invidiosulus said:

No tennis racket required.

  Played a ton in my younger years.  Gotta keep that swing werkin!  Just another ace!  lol

 

6 hours ago, geezin' said:

Post the video!

I haven't seen it yet but she's got camera's all over that place.  If I can figure out how to do it I will if she sends it.  Thing is.  She knows me too well.  lol