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Happy Belated Birthday Buddy!

Terrible website but it looks like new headphones right?

Happy birthday, Ric!

I did Chinese takeout, as I do every year. It was delicious.

It's those Blue LED eyes, right?

looks exactly like him /s

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath IMHO is the best heavy metal album of all time. Everything after it is modeled, to some degree, from it.

Happy AI Birthday, Ric.

It tasted shockingly like the apple pie. 😜

Rack of lamb at the lake house tonight. Everything turned out perfect. Food coma, then pecan pie if I can fit it in.

I haven't seen another Alton Brown post, but there were a couple others, so: first episode of season 3 of American Gods

Artisan hand crafted whipped cream And Tiramisu

This thread was so long ago that I don't even remember posting in it, I tried to take a guess at what I picked 12 years ago and the only one I got right was Black Sabbath. That one remains on my updated list but everything else is new. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath. Still one of the most fun albums to listen to for me, I've played it countless times over the years and it's still one of my go-to albums. Deep Purple - Concerto For Group And Orchestra. You can tell Blackmore's a bit sulky on some of the songs, but when he's into it it's fun as heck and shreds hard. Bob Marley - Babylon by Bus. Almost all my favourite Bob Marley songs on one album, with live energy & improvisation. Pelageya - Girl's Songs. Russian folk/rock/jazz songs, I don't understand a single word but Pelageya is such a good singer that it doesn't matter. Very interesting & different music than what I listened to for most of my life. Tito Puente - Tambo. Has more of a tribal/jungle beats vibe than his other albums, more percussion, less brass. Fun as heck, and it'll stress a lot of hifi systems.

Happy birthday, Ric! (party favour noise)

Happy birthday, Ric!

My existing direct-drive trainer had started to had multiple signal drop issues so Santa was kind enough to bring me:

No... it is not shit and fart...!! thank you very much... Now try to unhear that.

colnago c50 with super record 11 and shamal ultra wheels. It’s officially the riders fault when I can’t go up hill or fast.

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Chilaquilas for Xmas lunch.

Went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. Another Jewish friend joined, and a work colleague/friend who is Indian (and leans towards Buddhism). Was a fascinating 4.5 hours (!!) of conversation: religion, philosophy, jokes, and just good stories! Incredibly nice people!

Happy Ric-mas!

One more Happy Birthday! One question though: what does rumored cake taste like? 😁

Thank you everyone! Chill day with the in-laws. Whisky, apple pie and a rumored cake later. Hope everyone is having a Merry Midsommar!

Merry Christmas I made the output board for D&G and tested it with +/-400V and 845 tubes. Seems to be working as there's 44v across the cathode resistor. I was planning on using +/-1250V but the C3M mosfet blew up on the circlotronps because 1n4007 diodes aren't rated for that voltage.