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Stealing my thread title from Bob Dylan it seems I have had some recent bad luck purchasing audio stuff over the Internet. I detailed the broken Quad ESL63's I dealt with in the Quad thread. In addition I have had: - Broken new Welborne Labs power supply for my Duet. Sent back and waiting for new one. - Broken new VPI 16.5 record cleaner. I had to open it up and tighten a allen screw to get the platter to turn. - Broken new Seta Nano phono preamp where the left RCA channel cuts out (I use XLR). Vendor is sending me the new model in December because they are aware of a manufacturing defect. - Broken new BA where the volume control was bad. Sent back to Craig and he f…

Rally to Restore Sanity Keep Fear Alive Is anyone going to this rally next weekend? I think I'm going to be taking a trip to DC to catch this/hang out/whatever. I'm THINKING about bringing the kids too, we shall see. I know there are some DC area people around, and it starts in EXACTLY 7 days (to the minute.) Also, if someone wants to offer a couch/bed/tub for me + buddy + who knows, maybe kids? Heh... LMK. **BRENT**

On Friday I had the fun experience of the "traditional" approach to making a (replacement) dental crown (multiple impressions, making + fitting of temporary crown etc) . And this was just the first visit. I still have the second visit to look forward to for the removal of the temporary crown and the fitting of the permanent crown. On discussing this with our FD at work, she mentioned that her dentist had used a CNC milling machine to make a crown, and fitted in in the same visit. No temporary crown required. She seems happy, and the cost was not dissimilar to the traditional approach. I found some blurb on the web here Dental Crown and Bridges from Harbour Landing D…

This is Zachary's Amp. And this is Zachary (with his dad Kristopher). Zachary was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) on March 23, 2007. This is a relatively rare form of cancer, affecting around 4000 Americans each year. Zachary and his family have been battling this disease for almost 4 years and it has taken a physical, mental and financial toll on the family. So how do I fit into this equation? I've known Zach's dad for something like 8 to 10 years, he works for one of my former company's biggest clients and while working together on a few projects we discovered that we shared a lot of common interests. We ended up being members …

Looks like the PS3 is finally getting Netflix streaming support. Netflix streaming coming to PS3 The netflix streaming on the xbox 360 has been great hopefully the ps3's will be similar.

I don't find my contact lenses(iWear Do Supreme+) to be comfortable any more and pass the 4 hours they start to get really dry, so It's time to pick others.. Which contact lenses you use ?

Happy birthday wishes to you. Enjoy your day!

Happy birthday, Carl & Peter! Hope you have a wonderful day.

:prettyprincess: Have a great great day!!!

With the winter just around the corner, I've been pondering about snow/winter tires for my car. While I never had real issues driving in snow/winter, with my daughter around now, I'm wondering if it's a worthwhile investment to get snow/winter tires. So if anyone here can share their experience with them, I greatly appreciate it.

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this past year, one of the better parts of my driving schedule has been listening to wait wait dont tell me. a very well written (or performed, if it isnt rehearsed) news quiz/slight comedy npr show. part of the allure has been the voice of peter sagal and his presentation and after a few months i had a fairly decent picture of what he might look like in my head. a few minutes ago i randomly happened upon the npr website and having never seen a picture of him, i searched for him. he doesnt look like anything i had pictured =/ not that that changes my desire to listen to the show but it does put me off a tad. i want to say i feel cheated but it is just something silly. …

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Hey guys i saw a thread of someone asking for an invitation for BTMusic tracker and I am in need of one so if anyone could help me I would apreciate it . I can offer an invite for demonoid.com in exchange. Thx a lot !

Happy birthday! Hope you have a good one.

At work late so trying to pass the time by finding the most ridiculous animal costumes for sale. Any recommendations?

Happy birthday, Wayne. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Have a good one Albert, and I will see you this weekend to toast you in person! Print out the above on stickers and wear it into bars. It's perfect for you! Cheers!

Anyone going this year? You know you want to, since MC Hammer will be there.

Well I'm heading to NYC (September 24-25) to hang with my favorite west coast lawyer. Any takers for a few pints at Barcade in Brooklyn

Happy Birthday Jim! May there be many wonderful cocktails consumed today. And excuse my shitty typing. Can someone fix the thread title please?

One of those email things. I found this one quite interesting and fun and thus have bookmarked it for occasional reference. Only thing that has me scratching my head is why it shows 2004 following 2010. Obviously a little problem there, but otherwise pretty slick. http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf Seconds Minutes Hours Day of week Day Month Year

Posted over at HF earlier today: Todd Green is one of the good guys. Just thought everyone over here should know in case they want to contact Todd and wish him well in this very difficult time.

My water heater is about 15 years old, so I've been thinking about getting a new one sometime soon before it blows up on me. With the Federal discount of 30% up to $1500 for all things green set to expire at the end of 2010, I'm deciding if I should go for a tankless or hybrid water heater before the end of the year. My current model is a gas 15 gallon one. It works mostly fine, but at the end of a long shower, it can run out. The hybrids look great, but really expensive, and there aren't too many gas models. I'd rather not have to retrofit an electric, since I have an old house, unless it's easier/cheaper than I think. My wife is a bit of a tree hugger, so she's…