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Impromptu 20 miles when a friend in my section called and said he impulse-bought a cheap Fuji during performance's weekend sale. Learned it get's quite cold this time of year once the sun goes down. Just pushed harder to warm up.

I really wish I hadn't clicked on this thread just now.

Well, not to be an apologist, and I don't really have strong evidence to back this up, but we pass along a lot of videos from third parties to display at events, in lobbies, etc. in a variety of A/V systems (from smart to dumb) and the video plays/audio doesn't scenario tends to include 44.1 audio. Not enough that it's standard practice to resample and it certainly may be a codec/wrapper over sample-rate issue, but I'm bringing it up as it may be related here. Force a 48 so likely to play audio in most video system scenarios at a sacrifice of audio bit perfection. Video not a concern for Airport Express so no 48 force there. Who knows the motivation, but common video scenarios tend to be doing a lot more up/down-sampling than most audio scenarios. Or that's my theory. On the Apple TV overall front, gave as a birthday present and with weekends firmware update including iTunes Radio, it seems a great device for a retired couple. Not knocking Pandora/Roku/GoogleTV/Squeezebox/Audioengine D2/etc. as there are several ways to do similar, but for them with an iPad and iPhone already in the house (so some controlling the Apple TV from iOS and some beaming from iOS), it's kinda an amazing thing to witness the speed they ramped up to the device. From Netflix to YouTube to recent trip and their lovely granddaughter photos as screensavers to the Frank Sinatra and Eva Cassidy/Diana Krall iTunes Radio stations, the house came alive.

Probably only interesting to Chris, but this is what I get on Garmin Connect. It shows my balance is a bit off to the left. I guess I need to try to pay attention to that as I assumed it would be the opposite.

Wet Hot American Summer -- I'm only up to 11 a.m., and I'm already laughing my ass off. Thanks for the rec, Ric. "Fondue...cheddar." Also, to anyone else interested, it expires off of Netflix streaming 10/1.

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It's just because it's pieces of soapstone cemented together, not steel welded together. A small first fire does the final cure on the cement, and slowly drives any moisture out of the stone, which might cause it to crack if a really hot fire were made. My only regret is that I did not pay extra for the cryo-treated soapstone.

For pure entertainment value, this thread delivers. I am curious whether a decent amp can be made in this enclosure. Their product names remind me of diarrhea, unfortunately.

Great ride today after a 10 mile hike yesterday, tough pace but wht I need to stay challenged , dropped like a bad habit at mile 30 but still happy I held on for the first 30 at a mother of a pace.