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Happy belated, Larry. Enjoy the steak. I finally got a call from the scammer who wants people to let him take control of their computer to fix all the security problems. Managed to keep him on the phone for seven minutes.

It took me a long time to see it ^^

Successfully did my first century yesterday (102 mile actually) at 18.5 mph average!!! It was brutal with 15-25 mph winds almost all day; I'm really glad I survived. In fact, I soloed home ahead of my team as we had a straight headwind for the last 8-10 which blew apart the group into a million pieces. The key was following the biggest riders I could find Thanks again for everyone who has supported me both by donations and by words of encouragement! Feels really good to not only complete my first century but to help a worthy cause. Cheers gang!

In the under $100 range, the ones I have heard and liked have come from Ortofon, AT, Sumiko Maybe a used Sumiko Black Pearl, $100 new?

I'm pretty impressed with my Ortofon 2M Blue (with NAD 555), and it works off a normal phono stage unlike my Benz Red L that needs a higher gain moving coil pre-amp. I can't say the Benz is "hugely better" than the M2 Blue, which is a good bang for the buck. I don't know if you consider $225 for a new one a bargain cartridge though.

Was in NYC last week, had lots of good food. Curry lunch on Monday: The Breslin for dinner on Monday: Really good sazerac: Fries: Scotch egg: Seafood Sausage: Pig foot: Ootoya on Tuesday Either chicken tail or chicken neck skewer: Sake: Mackerel: Fried chicken: Black sesame ice cream and cheesecake: Wednesday, The NoMad: Chicken for two:

Something to go with the sunny + 73 weather. Does not suck.

there needs to be a Mouser Prime service