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Had some friends over. Started with this. Lots not shown. Ended with this. (Ice Cream not shown)

Brother came up this morning on his way to his place in NH. Dropped off 2 bottles of Ardbeg 25, plus additional surprises! The Ardbeg 25's come in a lovely Russian Doll type box set, the inner box has a nice metal design on it. The top of that inner box looks to click open and close on a hinged cover. The Smokiverse is another limited edition, this was an open bottle from a sampling day that one of his clients had. Looking forward to trying it, there's only a tiny bit left.

Are you OK? That tirade would have to be the least intelligible one I've ever read. Maybe a giant and calm edit would improve it so I (and probably many others) could understand what your point is.

Bacon wrapped, Goats Cheese stuffed (pitted medjool) dates.

RIP Tom. Listened to him a lot growing up. The Pigeons are safe now...

Muchas gracias, chicos A nice day. One year less to retirement. So tired…

The Quiet Melodrama of Todd Hido https://aperture.org/editorial/the-quiet-melodrama-of-todd-hidos-photographs/

I'm a bit late but Happy Birthday, Antonio!

Happy belated birthday Antonio!

I should have more than enough left over Baltic Birch plywood for a splining jig accessorie and even more. T tracks, hold downs (another set of hold downs packaged with the long T track), knobs and a stop. All of this will make more sense once the jig is completed. Plenty of leftover Black laminate (I assume from the chop saw station), and some Ipe to build the bridge part of the jig, that will overlay the existing SawStop fence.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday/Feliz Cumpleaños, my friend! (ruido de favores de fiesta)

Happy birthday!!

Cheers Antonio -- Feliz Cumpleaños! Happy Birthday, wishing you a great day -

Happy Birthday Antonio!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy (non AI generated) Birthday, Antonio!

Happy Birthday!

Happy 61st youngster! Cheers!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Antonio!

Happy Birthday, Antonio! Make it great.

Happy Birthday Antonio!!

Forum showing one day in the future (or geographic accurate time), so happy another spin Antonio!

Something I saw recently on YouTube. Bourbon Moth Woodworking. It also has several accessories to build for it as well. It'd take a while to explain everything it does, but cutting raised panels easily and safely is just one. I think I'll also build a splining accessorie too. Al built a basic one, but this should be a little easier and safer. There's a mortising attachment as well, but we built one years back for the router table. Might get a start on it tomorrow. More to come. Now I think I'll go eat at Red Robin, since I'm in Concord, CA. Yes, I bought the prettier Blue T tracks!

Well it's earlier than I expected. I'll miss all of you! But I'm here at the pearly gates, talking to St. Peter. I've had a good life! What's that? Oh, just Peter? Peter Johnson? What? I have to leave now? I can't stay here for eternity? You say that you close at 5:00? Oh, OK. Can I come back sometime? Oh cool, thanks. See you next time Peter! Well everyone has their own idea of heaven I suppose. I'm gathering supplies to build a multi-function table saw jig.

Next up on "doing good shit for family" agenda: just gifted Karen's car (2018 Toyota RAV4) to my nephew and niece. Came up in a conversation last night that my brother was helping the kids look for a car. I asked what they were interested in, and based on his reply offered it up. Filled out the title paperwork and tax exemption for gift (though depending on blue book value I may have to pay a bit for being over the gift threshold). Kids came by and grabbed it today. The payback is "future considerations," but after chatting a bit my brother will get me a pair of Ardbeg 25 bottles he recently scrounged up at work. Yum!

I'll be in my bunk.

Reduced “300V section” a bit more, to 150V. Now the high voltages are +/-400V, +220V, -310V and -460V. Graph below shows voltage cross 2sj79 (Q24/25) in blue and cross 2sk216 (Q26/27) in red during power on, wait 30 seconds and power off. I can’t hear sonically differences between original voltages and reduced voltages.

Long post, ADHD warning, am old school. With respect to the usual suspects and in danger of disrupting the circle-jerking? Which, by all means, keep at; The 007 variants were as non STAX as they could possibly get. - Certain people that would have found nirvana(tm) decades ago if only they'd bought a certain Sony, or specific Fostex/Audeze/Rosson headphones? They elected not to. Went the hard way (read: "i ride the different rain", read: i just must spend more, read: i feel so refined), when all they'd have had to do was find the chain that would be best for said type of headphone; and between interface/transport, DAC, pre-amp, amp and cabling, it does exist and in infinite variations. Only of course, they do not "believe" in chains, or do not "believe" in the need of a pre-amp, or do not "believe" in cabling, or, reasons. And instead, we're.. here. For nigh two decades now, congratulations One headphone gave them something they'd not heard before; but only because they were clueless, blame's on them for sheer ignorance. Put differently if it helps, not sure when people needing anything (insert adjective) low end pronounced or focused went for STAX? I mean, since when exactly? That's right, since never, not until that accursed thing came out. And sadly it sold well rather than flopping; sadly, because it showed, even to STAX, where the curve is. And i do blame each and every one for re-inforcing said conclusion (be it due to ignorance or monetary gain mind, yeah?). Find a few people with big pockets, there you go with the trend shifting, just like that. There were, are and shall remain many, many headphones for those folks, but.. they're not niche now are they. Where's the class, the individuality if you will.... if only you knew how many times i've seen this. Four+ decades and three continents over by now. - Contrary to elitist, individualistic, circle-jerking-focused belief? The world does not revolve around you. Sorry to break it to you. Head phones requiring significant power, ergo headphones that require significant investment in amplification, are headphones most folk cannot buy, not if they know what they're doing (and folks usually don't, not even here; i do read). The money involved to do it right is just prohibitive. You can have a halo product or two, as it drives sales all the way down, but you need a realistic approach. What you're wishing for would close STAX down, not help it grow back up; may not seem so in this glass bubble of a virtual corner, but out there, that's where it'd lead. Competition in what you're after is beyond fierce and they're too old to play the social media hype game. Entering the rest of the issues STAX faces, because those exist, yes.. nothing to do with 007 however, nothing at all. Kindly keep it real and differentiate your bloated self-want from the expansive reality governing one entire ecosystem. Kindly. Just because someone needed to say it. I mean we read your posts, if once in a while you get to read ours, yeah?

I guess he gave up the ghost when he heard Dr. Demento announce his retirement and the end of his show.

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97. Also, Tom Lehrer was still alive.