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Both ideas sound good to me. The only problem I'll have is getting the time. This is just a week before final exams for the Winter quarter so my students will be hounding me with questions and such.

My system is all MBL at this point, other than the analog front end which is a VPI-HRX with a Lyra Titan cart and RSA XR-10B phono preamp. I bought the MBL stuff in 3 stages as I could afford it. First the 101E speakers, then a pair of 9008A monoblocks and 6010D preamp, and then finally the digital front end (1622 SACD transport and 1611F dac) which I think outperforms that VPI is some respects. Uhhh... let me get back to you in a couple of months on that note.

Don't let morbid curiosity get the best of you! It's a train wreck you don't need to see! Ok, so 5 (subpart 2), 11, and 55 (the levee thing) were my favorites, although it's not like I read all 98 of them.

Indeed, I sit corrected. I've updated my knowledge in this matter by reference to the Urban dictionary, which offers some rather entertaining entries from John Q. Public's very best.

Leftover Santa candy.

I thought only women had taint.

It would look good with sweat socks.

Serious or sarcastic comment?

The thread title actually should have read "...when selling goods and receiving funds via PayPal" because having the sender of funds select "gift" rather than "goods" is what saves the recipient the 2.9% fee; it's also what is now causing certain transactions to be red flagged. Seems to me that the best way to avoid getting caught up in this situation (short of playing by the rules and absorbing the 2.9% fees), is to: 1) avoid putting anything in the comment box, such as a shipping address or reference to the item sold, that would make it look like a "goods" transaction, 2) have the buyer send a nice round number, such as $100, rather than $103.58 or $96.75 (which don't look like typical gift amounts) and then agree to square up on the difference by some other means. 3) try to minimize the number of gift transactions that are being sent to you by any one person or at any one point in time.

This was news to me. Why not to accept "gifts" on paypal when selling items on paypal - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Note that all it took to have the transaction flagged was the inclusion of an address in the comments section. I'm not surprised that they're cracking down on this, given that they don't collect fees on gifts.

Hey, now there's an idea! I'd invest in group snatch! I've been dreaming of the opportunity for about 30 years now.

I like that, especially the .25 part.

I'm not sure what the answer to that is. The stuff will be seized as evidence initially in support of the criminal actions against her, which will obviously be quite easy to prove but will still take time. I'd imagine there will be a civil suit filed by Koss against her as well which should eventually allow them to recoup most of the assets found in her possession at the time of her arrest, since she obviously won't have $20 million in cash to pay a judgement. I'd imagine she'll go to jail and will also declare personal bankruptcy to protect whatever she can (house and such).

I know the Monkey man was just joking when he said this, but $20 million was just under half of the company's market capitalization at the time the stock was halted shortly after the news broke. KOSS stock quote - Koss Corporation stock price - NASDAQ.com No telling what the market will have to say when trading resumes, especially given how thinly traded a small cap company like Koss normally is. Presumably trading will resume after the SEC's fact finding mission is over and public disclosures are made as to exactly what we're dealing with here. That may take quite some time, given that they issued a non reliance 8k (for financials dating back to June 30, 2006) right away, and they may well uncover evidence that the fraud predates that time period. Fun times for forensic auditors in Milwaukee these days. Summary of KOSS CORP - Yahoo! Finance The following news article is dated but includes details that I hadn't seen last time I did a search. Koss now says embezzlement could exceed earnings during same period For example, the Koss family holds 73% of the stock in the company. Ouch! I'd also missed the fact that Michael Koss is President, CEO and CFO. Not a good idea to combine the CEO and CFO roles, even (as in this case), if it's only for "official" reporting purposes. In reality, she was for all intents and purposes acting as the CFO, so it probably wouldn't have made a difference if she was the person who was signing off as the CFO. But at least the formality of designating her as CFO would have put her through the paces of one more round of questionnaires and interviews with the auditors each year. But sheez!, Grant Thornton wasn't even assessing the company's effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting! In a way, I can understand this, especially for small publicly traded companies that have been increasingly bombarded by the cost, time, and hassle of dealing with more and more regulation and reporting requirements. Then you get in good with your auditors and lawyers and convince them to cut any corners they possibly can to keep your costs down... Also, I just love that last paragraph of the article! It pretty much confirms my suspicions that she was preparing to set up her own boutique at some point in time. Imagine a start up boutique with $2 million of inventory from day one? I'd imagine she could have done quite well in her little retirement job!

Oh ya, that too. I about crapped when I saw it on Amazon for $10.49, but I guess it's kind of old news these days (I mean, the performance itself). Funny though. I've got it on CD and DVD and at one time probably had it on vinyl as well. It's never looked or sounded so good (per the reviews, although I don't have my copy yet), and it's never been nearly so cheap.

Exactly! How did you know?

Most of the Gov't Mule back catalog.

Yes, specific specifications are a good thing but they must be kept top secret.

This year I resolve to quit writing 1974 on my checks. If I can get through the first couple of weeks of January, I should be alright.

Reports at Head-Fi suggest around 200 hours or so, but I never know what to make of such things. Seems like that's sort of the magic number (more or less) most commonly suggested for pretty much any headphones. Best advice is to just let 'em burn in at slightly above normal listening levels and check in on them frequently. I've been thinking about picking up a pair myself, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Thinking about some Canon L glass as well, which would probably get more use.

What? A Florida meet not organized by Mike? I'll bet it sucks! Ya, should be fun. I'll try to make it but don't know if I'll be able to manage it in terms of the timing.

Interesting, indeed. But I suppose, eating it every day, with no hot butter... prepared prison style (probably just boiled), ya sure, that would get boring.

Happy birthday, Jacob. Hope to see you in Chicago this summer.

Don't ask me why, but I saw this T-shirt today and it reminded me of this thread: FUNNY T-SHIRT: PIE TASTES LIKE PUSSY