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Some new ones in there... "You're about as useful as Anne Frank's drum kit." "The sound of your piss hitting the urinal is feminine." "I hope you step on a LEGO."

The last half minute is the best.

This would have been an annoying double post had I not removed it promptly and notified you of my error.

http://www.hark.com/clips/fkzyydmthj-funny-right-there

In that region, tornados tend to follow the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River, which as we all know, have only marginal (mostly folklore) associations with West Virginia and would seem to more appropriately describe western Virginia.

I know this is old news, but I just stumbled across it and it make be chuckle. Just some random shit, like everything in this thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnWBbqOBBSM&feature=related

I'm just thankful that Al Gore invented the internet.

I guess because some people think they know everything, so it therefore becomes all about about the buzz and the ego trip of being able to sit down for an hour or two to fidget with the little box until you can say, "That's it! It's a wrap!" The same people who think they can review every pair of headphones on the planet and tell us exactly what is good, bad or indifferent about them (and then are willing to fight to defend their impressions). That's the audience they're looking for.

Seems interesting... http://www.head-fi.org/t/612445/ultimate-ears-personal-reference-monitors-the-custom-custom-in-ear-monitor Of course, I never know what my "sonic preferences" are from day to day, so no doubt I'd fuck it up from the get go, and end up with an unlistenable and unsellable pair of $2k earrings. The fancy wood choices sure are dandy though.

Austria! This guy is right out of Dumb and Dumber.

Yes, she does need a visit from Santa, but everybody needs that! Actually, my mom is nothing like your mom, at least when it comes to computers. She's perfectly happy with not knowing anything more than absolutely necessary to do basic things like email. I've been trying to get her to download Skype for months. She'll say, "You can set it up for me next time you come home," to which I'll say, "Just type skype.com and follow the instructions for setting up an account. There's really nothing to it... won't even take 5 minutes!"

Related thoughts?

It sounds like your mom is just an incredibly self-dependent and intelligent woman who has a strong locus of control. She wants to understand everything so that she won't have to rely on you or anyone else, or will at least be confident that she'll know what questions to ask when she does need help. It's probably more of a generational gap than anything. If she were your age and grew up with this sort of technology, she would know this stuff inside and out because she's so curious and determined. The irony is that by trying so hard not to be burdensome to you, she makes it impossible for you to help her!

My condolences, Archos. Try to be one of the strong ones.

Absolutely sick!!!

Ya! Would make a nice snorkel though.

Looks like they've made some nice cosmetic improvements along the way. Like the new look headband as well. Don't know how new that is, but new relative to the one that's on my LCD-2 (version whatever the original version is called now). Good to hear that The Monkey likes these! They're outstanding headphones, and don't become any less-so simply because other new shiny stuff has come out in the meantime.

Sorry I missed your birthday. Hope it was a Brent-worthy event.

Would be fun to try at Mayberry sometime. I think JP could pull it off.

You owe me 3:20, Ric.

Ric, I've been searching around trying to find answers to your questions, but it doesn't appear that "100% Music" is intended to be a new brand. There is no mention of it on Neil's site. It would be a good catch phrase though since he's always talking about it in terms of percentages, and it's an easy concept for anyone to grasp. I don't see anything about the 3X graphic used on Musicoforheart's blog either. He's just another music nut who happens to also be a blogger. There's a blurp on his site saying that's he's been to 382 concerts in 42 years, etc. I mean, really. Who counts the number of concerts they've been to? I'd imagine a number of HC'ers have been to just as many, if not more, particularly those who live in metro areas like NYC, Chicago, and SF.

^ That's what I'm talking about, Larry! Obviously, there are no hard and fast rules in life, and everyone's circumstances are different. I was lucky enough to have wonderful parents who were also highly self-sufficient. But I'm thankful that I was in a position to be able to help them -- the one and only time they needed my help -- when my dad was sick with cancer. I realize that every family works differently. Some parents were not so wonderful toward their kids, so those same kids, once adults, might not be so inclined to look after them in their tender years. That, and sometimes mom is the one person in the family who is loaded with money! So that changes the dynamics as well, and sometimes the adult children become money grabbers! Not "gifting" his old iPad 1 to mom wasn't nearly as bad as if he had dragged her to the mall so she could buy him an iPad 3.