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Nice see those smiling faces, CJ. Good for you, man! Nothing like that feeling. Had a Christmas dinner thing on Friday night for a company I'm associated with as a director. Went out afterwards to a couple of clubs with our little group. I got absolutely mobbed by all kinds of young, gorgeous women, both attached and unattached, mostly just for cell phone pictures, but some of them were actually quite aggressive, telling Santa about all of their fantasies and rubbing his belly and umm, well pretty much anything they could get away with. I did actually manage to behave, out of respect for my girlfriend who unfortunately is off-Island at the moment. My guess is that I posed for something like 200-300 pictures, easily.

Looks like a lot of fun. Too bad you couldn't get the 009 into the mix. Next time...

Wow! Good sounding big noggin cans! Sounds like a winner to this size 8+

jp likes them. He posted this at HF: played these over at a friends house who has the Woo Audio WA6 SE with the 274 rectifier and a fistful of black gates upgrades. They sounded nothing short of magnificent, mine sounded weird because of post flight/post cold sinus weirdness. I still think they present slightly odd but that cold be the increase in detail. I've owned some pretty detailed headphones that don't do this so I think it may be a slightly erratic frequency response. All that said they are fantastic headphones whose strengths to me are extension, tone, speed, with great bass presentation (albeit not bass head friendly) and very clean mids. I'm going to check them out with a Zana Duex later today and I'll report back. I may need to get a nice travel/storage case for these as the box is likely to get beat up over time.

Can't decide whether he's British or Southern. The Bud light suggests Southern. The facial expression and faded tattoo from his unglorious past suggest British. Nice use of the bungie cord, by the way. Never know when you might need one...

Nice work, Tyll. The thing I don't get is why anyone would want to wear those fugly gunt headphones as a fashion statement!

Yes, 42 is the answer.

Happy birthday, John!

Hope it kindles the fire.

That's interesting. I'd love to hear more about it. There is a movie that has been in the pipeline for a long time now that really needs to see the light of day, but just can't seem to gather the necessary financial support, since it's not your typical "exciting" Hollywood movie. It's called Nicholas of Myra (the story of St. Nicholas) http://www.nicholasofmyra-movie.com/ Shelly, good news. Hope your recovery continues unabated.

No, you can only bleach once every 10 days or so, for maybe 20 minutes max on the roots. Might have to do it a little more often in the midst of the season but you have to be really careful with bleaching to avoid overlapping of previously fully-bleached areas, or you'll get a lot of breakage. You can also do a quick perimeter touch up of the roots with a light coat of white mascara followed by clear mascara, if need be (the clear gives it a more natural finished look). Anything else, in terms of wash-out temporary whiteners, will run like crazy once you start sweating. I've tried all sorts of theatrical makeup products, and found that Ben Nye "Snow White" works pretty well, but is definitely subject to running. So it's fine on the outer tips of the beard (followed by a freezing spray like Got 2b Glued), but nowhere near where it will come in direct contact with my skin, or pretty soon it be smeared it all over my suit. Bleaching is definitely preferable because it obviously provides a completely natural look. Even if you use temporary whiteners very sparingly and blend them well such that nobody could tell, it still makes you feel less authentic. Then you have the whole issue of whether your beard matches your hair, etc. But don't get me started... you know how obsessed I tend to get with my hobbies.

It's Santa's magic key. Only works on Christmas Eve. Opens any door in the world, even Steve's back door! Also, can make a chimney if the customer prefers a really dirty entry.

Ordered some Santa calling cards. One version front and back for adults, the other version with the same pics for kids.

Late to the party... but happy birthday! Don't let your age bother you. It really doesn't show...

Definitely on the Santa Don't list!

Hey, now you're talking! That sounds a lot better than "me and my buddy went swimming/hot-tubbing in the ocean..." which reminded me of this: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/ Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Might want to consider bringing a girl, instead, or in addition, next time. Just saying.

Very sorry to hear of your loss, Chris. Sometimes on your birthday, you become the gift giver. I'm sure your wife and her family will need your support.

Hey!

TMI, Al.

Way back when gay = happy

Then it seems like you've answered your own question. I think everyone needs to define for himself what lowballing is, and I think it's very situation specific. It seems like in this case he was testing the waters to see if he could grab them quickly with a low offer before others could jump in. That could either be viewed as a lowball offer from your perspective (which I guess means you could take offense to it, and write back with a nasty reply, or whatever you deem appropriate), or it could be viewed as nothing more than a buying strategy on his part. Maybe he's not a 'serious' buyer because in his heart of hearts he's looking for something else, but he could be convinced to grab these if the price is right from his perspective.

My brother once said, "School is the tooth in the blow job of life..." It was at a college party, and he was pretty messed up, as usual. I remember asking him about it a couple of days later and he didn't remember saying it or where he might have gotten it from, but knowing him, if it wasn't from a Dylan, Who or Stones album, chances are it was original.