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A harmonica in Carnegie Hall.

So you own a pair now, do these puppies really cost $4,500?

You would have to rent (not buy) strippers (not hookers).

I'm in Miami today. Drove across from Tampa in the Atom yesterday, and will be heading back across again tomorrow. The drive wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be but still fun. Long distance driving in a straight line at 80 mph isn't really what the Atom is all about, although I did bump it up once or twice. Hit 127 at one point in alligator alley. Vicki and Mike, I should have called, I know. Really wasn't much time on this trip but next time for sure.

That would be a blast to meet up with you in Jamaica sometime. I've been to Beres Hammond's house in Stoney Hill. Would love to get to know the country better. I've been there 4 or 5 times, and always with Jamaican friends, and so far so good. I haven't run into a bit of trouble but you really do need to be careful where you go.

I assume that you keep your audio gear under lock and key while in Jamaica. I've known people from Jam who've had their grandmothers steal from them, and I'm not kidding about that. Of course, there are good areas too...

Happy birthday!

My mini review: these are some seriously good headphones! Really liking the LCD-2. Enjoying them too much to start trying to pick them apart. I'm sure that day will come though. Kind of inevitable in this hobby.

Hope you guys had great birthdays!

That's good, Shelly... and good of Al. Be sure to listen to them for several hours at a time, if that's how you would intend to listen to them if you owned them. I don't find the weight to be distracting, but then again, I don't normally listen to any pair of headphones for more than one album at a time.

The mahi mahi was incredible, as always. Isn't it strange how the simplest little hole in the wall places always have the best food? This place is nothing more than a hut with a zinc roof and it's only open on weekend nights, but the fish they fry comes straight from the sea, usually the same day, and even though it's carry out only, they have to keep raising their prices to keep the crowds away. The lady who owns the place told me the other day, "We're as big and busy as we'll ever want to be!"

Watched the baseball playoff games. Now heading to a little fish stand on the beach for some mahi mahi and conch fritters, then to the grocery store for a bag of ice which is needed for my rum and diet coke.

This was a piece that Top Gear did a couple of years ago, but it has just now made it's way to their website: Atom overtakes a million pounds... worth of cars. It shows slides of each of the cars that the Atom buried at the 'Ring'... just blew them all away. The car by car pics begin at slide 7.

The time has come, and there was nothing I could do to resist any longer... Christmas Costumes - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Costume Ok, the back story is that it will pay for itself within a couple of years, maybe even this year alone. Seems I'll be able to rent it out for children's Christmas parties sponsored by the companies their parents work for. I'm actually thinking about picking up a couple more similar costumes if I can find them at more reasonable prices: http://store.costumecity.com/snowmanmascot1.html http://store.costumecity.com/toysoldier.html Several of the young ladies who have helped me as Miss Claus and Mrs. Claus in recent years would like to make some money in doing so (everything I do is still volunteer work). So I'm thinking about charging for my services beginning this year, giving them their share and keeping my share to defray some of the costuming costs. I think I'll start this year with just the Rudolph costume and see how that goes.

Happy birthday to both of you!

I think the "series" would therefore be: 7, 9, 8, 10, 12, 11, 13, 15, 14, 16, 18, 17, and so on... I agree with you, this whole series of headphones doesn't make sense!

Richard Simmons too?!??!?! This gay thing is becoming epidemic.

I've had this experience more than thrice. Collecting records and getting them through airports/airplanes isn't easy!

They all look kind of silly to me: dog halloween costume - Google Product Search

Just bought a second hand complete ChaseCam system for my Atom. Retail for everything I picked up would be around $1,900. Shipped cost was $1,100. Got it from a friend at the AtomClub and didn't bicker about the price because I was lucky enough to be online when the ad was posted. There would have been a line behind me for sure. Here's a video taken by the previous owner: http://www.atomguy.com/091021CaliSpeedwayRovalS4.mp4 This will complete my collection of electronic gadgets for the Atom and will allow me to use the 'video only' mode of the ChaseCam system while overlaying the GPS-based data recorded by my TraqMate system (which is far more robust than the data recorded by the ChaseCam system as seen in the above video). I've also recently installed an AutoCom helmet to helmet communication system that integrates all of my other gadgets having output audio signals (iPod via JH13, cell phone, radar detector, and my Garmin GPS unit) and allows for crystal clear communication up to about 120mph without raising your voice. Gadgets that make going faster funner.

Seems like the birthday that will never end! Thanks for the belated wishes, guys. Interestingly, this was the first year since I joined Head-Fi that there wasn't a Happy Birthday thread for me there. At first, I thought, "Wow! I really have lost touch with the place..." But I think in the transition to Huddler, the daily birthday list feature was dropped. So now there aren't a dozen new birthday threads every day, which is probably a good thing. We have Headcase and Facebook for that.

On my g/f's advice, I've handed over today's plumbing job to some Jamaican guys she knows. They're mumbling a lot in patois, so I don't think it's going as planned. The agreed price was KYD 50, which is equivalent to USD 60, to get rid on the old 80 gallon water heater and install a new tankless water heater that I couldn't figure out how to do myself. She's already whispered to me that I should give them KYD 75, and I think that price may go up again soon.

Just watched the Red Sox beat the Yankees. Guess the Yanks will have to want it more badly tomorrow.

Oh wait, there's no more possibility! If the Braves lose tomorrow and the Padres beat the Giants tomorrow, then the Braves finish with 90 wins are are eliminated, while the Giants and Padres both finish with 91 wins. In that case, there would still be a one game playoff between the Giants and Padres in Sand Diego on Monday. The winner would get the NL West title and the loser would get the NL wildcard title. Thus, it's possible for the Giants to still get into the playoffs even if they lose two more games to the Padres; so long as the Phillies beat the Braves tomorrow afternoon, the Giants are in!

Concerning Al's Giants... If the Braves lose tomorrow afternoon, their only hope would be for the Giants to beat the Padres tomorrow evening which would give the Giants 92 wins and the NL West title, and would force a one game playoff between the Braves and Padres in Atlanta on Monday for the NL wildcard because each team would have finished the regular season with 90 wins. If the Braves win tomorrow afternoon against the Phillies, then they could win the NL wildcard outright with 91 wins if the Giants beat the Padres tomorrow night, giving the Giants the NL West with 92 wins and eliminating the Padres with 90 wins. But if the Braves win tomorrow against the Phillies and the Padres beat the Giants tomorrow night, then the Braves, Giants and Padres each finish the regular season with 91 wins. In that case, the Giants would play the Padres in San Diego on Monday to determine the NL West title, and the loser of that game would play the Braves in Atlanta on Tuesday to determine the NL wildcard. So despite losing two games in a row to the Padres, the Giant's are still in the best position. They'll have as many as 3 chances in 3 days in 3 different cities to make the playoffs. If they beat the Padres either in SF tomorrow or in SD on Monday, they'll win the NL West. Even if they lose both of those games, they'll still get the NL wildcard with a win in Atlanta on Tuesday. Most amazing in all of this is the fact that the Phillies will finish the regular season with the best record in baseball despite how poorly they played in the first half of the season.