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lucky fucking bastard. you better post pics and impressions!

happy b-day, jw!

if i'm around i'll do my best to show, though, i don't know whether i'll bring my rig.

i've only had three and liked them all, prima pils, golden monkey, and the hop devil ale. the last being my favorite.

anything you can get your hands on from the Victory Brewing Co. is likely going to be very good to excellent. and what, they don't carry any Russian River? --probably not as it's extremely limited in its distribution and as far as i know only, generally speaking, bottle damnation.

cool, i can't wait to hear it and see how the cd compares too...

just ordered Mudcrutch on vinyl with the bonus audiophile cd from Amazon with free shipping. i called amoeba about twenty minutes ago, but apparently someone snagged the last copy before i could put it on hold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQLag1Hl9M

i contacted him about local pick-up since his location is indicated as Westminster, which is pretty close to where i live. he promptly responded and said yes, but he also said he's heading up north to Berkley (to go back to school) tomorrow. he tried to sell me on another HP2 with the reference cable for $1650 and the HP1 for $1900 outside of ebay. he gave me two addresses, his cousin's in Westminster as that is his "permanent address" and where he's currently living, sharing a house in Garden Grove. he mentioned he would like to get $1750 for the one on ebay. if you think he's shilling, it would hurt to report him since at least ebay will look into it.

Happy b-day! hope it's a good one with lots of cheer.

very cool. at my old vet i crossed paths with two. both were fantastic and beautiful dogs that exhibited great temperaments. you've got cats? wonderful if they are still prone to chase.

do you know what kind of dog you'll be adopting?

oops, sorry about that--my bad.

at least he wished me a happy b-day. can't say the same about you know who

thanks for the b-day wishes, much appreciated.

i've been using the magicjack for over a month now, placing calls all around the US, and it has worked reasonably well during that time. good enough, in fact, that i will be canceling my home landline. i would say the call quality is just as good as my cell phone (verizon razor) and on a few rare occasions slightly worse than a cell. granted, there have been two calls that were absolutely horrid and required i use my cell, yet all the others the magicjack did the job just fine. overall i have not been super impressed or even completely satisfied with magicjack customer service. they're exceedingly polite and sometimes mind numbing and frustrating to chat with (no telephone support), but they really just seem pointless as they can't offer or do much of anything at least that has been my experience with respect to my few minor issue. i wasn't able to get my original area code (310), but i suspect that has more to do with availability in my area than anything else. i settled on the somewhat new overlay area code for Los Angeles (424), which isn't so bad i suppose. the other minor issue, is that i couldn't place an international call to the philippines during many attempts over the course of three consecutive nights and just gave up, even though, i paid $10 upfront to make overseas (international) calls. i have yet to try again so possibly it might work. what else... well, although, i primarily use the magicjack with my macbook wirelessly, sound quality improves a bit with a direct ethernet cord connection. also some secured sites (fidelity, etrade, etc...) that i visit seem to bog or not want to work while the magicjack is hooked up. the chassis is cheap plastic so i wonder how long it will last before the mirror stuff starts flaking off. all in all for a little more than $4 bucks a month for the first year and less than $2 a month thereafter, it's easily worth it considering the cost savings and that you can use it anywhere you have high speed internet and a phone. i suspect this year alone i will save over $300 and call quality really isn't that bad.

good to hear they have been fixed.

did you get your gs-1000s fixed?

plans in the works for Friday the 27th of June.

the 307a drives speakers?

congrats! looks fantastic and probably one of the best ss available. left/right volume pots... how many switch positions?

i don't even know what to say except wow.

yes. that's why i didn't play into his hand.