The Monkey

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Nice selection, Naaman. How was it?

That was as bad a beating as I have seen. I was fortunate not to watch it, but managed to turn on SportsCenter just as the "highlights" were rolling.

Nope. Nice and leathery!

I finally switched out the arc assembly on the O2. Let me tell you, that was a pain in the ass. But now my O2 smells all leathery instead of smoky. In retrospect, I probably should have sold this pair and waited to get a mint O2, but now everything is new, so I guess that's cool. A question: I often see the O2 on stands hanging by the headband. Wouldn't it make more sense to hang the O2 by the arcs? It would seem that the stress would be better placed there than on the elastic of the headband. Am I missing something?

Replaced the arc assembly on my O2.

His well-toned legs are creepy.

Jacob, did you fix your jack? Also, as an alternative to using the optical jack, I suppose I could use the coax, but would need to get an optical-to-coax converter. Are those things bad for SQ?

I often cannot make it past the first paragraph of a long review. EDIT: ...and I read a lot of really boring shit for a living.

I hear that. Mrs. Monkey seems to think that the Little Monkey's birthday is more important than CJ. And Disney isn't working on her either.

Most of mine are from 1977-1983. Looks like I'll have to look elsewhere for the college fund.

Thanks, Justin. Those grading services are expensive. What a racket.

So after looking through, I have a couple of cards that would seem to be ok at first blush. I have a Cal Ripken rookie and a Rickey Henderson rookie in what appear to be pretty good condition. But I guess these need to be graded in order to really be able to ascertain their value?

Well, fuck. There goes the BHSE fund.

I have a bunch of baseball cards that could have some value. Does anyone here have experience selling cards? Is there a good site that gives ballpark values to cards? Basically, help me sell these things so I can buy MOAR GEAR! Thanks.

win.

heh, I am going to make very liberal use of that monkey facepalm.

Manley Skipjack, bitches!

Oh man, I am very sorry to hear that. How is she doing now? Prognosis?

Except that I am now considering the BHSE.

I gave my dad his gift last night. His starter rig is a DT 770 (recabled and reterminated to a nice 1/4" plug) and the EC/SS. I listened to this rig the other day and found it very enjoyable. Well, my dad was floored. He absolutely loves the rig. I showed him how to set everything up, gave him my iPod to play with and left him listening to the Rolling Stones with a wide grin on his face. I didn't see him for another 90 minutes. He has been stressed out recently for a variety of reasons, so it was great to see him relax with some tunes. And he was genuinely touched to learn that head-casers gave advice about the rig and hoped he liked it. So it looks like we have ourselves another headphone convert. And a big thanks to you all for your assistance. This is a good hobby. Head-Case ftw.

That inspired me. I am going to drink a beer now, and maybe do some cooking later.

Same here, NYC and NYS are killers. And I spent part of '08 working in NJ, so I owed them a bit, too. Fuckers. And the mortgage deduction doesn't really help as much as I hoped when I was rationalizing the decision to buy an apartment. As for today, spent the last several hours cleaning out my parents' basement. There's a certain pathology to the relationship between Irish-Americans and their basements. Happy Easter.

Thanks, Jim. Nate gave me a heads-up too. Pm sent.

So has anyone heard the Bryston DAC yet?