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Not necessarily bad -- you won't be paying for that initial depreciation.

Thanks for making that differentiation -- I had missed that previously.

That's probably why he got slammed -- the description doesn't match what other people have been hearing. Maybe got a defective one?

I basically agree with this, but come to a slightly different conclusion. Since I hate most car repair people anyway, and since I especially hate dealer repair people, I'd get a car that someone like Consumer Reports rates as needing the least amount of service (FF>> to answer == Honda, Toyota, Nissan), and then find the one technician in the area I felt I could trust (which I have -- he's down in Waldorf, unfortunately). And hope and prey that I don't need any dealer service. So if you think you have a technician you think you can trust, go ahead and get a G3/Vibe, since yes, it is basically a rebadged Matrix. Or you could just get a Matrix, but good luck finding a new one for under $10K. I'm thinking you'll have to stick to used for that, and not lightly -- at least middlin'. But I haven't been watching car prices -- neither new nor used -- since the crash...uh, the auto industry crash, not an actual car crash.

I agree with monkey, it's not $31M in designer clothes, it's probably a lot less, plus the giant warehouse -- did you see where that was? I bet the rent on that alone is pretty inordinate. And yeah, I don't doubt for a minute that she probably paid for a lot of consumables / disposables / non-returnable money (limousine services etc.).

I intend to put as many hours as I can, but 100 seems overkill. Bug? I thought it was just a configuration parameter, settable in one of the menus? If this "bug" is something other than "the default is PCM", please do explain. They upgraded my firmware. Your mom just made me firm. Who the fuck are you? Oh, okay, I think I know. And no, we like power cords for power cords. Safe, insulated power cords.

I'm hoping those numbers don't scale the same. The trick is to match the amp to a transducer that sounds good out of a dynafet -- like the JH13's (I'm guessing) or the Sony MDR-7506/-V6 (which sounds good out of a laptop jack -- not as good as with a real headphone amp, but it doesn't "scale like a bastard" like amp-hungry headphones do).

I didn't shovel neither, but I doubt it's going to melt, I didn't leave the house 'til after noon, and it didn't look like it was going anywhere. But since it's just a dusting, I'm not going to worry about it.

Good for lollers, though.

I'm actually more surprised that you found a chocolate concoction that goes well with booze -- I don't usually find that to be the case. Me: samich. Only brief cute girl sighting. I think she reads this forum. CG -- I'm not going to chase you, you're half my age. But dang, in any other country, you'd be idolized.

[knuckledragger]WAT.[/knuckledragger]

May I just be the first to say, Happy Unbirthday!

Spain's got talent All I could think was, I hope that's not one of the ones where everyone dies at the end. Those can be pretty brutal.

That was mean. It made me laugh. I don't see a budget/price/cost mentioned. Fisher? I'm going to continue to flout Musical Fidelity because I love them so much: Nu-Vista M3 or Tri-Vista 300 (both were said to be able to drive my Dynaudio 4 ohm speakers, despite not stating so in the specs). Amazon.com: Musical Fidelity A5.5 Integrated Amplifier: Electronics AudiogoN ForSale: Musical Fidelity A-1001 Other manufacturers that I would recommend: AudiogoN ForSale: Cambridge Audio Azur 840 A v2 (except, you know, zero feedback) AudiogoN ForSale: Cambridge Audio Azur 840A v2 AudiogoN ForSale: Marantz Reference PM-KI-pearl

This is so awesome -- the most hook-laden thing she's been involved with since How to Measure a Planet. I

Re: conspiracy theory -- isn't it (the scandal) big enough? I say the chances are negligably small.

Four? 'Proper'? You don't count Light at the End of the World? Why not? Not 80's? Or because it didn't come out on vinyl? Or because it was an attempt at a revival? Yes, I have it. No, I don't know if I've listened to it or not. And no, if I have, I certainly don't remember if it's any good or not. So yeah, YMMV, grain of salt, blah blah bellah.

Anneke Van Giersbergen & Agua De Annique, In Your Room

Yes, exactly, no "lulzomgwtfbbq" or drunken typos or nuthin'.

Laser-etched cake? Laser-etched front panel? Pet branding?

Me: (committed to) buying a Kindle DX

A bunch of adapters that allow you to use 120V/60Hz equipment on a different continent?

I say it's pretty easy. If your accountant is the one stealing money from your account, he does up a little spreadsheet where the numbers all add up. Oh, and: they did. Finally.