i paid $13.49.

 

I found it on Ebay for $13.50. Please note I have not ordered this bit it's in line with what Jacob paid. But as always buyer beware.

 

Additional note: Shipping is $10 and it states it ships for Israel.

Edited September 10, 201312 yr by Absorbine_Sr

On a tamer note watched the sun rise while drinking coffee on the beach followed by a short swim... 

 

Mike if you are up for it maybe 9 miles at JD next weekend early am isn

 

 

If it's Saturday, I'm in.

 

 

So said my friends have chosen snakes and gators over riding with me.  

So said my friends have chosen snakes and gators over riding with me.  

They're not scared of snakes and gators; at least they have a fighting chance. With you, on the other hand...

 

**BRENT**

Vicki, he does have a point.  /\    /\   /\   /\   /\

He has a lot of points, but they are usually at the end of thorns stuck into his flesh

He has a lot of points, but they are usually at the end of thorns stuck into his flesh

Sounds like my wedding night................

He has a lot of points, but they are usually at the end of thorns stuck into his flesh

Today is the one year anniversary of that event. I still have a few scars.

Dick.

 

**BRENT**

Thank you, thank you. *bows*

And happy anniversary.

I do believe you meant, "prick", Brent.

 

Geddit?  Prick?  Because that's what thorns do...

verb or noun?

verb or noun?

Yes

Win. 

 

 

 

 

 

* I was expecting Steve to chime in at any moment*

Edited September 10, 201312 yr by Augsburger

I learned the phrase "refractory period".  I knew what it meant before, I just didn't know there was a word for it.  Words for it.

Nobody is safe from flooding.  

 

We don't live in a flood zone.  We live high up on Cheyenne Mountain with NORAD in our back yard.  Yet, the rain was so bad today that we just spent the last 5 hours clearing out the basement and bailing out water from a flooded basement window well.  At one point the window well was COMPLETELY FULL of water to the top, and the window was bulging inward but it didn't implode!

 

We had a torrent of water coming down the hill and past our house, right into our back yard.  This 6 foot deep "swimming pool" in the window well was leaking into the basement around the window and from behind the drywall, ruining the drywall and soaking the carpet.  The window well casement or barrier is going to need to be torn out and reinstalled, as will the window, and we're going to have to fix the grading in the landscape and re-do everything so this doesn't happen again.

 

My wife and I, our son, and two neighbors were tearing out our rock landscaping to make drainage ditches to divert the water away from the house.  We had to do a bucket brigade to clear water out of the window well, and put up sandbags, and finally got things under control.  The company that built our house in 2005 apparently did a terrible job with the grading of the lot, and it's going to take a lot of work to fix it. 

 

We now have thousands of dollars of damage to the basement.  I was able to save over $24,000 in headphone gear, and will have to sell about half of it to pay for the house repairs since we don't live in a flood plain and don't have flood insurance.  Most of our disposable income is now writing checks for two kids in college.  This sucks big time.

 

I should be happy that the gear was cleared out before the window could burst - the KGBH, KGSS, ZDT, EF6, PWD Mk2, Nuforce CDP-8, Nuforce STA-100 amp with WEE, Emotiva BDP-1 amp with SRD-7 Pro, Audioengine D2 DAC & Airport express, NAD 555 Turntable, Stax SR-009 and SR-007, and HE-60 are safe.  While I was out buying sandbags my neighbor came over and  disconnected all my headphone gear and put it all on top of the pool table, and we moved it upstairs.

Oh, and Comcast went down in the storm - we have no internet, cable or telephone.  I'm using my iPad mini as a mobile hotspot...

Suxorz.  Sympathies.  But on the bright side, you no longer have to dwell on which headphone gear to keep and which one to sell.  If you were even considering selling it, sell it.  Time to pare down anyway, neh?  (Hint:  just keep telling yourself that -- I call it brainwashing, but really you're just retraining the brain.)  It's just stuff.

+1 on i'ts just stuff. Stuff can be replaced. People: not so much.

Suxorz.  Sympathies.  But on the bright side, you no longer have to dwell on which headphone gear to keep and which one to sell.  If you were even considering selling it, sell it.  Time to pare down anyway, neh?  (Hint:  just keep telling yourself that -- I call it brainwashing, but really you're just retraining the brain.)  It's just stuff.

 

Yeah, I have been planning to thin the herd a bit - but can't decide what to keep.  Prior to this disaster I wasn't really "needing" to sell anything, but didn't like having so much gear that I can't use it all.

 

Each piece of gear on the table does something that another piece can't do - the KGBH makes the 009 or HE-60 kick like a dynamic headphone, the KGSS is a jack of all trades, the EF6 makes the HD800 kick like a dynamic headphone, the ZDT offers refinement and space that I don't get from the EF6, etc... Sigh...

 

I am still amazed that the window didn't pop and let a flood of water into the basement - it was holding about as much water as our hot tub spa, like maybe 500 gallons!  It leaked just enough to get the wall and floor wet, but I had my power supplies and power conditioner just 3" off the floor before we moved them.  My son was in the window well and bailing it out with a 5 gallon bucket, but had to get out when the water was up to his shoulders!  

Edited September 13, 201312 yr by HeadphoneAddict

Damn, you got off lucky.  Keep telling yourself:  it could have been worse.

Sucks Larry.  I've had a lot of clients with similar woes this year ... sans headphone gear.  Flooding in April and 5 inches of rain in 3 hours last week.  No injuries or loss of life.  Stuff can be replaced and buildings repaired.  Good luck with the clean up.

Sorry to hear about your place, Larry.  Crazy year Colorado has been having.

 

I'm glad to hear that everyone is safe, and that you got gear out of the way in time.  Less glad to hear about looming repair bills.

 

The 2 kids off at school -- any of them in school in CO?  They both alright?

Good luck Larry, been seeing some nasty stories (and amazing rescues) on TV here.....

That sucks Larry but at least you were able to rescue the gear and have the money to be able to fix everything.

 

I'm not sure if it's common practice or never done but I would think an automatic sump pump in that window well is a good investment in the future.

Wow, that's crazy Larry. Glad the family is ok & the gear is safe for whatever you decide to do with it. Good luck man.