Wmcmanus

Let's go Hawks!!!

Good night, Alice. You were a friend to all of us. RIP. http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/01/ann-b-davis-dead-alice-from-the-brady-bunch-dies-at-age-88/

Review on Amazon about a hammock I'm thinking about buying. I've provided some highlights to prevent your boredom: This review is from: Vivere Double Hammock with Space Saving Steel Stand, Desert Moon (Lawn & Patio) "It came with a bag, a couple poles, bends, and twistable knobs and was easy to assemble without tools (5 minutes). I bet my dad I would sleep 1 week using the hanging hammock as a permanent bed for $10. I slept in it by myself for a few days and loved it. Then with my girlfriend. She disliked sleeping together in the hammock since it felt smooshed. It also forced her to lay on her back- another unnatural position. But we really wanted to both love it. So I made it tighter, in order to reduce the curvature in the center which was causing hip/back pain when we were in spoon position. I felt better using the hammock as a bed. I felt more awake and could start the day. Having fun in it was also challenging AND interesting. But we broke it on the 5th night. We turned on the lights to see our rumps had been dangling half an inch above the metal floor pole. We had bent and collapsed in one side's bend of the erect staffs. Despite our combined weight of 300lbs (well-below the safety specification of 440lbs). I have to return it now, or ask for a replacement bend. Have not decided. $140 back would be helpful. I'm actually an Industrial Engineer graduate, I understand the hammock bed can handle constant weight. But repetitive, vigorous, and fun activities in the hammock will rapidly cause it to flex inwards... even at "safe" weights (We lasted 5 days @ 300lbs). My recommendation: Mainly use for just one person. It isn't comfortable for two people. Also, don't even think about sex on it! I know it is tempting to try it... and it was fun... but choose a stronger design if you want to try it too! Edit 8/15/2013 I got the replacement! Not much of a choice- I called for a refund but because I threw the box away with premature excitement, it was near impossible to refund. My father, a USPS Regional Postmaster, spent two weeks looking for this quirky sized box ~(110 X 47 X 43 inches). He was unsuccessful. I asked if Amazon would kindly ship us the box to return, they said no. Well, what can you do? Short of making a custom corrugated cardboard package myself, I had my hands cuffed. I have been enjoying sleep since my girlfriend is currently on week-vacation. Normally, I am forced on IKEA when she is home, but for the last few days I can enjoy my hammock. In fact, she is hanging with pillow and blanket in my living room space as my permanent single bed while my IKEA full-sized foam mattress lays stripped in the other room. Also, I assembled my ex-hammock outside for the family to use. (How chivalrous I am to give my family a hammock that is ready to collapse?). Conclusion: Although this hammock is awesome for one person, its lifetime may be severely reduced with two persons. (If you do it in this hammock you were warned!) Great for relaxing, sleeping, thinking, swaying, zzzz.... I fantasize about using a hammock for my future kid/teenager's beds (It's unique, space-saving, ultra-comfortable, improves blood flow to brain to improve development, plus they won't be able to share the bed easily say if they hang out with the opposite sex.) or for ultra-comfort while reading a novel in a future book room. I hope this is helpful!"

^ Boom. Done.

We need a miracle in Chicago. Need to put skates on MJ and Pip.

That's not the way it works here. We decide what the fucking thread is going to be the fuck about. It's "purpose" is whatever the fuck we want to talk about.

Sigh... me too.

Happy birthday, big head boy!

Indeed. Size 8 is sometimes tight...

Break in?

Assuming they don't run out of them just as he's about to order...

This is kind of fun... at a busy train station in London.

Totally agree. First of all, 36 is just a horrific age to die. So much left to do and see and experience. Sad. But if he had to choose just one project to do first, I can't imagine he could have chosen a better one. Fantastic story, awesome music, and amazingly well constructed documentary. RIP. Wow.

Kaner!!!!

$1,249 now. Dammit, Ric!!! Thanks, but no thanks, but thanks, but... urgh!

That must be why I liked them, because I've always been a big fan of left-wing politics.

Happy birthday, Ari. Hope to see you out on the circuit again sometime soon. Haven't made an NY meeting in a LONG time, but should do so again.

Cool. Sometimes I step on toes without meaning to. Probably what annoyed you more than anything was the product itself. When I first read it, the idea seemed good, although not terribly novel. But I also found it annoying that they didn't provide much substance (like what kind of drivers, and maybe some specs) and instead relied on the "goody goody" recycling angle and then filled the entire webpage with the typical fluff (as others have pointed out here). I'm actually glad that others here pretty think they will be crap, because I was a bit tempted by the Grado-like simplicity of the design.

Geez... had no idea there was such a thread, or thusly that I violated protocol. Had to do an advanced search (just now) on the word Kickstarter in thread titles only to even find it. If it annoys you that much, just merge this thread into that thread. Assume that's within your moderator powers, no?

But eventually you do break down and buy some fricking ice cream! What the heck else are you going to do when you have to wait for so long?

Kind of interesting. No sense of what they will sound like, but the project is a go at this point. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plpl/rock-hard-canadian-maple-headphones?ref=thanks

Happy birthday!

You might be right, but I'd imagine he's doing quite well. It's just that he no other plans. It's like he just wants to get away from it all, which sort of suggests that he's financially comfortable and now just wants to do a little more of "nothing" for a while.