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Way back when gay = happy

Then it seems like you've answered your own question. I think everyone needs to define for himself what lowballing is, and I think it's very situation specific. It seems like in this case he was testing the waters to see if he could grab them quickly with a low offer before others could jump in. That could either be viewed as a lowball offer from your perspective (which I guess means you could take offense to it, and write back with a nasty reply, or whatever you deem appropriate), or it could be viewed as nothing more than a buying strategy on his part. Maybe he's not a 'serious' buyer because in his heart of hearts he's looking for something else, but he could be convinced to grab these if the price is right from his perspective.

My brother once said, "School is the tooth in the blow job of life..." It was at a college party, and he was pretty messed up, as usual. I remember asking him about it a couple of days later and he didn't remember saying it or where he might have gotten it from, but knowing him, if it wasn't from a Dylan, Who or Stones album, chances are it was original.

Japanese kids' orchestra playing Benny Goodman. Nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=L7N6slVrQeY&vq=medium

Autopsy showed that Hank's death was indeed a suicide. Helium. Never knew about that one. You learn something new every day, I suppose. Obviously, someone had to have known, but apparently they were trying to prevent it from getting out. Small Island, and such. Such a shame. Why intelligent, and seemingly well grounded people would ever take their own lives is beyond me. Of course, now people here in Cayman are saying that they thought Hank was bi-polar all along, but I just think that's solution searching for a theory. From my perspective, he was a normal, every day guy, just like the rest of us. There were things (and people) he liked, stuff he thought was funny, stuff he thought was wrong, stuff that made him worry. He had stresses and joys, ups and downs. I dunno, perhaps he had some sort of mental illness, but most of us are incapable of detecting that sort of thing, nor would be know what to recommend to someone even if we thought that might be the case. Besides, what may be considered signs of mental illness is to a trained mind, tend to be interpreted merely as signs of "bad day" to the casual observer. Sure, Hank had bad days, but lots of people I know have bad days. Who would have known? Wish I had...

Is that 7-8" of gay snow or straight snow? Steve, perhaps the reason that straight guys may claim 9" when it's really closer to 5" is they've never felt the difference...

Uh, pretty much not worth arguing about. Ya, sure, anyone can sue anyone for anything. So what's your point? Seems to me that Al is simply suggesting that it's nearly impossible for a manufacturer to prove a libel/defamation/slander (whatever, who really fucking cares?) case against some random schmuck for a consumer-type of review ("posting their opinions or comments about a product" as he put it) on the internet, whereas professional reviewers would presumably be held to a higher standard of conduct. You can read all about it on any number of blogs concerning the matter. Oh and he might get this idea for his legal training and many years of experience as a trial lawyer... I think he's got a lot of charisma too. You seem to like people with charisma, so I'm sure you would like Al. On a scale of one to Ballerina Tyll charismatic, he's way past go.

You got laid once, and it only lasted 25 seconds? Actually, that was a funny post. I'm just giving you a hard time.

I think this thread should be renamed the LSD-3. It's become such an acid trip. More of Deborah Harry:

Ya, it butter be butter or I'm not givin' up so much bread!

To continue on Tyll's theme... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWng0Equoe0&feature=player_embedded

^ Pretty useless "review" given that he didn't compare them to any other headphones. Unless you consider this kind of thing helpful: "Note that the PS-500 is also an “open-air” or “open-back” headphone, which has advantages over the “closed” variety in various aspects of sound quality." Oh? Do tell. "On the other hand, some of the sound can be heard by persons sitting nearby depending on the volume level and how quiet the setting is." Gee, thanks...

You would simply need to listen to them yourself and then make your own, informed, decision. Isn't that always the answer?

New driver's license pic versus old. 5 years, 50 pounds, and a new haircut... This was the best they could do with their shitty camera. For frame of reference, the shirt I have on in the new pic is bright cherry red, and the glasses are bright gold, so it's obviously very shadowy. My hair and beard are actually quite white at this point. I'll have to get some decent pics taken in outdoor light and post them here.

You didn't notice the black panties and pussy?

Grado is a small family-run business based out of Brooklyn. I'm surprised that they even bothered to answer you. They don't really have time for that. What they really meant to say was, "Ahh, fugget about it! If you don't like it, then just go away!"

Nor a fuck. Not one fucking shit, you fuck!

Applied to 1 school for undergrad, got in, then stayed there for my masters (didn't apply anywhere else for that either), then applied to 3 schools for my Ph.D. work and got accepted at all 3 (Kansas, Nebraska and Mississippi). Went to Kansas because they were the first to offer a grad assistantship and had by far the best basketball program. Should have gone to either of the others because they were both actually interested in working with their doctoral students to help them move along in the program and finish. Left Kansas after 2 years with an MBA as a door prize, and left the door open in terms of one day returning, but then never did. Applied to 1 law school, got in, then applied to one LLM program and got in. The only school to ever turn me down for anything was North Carolina (also a great basketball school). I applied to transfer there after one year of law school. I was in the top 5% of my class after the first year, but they didn't accept a single transfer student that year, and said as much in their rejection letter which I still have somewhere. Of course, all of this was a long time ago, but I think the key is to decide where you want to go relative to where you're likely to get accepted and can afford. Coming out of high school, I didn't have the greatest grades, so I went to the community college first and then to Illinois State to finish my undergrad. Preferred U of I but figured my odds of getting accepted were nearly nil, because they just don't accept anyone but the cream of the crop coming out of high school, and almost never accept any Juco transfer students. Maybe it's just a different strategy, but I've never quite understood why everyone wants to go to the "best of the best" schools only to waste a lot of time and money on applications and then get piles of rejection letters, or worse yet, get accepted and then get thrown into an uncomfortable environment where you're at the bottom of the barrel from day one. Of course, in accounting and law, you have the CPA exam and the bar exam as neutralizers, whereas in other fields your degree and grades are all you'll ever have to show for yourself.

He's already put out an album and has his own YouTube page: http://www.youtube.c.../23/6VS9ZIcxB7k Here he is several years ago: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMacFarlaneMusic#p/u/14/-Ohq0xHT10w

Maybe some of the "undocumented workers" could be asked to pay a bit of tax on the income they earn while illegally in the US, and while we're at it, perhaps they should be granted some jail time rather than asylum.

Ok, then why don't we start with the 47% of adult Americans who don't pay any taxes at all...

Seems that the LCD-3 is now following the typical pattern. "It's frigging amazing, up there with the best of the best..." "Ya, no kidding. It's crazy good!" "X3" "Heard it and was quite impressed, but would need to hear more..." "I can see why others would really like it, and I agree that it's technically excellent, just not sure it fits with my tastes..." "It was merely "meh"..." "Really??!??! You're got to be shitting me... the (name your new high end headphone product) equals or bests all others except (name your favorite 2 or 3 others)..." ... Happened with the O2 (way back when), HD800, T2, LCD-2, and countless others. This is to be expected, and I suspect that the 009 will be next; even though the clear majority will still think it's amazing, it's just impossible for any one product to fully satisfy all listening tastes and sonic preferences.

I'm trying to imagine Larry singing the chorus of this song to the Cavalli... That's probably fair. We're just having a little fun. Don't take it personal. That's what we do here. By the way, I find all of the LCD-3 love to be quite encouraging. Can't wait to hear them myself.