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Awww, that's so sweet. Me too.
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Hey, that's good news! Just don't blow them up with your mad science experiments!
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Living inside that box in your avatar as you do...
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Complete series of Sanford & Sons and Hitler in Color (a documentary) from Amazon.com. Why? Because I'm the sucker who self selected last week to be added to their daily Amazon Gold Box email list! That, and I can't ever seem to be able to turn down a "good deal" when it's just 2 clicks away. Of course, I can always watch Sanford & Sons on cable, but never do, and there's something nice about being able to watch a complete series for just $25.99. Plus, who has ever seen Hitler in COLOR!?!? Ya, like I really NEED that!!! Hitler is always fun.
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Getting more and more jealous of you soon to be drunkards as the time nears...
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Urgh!!! I just backed into a light pole at the grocery store in my Ford Edge. Not a huge amount of damage, but I'm sure it would cost $500 to respray the bumper. Got in a rush and was careless. Oh well, can't keep cars in mint condition forever. Still frustrating though, especially when you have nobody to blame but yourself. So now I'll have to decide in the next couple of days what will be more frustrating: to toss money away to fix it, or to be continually reminded of my mistake every time I look at it as is. Very similar to Matt's little incident at DanJam. Part of me says, "Ehh, just let it be" and the other part says, "Go fix it and pretend it never happened."
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Happy birthday, Dan. Party on, young man!
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You're in for a treat with those Alaskan Tacos! Now I'm really wishing I could be there!!!
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Cut the grass today, and now need to go back out with the weed wacker but I'm taking a break from the sun (86 today).
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Looks like I'll have my pair quite soon as well, certainly in time for Matt's upcoming beer fest weekend.
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Referring to the DX1000... You don't like them? I've never had much of a chance to give them a try, but the few times I've heard them at meets, I've been mildly impressed. I figured it would be fun to spend some time putting them through the paces. They're reputed for having rather odd or honky sounding mids, yet some people seem to think that makes them "special" and thus all of the split views about them. Since I live in the middle of nowhere, the only way I'll ever understand what they're all about is to try them myself, and 5 minutes here and there at meets doesn't ever do the trick.
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DX1000
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Hopefully, Jeff and Dom can make it.
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I drive about 30k miles per year in total, but over 20k of that is in the US when I'm wandering around in the motorhome (plus the vehicles that I drag around in the trailer) for 4-6 months per year. There isn't exactly a whole lot of sight seeing in Cayman once you've been here a while, so I tend to stay put and listen to music. The Pontiac is used for going back and forth to town, but I've also got a Vespa and a Ford Edge. The Edge was initially bought for Tanesha #1, whom I was madly in love with. But apparently she didn't feel the same way and eventually she broke it off and returned the vehicle. Now that Taneisha #2 is in the picture (and quite pregnant), she's not terribly fond of driving the Edge (it being tainted and all), so she normally drives the Pontiac and I drive either the Edge or Vespa, depending on my mood and the weather. Here's a couple of pics of the Pontiac, taken just now on it's 3rd birthday. It's been a good car, although it does have a couple of little rattles that I haven't quite managed to locate. Nothing too annoying, except that it was my first new car ever in my life, and I just figured it would be perfect forever... ya, right! Notice that my neighbor's granddaughter managed to work her way into the second pic. She probably thought it was quite odd that I was taking pics of my own car and dropping the top just for the effect.
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Hey, that's cool. Looks like I'll be able to make it as well.
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Oh, I did that today too. But it was just a matter of paying for a routine inspection and registration renewal fee. Can't believe I've had this car for 3 years already. Only 16k miles and still looks new.
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Ah, shit sticks! I was 2 minutes behind the other turd who posted on the thread, so I'm still RS-1-less. Thing is, the guy posted "Nice price" or some stupid crap like that (the kind of post I'm forever deleting in FS threads), but didn't say, "PM sent" or "I'll take them" or some such. So I was fooled into thinking the butt munch was just spam posting, and wasn't a serious buyer. Not that it bothers me that some ass wipe arrived on the scene just minutes ahead of me.
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Test drove an '07 Hummer H2 SUT that a friend of mine is selling. I honestly thought I'd like it a lot more than I did. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but it wasn't the "buzz" that I thought it would be. Just a big and clunky box and not particularly responsive to driver inputs. Besides, 1) he's asking too much, 2) it's a totally impractical vehicle in Cayman where the roads are narrow and parking spots are even narrower, 3) it costs KYD 1,000 = USD 1,250 per year to register a Hummer, whereas other SUVs like my Ford Edge that it would replace are only KYD 185 per year to register, and 4) my nuts aren't so small that I need a phallic symbol to feel good about myself. I think this is essentially what he's learned as well. (Don't know about his nuts though.)
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RS-1. I think. Just PM'ed the guy, so unless someone jumped in before I did. The deal seemed right, and I've been thinking about getting a pair for years now. I really want to like them, so I'm going to put them through the paces, mostly with rock. F/S: Grado RS1 Headphones...ONLY $430 FIRM! - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Guess I'll need to settle down again. The RS-1, W1000X and T1 should keep me busy for a while.
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Symphones "MAGNUM" pre-order and discount
Wmcmanus replied to Rhydon's topic in Product Annoucements
That seems a lot more reasonable to me. Can't imagine anyone would want to gut their HF-2 though. It would seem to me that since the sonics turn out the same in any event, the best approach would be to start with the cheapest headphone that fills the bill, presumably the MS-2 or 325. -
I just thought they looked purdy so I figured I'd give them a shot. Not expecting much in terms of sonics so if they do impress me in one way or another that will be a plus.
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W1000X now on the way from Price Japan.
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Until today, I didn't know about this new W1000X thingie, but it sure looks nice, and a couple of people seem to be at least moderately impressed with it's sound. So suddenly a new 'need' was created in my feeble little mind and then online shopping hysteria took over and the next thing you know I'd clicked my way into a 'deal' with the good folks at Price Japan for a pair of these rascals. Side issue #1: They're priced at $523 to the US (with EMS shipping which I've always used with them and have never had any problems), but then you can either pay via PayPal credit card (for an additonal $18 ) or via a bank wire transfer (which would cost more than $18 and would require a trip to the bank). What I found strange was that you didn't have the option of choosing PayPal and then within PayPal selecting the instant transfer option. Or more accurately, you could still do this (and I did, in fact, pay via an instant transfer), but Price Japan's system is set up to automatically link you into your PayPal account with the added fee (of $18 in this case) tacked on. I just paid the $541 total (via an instant transfer) rather than bucking their system. I could have initiated my own payment to them rather than following their auto link, which would have allowed me to pay $523 instead (since they shouldn't be charged a fee given that I paid via an instant transfer), but I couldn't be bothered (and figured it might mess things up such that they wouldn't send them out right away or whatever). Instead, I wrote a note about it in the comments box, asking them to refund the additional $18 if they are not charged a transaction fee from PayPal (which they shouldn't be, unless my understanding of instant transfers is wrong). We'll see if they refund it. I doubt it, but you never know. Side issue #2: I never ship anything like this directly to Cayman or else I'd have to pay a 20% import duty if I did. So I've shipped them to Young Matt in Tampa who'll also be receiving a pair of Beyer T1's fairly soon from TTVJ. I'm not sure when I'll be able to make it up there again, but most likely for the weekend of March 5-6th when everyone is planning to get together for a mini beer meet. Anyone who is passing through Tampa in the meantime, feel free to give Matt a shout if you want to give them a listen. I know already that he'll think the W1000X suck, because he thinks that about all AT cans. But he might like the Beyers! If he doesn't, I hope he'll be quiet about it until I can give them a listen.
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Not good, Al. Really sorry to hear about this. I used to get that as a kid and remember it well. Not fun at all.
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I messed with a newbie just for shits and giggles: Is censorship healthy - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio