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Bummer, Haj, hope it gets better.....I went to a decent Orthopedist (?) in Westford off Rt 40 (also offices in downtown Lowell) if you're interested and it comes to that. Hope it doesn't though..... I sent my "Goodbye and thanks" email today to over 200 people I support or work with. Mixed emotions - glad to be getting out of a "toxic" environment, but going to miss a lot of folks..... Have lunches with a bunch of folks the next 3 days

Yeah, it's too bad the Bruins only play Dallas once or twice a year.....they've got this amazing rivalry going so it seems! Reminds me of the movie Slapshot.....need to go watch that again.....

Sorry to hear that, too....do you have alternates? Hope it only gets better from here. I gave notice earlier this week, and today the word spread like wildfire. I got some amazing emails that just swelled my ego big time. My favorite: "...we're all very, very sad.....you were a shining light....a beacon in the darkness of IT.....sigh....you will be greatly missed" Wow.....I'm a beacon of light

I got a frantic call from the wife early last night, she was stuck at the bottom of our driveway..... Couldn't reverse out, couldn't drive up. Apparently, the plows came around to widen the streets, and shoved frozen chunks of plow-poop into the end of our driveway. She thought she could blast through it, and ended up being almost perched on it. Neoghbors were trying to help dig her out, put stuff under the tires to grip, no luck up to the time I got home. It took two grown men plus a somewhat big kid to help push her out, then these awesome neighbors helped us clean the crap up. I am sofa king tired of this crap! But of course, don't ask me to move

We got plowed, plus did some shoveling. I actually cleared out a large space in a couple areas, so I can put more snow there tomorrow And tonight....I get to send my resignation notice!

That is SO much what it's all about! I was laid off in late 02/early 03 (on the books thru Jan), and for several months was able to work part time and spend a LOT of QT with my son. Some of the best days ever. I know the "sourness" well; that (and that's being VERY mild) is why I'm interviewing now. The good news is that the company told the recruiter they want me! It's a contract to perm situation, but I'm confident that I would convert if it's what I want. I need to negotiate first, though: either push for perm now, or push for a better hourly rate and pre-negotiate a salary if I do convert.... Exciting stuff!

I think sometimes it's the tangental costs. The hours & days spent by committees DISCUSSING relatively useless agenda items add up to a huge waste of time, and sometimes (like here in MA) have been known to contribute to delays on other matters (like automatic parole denial for "career" criminals. A bill has been sitting in government hands for months or more, without any action until a cop got killed by a recent parolee).....

I just had a decent second interview at a company that isn't a hell-hole If this goes well, I may have a choice between two good companies. Been reading up here, sorry to hear of the ailments, and hope all get well soon!

Bummer, Wes, but must be done....... I've been keeping my eye out for a used one of these, and not surprised they aren't really available.... I saw the demo's on Audiogon, but that's still a little more than I can afford right now. I'm sure these are worth every penny, though, even with the price increase.

^^^^^^ Not sent, but instead taken

18 beers? Nice......a VERY happy birthday then!

Took my 12-year old son out shopping for an Xbox 360 (250G) / K'nect / XBox Live year membership. Came home, set it up, connected, and I will not see him again for months... The nice part is, though, that he saved up the $ and is paying for half the hardware, and the full year membership to Live. Reks: sorry to hear about the day, unless you're truly good with the breakup; even if best, never easy. I know a few Jewish Yenta's if you want to meet a "nice girl"

JH13

I love the first sentence: "the egg is the tits" Pro reviewers beware!

25th Anniversary Edition of Propaganda - A Secret Wish. One of my favorite debut's........

I owned the Apollo for a while, and heard the Saturn at a dealer visit. Dusty is absolutely right, re:PRaT and (less) detail. But it isn't as bad as one thinks; the details were often there, but just a little deeper in stage, or softer in tone. Not a top to bottom balanced sound in some aspects, but quite enjoyable for listening, and always kept me involved with the music. Again, I'd like to see something on the filter options on this DAC. The Tone Audio review didn't get into them.....

Happy Birthday.....! In your honor, I drank some port with your name on it last night

This does look interesting, it also includes a series of filters that can be applied. I've tended to like Rega's "strive" to sound like analog with their digital gear, so indeed this holds promiose for me. Good small form factor, too. Oh, and they make it in silver, too

THAT is incredible! I think wherever I've been or seen, they AIM for people if they're too close to the streets And yes, we have plow service; he came and cleared the driveway bottom out (it reached almost 2 1/2 feet!).....but I'll still need to go out and push around a few more inches that came down. Lots of phunn.....

I'm a few towns away from Haj and Nate, we've got a large mess. At least 20" I'd say, and still snowing (though certainly lighter now). We have a plow service, but it doesn't get everything, and we had my son out there with us shoveling a bit. We left the big snowplow pile at the end, our plow guys should be coming around again. Out snow wasn't as wet and heavy as I was hearing though.....not super fluffy, but certainly have shoveled a LOT worse.

I ALMOST bought this for a neighbor's 50th BDay party, but instead tried something I had heard of but not tried: Dalwhinnie 15 year. Not a Scotch afficianado by any means, but it was pretty good IMO, and two others who partook (?) agreed. One person didn't like it as much as a few others he tried. [ATTACH=CONFIG]4214[/ATTACH]

Nice..... I always wanted to hear this CD77 unit. I used to subscribe to Thorsten Loesch's mail/chat list, was a great resource...he was very generous with his thoughts and designs.....

Had a 50% off at Borders, couldn't resist.....

Too many Aardvark's not enough baguettes! [ATTACH=CONFIG]4183[/ATTACH] And a very happy birthday, too!

^^^ Good on NYI, such an underdog team, I almost always root for them if the Bruins aren't playing them. It's funny to see the reactions to great players like Crosby and Stamkos. Maybe it's the media hype, maybe it's the reputation for whining. But outside of Pitt, it seems many a folk don't like Sidney, and tons of folks like - or at least strongly respect - Stamkos. Ovechkin is another one, but I think he has a lot more detractors outside of Washington.