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Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday!

That's just not right. Bad Dan.

Which people are you talking about, and do they know what they're talking about? I certainly don't think everyone should/need/want/etc get jh13. They are expensive, but imo, if you're putting sq, convenience and usage time into the pot, these are the best audio purchase I've ever made. I've owned/own better home rigs. My jh13s now combined with a pico slim/twag micro lod get 70% of my listening time. I've owned mine now for 10 months and they still thrill me every time I listen. Over the last few years, I've cycled through a lot of headphones, which is the fun part of this hobby, but since getting the jh13s, I have zero interest in upgrading. That's worth $1200 to me.

That was a painful game to watch. Sorry, Dan. Halak was just too good.

OMG. Halak is magical.

Jeff, this is the bag you need. It's much nicer than the other purses. Ladies Protection - CCW Purse - Home Page

I remember that screen. I forgot you were the one who had it. Oh, and I know nothing about room treatments. I just have rugs and heavy curtains on the windows. You wouldn't know I live in Florida once inside my house.

I'm quite sure my plentiful behind would prevent that possibility from ever happening, like trying to stuff an elephant into bulldog's sweater.

I agree with Voltron.

That's pretty much my thought on the matter. What's interesting is how our client base has also changed over the years. So many of our younger (21-25) patients are into Ulitmate Fighting, are steroild abusers, and whatnot. We're talking about patients that have trained for at least a few years in various martial arts, boxing, and basic brawling and they like to intimidate with it when they feel insulted or offended, which is pretty much all the time. That said, we have a very very low incident rate of person-on-person violence here, though lots of walls have seen their share of abuse. The last time I even felt slightly threatened was about a year or so ago when I was doing a family session with a crazy, brain-injured wife and her ex-husband, who had a long history of domestic violence between them, with her as the aggressor. The husband was sitting next to me, and the door was between us. She lept from her chair across the room, charging at him, arms flailing, and I was able to grab one arm, swing her with her own momentum out the door and close it fast. This all happened in about one second, and I wasn't even consciously aware of what had just happened for a few more seconds. Reflexes are interesting, but I'm fully aware that I was lucky and it could have gone an entirely different direction. The husband had just covered his head and crouched down in his chair, and would have been zero help.

Just spent the entire morning at yet another Aggression Control training. I've been to at least 15 of these over the years and they really piss me off (yes, I get the irony). There is nothing realistic about 80% of the stuff they teach you, and I can only wonder if these paid trainers have actually ever been attacked in their lives. Sure, wouldn't it be nice if someone realitvely my size came at me with a single punch to the head I could easily block and then back away a nice five feet and call for help. Yup, that's how I'm going to choose my next attacker. The review on pressure points is always helpful, but that's about it. Back around 1983, I worked at a children's home (ages 12-21) in Longmont, Colorado. Every one of the "children" was mentally retarded, psychotic, and violent, and they lived there year round. No one fought clean, and every body part was a weapon. We used to have to leap off furniture to take them down and restrain them, if needs be, because you get a 20-year-old psychotic male on an adreneline rush, you do what you have to. Last time I was attacked at work, fortunately many years ago, a rather large patient who had been calmly eating a popscicle unexpectedly jumped up and swung a chair at my head, then came after, fighting. I learned in the Aggression Contol training that would have been my fault for being too close, but then someone should have designed our offices larger. Yes, I get the whole de-escalation thing, which I'm quite good at, but sometimes you don't have that choice. I get the whole legal and ethical take on no harm to the patient, but the truth is that I work almost entirely alone on the second floor of my building, and if someone is going to attack me, they can go ahead and fire me because I'm more ethically inclined to protect myself in any way I see fit. Now I'm all pissy and have a morning's work to catch up on. I'm typing here to calm down from all my built up aggression....actually do feel a bit better

And now:

Wow, I haven't been in this thread in awhile. Lots of catching up to do. For now:

Those look desperately uncomfy.

I like the way those look. Will hopefully hear them at CanJam. Wow, just realized that it's been about a year without buying new headphones. Okay, The Shure 840s, but those don't count since I sold them within a couple days. Hmmmmm.

Say it isn't true!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, etc. etc. Happy birthday to you. Enjoy!

Happy birthday, Kevin!

doomed

^ yup.

Greg, I'll protect you. As long as there's not a stripper pole involved.

Wings got smoked