1: Inmate Central, The Two Billionaires to save the world from global warming.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-25, 11:45:27 (204.94.81.82)
How do we get to renewable energy without destroying the economy and maintaining the energy we need to charge all these EVs in the future? Two of the richest men in the world are teaming up to save t .......

2: Inmate Central, Gotta keep the Fuji! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-22, 20:16:09 (204.94.81.82)
Why not? My neighbor was working in the garage with his bikes. I asked him what broke. Nope. Replacing the chain. How many miles? Once a month? 2,000 miles. He's got a gauge. He doesn't do a ride unde .......

3: Inmate Central, Snap Chat? (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-22, 19:30:16 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

4: Inmate Central, It's the prevent defense.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-21, 18:54:00 (174.65.32.33)
The sorry teams can only put up 16 points in 58 minutes. Then, they go to the prevent defense and score two touchdowns in a minute and a half. It's rigged, I tell you. According to Qnon, the Patriots .......

5: Inmate Central, Judith Curry doesn't think the Earth is flat.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-19, 20:29:21 (204.94.81.82)
I don't believe the article would claim that climate change isn't real at all. Rather that the totality of the models is complex. The hoax is that the policy makers won't solve the problem and convent .......

6: Inmate Central, RE: Utube Drivel.. again. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-19, 18:54:02 (204.94.81.82)
There are many reasons why EV rebates for the rich is a stupid idea. As a thoughtful person, I'm curious what you think about Dr. Curry's perspective. .......

7: Inmate Central, RE: I'm with you on this. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-19, 12:30:31 (204.94.81.82)
>>>It's not like the jury didn't deliberate for a few days either. I was wondering if the jury feared that riots would be inevitable if they came back too quickly, so they played cards for 3 more days .......

8: Inmate Central, I'm tempted.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-18, 19:49:06 (204.94.81.82)
We just saw James Taylor and Jackson Browne together. While the audience were older mostly boomers that knew all the old songs, the boys did a fantastic job with the help of some other fine, old pros .......

9: Inmate Central, HP Laserjet 4000N (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-18, 11:10:59 (204.94.81.82)
With only 229,141 pages printed since 1997, it's still runs like a champ and can take an entire ream of paper at one filling. I bought a Samsung laser printer for under $100 about 6 years ago that my .......

10: Inmate Central, RE: Which Virus Scanner, VPN, Password Manager do you like ? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-18, 10:23:10 (204.94.81.82)
IMO, virus scanners are a waste of computing resources. As long as you don't do stupid stuff, there isn't any real need for one. VPNs are no panacea. If you can take the added hit in performance, then .......

11: Test Audio Asylum, RE: Test (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-17, 09:29:05 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

12: Inmate Central, RE: that's strange (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-17, 09:17:38 (204.94.81.82)
It is strange. I looked at the files and they show up and are fine. My only guess is that the file names are really long and maybe that's the issue. You might try editing the post and remove the image .......

13: Inmate Central, It's politics and religion.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-16, 17:55:54 (204.94.81.82)
And if he does it again, he'll earn a vacation. .......

14: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: compromised password (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-16, 09:18:34 (204.94.81.82)
I'm guessing that you were able to login because you have an existing login cookie. Here's a link to the Change Password process. If you get an error when you enter your old password at the bottom of .......

15: Inmate Central, RE: So SEC teams are the only teams to schedule cupcakes? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-15, 18:44:55 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, well, parity in the Pac-12 has been a killer for the last decade. The SEC still has two big bullies with a few that can pull of an upset here or there. While I agree that many schools schedule c .......

16: Inmate Central, Alabama and other SEC teams regularly schedule cupcakes.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-14, 13:30:56 (204.94.81.82)
And these games are always home games for 'Bama. It's like having 3 more bye weeks to give their starters a break. .......

17: Inmate Central, Oklahoma is getting trounced, 24-7 with 3:57 left... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-13, 12:02:42 (204.94.81.82)
I wasn't expecting Baylor to be that good or should I say, Oklahoma is that bad. .......

18: General Asylum, One of my favorite bands... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-12, 12:12:54 (204.94.81.82)
I first saw them live in '69 in San Diego in a small venue at a local college that was basically a basketball court. The last time was about 5 or 6 years ago at Humphrey's by the Bay. Edge had his dru .......

19: Inmate Central, Yahoo Entertainment Jay Leno shatters Bugatti Chiron ¼ mile time to set new world speed record in Tesla Model S Plaid (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-11, 14:26:52 (204.94.81.82)
Jay Leno made history on his show Jay Leno's Garage, Wednesday, when he set a new world record in a Tesla Model S Plaid. The comedian broke the Bugatti Chiron Sport's production car quarter-mile spee .......

20: Inmate Central, I thought I was early.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-10, 11:06:54 (204.94.81.82)
I was surprised when I pulled into the parking lot. Typically, only the main lot would be fairly full. On Tuesday, it looked like Christmas traffic with the secondary lot being about half full. Accord .......

21: Inmate Central, Transportation costs won't change any time soon.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-09, 12:14:13 (204.94.81.82)
Considering that fuel costs have gone up 50%, expect ongoing cost increases in all goods. Of course, we could turn on the oil spigot; however, the current administration wants gas prices to be high to .......

22: Inmate Central, All my kids learned to drive using my wife's MR2, 5 speed... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-09, 11:37:10 (204.94.81.82)
The up side with having a stick is that no one will succeed in stealing the car unless they bring a tow truck. .......

23: Inmate Central, Inflation... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-09, 11:30:32 (204.94.81.82)
I just got back from Costco. No turkeys, no baked beans. no beef stew, no Charmin. Whole chickens up to $2,49/lb. chicken breasts, up about 10% Tritips up from $5.99/lb to $8.99/lb, up 50%. Gas, up fr .......

24: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Planar vs horn vs ... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-07, 18:02:16 (204.94.81.82)
1) Are planar speakers the best option to obtain an holographic, 3D image sound?? It is said that this is the best attribute of the panels speakers. Can the horns (or any other technology) compete in .......

25: Inmate Central, Not here, the early game here is Denver/Dallas...27-0 with 9:54 left (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-07, 12:37:19 (204.94.81.82)
Oops, Denver just got a an interception, give a few minutes and it'll be 34-0. Does that make you happy? .......

26: Inmate Central, Observations on France (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-07, 12:25:05 (204.94.81.82)
I have nothing against France, indeed, Paris and France in general is one of my favorite destinations. However, this email I received gave me some laughs. Legendary quotes on France : ---------------- .......

27: Inmate Central, Cats prefer fresh kills.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-05, 13:46:04 (204.94.81.82)
Just let them out to find their prey. There are plenty of mice, rats, rabbits and birds for them to gorge on. .......

28: Inmate Central, F & G... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-04, 16:44:17 (204.94.81.82)
Mine is F, then the next year it changed to G for the wife which is a little different. .......

29: Computer Audio Asylum, It doesn't work.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-04, 12:40:11 (204.94.81.82)
I turn off the RPi4, but it still shows a connection to the D90. The on;y way I could get the D90 to turn off is to change the input from USB to something not connected to the D90. I've turned off the .......

30: Inmate Central, RE: Your thoughts on supplemental Medicare plans? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-04, 12:22:28 (204.94.81.82)
We have an Aetna Advantage plan. It's not cheap, about $175/mo, but it covers everything, no deductibles, copays, etc. and we can go to any doctor or specialist without getting any referrals or other .......

31: General Asylum, JJ never thought that MP3 files sound as good as CDs.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-03, 18:10:39 (174.65.32.33)
I knew him quite well. In fact, he and his wife visited us for a long listening session and dinner as well as other real face to face meetings. JJ worked on mp3 for AT&T and did a lot of blind testing .......

32: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Auto Shut Off (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-11-03, 13:54:47 (204.94.81.82)
I've toggled that option on the remote many times....Auto: On...Auto: Off, neither setting does a thing. .......

33: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Auto Shut Off (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-31, 12:39:09 (204.94.81.82)
I surely can't find any setting to auto shut off after 30s. Can you tell me how to do it? .......

34: General Asylum, We call them boomerangs (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 20:29:27 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

35: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 20:16:41 (204.94.81.82)
You got my audio nervousa going with that Gustard X26pro comment, it's tempting and just another $300. Dual mono peaks my interest. You got my audio nervousa going with that Gustard X26pro comment, .......

36: Inmate Central, RE: the 'sub' QB for Oklahoma... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 19:28:09 (204.94.81.82)
I switched it off when OU was up 30 points. But, I agree, OU hasn't run up the scores like 'Top 10' team. .......

37: Inmate Central, That is one evil look.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 19:26:47 (204.94.81.82)
Be wary that he doesn't take your eyes out for that. .......

38: Inmate Central, Michigan State and Harbaugh will both get a shot of revenge against Ohio St.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 19:24:53 (204.94.81.82)
Penn St. was making it a game until a few big plays, just got a 68 yard run to the 2 and...Touchdown! 27-17 OSU. The UNC/ND game was exciting until UNC's QB threw an interception. Now, it's over. ::: .......

39: Inmate Central, Come see me on Hiptop Island... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 19:07:17 (204.94.81.82)
We'll throw you a party that you won't remember. .......

40: Inmate Central, US map in 2050 if we don't solve climate change... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-30, 18:11:18 (204.94.81.82)
I think I might be ok down here in San Diego. .......

41: General Asylum, You need at least two rooms.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 20:30:41 (204.94.81.82)
You found one, but where ever you live otherwise needs one. If for nothing else to get decent TV sound and crank it up for dancing. .......

42: Inmate Central, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 19:54:12 (204.94.81.82)
Not to be attributed to Mark Twain, but still true. .......

43: Inmate Central, Yeah, but.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 19:47:49 (204.94.81.82)
New kitchen and bath, flooring, probably many times. Someone closed in a screen porch in the front. It's been redone nicer and I suspect a bedroom was added. None of that is worth $1,400/sq ft. I pitt .......

44: Inmate Central, MOTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 19:20:37 (204.94.81.82)
.......

45: Computer Audio Asylum, RME ADI-2 DAC vs Topping D90 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 18:52:37 (174.65.32.33)
I been using the D90 for many months in my office and have been hankering to upgrade my main system in the family room. After Abe's review of the RME, I decided to give it a whirl. Equipment used is a .......

46: Inmate Central, It depends on sizes... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 12:32:29 (204.94.81.82)
I just put new tires on my wife's Prius and it was about $1,050. However, that included new black spoke, Drag wheels and fancy, security lug nuts, mounting and balancing. Lower profile and bigger whee .......

47: Inmate Central, Snooze, you lose.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 12:25:14 (204.94.81.82)
That house sold for $210,000 in 1996. .......

48: Inmate Central, You could have had it plugged at discount tire for free (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-29, 11:22:01 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

49: Inmate Central, Are you sure the husband didn't order the cocktail dress? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-28, 10:10:33 (204.94.81.82)
Was the sizing right for him or her? .......

50: Inmate Central, RE: The wealthy really aren't stupid (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-27, 13:27:14 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, there are plenty of unintended consequences. The billionaire tax on unrealized gains is questionably constitutional, so lawyers will benefit with all the lawsuits. Assuming the scheme works and .......

51: Inmate Central, RE: Stock old corvettes are stylish cars, that's about it. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-27, 12:09:22 (204.94.81.82)
I hear you. We've got a couple of MR2s, '87 and '88. While they do have a ECU and one has power windows, many parts are very hard to find particularly the power switches. If I bought a vintage car, it .......

52: Inmate Central, RE: If I was to buy a corvette.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-27, 11:59:33 (204.94.81.82)
I'm with you. My favorites are the C1s for convertibles although the C2s have better suspension, I don't care for the convertible from that era. A '67 Stingray hardtop would be though, not that I coul .......

53: Inmate Central, If I was to buy a corvette.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-26, 20:30:27 (204.94.81.82)
It'd have to be pre-1975. Otherwise you'd have to smog it. I'd need to keep a dozen jerry cans of gas too. .......

54: Inmate Central, Rap on, dude... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-25, 19:10:58 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

55: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Raspberry Pi- Do some micro SD cards sound better than others? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-23, 15:38:26 (204.94.81.82)
Thanks for the feedback. I've got a 3TB drive with all Classical music that would be nice to have online with LMS where I could just switch servers. Everything is wired Gigabit. With my current PC/LM .......

56: Inmate Central, Illinois (3-5) knocks off Penn St in record 9OTs... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-23, 13:37:28 (204.94.81.82)
In all, both teams got 3 field goals and then had to try from the 2 point line like 6 or 7 times and only Penn St could only do it once. Illinois matched than and then got another score to win 20-18. .......

57: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Raspberry Pi- Do some micro SD cards sound better than others? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-22, 18:51:13 (204.94.81.82)
I've tried an RPi3 LMS server with a USB drive and it worked quite well. However, it took forever to scan the initial library, far longer than my I7 PC with a fast SATA drive. Using a SSD would make a .......

58: Computer Audio Asylum, Seriously? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-22, 18:30:48 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, in a data center, you'd set up a server with 2 smaller mirrored drives for the OS and another RAID array for data. I admit to have a 6TB NAS rated drive for my data where I rip my music files an .......

59: Computer Audio Asylum, I don't use cloud storage so moving files on and off of it is a PITA..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-22, 18:17:11 (204.94.81.82)
I;m chuckling. My wife had upgraded to an iPhone 12 to replace the old one. Since the video was the one thing she wanted to use, connecting to her PC for transferring files was the main advantage. Thi .......

60: Inmate Central, Unintended consequences... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-21, 20:12:25 (204.94.81.82)
or not. .......

61: Inmate Central, RE: Duuude... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-19, 20:02:27 (204.94.81.82)
Sugar fetches. And she runs into the carrier when I ring the steel bars with my finger nails to go down to my office. But cats still have their own minds. She fetches the best when she comes and drops .......

62: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I suppose fixing my Maytag was the better choice for $80... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-19, 18:19:12 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, it's either a widely used system in common to most of their Whirlpool and Maytag washers or they all leak regularly. What's interesting is that Amazon had several aftermarket kits complete with .......

63: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: is there anything? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-19, 18:06:06 (204.94.81.82)
Bosch dishwasher that came with the house was ok until it wouldn't fill. I fixed it with a new valve, but then it broke again and needed a new pump. It was also a pain to clean out the wash wands. I h .......

64: Inmate Central, Been there... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-19, 12:52:27 (204.94.81.82)
We found a sweet orange tiger, long haired female at the local shelter 15 or 16 years ago. Upon taking her to the vet, she seemed to have ear mites or something. After testing and cleaning ears and bu .......

65: Planar Speaker Asylum, I suppose fixing my Maytag was the better choose for $80... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-19, 07:14:39 (204.94.81.82)
And 5 hours of time for me and a friend to tear down the inner and outer tub and motor to replace the bearings and seals and new driveshaft. Thank God for Youtube. .......

66: Inmate Central, In California, the suburbs boxed in the coyotes..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-18, 18:18:24 (204.94.81.82)
Because most of the land is hilly and views are best at the top, developers terraced the hills and the cities wanted set asides for open spaces, mainly the canyons and low areas where coyotes can prol .......

67: Inmate Central, Click bait.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-17, 19:23:04 (204.94.81.82)
Quite prophetic. Critical thinking is in short supply. Big tech and the media control the programming shaping the minds of their useful idiots. Resistance is futile. .......

68: Inmate Central, I hate stretch pants! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-17, 09:06:39 (204.94.81.82)
It seems like everything including Levis use stretch material. Until the last several years, I typically didn't wear a belt with jeans and a t shirt. Now, after wearing the jeans half a day, the waist .......

69: Inmate Central, Beware... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-17, 08:43:15 (204.94.81.82)
My son's Mazda 3 had a similar little dent between the wheel well and the bumper. Because it's a unibody design, the repair was over $8K and was nearly totalled due to the cost. The problem is that th .......

70: Inmate Central, It's not like the NY Times and WaPo are fair and balanced.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-17, 08:03:08 (204.94.81.82)
The New York Times public editor (ombudsman) Elizabeth Spayd wrote in 2016 that "Conservatives and even many moderates, see in The Times a blue-state worldview" and accuse it of harboring a liberal b .......

71: Inmate Central, RE: "The Truth is Hiding Behind a Paywall." (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 19:55:16 (204.94.81.82)
I can get past paywall if I copy the url over to Chrome. But, does truth matter if you don't seek it? .......

72: Inmate Central, What's the better headline? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 19:53:56 (204.94.81.82)
Crane operators cash in on over time! .......

73: Inmate Central, RE: Now we know why the frieght isn't getting to the stores.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 18:24:49 (204.94.81.82)
Read the WP article if you can. My take is that the whole system is a mess with antiquated software. Poor scheduling wastes time and money and everyone is blaming the other. Blame port management. "I .......

74: Inmate Central, Vintage Libbey Glass 22k Gold Etching.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 18:20:24 (204.94.81.82)
It's not really much of a collection. Actually, it's my wife's happy hour passion. A friend gave her 4 etched glasses and they were getting worn and she wished she had more. I found a couple of these .......

75: Inmate Central, GMAB Ivan... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 18:11:28 (204.94.81.82)
To shoot the messenger is a ridiculous. I read lots of news from many sources. However, if you like the WP, read it. Between the lines, the article sites a shortage of International Longshore and War .......

76: Inmate Central, Now we know why the frieght isn't getting to the stores.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-16, 13:47:52 (204.94.81.82)
Lazy crane operators making $250,000 a year exacerbating port crisis Crane operators who belong to a powerful union and earn up to $250,000 a year transferring containers from ships to trucks are wo .......

77: Inmate Central, RE: Yes, 100% renewable energy is possible, cost-effective, and doable--- (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-15, 18:56:11 (204.94.81.82)
The major problem is storage. I recall one pundit claiming that CA would need a trillion dollars worth of batteries to go 100% renewable. Of course, that estimate is based on the sun shining most of t .......

78: Inmate Central, RE: Makes me wonder (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-15, 18:47:32 (204.94.81.82)
Like everything, it's a perfect storm, like the auto rental companies. When air travel died, the rental companies had no choice but to sell off their fleets or go bankrupt. Now, there aren't enough re .......

79: Inmate Central, Dragons from Oz... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-15, 18:28:43 (204.94.81.82)
No, they're not the seadragons feared by sailors eons ago. I got a few shots with a cheap phone when we went to the Birch Aquarium run by Scripps in San Diego with the grandkids. Everyone is uniqu .......

80: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: +1 on the Fostex T900A... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-15, 07:52:26 (174.65.32.33)
For the 8 ohm Fostex, a 1 uf cap brings it in at 10K 1st order. The 2 uf cap was for Bruce's 16 ohm tweeter. I always thought the Fane tweeter was a bit too much which might be why he added the L-pad. .......

81: Inmate Central, Imagine Covid-19 patients in the hospital.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 18:08:21 (204.94.81.82)
when the power goes off due to demand for AC and a lack of wind, sunshine and batteries. We truly only have two options: 1) Build nuclear power plants because renewables will not be able to power all .......

82: Speaker Asylum, RE: +3 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 13:20:30 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, and the TSMs are getting very hard to find. I should have kept my pair, but I wasn't going to use them after I got my Altecs, so they'd just sit in the basement. The VSM is the same footprint an .......

83: Inmate Central, Parks and golf courses are a big issue.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 13:08:11 (204.94.81.82)
I'd read an article in the paper about the mandate. A commercial mower may cost 7-$12K. An electric one now costs twice as much and likely won't last a few day. Most people around San Diego county hav .......

84: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 11:37:52 (204.94.81.82)
My only comment would be to move the bass bins up a bit. For my Titans, my brother and I added a 4" skirt which also hides the casters to move them since they are too big and too heavy to move otherwi .......

85: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, +1 on the Fostex T900A... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 11:30:41 (204.94.81.82)
All it needed was a capacitor and blends perfectly with the 2441s. .......

86: Speaker Asylum, +3 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-14, 11:19:34 (204.94.81.82)
The TSMs are easy to drive and don't need a lot of power and sound and image beautifully. The only others that I liked as well would Joseph Audio which are much more expensive and are not as efficient .......

87: Vinyl Asylum, $29.99 for black nylon... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-09, 17:39:31 (204.94.81.82)
I have one for my Empire, works great. .......

88: Inmate Central, It's wide angle lens distortion... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-09, 08:37:29 (204.94.81.82)
The distortion causes straight lines to seem to not be parallel and will grow particularly on the edges of the shot. My wife has a 7-14mm lens that she uses in tight places. Below 9-10mm, the distorti .......

89: Inmate Central, Yeah, if the certain party won't cut spending ever.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-06, 12:07:35 (204.94.81.82)
I'll admit that defense spending is too high; however, some increases were needed due to a lack of funding in previous administrations to replace equipment and maintenance parts required for the longe .......

90: Inmate Central, We still have my wife's '87 MR2... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-06, 11:44:10 (204.94.81.82)
The engine was rebuilt at 165K and it's got about 60K on the rebuild. Right now, it's sitting covered just in case one of us of the boys need wheels due to a break down or accident. We just sold the ' .......

91: Inmate Central, RE: Really? If you sign a mortgage today at 1% do you think that interest rate goes up? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-05, 14:16:26 (174.65.32.33)
Actually, it was about $3.5 Trillion until the Dems passed another $1.9 trillion COVID giveaway and are planning on another $5-7 trillion in 'infrastructure'. And don't talk to me about the tax cuts. .......

92: Inmate Central, Ever hear that what goes down can go up as well? (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-05, 09:57:10 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

93: Inmate Central, Stanford wins it...31-24 (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-02, 16:59:39 (204.94.81.82)
Oregon goes 4 and out. .......

94: Inmate Central, Stanford gets 4 trys to tie and misses as time runs out....but wait (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-02, 16:31:31 (204.94.81.82)
Oregon gets caught for defensive holding. With their last chance, Stanford ties it up at 24 and on to OT. .......

95: Inmate Central, FALSE: Republicans used a 2006 law to tank the Postal Service (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-10-01, 14:05:34 (204.94.81.82)
Obviously, you didn't bother to read the article that Abe posted. PAEA (it's pronounced "paella," like the Spanish rice dish, in postal circles) had bipartisan sponsors in both chambers of Congress. .......

96: Inmate Central, Wow, what kind of glass are you using? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-30, 19:30:03 (174.65.32.33)
What resolution is the raw image? Fantastic pics! .......

97: Inmate Central, You never had Dad's Lima Bean Soup with Ham Bone... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-30, 19:28:45 (204.94.81.82)
This one doesn't look exactly like Dad's, but it sure is tasty when my wife makes it with a bit more left over ham. .......

98: General Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-29, 18:32:50 (174.65.32.33)
I've always run both my systems with the mains running the full output. On one system the subs get fed from a second preamp out. The other, with two different subs near each main speaker, get fed from .......

99: Inmate Central, Speaking of expensive RAM.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-27, 09:22:12 (204.94.81.82)
I'd built a hot rodded PC back in about '89 with a 486 CPU and added a 16MB RAM card that cost me about $600. Man, it was fast for it's time and actually ran the old Windows 3.1 fairly well. ::: TOPIC .......

100: Inmate Central, RE: didn't think of that (increase ram) good idea (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-26, 13:28:18 (204.94.81.82)
It depends on what folks are doing and how many apps are running and particularly how many browser tabs are active, I just looked on my system and have about 7GBs of memory used. Looking at processes .......

101: General Asylum, Dang! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-26, 13:11:34 (204.94.81.82)
I fixed some url issues yesterday and noticed that the code on the search was out of sync with those and thought I could just copy the code from the web server. No cigar as there are a few difference .......

102: Inmate Central, RE: didn't think of that (increase ram) good idea (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-26, 11:36:18 (204.94.81.82)
A friend of ours had a slower than molasses Dell All-In-One. I suspect the spinner drive was dying, but it also only had 4GB of RAM. since it had an open slot, I just added an 8GB stick and a 120GB SS .......

103: Inmate Central, Where? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-24, 17:13:04 (204.94.81.82)
We've got about 8.5 million posts. I would need a url to look at the issue. .......

104: General Asylum, It's fixed... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-24, 07:45:20 (204.94.81.82)
Thanks for the url. Search needed a url parsing for the image location. .......

105: General Asylum, RE: Since we're on that topic... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-23, 13:14:10 (204.94.81.82)
The pictures are not lost. We never delete them. There are a couple possibilities. First, if the picture was uploaded to a user's gallery, it may not display anymore if that user is not a current Memb .......

106: Inmate Central, Good review for Mazda... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-23, 11:21:49 (204.94.81.82)
My son has a Mazda 3 with the standard 4 banger and get about 30-35mpg. Driving it is lots of fun, it handles more like more old BMW 328 than an inexpensive compact. Prices must have gone up or I .......

107: General Asylum, I know... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-23, 09:42:33 (204.94.81.82)
It all relates to the old mail server that died which then cascaded into DNS problems because that server was also the primary DNS server. Attempting to use the web server for a mail server broke it. .......

108: Inmate Central, RE: Rugs (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-22, 17:28:50 (204.94.81.82)
Wow, I guess it's like Tijuana, you better know what you're buying and assume it's fake. $200 would be insane if it was unique and handmade, from China, not so much. .......

109: Inmate Central, Yes... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-21, 19:20:06 (174.65.32.33)
I got Cox down to $108/month for TV. It's worth it because I can record whatever I want and strip commercials to watch later using Plex. Of course, I needed a couple cable cards and HD HomeRun boxes a .......

110: Inmate Central, BSOTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-18, 19:20:12 (204.94.81.82)
Seen on an old, small, junker Toyota today. She also had one of those 'Baby on Board' stickers. It struck me that this one would have been more appropriate. . .......

111: Inmate Central, SC down 14-0 at Washington St.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-18, 18:30:34 (204.94.81.82)
The 2nd stringer puts up 45 unanswered points for a 45-14 SC win. Do you think that Jax has knocked Slovis off the #1 QB position, Tin? .......

112: Inmate Central, Thanks.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-18, 07:53:42 (204.94.81.82)
What I wonder is how much those rugs cost. My wife would go crazy browsing all the various designs. .......

113: Inmate Central, Dang, my old truck beats that... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-16, 20:24:02 (174.65.32.33)
15.2 in the quarter mile, with a truck? These new trannies make the difference. Smooth and a lot of gears. I was loaned a BMW 325 and couldn't believe how much quicker it was versus my old 5 speed .......

114: Inmate Central, The Magpie Whisperer (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-15, 20:05:11 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

115: General Asylum, No, more like a truce.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-15, 18:36:04 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not using streaming services, but I find my music library to vary in loudness, often by a lot. You turn it up for one album and the next is maybe 10db louder or vice versa. I see this as an attemp .......

116: Inmate Central, Electric mopeds ;-) (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-14, 19:46:29 (174.65.32.33)
I'll still have my truck, but I'm not sure there will be any gas stations. .......

117: General Asylum, Got it (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-14, 11:33:30 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

118: General Asylum, RE: We're back.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-14, 10:19:51 (204.94.81.82)
Unfortunately, DNS takes a while to fully propagate. It may take a full day or two before all the cached DNS gets updated. I'm still working on the mail system and it seems to be working properly now. .......

119: General Asylum, We're back.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-13, 19:56:50 (204.94.81.82)
Sorry folks. While on vacation, our primary DNS and mail server died. I did some workarounds and to get the Trader working again and moved the secondary DNS/mail/db slave server over thinking it was d .......

120: Inmate Central, RE: Surprising result, given Stanford's unimpressive showing last week (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-12, 08:35:21 (204.94.81.82)
Helton is toast. The run game was doing pretty well and then, when it counts, in the red zone, they abandon it. I don't get it. If you need a couple yards, you have to pound it in. Slovis had a few ba .......

121: Inmate Central, Thank you...Stanford is kicking off, we're losing already (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 20:02:12 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

122: Inmate Central, I just turned on the SC/Stanford game and got the Yankees.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 19:43:51 (204.94.81.82)
WTF? It's only the bottom of the 7th. So, do we miss the first half? What if it goes to extra innings? Its 6-5 Mets right now with 2 on and 2 outs. .......

123: Inmate Central, Actually, it's the ACC that got bushwacked this week.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 19:16:28 (204.94.81.82)
Syracuse, Miami, Duke, Louisville and Georgia Tech all have losses, most inexplicable. Clemson, NC and Florida St also lost, but at least to reasonable adversaries. Ohio St's QB choked, over threw an .......

124: Inmate Central, It's getting entertaining, Tin.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 12:26:01 (174.65.32.33)
Can Ohio St get a stop? The Ducks are up 7 with 7:55 to go. Another touchdown should put it away. Or do we get OT? .......

125: Inmate Central, True, to a point... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 12:05:42 (204.94.81.82)
I suspect that she rarely used more than 6GB. Still, 16GB is the sweet spot and doesn't add much on a new purchase. .......

126: Inmate Central, RE: There is a separate graphics card in the PC. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 12:04:07 (204.94.81.82)
It's not a surprise. Most people can get by with a 120GB SSD. If there nothing other than slow drive performance, it may well be that you could get a 250GB SSD and clone the drive to replace it. ::: T .......

127: Inmate Central, 8GB should be enough... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 11:33:00 (204.94.81.82)
Unless she opens a million tabs on Firefox as it creates a new process for each tab and some can use up to a GD each fairly quickly. .......

128: Inmate Central, VGA will do the same resolution as HDMI or Displayport... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 11:30:44 (204.94.81.82)
I used to use my old I7 system with one HDMI and a VGA port on the motherboard. It surely worked just fine at 1920x1080. What resolution are your monitors? Do you have a separate graphics card for tha .......

129: Inmate Central, Well, the Ducks got first blood.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 10:28:12 (174.65.32.33)
Then, they blew deep coverage to tie it up. This could come down to the 4th quarter when Ohio beef and depth could make the difference. I'm ambivalent. A ducks win is good for the Pac-12. A close game .......

130: Inmate Central, It's got VGA and Display port or.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 10:22:27 (204.94.81.82)
Like I mentioned, add an inexpensive card. If her monitors have a VGA input, you can use that and it works the same way. .......

131: Inmate Central, How much memory does it have? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 09:12:57 (204.94.81.82)
A friend of ours has an old Dell All-in-One with an I3 and 4GB. It was running slower than molasses. With Windows 10, just loading the browser and 4 or 5 tabs, the system was using all the RAM and thr .......

132: Inmate Central, RE: Mrs. Ghost needs a new desktop. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-11, 09:01:56 (204.94.81.82)
I've had lots of Dells and the business ones like the Optiplex are built like tanks typically. Acer is ok, not as good as an old Optiplex as Acer is more of a consumer grade product. If you're looking .......

133: Amp/Preamp Asylum, The math is more complicated.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-10, 20:30:31 (204.94.81.82)
As long as the speakers have an easy impedance and you're getting enough volume and you like it, you're done. My 98 db so called sensitivity, Altec Model 19s surely didn't work with 2 watt 45s. A Dyna .......

134: Inmate Central, YouTube TV is impressive... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-10, 18:46:23 (204.94.81.82)
I don't know what is costs, but my son has had it for quite a while and my BIL has it now at the lake house and it's got everything from local stations to ESPN and other channels. Mike had all the NFL .......

135: Inmate Central, Two 9/11's a day...huh? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-10, 12:31:40 (204.94.81.82)
Perhaps you meant a 9/11 every two days. .......

136: Inmate Central, Get your UCLA sissy Blue T-shirt (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-10, 07:11:07 (204.94.81.82)
David Witzling, the Bruins fan whose pregame exchange with Louisiana State football coach Ed Orgeron may land "sissy blue" in the Urban Dictionary, is raising money for the players by selling T-shirt .......

137: Inmate Central, Who was the 1 low level ISIL member killed in retaliation? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-09, 21:04:32 (204.94.81.82)
I'd read the article below and then I've heard our DOD claim that there were extra explosions suggesting the car had a bomb in it. Others claim otherwise. .......

138: General Asylum, A couple of hillbillies..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-09, 20:56:41 (204.94.81.82)
My in-laws always worried if their kids would sound like hicks after they moved from Ohio to NC and made three. They all have a bit of a drawl, but my niece's now husband is from Hickory, NC born and .......

139: Inmate Central, What the difference? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-09, 19:57:46 (204.94.81.82)
Temperatures aren't much different, but it rains a lot more in Nov and Dec. April and May look to be be the best if you can avoid Easter and spring Break. Of course, spring break brings a lot more you .......

140: Inmate Central, Expect law suits to be filed by tomorrow morning (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-09, 14:27:54 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

141: Inmate Central, Yeah, I know and I'll cheer for Oregon next week.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 17:51:25 (204.94.81.82)
Mostly because I hate Ohio St and relish our wins against them in the Rose Bowl. My in laws are also Ohio St alums, so I will support them sometimes. ;) UCLA does look tough. I'm glad SC gets them at .......

142: Inmate Central, How about Kansas City? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 13:27:07 (204.94.81.82)
It's about the same as San Diego. The worst area is Northern California. Looking at the US map, it also looks like big cities and major freeways follow the yellow road. .......

143: Inmate Central, Be Happy! It's a holiday.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 10:01:08 (204.94.81.82)
So what did you do today, Tin? I'm enjoying a peaceful day at the lake with friends and family. BTW: That's my honey's legs, not mine. .......

144: Inmate Central, Hard to say.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 09:04:47 (204.94.81.82)
Both teams looked good from time to time. ND's D was impressive and turned the tide in the 3rd quarter along with a couple interceptions and stupid play from the Florida St QB. That's when I went to b .......

145: General Asylum, It should be all good now.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 08:59:18 (204.94.81.82)
The intermittent issues likely relate the DNS caching. I found a workaround to resolve the problem with the DNS, but it often takes a while before all the cached DNS gets updated. .......

146: General Asylum, Thanks, I am.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 08:53:58 (204.94.81.82)
After messing with the Trader problem for a few hours this morning, I believe that I found a workaround that should resolve the DNS problems. .......

147: General Asylum, Good! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 08:17:20 (204.94.81.82)
I did a workaround just about that time to fix the DNS. Right now, I still can't get in because the DNS has changed yet where I am. Hopefully, that will change soon for everyone. .......

148: Inmate Central, Did you see the Notre Dame/Florida St game last night? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 08:12:48 (204.94.81.82)
Dang, I went to bed when Notre Dame took an 18 point lead in the 3rd quarter. Anyway, the stadium was packed and nary a mask in sight. .......

149: General Asylum, Yeah, it'll be down for a few days..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 07:03:42 (204.94.81.82)
I'm in N.Carolina this week and won't be back for a few days. I know what the problem is, but can't fix it remotely. I'd gotten it back up the other day, but the problem came back and I have to go to .......

150: General Asylum, Bad news.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-06, 07:00:17 (204.94.81.82)
One of the servers has a problem and I can't resolve it remotely. When I get back in town, I'll need to go to the colo facility to fix on Thursday. .......

151: General Asylum, Should be good now... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-05, 07:36:51 (204.94.81.82)
Sorry,I was out for a wedding last night and just looked in this morning. .......

152: Inmate Central, Perhaps they are vaccinated and trust science.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-04, 08:25:53 (204.94.81.82)
The vaccines work, don't they? .......

153: Vintage Asylum, RE: hey Rod (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-02, 10:35:03 (204.94.81.82)
The Marantz 10B CRT tubes? Yes, I still have two left and just updated it on the Trader. .......

154: Inmate Central, RE: He Rod, question about Asylum contributions (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-02, 09:33:01 (204.94.81.82)
That a good idea. Unfortunately, I have to order 500 to get a reasonable price on the hats. Right now, I still a couple hundred, so I won't need to order more real soon, but I will get white ones the .......

155: Inmate Central, RE: So you got a vacation in 'Bama? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-02, 09:29:47 (204.94.81.82)
So sorry for your son. I saw some of the pics of areas that just were flattened. Was Ida more powerful than Katrina? It seemed that Katrina was worse for flooding, but I don't recall as much raw dest .......

156: Vinyl Asylum, What a choice! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-01, 21:05:25 (204.94.81.82)
I'm so sorry. No one could replace my wife of 35 years and hope to make it 20 more and pray she outlives me. It's good to see that you're looking for a new adventure. What do you desire? Get it. ::: .......

157: Inmate Central, So you got a vacation in 'Bama? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-01, 17:38:53 (204.94.81.82)
Glad you and yours are ok and the house weathered the storm. .......

158: Inmate Central, RE: Ok post the cutest picture of your pets,for sr2000 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-09-01, 12:20:02 (174.65.32.33)
All sweetness and sugar. And a bit mischievous. .......

159: Inmate Central, Stairs and extra trips.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-30, 18:15:34 (174.65.32.33)
Our house is a flight of stairs no matter which way you go. When I had one of those pedometers, I was doing about 10,000 steps a day just doing projects and maintenance. A lot of the extra steps were .......

160: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Not showing up as a contributor on Asylum trader (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-30, 11:29:37 (204.94.81.82)
Everything seems to be ok. I don't see anything for sale by you, so I can't test it. However, my guess would be that you need to login to the Trader. It's a different domain, so your Asylum cookies do .......

161: Inmate Central, Do you believe the BBC? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-30, 10:42:46 (204.94.81.82)
Personally, I don't believe much that the new guy reads off the teleprompter. .......

162: Inmate Central, Try Google (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-29, 21:03:01 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

163: Inmate Central, Gee, it's only 13 dead troops... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-29, 19:48:50 (204.94.81.82)
Your callousness is appalling. The other guy negotiated a withdrawal based on metrics. The new guy made his own plan. He can't blame the other guy. The new guy didn't follow the old guys other plans. .......

164: Speaker Asylum, RE: CENTER CHANNEL VERSUS LEFT/RIGHT CHANNEL SPEAKERS (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-29, 19:27:29 (174.65.32.33)
I get it. The D'Appolito design, more commonly referred to as MTM configuration is used in many fine speakers, so standing up the center channels may be quite satisfying. The problem with center chann .......

165: Inmate Central, The song is good...link inside (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-29, 13:56:12 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

166: General Asylum, RE: Is it possible ... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-28, 20:45:48 (204.94.81.82)
Were you in the service? I know a lot of vets that were in artillery or manning the 50 cals. My pal and killer tech swears by equalizers. Every system should have one. He must have a half dozen or mor .......

167: Inmate Central, Some may refuse to leave unless they can take their extended family with them.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-27, 20:12:24 (204.94.81.82)
Do you believe that no American that wants to leave will get left behind? I admit that it's crazy to be there unless you're stuck. Why 24 local students and 16 of the parents in the group went there t .......

168: Inmate Central, Americans who don't want to leave or can't? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-27, 17:33:22 (204.94.81.82)
Given the spin machine, how much should you believe? .......

169: Inmate Central, New phrase of the day...Conscious Uncoupling (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-27, 09:10:12 (204.94.81.82)
The new word for divorce. .......

170: Inmate Central, Tuckered out.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-26, 20:38:51 (204.94.81.82)
Sugar follows me around like a dog. Does that count? .......

171: Inmate Central, And that is the conundrum... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-25, 18:20:02 (204.94.81.82)
China could clear that all up in a heart beat. But they already have told us the truth, right? No leaks. And China has given us all the data and full access to all experiments and people working in th .......

172: Inmate Central, RE: Why is that a "meaningless" conclusion? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-25, 17:55:21 (204.94.81.82)
Perhaps a poor choice of words. My thought is that the author mentioned conspiracies and knocked the idea of a lab leak in most of the article. So, in conclusion, he admits that either theory, natural .......

173: Inmate Central, RE: Lab-Concocted or Zoonotic Origin of COVID? Which is more probable? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-25, 17:23:25 (204.94.81.82)
Those articles are interesting and while I read them quickly, there appeared to be little 'proof' and a lot of using the 'authority' as the proof. The first one is not a scientific paper unless foreig .......

174: Inmate Central, Origin of COVID (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-25, 13:52:26 (204.94.81.82)
The article is long and may be daunting for some not versed in microbiology or virology. However, it's an excellent paper that considers all the possible origins in easily understandable terms along w .......

175: Inmate Central, RE: What are the rules for getting a post deleted, because its not followed when the political leaning is toward the Rig (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-22, 09:49:35 (204.94.81.82)
The lines tend to be blurred. We're trying to keep politics out of the forum while numerous inmates push the boundaries into political trolling. Typical 'orange man bad' and 'f#$@ Biden' posts get del .......

176: Inmate Central, RE: Left to its own devices... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-21, 20:43:27 (174.65.32.33)
I'm not surprised. Who travel into or out of NK? Likewise for Afghanistan, is anyone coming and going after folks that can get out do? Far more will get executed than die of COVID. .......

177: Inmate Central, The Pfizer vaccine doesn't work that well.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-21, 19:46:16 (204.94.81.82)
I've seen numbers for Delta to have an efficacy of under 50% for Pfizer. Moderna is better, in the 70s maybe. Delta is claimed to produce a 1,000 times more virus and is 3X or more contagious as well. .......

178: Inmate Central, Here's to better luck today.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-21, 11:05:47 (204.94.81.82)
Your team got a bad break on the draw. The kid from N. Dakota threw a no hitter with 15Ks in 5.2 innings. If not for 2 walks, he'd have finished the game, but he ran out of pitches. It was a real pitc .......

179: Inmate Central, I read it. Did you? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-20, 17:34:36 (204.94.81.82)
to quote your article: "According to Holbrooke's diary, when he asked about American obligations to Afghans like the girl in the Kabul school, Biden replied with a history lesson from the final U.S. w .......

180: Inmate Central, Your team is down 1-0 in the 5th... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-20, 15:07:38 (204.94.81.82)
Both pitchers are on fire. The S. Dakota kid has struck out 9 in a row the last 3 innings. .......

181: Inmate Central, The buck stops here! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-20, 14:14:21 (204.94.81.82)
Or at least Biden claims it does. According to Holbrooke's diary, when he asked about American obligations to Afghans like the girl in the Kabul school, Biden replied with a history lesson from the f .......

182: Inmate Central, RE: Walmart plans months in advance for their Black Friday Sales. Has that ever mitigated the chaos, confusion (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-19, 19:49:10 (174.65.32.33)
Not really, Biden got the troops out first and left all the gear and our people without any protection. Plainly stupid, unless the military gave up trying to talk sense into him or they wanted him to .......

183: Inmate Central, RE: Last one out, remember to shut off the light (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-19, 19:42:36 (204.94.81.82)
Well, shipping out the defenders before shipping the equipment and people ensures chaos. Now, we have to send even more defenders back and the Taliban has more Black Hawk helicopters than Australia, c .......

184: Inmate Central, I'll take a shot at it... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-19, 18:13:06 (204.94.81.82)
>>>>Does a corona virus infected human emit individual virus particles or is it an aerosol cf much larger droplets containing virus particles? It depends. A sneeze would propel many different sized dr .......

185: Inmate Central, One pitcher had 30 Ks, 0 hits and 0 runs in 11 innngs... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-19, 17:55:59 (204.94.81.82)
in their regionals prior to coming to Williamsport. I just don't recall his name or team, typical. .......

186: Inmate Central, The Little League World Series begins today... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-19, 09:08:35 (204.94.81.82)
Due to COVID, there are no international teams playing. .......

187: Inmate Central, Yours as well...... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-18, 18:12:02 (204.94.81.82)
Sadly, he blew his political capital on the tax cuts and then you do recall the other side refused to allow infrastructure bill to go anywhere. It's all a game and neither side wants the other to get .......

188: Inmate Central, RE: You can find whatever news story you want. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-18, 17:17:53 (204.94.81.82)
I surely don't disagree at all. Both Iraq and Afghanistan were ill conceived wars without proper consideration of what to do afterward. It's the old adage, you break it and you own it. .......

189: Inmate Central, Not quite... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-18, 14:52:36 (204.94.81.82)
Bin Laden and al-Qaida were protected by the Taliban. When the US demanded that the Taliban turn over Bin Laden. After refusing, the US invaded Afghanistan. .......

190: Inmate Central, We're in the same boat, flying over the Labor Day weekend.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-17, 13:53:30 (204.94.81.82)
Getting out of it is near impossible as it's for our Niece's wedding. .......

191: Inmate Central, Thanks for a fine perspective... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-16, 20:28:07 (204.94.81.82)
As a military brat, I learned a lot during Vietnam. My father's typical comment was something like, "You can't fight a war up to the line. We could have won the war long ago if the politicians would l .......

192: Inmate Central, Oh no, Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-16, 14:33:33 (204.94.81.82)
in 1965! Welcome to the #MeToo payday plan 56 years after the fact, er, claim. .......

193: Inmate Central, $5K for 23 year old truck sounds fair to me.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-16, 10:26:30 (204.94.81.82)
I did take a quick look and found a 2008 with 98K on it for $8,500. Considering a dealer/reseller, you have to figure that they're in it for a profit. .......

194: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Not showing up as a contributor on Asylum trader (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-16, 07:53:03 (204.94.81.82)
Thanks for the support. Sometimes the the 'Contributor since' date does get set with the Paypal api. I updated it in the db and it seems to be correct now. See the link. .......

195: Inmate Central, Shoot the messaenger... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-14, 21:00:29 (174.65.32.33)
How many illegals have been shipped around the country since January? How many are tested or vaccinated before we send them to your city? I'm guessing that it's million or will be quite soon. Try Goog .......

196: Inmate Central, You got click baited! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-14, 11:57:03 (204.94.81.82)
While their deaths are sad, it had absolutely nothing to do with schools. All three worked at elementary schools and were unvaccinated, per the union. The two teachers were 48-years-old, while the te .......

197: Inmate Central, I'd want to knw where those 40,000 COVID positive immigrants went..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-14, 11:51:41 (204.94.81.82)
And of course, there's all those thousands of 'got aways'. .......

198: Inmate Central, RE: That's how it's being "sold" to the people (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-13, 18:02:29 (204.94.81.82)
That's really evil. So the real plan is to use socialist as the means for trickle down poverty? .......

199: Inmate Central, RE: Most folks blathering on about the "evils... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-12, 17:59:57 (204.94.81.82)
Socialism in the European context is quite different than what is currently being pushed by our elites. As you know, Medicare is not free. You pay into Medicare for many years and then, when you're el .......

200: Inmate Central, RE: I can commiserate. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-11, 18:31:52 (204.94.81.82)
>>> like who? it's a slow motion disaster! >>>> that's picking up speed Like you. Will you change your mind if the current downward trend in Florida continues downward? And cheer for them and th .......

201: Inmate Central, RE: Won't Someone think of the Children? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-11, 18:22:01 (204.94.81.82)
Getting data is awfully difficult. I read an article about hospitalizations in Florida. In Miami-Dade, there primary hospital network had something like 5 children in the ICUs. It sound terrible. But .......

202: Inmate Central, It's about the science.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-10, 20:04:25 (174.65.32.33)
Masks don't actually prevent you from getting COVID because they aren't effective unless it's an N95 or better mask. What the mask does for infectious persons is to reduce their spread by containing t .......

203: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: The 'next rate' - Ouch !! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-10, 19:56:53 (204.94.81.82)
With SDG&E's rates and our usage averaging 1,500+ kWh, our last system cost less than $3/kWp with an ROI of about 3 years. We'll likely need to invest in batteries when the end the net metering. Then .......

204: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I admit that I'm not a power pennie pincher (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-10, 07:52:03 (204.94.81.82)
The only difference with that bill is that under the tier rates, going over about 500 kWh, the next rate is about 50 cents/kWh. .......

205: Inmate Central, RE: Earth has increased by a little more than 1° Celsius (2° Fahrenheit) since 1880. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-09, 19:35:39 (204.94.81.82)
I know. Check your math: The temperature 1 degree Celsius is 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit. The conversion formula is °F = (°C * 9 / 5) + 32° Degree Intervals in Celsius compared to Fahrenheit : 1 "degree" .......

206: Computer Audio Asylum, Great, yet another power parasite..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-09, 18:32:39 (204.94.81.82)
Who cares, you're got solar, right? How much power does take over a year? It's like pennies, over tine they become dollars and eventually real money. We've replaced light to LEDs and that was a big h .......

207: Inmate Central, Earth has increased by a little more than 1° Celsius (2° Fahrenheit) since 1880. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-09, 17:20:55 (204.94.81.82)
That doesn't seem as earth shattering as some make it out to be. .......

208: Inmate Central, There's an app for that (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-08, 17:03:20 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

209: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Re-thinking the building of a 350Hz tractrix horn (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-07, 17:46:58 (174.65.32.33)
Are A7s are typically crossed over at 800hz? I have to agree that the ones that Stephen and Pete have sound like music. My EdgarHorns crossovers are 1st order at 500hz, so they're 6db down at 250hz in .......

210: Inmate Central, Have you? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-04, 19:32:38 (204.94.81.82)
Or perhaps most are young and healthy and don't go to the ER or get tested for that matter. .......

211: Inmate Central, RE: Where be the illegal immigrants in the USA? Here's a map. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-03, 18:52:57 (204.94.81.82)
I was kidding a bit, but the map isn't that far off. But your map is where they live now, not where send off for future unscheduled asylum hearings or just got away and making their way to LA, Phoenix .......

212: Inmate Central, RE: Covid trouble in southern states... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-03, 18:07:07 (204.94.81.82)
I wonder if that map shows where all the illegals flooding the southern border have immigrated with COVID. The other random spots may be where DHS is sending other immigrants with their plane tickets. .......

213: Inmate Central, And the '55s.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-02, 20:27:34 (204.94.81.82)
For wives that is. .......

214: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, EdgarHorn D130 from 16ohm to 8ohm was a bust... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-02, 18:26:26 (204.94.81.82)
John was hoping that one of my D130s was perfect. The cone is, but if you look carefully, a little ripple on the silver metal cap says that it got poked somewhere in the last 60 years or so. The good .......

215: Inmate Central, The Nomad wagon is the one.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-02, 17:43:43 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

216: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Posts not showing up ??? please help (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 18:24:40 (204.94.81.82)
you're welcome. I noticed you added the other pics with an edit or two. ;) .......

217: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Posts not showing up ??? please help (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 17:54:57 (204.94.81.82)
I noticed that you posted a number of posts with images that weren't there. Other images were fine. You can upload one image at a time. On Preview, you can cut and paste the image link to put it where .......

218: Asylum Feedback/Support, One last guess... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 13:42:12 (204.94.81.82)
It's a long shot, but you might try deleting all audioasylum cookies from your browser. .......

219: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Posts not showing up ??? please help (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 13:38:55 (204.94.81.82)
I can't find anything in the logs or the database that can explain the problem. Is your problem only with the reply in Tweakers? I ask because you're posting elsewhere. If it is an issue with Tweakers .......

220: Inmate Central, RE: That was in our paper this morning. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 12:30:20 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, I figured I'd pack the freezer with at least 10 pounds of bacon on my next trip to Costco. It's not like we use bacon often, but then, you never know. .......

221: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Modirator (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 10:59:26 (204.94.81.82)
Sorry about that. I'd seen the post and didn't do anything. Another mod must have deleted it due to possible copyright issues. .......

222: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Posts not showing up ??? please help (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 10:47:10 (204.94.81.82)
You may need to refresh your browser. Also, there is usually a setting to check for new content every time you visit a page. Normally, many browsers only check for changes after some period of time. I .......

223: Inmate Central, California bacon lovers, beware.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 10:43:12 (204.94.81.82)
It may become impossible to buy bacon or available only at a very high price! At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by v .......

224: Inmate Central, Lollapalooza 2021 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 10:02:03 (204.94.81.82)
It's happening, now! .......

225: Inmate Central, Last night in Prime time, team fencing on USA and Canada/Spain basketball on NBC.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-08-01, 08:04:40 (204.94.81.82)
Neither one had any interest for me. .......

226: Inmate Central, Califoria rules cost us a fortune.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-30, 19:54:46 (204.94.81.82)
I'd have to find a decent cat in the junk yard because the Maniflow that is perfectly fine may not have a CA sticker on it. Thank God, I don't have a car that cat thieves like. Honda Civics were big c .......

227: Inmate Central, RE: WSJ op-ed for WSJ subscribers (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-30, 19:46:38 (204.94.81.82)
Ironically, the ER Doctor knows best. I don't know if ivermectin is good or not, but I also didn't hear from the ER Doctor as to what his treatment protocol is for COVID, other to ventilate or use ve .......

228: Inmate Central, What did you buy? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-30, 12:41:54 (204.94.81.82)
I've been tempted since California is going renewable with no backup plan except rolling black outs. After a 12 hours outrage a few years ago, I was just about ready to do it. But since then, our coup .......

229: Inmate Central, RE: SDG&E pays wholesale which is less that 10% of lowest cost... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-30, 08:35:17 (204.94.81.82)
Sure. Green Lantern is also a happy customer. James Pinon 619-895-2953 Cell 619-546-5517 Office Mission Solar Electric CA Lic. C-10 # 905059 jpinon@cox.net James is typically backed up and quite busy .......

230: Inmate Central, RE: Any Jeopardy fans? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-29, 20:10:32 (204.94.81.82)
I've always liked LeVar Burton and it's also nice to see folks from my Alma mater's Film School do well. I guess I need to find out when Jeopardy come on and check it out. .......

231: Inmate Central, RE: SDG&E pays wholesale which is less that 10% of lowest cost... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-29, 19:51:52 (174.65.32.33)
>>>Did you EVER hear or was it in the paper or whatever.....just HOW the contract with SDGE was decided on? SDG&E and lobbyists decided on the contract. I'd have to look at some of the old stuff, but .......

232: Inmate Central, SDG&E pays wholesale which is less that 10% of lowest cost... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-29, 18:36:42 (204.94.81.82)
Our cottage had 3,371kWh in excess of usage. Our renter travels a lot and stays at his girlfriend's place a few days a week, so he only uses about half of what's produced. On Annual TrueUp, he got a .......

233: General Asylum, Yup, RCA Living Stereo and Blue Note LPs are fantastic.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 12:49:33 (204.94.81.82)
How did the engineers get so stupid after the late 50s and 60s? .......

234: Inmate Central, RE: There IS one thing that is predictable. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 12:42:47 (204.94.81.82)
Well, I'm sure we will just disagree on policies and motives. Surely, there are some folks that stoke fears of the vaccines and promote conspiracy theories. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the Dozen o .......

235: General Asylum, Nice article, thanks! (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 12:13:05 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

236: Inmate Central, RE: Just wondering... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 11:41:45 (174.65.32.33)
It seems more reasonable to call it the Indian flu. But that's confusing between those from India and indigenous people. I just learned the new slang to solve that problem. We were having a family reu .......

237: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Changing EdgarHorn D130 from 16ohm to 8ohm? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 10:00:21 (204.94.81.82)
One of my D130s has a hole in the cone. Bruce had done a repair on it and it sounds perfect, but over the last 20 years, the patch has come off leaving about a 1/2" hole. I now have opportunity to tra .......

238: Inmate Central, RE: When 'a lot' is not quite enough... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 09:09:53 (204.94.81.82)
Hmmm, when will Pfizer release its Delta variant booster to keep the money flowing? .......

239: Inmate Central, RE: Also, we're probably going backwards on immunity, not forwards (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 08:43:58 (204.94.81.82)
There are issues with natural immunity largely because we don't know how long it will last or exactly how it well it may work in the long term. Antibodies are known to stay for at least 6-8 months for .......

240: Inmate Central, RE: Your link is from April and uses Israel as an example of herd immunity. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-28, 08:29:39 (204.94.81.82)
The problem with the CDC is that they are not tracking nor do they appear to believe that natural immunity exists. Read any of the links about herd immunity and you'll only find that we need 75-85% of .......

241: Inmate Central, RE: Rod, it amazes me that you are still rapping that herd immunity nonsense (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-27, 19:27:26 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not a denier at all. I'm all for the science and the data shows that 95% of deaths were people over 65, the median age is about 78. AFAIK, over 80% of those over 65 are vaccinated. I am. ::: TOPI .......

242: General Asylum, Reviewing audio gear must pay a fortune.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-27, 17:55:07 (204.94.81.82)
Just the first components on this reference system lists for over a half million dollars. Loudspeakers MBL 101 X-treme - $263K Linestage preamps Soulution 725 - $50K Phonostage preamps Soulution 755 - .......

243: Inmate Central, The AAMC (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-27, 17:04:18 (204.94.81.82)
This data is almost 3 months old, so we're even closer. .......

244: Inmate Central, Just one question... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-27, 13:42:31 (204.94.81.82)
How many people have natural immunity? .......

245: Inmate Central, The G.O.A.T. turns out to be just a goat... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-27, 10:52:52 (204.94.81.82)
When Simone Biles was given the GOAT moniker prior to the Olympics, I was hoping she would succeed and not fall like many in Football to the Heisman curse. Sadly, the pressure was just a little too mu .......

246: Inmate Central, But you'll make fun of them... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-26, 19:38:34 (204.94.81.82)
So far, we're not seeing deaths due to vaccinated old folks. Most of the unvaccinated victims are young and building herd immunity. Surely, it's better for them to take the shot, but their consequence .......

247: General Asylum, Art Tatum is awesome.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-26, 18:37:34 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not expert, but I bought a lot of Tatum's records on eBay and was stunned. What a player! One day I'll dig into all the boxes of LPs and record them. Most of the jazz records are near mint. ::: T .......

248: Inmate Central, RE: Copyright (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-26, 08:36:14 (204.94.81.82)
My wife has a lot of Youtube videos and also does Yoga Dances with music, so she's got plenty of experience with the copyright issues. For the most part, everything is copyrighted. When Youtube flags .......

249: Inmate Central, It's like the Hunger Games: Swab Edition.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 18:06:42 (204.94.81.82)
I was just watching some of the opening ceremonies. Strange. Cross your fingers and hope that the best athletes don't all get swabbed out before they get their chance to compete. .......

250: Inmate Central, RE: 40-50K I wish! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 17:46:42 (204.94.81.82)
My old BMW 328i loved to eat the back tires. We'd try rotating and it just made both the front and back getting eaten up on the inside. Typically, we'd just not rotate and get replace them at around 3 .......

251: Inmate Central, Facts are just facts, tin (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 13:44:37 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

252: Inmate Central, They're coming to take you away..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 12:25:37 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

253: Inmate Central, RE: Huh? In the beginning, NO one knew what Covid was and all supplies, (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 12:21:15 (204.94.81.82)
Cuomo is the angel of death. With a population of nearly 4 million fewer people, Cuomo managed to kill 15,785 more people than Florida, substantially more, 41% more. In terms of the economy, Florida h .......

254: Inmate Central, Marvel is suing Cleveland for trademark infringement... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-23, 09:35:20 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

255: Inmate Central, The chip also works for Apple Pay! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-22, 14:09:50 (204.94.81.82)
It's fantastic. You don't need your wallet, cash or your phone, just wave your hand to check out. .......

256: Inmate Central, How many miles does it have? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-22, 14:05:47 (204.94.81.82)
If you're thinking you might need tires before long, then I'd guess it's only got 30-40K as typical new car tires will last 40-50K miles. At that rate, you shouldn't have any major problems until you .......

257: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Edgar Titan II's Woofer Upgrade (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-22, 12:54:18 (204.94.81.82)
Thanks, I hope these are correct. MODEL FS QTS QMS QES VAS EFF PE XMAX RE LE SD BI MMS FLUX D130 40 0.25 4 0.27 297.3 6.7 75 0.76 6.3 0.6 0.090 18 60 1.2 .......

258: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Edgar Titan II's Woofer Upgrade (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-22, 11:43:38 (204.94.81.82)
Bruce used to use the JBL D130 which is what I have. How does it compare to the 2220? .......

259: Inmate Central, The numbers aren't that great though some pockets have problems... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-20, 18:34:46 (174.65.32.33)
We saw similar increases last year around the Memorial Day and July 4th holidays. Deaths aren't rising as quickly. No, we'll never have 100% heard immunity, but it's clear that we're getting close .......

260: Inmate Central, Where is the market going? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-20, 18:17:08 (204.94.81.82)
In September of 2007, the S&P was at $1,538. By January of 2009, the S&P had fallen to $822. Seven years later, January of 2016, it was $1,930 and was back in the black. Now, it's sitting at $4,325. I .......

261: Inmate Central, RE: Got a source for that? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-20, 09:51:07 (204.94.81.82)
It seems to me that the CDC does not take herd immunity into their data and still wants those that have had COVID to take the vaccine. Here's one article from NPR. Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse .......

262: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, I'm still confused.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-19, 18:08:44 (204.94.81.82)
My 16 ohm 2441s use a 20uf oil cap. There are two resistors to match the D130s and one across the terminals. So, is that crossover with a 40uf cap for an 8 ohm driver? It's not so pretty, but it's the .......

263: Inmate Central, RE: What doesn't add up? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-19, 13:32:28 (204.94.81.82)
My issue is that the initial context of the article is that the young man is an anti-vaccer which may be true, but the vaccine wasn't available to his age group at the time he was infected and it had .......

264: Inmate Central, Sorry, the url is MSN (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-19, 13:26:28 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

265: Inmate Central, RE: It all doesn't add up... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-19, 13:25:18 (204.94.81.82)
Ok. However, you should consider the entire population versus only those that have been tested as no one really knows how many have had COVID and were never tested. The CDC claims it's about 6-7X and .......

266: Inmate Central, It all doesn't add up... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-19, 11:22:32 (174.65.32.33)
First, the man was not eligible to get the vaccine until April 5th. Florida Gov. DeSantis eliminates age restrictions for COVID-19 vaccine. 18+ eligible April 5 Second, it's a one off, sad story that .......

267: Speaker Asylum, Restoration makes one proud... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-18, 18:54:59 (204.94.81.82)
When we bought this house, we did some work on the basement door. At the time, it had a spring to automatically shut the door, but the door didn't shut fully, so we did some planning on the sides to r .......

268: Inmate Central, It's Five O' Clock Somewhere (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-18, 09:35:10 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

269: Inmate Central, RE: Central is the place for trolls with numbers in their user names to hang out. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-17, 18:47:18 (174.65.32.33)
Why don't you guys alert us? Are we tired of vitamin D yet? BTW: I've been having a life all day and just looked at email. .......

270: Inmate Central, How about Austin? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-17, 18:38:33 (204.94.81.82)
Great music scene, liberal, college town. Even real estate in Texas is getting expensive. With cash and investments, wait until that market crashes, it could take a few more years. Take the time to ex .......

271: Speaker Asylum, You've nailed it.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-16, 19:39:50 (204.94.81.82)
Just keep it to $500 of parts from wherever, and plans for the cabinet. If it's popular, a vendor can CNC cut a flat pack for the masses to finish. Most don't have the skills or equipment to build cab .......

272: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Bruce Edgar's hand drawn schematic for Edgar Salad Bowl (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-16, 17:54:12 (204.94.81.82)
If it's a 40uf cap, I'd guess that the 2441 must be an 8 ohm version. .......

273: Speaker Asylum, I'm guessing that the cost would be $500 retail... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-16, 17:39:26 (204.94.81.82)
which would means that the cost for the vendor would be in the $250-350 range. Or one could buy drivers, binding posts, crossover parts etc. for under $400 and have $100 to either build a cabinet or w .......

274: Inmate Central, RE: Some data I heard on the news this morning (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-16, 08:57:49 (204.94.81.82)
All the data points to the vaccines as being effective against the Delta variant. At least that's what the article claims. My question is what are the demographics and other possible underlying health .......

275: Inmate Central, Why worry? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 19:31:48 (174.65.32.33)
If you're vaccinated, why should you need a mask? New cases are not moving the needle on hospitalizations around here. Covid is not any worse than the flu or a cold for people under 40. EDIT: Well, we .......

276: Inmate Central, I never use salt.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 19:27:56 (204.94.81.82)
Salt and sugar are flavor enhancers along with corn syrup which adds mouth appeal. Tomatoes are more expensive. I learned all of this while working for an AMD sugar broker years ago. I still like ketc .......

277: Inmate Central, Approval numbers track with the economy.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 19:16:05 (204.94.81.82)
Clinton had the dot com explosion with low unemployment. Of course, the dot com bust and 9/11 changed all that and Bush made it worse with the wars. Gallops approval numbers for Obama are closer to 47 .......

278: Inmate Central, RE: Andria's steak sauce and Jack Daniel's steak seasoning (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 18:28:11 (204.94.81.82)
Worcestershire and fresh ground pepper is my go to recipe for steaks and lamb chops. Costco has excellent grass fed Australian lamb. .......

279: Inmate Central, Clinton would have lost if not for Perot.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 18:14:13 (174.65.32.33)
I voted for Perot as did a lot of independents and Libertarian oriented conservatives giving Perot 18.9% of the vote. Clinton only won a majority of the vote in Arkansas. Why Perot seemingly disappear .......

280: Inmate Central, K.C. Masterpiece is excellent...Why did Costco stop stocking it? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 12:26:02 (204.94.81.82)
It was replaced with an East Coast style organic BBQ sauce. .......

281: Inmate Central, Good choice... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-15, 06:59:11 (204.94.81.82)
I bought the 4 burner model and no side burner as we'd had one of those in the past and never used it. The warranty is great. A major flare up of fat and old sauces melted the wiring for the igniter a .......

282: Inmate Central, Anyone get some good pics? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-14, 18:23:02 (204.94.81.82)
Just wondering. .......

283: Inmate Central, RE: Fix Our System (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-14, 18:20:01 (174.65.32.33)
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting for what's for dinner. The founders believed that tax payers got to vote and at that time, property taxes were the tax that counted. It's surely not equality .......

284: General Asylum, Rolling Stones or Beatles? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-13, 20:42:00 (204.94.81.82)
We were more on the Beatles, Herman's Hermits, Paul Revere, Mamas and Papas, Beach Boys, etc. side. My friend in HS turned me on to the Stones, but I still couldn't believe how the Beatles matured fro .......

285: Inmate Central, $60.75...shopjimmy.com (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-13, 18:31:10 (204.94.81.82)
My TCL tv in my office died and wouldn't turn on one morning a month ago or so. I suspected the power board, but who really knows. A replacement board was about $30 or I found shopjimmy.com and they h .......

286: Inmate Central, No, but have you ever broken a law? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-12, 18:22:57 (204.94.81.82)
There are plenty of laws that you may not you've broken. .......

287: Inmate Central, RE: POTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-12, 18:12:51 (204.94.81.82)
When we lived in Dana Point, a dense residential area, we found a litter of possums in our detached garage. Mother wasn't around and the critters were up in a rafters making mischief. For days, we ch .......

288: Inmate Central, The price is right! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-12, 18:01:12 (204.94.81.82)
I just don't know what I'd do with it. Buy a home with a golf course? Now, that's an expensive EV. .......

289: Inmate Central, POTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-12, 09:03:06 (204.94.81.82)
I'm pretty sure that this is not a squirrel. .......

290: Inmate Central, Would you survive an exhaustive DOJ/FBI investigation? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 20:26:44 (204.94.81.82)
Look long enough and they'll find something. I'm all for limited government. .......

291: Inmate Central, RE: Too true.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 20:13:44 (174.65.32.33)
We have an after market alarm that we really didn't want, but we wanted a red BMW with a stick. My wife's key fob ran out of batteries at the Wild Animal Park and I had to drive over there to bring an .......

292: Inmate Central, Too true.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 17:58:53 (204.94.81.82)
I've down to the last key for my old BMW except for one that's a valet key and doesn't open the trunk or glove box. And you won't get that one made from any hardware store or locksmith. .......

293: Inmate Central, How do you balance the checkbook? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 17:54:44 (204.94.81.82)
I haven't used the paper tape for many, many years, but it's handy and I've used adding machines since I used to make the bank deposits in retail in the mid 70s. Calculators have buttons that are too .......

294: Inmate Central, RE: Seems like the only good alternative... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 12:13:12 (204.94.81.82)
Thanks for the link. The Carlsbad facility took forever and was delayed another couple years after it had been under construction due to environmental concerns that required them to totally re-enginee .......

295: Inmate Central, Desalination? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 09:48:11 (204.94.81.82)
California now has a large surplus, but rather than taking on the water problem with a sustainable plan, the money will be given to the poor including illegals. Go figure. .......

296: Inmate Central, Just don't lose the fob... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 09:43:30 (204.94.81.82)
It's not like getting a $2 spare key. .......

297: Inmate Central, Manual transmissions are safer... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 09:42:02 (204.94.81.82)
From thieves because few people under 40 know how to drive a car with a clutch! .......

298: Inmate Central, Simple pleasures.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-11, 09:14:47 (174.65.32.33)
Guess what Sugar found in the bathroom trash? The grandkids brought her over Friday. At about 12 weeks old, she is a bundle of energy with a non-stop purr motor. After a couple hours this mornin .......

299: Inmate Central, Generally, virus software just wastes CPU power... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-10, 17:50:01 (174.65.32.33)
You're doing the right thing. By far, email is the biggest risk. Clicking on attachments is the easiest way to get hosed. Next, is phishing where they fake an email from what you think is a safe sourc .......

300: Tubes Asylum, RE: Riddle me this (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-10, 11:31:42 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, it looks like not a great idea. I've got a set of Westinghouse 6L6GB and GE 6L6GCs that I using now in the Mac. Given the cost of replacing these NOS tubes, it doesn't seem worth the risk. ::: T .......

301: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Phishing (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-10, 10:47:52 (204.94.81.82)
Weird. I don't see anything in the image that looks problematic. It must be some red flag on forum.hifiguides.com in general because I don't know how a png image can do anything other than showing the .......

302: Inmate Central, RE: Not quite correct about the Glock (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 20:31:10 (204.94.81.82)
Calling a trigger guard isn't a safety. It's safe to drop it, but that's about it if it's racked, but then I'm not a fan. I much more prefer my CZ with a 1911 type system with a hammer and a flip the .......

303: Inmate Central, RE: SD Padre relief pitcher hits grand slam.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 18:23:00 (204.94.81.82)
Considering that most relief pitchers never get hits, I bet that Sherzer just threw a fat fast ball straight down the pike figuring that two more and he'd have another strike out. .......

304: Inmate Central, RE: I never understood why it was a big deal for a pitcher to hit. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 18:04:01 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, I played High School ball and the pitchers were usually the better hitters and might also play short stop or 3rd base. At the next level, it's whole different game and in the majors, pitchers do .......

305: Tubes Asylum, RE: 6L6 Outputs (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 15:55:03 (204.94.81.82)
No, I never had any clue that 6L6s would work in the Dynaco ST-70. Are the plug and pray or need a mod? .......

306: Inmate Central, SD Padre relief pitcher hits grand slam.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 15:03:39 (204.94.81.82)
Daniel Camerena hits a grand slam in the 4th on Thursday against the Nationals. Camerena is now hitting .500 with his first hit in the majors. View YouTube Video .......

307: Inmate Central, Jay Leno Goes 2,500 HP on 2 Wheels (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 08:58:21 (204.94.81.82)
Make sure you watch past the 3 minute mark. View YouTube Video .......

308: Inmate Central, RE: looks sensational, I wish I had the motivation to paint (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 07:53:20 (204.94.81.82)
I'm with you. While I'm a good painter, I hate painting too. Fortunately, I have a friend that does all the maintenance for an apartment complex that has a lot of spare time between remodeling units b .......

309: Inmate Central, RE: Make sure wife doesn't see this nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 07:47:56 (204.94.81.82)
Of course, there's a man cave which I keep in various states of chaos. She really wants me to do new flooring in the man cave. While I agree that it's needed, I haven't had the energy to .......

310: Inmate Central, RE: I don't know about "hurricanes"... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-09, 07:14:59 (204.94.81.82)
For some reason, instead of connecting to Chicago or Nashville, her flight home connected through Newark. Apparently, United had issues due to delays in Florida. It's just as well, her original flight .......

311: Inmate Central, Today is move back day and my wife claims there's a hurricane... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 20:48:33 (174.65.32.33)
She's in Cleveland for her father's 91st was supposed to here here today. While she's partying, we're been waiting 3 days for paint to dry. In the meantime, we cleaning up all the base and reinstalled .......

312: Tubes Asylum, 6L6 peaks my interest... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 19:41:02 (204.94.81.82)
After hearing McIntosh MC-30s, I had to find a pair. Maybe it's the trannies or the tube, but it's got it all with bass authority that I couldn't get with the Dynaco for my Altecs. .......

313: Inmate Central, Is that another QAnon theory? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 19:28:08 (204.94.81.82)
Got a link on that? Which company is doing it? Did you report it to the DOJ? Or are they in on it? .......

314: Inmate Central, RE: Actually, you should read THIS (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 19:25:32 (204.94.81.82)
My wife had an abnormal heart issues after having a mild case of COVID. I don't believe it was inflammation but was different like one that had a heart attack. Oh well, she'll follow up in 6 months or .......

315: Inmate Central, A different perspective.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 18:24:22 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

316: Inmate Central, RE: Whoa! What do you do with it..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-08, 06:34:54 (204.94.81.82)
Interesting. I never tried pike and we'd caught a lot of them in Canada. According to the guys there, pike were too bony, so we only kept bass. .......

317: Inmate Central, RE: And yet... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 20:47:28 (204.94.81.82)
The seem to have no problem approving an Alzheimer's medication that clearly does not work, and worse, actually DOES HAVE harmful side effects. Well, some folks seem to believe that it's helping and .......

318: Inmate Central, The only car worse is a Fiat... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 20:15:50 (204.94.81.82)
Trust me. . .......

319: Inmate Central, RE: Whoa! What do you do with it..... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 20:04:28 (204.94.81.82)
Seriously, you don't have to post something just to do it, particularly when you add nothing. While your comment about bigger and older is just obvious in general. The point here is that Tarpon are no .......

320: Inmate Central, And it cuts both ways.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 19:55:42 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not saying if we have the truth or not. What I do know is that big pharma is making a ton of money and having annual COVID shots like the flu would provide plenty of money for them for a long time .......

321: Inmate Central, Big fish aren't much fun.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 19:46:55 (204.94.81.82)
I'd rather get a 2 pound bass on light line than pull in a 200 pounder, or even 100 pounder unless it's a bluefin. We did a trip to Cabo years ago and hired a panga and guide. Within 10 minutes of get .......

322: Inmate Central, What's the real risk/reward equation? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 19:27:12 (204.94.81.82)
Look at the data. Schools are pushing all kids to get vaccinated. Only 391 kids under 18 died of COVID. At about 22% of the population, you have about 75 million kids. So, deaths in that group are 0.0 .......

323: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: ARC Sp11 2021 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-07, 17:44:34 (204.94.81.82)
You might consider the Gold Lions from Jim as well. They're a bit more money, but I had been using Bugle Boys in my BAT VK5-i for a long time until I ran out of good ones and what I had were a noisy, .......

324: General Asylum, What is an Atmos mixed album? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 21:15:56 (204.94.81.82)
How many are there for music? .......

325: Inmate Central, And then what? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 21:04:56 (204.94.81.82)
No one ever seems to ask that question. It'll be a disaster, but at least we're not paying for it. I can only hope that China takes up the gauntlet, while Putin laughs at us all. .......

326: General Asylum, Amen! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 20:57:23 (204.94.81.82)
I've got 7.2 and a 4.2 system and both are great for HT. The 4.2 is better for waking you up by rumbling me off the couch due to impressive subs. Atmos is about speakers. Maybe a TV can fake it well w .......

327: Digital Drive, This is why I hate all in ones... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 20:22:04 (204.94.81.82)
You may have just over heated it. Turn it off, have a drink and try it in the morning. If the CD ripper proves to be defective, I wonder if you can rip on your computer and just copy the files to the .......

328: Inmate Central, Sugar more addictive than heroin.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 14:28:14 (204.94.81.82)
If not, why do we have an obesity crisis in the US. .......

329: Inmate Central, 50% isn't great.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 13:04:31 (204.94.81.82)
Blacks and Latinos account for over half the population. I still would like to know the age and racial demographics. .......

330: Inmate Central, RE: States with the lowest vaccination rates? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-06, 12:42:05 (204.94.81.82)
You seem to have missed my point. I know which states have lower rates, but we don't know why. It's claimed that it's because these are Red states. It could well be because many of these states have h .......

331: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 19:31:40 (204.94.81.82)
I can give you the colors. Padding is brown, black, black, red => 10ohm? The one across the +/- is red, red, gold and brown which would be 2.2 Ohm. .......

332: Speaker Asylum, The Merlin TSMs are quite tube friendly too.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 19:19:14 (204.94.81.82)
I used them for years in my office and they do disappear well. .......

333: Inmate Central, Tinman, GMAB! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 19:08:15 (204.94.81.82)
I never took you for being homophobic or do you just accuse military of some of your secret desires? The vast majority of these men have wives and families and get fantastic pensions and benefits afte .......

334: Inmate Central, RE: And it is very unfortunate. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 18:46:05 (204.94.81.82)
Well, contrary to the fake news, California is having major problem getting some folks vaccinated and it's not the conservatives. Spanish language channels have cautioned their audience against the va .......

335: Inmate Central, Permits didn't exist back then, did they? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 18:26:26 (204.94.81.82)
Jeez, why didn't they just cut off the stake on the bottom? Probably because they didn't have electric plunge cutter tools. Old houses are fun. Luckily, this one has been fairly well maintained, but s .......

336: Inmate Central, Where do they get those rockets? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 13:56:58 (204.94.81.82)
We can see the local fireworks from our house, but the show around these parts started earlier and didn't end until about 11PM. Since we're up on a hill, we can see fireworks shows from Oceanside down .......

337: Inmate Central, RE: Refinishing 84 year old oak floors.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 12:42:41 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, these boards are 1 1/2" wide. From what I understand, it was a common size up into the 20s or 30s when 2" boards became more common. What's a mystery is that the master closet and the hall clos .......

338: Inmate Central, RE: looks great! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-05, 12:31:09 (204.94.81.82)
As Dave mentioned, 'Don't even think about it!' It's also a lot of hard work along with 25 years of experience which you don't have. This job was about 550 sq ft and took two long days of sanding befo .......

339: Speaker Asylum, RE: In my various auditions through the years, I have found that... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-04, 20:42:16 (204.94.81.82)
Joseph's stand mounted speakers are fantastic, the best I'd ever heard. We were at CES year ago and thought the towers were playing. It was the little ones, the bass was great. Ask Ivan. .......

340: Inmate Central, Refinishing 84 year old oak floors.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-04, 19:43:26 (174.65.32.33)
The floors had been redone somewhere between 20 or 30 years ago, but the master had been carpeted and not done at all. In addition, the bedroom at the end of the hall had been sanded and never finishe .......

341: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-04, 18:09:07 (204.94.81.82)
We added a skirt on the bass bin along with casters to roll them. You don't see the wheels as they're hidden and are mounted underneath extending about 3/8" of inch below the skirt. I like your higher .......

342: Inmate Central, Thank you.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-04, 11:17:43 (204.94.81.82)
It's sad that all the founders of our country are now being demonized by some. .......

343: Inmate Central, Happy Birthday, America (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-04, 07:16:58 (174.65.32.33)
Listen to the whole song. It's more insightful than you might guess. View YouTube Video .......

344: Inmate Central, And she was the best part... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-03, 20:47:00 (204.94.81.82)
Who won? .......

345: Inmate Central, Electric mowers? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-03, 20:45:52 (204.94.81.82)
My Honda mower ran forever and always started on the first pull. I sold it for top dollar. The Toro was just as good and I sold it after we moved here. The Honda pressure washer is at least 30 years o .......

346: Inmate Central, Cordless is king... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-03, 19:12:32 (204.94.81.82)
I have three gas blowers and a chainsaw and none will start. The carbs are junk and the ethanol eats them up. I haven't tried the string trimmer in years since we got rid of all the grass and hired a .......

347: Inmate Central, The elitist snob! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-03, 18:52:27 (204.94.81.82)
he portrayed audiophiles in a rather unfavorable light. Saw audio gear as a singularly male obsession, an ego boosting hobby for men, who with each knob on their gear love to control and over-control .......

348: Inmate Central, Yeah, Da Bull has left the beach.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-02, 20:05:58 (204.94.81.82)
Greg Noll is now searching for the perfect celestial wave. I wonder if he made that drop. .......

349: Inmate Central, I heard that on the radio.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-02, 14:44:20 (204.94.81.82)
It's too bad and also, stupid. .......

350: Inmate Central, I've read several recently.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-02, 12:37:08 (204.94.81.82)
Mostly fiction. The latest are David Baldacci, Redemption , a cop mystery and another of his, Simple Genius , another page turner CIA/Secret Service mystery. I usually read a lot on trips and airplane .......

351: Inmate Central, RE: Lies, damn lies and statistics (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 21:06:17 (204.94.81.82)
See my post below. I agree, the original graphic is worthless statistically. But, it does seem that we shouldn't discount the risk and it seems to me that the CDC isn't wanting to talk about it. I jus .......

352: Inmate Central, I may have to back out on our pending adoption... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 21:02:39 (204.94.81.82)
I think it's funny, my wife, not so enthused with shredded curtains. Sugar is due on the 9th for a pool party with the grandkids. I hope she can swim. .......

353: Inmate Central, RE: Sen. Ron Johnson holds news conference with families regarding adverse side effects from covid vaccine (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 20:38:08 (204.94.81.82)
This graphic is more representative of the possible risk. This is a graphic from the video. It shows the Covid-19 vaccines versus all vaccines from 1990, over 30 years. The raw numbers are huge. H .......

354: Inmate Central, Yeah, liability insurance makes no sense... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 09:54:26 (204.94.81.82)
To penalize gun owners with liability insurance does nothing to compensate the city or police for enforcement. It only enriches the insurance companies. The chances of people that may engage in gun v .......

355: Inmate Central, I care little about Gate's sexual proclivities, but why is he buying up farm land? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 09:47:16 (204.94.81.82)
Is Bill taking advantage of poor share croppers? One Georgia farmer and environmental advocate, John Quarterman, told NBC that while he expected that Gates would encourage more sustainable practices .......

356: Inmate Central, RE: how are you preparing them? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-07-01, 09:40:12 (204.94.81.82)
I asked folks if they wanted one, but didn't get any takers. This one was relocated, so his fate will be up to the coyotes and raptors. .......

357: Inmate Central, Seriously, that's crazy.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 20:03:18 (204.94.81.82)
So we should require insurance for buying a hunting knife. Or any knife over 6 inches? Chainsaws are dangerous. How about an insurance tax and government tax forever and all time until it's turned int .......

358: Inmate Central, SOTD #14 (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 19:56:25 (204.94.81.82)
I really thought I was done a few days ago. Then I saw another one and got #13 the next day. This morning, Simba was jumped up to the dresser, prancing around like he was watching something outsid .......

359: Inmate Central, RE: Tobacco companies are a better analogy. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 18:28:06 (204.94.81.82)
The difference is that the tobacco companies claimed that the product is safe. Gun companies claim that their product can kill you. People are being charged if they allow their guns to be accessed to .......

360: Inmate Central, RE: Is this legal? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 18:20:53 (204.94.81.82)
Home insurance isn't required by law. It's required to get a loan on a home. If it's paid off, you can cancel it, not that it would be a smart idea. .......

361: Inmate Central, Apples and oranges.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 17:13:59 (204.94.81.82)
You have no inherent right to a car. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Placing a tax or forced insurance payments to own a gun is an infringement of a Constitutio .......

362: Inmate Central, Is this legal? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-30, 14:16:31 (204.94.81.82)
It seems to me that a tax on all gun owners and requiring liability insurance is somewhat the same as taxing all cars to cover costs drunk driver accidents. Or taxing all banks for the cost of investi .......

363: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Ah, but those A7-500s.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 20:39:54 (204.94.81.82)
I hear you. They are beasts and need room to breathe. I had some Merlin TSMs for a long time in my office. 300B amps were splendid and later were excellent for HT or music without the need for a cente .......

364: Inmate Central, RE: Taxes are used to fund programs. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 18:29:35 (174.65.32.33)
That's so logical. Say we wanted to have universal health care. We could raise the Medicare payroll tax to 10 or 12% and pay for it. Yet, no one wants to pay that, so we pretend that the government ca .......

365: Inmate Central, Holy sh*** (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 18:06:44 (204.94.81.82)
Goodwill usually knows what they've got, so unless they've got blown drivers, wow! What a deal. If the are working and the kid puts in a little elbow grease to clean up the cabinets, he could sell the .......

366: Inmate Central, Just wait until the Boomers panic.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 17:54:10 (204.94.81.82)
What goes up always goes down eventually. Right now, everyone is poring their money into the market because there's nowhere else to put it with next to zero interest rates. Mortgages at under 3%, are .......

367: Inmate Central, It's apples and oranges, Tin. Did you read the next few paragraphs? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 17:19:35 (204.94.81.82)
Sociologists say that the rising rate of unwed mothers reflects a lackadaisical attitude toward the tradition of marriage in Europe and in the U.S. The report didn't look at cohabitation rates, so it .......

368: Inmate Central, Finally, a cure for obesity (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 14:50:29 (204.94.81.82)
Magnetic jaw locks! .......

369: Inmate Central, Look at the data...it's not racial or just urban at all (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 14:47:06 (204.94.81.82)
It's an equal opportunity decision to be single and a mother. I feel sorry for the millions of grandmothers that get stuck with kids that their daughters can't or won't support and nurture properly. : .......

370: Inmate Central, Blame feminism... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-29, 11:30:11 (204.94.81.82)
There's been a movement to celebrate single motherhood for some time. The problem is that when you combine teen mothers with a lack of education and without a partner, you get poverty causing more gen .......

371: Inmate Central, You're wrong Casper.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-28, 17:07:10 (204.94.81.82)
We Californians need these Weathertech mats so we can pull them out and spray off the beach sand from our toes off the mats. .......

372: General Asylum, RE: Setting LFE crossover (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 20:25:11 (204.94.81.82)
Well, you can't have enough bass. ;) I'd imagine that it'd add to some effects like earthquakes, dinosaur footsteps and the like. It'ld be interesting to see how it worked. My subs are just inside .......

373: Inmate Central, There are no ETs out there! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 19:13:21 (204.94.81.82)
And everyone knows that the USOs are Atlantian vessels. .......

374: General Asylum, It could be a lie.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 18:11:06 (204.94.81.82)
My Amiga is long gone, so I can't guarantee that the Asylum is still fully compatible with ALynx. .......

375: General Asylum, RE: Setting LFE crossover (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 18:08:38 (204.94.81.82)
My family room is set up the same way. The LR mains run off the preamp to the amp with the second preamp outputs to two Velodyne 15" subs set at 80 hz. For the surrounds, I run the preamp outs from th .......

376: Inmate Central, Cool ocean breeze and 76 degrees (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 17:26:08 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

377: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Racist and anti-Asian...I'm so ashamed (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-27, 12:11:34 (204.94.81.82)
Yup, those are the ones. I was tempted with that pair on ePay as I could drive to the seller's place to pick them up. But, I found another pair that was not quite as clean as those for much less a lit .......

378: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I no longer own the Pass or Cary gear.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-26, 20:05:38 (174.65.32.33)
What have you owned forever? I seem to keep my old loves and still use them. My quest for an amp for my Altecs took a while. I tried all of them on hand. Now, it's done with some new, old McIntosh MC- .......

379: Inmate Central, Massive crash on the race track... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-26, 13:34:06 (174.65.32.33)
The Tour de France descended into chaos Saturday after a careless fan caused a massive crash at the event when their sign hit one of the riders. Take a look at the videos, there must be 20 riders tha .......

380: Inmate Central, It's fear and not logical (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-26, 10:28:48 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

381: Inmate Central, there are 443 nuclear reactors in operation in some 30 countries around the world... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-26, 08:22:40 (204.94.81.82)
And three accidents in over 40 years. With the exception of Fukushima, there hasn't been an accident in 40 years. .......

382: Inmate Central, RE: Check out this one... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-26, 08:16:49 (204.94.81.82)
My issue with these articles is that they point to the science here and forget about it over there. Natural immunity is a key example. Sure, there are knows, unknowns and speculation or 'best practice .......

383: Inmate Central, RE: You CAN get covid even though vaccinated... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-25, 20:01:12 (204.94.81.82)
How many vaccinated died of getting COVID or a variant? I'm told it's zero. Yes, it's possible. No one knows because the data isn't in. .......

384: Inmate Central, Rick, stick with the topic, not political opinions... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-25, 19:04:09 (204.94.81.82)
The stats show that the % of people with serious adverse reactions to the vaccines we have in the U.S. is beneath tiny. I doubt that you or I know. What's your number? Is it wrong to ask the questio .......

385: Inmate Central, RE: What a jackass... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-25, 18:54:43 (204.94.81.82)
My first inclination is just to delete this thread. It's obviously political and spun toward 'the science', Facci faithful. Johnson, who has also advocated for alternative and unproven treatments for .......

386: Inmate Central, Cost of Electricity in SoCal ? Extremely high ? YES!! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-25, 11:20:07 (204.94.81.82)
At 912 kWh, your bill in San Diego County would be about $350. We have 75 solar panels, a 4.2 kW system for our cottage and 12.9 kW for the main house. Unfortunately, pool pumps, computers, network s .......

387: Inmate Central, Snuffy the Seal (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-24, 19:23:13 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

388: Planar Speaker Asylum, If only you had no doors... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 19:41:12 (204.94.81.82)
It's too bad that you couldn't flip those speakers down to where the desk is and the desk next to the double doors. Then, the couch flips over. Otherwise, it's a good plan. The shelving will act to ab .......

389: Inmate Central, RE: Tax logic: if we tax corporations, they'll pass the cost down to the consumer. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 19:05:17 (204.94.81.82)
I don't know about E-Stat, but I'm more socially liberal and fiscally conservative, Libertarian would be a better label. Your idea of selecting taxes is interesting. My problem is people are selfish a .......

390: Inmate Central, RE: Alternatively, (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 18:47:20 (204.94.81.82)
Thank you, it's quite interesting. The US tax laws are full of special deductions and loopholes. While the politicians blame the lobbyists, it's all a smoke screen because the 'elites' believe that th .......

391: Inmate Central, My wife is still waiting.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 11:20:02 (204.94.81.82)
She had all the documentation, passport and everything. The Real ID never came. A followup with the DMV claims that there some problem and it would happen...thus far, it's been over six months and she .......

392: Inmate Central, RE: Alternatively, (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 09:35:43 (204.94.81.82)
The rates seem quite reasonable. Our tax system has too many deductions and credits. The rate is 22% at $53,701 to $85,500 in income; however, for a family of four, between deductions and credits, the .......

393: Inmate Central, RE: Tax logic: if we tax corporations, they'll pass the cost down to the consumer. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-23, 09:19:13 (204.94.81.82)
I respectfully disagree. Last week, I spent my time visiting friends that are polar opposite in political thought. We had a great time and get along great because most people have far more in common t .......

394: Inmate Central, RE: Gov. Greaseball's 2035 EV mandate is losing steam.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-22, 20:01:43 (204.94.81.82)
You got it right. If there is 240V in the garage, it's for a dryer. You'd still have to pull another breaker if you used an electric dryer. At best, you have to move the location. .......

395: Inmate Central, Meanwhile, Elon Musk is planning to plant the SpaceX flag on Mars (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-22, 13:57:23 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

396: Inmate Central, RE: Rod - the date on the article in your link is from seven years ago - just sayin' [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-22, 13:55:16 (204.94.81.82)
Thankfully, the morons in Sacramento haven't done anything yet, but they're still trying albeit at a lower rate of 2 cents per mile. .......

397: Inmate Central, RE: If $ were available today... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 20:05:34 (204.94.81.82)
Too true. At the same time, it would take a generation to transition away from the personal freedom of a car and would never totally replace that need. .......

398: Inmate Central, RE: See my post below... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 19:55:45 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, tell me about it. Contractors are getting killed already on the gas tax. It's typical for them to drive 30-50 miles to the jobs and may need to run errands in between for materials and then driv .......

399: Inmate Central, Been there, done that.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 19:47:24 (174.65.32.33)
We traveled Europe on ferries and trains. Get a berth on either and wake up in the morning where you want to go and save a hotel stay. The funnist time was crossing from Italy at Trieste to Croatia. W .......

400: Inmate Central, You're correct on all counts.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 18:17:41 (204.94.81.82)
Considering that 98% of the cars in CA use gas, the real problem is the plug in hybrids. CA also has the highest gas tax at 52 cents per gallon. IMO, we're paying enough, so where is the money going? .......

401: Inmate Central, RE: How will they keep track of miles driven? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 14:21:34 (204.94.81.82)
From what I've read, they don't have a clue. The talk is that the GPS would be a problem with privacy. Some sort of add-on device is considered that tracks mileage but not GPS. There is also a problem .......

402: General Asylum, RE: Matching sub cable lengths? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 13:15:27 (204.94.81.82)
Considering the fact electricity is traveling about the speed of light, I'd guess that an extra 12 feet would have no perceptible effect since the signal is traveling at 982,080 feet per millisecond. .......

403: Inmate Central, Back to the future hover craft from VW (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 12:47:29 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

404: Inmate Central, California looking to charge cars by miles driven.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-21, 12:45:17 (204.94.81.82)
Hybrids get too much mileage per gallon and EVs aren't paying a dime for road maintenance. My truck gets on average 15mpg which equates to $10.50 of gas tax for 300 miles. My wife's Prius gets 50mpg o .......

405: Inmate Central, I'm getting a blow job for Father's Day! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-20, 17:37:01 (204.94.81.82)
She started doing it yesterday, but the battery died in the middle. Remind me how much I love Jacaranda trees. This was just a few days of purple rain. .......

406: Inmate Central, Nice deck! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-17, 11:50:58 (204.94.81.82)
We just did some major repairs on our trellis that we build in 2010. The wood was mostly good, but needed painting badly. Our problem was that some sort of fungus got into a bunch of the 2x3s on the t .......

407: Inmate Central, It seems mixed around us... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-17, 11:28:29 (204.94.81.82)
Prices are insane. Typical track houses that are 40-60 years old have been getting remodeled and spiffed up all around our neighborhood mostly with young families moving in. These houses could be boug .......

408: Inmate Central, It can't last forever! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-17, 11:12:56 (68.116.10.194)
With all the Yankees moving to the South, you'll fit right in. It reminds me of my SIL. They had moved from Pittsburgh to North Carolina 25 years ago and were deathly afraid that they kids would talk .......

409: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Dreaded Ground Loop question (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-16, 12:42:51 (204.94.81.82)
Are the amps and the preamp both on the same electrical run? I ran dedicated circuits for my systems and install quad plugs, so that the primary component have the exact same ground potential. Another .......

410: Inmate Central, What's your point? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-15, 20:35:12 (204.94.81.82)
Your table is cryptic and largely meaningless. What do we know? Rich people have more stuff than poor people. Who knew. More on. .......

411: Inmate Central, RE: Have you considered mini-splits? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 20:45:08 (204.94.81.82)
Depending on your layout, you could likely do one wall unit and if it's a multi-zone system, they others would have to be either ceiling of attic/vented units. Putting multiple wall units don't work w .......

412: Inmate Central, RE: We generate about 60kwh per day max... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 20:03:25 (204.94.81.82)
We have net metering, so we run backward or forward and buy the old rates. Soon, we'll lose our grandfathered deal and batteries might be an advantage. Our cottage has a separate system that breaks ev .......

413: Inmate Central, RE: But solar panels do... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 19:37:12 (204.94.81.82)
A lot depends on the cost of electricity. Our ROI was under 3 years at about $3/watt. But then, average CA rates are 22 cents but quickly go up to nearly 50 cents. With the new Time Of Use rates, you .......

414: Inmate Central, RE: Have you considered mini-splits? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 19:25:55 (204.94.81.82)
Our first one is a Fujitsu 12K BTU with a wall mount, works well for a 500 sq ft room and is barely audible unless the fan is on full blast. For the main house, we went with Mitsubishi for a 4 zone sy .......

415: Inmate Central, You might make enough to charge that EV ;) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 18:37:38 (204.94.81.82)
28 kWh and nearly 17 hours for a 60% charge for $11.20. At CA electric rates, solar is a no brainer. We got 81.7 kWh yesterday, wahoo! OTOH, my wife's Prius at 50mpg would cost about the same amount .......

416: Inmate Central, That's why I hate Florida... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 18:20:31 (204.94.81.82)
As early as April, it's too hot and muggy for me. What worse is that it's shorts and tshirt weather and you walk into a restaurant and freeze your ass off because the AC is blasting so high! ::: TOPIC .......

417: Inmate Central, Have you considered mini-splits? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 18:12:36 (204.94.81.82)
We have a lot of solar panels. Generation this week has been 78-83 kWh per day, so we'll bank power this month and get creamed in December, giving it all back. My office had no heat when we bought th .......

418: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Cox is our only option and it totally sucks.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 17:51:11 (204.94.81.82)
I understand. We write off internet for the business, too. My problem is on principle and the cost/benefit. OTOH, my wife does a lot of uploading video files and that's a bitch, a one hour HD mp4 gets .......

419: Computer Audio Asylum, Do we need electromagnetic radiation bombardment... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 17:43:57 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not a big cell phone user, but I do use the speaker phone mode most often as I don't particularly like the idea of sticking it next to my head whether it may cause brain cancer or not. Fiber is fa .......

420: Inmate Central, RE: Why do you need to find it? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 13:53:34 (204.94.81.82)
My only advice is to find a hose bib or some place where you know the line is and dig down until you find out how deep and which way it goes. Then, find another known point and draw a straight line in .......

421: Inmate Central, RE: Ironically (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 12:28:50 (204.94.81.82)
I have to agree on a VAT. While I think it's a good thing as it will get tax money from the underground cash economy, it is somewhat regressive and the politicians wouldn't cut income taxes to offset .......

422: Computer Audio Asylum, Cox is our only option and it totally sucks.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-14, 10:39:49 (174.65.32.33)
We've got overhead cable and it seems like a good storm or wind will either take it down or it slows to a crawl. After complaining many times, they had someone come out and claimed it was their modem, .......

423: Inmate Central, Why do you need to find it? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-13, 20:50:08 (204.94.81.82)
Leaking or to tie it into to something? .......

424: Inmate Central, Toyota has a great metallic tangerine... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-13, 10:45:01 (174.65.32.33)
The pic doesn't give it justice. And it needs some black wheels and racing stripes. ;) .......

425: Critic's Corner, RE: parts (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-12, 20:06:37 (204.94.81.82)
It happens to me because I'll look into something on Amazon or it says, 'Add to Cart to get Price', and click a few items into the cart that I abandon. Often, I go in days later to buy something now a .......

426: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Upcoming PA system project! Help needed (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-12, 19:54:56 (204.94.81.82)
It seems to me that you want something that's like bands haul around. Do look at commercial offerings and listen to them. You might find something that fits the bill. If you build your own, make them .......

427: General Asylum, What does Dolby Atmos and dts:X do? Reengineered or synthesized? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-12, 19:39:24 (204.94.81.82)
My processor has a zillion surround modes for different halls and it's interesting, but I prefer stereo. OTOH, I was watching a movie last night and the orchestra comes in with full surround and it w .......

428: Inmate Central, Ah, I got one for you...Number 11, the big guy (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-12, 10:47:02 (204.94.81.82)
He's all fatten up with cashews and walnuts. How would you like him shipped, live or dead? .......

429: Inmate Central, RE: The other other reason why I don't mess with that stuff.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 20:48:03 (204.94.81.82)
My reason is I don't need the bloody forearms and bruises and nicked knuckles. So why I do stuff that will likely do it to me. .......

430: Inmate Central, KOTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 20:14:17 (204.94.81.82)
She's about 7 weeks now and the grandkids will bring her to us in a couple weeks. Honey...Sugar, Sugar Oh, Sugar...Ah, Honey, Honey View YouTube Video .......

431: Inmate Central, RE: I have read that they don't stray far from where they are born. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 18:49:50 (204.94.81.82)
Yeah, they call these California Grey Squirrels. From what I read, they live in a communal burrows and can have up to 15 babies, but only once a year. So far, I've gotten 4 adults and 6 teenagers. I t .......

432: Tubes Asylum, Go negative and retun them! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 14:12:24 (204.94.81.82)
What you got surely is not. 'What you see is what you get'. I see a pair of Bugle Boys, not one with a different label BTW: I tested all of mine. Two are weak, one is ok barely and four test pretty st .......

433: Tubes Asylum, RE: Long Plate Bugle Boys (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 09:17:23 (204.94.81.82)
I can't believe that the guy has 100% positive feedback. What's truly insane is what some folks are paying these days for some tubes. $1,550 for a singe 6SN7? Crazy! .......

434: Tubes Asylum, RE: Long Plate Bugle Boys (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-11, 09:01:49 (204.94.81.82)
Man, it's hard to see those codes. The two in the pic are both K64 triangle. 8F. I should get out my tester and sell off all the tubes that have any gear for any more. For tubes that I would use, ther .......

435: Inmate Central, It's more like, totally bipartisan.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 20:47:40 (204.94.81.82)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is raising some eyebrows... "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," Johnson said. Willard paused and replied, " .......

436: Tubes Asylum, RE: Long Plate Bugle Boys (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 20:23:11 (204.94.81.82)
What do they look like? I've got a bunch that I'll never need, sold that preamp. Here's a pic: .......

437: Tubes Asylum, RE: Long Plate Bugle Boys (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 19:05:53 (204.94.81.82)
I doubt they're NOS. It's possible that an Organ dealer had a few spares, but far more likely that it's a strong testing pull. My Dynaco amp came with weak 7199s and I tried the 6AU8 with a 7199 adapt .......

438: Inmate Central, See the photo come to life! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 18:36:53 (204.94.81.82)
Black and white pictures turn to color with a click on the pic. .......

439: Inmate Central, Somebody missed the sarcasism (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 18:34:43 (204.94.81.82)
Gohmert's idea was shot down by theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack. She suggested two "equally distressing possibilities" explained Gohmert's question. If the congressman believes the Forest Servi .......

440: Inmate Central, SOTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 17:51:40 (204.94.81.82)
How many squirrels can live together as one family? I figured I was done yesterday when I got another two for a total of ten. But, I thought this afternoon, let's be sure. And sure enough, I got a .......

441: General Asylum, RE: Moving Vinyl Collection (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-10, 11:13:33 (204.94.81.82)
My daughter and grandkids live in Prescott, maybe we can hook up during one of our trips out there. I stored my LPs for many years in one house in those boxes, tightly packed in the attic of a garage .......

442: Inmate Central, RE: So, if you're able to buy the business with borrowed money... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-09, 20:30:38 (204.94.81.82)
None of you guys have half a clue on business and accounting. A pizza shop that pays the owner $50K isn't worth more than 3-4X, usually less, maybe $150K. .......

443: Inmate Central, RE: Huh? Are you assuming we keep borrowing huge sums when interest rates go up? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-09, 20:26:07 (204.94.81.82)
If you want to go to Fantasy Land, go to Disney Land. Do you really think the politicians will do what they should? They haven't for last 60 or more years. How many times have they balanced a budget? .......

444: Inmate Central, RE: Huh? Are you assuming we keep borrowing huge sums when interest rates go up? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-09, 19:34:00 (204.94.81.82)
The GDP has about doubled since 2000; however, this chart show it in todays dollars, so you get 2% inflation and about 2% growth. Considering just real growth of 2%, GDP grew from $10.3T to $15.6T ove .......

445: Inmate Central, I beg to differ.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-09, 12:55:10 (204.94.81.82)
In 2000, we had $5.7 trillion in debt, at 1.6%, that's $91 billion. Now, the debt is at $28.4 trillion, at 0.5%, that's $142 billion. What's worse is that when interest rates go back to normal levels, .......

446: Inmate Central, Hey Dave, here's a car that you really need.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-09, 08:09:59 (204.94.81.82)
Don't you need a car that can do 300mph? View YouTube Video .......

447: Inmate Central, True! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-08, 11:49:40 (204.94.81.82)
Perhaps more of the soccer moms should have 4WD engaged at all times. Because we don't get much or any rain from May to October, the first big rain of the season is deadly. With plenty of oil on the .......

448: Computer Audio Asylum, Buy some spares.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-08, 11:41:42 (204.94.81.82)
I've got several Squeezebox Touches scattered around along with a spare or two. The cost had been fairly high when they stopped making them, but the last one I got on eBay was fairly cheap. Contrary t .......

449: Inmate Central, Most owners will do more miles in reverse than 4WD (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-08, 10:25:44 (204.94.81.82)
Unless you live in snow land, there's almost no use for 4WD. .......

450: Speaker Asylum, RE: I had a pair of JBL 4313's (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-08, 10:23:44 (204.94.81.82)
I actually took apart the tweeters and pushed them back into some semblance of their original shape and I bought some spares. In no time, the fixed ones looked like they do now and the replacements ar .......

451: Inmate Central, "Better never means better for everyone" (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 20:41:07 (204.94.81.82)
>>The wrong way, IMO, is to try and beg the government to fix the marketplace. Governments are sledgehammers.... Too true. College can be affordable though with Community college and State colleges. .......

452: Inmate Central, RE: Such a complicated subject area and maybe too much simplification to make any point (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 20:13:22 (204.94.81.82)
Spending is out of control. Even with the last tax cuts, revenue stayed up a bit and then has increased. The problem is that government spending increased hugely more than the increased revenue. Ever .......

453: Inmate Central, Homes have gone crazy! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 20:01:02 (204.94.81.82)
There's a nearby neighborhood built in the late 50s that sold for maybe $15,000, 1,500 sq, 3bd, 2ba. Today, they're going for $700,000 with a new kitchen and bathes. I couldn't afford to buy my house .......

454: Inmate Central, You can buy one in St. Louis... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 17:56:18 (204.94.81.82)
I guess they didn't get the memo. .......

455: Inmate Central, After changing the ice maker twice, the LG started screaming like a banshee! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 15:28:52 (204.94.81.82)
It came with the house and was about 15 years old. My guess was the bearing on the compressor. Whatever is was, I was happy to get rid of it because the plastic tubing for the water line in the back w .......

456: Inmate Central, Green? I was hoping you'd go hot rod... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 15:23:35 (204.94.81.82)
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457: Inmate Central, Cars cost twice as much these days.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-07, 15:17:39 (204.94.81.82)
A 1955 Chevy Bel Air cost between $1,500-$1,800. A new 2021 Chevy Impala is about $33,000 for the typical package. $1,800 in 1955 is worth $17,936.46 today. Your statistic is completely meaningless es .......

458: Inmate Central, Sunday Morning Disaster....Maytag dies with LF code and sheets in the washer.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-06, 17:24:55 (204.94.81.82)
Sorry, Honey, I'm don't have a magic wand. Then, I checked the 'net. LF means low flow of water. The problem can be a plugged hose or screen or the intake valve. So I looked for my channel locks to pu .......

459: Speaker Asylum, RE: How to add (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-06, 14:03:35 (204.94.81.82)
My only idea is to open up Tivoli and tag on a speaker wire to the speaker inside. Then, run the speaker wire to the speaker input on the sub, adjust the cross over and gain and there you go. ::: TOPI .......

460: Inmate Central, RE: Thanks a lot guys! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-06, 09:52:35 (204.94.81.82)
Congrats! What a great deal! Are you Scottish? .......

461: Speaker Asylum, There's no doubt that dome tweeters must have grills... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-05, 21:14:50 (204.94.81.82)
Children have to touch the tweeter, even big children can't resist along with unsupervised adults. That one also was also assaulted by a drunken woman and knocked over into a glass table. Neither the .......

462: Inmate Central, Got one more today... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-05, 16:34:35 (204.94.81.82)
A little one trapped himself in the morning and then, my son and his girlfriend were turned on the outside music and took to the pool disturbing to the squirrels. I'll set it up again tomorrow, but su .......

463: Inmate Central, Yeah... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-05, 16:26:57 (204.94.81.82)
If the government denies it, you can be fairly certain that they've done it. .......

464: Inmate Central, My old Iowaboy buddy shoots a few and hangs them on the fence... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-04, 20:12:59 (204.94.81.82)
He claims that the crows won't come back. Strangely, I found a dead crow in the yard and threw it over into the bank. Soon, crows were circling and making noise at sunset like a bird funeral that last .......

465: Inmate Central, SOTD (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-04, 17:02:27 (204.94.81.82)
Day 2 for the Squirrelinator. The trap was set about 8AM and by 10:30AM, nothing except three crows eating my trail of nuts. By 2PM, I found one squirrel in the trap and a second small one checking it .......

466: Inmate Central, RE: I thought about using my pellet rifle.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-04, 13:56:03 (204.94.81.82)
Actually, I found the trap to be far easier that sitting on the back porch for hours waiting for the squirrel to peak out. These guys are really cautious, perhaps due to the coyotes around here. typic .......

467: Inmate Central, I tried that to scare the rabbits.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-04, 13:53:36 (204.94.81.82)
We had nearly a half acre of grass that we planted in our backyard of a previous home from seed. It was going quite nicely and then, we started getting bald spot that continued to grow daily. Early on .......

468: Inmate Central, I thought about using my pellet rifle.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-04, 11:05:28 (204.94.81.82)
But in the city, it's against the law to fire any gun, even a pellet gun. The rifle has a scope and I've dialed in at about 25 yards and was initially thinking of shooting the crows. Then, I was afrai .......

469: Speaker Asylum, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-03, 19:33:08 (204.94.81.82)
I had gear in a large closet and it got awfully hot. It appears that your art work might breathe like grill cloth which is a great idea. There's only one problem. It's way too clean and neat. Within a .......

470: Inmate Central, The big one is coming.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-03, 18:41:06 (204.94.81.82)
View YouTube Video .......

471: Inmate Central, Most gun owners have gun safes.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-03, 18:38:34 (204.94.81.82)
I thought it was a law in California, but the owner will get charged for criminal storage at escalating degrees if anyone is hurt or killed. Actually, you wonder what kind of neighborhood it is if som .......

472: Inmate Central, The Squirrelinator (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-03, 18:27:02 (204.94.81.82)
Squirrels are cute, but they're also pests, eating my ground cover, pulling the flowers off the hibiscus bush and eating them and making holes everywhere. We thought we had more gophers before we real .......

473: Inmate Central, Do you want a backyard pool? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-03, 13:09:01 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

474: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Music stuttering...... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-02, 20:16:05 (204.94.81.82)
>>>A 2-ch stereo 24-bit 192-KHz stream is about 9.2 MB/sec Just a nit, a calculator gave me 1.1MB/sec. The math seems pretty close to my calculations for CD streaming. Lossless wav file from a CD, 36. .......

475: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Our 1GE networks are the bottleneck (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-02, 20:06:10 (204.94.81.82)
I've thinking the same thing. Why do you need a huge cache for streaming? While listening, I checked the current cut playing a lossless wav file from a CD, 36.8MB and 3 minutes and 38 seconds. That eq .......

476: Inmate Central, As college football recruiting reopens, high school recruits 'are getting screwed' (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-02, 18:11:58 (204.94.81.82)
I feel sorry for all those High School seniors that missed their season due to COVID and now will have less of a chance to play football in college. Quietly looming in the backdrop is a roster manage .......

477: Inmate Central, RE: I wonder... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-02, 11:27:33 (204.94.81.82)
My doc's concern with the mRNA is that these are the first ever to be approved, so it's just an abundance of caution. J&J uses a more traditional technology. .......

478: Inmate Central, Someone knows, but we'll never know (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 20:57:09 (204.94.81.82)
Nor believe it. ;) .......

479: Inmate Central, Too true... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 20:08:17 (204.94.81.82)
It's a bipartisan, green party sell out for the sake of a consumer growth GDP. .......

480: Inmate Central, RE: bluetooth (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 18:25:22 (204.94.81.82)
Ah, like Air Drop? That's handy. Would it actually work like Air Drop? Or just work on Android or something else? Or do you need a Canon phone? .......

481: Inmate Central, Are the foxes gauding the hen house? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 18:22:41 (204.94.81.82)
The science looks pretty good. Ruling out a lab accident is paramount because it's truthfully, the more likely source. Of course, China and WHO have not been too helpful in that regard. Whether articl .......

482: Inmate Central, RE: Vitamin D... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 17:56:04 (204.94.81.82)
Interesting, logically, having low vitamin D would affect the immune system at some level. The healthier you are, the better the whole system works. I'd bought a bottle of vitamin D a couple years ago .......

483: Inmate Central, Dang spell checkers! (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 16:34:53 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

484: Inmate Central, Actually, globalism is our biggest threat.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 14:59:07 (174.65.32.33)
Outsourcing our supply chains is a real problem as we saw during the pandemic. The second biggest problem is our politicians that promote divisiveness and use identity politics, group think and cancel .......

485: Speaker Asylum, I've seen that on other Model 19s and it looks terrible.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 14:29:25 (204.94.81.82)
Typically, they'll stick the velco above the horn on the wood and and on the sides and then stick the other side on the edge of the grill cover. Eventually, it'll tear the grill cloth if you remove it .......

486: Inmate Central, RE: I have one as well (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 11:59:36 (204.94.81.82)
I was thinking the same thing. The phone cameras have gotten so good that they rival $2K DSLRs. While lens aren't quite as flexible, the pictures are phenomenal on higher end smart phones. ::: TOPIC:: .......

487: Inmate Central, My mistake, thanks (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 11:21:53 (204.94.81.82)
What would you do with Bluetooth for a camera? .......

488: Inmate Central, RE: Camera advice (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 11:00:44 (204.94.81.82)
It's tough to say. We've used Panasonic Lumix cameras for a long time and have moved up to the GH4s for 4K video. Our choice over Canon was largley because Canon, Nikon and others automatically stop v .......

489: Inmate Central, RE: Too many variables... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 10:26:22 (204.94.81.82)
Well, I think a lot of the information we get is cautioned by best practices particularly when the answers are that we don't know yet. How COVID is transmitted is an example. First, it was surfaces an .......

490: Inmate Central, RE: Calling these vaccines experimental is ridiculous, and I think you know better. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 10:04:05 (204.94.81.82)
I beg to differ and don't believe that I wrote any false information. The mRNA vaccines are being used with an emergency approval and have not been around for a long time. Quite the contrary, the COVI .......

491: Inmate Central, It's more like 30% or more according to the CDC.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-06-01, 09:46:11 (204.94.81.82)
Their current estimate from February 2020 to March 2021 is 114,621,082. Of course, the number of infected by those that test positive might be anywhere between 3 and 7. The CDC is using about 3.4. ::: .......

492: General Asylum, RE: Pinging Rod...unable to access WTB page...get this error... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 20:34:53 (204.94.81.82)
It might be a redirect. I need the exact url to track it down. .......

493: Speaker Asylum, How to keep the speak grill on the speaker (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 19:06:28 (204.94.81.82)
My Altec Model 19s came with the original grills with the old plastic mounts to attach the the grills. My problem was that the parts don't fit tightly and are touchy to get in place and if anyone touc .......

494: Inmate Central, It's true, yesterday's MSOTD is now...Police say rival groups behind fatal Florida shootout (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 14:04:05 (204.94.81.82)
. .......

495: Inmate Central, Why don't they just say that they don't know? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 11:00:19 (204.94.81.82)
Yes, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19. That's because experts do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering from COVID-19. .......

496: Inmate Central, RE: Why cats not dogs (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 10:55:14 (204.94.81.82)
I don't know that it's an audiophile preference. For us, my wife and I had jobs requiring travel and if both of us are traveling, dogs just don't work because they're like children and need daily walk .......

497: Inmate Central, RE: A month ago, I went through Arizona, heading to Cal. (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 10:48:05 (204.94.81.82)
My daughter lives in Prescott and we were there a couple weeks ago. Masks were as you say, nearly none existent except for a few workers in the grocery store. Servers in restaurants weren't even weari .......

498: Inmate Central, Why do few pundits not consider natural immunity? (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-31, 10:42:05 (204.94.81.82)
This whole article does not take natural immunity into account in attaining herd immunity which is not what I'd call scientific. The country's declining covid-19 case rates present an unrealistically .......

499: Inmate Central, Sweet... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-30, 19:49:17 (204.94.81.82)
I just watched 'The 24 Hour War' on Netflix, a documentary on Le Mans. Fantastic interviews from Shelby, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, A. J. Foyt, the Fords and tons of the guys that built the cars. In .......

500: Inmate Central, Don't jump to any conclusions.... (0.00)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-05-30, 19:42:53 (174.65.32.33)
Anything is possible. But why would you automatically blame white supremacists? Drive-bys are common in the inner cities. I do suspect that if turns out to be gang violence, we won't hear much of anyt .......

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