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1: Inmate Central, What you described is human nature. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-20, 03:34:11 (100.6.143.244)
Crooks be stealin.' It's how they do. They've been using hard currency to steal, cheat, and defraud people for thousands of years. Regulated hard currency. Crypto wasn't invented to make it easier to .......
2: Vinyl Asylum, I don't go until after the store is open. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 16:37:16 (100.6.143.244)
By that time, the line is already much shorter. Usually, the records I'm after, nobody else is much interested in. A green card is worth lining up for at midnight; LPs aren't. .......
3: Vinyl Asylum, When xmas albums start showing up on the Black Friday list... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 14:51:46 (100.6.143.244)
...you know they're really reaching. Still...I really wanted a Jonathan Richman album that was released last April but apparently it was pressed off-center. So I passed on that one. Tomorrow, there's .......
4: Inmate Central, Crypto isn't the problem. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 14:22:06 (100.6.143.244)
Human nature is. Too many of us love to steal. .......
5: Vinyl Asylum, Was thinking the same thing. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 12:41:47 (100.6.143.244)
IMO, the record companies are sort of scraping the bottom of the barrel. Oh, I still pour over the list when its published but baby the thrill is gone. There's one LP on the list that, for me, is a m .......
6: Inmate Central, My wife has a Hyundai Accent. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 07:36:06 (100.6.143.244)
Bought new just about 2 years ago. We've been on a couple of longer drives with it and it's comfortable. I've read a lot of bitching online about CVTs and I don't get the complaints. The transmission .......
7: Inmate Central, My daily is also a 2006. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 06:30:25 (100.6.143.244)
124K miles. No rust. Doesn't leak or burn oil. Suspension is good, all bushings are new or recently replaced by me, etc. But...one fender bender and it's all she wrote. Guy might as well keep his peep .......
8: Inmate Central, Good car but... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 05:56:47 (100.6.143.244)
...Honda and Toyota used to do cheap and cheerful. These days neither car is cheap or cheerful. The Corolla is blah, the Civic is too big. Both are too expensive for what you get. At my age, and for t .......
9: Inmate Central, It's all hypothetical for me at this point. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-19, 03:41:17 (100.6.143.244)
The old car is old, but it's still good, reliable, rust free, drives well. I can't really see myself spending $30K on a new car, either. There's that. It would have to depend on a set of circumstances .......
10: Inmate Central, I can see making some small improvements to something like a Tri-Five Chevy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 14:38:22 (100.6.143.244)
There are a few bolt-on things that can be done with the suspension, brakes, and steering that make the car better without ruining the feel of a classic car. But changing everything under the skin, we .......
11: Inmate Central, Savagegeese on the 2025 Toyota Camry (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 14:20:04 (100.6.143.244)
I don't like the idea of hybrids, but Toyota's hybrids are reliable (you still have to keep an eye on the oil, though, and change it regularly), and I'm so old at this point that my life expectancy is .......
12: Amp/Preamp Asylum, All the best and Warm Regards (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 13:23:13 (100.6.143.244)
Ditto. .......
13: Inmate Central, I'll watch it occasionally. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 12:45:41 (100.6.143.244)
Not much for muscle cars or restomods, but I like classic-era fat fender cars, and I'm often surprised by how little they bring at auction. I miss Steve Magnante, too, BTW. Magnante had a brain infect .......
14: Inmate Central, Currently available at a special APR... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 08:00:05 (100.6.143.244)
3.141592653589793238462643%. Come on. You knew that was coming. .......
15: Inmate Central, Or the Prius Pi Edition. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 05:24:54 (100.6.143.244)
The battery has infinite life. .......
16: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Pert and well-formed? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 04:30:57 (100.6.143.244)
I applied for a job at the FBI, but bailed on the interview when I found out that "FBI" didn't stand for "Federal Breast Inspector." Myzzle get paid for something I do all the time anyway. I have one .......
17: General Asylum, I think I bought a lot of my used LPs from that guy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 04:26:47 (100.6.143.244)
Took a couple of tries, getting all the boogers out of the lead-in grooves. .......
18: Inmate Central, Toyota is also having issues... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-18, 03:33:58 (100.6.143.244)
Water intrusion into the rear door handles. Could open while the car is in motion. Prius and Prius Prime. .......
19: Inmate Central, I've never been able to grow my hair long. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 11:31:47 (100.6.143.244)
Gets too thick and wavy. Grows out rather than down. My high school graduation pic, I'm probably closest to the first guy in the upper left corner. PS--if you looked like Gowron there, second from lef .......
20: Inmate Central, Tesla isn't alone--any of y'all got one of these Hondas? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 11:27:22 (100.6.143.244)
Emergency braking issues. 2017-2022 Accords and CRVs. .......
21: Inmate Central, I watched the clip with the nanothreads slicing through the ship. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 08:38:57 (100.6.143.244)
Don't know how much the TV series delves into the schism between the Adventists and Redemptionists, but both sides display everything they don't like about humanity. Which I find ironic, and I think t .......
22: Vinyl Asylum, Used albums always get cleaned before play. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 07:22:28 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
23: Inmate Central, I'd turn those features off if my car had them. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 07:18:56 (100.6.143.244)
There are a lot of complaints about driver assist systems in the comments below the Jalopnik item. I'm a bad enough driver as it is. Don't need any damned computer making it worse. .......
24: Inmate Central, "The Three-Body Problem" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 05:18:18 (100.6.143.244)
Book, not the Netflix series. I don't subscribe to Netflix, haven't seen the TV series. But the book! Wow. I'm nearly finished with the first volume of the trilogy and can't get enough of it. ::: TOPI .......
25: Inmate Central, Here in PA... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 04:53:56 (100.6.143.244)
...if the car has been illegally modified, nothing happens until annual safety and emissions inspection. Cops used to pull people over for the kind of stuff you'll see on the typical bro-dozer but tha .......
26: Inmate Central, I don't have anything against Tesla vehicles either but... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 04:15:34 (100.6.143.244)
...the company keeps releasing these "assist" systems into the wild, and its position is that it's up the individual driver whether or not to use FSD responsibly. Which is great if you're one of those .......
27: Inmate Central, Tesla's FSD keeps driving into curbs. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-17, 03:52:49 (100.6.143.244)
We have to share the road with these vehicles. I can't understand how this is legal. .......
28: Inmate Central, Customer states "New engine I just installed keeps shutting off." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-16, 16:54:19 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
29: Inmate Central, Bad driving of the day... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-16, 03:13:49 (100.6.143.244)
Stay tuned for the end over end high speed flip at around the 4 minute, 30 second mark. View YouTube Video .......
30: Inmate Central, Yep, according to "Jalopnik" there's a stop sale on the Cybertruck. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 13:51:45 (100.6.143.244)
Which IMO is about as dumbass of a vehicle that was ever conceived of and produced. Can't imagine why anybody would sign on the line that was dotted. Also, according to Jalopnik Tesla is shitcanning 1 .......
31: Inmate Central, Had my car in the show twice. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 11:58:28 (100.6.143.244)
Might do it again this year, it's been about 7 years since I've been, and I have a boatload of new detailing products I'm itching to try. Donate to the VGP (proceeds go to autism research) and you're .......
32: Inmate Central, Contrary to conventional wisdom... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 11:15:52 (100.6.143.244)
...the nominally American made cars are pretty durable. Take care of the car, it'll last about as long as you want it to last. It'll last as long as a Toyota or Honda. .......
33: Inmate Central, Hey! Just remembered... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 11:14:17 (100.6.143.244)
...there's a rally of that type here in Pittsburgh every July. Part of the Vintage Grand Prix festivities. No restriction on how old the car is either. I could run my own car in the rally. ::: TOPIC:: .......
34: Inmate Central, Customer states they were involved in a road rage incident. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 11:04:53 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
35: General Asylum, Older than dirt. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 10:33:51 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
36: Inmate Central, That's not necessarily true. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 10:32:36 (100.6.143.244)
It depends on what kind of classic car you aspire to. Ferraris, Porsches, Lambos, American muscle cars, that's gonna run you a ton of dough. But if you're happy with an old car that looks good and run .......
37: Inmate Central, I think they still do something like that. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 10:28:33 (100.6.143.244)
I'm a big fan of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, and Derek from VGC has been on a rally-like tour of drag strips in the southern US. In order to collect points, you have to travel from one strip to anoth .......
38: Inmate Central, Stumbled across this YouTube channel last week. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 04:11:26 (100.6.143.244)
Really enjoying it, mainly because there's no commentary: View YouTube Video .......
39: Inmate Central, Only 78 HPs, but hell.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 03:37:11 (100.6.143.244)
...my '82 Civic only had 67 HPs and it was plenty. Me late mom had a 1999 Mirage, the old Mirage. Terrific car, even with automatic. It never got proper maintenance but that engine was unkillable. Rus .......
40: Inmate Central, Somebody said that once about the Subaru Justy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-15, 03:33:17 (100.6.143.244)
You could go 40 miles on a gallon of gas but would you want to? The Metro wasn't a very good car but mainly because GM decided to punish people who bought them. If I had gone over to the nearest Suzuk .......
41: Inmate Central, Well... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-14, 13:52:12 (100.6.143.244)
...you ask me, turbocharging is just something else to go wrong. Do you really need the extra power? I live in suburban Pittsburgh and driving here is just stoplight to stoplight. 500 horsepower or 50 .......
42: Inmate Central, And hayfever. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-14, 12:58:44 (100.6.143.244)
tn .......
43: Inmate Central, I'm OK with a triple. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-14, 12:58:15 (100.6.143.244)
Had a three-banger in my Geo Metro. Got between 42 and 46 mpg around town, 55 on the highway. Last week, I posted a link to a video of a teardown, the 3-cylinder engine from the Mitsubishi Mirage afte .......
44: Inmate Central, Variable compression is a great idea... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-14, 09:57:01 (100.6.143.244)
...under laboratory conditions. Out in the wild, where few car owners ever check the oil or perform any other maintenance... IIRC, the engine is standard in the Rogue and Altima, optional in the Sentr .......
45: Inmate Central, "I Do Cars" tears down the Nissan 3-cylinder.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-14, 04:12:22 (100.6.143.244)
...turbocharged, direct-injected, variable compression engine. This engine hits the trifecta of things to avoid for me--turbocharging, direct injection, and unnecessary complication (in this case var .......
46: Inmate Central, We had the wind overnight and it's still blowing pretty good. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-13, 06:04:10 (100.6.143.244)
Looks like another storm front is supposed to roll through tomorrow night. .......
47: Inmate Central, The rivers are up over the bike trail downtown again. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-12, 14:35:48 (100.6.143.244)
They were only reopened one day after cleanup from last week's flood. Few years back, might have been 2018 or 2019, we went from February (yes) through the middle of June, flash flooding rain every fo .......
48: Inmate Central, Customer states: Car she just bought has a grinding noise. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-12, 14:16:00 (100.6.143.244)
I'll bet. View YouTube Video .......
49: Inmate Central, I've heard of April showers but it's getting ridiculous. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-12, 12:42:44 (100.6.143.244)
After getting 4 and 3/4 inches of rain on the 2nd, and rain at least part of nearly every day since, we got another 4 inches last night and we're back to flooding again. Still raining today, though no .......
50: Vinyl Asylum, I use a German-made brush... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-11, 09:28:52 (100.6.143.244)
The Redeker. Wooden handle, goat hair, also from Amazon. About $25. Like you, I never had any success with the Audioquest brush. Allegedly anti-static but it seemed to generate more static when I used .......
51: Inmate Central, Too bad. I think it's a great name for a rock n roll band. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-11, 05:08:06 (100.6.143.244)
Not in the same league with JFKFC (which was an actual thing), but still. .......
52: Inmate Central, Have to admit... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-10, 08:39:18 (100.6.143.244)
...I used muffler bandage once. Had an '81 Honda Civic sedan with an exhaust leak. The inspection was due and I couldn't afford $80 for the replacement part, so I put the Band-Aid on 'er. It worked ju .......
53: Vinyl Asylum, Yes. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-10, 07:51:54 (100.6.143.244)
Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, all on six-eye. Kind of Blue, Time Out, Mingus Ah-Um , all were originally on six eye. Like you, I prefer stereo but some of .......
54: Vinyl Asylum, Dang it! Got a half dozen Straitjacket LPs... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-10, 07:43:24 (100.6.143.244)
...but not that one. .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, I've had a couple like that... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-10, 02:50:46 (100.6.143.244)
...the RSD reissue of a Johnny Thunders album had so much static charge I thought I was going to have to cut the paper inner sleeve off. But it still brushed clean. Only occasionally have I found the .......
56: Inmate Central, Like the "Edmund Fitzgerald." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-10, 02:45:56 (100.6.143.244)
Break in half, then sink. .......
57: Vinyl Asylum, Any Los Straitjacket fans? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 13:11:36 (100.6.143.244)
Currently spinning The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of Los Straitjackets. Prolly follow up with Viva Los Straitjackets which includes my favorite Straitjacket tune, "Wrong Planet." .......
58: Inmate Central, I don't have a 240 line other than for the dryer. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 13:08:28 (100.6.143.244)
Harbor Freight sells some decent tools. I got my air impact gun there, a lot of sockets, drive-on ramps with an approach angle that works with our cars... .......
59: Vinyl Asylum, Even if it weren't true... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 12:08:51 (100.6.143.244)
...it's a lot more pleasant to listen to clean records. I generally don't clean new LPs fresh out of the shrink wrap, but enough of the used records I've bought have needed a good clean, myzzle just c .......
60: Inmate Central, Thanks. I think I'm too old to learn new tricks at this point though. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 08:54:59 (100.6.143.244)
I had an old Buick back in the Eighties, thing was rusting to pieces. I lusted after an arc welder that Eastwood sold but didn't have the proverbial two nickels. My next door neighbor welds. He fixed .......
61: Inmate Central, I never learned to weld. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 07:30:59 (100.6.143.244)
The punch line for me in a lot of these videos is "customer declined repair." .......
62: General Asylum, It's been so long, I'm so used to it, barely notice it anymore. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 06:18:33 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
63: Inmate Central, Welding fails (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 03:13:40 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
64: Inmate Central, The build really delicate nests. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-09, 03:02:17 (100.6.143.244)
And they don't choose wisely either. A mated pair built a nest on a small ledge outside the window of my wife's computer room. It only lasted until the first windy day. There was already a clutch of e .......
65: Inmate Central, Yer gonna need an ocean of Calamine lotion. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 13:38:23 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
66: Inmate Central, My sister got a better shot with a different light setting. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 13:34:17 (100.6.143.244)
No idea how she did this. She'll be in town next week, I'll have to ask. .......
67: Inmate Central, Ironic. Had no idea. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 13:32:50 (100.6.143.244)
Here's a performance by one my favorites. It's from long ago, Country Music Television's 100 best country songs: View YouTube Video .......
68: Inmate Central, It cleared here, and I was able to watch. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 13:14:43 (100.6.143.244)
My ex-wife was in Holmes, Ohio and got this shot. .......
69: Inmate Central, Pittsburgh rules were broken, the clouds parted, and I got to watch the show. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 12:43:31 (100.6.143.244)
Didn't get the full corona, we only had about 95% totality but it was still pretty cool. My sister is in Erie, PA and she got this pic. Full totality in Erie. .......
70: Inmate Central, Wasn't it about hemorrhoids? nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 12:40:40 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
71: General Asylum, Clouds on and off... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 11:43:18 (100.6.143.244)
right now the cloud cover is broken. Maybe we'll get to see totality, about a half hour from now. .......
72: Inmate Central, It cleared up here after all and I can see it! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 11:06:03 (100.6.143.244)
Hopefully, it'll stay clear through totality. .......
73: General Asylum, How about Bonnie Tyler? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 10:51:11 (100.6.143.244)
"Total Eclipse of the Heart?" I'm in Pittsburgh, IIRC we're in 90% totality but as usual, there's cloud cover. .......
74: General Asylum, I've got the same problem. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 09:39:18 (100.6.143.244)
Both the ringing in my left ear and the preference for headphones. But I've found that keeping the volume down actually makes the music sound better and doesn't hurt my ears. Loud noise really bothers .......
75: Inmate Central, Every year for the Perseid meteor shower... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 09:36:36 (100.6.143.244)
...the days are clear the nights socked in with clouds. .......
76: Inmate Central, CAVU conditions in Pittsburgh. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-08, 08:26:27 (100.6.143.244)
Clear air, visibility unlimited. But that was yesterday and the eclipse is today. As usual whenever there's a celestial event, we've got our patented steel wool sky: We do get a hell of a lot of b .......
77: Inmate Central, Agreed. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 10:54:43 (100.6.143.244)
And I'm an EV agnostic. I just want a good car (emphasis on "car"), I don't care what powers it. Modern ICE engines and the control systems used by car makers are ridiculously complex. Just the fuel s .......
78: Inmate Central, Beautiful day, perfect for mowing the lawn(s)... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 10:45:52 (100.6.143.244)
Spotted this little guy. Hopefully, the crows won't get him. .......
79: Inmate Central, IIRC, Studebaker made convertibles in the 1960s. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 10:38:24 (100.6.143.244)
I'm not sure I'd want to own one, the chassis was notoriously flexible. But, I think Studebakers are cool, especially the 1960s models like the Daytona. Or this 1964 Lark two-door post: ::: TOPIC:: .......
80: Inmate Central, If what I've been reading on "Jalopnik," and "The Truth About Cars" is accurate... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 10:36:47 (100.6.143.244)
...there's already a 25.7% tariff on Chinese cars. Chinese car makers want to build factories in the maquiladoras region of Mexico in order to get around the tariff and take advantage of NAFTA. Car ma .......
81: Inmate Central, Lotta support for Studebaker. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 08:27:11 (100.6.143.244)
Great owners clubs, good parts availability. Studebakers didn't change much under the skin after 1953 either. Even the Avanti's chassis was 1953. Kingpin front end, convoluted steering linkage, leaf s .......
82: Inmate Central, It's not an EV problem, it's a car manufacturer problem. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 08:17:47 (100.6.143.244)
Car companies don't want to sell cheap EVs to Americans and they don't want Americans to have the choice. The car makers are pulling out all the stops in Washington right now doing everything they can .......
83: Inmate Central, Maybe anecdotal, but the Cybertruck is apparently pure junk. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 07:17:41 (100.6.143.244)
That can't help either. I'm not a Tesla stan, but I like Tesla cars, they're about as common a sight on local roads as Toyotas. The company must be doing something right. Elon Musk is providing a pub .......
84: Inmate Central, Alternatives to the Tri-Five Chevy? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-07, 07:07:49 (100.6.143.244)
I'm a huge Tri-Five fan, especially the '55, and I don't need alternatives. But these cars are still cool, IMO especially the Plymouth. Those old mid-50s Mopars dissolved like Alka-Seltzer anywhere in .......
85: Inmate Central, Be afraid. Be very afraid. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-06, 04:09:13 (100.6.143.244)
They're out there: View YouTube Video .......
86: Inmate Central, Customer states, "Another shop tried to fix this leak." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 14:31:59 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
87: Inmate Central, It's idiotic pandering. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 14:22:58 (100.6.143.244)
People who are too fucking stupid to understand condensation trails should be ignored, not rewarded for their ignorance. .......
88: Inmate Central, Yeah! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 12:37:17 (100.6.143.244)
I worked on a road crew couple of summers when I was in college. If it rained we got sent home. If there was no dew on the grass in the morning, it nearly always meant rain. .......
89: Inmate Central, Killing the first born of Hoboken. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 12:14:34 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
90: Inmate Central, See nilknarf's post below. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 12:13:49 (100.6.143.244)
I know they're contrails, you know they're contrails but bills banning "chemtrails" have been introduced in at least 7 states, include my home state of PA (by noted loony tune and failed gubernatorial .......
91: Inmate Central, Chemtrails. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 10:44:24 (100.6.143.244)
Gotta ban that stuff. .......
92: Inmate Central, Well...Hyundai and Kia, whatever anybody thinks about them... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 10:43:41 (100.6.143.244)
...they're designed so that routine maintenance is easy. I have another oil change coming up on my wife's Accent (every six months since she drives almost exclusively short trips in stop and go traffi .......
93: Vinyl Asylum, Where do you set VTF? Anti-skate? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 10:11:21 (100.6.143.244)
Only joking of course. Local stereo store had a string-type RCM. They let customers bring in records for cleaning and it was free as long as you didn't show up with a crate full. .......
94: Inmate Central, AFAIK, nobody was killed or injured. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 08:08:49 (100.6.143.244)
It's all property damage so far. That's a plus. .......
95: Inmate Central, I don't care for newer cars either. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 08:05:09 (100.6.143.244)
Too many control modules. The car manufacturers are trying to reinvent the wheel with stupid shit like electronic parking brakes and transmission selectors. I watched a video on the South Main Auto Re .......
96: Inmate Central, Any damage? nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 07:36:46 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
97: Inmate Central, Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 07:36:14 (100.6.143.244)
Or something like that. .......
98: Inmate Central, Pittsburgh's got one, also. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 07:10:00 (100.6.143.244)
Actually an aquifer. Feeds the fountain at Point Park. The City, County, and Commonwealth are launching another plan to stop flash flooding along Rt. 51. Every few years, they try something else but i .......
99: Inmate Central, Change the oil regularly. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 07:08:55 (100.6.143.244)
Replace filters on schedule. Keep the underside clean. My car is 18 years old, 124K. I ain't the jet set, I'm the old Chevro-let set. .......
100: Inmate Central, The worst things about car ownership. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 06:17:34 (100.6.143.244)
According to the readers of Jalopnik : .......
101: Inmate Central, The area is prone to flash flooding... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 06:08:29 (100.6.143.244)
For the same reasons as your Turkey Creek. Too much asphalt and concrete, nothing to absorb runoff. PA Rt. 51, which is within walking distance of my house, flash floods on a regular basis because the .......
102: Inmate Central, So we got massive flooding here this week. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 04:44:49 (100.6.143.244)
National Weather Service issued a Level 4 weather alert for this past Tuesday. Instead of tornados and hail, we got 3 inches of rain. View YouTube Video I'm high and dry, we live on a g .......
103: Vinyl Asylum, Something I forgot when I posted below... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-05, 04:08:24 (100.6.143.244)
When you're converting the crevice tool to a suction wand, you have to fill the end of the tool in order to have suction through the slot or drilled holes or whatever in the wand itself. Just put a sm .......
104: Inmate Central, The A's owner is a real piece of work. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 08:32:25 (100.6.143.244)
The Athletics will be playing in Sacramento but only until 2027 when the new (taxpayer funded) ballpark in Las Vegas is supposed to be ready. Because Josh Fisher not only buggered up the moved to Vega .......
105: Inmate Central, Owners and players both. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 06:17:05 (100.6.143.244)
The players won't accept a salary cap. But it's still the owners that are the main problem. Mediocrity is a lot more profitable than playing in the World Series, so that's what fans in most cities dea .......
106: Inmate Central, But the NFL model, at least in my opinion, is the best. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 06:14:18 (100.6.143.244)
Revenue sharing and the salary cap. Rozelle was gone before the cap came in, but he would have wholeheartedly supported it. Every team starts with the same advantages. You can either do a great job wi .......
107: Inmate Central, The economics of baseball have ruined baseball. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 05:49:21 (100.6.143.244)
What might shake things up is the collapse of regional sports networks. Up till now, the teams were locked into lucrative contracts with no incentive to win. It didn't matter how many fans showed up a .......
108: Inmate Central, Sammy Maudlin was my favorite Joe Flaherty character. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 04:07:56 (100.6.143.244)
My mom used to watch The Mike Douglas Show , so I had plenty to go on the first time I saw Sammy M. do his thing. Eugene Levy's Bobby Bittman always stole the show. .......
109: Inmate Central, Yer daily dose... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 04:00:02 (100.6.143.244)
...of road rage and bad driving: View YouTube Video .......
110: Inmate Central, Make it 5-1. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-04, 03:46:54 (100.6.143.244)
And I don't believe in miracles. The Pirates are the little engine the could, but won't. Ownership's goal is to maximize profit and the best way to do that is play sub-.500 baseball. Just enough to f .......
111: Inmate Central, I agree. Build it yourself or move. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 13:13:59 (100.6.143.244)
The Pirates suck and aren't worthy of the admission price. Steelers are ridiculously expensive, mere commoners need not apply for game tickets. .......
112: Inmate Central, Customer states, "What do you mean, you can't fix this!" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 09:36:55 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
113: Inmate Central, RIP Joe Flaherty. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 08:53:38 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
114: Inmate Central, Voters in Kansas City reject new stadia for the Chiefs and Royals. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 07:57:44 (100.6.143.244)
Good for them, if only votes meant something. In 1997, similar issue was put to a vote here in Pittsburgh and rejected by an even larger margin (3 to 1 against). Didn't matter, billionaire owners want .......
115: Inmate Central, I thought pop stars already were computer generated. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 07:49:52 (100.6.143.244)
Soap opera writers are worried about getting replaced by AI. But anybody who's watched a soap opera knows that AI can write a soap just as well as a human can. .......
116: Inmate Central, The JATCO CVT used in Nissans of that vintage don't have a very good service record. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 07:28:40 (100.6.143.244)
At least in the US. Nissan ended up buying a controlling interest in JATCO in order to get a handle on the durability issues, and as far as I know, the problems have been corrected. My wife's Accent h .......
117: Inmate Central, It's the XFL rules with the exception of the starting position... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 07:08:05 (100.6.143.244)
...on touchbacks. NFL teams will start at the 30 on touchbacks instead of the 25 (XFL teams started from the 35). The rule change is for the 2024 season only and if it flops, the old kickoff format co .......
118: General Asylum, Excellent. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-03, 05:06:41 (100.6.143.244)
My favorite all-time audio store would have loved it. The guy who ran it loved to skewer the same attitudes the guy in the video is lampooning. BTW, is that a real $7,000,000 cable? .......
119: Inmate Central, The Juke was absolutely hideous. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 17:43:23 (100.6.143.244)
And inexplicably popular. But they're disappearing fast from local roads. I'm guessing it's rust that's taking them. Apparently the Cube holds up better when exposed to salt brine. .......
120: Inmate Central, There are lot of Cubes still on the road around these parts. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 16:05:47 (100.6.143.244)
One of my grandsons likes them and always points them out. .......
121: Inmate Central, The Greatest Convertible of All Time... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 11:35:33 (100.6.143.244)
Uh, this posted yesterday for obvious reasons: View YouTube Video .......
122: Inmate Central, I'd rather have pastrami but damn... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 10:11:45 (100.6.143.244)
...that looks good. .......
123: Inmate Central, It did have protective barriers. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 10:05:06 (100.6.143.244)
They were called "dolphins." And according to one bridge engineer who was interviewed the day after the disaster, the barriers might have worked if the ship had hit dead on instead of at an angle. ::: .......
124: Inmate Central, I can't do that... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 10:03:53 (100.6.143.244)
...because I'm not a multi-national shipping corporation that can hire armies of attorneys and buy members of Congress. And if I did cream some guy and my insurance refused to pay, in Pennsylvania at .......
125: Inmate Central, I was oldest. Still am. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 09:43:46 (100.6.143.244)
My mom was Italian. I'm only 5"7' but whenever I went to one of her family gatherings, felt like Gandalf visiting the Shire. Neither of my kids are athletic, and the older of my two grandsons fits rig .......
126: Inmate Central, Wonder how many of them will end up blinded because they bought fake eclipse glasses. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 09:27:45 (100.6.143.244)
Yeah, that's a thing. .......
127: Inmate Central, Nah... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:51:38 (100.6.143.244)
...I come from scrawny stock. My dad was a good athlete, my brother was OK, my youngest sister was a terrific softball player. Me? I can walk pretty far and I can ride a bicycle. But I'm a little du .......
128: Inmate Central, Our house didn't have a fireplace. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:40:54 (100.6.143.244)
So the whole Santa thing never added up for me, either. BTW, History Channel has a series The Toys that Made America or something like that. The best episode by far is "The Santa America Made." Everyt .......
129: Inmate Central, I knew a lot of girls who could beat me up. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:32:45 (100.6.143.244)
Even when I was a full grown dipshit. And I've got the athletic ability of a turnip. So all due respect to any woman who can play at that level. .......
130: Inmate Central, Remember.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:30:15 (100.6.143.244)
.......
131: Vinyl Asylum, Started out with one of those. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:22:22 (100.6.143.244)
It did fine, but the motor wore out. Not from LPs, but from using it to sweep up drywall sanding dust. Crap got past the filter. I use a regular Shop Vac now. Biggest complaint? The cord isn't long en .......
132: Inmate Central, Don't follow basketball but couldn't help but notice... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:20:51 (100.6.143.244)
...that a girl is the all-time NCAA scorer. .......
133: Inmate Central, The bridge was built in 1977. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 08:15:47 (100.6.143.244)
There were no ships nearly the size and displacement of the typical container ship in 1977. It's highly doubtful that any bridge in the US could have withstood that impact. .......
134: Inmate Central, Ain't going to happen. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 07:23:39 (100.6.143.244)
I'll probably be dead before the issue gets resolved. Which is why the Feds need to rebuild the bridge. Better. Stronger. Faster. In a perfect world the shipping company would already be on the job. .......
135: Vinyl Asylum, I've been using a Shop Vac as my RCM for over 20 years. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 06:47:44 (100.6.143.244)
No damage to LPs whatsoever. And I've literally cleaned thousands of records. .......
136: Inmate Central, An update on the Key Bridge (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 06:18:16 (100.6.143.244)
The shipping company is trying to cap its liability for damages at $43 million. Which will leave the Port of Baltimore about $360 million short. .......
137: Inmate Central, IMO, the bicycle business tends to be boom and bust. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 04:29:05 (100.6.143.244)
Something comes along--the oil shocks in the early 1970s, the pandemic, the mountain bike craze--and folks who haven't been on a bicycle for 10 or 20 (or 30) years think, that looks like fun. They buy .......
138: Inmate Central, Thing about Costello, for me anyway... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 04:05:57 (100.6.143.244)
...Some of his songs are so great. "Oliver's Army," "Hand in Hand," etc. But there's always one song one every album that I loathe to the point that I rarely play the record. .......
139: Inmate Central, Daily dose of bad driving. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 04:04:59 (100.6.143.244)
Including the crash Rashee Rice is wanted for: View YouTube Video .......
140: Inmate Central, Wine me up. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-02, 03:56:01 (100.6.143.244)
Turn me on and watch me cry for you. View YouTube Video .......
141: Inmate Central, It's just not a real news show. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 15:41:18 (100.6.143.244)
It's infotainment. Some information but the primary role of 60 Minutes is to entertain. .......
142: Inmate Central, "60 Minutes" isn't news, it's infotainment.. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 15:35:51 (100.6.143.244)
I'm not saying the producers make up everything just that it shouldn't be confused with actual news, and any story run on the show should be taken with a grain of salt until it's verified elsewhere. : .......
143: Inmate Central, Customer states "Just inspect the car." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 14:13:22 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
144: Inmate Central, That's what I said. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 14:07:32 (100.6.143.244)
The Audi acceleration story (which was out and out faked), AND the W. story that cost Dan Rather his job. I just left out the "AND." On top of which, I've watched CBS and NBC network news casts and IM .......
145: Inmate Central, Audi sudden acceleration... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 13:03:26 (100.6.143.244)
...the story on W. that cost Dan Rather his job... Among others. 60 Minutes is infotainment. I'm not saying they're blowing smoke out their asses this time, but I'll wait till some other actual news .......
146: Inmate Central, You ever have a problem with that little plastic cover over the magnetron? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 12:16:41 (100.6.143.244)
Alarming, but an easy fix. .......
147: Inmate Central, Yeah, but it's "60 Minutes." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 12:05:56 (100.6.143.244)
Not exactly a credible source. .......
148: Inmate Central, Truth Social lost something like 30% of its subscriber base over the last year. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 11:53:50 (100.6.143.244)
Just another grift. .......
149: General Asylum, I've eaten at the one in Bethesda. Twice. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 11:03:14 (100.6.143.244)
Excellent restaurant. .......
150: Inmate Central, Sure. You're just trolling. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 10:32:47 (100.6.143.244)
I should have known better than to post anything in this thread. .......
151: Inmate Central, Meme stock. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 10:31:22 (100.6.143.244)
But I gotta ask...Trump couldn't sell any of his own shares for six months per the agreement with Digital World or whatever it called itself. Unless he requested a waiver. Did he request a waiver? ::: .......
152: Inmate Central, The Mitsubishi Mirage...supposedly the worst car you could buy... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 09:29:59 (100.6.143.244)
...while Mitsubishi still sold it here. But check out this video of a Mirage engine after 325,000 mile: View YouTube Video Any car will last long if you take care of it. .......
153: Inmate Central, I remember watching him on "Ed Sullivan." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 08:33:27 (100.6.143.244)
The cheap rip-off LP my dad bought, all of the charts were the same as Hirt's versions. You could get away with that crap back in those days. .......
154: Inmate Central, Alcohol. The cause of and solution to all of life's problems. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 08:32:01 (100.6.143.244)
nt. .......
155: Inmate Central, Most men fight like girls. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 06:46:22 (100.6.143.244)
Seriously. Watch a video of a street fight some time. The arms flail. They all go into a boxing stance but they aren't trained boxers, so of course the arms go a' flailin.' When Casey Stengel was the .......
156: Inmate Central, I was 9, and it was a small accordion. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 05:46:23 (100.6.143.244)
I was OK with lessons, but when my parents told me I had to practice half and hour every day, rebellion set in. I learned trumpet because of Herb Alpert. Should have taken guitar lessons instead. Not .......
157: Amp/Preamp Asylum, My V3 doesn't have any preamp outputs. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 04:27:43 (100.6.143.244)
Or sub outputs. It's got a pair of inputs and set of speaker outs. You could drive a sub via the speaker outs. That's it. Fosi rates the amp at 300 wpc regardless of power supply. One reviewer claimed .......
158: Inmate Central, Road rage and bad driving. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-04-01, 03:52:55 (100.6.143.244)
Stick around for the last clip. View YouTube Video .......
159: Inmate Central, Thank you! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 14:26:51 (100.6.143.244)
Might give it a listen later, while the wife unit is watching her show. .......
160: Inmate Central, That one and "Mechanical Nightmare." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 11:34:08 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
161: Inmate Central, "Do you want it perfect or do you want it done?" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 11:32:56 (100.6.143.244)
That was the big question I asked the missus as the days stretched on into months. One X-factor after another. The cabinet layout had to be redone half dozen times At least. We got them from Ikea, so .......
162: Inmate Central, I took accordion lessons. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 11:22:43 (100.6.143.244)
It didn't go well. Florida got Federal hurricane relief money. That's how it got the bridge replaced so quickly. Which is the proper way to look at the Key Bridge collapse. Like a hurricane, tornado, .......
163: Inmate Central, OK, I get it now. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 09:30:32 (100.6.143.244)
You were just trolling at the top of your post and weren't really interested in any discussion. .......
164: Inmate Central, Wrong. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 09:22:20 (100.6.143.244)
Multiple Federal agencies are involved. I should know, East Palestine (pronounced "pala-STEEN") is in the neighborhood, it's still covered by local news, and Federal agency spokespeople are prominent. .......
165: Inmate Central, Just because a person or entity MUST carry insurance. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 08:40:13 (100.6.143.244)
Doesn't mean they do. Or that they carry enough insurance, or that the insurance carrier will pay the claim. Highly unlikely that a trucking company paid for your bridge. The money almost certainly ca .......
166: Inmate Central, You're assuming the shipping company had insurance adequate to cover the cost. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 08:05:14 (100.6.143.244)
But you don't know if it did. And even if it did (and it probably didn't, because corporations are always cutting corners) it could take decades for any money to be recovered. In the meantime, no brid .......
167: Inmate Central, The economy here didn't rebound in the Eighties. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:57:34 (100.6.143.244)
Took almost until the turn of the century before unemployment fell to pre-Reagan levels. Again, many small towns still haven't recovered and likely never will. And even then, it was in spite of Voelke .......
168: Inmate Central, I don't know any such thing and neither do you. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:54:35 (100.6.143.244)
Federal fuel taxes are for highways, roads, bridges. Does it matter if the bridge fell down because road salt deteriorated the pier or because a ship hit it? The Federal government has a duty to rebui .......
169: Inmate Central, Who built it in the first place? Walmart? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:46:18 (100.6.143.244)
Taxpayers paid to build it, taxpayers paid to maintain it, taxpayers gonna pay to rebuild it. You have any bad roads in your area need fixed? Who do you think pays? People who buy gasoline and diesel .......
170: Inmate Central, The way it was done in the Eighties caused massive economic pain. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:44:41 (100.6.143.244)
I was one of the workers who had to "swallow the bitter medicine," as Reagan put it. I was earning about half as much in real dollars when I retired in 2018 than I made in 1981. There are small cities .......
171: Inmate Central, Hope you're not working on the kitchen. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:29:39 (100.6.143.244)
My wife and I remodeled the kitchen at our old house. Set aside two weeks to get it done. Two weeks stretched into three months. Three months of living on Campbell's Soup and pizza. OK, the pizza wa .......
172: Inmate Central, When I hear the homogenized crap country radio plays these days... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 07:27:48 (100.6.143.244)
...I have to wonder what any of it has to do with country? To me, it sounds like hip-hop with fiddles and banjos. Heavily auto-tuned vocals. Lyrics about pickup trucks and cold beer. Can't tell when o .......
173: Inmate Central, Inflation was inevitable once people came out of their Covid hidey-holes. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 06:33:33 (100.6.143.244)
A lot of pent up demand was unleashed. I told my wife at the beginning of the shutdowns that inflation would go crazy once the pandemic was (perceived to be) over. It was actually less than I thought .......
174: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I have a Fosi V3. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 05:53:30 (100.6.143.244)
There is no subwoofer output, just speaker level. If you were only using one line level source, you wouldn't need a preamp at all. If you were using one turntable and no other sources, again all you'd .......
175: Inmate Central, Read a review yesterday that actually wasn't effusive with praise. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 05:34:42 (100.6.143.244)
I don't remember EVER reading a review of a Beyonce album that didn't make Queen Be sound like Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, Cole Porter, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney all rolled into one except better .......
176: Inmate Central, Don't leave home without it. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 04:13:30 (100.6.143.244)
Look carefully in any parking lot around these parts, you'll see Spray Foam peaking out of holes in many a rocker panel. Faster than Bondo, I guess. .......
177: Inmate Central, Customer states "new clutch I installed yesterday doesn't work." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-31, 03:40:35 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
178: Inmate Central, So are cats. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 13:11:33 (100.6.143.244)
Pill pockets never worked on our cats. .......
179: Inmate Central, One thing... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 11:57:38 (100.6.143.244)
...you screw up bad enough to get fired (or resign before they fire you), no way should you fail up. No way should you walk away with $63 million for your failed efforts. Hit the unemployment line lik .......
180: Inmate Central, If you can't see the mountains, it's raining. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 11:31:59 (100.6.143.244)
If you can see the mountains, it's going to rain. .......
181: Inmate Central, My wife likes that stuff, but she has a blander palate than most. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 10:42:23 (100.6.143.244)
Kraft cheese might be OK for carp fishing. .......
182: Inmate Central, I like variable weather. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 09:53:26 (100.6.143.244)
I couldn't handle living in a place where the weather's the same every day. We barely get any snow--I put winter tires on the car but certainly never needed them--and I have over 400 miles on the bike .......
183: Inmate Central, But they had feta cheese. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 09:18:48 (100.6.143.244)
Best we can do in that department is processed cheese-like substances (Kraft American Cheese singles). .......
184: Inmate Central, Good luck. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 07:58:28 (100.6.143.244)
I can't remember ever, when there was a celestial event that wasn't a Pink Floyd album (obscured by clouds). .......
185: Inmate Central, Our plutocrat class can never fail. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 03:36:18 (100.6.143.244)
Fuck up, get rewarded. Rinse, repeat. Only little people get fired. .......
186: Inmate Central, Bad driving. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-30, 03:35:23 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
187: Inmate Central, The problem isn't crypto, it's scammers. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 14:35:52 (100.6.143.244)
Schemers, thieves, cheaters, con men. They steal property, they steal real currency, they steal virtual currency. All too often, they're glorified. They steal millions, billions, leave investors holdi .......
188: Vinyl Asylum, "Back O' Town" is my favorite cut. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 13:33:25 (100.6.143.244)
It's got a great hitching rhythm and everybody plays out of their heads. .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, Gumbo for dinner tonight.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 12:08:06 (100.6.143.244)
As in Pony Poindexter. Many thanks to Musetap for this recommendation. It's a great record. Stereo New Jazz reissue circa 2000. Pressed at Rainbo. That's about all the info I have on that end of it .......
190: Inmate Central, A car sits in the garage (or driveway) unused... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 11:51:33 (100.6.143.244)
...about 90% of the time, unless you drive for Uber. Why break the bank paying for it, especially when it's depreciating while it sits? I don't want a car with a better sound system than the one I hav .......
191: Inmate Central, Fraud. Massive billion-dollar fraud. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 10:35:34 (100.6.143.244)
That's why we should care. We all pay for it, too. And while thousands of people are sentenced every week, it's not often that a Titan of Capitalism gets much more than a slap on the wrist. ::: TOPIC: .......
192: Inmate Central, Sam Bankman-Fried, boy genius. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 10:30:29 (100.6.143.244)
Ads for his now-defunct crypto exchange, FTX, flooded the Super Bowl two years ago. And it all turned out to be a massive fraud. Which is why we should care. .......
193: Inmate Central, The weather here in Western PA is vexatious. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 10:28:29 (100.6.143.244)
And capricious, especially this time of year. To wit: Took the bike out Monday for a ride in the mountains to the southeast of the city. It was a beautiful day, CAVU conditions...and a vicious, blasti .......
194: Inmate Central, He ran a huge Ponzi scheme. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 10:10:47 (100.6.143.244)
Using cryptocurrency. Disguised as FTX, once valued at over $30 billion, the Miami Dolphins named their stadium after it, SBF himself was the darling of Wall Street and Washington DC, palled around wi .......
195: Inmate Central, First of all... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 09:47:30 (100.6.143.244)
SBF donated the same amount of money to both parties, but didn't want his donations to the GOP to be made public. Second of all, who's DoJ charged him, extradited him, seized all his shit, brought him .......
196: Inmate Central, But it's still a small wagon. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 09:37:16 (100.6.143.244)
They can call it a hatchback, but it's a wagon. And it's not a "lowered CUV," because a CUV is nothing more than a raised wagon, marketed to people who wouldn't be caught dead driving a wagon. Audi ma .......
197: Inmate Central, I pretty much dumped one of them on my friend. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 09:33:42 (100.6.143.244)
He set up his system for the first time in about 30 years. I had his turntable and LPs here. When he picked up all his stuff, I sent along the 1229Q. .......
198: Inmate Central, I consider myself to be a failed miminalist. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 08:29:59 (100.6.143.244)
I'd love to shed all the crap. The LP collection, the system, at least two of the four bicycles I have, the mountain of parts I've accumulated in 9 years of owning the same car. .......
199: Inmate Central, The handles for the rear doors are concealed in the C-pillar. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 08:26:38 (100.6.143.244)
I think the current Toyota Prius uses the same style handles. GM used them on the Chevy Spark and Chevy Sonic. .......
200: Inmate Central, Ever hear Morris Berman or read any of his stuff? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 08:25:01 (100.6.143.244)
He says that all countries founded via colonialism get their characteristics from the mother country. We got the hustlers and the marks. .......
201: Inmate Central, My view on cars has evolved... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 03:16:27 (100.6.143.244)
...my heart says, "Yeah, Baby!" But my head knows that a car is an appliance. I'm not going to spend more than I have to. In the past, the decision about whether or not to buy a new car was easy. The .......
202: Inmate Central, He should have looked for an honest line of work. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-29, 03:12:53 (100.6.143.244)
Instead, he turned out to be just another grifter, something we Americans seem to specialize in. .......
203: Inmate Central, SBF got 25 years. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 15:11:19 (100.6.143.244)
Not long enough, IMO. And of course it'll be Club Fed. The good news is, under Federal guidelines he'll have to serve at least 21 years before he'll be eligible for parole. .......
204: Inmate Central, Something else that's been going on... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 13:42:30 (100.6.143.244)
...at least at McDonalds is that the stores (I hesitate to call them restaurants) have revamped their point of service. At many local McDonalds, you use a touch screen at a kiosk to make your selectio .......
205: Inmate Central, The lyrics to "Big Bottom" are probably my fave. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 13:20:42 (100.6.143.244)
And the real funny part of it is, I can think of at least a half-dozen real bands that were worse than Spinal Tap. .......
206: Vinyl Asylum, No custom loading here. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 12:26:18 (100.6.143.244)
AT VM540ML cart via the internal phono stage in the DB Systems preamp. 47Kohm, 100pf input capacitance. .......
207: Inmate Central, The current Venza is too big, too ugly, too expensive... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 12:24:33 (100.6.143.244)
The old Venza was more of a wagon but was also too large. The Outback actually was a station wagon at first. It's only as SUVs became such an overwhelming marketing gimmick that the Outback (and now t .......
208: Inmate Central, Stonehenge. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 12:15:53 (100.6.143.244)
Where the demons dwell. Where the banshees live (and they do live well). There's a sequel coming. Just FYI. Journalist Bob Gruen had an early video recording camera and he followed the New York Dolls .......
209: Inmate Central, I look at the side view and I see a station wagon. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 05:54:29 (74.111.100.53)
One slick looking small station wagon. Just the ticket for me. .......
210: General Asylum, Probably for the same reason the Monkees didn't play their own instruments on (most) of the records. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 04:00:29 (100.6.143.244)
The musicians you named were performing live almost every night. They were appearing on TV shows, on tour not just in the US but worldwide. When were they going to find the time to get the studio, lin .......
211: Inmate Central, But the mayday saved lives. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 03:53:16 (100.6.143.244)
I'm not gonna second guess the ship's captain, especially since video shows the ship losing power and regaining power again before finally losing it for good and hitting the bridge pier. .......
212: Inmate Central, They can move to Pittsburgh, if they don't mind the weather. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 03:46:21 (100.6.143.244)
Fast food places here can't find enough workers, probably not even at $20/per. .......
213: Inmate Central, Corsair (but not what you think) (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-28, 03:32:55 (100.6.143.244)
Love the engine: View YouTube Video .......
214: Inmate Central, Kia is replacing the Forte with the K4 for the 2025 model year. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-27, 13:23:03 (100.6.143.244)
The styling is a radical departure. I'm not sure I like the sedan, it's a bit reminiscent of the old Jeep Compass. But I'm nuts about the hatchback. And the non-turbo engine has multi-port injection. .......
215: Inmate Central, The self-entitled drivers probably deserved to end up at the bottom of the river. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-27, 13:18:17 (100.6.143.244)
Baltimore police only had 90 seconds to close the bridge but they did a great job. Didn't hurt that the accident happened at 1:30 am. .......
216: Inmate Central, I'll give Burger King and McDonalds this much: They're consistent. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-27, 12:45:42 (100.6.143.244)
And Wendys, too. You know what you're getting before you park your car. No surprises. .......
217: Inmate Central, I would have guessed '40 or '41... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-27, 02:46:15 (100.6.143.244)
But the '47 was carried over from pre-war. .......
218: Inmate Central, Empty your wallet and clog your arteries. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 15:30:58 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
219: Inmate Central, Didn't keep the Malibu long enough... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 13:14:44 (100.6.143.244)
...but most of the folks I knew with AC equipped cars, not just GM, the AC was one of the first things to stop working, along with cruise control. Both of the mid-70s Fords I owned were equipped with .......
220: Inmate Central, Just about any of those old GM Frigidaire systems would freeze you. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 12:53:04 (100.6.143.244)
I bought a Chevy Malibu brand new in 1978 and that system, I swear it could freeze meat solid. Problem was, none of the car makers cared much how long the refrigerant stayed in the system. AC usually .......
221: Vinyl Asylum, I think "Alternate Blues" and the Ella Fitzgerald sets are the only ones I don't already have. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 12:37:33 (100.6.143.244)
Fitzgerald's voice was shot by the time she started recording for Pablo. I've got a live set she did for them, not one of the reissues. All fine records. Used to be so easy to find, but the last time .......
222: Inmate Central, Another fine example of our "never give up, never think things through" culture. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 12:34:38 (100.6.143.244)
Drivers are still trying to cross the Key Bridge: .......
223: Inmate Central, What year was that car? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 12:25:09 (100.6.143.244)
That's how early AC worked. Clear tubes in the rear window pushing the cool air up to a set of roof mounted vents. But not until the 1950s. The Cadillac you pictured was pre-war, AC wasn't available i .......
224: Inmate Central, It's a pun, son. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 10:55:34 (100.6.143.244)
Leo Kott-Key. Francis Scott Key. .......
225: Inmate Central, The AC on a Cadillac that old would have to be aftermarket. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 10:53:26 (100.6.143.244)
IIRC, Packard was the first company to have AC in a car and it wasn't until the 1950s. Power windows back then used hydraulics. The fluid was known to leak out of the water drains in the bottoms of th .......
226: Inmate Central, Is that a 6-speed automatic? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 10:51:26 (100.6.143.244)
If it is, I think it was jointly developed by Ford and GM. Was also used in the Chevy Malibu, Cruze, and Sonic. And the Ford Fusion. The DUI driver probably did you a favor. The 1.0 Ecoboost was a hig .......
227: Inmate Central, The gummies are a good option. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 08:27:02 (100.6.143.244)
No coughing. .......
228: Inmate Central, My daughter adopted a Havi about a month ago. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 08:24:12 (100.6.143.244)
Female surrendered by a puppy mill in Ohio. Looks like "your" dog. .......
229: Inmate Central, Kuma...this is OT (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 08:11:39 (100.6.143.244)
The dog in your signature line...is it a Havanese? .......
230: Inmate Central, That Caddy obvious has the Vito Corleone package. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 08:10:41 (100.6.143.244)
That Pontiac Super Duty could fly, but then you had to get it stopped. .......
231: Inmate Central, Bummer. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 08:08:51 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
232: Inmate Central, I'd love to visit AirVenture again. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 07:58:59 (100.6.143.244)
Long ass drive though. .......
233: Inmate Central, That person is you. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 07:57:56 (100.6.143.244)
Don't buy the freaking thing. .......
234: Inmate Central, Hope they gave you the good stuff for pain. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 07:47:29 (100.6.143.244)
Something that'll knock it down without leaving you in a methadone clinic a decade from now. .......
235: Vinyl Asylum, No worries. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 06:49:08 (100.6.143.244)
I'll just walk like a man, fast as I can. .......
236: Inmate Central, Another car I only see old people drive is the Porsche Cayenne. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-26, 04:00:29 (100.6.143.244)
Nearly always a gray-haired woman behind the wheel. And, of course, why? Why get that spendy on a "performance SUV" (like any such thing could exist) when the VW version of the same vehicle costs ten .......
237: Inmate Central, I remember those. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 16:36:02 (100.6.143.244)
I'd rather not, but I do. The last Town Car, the one built on the Panther platform (shared with the Crown Vic), not my cuppa, but a good car. It's the current lineup that IMO is just useless. Cookie-c .......
238: Vinyl Asylum, At first, I thought you meant Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 16:31:36 (100.6.143.244)
Oh, well. .......
239: Inmate Central, I like it! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 16:30:18 (100.6.143.244)
The patina is great. Never have to worry about where I park it. The heater is probably an easy fix. If the blower motor resistor is fried well, I've already changed one of those on a Ford truck. Who n .......
240: Inmate Central, Son. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 13:27:15 (100.6.143.244)
You're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that Hot. Rod. Lincoln. I think Cadillac buyers skew younger but I wouldn't buy either Caddies or Lincolns even if the target audience were .......
241: Inmate Central, Almost forgot... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 11:05:32 (100.6.143.244)
...also a 1975 Montego and a 1978 T-Bird. But both cars were just my typical $500 "get-me-through-till-next-inspection" vehicles I was reduced to driving during the Eighties and Nineties. The T-Bird w .......
242: Inmate Central, Maybe get yourself one of those masks. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 10:48:52 (100.6.143.244)
The kind farmers in India supposedly wear, has a human face and is worn on the back of the head to ward off tiger attacks. Cats, even little house cats, prefer to attack from behind, grabbing their pr .......
243: Inmate Central, Now...I like the Mark VIII (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 10:44:44 (100.6.143.244)
But these days, there isn't a single vehicle in the lineup I'd drive unless Ford paid me. .......
244: Inmate Central, I had three Ford Rangers... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 10:44:00 (100.6.143.244)
...two Pintos, a Festiva (highly underrated vehicle), and my ex-wife had a second-generation Escort wagon (5-speed manual). The first Ranger had the Lima engine with dual spark plugs but I didn't keep .......
245: Inmate Central, Not amazing enough for me. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 03:42:32 (100.6.143.244)
Badge-engineered Fords. .......
246: Inmate Central, Saw a Tri-Motor at Oshkosh in '82. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 03:30:15 (100.6.143.244)
But it didn't seem as sinister looking as in the video. .......
247: Inmate Central, Cessna 195 (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-25, 03:29:21 (100.6.143.244)
The 195 and the Beech Bonanza were contemporaries: View YouTube Video .......
248: Vinyl Asylum, The ZZ Top record? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 15:19:35 (100.6.143.244)
The love letter? Or the Diz autograph? .......
249: Vinyl Asylum, Found seeds in the gatefold of "Tres Hombres" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 14:31:11 (100.6.143.244)
...a love letter in a copy of Neil Diamond's Double Gold , and Dizzy Gillespie's autograph on the label of Bahaina . .......
250: Inmate Central, In the market for a new Lincoln? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 12:41:18 (100.6.143.244)
Dealers still have 33,000 unsold 2022 and 2023 Lincolns sitting around gathering dirt. Personally, I wouldn't touch one with a ten meter cattle prod but YMMV. .......
251: Vinyl Asylum, If I were gonna go that route... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 11:33:57 (100.6.143.244)
...I'd probably get the DB Systems add-on tone control box. It doesn't have the different EQ curves, but it's designed to be used with my preamp and I'd be able to use it for all of my records. ::: TO .......
252: Vinyl Asylum, No, actually I think the packaging is pretty clever. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 10:55:45 (100.6.143.244)
I just can't take that music. Never was a Kenny Loggins fan to begin with, and those songs were so overplayed. Still are. .......
253: Vinyl Asylum, You buy a copy, you can impress your friends... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 06:47:03 (100.6.143.244)
...when you play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. .......
254: Inmate Central, Figured something like that could happen in a place like Dubai. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 06:45:56 (100.6.143.244)
or Las Vegas. Monuments to wretched excess. .......
255: Inmate Central, Flying on a Ford (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 04:02:36 (100.6.143.244)
The Tri-Motor: View YouTube Video .......
256: Vinyl Asylum, Well, it depends on how deep I go into it. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 03:50:13 (100.6.143.244)
Probably won't ever happen. If it does, I'll pick up an add-on tone control panel. .......
257: Vinyl Asylum, Yup. Which is why. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-24, 03:48:56 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
258: Inmate Central, I was reading about the tallest building in Dubai... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 14:30:15 (100.6.143.244)
...no sewage system. Poop trucks pull up, load up, drive off and dump the brown stuff who knows where. 24/7. .......
259: Vinyl Asylum, Got a Dual 1219. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 14:27:09 (100.6.143.244)
I have my doubts about the changer function working though. The mono cartridge is an AT VM610 Mono; AT makes a 78 stylus to fit that cart. And I've been using a DIY vacuum RCM for about 20 years. Has .......
260: Vinyl Asylum, I don't collect them, but I can play them. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 12:16:38 (100.6.143.244)
The Dual 1219 can play 78s. One of these days, I'll pick up a 78 stylus for the mono cartridge and then... .......
261: Vinyl Asylum, I had the Phonomena II and sold it... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 12:02:08 (100.6.143.244)
IMO, the DB-8 is the better of the two. To my ears, at least, it was more accurate. The MS punches up the bass and upper mids. It's a good phono stage but (again, to my ears) it was like adding fixed .......
262: Vinyl Asylum, Won't be selling a copy to me. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 09:44:46 (100.6.143.244)
Looking at the track list, no thanks. .......
263: Vinyl Asylum, DB Systems DB-8 (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 09:42:35 (100.6.143.244)
I think it sells for around $250. Just a plain black box with the DB logo, but it's clear and accurate (at least to my ears). Had one years ago, stupidly sold it. Currently have a DB Systems DB-1 prea .......
264: Inmate Central, Shhh.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 08:23:16 (100.6.143.244)
You don't want to spoil mythology. People might think you're a lyre (get it?) .......
265: Vinyl Asylum, Got it.... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 04:58:43 (100.6.143.244)
...just keep Dr. Evil away, you should be A-OK. .......
266: Inmate Central, He had this idea for a bitchin' violin concerto... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 04:55:36 (100.6.143.244)
...and things just got out of hand. .......
267: Inmate Central, My Boy Scout days... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 03:52:00 (100.6.143.244)
...our resident camera geek would have grabbed his 8mm movie camera and capture the whole thing on film. We'd have been leering instead of gawking. .......
268: Inmate Central, The Grumman Tiger (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 03:40:26 (100.6.143.244)
It's origin goes back to Jim Bede. View YouTube Video .......
269: Vinyl Asylum, Who made the Mojo? Garrard? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-23, 03:36:21 (100.6.143.244)
Dual? Miracord? .......
270: Vinyl Asylum, And the hammond rye was the second best invention. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 14:28:05 (100.6.143.244)
Check out Larry Young, if'n yer in the B3 state of mind. .......
271: Inmate Central, I took my daughter to the Shriner's Circus when she was about 10. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 14:19:23 (100.6.143.244)
Had my escape route planned in case the elephants decided they had enough of that shit and ran amok. .......
272: Vinyl Asylum, I think I read that article before and agree... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 13:26:25 (100.6.143.244)
With JICO's engineers. My ears aren't very good anymore but I notice a degradation in my AT ML styli at about 400-500 hours. They don't get more sibilant, but do they start to sound a bit soft and gra .......
273: Inmate Central, Don't piss off elephants. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 10:26:04 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
274: Inmate Central, Don't know what it is about that intersection but... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 05:50:38 (100.6.143.244)
video after video of people driving through the red light, usually at speed. Like they never even saw a traffic light there. .......
275: Inmate Central, Like the Curve, this notorious intersection has its own YouTube channel. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 04:18:15 (100.6.143.244)
It's in Fresno, CA. View YouTube Video .......
276: Vinyl Asylum, I did find an LP copy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-22, 04:00:24 (100.6.143.244)
And it's got Poindexter as the leader. But yeah, I have a couple of Mal Waldron sets that were issued with either Waldron or Eric Dolphy as the lead, and there might be one that has Ron Carter, Waldro .......
277: Vinyl Asylum, No, I don't. Thanks for the heads up. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 16:55:39 (100.6.143.244)
And I'd never heard of that set until now. Found it on LP, still sealed, New Jazz reissue. $20 from a Discogs seller. It's on its way. Great thing about jazz, nearly every session is a super group. :: .......
278: Inmate Central, Drunk driving. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 16:52:49 (100.6.143.244)
Refusing to wear seatbelts. Passing school buses while they're picking up or dropping off kids. Using the suicide lane to pass. Making a left turn in traffic when you can't see what's coming. Road rag .......
279: Inmate Central, Maybe you should change your handle to "Andrew Dice Clay." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 16:50:06 (100.6.143.244)
You saying Asians can't judge moving through space in 3D with other vehicles? Three thousand Japanese died in traffic accident in 2021 compared with 43,000 in the US. The traffic fatality rate in Jap .......
280: Inmate Central, I've been known to build a model car or two. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 13:02:23 (100.6.143.244)
Like this 1949 Mercury: .......
281: Inmate Central, I was a pro jock for 7 years, (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 10:14:06 (100.6.143.244)
That's a Caddyshack joke. Anyway I drove for a courier company for 7 years, have had a DL for over 50 years. Based on my observation, bad driving is endemic. Not limited to any race, creed, nationalit .......
282: Inmate Central, Well...turns out Angela Chao was drunk when she backed her car into a pond. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 07:20:52 (100.6.143.244)
Her BAC was .233. .......
283: Inmate Central, I'm not a gambler. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 05:46:53 (100.6.143.244)
Don't understand what drives people to gamble, I won't even play a slot machine or buy a lottery ticket. But it almost never fails, somebody gets caught embezzling a big sum of money, compulsive gambl .......
284: Inmate Central, Sounds like a gambling problem. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 05:26:49 (100.6.143.244)
The guy who embezzled $22 million from the Jacksonville Jaguars, most of that money went to cover gambling debts. .......
285: Inmate Central, Shohei Ohtani gets ripped off. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-21, 03:22:03 (100.6.143.244)
By his interpreter. .......
286: Vinyl Asylum, Spinning Sierra Ferrell's "Long Time Coming." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-20, 12:38:18 (100.6.143.244)
Quirky and interesting. Outstanding in fact. Enough to prod me into advance ordering her second released, coming Friday. .......
287: Inmate Central, Well, the last thing I remember, Doc, I started to swerve. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-20, 12:32:36 (100.6.143.244)
Pretty one-sided negotiations, you ask me. The curve gets everything it wants. .......
288: Inmate Central, Three minutes, 45 seconds... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-20, 11:02:52 (100.6.143.244)
Of drivers failing to negotiate the same curve. View YouTube Video .......
289: Inmate Central, Along the scenic route... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-20, 10:03:25 (100.6.143.244)
Youghiogheny River at Cedar Creek Park. Along the bike trail. Got 32 miles in today. Bleak, some sun, lots of wind. It makes a low-pitched whistle through the spokes of my front wheel. High wind ad .......
290: Inmate Central, When the shareholder is the only customer that counts... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-20, 08:48:08 (100.6.143.244)
...when regulatory bodies have been co-opted, when corporate entities exist only to produce shareholder value and produce nothing, create nothing, capitalism has been pulled inside out. That's late st .......
291: Inmate Central, Boeing blamed the Lion Air crash on poor training... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 12:49:10 (100.6.143.244)
...but all references to MCAS were deleted from the Pilot's Operating Handbook and Boeing specifically sold the plane on the basis that there would be no need for airlines to train pilots. What wasn't .......
292: Inmate Central, Good "Frontline" episode on the 737-Max, available on YouTube. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 09:47:45 (100.6.143.244)
I said a few days ago, this is just another shining example of late stage capitalism. Spend money manipulating share value instead of spending on R&D. And IMO, Boeing's problems go back farther than j .......
293: Inmate Central, Never tried, but betcha I'd kill it. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 09:24:26 (100.6.143.244)
My daughter can grow anything. .......
294: Inmate Central, When I was a kid, 9 or 10 years old, I had the greenest of green thumbs. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 08:42:56 (100.6.143.244)
But somewhere along the line, it departed. These days I can't even grow grass. The lawn kind, not the smoking variety. Plus, we're over run with white tail deer. I don't bother with a garden. It pains .......
295: Inmate Central, In my opinion, nothing that came out of the space program (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 08:12:38 (100.6.143.244)
...improved American lives in any significant way. We get a warm fuzzy feeling from it, and that's it. Oh, and we get the bill. Almost forgot that. .......
296: Inmate Central, Could do it in my old Pinto. Really. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 07:53:58 (100.6.143.244)
Unlike the little Deuce coupe, I couldn't get rubber in all four gears but I could chirp the tires upshifting from first to second. 2,000 pound car, 100 HP, 65% of the weight over the front wheels. It .......
297: Inmate Central, Just about every performance in that movie was great. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 06:19:04 (100.6.143.244)
I love the Pontiac Scheider drove during the chase scene. Dude was notoriously difficult to work with but he was good. Sang and danced, too. The Seven-Ups was intended as a sequel to The French Connec .......
298: Inmate Central, It was/is a great movie. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 06:08:29 (100.6.143.244)
It's not the movie's fault that there have been so many pathetic, formulaic imitations. Speaking of cop flicks from that era, another one I've always loved is The Seven-Ups . No Eastwood or Siegel, bu .......
299: Inmate Central, But all that's needed for the ISS is a cheap taxi. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 05:34:53 (100.6.143.244)
That's all Space-X is supposed to be delivering. Ain't so cheap though. Large satellites were launched into space long before the shuttle got off the drawing board and they still are. The space shuttl .......
300: Inmate Central, It's a good movie, but it's not the book. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 05:32:07 (100.6.143.244)
The movie is Hollywood-ized. The book delves into carrier landings, and how difficult and dangerous flight test of high performance jet fighters actually is. I never knew about inertial coupling until .......
301: Inmate Central, The Thorp T-18 (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 03:56:31 (100.6.143.244)
Most popular homebuilt aircraft until the Van's RV series came along. View YouTube Video .......
302: Inmate Central, Probably when I drove for a courier company. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 03:55:37 (100.6.143.244)
Hundred or so miles every night for 7 years. Only a few of the cars had AC, so most of those miles, the windows were down at least part way and the air hit the left side of my head. I worked in a stee .......
303: Inmate Central, "The Right Stuff" IS non-fiction. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-19, 03:42:24 (100.6.143.244)
It's about Chuck Yeager, the Air Force's X plane program, and the Mercury astronauts. .......
304: Vinyl Asylum, Had a chance to buy a V15VxMR at a huge discount. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 15:36:25 (100.6.143.244)
Stereo shop in nearby Greensburg was selling the remaining stock for $150 each. I had the money but stupidly passed. .......
305: Inmate Central, The original intent was to cut costs. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 15:33:17 (100.6.143.244)
Instead of having a big rocket that was junk at the end of the launch, the shuttle would be reusable. The project turned out to be very expensive anyway. And it was meant to service a big space statio .......
306: Vinyl Asylum, Got an old Dual turntable a few years ago... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 12:59:39 (100.6.143.244)
...it has a V15II cart, but the stylus was worn. I picked up an NOS Type II Improved stylus from eBay and it was a good as new. That cart is still in service, I gave to a friend of mine. .......
307: Vinyl Asylum, Not sure I want the cure. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 12:50:32 (100.6.143.244)
Which rhymes. I'm playing the record again tonight, and it's like most Joe Henderson records. Takes a couple of listens to get just how great it is. .......
308: Inmate Central, The worst car/truck engines of all time. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 12:40:50 (100.6.143.244)
According to the readers of Jalopnik . I had a Ford Ranger with the Lima 4 banger, and I remember when the Lima replaced the Cologne engine in the Ford Pinto. The Cologne engine was a smooth rev-happy .......
309: Inmate Central, Ever read "The Right Stuff?" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 12:34:19 (100.6.143.244)
The movie doesn't really get into just how dangerous it was to be a test pilot. Not just a rocket pilot but a test pilot, period. .......
310: Inmate Central, Roofers? Was Chaka Khan there, too? nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 12:24:47 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
311: General Asylum, Cash extraction. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 11:06:58 (100.6.143.244)
That's all it is. Extracting cash from stable companies, leaving them with mountains of debt. It's driving inflation in food prices right now. Probably cost the US more lost jobs than MFN with China. .......
312: Inmate Central, But at the same time, it had to be an enormous thrill. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 10:30:17 (100.6.143.244)
And the X-15 benefited from the knowledge obtained from the earlier X-planes, particularly inertial coupling. .......
313: Inmate Central, Customer states "Car is low on power and exhaust sounds funny." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 09:55:38 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
314: General Asylum, I don't download. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 08:08:32 (100.6.143.244)
And I've cut waaay back on LP purchases, but I still have about 3600 that'll have to be dealt with. .......
315: General Asylum, Private equity is a scourge. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 06:59:01 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
316: Inmate Central, Agreed. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 06:46:44 (100.6.143.244)
I've seen the X-15 in the video, decades ago when a couple of friends and I braved the boring Ohio wilderness and made the long drive to Wright Patterson. The shuttle was an answer to a question that .......
317: Vinyl Asylum, I think the SAS makes the V15 III too bright. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 06:35:09 (100.6.143.244)
And, for the price of the stylus, you could get an AT VM540ML, which sounds better, tracks better, and is currently in production, and have enough left over to buy a rekkid or two. But, the Type IV wa .......
318: General Asylum, Ditto. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 05:54:13 (100.6.143.244)
I'm an LP guy but only because of sunk costs. At one point about 25 years ago, I was flat ass broke and had to sell all of my CDs in order to put food on the table. When I was in a position to start .......
319: Inmate Central, Which may all be true but... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 03:59:09 (100.6.143.244)
He's still better than any Steeler QB since Roethlisberger blew out his elbow in 2018. Including post-elbow surgery Roethlisberger himself. The Steelers are now better at the backup QB position than t .......
320: Inmate Central, The X-15 (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 03:38:39 (100.6.143.244)
One evil-looking beast. View YouTube Video .......
321: Inmate Central, Locals laid on extra DUI patrols here. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 03:37:17 (100.6.143.244)
Though IMO, DUI enforcement should be 24/7. .......
322: Vinyl Asylum, Will it work for rockin' pneumonia? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-18, 03:29:34 (100.6.143.244)
No need to worry about boogie fever because I've always hated disco. One things for certain; it ain't no cure for the summertime blues. .......
323: Inmate Central, The lady next door to me is 81. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 13:49:48 (100.6.143.244)
And yeah, I do mow her lawn. Literally. Take out her trash. Clear her driveway and sidewalks when it snows. .......
324: Inmate Central, Oops! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 13:34:23 (100.6.143.244)
Well...with the breeze and the sunshine, it dried fast. That's a good thing. .......
325: Inmate Central, Zen and the Art of Mowing the Lawn (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 13:24:24 (100.6.143.244)
Yer right about that. I daydream through the whole thing. Therapeutic. .......
326: Vinyl Asylum, It's a sickness... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 13:13:51 (100.6.143.244)
...and I'm in the Jazz Dispensary. .......
327: Inmate Central, The Steelers had a successful offense with a scrambling QB before. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 11:24:08 (100.6.143.244)
Dude named Kordell Stewart. Got them to the AFC Championship Game twice. Lost by 4 to Elway and Denver, the eventual Super Bowl winner. Second time, lost by a TD to New England in a game in which spec .......
328: Inmate Central, I've got a flower bed in the back yard that I let grow wild. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 10:50:19 (100.6.143.244)
Plenty for them to eat there. .......
329: Inmate Central, I read it. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 10:49:02 (100.6.143.244)
I got a feeling it doesn't happen. If Wilson has a good year, his price will be more than the Steelers are willing to pay a QB who'll be 36 next year. But who knows? Obviously, this isn't the same Ste .......
330: Inmate Central, They'll run if I get too close but they pretty much ignore people. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 10:08:20 (100.6.143.244)
Three or four will be bedded down in the yard when I back the car out in the morning and they don't budge. My neighbors bitch constantly but I love it. I love looking out the window and seeing deer. M .......
331: Inmate Central, You got a link? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 10:06:17 (100.6.143.244)
According to local media, the Steelers plan to extend Wilson but it's not a done deal yet. IMO, Fields is going to be the starting QB before the season is over. .......
332: Inmate Central, We say "Yo, ho," but we don't say "Ho." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 09:47:55 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
333: Inmate Central, We put up deer net the first year we were here. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 07:46:00 (100.6.143.244)
A baby rabbit and a chipmunk got caught in the net. We freed them both unharmed but that was the end of the deer net. The deer will walk right up on to our front porch to munch on the shrubbery. ::: T .......
334: Inmate Central, Besides 3 rivers, there are lakes and ponds all over the joint. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 07:24:02 (100.6.143.244)
Took the bike out this morning on the city section of trail. Saw a few turkey vultures. .......
335: Inmate Central, Wilson tossed 26 TDs last year. Fields threw 16. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 04:18:55 (100.6.143.244)
Pickett only 6. In two seasons in the NFL, Pickett has 13 TDs and 13 INTs. Wilson had more red zone TD passes last year than Pickett had TD passes, and he did it for a lousy Denver team, and a head co .......
336: General Asylum, Moms are so easy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 03:55:13 (100.6.143.244)
Mine wigged out over the air raid sirens at the beginning of "War Pigs." .......
337: Inmate Central, She'll make the trip a lot more often, I'll bet. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 03:17:54 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
338: Inmate Central, Combination of factors. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-17, 03:17:16 (100.6.143.244)
Starting with the economics of the game. The idea is to win with a QB still on his rookie contract. He's cheap, you can spend money building a team around him. But he has to show you something in Yea .......
339: Inmate Central, I've got a mini-tiller. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 17:36:26 (100.6.143.244)
I call it Tiller the Hun. It's small enough to fit in the trunk of my car and that's going some. The Cobalt sedan has a large trunk (for a small car) but a mail-slot sized opening. My neighbors gave i .......
340: Inmate Central, They got a lot more for Pickett than they gave up to get Wilson and Fields. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 17:33:41 (100.6.143.244)
Fields is going to be QB2, by the way. And they gained 36 TD passes over 2023. Pickett only threw 6. Wilson had 26, Fields had 16. Neither Fields nor Pickett played the full season. The Steelers are a .......
341: Inmate Central, I've seen a few vultures already, couple of weeks ago. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 16:29:18 (100.6.143.244)
It doesn't seem to me that birds migrate south any more. Pittsburgh was crawling with geese all winter. .......
342: Inmate Central, Steelers pick Chicago's pocket, get Justin Fields essentially for free. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 16:27:22 (100.6.143.244)
Conditional 6th round 2025 draft pick. .......
343: Inmate Central, I'm looking, but I don't see Cody Jarrett anywhere. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 13:32:00 (100.6.143.244)
Top of the world, Ma! .......
344: Vinyl Asylum, More Dion, no Belmonts... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 13:30:04 (100.6.143.244)
Yeah, no Belmonts but all his girlfriends are here. Dude's 84, sounds better than he did 60 years ago. .......
345: Inmate Central, Just got done mowing the lawn. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 13:07:32 (100.6.143.244)
Might be the earliest I've ever done it. .......
346: Vinyl Asylum, I'd recommend the JICO SAS. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 11:46:23 (100.6.143.244)
Normally, I wouldn't, but the SAS is a good match for the Type IV. I used one for a while, should have kept it. That was back before the ruby cantilevered version was available. I've got some extensiv .......
347: General Asylum, I don't have any to try. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 10:19:28 (100.6.143.244)
At least, I don't think I do. Heh. .......
348: General Asylum, I've heard that too. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 05:01:07 (100.6.143.244)
But my ears tell me it's an urban legend. I've got LPs pressed in red, white, green, blue, pink, something that looks like the color of cheesecake, purple, orange, clear, smoked clear, and color swirl .......
349: Inmate Central, Aeronca Sedan (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-16, 03:35:57 (100.6.143.244)
The Sedan is a beautiful old rag and tube design, very rugged, good bush plane. About 600 of them were built and maybe 250 are still flying and most of those are in Alaska. Good float plane. The grea .......
350: General Asylum, The Lotus backbone frame was designed for a much lighter car. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 14:12:25 (100.6.143.244)
The quality control was poor. Matt Farah of The Smoking Gun podcast (he's now with Road & Track ) bought one because it was one of his dream cars. Had it completely gone over by an expert. And didn't .......
351: Inmate Central, He had a computer with Majel Barrett's voice. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 13:53:45 (100.6.143.244)
And a lot of Jolly Rancher buttons on the control console. .......
352: Inmate Central, Maybe Shakespeare was just prescient. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 12:52:01 (100.6.143.244)
And was warning us about the friendly neighbor in the black sedan. .......
353: Inmate Central, She should have done a better job following the washing instruction on that jumper. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 12:42:37 (100.6.143.244)
Prolly one of those tags with the little glyph symbols. .......
354: Vinyl Asylum, "Written on the Subway Walls" is just terrific. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 12:25:08 (100.6.143.244)
I might get to spin Girl Friends tonight. .......
355: General Asylum, The car was pretty much all show and no go. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 05:36:33 (100.6.143.244)
Sure hope Cambridge isn't shooting in the same direction. .......
356: Inmate Central, Ah, plenty of room in space. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 04:24:02 (100.6.143.244)
Didn't have to worry about Sulu hitting any curbs, mailboxes, pedestrians, or parked starships. .......
357: Vinyl Asylum, "Blues With Friends" but not "Stomping Ground" (yet). (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 04:07:26 (100.6.143.244)
Got Bronx In Blue and Son of Skip James on CD. I'll probably pick up Stomping Ground sometime over the next couple weeks. .......
358: Inmate Central, Beware the Ides of March! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-15, 04:04:29 (100.6.143.244)
Ah'm your vehicle, baybaaay. View YouTube Video .......
359: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Been looking at Aiyima gear on Amazon. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 14:18:23 (100.6.143.244)
Interesting, and cheap enough, maybe pick up one of the amps and compare it with my Fosi. .......
360: Inmate Central, Casual day, obviously. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 14:04:31 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
361: Vinyl Asylum, Dion, minus the Belmonts. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 13:07:58 (100.6.143.244)
Listening to Yo, Frankie , DiMucci's little known 1989 classic. Produced by Dave Edmunds, featuring Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Patty Smyth, Bryan Adams and a few others. I'm a huge Dion fan, his latest rec .......
362: Inmate Central, Apparently no takers for Justin Fields? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 12:50:24 (100.6.143.244)
Are the Chicago Bears so anxious to ditch Fields that every team in the league, even the stupid ones, are just waiting for Fields to be released outright? .......
363: Inmate Central, Nope. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 12:34:46 (100.6.143.244)
Spent the R&D money manipulating stock prices. At one point, Boeing was spending over 90% of revenue buying back stock. Even after the Lion Air crash, after Boeing met with pilots in the US and promis .......
364: Inmate Central, Shining example of late-stage capitalism. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 11:24:10 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
365: Inmate Central, "Wolf In the Fold." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 11:13:04 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
366: Inmate Central, Probably more like the Eye of Sauron (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 09:11:51 (100.6.143.244)
Sees everything, but manages to miss the most dangerous threat. .......
367: Inmate Central, Me! Me! I'm guilty! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 08:14:14 (100.6.143.244)
Thought crime out the proverbial wazoo. .......
368: Inmate Central, Like a mashup of the Studebaker... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 03:46:59 (100.6.143.244)
...an 1948 Chevrolet woody coupe, and Billy Gibbon's Cadzilla. .......
369: Inmate Central, Also, you can turn off the tracking stuff in whatever browser you're using. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-14, 03:45:32 (100.6.143.244)
And even if that doesn't work, what are the Chinese going to find out? That you love eating pasta with your hands and watching people run for there lives? .......
370: Inmate Central, My wife has, shall we say, a blander palate. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 15:20:36 (100.6.143.244)
Anything even mildly hot is too hot. I have to really watch how much ground cayenne I put in my chicken adobo (Filipino style adobo that is). Me, though, I love heat in food. I remember the first time .......
371: Inmate Central, According to the WSJ article... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 15:18:19 (100.6.143.244)
...automotive safety glass can be nearly impossible to break when the car is under water, though I think that's probably from the outside. Probably can't swing a hammer hard enough against the resista .......
372: Inmate Central, Hell, man, the NSA is spying on us all right now. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 15:15:09 (100.6.143.244)
You have an smart phone, it collects your data. Facebook collects your data. The first time you pair your car with a smartphone, all your data is uploaded to the car maker. For all you know, they're s .......
373: Inmate Central, They all are. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 12:41:23 (100.6.143.244)
NHTSA has the authority to write standards but is reluctant to act. Investigations into safety issues drag on for years with no resolution. .......
374: Inmate Central, About 400. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 12:37:03 (100.6.143.244)
There was at time once, long ago, when Congress might have acted. Doubtful at this point. If Congress were to do anything, it would mandate the old, familiar transmission selector so that people aren' .......
375: Inmate Central, The only Boeing Pea Shooter still flying. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 12:33:56 (100.6.143.244)
The other P-26 hangs from the ceiling in the Smithsonian. I love the starting sequence. View YouTube Video .......
376: Inmate Central, The bigger problem in this case was the touchscreen, actually. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 12:17:47 (100.6.143.244)
Touchscreen control of the transmission selector. Totally unnecessary. Chao put the car in reverse by mistake, not the first time it happened. .......
377: Inmate Central, She didn't know it, neither did the rescue workers trying to get her out of the car. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 11:58:10 (100.6.143.244)
The best solution would be, just use a regular door mechanism. Worked for 100 years, why reinvent the wheel? Electric door openers are a gimmick, nothing more. .......
378: Inmate Central, And FWIW (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 11:42:47 (100.6.143.244)
I agree with you on EV subsidies. All motor vehicles subsidies, in fact. .......
379: Inmate Central, This is all beside the point. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 10:49:05 (100.6.143.244)
It wasn't the drive system that killed Angela Chao. It was idiotic, counter-intuitive, "tech for tech's sake" design that permeates the US car market from top to bottom. EV, ICE, hybrid. They're all g .......
380: Inmate Central, Gotta look for something like that. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 10:03:18 (100.6.143.244)
So far, all I've tried is the sauces. .......
381: Inmate Central, But you have an Insight. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 09:50:47 (100.6.143.244)
Which uses EV technology. Hybrid, but it still has a battery, electric motor, and the control system to manage the interface between the EV side of the equation and the ICE. That battery still needs t .......
382: Inmate Central, I'm not anti-Tesla... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 09:17:06 (100.6.143.244)
But the modern car is a shining example of what Scotty said in Star Trek III : The more you overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain. The whole thing is tragic, from top to bottom .......
383: Inmate Central, And we can't have that! (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 08:35:11 (100.6.143.244)
We've lost sight of what a car is supposed to be. Guess that's stating the obvious and it shows that even billionaires aren't immune to marketing mumbo-jumbo. It's literally true in this case that the .......
384: Vinyl Asylum, I used to make a mark at the top with a Sharpie. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 08:19:14 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
385: Inmate Central, The transmission was controlled by the touchscreen? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 07:56:47 (100.6.143.244)
You've got to be shitting me. What's wrong with a simple lever connected to a cable with a pushbutton lockout? Tesla isn't the only car maker guilty of this garbage either. .......
386: Inmate Central, I haven't tried one of the chilis yet. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 07:19:32 (100.6.143.244)
Just the sauce. But I'm going to look for the chilis next time I'm in a decent grocery store. .......
387: Inmate Central, I enjoy jalapeńos, but they're tame. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 07:00:00 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
388: Inmate Central, There's a guy who lives just a few miles away from me. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 06:13:48 (100.6.143.244)
His nickname is Jimmy Pickles. Local news ran a story about him and that's how I hooked into Superhot . My mom was Italian, and I know what you mean about handling peppers. In fact, I opened a bottle .......
389: Inmate Central, I'd love to try one of the super hot chili peppers. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 05:48:12 (100.6.143.244)
As opposed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. THOSE guys (rolls eyes). Got a bottle of Elijah's Extreme Regret Reserve on the way from the jungle website (unable to find it locally). Made with habanero, sc .......
390: Inmate Central, Anybody else see the story about Angela Chao? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 05:17:45 (100.6.143.244)
She's Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law but this story has nothing to do with politics and it's pretty tragic. She drowned in her Tesla, apparently while emergency crews watched helplessly because nobod .......
391: Inmate Central, Creative uses of spray foam. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-13, 05:05:29 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
392: Inmate Central, Right back atcha. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 15:30:58 (100.6.143.244)
You do your thing, I'll do mine, but never presume. It makes a "pres" out of "u" and "me." .......
393: Inmate Central, "Superhot" features a chili eating contest in Dallas TX. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 15:28:29 (100.6.143.244)
I got out my two hottest sauces tonight, we had pizza. Put Melinda's Ghost Pepper sauce on one slice, Heartbeat Scorpion sauce on the other. The Scorpion sauce was noticeable hotter. Got some black t .......
394: Inmate Central, It's an answer. Not a very good one. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 15:06:52 (100.6.143.244)
If I didn't already love music, there wouldn't be a system. And screwing around with the system, making changes here and there, is fun. FWIW, I play guitar and for a couple of years when I was flat br .......
395: Inmate Central, Why? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 14:10:27 (100.6.143.244)
IMO, enjoyment of audio and enjoyment of music go hand in hand. Even when I a youngun playing fuzzy warbles with a cheap cassette player, I was building speakers out of spare drivers and old shoeboxes .......
396: Inmate Central, C'mon man. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 14:08:23 (100.6.143.244)
You're at least nerd-ish. Why be ashamed? Nerds run everything. And sure, some us might stick things up their asses, but a hell of a lot of non-nerds do, too. Me, I'm anti-insertion. Thanks. ::: TOPIC .......
397: Inmate Central, "Superhot." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 13:32:30 (100.6.143.244)
You ever feel like you've stumbled into an entire world you never knew existed? Happened to me over the weekend, with the Hulu show Superhot . Got nothing to do with strippers, everything to do with p .......
398: Inmate Central, Isn't it always that way? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 13:20:15 (100.6.143.244)
BTW, we bike guys refer to dog turds as "trail pyramids." .......
399: Inmate Central, All one and the same to me. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 12:55:46 (100.6.143.244)
Audio and music wrapped up in one gooey ball of fun. .......
400: Inmate Central, The Scoophound. Great breed. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 12:15:40 (100.6.143.244)
Could have used a couple of those out on the bike trail this morning. Dog shit everywhere. .......
401: Inmate Central, Same here. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 10:56:56 (100.6.143.244)
I think Mrs. Ghost is wavering, but it's going to take a bit more work to swing her over to my point of view. .......
402: Inmate Central, Nice pic. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 10:26:01 (100.6.143.244)
I got out today, too. Looks like the local gravel trails have dried up enough, they don't turn into quagmires when the sun shines. Got 32 tough miles in. .......
403: Inmate Central, I'm not a traveler, so a dog wouldn't be a problem. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 09:30:56 (100.6.143.244)
The KC Cavalier, they're pretty cool dogs, too. My daughter was looking for a KC or a Havi. She ended up with an adult Havi. .......
404: Inmate Central, You and me both. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 09:29:39 (100.6.143.244)
I got spendy on the turntable but the rest of the stuff cost a fraction of the typical gear you'd find in the Music Direct catalog. But just the act of picking and choosing gear makes you nerdish. Non .......
405: Inmate Central, $100 million guaranteed. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 09:27:21 (100.6.143.244)
According to The Ringer , Cousins will make more after 16 years in the NFL than Tom Brady did in 23. Cousins annual salary is the same as Patrick Mahomes. His agent must be Obi-Wan Kenobe. ::: TOPIC:: .......
406: Inmate Central, Puppies. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 03:54:13 (100.6.143.244)
Havanese. I feel the need for puppy breath. Trying to get the wife on board. View YouTube Video .......
407: Inmate Central, If you're into audio, you have to be at least nerd-ish. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 03:31:24 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
408: Inmate Central, Unfortunately, no. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-12, 03:30:55 (100.6.143.244)
But Kramerica might put it into production, if it can make any money from the oil balls. .......
409: Inmate Central, Ever watched any video showing how it works? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 18:02:52 (100.6.143.244)
I can't imagine one of those engines surviving to 100K miles. .......
410: Inmate Central, American Motors lobbied hard for the exemption. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 18:01:59 (100.6.143.244)
It didn't want the Jeep Cherokee to be subject to any extra tax. Pickup trucks were exempted because in 1978 nobody could have imagined that the Ford F-150 would become the Thunderbird of the 21st Cen .......
411: Inmate Central, I don't think it's because of Covid or the supply chain... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 17:59:27 (100.6.143.244)
...the cars are just too damned complex. There are too many potential failure points. Too many ideas that seemed good at the time turned out bad. Direct injection is a case in point. And instead of ju .......
412: Inmate Central, Lifelong nerd here. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 17:07:24 (100.6.143.244)
Damned proud of it, too. .......
413: Inmate Central, Nissan's 3-cylinder turbo is 1.5 liters and makes 201 HP. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 17:00:32 (100.6.143.244)
Uses variable compression. And, yup. NHTSA is investigating early engine failures. .......
414: Inmate Central, Or if it's three changing to one. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 16:48:55 (100.6.143.244)
My own opinion is that the car makers want to keep selling highly profitable gas guzzlers and since our gas guzzler tax doesn't apply to pickup trucks or large SUVs but the CAFE standards do, the only .......
415: Inmate Central, You know, it's funny. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 16:45:28 (100.6.143.244)
Somebody says "Fairmont," and the invariable response is, "What a piece of shit." But if somebody says, "Mustang," car guys eyes light up. Even though the Mustang and Fairmont were mechanically identi .......
416: Inmate Central, Hey, I once owned a hatchback with a 3-cylinder engine. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 14:41:56 (100.6.143.244)
Like this except silver with a blue interior. Hot it definitely was not. But it got 45 mpg city and 55 highway. No turbos, no hybrid, didn't even have multi-port fuel injection. Just one injector .......
417: Inmate Central, Even some 3-cylinder engines have cylinder deactivation. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 14:20:49 (100.6.143.244)
Crazy as it sounds. Ford's 1.5 Ecoboost triple, for example. GM replaced Active Fuel Management with Dynamic Fuel Management which can shut down any of the cylinders. The car makers can only get away .......
418: Inmate Central, If this helps... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 13:59:20 (100.6.143.244)
...it's a coffee table with a scale recreation of the bridge from the original starship Enterprise under glass. Which should have shown up in the link. .......
419: Inmate Central, Drove a Chevy Traverse with cylinder deactivation last year. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 13:19:47 (100.6.143.244)
Didn't notice the cylinders activating. The operation was seamless. My problem with cylinder deactivation is the complexity. The engines tend to use more oil and parts failure is more common, especial .......
420: Inmate Central, Or a Sharpie. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 12:57:02 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
421: Inmate Central, Good old fashioned Yankee ingenuity... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 12:48:51 (100.6.143.244)
...enables a Nebraska woman to steal $30,000 worth of gasoline. .......
422: Inmate Central, Kirk Cousins heading to the Atlanta Falcons. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 11:51:56 (100.6.143.244)
4-year deal. Terms not announced. .......
423: Inmate Central, Sad, familiar story. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 11:18:13 (100.6.143.244)
OE parts are garbage, aftermarket parts don't rise to the level of garbage. .......
424: Inmate Central, It's more than just a toy. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 10:30:32 (100.6.143.244)
It's a coffee table. .......
425: Inmate Central, This is what I want for my birthday. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 06:13:43 (100.6.143.244)
What do you thing the WAF is on this? View YouTube Video .......
426: Inmate Central, Yep. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-11, 04:36:56 (100.6.143.244)
I'd have rather seen them grab Patrick Queen, Mitch Morse, Tyler Boyd. Draft a right tackle, move Broderick Jones back to left tackle, get a decent tight end. Kenny Pickett would have been a better Q .......
427: Inmate Central, Mac Jones done in New England. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-10, 09:03:22 (100.6.143.244)
Officially. Unofficially, he's been done since the Pats got demolished by Buffalo in the playoffs a couple of years ago, but now it's fer sher. Traded to the Jaguars for a sixth round draft pick and a .......
428: Inmate Central, Reminds me of the ex-wife. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-10, 08:31:08 (100.6.143.244)
Curled up on the sofa. .......
429: Inmate Central, I've been thinking a lot about puppy breath lately. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 14:57:11 (100.6.143.244)
My daughter got a Havanese. I'm looking at Havi pups. If it were up to me, I'd pull the trigger and get one. WAF. You know how it is. Probably a stupid thing to do, but what the hell. .......
430: Inmate Central, If you listen to "Achy Breaky Heart..." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 12:58:08 (100.6.143.244)
It's a variation on itself. The same melody repeated for an agonizing three minutes or so. .......
431: Inmate Central, Not that it's horrible. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 12:22:53 (100.6.143.244)
Just boring. .......
432: Inmate Central, Yep, that's the version I was thinking of, too. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 10:10:22 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
433: Inmate Central, I love the finished product. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 09:14:11 (100.6.143.244)
that little Champ is bee-yoootiful. .......
434: Inmate Central, When I saw the item, I thought "easy credit." (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 08:53:46 (100.6.143.244)
But you'd have to listen her music, probably. .......
435: Inmate Central, She's goooone, but I don't worry... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 08:14:13 (100.6.143.244)
...'cause I'm sitting on top of the world. The old bluegrass tune is a better choice than the insufferable Hall & that other guy. Hope you got a good buck for it. Hear ya on the attachment thing. I've .......
436: Inmate Central, If you're up nights worrying about the end of Western Civilization... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 07:32:30 (100.6.143.244)
...myzzle just relax. You're too late. .......
437: Inmate Central, Open mind? Sure. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 07:18:33 (100.6.143.244)
But videos of people claiming to have seen things doesn't qualify as evidence. Neither do videos of radar images from Air Force fighter planes. Evidence is, spacehip(s) lands, beings from another wor .......
438: Inmate Central, The video proves not one thing. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 06:37:28 (100.6.143.244)
Where is the logic? If a civilization has the technology to travel faster than light and wanted to put us under observation, we'd never know it. If they wanted to communicate with us, no government on .......
439: Inmate Central, The report doesn't say that people didn't see strange things... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 06:01:12 (100.6.143.244)
...specifically addresses well-intentioned eyewitnesses, or something like that. What the report says is that it's easy to mis-identify something in the air from the ground, that popular culture (like .......
440: General Asylum, I think the hey-day is now. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 05:06:23 (100.6.143.244)
Sure, there were shops everywhere, but IMO the gear available today is not only as good if not better, but adjusted for inflation it's a lot less expensive, too. I'm one of those guys with LP proclivi .......
441: Inmate Central, Revenge of the Nerds? nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 04:25:50 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
442: Inmate Central, One airplane... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 04:25:27 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
443: Inmate Central, I hear that. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 04:20:13 (100.6.143.244)
Heinz Field Acrisure Stadium opened in 2000 or 2001, but I've never attended a Steeler game there. $300 after tickets, food, and transportation is too much money, you ask me. And that's for the cheap .......
444: Inmate Central, Gotcha. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-09, 04:11:49 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
445: Inmate Central, Sure. But it's not what some people believe it is. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 13:26:27 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
446: Inmate Central, But... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 13:25:51 (100.6.143.244)
...seeing something in the sky that you can't explain, therefore it must under intelligent direction, probably from an advanced civilization... That's a logical fallacy. .......
447: Inmate Central, Hey, KC Chiefs fans! If you were at the first round playoff game... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 13:18:18 (100.6.143.244)
...that cold one, against the Dolphins .......
448: Vinyl Asylum, Changing gears a bit tonight... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 12:41:55 (100.6.143.244)
...instead of jazz, it's Roy Wood's Wizzard, Eddy and the Falcons Another truly twisted gem from the mind of Roy Wood, but definitely an acquired taste. UK Warner Brothers pressing. .......
449: Inmate Central, Belief vs. evidence. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 12:30:51 (100.6.143.244)
The belief that UFOs are anything other than something in the sky that a well-intentioned eyewitness can't identify is like a religion. Me, I'm a skeptic. Make an assertion, you better back it up with .......
450: Inmate Central, Please do. Yuck. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 12:17:36 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
451: Inmate Central, I was looking for some indication that you were being sarcastic. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 12:09:45 (100.6.143.244)
Chariots of the Gods ? Puh-leeze. Shatner's TV show? You were being sarcastic, right? .......
452: Inmate Central, Looks like the typical college town bowl win celebration. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 10:35:09 (100.6.143.244)
I'll bet Carnival Cruise Lines takes Haiti off the list, if it ever was on the list to begin with. .......
453: Inmate Central, Sorry to disappoint some of y'all... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 08:59:40 (100.6.143.244)
...but the report is in. .......
454: Inmate Central, I think you're going to be waiting a loooong time. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 08:22:41 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
455: Inmate Central, Aeronca Champ vs. J3 Cub (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 03:04:57 (100.6.143.244)
View YouTube Video .......
456: Inmate Central, It was just a WAG. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 02:52:45 (100.6.143.244)
Too bad you can only get kool kolors these days when you buy the top of the line. I did a build and price on a Mazda 3 a few years ago, only three colors were available in the base trim. .......
457: General Asylum, But first, they'd have to figure out how to turn it on. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-08, 02:50:56 (100.6.143.244)
I always think about that when I'm powering up the system. Nobody but me knows how to operate it. .......
458: Inmate Central, Grabber Orange? nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 14:22:44 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
459: Inmate Central, How many girls in your first grade class were named "Debbie?" (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 13:42:26 (100.6.143.244)
I think it was half the girls in mine. Debbie Reynolds was at the height of her popularity at the time. With everybody except Eddie Fisher and Liz Taylor, that is. .......
460: Inmate Central, My mom would have said... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 13:41:00 (100.6.143.244)
..."They're like horseshit. They're everywhere." Did say it, in fact. There were no horses in our neighborhood and no horseshit either. Very confusing. .......
461: Inmate Central, Any of yinz guys remember Steve and Edie? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 13:07:36 (100.6.143.244)
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé were staples of the afternoon talk shows. You know. The Mike Douglas Show or The Merv Griffin Show . We kids got home from school and Mike Douglas was usually on noise b .......
462: Inmate Central, But it has to be Hooterville rutabagas. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 12:42:27 (100.6.143.244)
Eat Hooterville Rutabagas. That's my motto. View YouTube Video .......
463: Inmate Central, Reminds me of something a court master once said... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 12:35:33 (100.6.143.244)
...I worked with her on a particularly difficult case. After the hearing she said neither the defendant nor his attorney would ever get hemorrhoids because they were perfect assholes. Yeah. ::: TOPIC: .......
464: General Asylum, My sister just got one. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 12:01:22 (100.6.143.244)
Her significant other gave it to her for her birthday. She returned the amp and speakers I gave her several years ago. She liked the old stuff better but since the Sonos was a gift... .......
465: Vinyl Asylum, Spinning Harold Vick. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 11:59:55 (100.6.143.244)
Nothing to do with Vapo-Rub. Steppin' Out another great Tone Poet release. Nothing ground breaking, just the typical terrific performances by all involved. Gonna follow up with Dizzy Reece, Star Brigh .......
466: Inmate Central, Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer. Who else? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 11:28:13 (100.6.143.244)
Didn't you ever watch that dumbass TV show? .......
467: Inmate Central, Oh, I've watched entire games on YouTube. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 11:08:54 (100.6.143.244)
Great games from previous seasons. But it's not the same. Unfortunately. .......
468: Inmate Central, You have to really watch out for scammers, too. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 10:54:48 (100.6.143.244)
Especially gold coins. .......
469: Inmate Central, Can't help it. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 09:58:57 (100.6.143.244)
I'm a degenerate NFL fan. This time of year is rough, so any little morsel of news, I'm like a thirsty man crawling across Death Valley. .......
470: Inmate Central, The Steelers have a meeting scheduled with Wilson and his agent. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 09:28:54 (100.6.143.244)
Date not known yet. .......
471: General Asylum, But they always did. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 09:25:52 (100.6.143.244)
I remember catching a lot of flak back in the day from just about everybody. Why spend all that money on your system when you could just go to Sears and get a stereo? Heard that all the time. ::: TOP .......
472: General Asylum, It's a mixed bag like it always was. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 08:03:36 (100.6.143.244)
There are a small percentage of enthusiasts and then there's everybody else. Back in the day, my friends and I went from store to store, carefully listened to everything, put together the best systems .......
473: Inmate Central, A good swipe on a bare arm does nicely. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:56:21 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
474: Vinyl Asylum, He did at least one other record on the Alligator label... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:49:38 (100.6.143.244)
...can't remember the title, but it's also damned good. Don't want to get OT but Ace Frehley, of all people, has a solo LP out that, based on a few tracks I heard, absolutely kicks ass. I think it's .......
475: Vinyl Asylum, "Guitar Slinger" is terrific. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:36:25 (100.6.143.244)
Good sonics, too. .......
476: Inmate Central, In the Nineties, it was different. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:33:12 (100.6.143.244)
Running backs still got taken first overall. Happened a lot. The Steelers drafted Najee Harris with their first pick a couple of years ago and it was a major mistake. Creed Humphrey, one of the best c .......
477: Inmate Central, It's tough to replace a franchise QB. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:30:24 (100.6.143.244)
Peyton Manning was broken down by his last season, but he was still The Guy. The Steelers are going through it, the Saints, New England. Green Bay might have a formula but lets see how Jordan Love pla .......
478: Inmate Central, Agreed. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 07:18:43 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
479: Inmate Central, In 2023, 26 TDs, 8 INTs, either 6th or 8th ranked QB overall. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 06:43:18 (100.6.143.244)
Depending on who is doing the rating. I don't think Wilson was the problem. Ownership sold out for Aaron Rodgers and of course Rodgers shit all over the Broncos like he did to many receivers and a cou .......
480: Inmate Central, Love MST3K (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 06:32:38 (100.6.143.244)
Have never seen that particular episode though. .......
481: General Asylum, My worst eBay purchase... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 06:26:52 (100.6.143.244)
...was a sleek, beautiful Nakamichi cassette deck. It was like new, packed as if by a professional that really cared, etc. But yours truly managed to break the deck before he ever managed to play or r .......
482: Inmate Central, More like the Skipper. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 06:11:18 (100.6.143.244)
Steering the ship onto the rocks. I'll leave to you to determine which one of these clowns is Gilligan. .......
483: Inmate Central, With the ejection seat operating through the bottom of the plane. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 06:09:24 (100.6.143.244)
On the early models at least. The pilot had to roll the plane over in order to eject at low altitudes. If he/she could. The Luftwaffe bought a boatload of Starfighters, early and late models. Some of .......
484: Inmate Central, Taking off from Gatwick in England... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 05:22:02 (100.6.143.244)
I thought the plane lost power on takeoff, but it was noise abatement procedure. Lifted off the runway, positive climb rate, but we weren't that far off and the pilot throttled back. .......
485: Inmate Central, The Russell Wilson trade was bad, bad, bad. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 04:48:35 (100.6.143.244)
Denver gave up 5 draft picks and a couple of players for Wilson, which was bad enough. The contract extension he got before even taking a snap was gob-smackingly stupid. But probably the worst trade i .......
486: Vinyl Asylum, We still have a couple... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 04:10:05 (100.6.143.244)
One place sells used and new LPs, also Rega, Elac, MoFi, Grado, Audio Technica. The other joint is a Magnepan dealer. What really killed off brick and mortar audio here was the 1980s recession. Killed .......
487: Inmate Central, F-104 afterburner howl (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 03:02:03 (100.6.143.244)
YouTube wouldn't let me embed this video... .......
488: Inmate Central, Remember Richard Pryor's routine? (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 02:56:32 (100.6.143.244)
That you should RUNNN! .......
489: Inmate Central, But I'm not Danish. nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 02:55:38 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
490: Inmate Central, Might work for the solids. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 02:54:46 (100.6.143.244)
But the gooey semi-solids are the best. .......
491: Inmate Central, But you know how it is. Trolls gotta troll. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-07, 02:53:49 (100.6.143.244)
It's how they do. .......
492: Vinyl Asylum, We had a place like that in Pittsburgh. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 15:07:04 (100.6.143.244)
And they had a second store in Indiana, PA. The good old days. .......
493: Inmate Central, Santa Monica AP is coming to the end of its days. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 13:41:56 (100.6.143.244)
The airport's been there since 1923. It's historic. Didn't stop the rich bastards who live adjacent from closing the place down. 2028 will the last year of operation. .......
494: Inmate Central, Got slammed while out on the bike Monday. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 13:17:55 (100.6.143.244)
One of our trees will be blossoming by this time next week. The grass is turning into the star of the TV show Bonanza. Lawn Green. I don't take anything for it, anti-histamines always make me feel wo .......
495: Inmate Central, You really gotta wonder... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 13:16:12 (100.6.143.244)
the article states that the airport got as many as 19 complaints in a single day from just that one household. Surely there are some tiger sharks in the tidewater that are willing to eat those folks. .......
496: Inmate Central, Reagan Airport in DC got 7,000 noise complaints in one year... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 13:05:44 (100.6.143.244)
All from just one household. .......
497: Vinyl Asylum, Larry Young... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 12:51:48 (100.6.143.244)
...no, not Unity this time. Instead it's Into Something! . Grant Green, Sam Rivers on tenor, and Elvin Jones. From the BN80 reissue series. The jazz collection keeps expanding. .......
498: Inmate Central, I always make sure I have a few slimy boogers ready. (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 12:45:29 (100.6.143.244)
Nobody wants to have a booger wiped on them. .......
499: Vinyl Asylum, You got his autograph? Very cool! nt (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 11:15:25 (100.6.143.244)
nt .......
500: Vinyl Asylum, Spinning Thad Jones... (0.00)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-03-06, 10:44:55 (100.6.143.244)
... Detroit-New York Junction , the new release from Third Man/Blue Note. Jones, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford et al . Good pressing, great tunes! .......
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