Gulf Oil Spill...

[merrylander]

Best estimate that I heard for wee Bobby's barrier island build was six months.

[Charles]

Perhaps it wouldn't work at all. Perhaps Jindal is only playing politics.

But it is his job to see that everything that can be done is being done, and a quickly as possible.

Chas

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Charles

Is the Sonance a power or an intergrated? I'm assuming the Sansui has more power? And which do you prefer?

Can't understand why you SS fans think you need all of that power anyway...you're only listening to the first couple of watts.

And making fun of my beer!!! Are you saying that Heineken is the Bose of the beer world???

Chas

It's a power amp. I used a NAK receiver with a bad power section as a pre. It was a nice clean sound, but I didn't expect it to beat the Sui. It didn't. My AR-93s are kinda power hungry, and the Sui handles them with ease, but the Sonance strained a bit. I'll try it out with some Klipsch later.

Not picking on you Chas, just your beer. I'm not really fond of any of the Miller products. BTW, I'm not a Starbucks drinker. I've told you all how much of a cheapskate I am. Beside, I like Maxwell House French Roast much better. Get a (shrunken) pound of that for about what two cups of Starbucks would cost. (Ever notice that the cans that used to be a pound are now 13 oz.)

Sorry to get so far OT. If we tried harder to change our energy consumption habits now, before we are forced to, we might have a smoother transition.

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Are people happy working extra to make the car payments on a $40K SUV?

Do we really need solid state stereo equipment?
Regards,

D-Ray

Uh, SUV? No. Muscle Car? Yes.

And on the stereo question? I can't believe you asked that question in the midst of this crowd, Donald! Now, if you had asked, "Do we really need I-pods?"----Uh, NO!

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Someone forgot to tell Starbucks that you roast the beans, you don't burn them to a crisp.

Oh, don't get me started on Starbucks......yuck. Duncan Donuts or even 7-11 coffee is way better and at half the price. We roast Duncan at the plant. Bought at the store it's good. But at work we take it right out of the roaster, put it in a bag and let it de-gas for two hours then grind it up and brew it.

You guys wouldn't believe the difference. When coffee, even the lower line stuff, is that fresh------it is incredible!

(I've had the opportunity to do this with Kona and Jamaica Blue Mountain as well.)

Regards,
Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

It's a power amp. I used a NAK receiver with a bad power section as a pre. It was a nice clean sound, but I didn't expect it to beat the Sui. It didn't. My AR-93s are kinda power hungry, and the Sui handles them with ease, but the Sonance strained a bit. I'll try it out with some Klipsch later.

Not picking on you Chas, just your beer. I'm not really fond of any of the Miller products. BTW, I'm not a Starbucks drinker. I've told you all how much of a cheapskate I am. Beside, I like Maxwell House French Roast much better. Get a (shrunken) pound of that for about what two cups of Starbucks would cost. (Ever notice that the cans that used to be a pound are now 13 oz.)

Sorry to get so far OT. If we tried harder to change our energy consumption habits now, before we are forced to, we might have a smoother transition.

Regards,

D-Ray

AR-93, kewl!!! Only Klipsch I've ever owned were some KG-4's. They were pretty good, considering. The Nak may be holding you back, whenever I switched to the Van Alstine from a Carver C-1 there was a noticable improvement.

I never could stomach Low Life either. Especially in the clear bottles. Low Life bought out Heineken??? Is nothing sacred????

I know what you mean about the shrinking coffee can...the old sausage game. Kind of like a "new and improved" candy bar. The only thing that's improved is the cordboard liner in the package, it's grown bigger while the candy bar has grown smaller.

BTW, you will be proud of me as I just blew at least another 10R worth of FG in my attic. Supposedly I should have an R40 value now, but I think the insulators stiffed me when I built my house. Probably only an R35 at best.

Insulation is one of the most economically feasible projects a homeowner can do. I figure a payback in app 2 years.

I'm pretty green myself, whenever the money's right. Even have my RRP certification. Probably price me out of existence, but that's the price of being legal.

Chas

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

(Ever notice that the cans that used to be a pound are now 13 oz.)
Regards,

D-Ray

And the "three pound" can is 33-39 oz..........

Some manufacturers have started "fluffing". You will be getting even less for the same price. They say you can get the same number of cups out of it but I found that what they are calling a cup of "fluffed" coffee to be pretty weak. I think most people will be using more of it to get the stronger brew.

But, what the hell do I know? I'm just a wrench monkey..........

Regards,
Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Watched a couple of the Sunday morning Argle-Bargle chat shows, & apparently, NOBODY still has a feckin' clue...The chat shows were trying to decide Who's To Blame, & NOTHING I heard leads me to believe that ANYBODY has anymore ideas on 1) How it started, & 2)How to STOP it than they did 4 weeks ago. You blithering idiots-For once, quick feckin' playin' "Who Shot John" WORK TOGETHER & get it stopped, whydoncha ?!? THEN we can figger out whose fault it was...Personally, I'd like to see Hoosain Jug Head, the heads of BP, Halliburton, Chimpy McHalliburton Bushitler, the "Owner" of the rig, the head of the agency that signed off on this fiasco, ANYBODY who had anything to do w/this shyte dancin' on the end of a rope...

You know what, you got it right from the git go.

Chas

[stereocuuple]

Originally Posted by finnbow

... and boycott Exxon for the Valdez oil spill and Citgo because of Hugo Chavez. Then hope like hell there's another station when you're low on gas.

for your info. erin and i sold our truck when we moved to a city that has more than enough public transit. we have not bought a gallon of gas in 4 months. and we never will for any reason other than to go see our families. we also buy all our goods within walking distance. as well as live without AC in our apt the savings are huge and we are doing our best to curb our energy consumption.

what you had better hope like hell for is another planet for you grand kids to live on.

have you ever been to alaska i lived in the area around the prince willam sound
it should be a crime to even say the word exxon. you can talk down to me when some drunk fucking asshole destroyes the place you live and work.

there perhaps we can get this thread back on track

[stereocuuple]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Socialist!!

Regards,

D-Ray

as for you go suck a transistor LOL