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I take no offence to the high end audio enthusiasts in the world. From 92-97 I lived in a shared house. With a housemate who subscribed to The Absolute Sound. Reading that publication And being an electrical engineer recently out of school: A lot of the stuff they posited made systems sound...

Think about it from a strictly business perspective for the hotel. SP willing to book rooms for multiple days in non peak periods. And when convention or sporting events come to town, SP''s will not blink when a higher room rate is quoted. Because conventions and games usually means an uptick...

Her day job is to among other things... Make sure pipe is laid properly. So I am sure the sewer contractor labourers are happy to be layin pipe with her on site.

.It was over 35 years ago, but I used to do pizza delivery before pizza shops all went corporate. I would typically work on weekends 8pm- to about 3:30 or 4pm. Any time after midnight the deliveries got more 'colorful'. Back then trhere was no card elevator access. So I used to deliver to...

Be prepared once it is done to be on a hamster wheel getting them redone every 8-10 years. Capsular contracture can turns the nicest soft inserts into rock as body forms scar tissue around them. Not too much can be done about it than to start augmentation again after scarring tissue is cut...

Usually those are the speakers I find. It takes patience but not much money to make them very nice and servicable. New surrouund foam is a few dollars, contact cement another few dollars. Only do that if the voice coil still ohms out as being good when doig that test, and there are no tears in...

Skylab is fun to watch. Just steer clear of the DB variants. And the 8080 has the same bones, just 2 transitors per final versus 4 per final in the 9090, and a beefier transformer and bigger main filter caps to put put the purported 110W in the 9090.

I have sold a few things on Canuck Audio Market. Most of my rehabbed receivers and speakers I sell along side refurbished ham radio gear at swap meets that are termed 'Hamfests' . Not for a ton of money, just to feel like there is room to move in the shop, and when the storage shelves in the...

i surmise the media is playing this a bit low as the cops drip info out. Heard a sound bite from her mom today talking about how her now departed daughter wanted to taste the faster pace of the city, and not stay in the small town she grew up in. I suspect once the indiginous heritage young...

I guess you might call me a less than pure audiophile. Way long post but stick with me tothe end. I like building systems mostly from what I find on the curb or at garage sales. I think 70's and early 80's stuff tends to sound best to me. System in the main floor office, with remote speakers...

Even today, a lot don't consider a dollar saved as a dollar earned. Thats not me. This week I took a stay chill holiday from work. But my body clock still had me waking at the usual 5ish am. So I would head out in the car to do a route of dumspters I dive that is usually only a weekend...

Just wander York U. Lots of this stuff around the GTA. Parts of old Don Mills as well.

Strange anecdote here. I have worked for electricains off and on for about 6 years in my post high schiool youth, but never apprenticed. I was doing it because there were lots of hours to be worked over the summer breaks before during and just after uni, and the wages were pretty good too. By...

Had a 4 year old and 7 year old under foot. With wife just started back to work a year earlier So mortgage payments, one kid in before and after school day care and the other in full day day care. So my 40th birthday was dear wife baked a cake. We had some sort of dinner at home. After din I...

I was cutting trees in the back yard last week on a cloudy/misty cooler day. Came across 2 large cicaidas hanging, literally on the undersude of leaves as branches came down. Almost 2" long body by now, since June was hot enough this year for them to hatch. I heard them in July's heat sessions...

I mentioned the term ' Fox on a Box' to desribe this form of past table dancing and had a relatively new to the game stripper laughing a lot over it. She had never heard of that sort of table dancing.

Just one system... nope. 4 turntables in service. I use them around the house depending on where my activity has me. And that is with 7 different receivers. Although one is dedicated to the hot tub, with no turn table. Andf one covers the garage and patio speakers. I find old receivers from...

Can you recall lining up at a bank after work on Friday afternoon to cash the summer job etc. pay check? Because it was the weekend, and all the places I liked to haunt did not really do credit cards. And there were no ATMs or debit, Apple pay,etc. Hell no cel phones either.

Center spring clothes pegs for the outdoor clothes line. Growing up there were pegs on the line when you hung out the laundry. You kept them in a basket when not on the line, and brought the basket into the garage to stay dry in in the winter. They would last almost forever. I still do...

I have a bad habit of 4"x5" sheet film. Each piece of film has to be loaded in a holder in the dark, then a camera has to be lugged to site, set on a tripod 90% of the time. I process my own film, and while it has costs, lets ignore them. Black and White is at least $3 a sheet Colour, whe you...