Southern Arizona Polkies...

steveinaz

BIZILL wrote: »

we can bring some hot home-made salsa n chips. what else might we bring?

No need to bring anything unless you have a particular beer or such that you like. We normally have Corona, Bud-Light, Wine, etc, etc stocked.

I-SIG

Ready for the weekend already!

Wes

BIZILL

shiiiiyit. spent last weekend cutting down 3 30' palo verdes on saturday and applying a second coat of rubberized roof coating on my porch on sunday. the clouds had abandoned me and my ego is overly-inflated to the point i feel a "real man" doesn't need sunscreen. looking forward to peeling at your house this weekend, steve-o.

we'll probably try to head out earlier as you stated in the email. that is, if the girl and kids don't fall behind. it'd be better to get back into town before 10-ish to midnight.

we'll play it by ear.

wes, what time you headin' out there? and rivrrat, you know if you're gonna make it or not yet?

Rivrrat

I'm workin Saturday.

This project we're on right now needs to be done by the end of the month, so they're pushing us a bit.

BIZILL

anyplace out there close that is outdoor where we can shoot off some rounds? being that it'll just be the few of us gun toting conservatives, this would not at all be a bad idea. supplemental fun...:)

Rivrrat

That's making me want to tell the boss to pound sand.

BIZILL

huh uh! in this economy, NO pissin' off the boss! you could on the other hand, invite the boss to come along.:p

seriously though, steve, let me know if that's an option. i've got some ammo to expend and the kids and their mom are good shots.

I-SIG

BIZILL wrote: »

wes, what time you headin' out there? and rivrrat, you know if you're gonna make it or not yet?

Saturday morning sometime. Just whenever we can get to moving.

Wes

BIZILL

I-SIG wrote: »

Saturday morning sometime. Just whenever we can get to moving.

Wes

i was going to ask if you wanted to carpool with us, but we're a packed crowd as it is. and with seperate rides we can choose to depart at our own discretion.

steve, pm me your addy again, please.

reeltrouble1

you boys have a great one, lets see the pics and may the good times roll.

RT1

I-SIG

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

you boys have a great one, lets see the pics and may the good times roll.

RT1

No worries. I can't wait to see Steve's reaction when he hears my Cary in his system! :eek::eek:

Wes

steveinaz

BIZILL wrote: »

huh uh! in this economy, NO pissin' off the boss! you could on the other hand, invite the boss to come along.:p

seriously though, steve, let me know if that's an option. i've got some ammo to expend and the kids and their mom are good shots.

The Sierra Vista range is the only option, it's about 1/2 way to Bisbee.

Hopefully, sometime in the future fellers, Steve & Bev will have some acreage to "play" on....

steveinaz

I-SIG wrote: »

No worries. I can't wait to see Steve's reaction when he hears my Cary in his system! :eek::eek:

Wes

I can't wait for you to hear these little mule Carbon 7's, in fact I think I'll video tape you when I put the first demo song on, so we can see your jaw hit the floor.

LETS ROCK FELLERS!

BIZILL

if it weren't such a pain in the **** setting up speaker spikes perfectly on the srs's, i'd tote mine down to steves just see see if he'd change his mind about the bigguns after experiencing them in his territory.

steveinaz

Been there and done that (LARGE towers; AR9Lsi, Infifnity RS-IIIb's, etc) I've moved on with no regrets. I think you'll be shocked at what you'll hear this weekend---bring some music that you are intimately familiar with...

My rig isn't very "change-out" friendly, as everything is ty-wrapped, routed, etc. I took me about an hour to get my speaker stands leveled, measured, placed equally, and toed-in just right. I need to setup a test rig in the 70's mancave one of these days. Doing Wes' amp will be easy however, as there's plenty of room in the amp spot.

steveinaz

The mini-fest went off without a hitch. Bill's family is a hoot, and some great folks--very nice kids; his son Brandon made me a tiny oragami dragon, it's amazing, and Brian is quite the comedian and Lego master. His wife is about as friendly a gal as you'll meet, and alot of fun to be around. Wes' better half is a sweetheart, hopefully we didn't bore her too much with our audio-geekdom. Her cookies and brownies were a hit, and the perfect finale for a good dinner.

Wes brought his Cary CAD 200 power amp down. Very nice. It has a clean/accurate midrange and upper bass that gives vocals an extrememly real tone. Bass authority and control were also excellent, and treble smooth as buttah. Sara Evans never sounded so good--very, very nice piece of gear.

Thanks to everyone for a great time (we even got a little rain). Hopefully we can pull another event off and get Rob, Sean, and Courtney involved. I think we should trash Wes' place next---right guys?

I'll post some pics later today.

tonyb

Glad you guys/gals had fun, thats what it's all about.

BIZILL

wow, we were there for over 12 hours and had fun the entire time! the pool was super-refreshing and Bev puts the "bev" in beverages. the kids had a blast and were telling me on the ride home that if you ever have a get-together of any type, that they DEFINATELY want to go again. they were calling your house a castle. they enjoyed it.

your bookshelf speakers...WOW! like i told you, i would love to hear any other bookshelf in an A/B comparison to demonstrate how much better yours are. good thing "you get what you pay for". and you got it.

once again i found myself thinking i should have taken you up on the offer to stay the night. i had an extremely hard time staying awake. a couple times i had to have Brandon scream into my ear to keep me alert. but the good thing is, no speeding tickets.

i don't mind having you all come here to my place sometime, so long as you can overlook the "mess". my house isn't any "castle" by any stretch of the imagination, but it's big enough to house a buttload of people. then perhaps someone can bring over a dedicated preamp that i could listen to in comparison to my A/V receiver.

Wes and Allison were a blast. i haven't seen Wes smile this much, ever. hope to see you two again soon as well. it should be easy being in the same city and all.

courtney, missed you bro. sean, would've liked to meet you. wish you could have come. rob/rivvrat, same goes to you. hope you got work done because i have to say, you missed out on a great time. hope the extra benjamins were worth it.:)


forgot to mention, we all got to experience the '70's "mancave" while we were there. i could see myself escaping to there on certain occasions for sure. but i'm sure most of my time would be spent on the splendid patio, watching the rainstorms as we did.


steve, when's the next shin-dig?

Rivrrat

It sounds like you all had a good time, sorry I missed it.

I hate overtime, even with an unemployed wife.

BIZILL

missed ya rob. good thing you have your priorities straight, though.

one thing the gals kept talking about was how we 3 polkies share one common trait. ...a bit of OCD. it was a hot topic the gals kept mentioning time and again.

steveinaz

We had a great time, you've got some good kids there Bill.

BIZILL

steveinaz wrote: »

We had a great time, you've got some good kids there Bill.

yeah, man. and it's our time to reciprocate the favor. if/when you have to venture up here, hit us up ahead of time and let's try to get a little bbq going. winter weather, no prob either. we have the firepit. you'll have to check out the home theater as well. you and bev can kick off your shoes and lounge in the power recliners.

steve, post up some pics here or start a new thread. brandon was pretty excited to see that you loved his baby dragon.;)

steveinaz

You got it, let me get at my weak photo editing skills and get busy...