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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited June 2014
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    I really don't believe that cables matter.

    I just like the expensive ones because they are shiny and pretty.
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited June 2014
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    I really don't believe that cables matter.

    I just like the expensive ones because they are shiny and pretty.

    Ha! I knew it!

    :-)


    So.....here's some, listed by a fellow Polkie that you should love:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/321283919727?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,001
    edited June 2014
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    I printed out a whole roll of "villain" posts and use them as toilet paper.

    You too, eh!?! :cheesygrin:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,223
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    I printed out a whole roll of "villain" posts and use them as toilet paper.


    I would rather use 80 grit sandpaper....
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
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    teekay0007 wrote: »
    So.....here's some, listed by a fellow Polkie that you should love:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/321283919727?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    Thanks for the recommendation, but those cables actually cost 7.6% less than the ones I have now, and that is just based on my cable's 2008 retail price. If the 2008 price is adjusted for inflation, the eBay cables cost 16% less than mine. They are also nowhere near as shiny and pretty as my AudioQuest perfect surface silver 72V DBS speaker cables.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    Keiko wrote: »
    I still have my Sony, Super Beta. Does that count as a shameful confession, John? :wink:

    I still have 2 functioning VHS machines. Don't watch many movies anymore on tape, but I've heard VCRs make for an excellent source for analog audio. I may have to experiment with this one of these days and find out for myself.

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,800
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    Thanks for the recommendation, but those cables actually cost 7.6% less than the ones I have now, and that is just based on my cable's 2008 retail price. If the 2008 price is adjusted for inflation, the eBay cables cost 16% less than mine. They are also nowhere near as shiny and pretty as my AudioQuest perfect surface silver 72V DBS speaker cables.
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    Ha! I knew it!

    :-)


    So.....here's some, listed by a fellow Polkie that you should love:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/321283919727?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    if you play your cards right PFB will muck up the sale and then they're 99.9% cheaper than any cable you have.....bahahaaha
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    I once watched 4 other co-workers hatch a plan to **** in the chair of a 5th co-worker of ours that was not exactly the easiest guy to get along with. For months, every time someone had to **** and he wasn't at his desk, one of them would run over, sit down and rip one, giggle and leave.

    I said and did nothing. <--- that's the shameful part

    One day, there was a brand new chair in plastic wrap at his desk when we came in that morning. When he showed up he said "Good! It's finally here!" I asked "What's that for?" He said "Something is wrong with my chair. It stinks."

    I laughed and laughed and laughed. <-- that's the other shameful part

    Good times. Good times.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    Sometimes...in the elevator...I pretend I'm a Jedi when the doors are opening and closing.


    If somebody says something, I wave my hand and tell them these aren't the droids they are looking for.


    If they say something else, I wave me hand again and tell them there's no need to bother me any longer.


    If they say something else, I wave my hand yet again and say they can be on their way.


    It doesn't work as often as you'd think it would.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
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    Sometimes I don't like the way the bread aisle smells, but I'm not ashamed of it.
  • Lord Vader
    Lord Vader Posts: 167
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    Jstas wrote: »
    Sometimes...in the elevator...I pretend I'm a Jedi when the doors are opening and closing.


    If somebody says something, I wave my hand and tell them these aren't the droids they are looking for.


    If they say something else, I wave me hand again and tell them there's no need to bother me any longer.


    If they say something else, I wave my hand yet again and say they can be on their way.


    It doesn't work as often as you'd think it would.

    Join me and I will complete your training....
  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
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    ^^^^^^^

    LOL that's funny!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,223
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    I love the BeeGees and ABBA...


    Ok, and Air Supply, but that's it.






    Ummmm, and Hall and Oates, but no more.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,913
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    Hey man, "She's gone" is a great song by H&O.

    I also like Ambrosia....remember them ? Harmonizing 101 for the younger crowd.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,148
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    tonyb wrote: »
    I also like Ambrosia....remember them ?

    Oh damn....Yeah but those were groove songs with your gal
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  • kdblove_99
    kdblove_99 Posts: 107
    edited July 2014
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    Ok. I guess i will say it. My 2 favorite movies are Fight Club and Pulp Fiction...
  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
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    I recently cheated during a "step contest" in which I competed against my friends wife on who could log the most steps in a week on our fitbit trackers. I figured out that if you paperclip it to a fan, the vibrations will rack up the steps for you!
  • kdblove_99
    kdblove_99 Posts: 107
    edited July 2014
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    I have a crush on Zooey Deschanel...

    yeah seems like a lot do. I don't get it
  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,980
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    kdblove_99 wrote: »
    Ok. I guess i will say it. My 2 favorite movies are Fight Club and Pulp Fiction...

    Never watched Fight Club, but Pulp Fiction is one of my favorites too ... Bagdad Caf
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    grimmace19 wrote: »
    I recently cheated during a "step contest" in which I competed against my friends wife on who could log the most steps in a week on our fitbit trackers. I figured out that if you paperclip it to a fan, the vibrations will rack up the steps for you!

    That's awesome.
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
    edited July 2014
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    1. I use a Monster Cable component video cable as interconnects for the front three channels of my system.
    2. I eat mayo, ketchup, mustard and relish on my hot dogs.
    3. I look at the gear that most of you guys have, and it almost makes me shake my head in shame when I look at my gear.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,913
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Oh damn....Yeah but those were groove songs with your gal

    Yeah...so ? Hey man, there's a song for every purpose. lol

    Paradise by the dashboard lights ?
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
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    I love the BeeGees and ABBA...


    Ok, and Air Supply, but that's it.


    Ummmm, and Hall and Oates, but no more.

    Nothing wrong in liking groups that have actual singing talent!
    tonyb wrote: »
    Yeah...so ? Hey man, there's a song for every purpose. lol

    Paradise by the dashboard lights ?


    ERRR Tony do you really want to choose that song considering the ending to it? Five minutes of Paradise... stuck in a lifetime of misery! LOL!
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    DSkip wrote: »
    One of our new employees was in for training. We have a conference room where they train in at one end of a long hallway. On the other end is the President's office. He needed to let some air out, so he walked down the hall, straight into the President's office, and let it rip. He didn't realize that the President was IN his office, sitting in his highback chair with his back to the door...

    I'll bet he ate some crow for that one!! I wasn't going to respond to this,but here goes..My wife and myself were at the grocery store getting supplies when all of a sudden..I really had to let go...we were in the produce and fruit section..too crowded to let go there..so I gritted my teeth till I found an empty aisle....ran down to the middle and cut loose...it was awful..fanned the air so it wouldnt trail,and got the hell out of there...my wife and me passed that aisle about a minute after and saw the sweetest old lady standing right where I had done the deed...fanning the air,face all squenched up,and I could swear I could see her mouth the words O My! That poor lady was probably trying to figure where that stink was coming from in the middle of an empty aisle ....I felt sorry for that poor lady...but the situation was hilarious.....
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    cfrizz wrote: »
    ERRR Tony do you really want to choose that song considering the ending to it? Five minutes of Paradise... stuck in a lifetime of misery! LOL!

    Yeah, I know! Everybody LOVES that song and holds it up as a teenaged anthem for getting lucky! Then I tell them "You know....it's about a dude getting a girl knocked up in his car...right?"

    The looks on peoples' faces is classic when you remind them of the lyrics.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    Jstas wrote: »
    Yeah, I know! Everybody LOVES that song and holds it up as a teenaged anthem for getting lucky! Then I tell them "You know....it's about a dude getting a girl knocked up in his car...right?"

    The looks on peoples' faces is classic when you remind them of the lyrics.

    Those lyrics might have been the inspiration for the show Married With Children.....
  • GospelTruth
    GospelTruth Posts: 403
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    I love the BeeGees and ABBA...
    Ok, and Air Supply, but that's it.
    Ummmm, and Hall and Oates, but no more.

    My wife and I just saw Air Supply this past year. She wanted to go and I have to admit, they sounded pretty dang good after all these years!

    I'm sure there's all kinds of music that I listen to now and again that would be considered a "shameful" confession. I can't tell you how much razzing I've received from friends (and my wife) for listinening to Celine Dion, Belinda Carlisle, Richard Marx, One Direction... what the heck, how'd that last one get on the list?
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
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    Patty Smyth is still my favorite female singer!
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  • Green '01
    Green '01 Posts: 60
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    ^^^^ Wore out a cassette tape of Scandal, listening to Patty Smyth sing The Warrior.
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,747
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    I like Wilson Phillips.

    Chynna Phillips is pretty hot too.

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