The Good NEWS Thread

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    I have a huge (for me) basement, over 1700 sq ft. No walk out, but it is on my list! I often dreamed about parking the Harley's down there during the winter months! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,589
    verb wrote: »
    I have a huge (for me) basement, over 1700 sq ft. No walk out, but it is on my list! I often dreamed about parking the Harley's down there during the winter months! :smile:

    need an oil spot there in the basement? ;)
  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,145
    verb wrote: »
    I have a huge (for me) basement, over 1700 sq ft. No walk out, but it is on my list! I often dreamed about parking the Harley's down there during the winter months! :smile:

    I know exactly how you feel........I remember decades ago while living at home I wrestled my motorcycle into my bedroom for the cold NH winter months. Surprisingly enough my parents never said a word. Fast forward to my first apartment which had a walk in heated basement. Now that was a great place to store and work on the bike year round.
  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    I logged on and found I was still not in the forum pokey, lol. Apologies to F1 for my faux pas.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,668
    edited March 2020
    xschop wrote: »
    I logged on and found I was still not in the forum pokey, lol. Apologies to F1 for my faux pas.

    All good as far as I'm concerned. Glad to see you're back.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


    President of Club Polk

  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    F1nut wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    I logged on and found I was still not in the forum pokey, lol. Apologies to F1 for my faux pas.

    All good as far as I'm concerned. Glad to see you're back.

    Speaking of...hey X are you working from home/shop...got any cool metal projects you’re working on ??
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited March 2020
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    verb wrote: »
    I have a huge (for me) basement, over 1700 sq ft. No walk out, but it is on my list! I often dreamed about parking the Harley's down there during the winter months! :smile:

    need an oil spot there in the basement? ;)

    Lol! No oil's a leaking from my babies! :smile: Mid 60's on Saturday, perfect opporunity for some social distancing! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,448
    Nothing says “I love you” like a Harley Davidson alarm clock, complete with exhaust smell, filling the house at 730am on a Sunday...
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    So today is day 3 of our quarantine. I have literally not walked out of the house. Not because of panic, but due to work. And laziness. :smile:

    We're all feeling good. The good news is also that I have my work laptop going and my PC on the desk running simultaneously. Boring meeting? No worries, just put Skype on mute, and open up CP! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    verb wrote: »
    So today is day 3 of our quarantine. I have literally not walked out of the house. Not because of panic, but due to work. And laziness. :smile:

    We're all feeling good. The good news is also that I have my work laptop going and my PC on the desk running simultaneously. Boring meeting? No worries, just put Skype on mute, and open up CP! :smile:

    Now that is great news. I hope all is well with you and your family.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    verb wrote: »
    So today is day 3 of our quarantine. I have literally not walked out of the house. Not because of panic, but due to work. And laziness. :smile:

    We're all feeling good. The good news is also that I have my work laptop going and my PC on the desk running simultaneously. Boring meeting? No worries, just put Skype on mute, and open up CP! :smile:

    So, are you saying that you could get used to working from home? :p

  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,901
    I have been working from home the past 14 years.

    1.5 years until retirement.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,046
    Bought a 2017 MDX picking it up tomorrow. Purchase and negotiations were made over the phone. Test drive was done by pulling up to the dealership, car was wiped down before we got there. Key was sitting in the vehicle and off we went. Looking forward to tomorrow.
  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    edited March 2020
    I don't work from home. However I will be helping my friend set up his new toy. I get to play too....

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    It's not brand new, has few hours on it as pertaining to CNCs. I didn't have to ask what price he acquired it for, but the look on his face tells me he stolded-it lol.

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    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    verb wrote: »
    So today is day 3 of our quarantine. I have literally not walked out of the house. Not because of panic, but due to work. And laziness. :smile:

    We're all feeling good. The good news is also that I have my work laptop going and my PC on the desk running simultaneously. Boring meeting? No worries, just put Skype on mute, and open up CP! :smile:

    So, are you saying that you could get used to working from home? :p

    I could! Very easily. :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Got the laptop up, rocking Tidal, CP up and running, life is good! :smile:
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    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2020
    Work is having us take home our laptops today for a test run. Teleworking for me is useless, I'm a warehouse manager; aside from receipt/issue documents and the follow-up database entries, I don't use the computer. Vast majority of my job is hands-on (inventory/palletizing/storing), so being home is worthless. The Fed never lets common sense get in the way of a good crisis.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    I hear ya Steve. I do a lot of face to face communication at work, in locations all over campus, so I travel a lot. So while at home it's a bit different. We're all working through it.
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Good news during the families decision to stay put, the music is plentiful and both my systems are sounding pretty darn good. Kids driving me a tad crazier but we're still having fun during the inning. 🎩
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
    *****************************
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    Good news....Cheesecake factory is handing out free slices the next 2 weeks I believe. In my world, that's great news. :)
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    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Gas is 1.69 gallon in rural Indiana.
  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Here's the look I get when I say "Music"

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    Can you get women to do that too ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • charley96
    charley96 Posts: 323
    oldrocker wrote: »
    Here's the look I get when I say "Music"

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    Looks like my Vets dog.ksw7hz37uetp.jpg
  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,103
    We've stopped eating out.
    We prepare all our meals fresh.
    Haven't gassed up either vehicle in over a week.
    Our dog is in heaven having all her "people" home all the time.
    I've worked all week in comfy clothes.
    Drinking much more water (our well water is great).
    I've lost 5 pounds this week eating better.
    Spending more time with the wife and daughters.

    And, as far as I know, we still have over 35 (total) rolls of TP in our 4 bathrooms (which is our usual 'stock').

    Lots of good news there!
  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,103
    Oh, and our local distillery is open for online orders for curbside pickup, or delivery. Yes, delivery! Doesn't get much better than that!
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    This belongs in the good news thread....I think. lol

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    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,668
    Yes sir, one would need a lot of TP after eating in one of their places.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


    President of Club Polk

  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,584
    Hence the nickname “sliders.”
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,448
    I love White Castle!
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson