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Oohh, a Scotch Egg. I made my own a few years ago, but haven't got round to it lately. Or some sausages. -
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See my profile for list of gear.
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(ASR)
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Polk enjoyment. -
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^^^ that is hysterical
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Same artist.
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Mrs. H and I got mugged by a surly group of ducks at the botanical gardens in Oxford one day whilst eating our Indian takeaway luncheon. They did not want to take "no" for an answer.
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I once got attacked by a herd of gooses.
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I once got attacked by a herd of gooses.
Goose(s) are nasty blighters.
Let's see if I can condense this story to its elements.
In a past life, I worked for a biotech company that had a fairly large and very nice pond (several acres) which had been constructed as part of the groundwater management for the site. It was a very nice pond. It was named rPond (for "recombinant pond" -- and a play on words, "our Pond"). It was even stocked. It attracted lots of wildlife, including, of course, geese.
Geese are messy and kind of menacing.
Plans were made to... dispatch... the geese.
This rubbed the company's employees the wrong way. We are wise and benevelolent scientists, they thought, there must be a better way; a more humane way. A more biotechnological way.
The solution: a corporate dog!
A dog was acquired. A beautiful (umm...) retriever of some sort.
The dog required a name. Due to a joint venture at the time, he was named Baxter.
A doghouse was constructed for him
Baxter helped for a while.
Then, one day, a goose took him on.
After that, Baxter pretty much ignored the geese and concentrated on mooching off of employees running, walking, or lunching in the vicinity of the pond.
Baxter, however, was maintained on the payroll* and lived a long, albeit somewhat useless, life thereafter.
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* At night, on holiday shutdowns and in really bad weather, he was taken or kept at home by the facilities director; part of the latter's job description at the time.
(part of the pond's visible at the bottom left of the Google image above -- when I started working there, a huge field occupied the site of the huge manufacturing building seen just "above" the pond)
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My coffee thermos, Black Sabbath Matters
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
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"Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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^^^^^ Some great pics this morning for two pages that I saw, but ..................
Father Time is a sadistic b-a-s-ta-r-d
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice. Jim Butcher
Harry / Marietta GA -
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I probably don't have to tell you where I saw this one
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mhardy6647 wrote: »I probably don't have to tell you where I saw this one
The kitchen sink? -
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You know you're from the south when car repair bills look like this.
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
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
Looks like Truman's hat.Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
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I’ve been sitting on this cool material that was leftover from a job for close to 3 years. Now is the time to use it!
In the picture is a built in twin on top and queen size on the bottom. Both with cubbies and soon to be roughed in for lighting.
Basement has a long way to go, but I’m just super happy with how this came out.
More to come…
Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!! -
Sweet, are those cut outs on each side of the queen for in-wall speakers?2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a -
soundfreak1 wrote: »SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
Looks like Truman's hat.
Pulizter prize-winning photograph, "Serious Steps"
Ok I cheated
The prize-winning photograph, "Serious Steps"
Paul Vathis (35) - Associated Press, AP's Pulitzer Prizes. Cropped from the source images to reflect the portion of the photograph that was published in 1961.
"Serious Steps", photograph of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (43, left) and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (70, right) walking together at Camp David, where they met to discuss the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. This photograph won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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I know how you feel bro
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txcoastal1 wrote: »Sweet, are those cut outs on each side of the queen for in-wall speakers?
They are! Barry White played on repeat, all hours of the night, at the Biron Swingers Rent-by-the-Hour Motel.
Can I book you a room. 😉Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!