I've been having a great time...

cfrizz
cfrizz Posts: 13,415
edited June 2009 in The Clubhouse
Down here in DC. I've seen Star Trek, Wolverine, had lots of great food to eat. And today Mark & I went up to IQ Entertainment in Fairfax, VA and came back with a DSW Pro 500 for Mark's birthday gift to himself!!!:D

Sean or Shawn I don't know which, made a deal we just couldn't refuse. They just opened for business & were happy to see us. He was even going to give us a good deal on the LSIC, but Mark wants to upgrade his amplification first.

We haven't hooked it up yet, but when we do, I'll report back. I expect it to make a huge difference & the movie watching enjoyment factor to go through the roof!:D
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2009
    My wife just took our 11 year old to D.C. over a weekend, they did the Museums before Night at the Museum II came out. Then last week I took her to the movie. Sounds like you're having a nice time.

    And of course we're envious of the new sub. The 500 is a nice one!

    Enjoy...!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,201
    edited June 2009
    Have a great time and safe trip
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited June 2009
    I'm glad you're having fun, but also hope you're actually seeing the sights as well?
    IIRC the Smithsonian has/ had a Star Trek section
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2009
    Play safe and give my regards to Mark.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Will do George.

    I have been to DC quite a few times & have done more museums than I can count! My coming down here now is all about hanging out with Mark since I only get to see him 2-3 times a year.

    I think we might see Terminator tomorrow & we might go to see Museum 2 on Friday.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited June 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Down here in DC. I've seen Star Trek, Wolverine, had lots of great food to eat. And today Mark & I went up to IQ Entertainment in Fairfax, VA and came back with a DSW Pro 500 for Mark's birthday gift to himself!!!:D...

    Where is IQ Entertainment? I'm in Alexandria/Falls Church for business this week and Fairfax is like 10 miles away according to Google maps.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited June 2009
    A media filled week fer sher! Have more fun and tell Mark I said "Hello".
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited June 2009
    when you going to the tube store??

    nice sub.

    RT1
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited June 2009
    You two have fun and enjoy the new purchase. A very nice sub for the price. Polk subs have come a long way.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Here ya go Madden.
    http://www.iq-av.com/

    IQ Home Entertainment
    10890 Fairfax Blvd.
    Fairfax, VA 22030

    Sorry Ted, no tubes stores on the list of things to do.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2009
    enjoy your trip Cathy.. say Hi to Mark for me. Did you pick up anything special for yourself? :)
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    No Al. I didn't. Mark & I are going out so that I can get him a couple of things for his birthday.

    Although my treat is that Mark sees to it that I see all the movies I want & he makes all of my favorite foods when I'm down here, and takes me to resturants that I can't get to at home. So I'm a happy camper!:D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited June 2009
    Sounds like you are having big fun, enjoy!
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited June 2009
    LOL! Keiko you nut boy!

    Glad you are having fun Cathy and don't eat too much. Tell Mark I miss him on the forum and to give me a call.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Yes...You should be ballooned up quite nicely by the time you go home. ;)

    :eek: Yup just in time for my physical exam next Monday.:eek: Oh well!:D
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    LOL! Keiko you nut boy!

    Glad you are having fun Cathy and don't eat too much. Tell Mark I miss him on the forum and to give me a call.

    Thanks Joe. Although I'm confused, since Mark has never officially joined CP. As far as I know you two only met at Polkfest last year. But I'll tell him.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Or as Mark said during the opening scene of Troy when the floor shook & the wood cabinets with the glass doors behind us rattled...OH ****!:D

    Well Mark has gone up to the next level in audio. He LOVES his new sub!

    Now that the 7's are not struggling to play everything, they are now nice and clear focusing on what they are best at. What a difference.

    It was such great fun watching Mark's eyes get huge & his head whip around to look at his rattling cabinets & the HUGE grin come over his face as he heard the sub go into action!

    This is what it's all about! When I come down in Sept., we might go for the LSIC.:)
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,151
    edited June 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Yes...You should be ballooned up quite nicely by the time you go home. ;)
    Keiko, you really know how to talk nice to them ladies! Glad you're having fun Ms. Frizz (don't forget to have some nice wines with those nice meals!).

    I miss D.C. and the whole Georgetown/Virginia/equestrian atmosphere, not to mention driving past the monuments every day. Maybe we'll move back some day ... it's cheap in comparison to here too.
    Alea jacta est!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited June 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    :eek: Yup just in time for my physical exam next Monday.:eek: Oh well!:D



    Thanks Joe. Although I'm confused, since Mark has never officially joined CP. As far as I know you two only met at Polkfest last year. But I'll tell him.
    Now you have me confused. I thought Mark was Baggedlancer? any ways glad your having fun.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited June 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    :eek: Yup just in time for my physical exam next Monday.:eek: Oh well!:D



    Thanks Joe. Although I'm confused, since Mark has never officially joined CP. As far as I know you two only met at Polkfest last year. But I'll tell him.

    I thought you were talking about BaggedLancer. . . my boo boo.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2009
    Keep having fun, that what life should be all the time.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited June 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Here ya go Madden.
    http://www.iq-av.com/

    IQ Home Entertainment
    10890 Fairfax Blvd.
    Fairfax, VA 22030

    Sorry Ted, no tubes stores on the list of things to do.

    Thanks, Now if I can just get out of work at a normal time I'll swing over there.
    :cool:
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited June 2009
    you effers don't get out much do you, Mark has been to two fests and is a true polkie. This place is crumbling.

    RT1
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    LOL! Don't be too hard on them Ted.

    Snow has never been to a PF & probably didn't know my brothers name is Mark as well.

    And Joe didn't join up til 2006 & Mark's first PF was in 2005.

    FYI, Mark, (BaggedLancer) has never been to a PF either.

    Well I'm back home now getting ready to go get a checkup. My doctor is probably going to hand me my head & tell me all the thing that now should be non existant in my diet & to run 20 miles every day!:eek:
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2009
    Glad you had a good time and made it back safely.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Thanks Engtaz. Now I'm enjoying my 2nd week of vacation here. Especially since I've gotten the checkup out of the way. My BP is back to normal at 132/72. I just have to lose 10lbs in 3 months before I go back for a weight check though!
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,151
    edited June 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    ... I just have to lose 10lbs in 3 months before I go back for a weight check though!
    That's all? Ten pounds? May I suggest you just find some thumpin' tunes you like and start dancing to them twice a day for five or ten minutes, walk 1,000 steps at a fast, but normal pace (not speed walking, or whatever it's called) once every day, and you'll be all set IMO! You'll have to count the steps the first time, to see what distance that equates to in your neighborhood, but it's not hard!
    Alea jacta est!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    No that's just the start of the weight loss, she wants me to take off more, but doesn't want me to stress out over it.

    Which is good, because work causes enough of that.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,151
    edited June 2009
    Gotcha! I agree: stressing about it is frequently, if not always, a mistake that can even make matters worse, not better. You could try the daily 1,000 though, the results might surprise you. Anyways, welcome home, and enjoy the rest of your holiday!
    Alea jacta est!
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited June 2009
    Kex wrote: »
    Gotcha! I agree: stressing about it is frequently, if not always, a mistake that can even make matters worse, not better. You could try the daily 1,000 though, the results might surprise you. Anyways, welcome home, and enjoy the rest of your holiday!

    I just spent this past week in National Harbor Md. :( It is just south of the southern most extent of the beltway and has a commanding view of of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. A place to trap professionals, while disallowing them to take advantage of what the Nation's Capital has to offer. :(
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2009
    Wow Hillbilly, that rots! Maybe you will have a chance sometime in the future.
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