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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
    edited January 2022
    Those mics were pricey for the times.

    The 55 was, it says, $817 (in current dollars) when it was introduced -- so, yeah.
    But Elvis & the Col. -- they wuz rich. B)
    Current street price of a Shure Unidyne... umm...
    a hunnert an ninety-nine smackers.
    https://www.markertek.com/product/55sh/shure-55sh-series-ii-classic-low-z-mic

    In 1939 dollars, that'd've been free! Or maybe they'd have given you like, 50 cents, to take one of these. ;)

    Not to prolong the agony of my offtopic ramble :# , but it is amazing the quality of a condenser mic you can get for short money nowadays.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
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    Reminds me of our son's girfriend's (now wife) college-era cat, Harpo.
    Harpo lived with us in MA for two years while she was in a college living situation that didn't permit her to have a cat. Harpo liked to burrow.

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  • Speaking of cats:

    I have never seen a cat act like the one in this video (same cat in the picture).
    Funny and Crazy!!

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=269499911840689
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    That cats wackadoddle I wouldn't close both eyes at the same time anywhere neer that cat.
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    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
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    AQ kingcobra ic's
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    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    Reminds me of our son's girfriend's (now wife) college-era cat, Harpo.
    Harpo lived with us in MA for two years while she was in a college living situation that didn't permit her to have a cat. Harpo liked to burrow.

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    Oh hell no I ain't reaching in there!
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
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    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
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    Reminds me of our son's girfriend's (now wife) college-era cat, Harpo.
    Harpo lived with us in MA for two years while she was in a college living situation that didn't permit her to have a cat. Harpo liked to burrow.
    ...

    Oh hell no I ain't reaching in there!

    Prudent. I did, a time or two.
    It was not appreciated. :#

    That prancing cat image above -- that's a thing cats do to make themselves look bigger. We had a black cat, The Bear, who would do that, rear up and dance across the floor on her hind legs in that pose, tail and back fur puffed out. The funny thing was that, if she were in a mood to do it, all it took was to look at her funny, and she was off.

    We called it "being a stallion", because she resembled a tiny, psychotic stallion rearing up.
    Sadly, I don't think I ever got a photo of her in the act.

    She was an interesting cat.

  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,934
    edited January 2022
    That cats wackadoddle I wouldn't close both eyes at the same time anywhere neer that cat.

    I wouldn't sleep at night with the spawn from the netherworld in the same house ...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
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    one more of Harpo undercover.
  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,674
    A long-ago friend referred to that type of cat behavior as “John Wayne-ing.” I think of that every time one of our cats does it.
  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,595


    He was passed out. 2 seconds after a phone call to meet some friends out tonight and he pulls this. Dropped the ball right on me.

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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,353
    edited January 2022
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    Minnesota-State-Record-Muskie-57.75 inches 55 lb. 14.8 oz. Mille Lacs 11-22-2021

    I saw this online the other day. Like most Muskie fisherman they tried in vain to release the
    old girl. She just wouldn't go. Beat the old record from 1957 by just over a pound.

    https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2021/12/06/dnr-certifies-new-state-record-muskie
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,947
    mhardy6647 wrote:
    The funny thing was that, if she were in a mood to do it, all it took was to look at her funny, and she was off.

    LOL, I had a cat once that was like that. Daggum thing had me in stitches more often than not. She was CRAZY as a kitten but seemed to calm down a bit as she grew older. When you gave her "your look", she gave you "her look"....and then the show started and usually ended up with me getting scratched. Little stinker!

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,877
    aprazer402 wrote: »
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    Minnesota-State-Record-Muskie-57.75 inches 55 lb. 14.8 oz. Mille Lacs 11-22-2021

    Like most Muskie fisherman they tried in vain to release the
    old girl.

    https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2021/12/06/dnr-certifies-new-state-record-muskie

    I'd have released her into a pan of hot oil.

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    edited January 2022
    Myyoungest has a black Maine Coon that is spoiled rotten.
    He likes to sit in front of the shower door when my son takes a shower.
    I think that cat might be...
    ....uhm ... 😳

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    As soon as my son sits down, the cat jumps in his lap, puts him in a death grip, and says "You're not getting away while I nap".

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    Like most black cats, he has an extra helping of CLAWS. 🐯
    Sal Palooza
  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    My first cat was black. I got her from the Humane Society because there was a mouse in the house, and it wouldn't get in the trap. Of course, she didn't catch it either, and I finally caught it in a waste can.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
    My experience (strictly empirical) is that the black cats are smart. Too smart, arguably, for their own good. ;)
    I will dig up & scan some old photos of The Bear. She was definitely too smart for her own good -- she trained her owners staff very well. :#

    Speaking of critters -- my son sent me this... which I found absolutely hysterical. YMMV, though, of course. :|

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  • BlueFox wrote: »
    My first cat was black. I got her from the Humane Society because there was a mouse in the house, and it wouldn't get in the trap. Of course, she didn't catch it either, and I finally caught it in a waste can.

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    Bud, I. hope you sat your cat down and explained to him how life works.

    "Okay, Mr.Fuzz ****, over here are what are known generally as "Magico speakers".
    To you, they are to be known as "Death Warrant" aka "Neutered"
    Do we understand each other ?"

    👍🇺🇸
    Sal Palooza
  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Bud, I. hope you sat your cat down and explained to him how life works.

    Actually, I did. At one point I had four cats. If they ever got close to the speakers I went into psycho mode by hollering and clapping my hands. It only took a few times before they realized the speakers were off limit and ignored them.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    edited January 2022
    Excellent !
    BTW I'd like to apologize for almost undermining the moral fiber of the readership for my uncalled for use of the word
    " N . U. T. Z "
    As punishment, I gave myself a timeout.
    A 10 minute timeout, during which I took a nice healthy
    "constitutional", so all in all, I think things turned out well.
    👍😀
    Sal Palooza
  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    BlueFox wrote: »
    My first cat was black. I got her from the Humane Society because there was a mouse in the house, and it wouldn't get in the trap. Of course, she didn't catch it either, and I finally caught it in a waste can.

    ulpzslj25gys.jpeg

    Bud, I. hope you sat your cat down and explained to him how life works.

    "Okay, Mr.Fuzz ****, over here are what are known generally as "Magico speakers".
    To you, they are to be known as "Death Warrant" aka "Neutered"
    Do we understand each other

    👍🇺🇸

    I just hung the skin of the last cat that got on my speakers. Problem solved.
    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
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
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    Just another time-travel paradox, I suppose.
    B)
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,998
    edited January 2022
    ^^ sometimes you just try too hard :)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
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  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,129
    here's a NASA image of the snow from the other day


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