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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    We were at a gathering today at lunch time at one of the two town VFD stations.
    This was served.
    Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

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    I realize this is probably a very kind gesture on A-B's part when water is needed after a disaster (large or small), but my immediate reaction was "well, it looks like Truth in Advertising caught up with the makers of Bud Light". :#

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  • nooshinjohn
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    Made with genuine water from the cooling towers at Three-Mile Island….

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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

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 2,166
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    We were at a gathering today at lunch time at one of the two town VFD stations.
    This was served.
    Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

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    I realize this is probably a very kind gesture on A-B's part when water is needed after a disaster (large or small), but my immediate reaction was "well, it looks like Truth in Advertising caught up with the makers of Bud Light". :#

    Holy crap that brings back memories....
    We were in Miami for 3 months in 92 for the Hurricane Andrew restoration. Anheuser would come in at designated ares and unload dump trucks after dump trucks of this water.
    There were lines for over a mile of people coming to get water.

    They were dumping six packs of these. We thought it was cool to grab a six pack as a souvenir of our time there.
    Had a six pack for decades until the aluminum gave way and started leaking.
    They weren't as elaborate as those, just big letters saying WATER along with their logo. They were just black & white.

    Lineman for Florida Power & Light many moons ago....
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 2,166
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    Bahahahaaaaaa...
    Just got the water reference while reading it to my wife 😂
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Many of us have been drinking Anheuser-Busch water since we were teenagers*, but it was labeled differently. B)

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    * Hey, when I was eighteen, the drinking age for beer and wine in MD was eighteen! :)

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  • mhardy6647
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    Many years ago, in a past life, I worked for a British company.
    In those days, I was in the UK regularly. One day, I was killing time at the local Tesco supermarket (quite a large one, we were essentially in the suburbs of Oxford). I was looking through the canned and bottled beers, and I was rather surprised to find real Czech Budweiser (as opposed to the A-B stuff). I hadn't even known about it until then (ca. 1995).

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
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    That "Bud" is so successful is proof in the power of advertising because it tastes like sewer water smells.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    I can imagine the ad campaign (or maybe they're PSAs)...
    When disaster strikes -- kick back and pop open something from your friends at Anheuser-Busch!
    Don't forget to tread water responsibly.
    :#:(
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  • tonyp063
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    In all fairness, it makes excellent slug bait in the garden
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  • maxward
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    And a headache in every can.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited January 2023
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    you know what's funny about the internet?
    according to Flikr, this is the image I've uploaded there that has the most views...

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    The dusty innards of a Technics SA-80.
    Go freaking figure.

    :|

    EDIT: It does indeed possess perhaps the cheeziest innards of any nominally hifi component I've ever seen.

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  • skipshot12
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    Nice stack…..
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Four bottom of the liners from the second half of the 'seventies. :)

    Meanwhile... I was just browsing eBAY and happened to notice this juxtaposition. It made me chuckle.

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    Mind you, the 40-1310, made by Foster (Fostex) for R/S, was/is a good high sensitivity tweeter, while also having almost remarkable HF extension (well into ultrasonic, like 40 kHz).

    ... but the 40-1375 is a very, very fine sounding tweeter and also quite sensitive (admittedly not as high) and also with very extended treble output (well beyond 20 kHz).
    Bottom line, I'd rather have a pair of the latter than the former -- especially at a tenth of the price. ;)
    Paying $750 for a pair of 40-1310s would be nuts.

    Probably goes without saying that I - ahem - do have pairs of both. :#

    The 40-1375s are out on loan to a friend in MA -- they make nice supertweeters for a pair of Altec Valencias, although they're absolutely at their limit in terms of keeping up with the sensitivity of Valencias.

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    The 40-1310 are in their boxes in the basement someplace. Bought 'em cheap on sale from R/S long ago. :p


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Yep I noticed about 5 yrs. ago that the round super tweeters had went into outer space for price. I wish I still had mine. Originally they were like $20 a piece new. I would use them reflecting backwards on top of my speakers.

    They follow the standard hipster/collector script. Only the Japanese-made 40-1310 command the highest prices. Later morphs (virtually identical) were made in places like Korea and (ultimately) China -- and sell for much less (although still more than they should).
    R/S sold the things for many, many years -- and I am pretty sure they sold zillions of them, too.

    The punchline to the whole thing is that Fostex still sells an extremely similar tweeter, with every bit of the sensitivity and HF extension as the 40-1310 -- and still for a very reasonable price (especially compared to other Fostex supertweeters). :)

    https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/bullet-tweeters/fostex-ft17h-horn-super-tweeter/
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Speaking of collector's items...

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    Just because one can do something doesn't mean that one should.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 26,160
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Speaking of collector's items...

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    Just because one can do something doesn't mean that one should.
    :#

    Complete with mood lights!
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton/Typhon Rotel RP9400 Turntable

    “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

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    good catch! Maybe that's why it's lit up like a Christmas tree! :#
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  • Viking64
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    There should be a yellow light representing a penalty flag and 15 yards for clipping.
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  • treitz3
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    It wasn't that one but my very first stereo system had a Scott receiver and a pair of Scott speakers. All hand me downs from my Mother, along with an unknown TT. For an 8 year old kid, I was in hog heaven.

    The seed was planted when I heard my uncle Tommy's system earlier that day. I listened to this little bitty tube amp powering a pair of homemade Klipsh Klipschorns over LP and I fell in love with what I heard.

    Came home and begged my parents for something, anything they had that I could use to set up a stereo system.

    Keep in mind, this was back in 1978. When you didn't watch a NASCAR race, you listened to it on the radio because it wasn't on TV. If memory serves, they only televised the big ones. Maybe Talladega and Daytona and I believe it was only available on ABC's Wide World of Sports programming.

    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. ~
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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  • treitz3
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    Yeah.....NO!

    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. ~
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  • soundfreak1
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    Wouldn't do that with a rope and a parachute
    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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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited January 2023
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    treitz3 wrote: »
    Yeah.....NO!

    Tom

    well put.
    I mean, I'll bet there's a road or a gondola or something...

    EDIT:

    https://www.rockandice.com/videos/climbing/climbing-the-north-face-of-the-uxbridge-road/
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 26,160
    edited January 2023
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    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
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    Someone trying really hard to earn Darwin’s top prize.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton/Typhon Rotel RP9400 Turntable

    “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

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • soundfreak1
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    Hell of a place to get a foot cramp!
    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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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    soundfreak1 wrote: »
    Hell of a place to get a foot cramp!
    A boo boo cramp would be worse
    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
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  • audioluvr
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    That rope looks way too small to me!
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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