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Rockster2U

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  1. Still loving this song and Album that Charlie recommended - their other Album is just as good.
  2. Welcome to the Carversite Doc. Your system looks very nice and that turntable came out great. I’ll bet it sounds every bit as good as it looks - Thanks for the pictures.
  3. Happy Birthday - hope it’s just what a “Grumpy Old Man” is looking forward to. Enjoy!
  4. On a side note - AJ, you sometimes amaze me. I haven’t heard the 13th Floor Elevators in 50+ years - they were way ahead of the curve back in the day.
  5. $30 Bet Jack, a handsome man, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 pm. He sat down next to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the bar and stared up at the TV as the 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump. Alexandria looked at Jack and said, "Do you think he'll jump?" Jack says, "You know what, I bet he will." Alexandria replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Jack placed $30 on the bar and said, "You're on!" Just as she placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death. She was very upset and handed her $30 to Jack, saying, "Fair's fair... Here's your money." Jack replied, "I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o'clock news and knew he would jump." Alexandria replies, "I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again." Jack took the money. Alexandria went back to work at the US Congress
  6. Very nice looking at a most reasonable price - I wouldn’t expect this listing to last long. ?
  7. Sk1Bum - Happy Birthday Dick. I hope you have a great one today followed by many more. Your contributions have been a big plus to the content and quality of the Carversite. Now, get some sleep ..........
  8. Happy Birthday Barry ...... young man is oh so correct - do the math. Hope you have a great one and many, many more. ?
  9. Rockster2U

    wav & flac

    I guess I might be the exception based on the various comments I’ve read but I’m an old fashioned guy who borders on becoming an anachronism himself. My vote goes to WAV which one can convert to any format they want. WAV will play on most anything out there component-wise whereas one can’t say the same with other file formats. One lonesome vote for “the old guys” heavily invested in “old gear”. If your music library contains several thousand songs I get the point but I don’t really see the advantage of having several hundred TV channels either. To me, it’s like looking at a 15 page restaurant menu - just give me a steak, salad and a potato.
  10. Welcome to the Carversite. I read your comments re: posting jpegs and after Hashy’s response I see you already started a thread to get that post count and reputation points headed north. You are going to find this site to be a most valuable resource with members that are going to be able to guide you through most anything you are going to encounter. You’ll also find a lot of members that have similar experiences before joining the fold. I was a long time Marantz fan before converting to the Carver community and it didn’t take me long to dump a bunch of high end Vintage Marantz gear in favor of Carver Components. In any event, welcome aboard - Enjoy the ride.
  11. Wisdom from Larry the Cable Guy COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
  12. While walking down the street a Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in Heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to Heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts you see, so we're not sure what to do with you." "No problem just let me in," says the Senator. "Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in Hell and one in Heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity." "Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in Heaven," says the Senator. "I'm sorry, but we have our rules." And with that St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to Hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne. Also present is the devil who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises. The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in Heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit Heaven." So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and before he realizes it the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. "Well then you've spent a day in Hell and another in Heaven. Now choose your eternity." The Senator reflects for a minute before he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean Heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in Hell." So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to Hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders. "I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?" The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning. Today you voted." Vote wisely in November 2018.
  13. I’ll Sarah was in the fertilized egg business. She had several hundred young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. She kept records and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so she bought some tiny bells and attached them to her roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so she could tell from a distance which rooster was performing. Now, she could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells. Sarah's favourite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen but, this morning she noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When she went to investigate, she saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. To Sarah's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job, and walk on to the next one. Sarah was so proud of old Butch, she entered him in a Show and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Peace Prize" they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well. Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention? Vote carefully in the next election. You can't always hear the bells. LITTLE RALPHY ON MATH A teacher asks her class, 'If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?' She calls on little Ralphy. He replies, 'None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot.' The teacher replies, 'The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking..' Then little RALPHY says, 'I have a question for YOU. There are 3 women sitting on a bench having ice cream: One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream. The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone. The third is biting off the top of the ice cream. Which one is married?' The teacher, blushing a great deal, replied, 'Well, I suppose the one that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone.' To which Little RALPHY replied, 'The correct answer is 'the one with the wedding ring on,' but I like your thinking.' LITTLE RALPHY ON MATH Little RALPHY returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic. 'Why?' asks the father? 'The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3,'' I said '6', replies RALPHY. 'But that's right!' says his dad. 'Yeah, but then she asked me 'How much is 3x2?'' 'What's the fucking difference?' asks the father. 'That's what I said!' LITTLE RALPHY ON ENGLISH Little RALPHY goes to school, and the teacher says, 'Today we are going to learn multi-syllable words, class. Does anybody have an example of a multi-syllable word?' RALPHY says 'Mas-tur-bate..' Miss Rogers smiles and says, 'Wow, little RALPHY, that's a mouthful.' Little RALPHY says, 'No, Miss Rogers, you're thinking of a blowjob.' LITTLE RALPHY ON GETTING OLDER Little RALPHY was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another. After the 6th one a man on the bench across from him said, 'Son, you know eating all that candy isn't good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, and make you fat.' Little RALPHY replied, 'My grandfather lived to be 107 years old.' The man asked, 'Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?' Little RALPHY answered, 'No, he minded his own fucking business. I LOVE Little RALPHy
  14. Probably needs a pierced ring offset just to the right of the bottom fold and a small rose tattoo outside the fur about half way down the left side. Now you’ve got a member of that pink hat platoon. Hillary’s Harem?
  15. Spyrogyra - Morning Dance Warren Haynes - Ashes to Ashes Richard Tee (will be very difficult to find) Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
  16. AJ - no, I think I can hear Charlie cueing up The Pointer Sisters Live at The San Francisco Opera House. Yeah, that's it - Yes We Can. Maybe Crystal Gayle is coming up after that.
  17. A belated Happy Birthday Jack. Very thoughtful wife.
  18. One of my best friend's Mother-in-law had Alzheimer's and I used to question him as to what it was like and what one should expect. His answer has stayed with me for years. "No matter how bad it is, no matter how ugly, it only gets worse. Much worse." I can now attest to the wisdom of his comments as my Mom fought it for 11 years before finally passing. If any of you guys ever feel a need to talk about it, give me a shout. The challenges that lay ahead are significant and will test you like few other things in life.
  19. Welcome to the Carversite Jim. I'd say it sounds like you had a hell of a night - it could be scary if this becomes a chronic condition. Not to worry, you are in good company here - you'll find all kinds of "enablers" who will be more than happy to provide the type of encouragement necessary to empty your wallet and fill your home with some fine components. Even better, you can count on the members here to answer any questions or help resolve any issues you may encounter - it's a pretty amazing community. Glad to have you aboard.
  20. Rockster2U

    vinyl storage

    Very nice shelving. Storing records vertically beats the hell out of storing them horizontally which can lead to warpage but you'd have a tough time finding your selections in my music room. You've got George Thorogood in the G's where I've got him in the T's. As long as one is consistent and can remember their naming and sorting convention, I don't think it makes any difference. As your collection grows, this takes on added importance so one can quickly locate what they are looking for. I used to maintain an index but it is of little use to me now as it hasn't been updated for years. With 700 plus albums and well over 1,000 CD's this is a much larger task than I want to take on. Think of what it must be like to have a collection like Z's - this might even require hiring a "librarian".
  21. Beautiful system you've put together - welcome to the Carversite. As you've already discovered there are a lot of very knowledgeable and helpful members of this fraternity and the comraderie, like the OCCD is contagious. Thanks for the pictures - tell us about the axe on the wall and the Rottweiler on the table. Glad to have you on board.
  22. Welcome Morgan. I think you'll enjoy the Carversite and find it to be a valuable resource - just a bunch of good people with a common interest and a passion for perfection.
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