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GhostOfTomJoad

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  1. HBO just started running the entire series again last night. It was wild going back to the Pilot and hearing Gandolfini w/ Tony's voice still a work in progress. The accent wasn't as nasal or harsh, and his speech pattern made Tony sound more educated & not as street smart, mobbed up.
  2. Legend.
  3. GhostOfTomJoad

    Vinyl

    And the IsoGroove technology works. I've never heard a skip or distortion due to high volume playback.
  4. GhostOfTomJoad

    Vinyl

    Nm
  5. Wait...she's wearing a tan suit, isn't she?!?
  6. GhostOfTomJoad

    Vinyl

    I've got an Andover Max Spinbase w/ a TEAC TN-4D-SE plus a sub and am thrilled w/ the sound in our unused guestroom, which is likely 1.5X any dorm room your boy will have. Best of all, the simplicity of the system has made my wife a huge fan of playing vinyl & she's growing her own collection. I'm looking at the Andover One SB upgrade as a "you've earned it" self gift.
  7. Minus the 'she's got an ass like a 12 yo boy" line, 100%. I've always wondered how that got past the table read. I mean, Bill Paxton's Simon character was written to be a slimy loser, but they went full Sandusky w/ that bit.
  8. Gonna go with Kyle, Kaylen, Kayleigh and Keyzer.
  9. Are you revealing information about your methods that should probably be kept a secret?
  10. GhostOfTomJoad

    Vinyl

    Andover makes an all in one that is worth researching, but at ~$700 it might not be something you want to send off to a college dorm. Andover SpinPlay It's got a solid AT3600L cartridge on the semi-auto belt drive TT. Plenty of connectivity w/ BT, USB, Optical, Sub. It's the kind of intro system that he can grow with and won't be a toy that gets thrown away after college.
  11. Moving the sticks.
  12. OU player clipped his own teammate on that return, springing #6.
  13. Tell you about A&M? They're gutless, bitch ass, inconsequential losers. Anything else?
  14. My BIL got to La Hacienda last May and has held his own since. A friend of mine made the 14-hour round trip drive to SPI this week to deliver his wife to a rehab center there for the 2nd time this year (this is her 5th stint in 4 places since 2021). Someone upthread made the comment that not all rehab facilities are the same, and certainly the biggest contributing factor has to be the patient's desire to change, but it sure seems like the folks at LaHa know what they're doing.
  15. By refusing the bowl bid we'd also sacrifice the additional practice sessions allowed under NCAA rules. That would be beyond stupid.
  16. Who's got the pic of Concepcionn's cleats w/ the sawed off horns? Need to send that to my aggy BIL along with
  17. It's meta. They have a similar commercial for Los Lunas, NM which is a small bedroom community south of Albuquerque. The town is built around a Walmart DC and an Amazon DC, and now the data center. The commercial's all filmed at night & the voice over is about how meta has created a community & improved their quality of life, blah blah blah.
  18. Got this under control.
  19. Watching the Weather Channel this morning it looks like the midwest and Great Lakes area are taking a wallop. 3" - 10" of snow and high winds. Nothing like some white knuckle driving to get to the family feast. Meanwhile I've got an unnecessary fire going just so the cat can look cute sleeping in front of it.
  20. In Harker Heights?
  21. Very tough to beat Gimme Shelter because it sets the table for Let it Bleed perfectly. What's Goin' On by Marvin Gaye's gotta be in the conversation. Tangled Up in Blue told you that Blood on the Tracks was playing for keeps out of the gate. Thunder Road from Born to Run. And it Stoned Me on Moondance. Where the Streets Have No Name/Joshua Tree. Time of the Preacher/Read Headed Stranger. Wildflowers by TP. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning just invites you to have a bourbon while Frank tells you how much love and pain are entwined. There are some damn fine opening tracks. But album tracking as a whole is very much a lost art.
  22. Damn brother. Be strong.
  23. My wife gave me this 16 years ago for my 40th b"day ( the watch, not the cat;he's 15). It was my first automatic & recommended by someone OTOS. Just a shout out to how damn good this Hamilton Khaki field watch has been. Had the crown replaced last year but she's been trouble free & just a versatile watch that I wore daily for almost a decade.
  24. Definitely got the puffy nips.
  25. Safe travels to those of you hitting the roads/airports/bus depots/wagon trains today. Don't fuck this up by getting in a wreck. I was in the office at 5am this morning (my birthday) to see the most glorious sight: out of office notifications by at least 90% of the leadership team. I'll get more stuff done uninterrupted before noon than I normally do in a full week. Then it's home to brine a turkey and enjoy a pizza and some beers plus a beej from my wife. Well, 2 of the 3 might happen.
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