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    Rip Darth Vader aka Dave Prowse

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/movies/dave-prowse-dead.html
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    Studebaker dominates at Goodwood !

    This is some hard core racing. If you find it boring, skip to the 11 minute mark, and watch the gold Studebaker work the big Ford Galaxy.
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    My Content...

    I want to update a thread I started, but can't remember the exact title. We used to be able to see a list of threads we had started, but it looks like our content is now lumped together; threads started and every post made have to be searched. Am I doing something wrong ?
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    Should I get a 2000 Mercedes ? e320 4matic wagon

    I'm wanting an all wheel drive for winter time commuting. Found this with 150K miles. It's gorgeous. It's got that rear suspension attached to the power steering pump. And front struts that are not easily replaced. $2K to replace the shocks. But it's gorgeous.
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    New roof on my Taj MahSmall

    (opening credit to member ETLS for coining the term Taj MahSmall) ;) Any how, it's a new roof, paint, and gutter on my humble abode. All done by contractors. 700 square feet, title dates back to 1920, but I have reason to believe the front half was built just prior to the US Civil...
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    Opinions on XiangSheng 728A pre-amp

    I'm not asking for opinions on Chi Fi in general. I would like to have a pre-amp that sounds like a Marantz 7 (tube version). Do you think there's any truth to the following: The pre-amplifier improved based on famous Wada Shigeho's Style Electric circuit,which was Introduced by Wada Shigeho...
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    Bass blocking for add on tweeters.

    I 'won' a pair of these from that auction site we can not name. Foster horn tweets from the Zenith Allegro 3000. I want to set them on top of my current speakers, to reinforce the upper high end. To cut them off from frequencies below 8K hz, what kind of capacitor should i use ? What...
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    Thai long-tail boats...soon to be a thing of the past.

    Are y'all familiar with these ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tail_boat They can't build them anymore because wood is too expensive in Thailand. Commercially built speedboats are taking their place.
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    Must see French movies with English sub-titles...

    The French have a way with Cinematography. My contribution; a tear jerking romance with war graphics that rival Saving Private Ryan. Except it's WW1 trench warfare. Probably the best WW1 movie in terms of realism. And it has a lattice of comedy running through it.
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    Spend the night at the last Blockbuster Store...

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/worlds-last-blockbuster-becomes-airbnb-213052269.html Not sure how long this offer will last. It can't bring in more than $100 a night for the owners.
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    Any love for the HK 330i ?

    Anybody using one of those ? We have a new member with a dilemma. I'm not double posting, I just want to hear reviews of the 330i. https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/harman-kardon-330c-with-scewed-up-tuner-vs-hk330i.925319/ I've heard they over-heat, maybe fry inside. Who knows ?
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    RIP Cady Groves

    I hadn't heard of Cady until she passed. Turns out she was practically my neighbor, albeit, she was a generation younger than me. This song may have a superficial sound, but it's autobiographical; the real deal. She drank herself to death at age 30...
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    oooh...the new Bronco.

    Sometimes I wish I wasn't poor. Shift on-the-fly manual transfer case available as an option. Hi/low range after a manual gear box with seven forward gears, including an ultra low 'crawler gear'. Electronic dif locks in Dana axles. Axle gearing as low as 4.7 to 1. I want the two door...
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    Random Music Trivia

    Here's a trivia bit to start us off; The opening of Harry Nilsson's song, One, is a single note played repeatedly. It represents a busy signal on a telephone, as if someone was trying to reach out to someone else. I never would have guessed that based on the more popular Three Dog Night cover...
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    Cobain guitar sells for a record high.

    $6,010,000. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kurt-cobains-mtv-unplugged-guitar-sells-for-staggering-recordsetting-amount-at-auction-002108604.html
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    Jim Clark edition of the Lotus Esprit

    https://www.yahoo.com/autos/tested-lotus-esprit-jim-clark-120000131.html I like it. Too bad I'm poor. It's a 1992 model.
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    Widespread voice and data services interuptions.

    First T-Mobile, then ATT. Here's the scoop on T-Mobile... https://www.yahoo.com/news/t-mobile-explains-caused-massive-135230051.html No mention of ATT, but their internet was out yesterday for four hours, then out for at least ten hours today (in the region I live, any way). Anybody else...
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    The best magnifying visor (IMHO)

    I started with a Donegan DA-5 (glass lens) because of the rave reviews, and because it's made in Lenexa, Kansas. It does indeed work well. The lighting options are all lame, so I purchased two Klarus Mi-2 key chain lights. They recharge via any USB charging port. They're light weight, tiny...
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    What went wrong with this mini-van ?

    Strange footage of an out-of-control mini-van... https://www.yahoo.com/news/authorities-come-rescue-woman-whose-184110681.html My guess is the brake light switch that also deactivates the cruise control failed. And she didn't have enough sense to step all the way down on the brake pedal...
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    Five Thousand. Five Thousand what, _____bag?

    5000 'likes' for me. I know it means nothing,,,but it didn't come easy. You're a tough audience. :D
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    After a four decade hiatus...The Vapors release new album !

    How cool ! They sound much like they did when they were young. It's coming out in May.
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    Murican Stock Car Racing is back.

    Hell yeah, brother. This is more like IROC, because cars are pretty much identical...all Crown Vics. 21 stock Crown Vics with roll bars inside. 3/8 mile paved track.
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    Kirk Douglas vs. Johnny Cash in...A Gunfight (1971). Excellent movie.

    This has to be one of the best, if not the best (Western) I've ever seen. Just watched it for the first time. You can watch it for free. This is most likely the best digital file of the movie available. It starts slow, but at 20 minutes into it, it becomes captivating. I don't know if any...
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    Let's hear it for the Chiefs ! Kansas City, we're past due

    I think we can watch on this link...not sure. https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/2020-superbowl-live-stream I do not remember anything about the last time the Chiefs went to the Superbowl...I was 5 years old.
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    That's one ugly Samurai...and it's mine now.

    My goal is to have this thing 'wheeling' and looking nice within a year. This is the second time I've owned this one. I'll be working on it in the shed you see in the background. The frame is solid, and the tub is not rusted where it mounts to the frame. The rust is what killed my current...
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