Topic: BALANCING ACT (Read 19231 times)

bk · « **on:** September 22, 2009, 12:14:02 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were balanced and an act, and now it is time for you to post until the balanced cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:16:36 AM »

And the word of the day is: OGIVE!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:20:18 AM »

Like the musical says, life is a...

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:30:45 AM »

I'm achieving a very big plateau at some point in the next week.

George · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:31:18 AM »

Quote from: bk on September 22, 2009, 12:30:45 AM

I'm achieving a very big plateau at some point in the next week.

PPPPUUUUSSSSHHHH!!!!

bk · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:31:30 AM »

Our GUESTS are looking at very interesting threads - there is a common denominator between them, too - which is also very interesting.

bk · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:32:04 AM »

Of course, I could just make ninety-six posts right now and be done with it.

bk · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:32:14 AM »

But I need my beauty sleep.

George · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:47:22 AM »

Break-Many-Legs Vibes for your reading tonight, BK!!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2009, 01:10:13 AM »

TOD

First Radio – a white plastic Emerson – a Christmas Gift when I was about 9

First TV – a Color Panasonic I bought in Japan and lugged home on the ship.

First Record Player – a Webcor blond mahogany table set (mono of course) with one of my first pay checks from the bank after graduating from High School.

First Stereo Rig – a Norelco portable 7 inch reel-to reel tape stereo tape recorder/player (with detachable speakers) – Sophomore year in college

First Cassette Player – Panasonic portable (bought in Navy Exchange in Japan 1970

First CD player – Panasonic in 198? –soon after they came out

First Laser Disk Player – Panasonic – soon after they came out

Most extravagant purchase – a pair of AR4 speakers in 1971

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2009, 01:16:44 AM »

Quote from: bk on September 22, 2009, 12:14:02 AM

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were balanced and an act, and now it is time for you to post until the balanced cows come home.

At least the steers don't have to worry about balls in the air problems.

der Brucer

DAW · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2009, 02:49:56 AM »

Thank you, DR JRand59!!!

Michael · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2009, 04:32:28 AM »

my mail gets delivered today after being on hold while i was gone. looking forward to getting the book.

Michael · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2009, 04:33:41 AM »

And I'm back in Florida. Busy week ahead

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2009, 05:19:37 AM »

I totally forgot about today's McGlinnventory and I am running late, speaking of too many balls in the air. I had thought last night, in my foggy state, that I was spending the morning on FINIAN'S RAINBOW and I was wrong. Damn! Off to the East Side.

Matt H. · « **Reply #15 on:** September 22, 2009, 05:57:21 AM »

bk,

The jump ahead in time for MAD MEN's third season is only a few months. The season begins in spring of 1963. Kennedy is still president.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:01:46 AM »

Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And is it really only Tuesday? Cool!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:03:22 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on September 22, 2009, 05:19:37 AM

I totally forgot about today's McGlinnventory and I am running late, speaking of too many balls in the air. I had thought last night, in my foggy state, that I was spending the morning on FINIAN'S RAINBOW and I was wrong. Damn! Off to the East Side.

DR elmore - I hope that school kids let you have a seat on the bus and/or subway. *If I were you, I'd just ask to have a seat. You might be surprised. -Or just carry one of your crutches with you and threaten to beat them over the head with it to make them move. Or just hit them over the head anyway.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:03:42 AM »

Or trip them as they get off the bus.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:08:10 AM »

*DR elmore - Broadway Salutes is also taking place this afternoon in Duffy/Times Square at 4:00. Plan and prepare for any further commuting accordingly.

Ben · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:08:31 AM »

Same old same old.

Ben · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:09:59 AM »

I have a meeting at 11.

I have to call about scheduling a c*****scopy for this tired old body. It's been 4 years and my doctor thinks I should have one. Who am I to argue.

Ben · « **Reply #22 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:10:11 AM »

That's it for now.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #23 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:20:43 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day... Hmmm...

First Cassette Player - I think I was eight-years old. It was a Tandy/Radio Shack one.

First Radio – A few months after getting the above cassette player, I purchased - well, my Mom purchased it, but it was still mine! - a Radio/Cassette player, again from Radio Shack. I no longer had to hold up my cassette player to my parents' radio in order to record my favorite songs from KING (we were living in Seattle at the time).

First TV – To the best of my memory, I don't think I've ever purchased a TV. All the ones I've had have been hand-me-downs.

First Record Player – I never purchased one. I just took over the Panasonic that my Dad had.

First Stereo Rig – Something cobbled together from various components when I was in high school.

First CD player – A Sony 5-Disc changer sometime in 1986. It was on sale at Circuit City, and cost just as much as a single-disc player at the time.

First Laser Disk Player – N/A

Most extravagant purchase – Hmmm, probably the (RED) iPod Nano I bought a few years ago... Then left on a plane.

Ginny · « **Reply #24 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:26:47 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings! It's gloomy and humid here again today. Too cool for the AC, but I'm about to try it anyway to relieve the humidity

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #25 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:30:22 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on September 22, 2009, 06:26:47 AM

Tuesday morning greetings! It's gloomy and humid here again today. Too cool for the AC, but I'm about to try it anyway to relieve the humidity

The humidity seems to have kicked back in here in NYC this morning too. Indian summer, I guess.

Matt H. · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:52:25 AM »

Good morning!

Still overcast and we had a little drizzle this morning. Still temps are creeping up into the 80s for the rest of the week, so I'm sure my A/C will be kicking back on at some point today or tomorrow.

Matt H. · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:53:34 AM »

So far, no UPS deliveries, so I still have a day off. Criterion releases often arrive in the USPS mail instead of via UPS, so I could still get something in today's mail, but it would likely be too late to start on until tomorrow.

Matt H. · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:57:29 AM »

I forgot to mention last night that I did indeed go back to the beginning and rewatch the Blu-ray of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. If I have the day off, I'll likely do THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS this evening.

How wonderful is it to see these HARRY POTTER movies with the cast basically growing up before our eyes. And except for Richard Harris, all of the cast staying in their roles giving the series such a feeling of unity.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #29 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:57:51 AM »

TOD:

First Radio -- As I recall, it was a GE AM/FM portable that also tuned in the TV radio bands from channels 2 thru 13. I wanted it for the express purpose of patching it to my tape recorder and recording TV shows.

First TV I bought for myself -- a 25" Sony Trinitron in 1989--a wonderful tv with terrific color. Unfortunately, it only had antenna and coax cable inputs and it gradually became inconvenient to hook up the VCR and video game consoles.

First Record Player I bought for myself -- Never bought one for myself--I still use the component system that was a high school graduation gift from my parents. It's a Pioneer receiver and a turntable, both were state-of-the-art and both still work fine.

First Cassette Player -- Another Christmas gift during my youth. GE. It was square-ish as opposed to the general long-ish designs of the 70's. I primarily used it to record TV shows.

First CD Player -- A Sony. My first major purchase made when I got my first real job as a sales clerk at Strawbridge and Clothiers in Philly. I spotted it when it was on sale--I bought it and brought it home without yet owning any CDs. I went out that weekend and bought Peter Gabriel's SO.

First answering machine -- A clunky GE machine I bought when I moved into my first apartment. My roomie and I liked making funny greeting messages on it. But the tape heads on this thing were low quality and within a year the messages began to sound faded and squeaky. When it began to chew up the tapes, my roomie literally drop-kicked it across the room and that was the end of that.

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