And a Happy 4th to all!

Unless it’s Bruce Springsteen.

Have you ever listened to Incident On 57th Street, @thecarpathian ?  Quite soothing (in my opinion).  And let me also use this moment to again wish you a happy 4th, so I don’t bruise the delicate sensibilities of any snowflakes.

From a Physician standpoint the breastfeeding or memory gland is a modified sweat gland.it serves multiple purposes and the studies are clear it provides way better immunity. Colostrum is a great immune feature.they are using Ai to read and assist in mamography.dna typing is helping as well. But all in all music calms the savage beast. Happy 4th and thanks to our vets for keeping us safe.freedom

@mark200mph , no offense intended, but you totally lost me on that one.  Oh, and I guess I better wish you a happy 4th so I don't offend anyone.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FK86ryk55/

@immatthewj ,

Indeed, full quote from the 17th century: 

"Musick hath Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak."

Unless it's Bruce Springsteen. 😉

BTW, @thecarpathian , I only brought it up because you did tell @mark200mph that you were anal about that kind of stuff.

@mark200mph ,

It's actually "...calms the savage breast."

I'm an anal stickler for stuff like that.

Happy Independence day to all. 

@immatthewj you are my hope and change on this platform, you are kryptonite, you don't need my wishes but I hope it's going well for you

My post was removed by a moderator, but it did not break any of the rules.  Here are the rules:

Prohibited content

• You will not submit content that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy, publicity, trade secret, etc., unless you are the owner of such rights or have the appropriate permission from their rightful owner to specifically submit such content.
• You will not post information that is malicious, false or inaccurate.
• You will not post content that is sexually expicit.
• You will not post content that is abusive or defames another member of The Service.

If @thecarpathian can grouse about springsteen, which is a poorly informed opinion, I should certainly be allowed to disparage "America's Hitler", as he was called by J.D. Vance.

it's an upside world here and everywhere, free speech is dead.

hifiman5

Right On! Brother.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122241596672230198&set=pb.61556905947505.-2207520000&type=3

DeKay

My prediction thread will be deleted was incorrect!

Disappointing to read the now deleted posts and know WHO think/believe as the do. Oh well...reminder they're just mere humans too. 

Back to watching Tour De France. Suffering beyond belief. 

Looks like a rear tire gave way causing the 2 rider sprint oopsie-all for 1 point. Good think that wasn't a full pack sprint!

Talk about a ridiculous expensive hobby-by the time I finish parting together my rig, I could have picked up a pair of REALLY nice pair of speakers or amp in the $10-20K range.

I pointed that out in one of my last posts and that was deleted as well. Amazing how some members here manage to walk upright for long periods of time without the help of Admin. 

All the best,
Nonoise

Site rules and why political posts are removed.  This is easy to understand folks.  Stay on the audio subject per the established rules.  Nothing to do with free speech. Everything to do with the rules of this audio forum only.  We don’t own it.  Very easy to understand the rule to stay on audio issues.  Will a nice post stating “Happy New Year” or “Happy birthday USA” get you deleted? Of course not.   But if you’re consistently posting political rhetoric, then you can bet you’re gonna get your post deleted and even worse if it continues.  This seems rather easy to understand and reasonable.  

Note third bullet point  

Why A Forum Discussion May Be Removed

• The question has been answered many times in the past.
• The question is not detailed enough to solicit answers.
• The question is not relevant to the discussion of this hobby.

“We discourage rude or condescending behavior, but at the same time, we encourage active cooperation and passionate disagreement about audio-related issues, which can sometimes be a fine line.” 

Thank you for yet another off topic rant. This is ruining this site. You read the truth of the rule, but will not submit to it and whine.

freediver

1,374 posts

07-04-2025 at 06:41pm 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FK86ryk55/

Curiosity killed the cat.  I clicked on this last night and I have been getting popups from a site claiming to be McAfee since this morning telling me my computer is infected.  I just finished off doing a factory reset, and the popups have gone away and hopefully they will stay away.  My bad--I should have known better.

@freediver - thanks for the post, refreshing!

@grannyring 

I consider you a gentleman and always enjoy your posts.

Regarding a post above that implies that the moderator is using a different set of standards to monitor which posts are removed between individuals, it is my impression that the posts that are removed have ALL of the following:

Political rants or bad-mouthing other audio websites.

Are exact repeats of prior rants written 10s if not hundreds of times by the same individuals.  This would indicate the author has memory impairment issues.

Are boring to tears

Are buzz kills

Insults the reader as the author not only does not recognize his memory impairment issues, but assumes that others have the same issues.

Collectively, these individuals are known as the "Seagull Squad"; because they leave their guano calling card wherever they go.

As usual Jetter post are rare but always on the spot...

Grannyring was right too ...

And audiogon set of moderators are very efficient, cautious, listen to us and answer...

If they remove some of my posts and they did for some in the past as a gentleman i will comply...I am not perfect but i admit it...

@grannyring 

I consider you a gentleman and always enjoy your posts.

Regarding a post above that implies that the moderator is using a different set of standards to monitor which posts are removed between individuals, it is my impression that the posts that are removed have ALL of the following:

Political rants or bad-mouthing other audio websites.

Are exact repeats of prior rants written 10s if not hundreds of times by the same individuals.  This would indicate the author has memory impairment issues.

Are boring to tears

Are buzz kills

Insults the reader as the author not only does not recognize his memory impairment issues, but assumes that others have the same issues.

Collectively, these individuals are known as the "Seagull Squad"; because they leave their guano calling card wherever they go.

When I saw the title to this thread, I knew it would soon be ruined by a few usual suspects. I was not disappointed. Or was I? 

@grannyring happy 4th is not a non-political post. It is as political as if you said "free Gaza!"

Your first post was also trolling and very political. You invited all the politically charged responses:

Happy 4th of July to my fellow Agoners! I am thankful for this country and yes even the fact that we don’t have a king.  Enjoy family and friends this weekend. 

If you don’t understand that, you are living in a bubble. It’s not my opinion, it is what this divided county is experiencing now. There was a comment here celebrating Alligator Alcatraz. If anyone had relatives who died and/or survived the Holocaust (I do) they understand what alligator alcatraz is, and the 45 billion dollars that ICE is getting to terrorize blue states, build private prisons and labor camps. That’s also what the WH broadcast for days as a reason to feel great about the 4th of July along with the bill. 

It is true that the discussions should be audio related. Strangely, when Biden was president, no one cared about that rule. Anyone could call him an idiot, blame bidenomics for tube prices, that time it was all relevant, as everything affects everything. If an audiophile was in a bad mood because a democrat is in the WH, then it is audio related stuff. It is (current person in WH) off topic now, I can  quote what the moderators wrote me. Not that political stuff is banned, That any negative posts about this president will be removed. That’s when free speech ended here. 

It would be nice to have an intelligent discussion about anything but it would take both sides to behave and communicate in a civilized manner. Safe to say it will never happen. Maybe after a massive collapse that is inevitable now.

@immatthewj 

I realize the origin of the political reference.

@nonoise 

You're writing the same theme again.  Statistically a lot of the members have the same political leanings as you but somehow aren't interested in the capital recap on interesting discussions.

@immatthewj 

I sometimes get that McAfee pop up when I'm here too. All I'm trying to do is read a thread (not clicking a link) and it pops up and sometimes shuts the site down to me. I don't have nor have I ever had McAfee. It's annoying and I don't understand it.

You know what the difference is. Any conservative I know was just as proud to be an American when that “other guy” was commander  in chief. Yeah we didn't like who was in charge and were often embarrassed from time to time. But there has never been a moment in my lifetime when America wasn’t the greatest nation on earth no matter what party was at the helm.

But when a thread is started wishing everyone in this country a happy Independence Day, some lament how terrible we are as a nation because they hate one man so badly. You would think we could all be proud of this country and how awesome it is. 

@ozzy62  +1!

@ozzy62 

I wrote a response to your last comment, but haven’t sent it yet.

Do you want the truth?

Other choices include saying nothing, and pretending that this country is in a normal and safe mode.

It’s your choice.

Emptying the browser cache should get rid of the spammy McAfee ads. 

This was a sarcastic response to the post just ahead of mine with the stupid King reference and rant. Ok.  The ridiculous post was apparently removed.   
 

Happy 4th of July to my fellow Agoners! I am thankful for this country and yes even the fact that we don’t have a king.  Enjoy family and friends this weekend.