Perfect Path Total Contact no longer?

OP I went to Grad school in Western Kentucky.  Lived there for 2 years.   One year in a trailer park with $75 rent living on 5 pound blocks of cheese.  It’s a wonderful place to be in many ways, even more so probably these days. I think you would like it there.

The LA Mayor is also encouraging citizens to snitch on their neighbors if they see them outside where they shouldn't and pay them to do so. Sounds an awful lot like a certain European country in the 40's . 

Our neighborhood had a virtual happy hour with social distancing outside  in one of the courts the other weekend. Very nice! Distance makes the heart grow fonder as they say. Don’t fink on me now!

mapman ...

•  One year in a trailer park with $75 rent living on 5-pound blocks of cheese.

Was that Gumment cheese? 

And hey, If you had that virtual happy hour with social distancing outside where I live, you'd be facing the Sheriff's SWAT team. If they can do it to a lone surfer, just think how they would come down on your "criminal" activity. 


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t_ramey ...

The "experts" of the 30s and 40s brought the incinerators to bear.  Here, they are only destroying a great economy. Twenty-two million new applications for unemployment compensation, and it won't stop there. Some are suggesting that the Communist Chinese Virus shut-down should last until after the next election. Hmm, I wonder why?

Frank

Yep I was a poor grad student and that 5 pound block of cheese every month made a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches.
To make up for it, now 35 years later I am still gainfully employed as a result (knock on wood) and don’t even qualify for any pandemic relief ( not that I’m complaining).

Western KY is a hot spot. There is a number here in KY to call to report violatiors of the Executive Order. They  have posted 24 hour deputies at houses of people who wouldn't quarantine, used ankle bracelets as well. You want to move here, that's fine but we have rules as well. 

Hey @djones where in western Kentucky?

I was in Murray KY two years.  Huntsville Al for 4 back in the Reagan years.  I imagine even Land between the Lakes is off limits currently. 

Hop town and surrounding areas.

Hopkinsville

My wife got an MBA from Murray went on to get her JD at U of L.

@oregonpapa @mapman  - I'm from Kentucky! Live on the East Side of Cincinnati now, but if I squint a bit, in winter when the leaves are off the trees, I can almost see Kentucky from here!

Mapman, did you live in Bowling Green, KY during grad school, or some other metropolis?

There was a religious revival in early  March it spread from there. People also were going to TN where they didn't close things as quick as we did before the governor ordered people doing that to self quarantine. TN talking about opening up and it's getting them worried about the border areas down there again.

I live in Michigan and, well lets just say the restrictions are ridiculous. There has been only 2 cases of the virus in my area. 

I started the process of a tooth implant. Well they removed my tooth, installed the bone graft and now I can't get the implant installed!

ozzy

And from whom do the governors get their data to support the shuttering of the state's citizens?  Yep, the EXPERTS.  So when it comes down to it we are being subjected to the "Tyranny of the Experts".  And yes, every state's got 'em.  Congratulations America.  On the bright side... our founding fathers would be stunned that we were able to maintain our basic personal freedoms as long as we have.

Oh no!  Here comes another drone!!

@reubent Murray. KY 1983-85 while at Murray State in the Geosciences Grad program studying Satellite Remote Sensing and Digital Cartography at their then-state-of-the-art Mid Atlantic Remote Sensing Center (MARC) facility.

Loved it there.  Great place and great people.

Yep, tyranny of the experts, those crazy whackos are trying to keep us alive. I think they're wasting their time. 

My brother is a retired California Highway Patrolman ...  now residing in Tennessee. He tells me that his retirement pension goes about 30% further there than in the People's Republic of California. He tells me that he's amazed that there aren't more Communist Chinese Virus victims in Tennessee considering how many people smoke cigarettes there. 

Gotta watch them-thar gull-danged religious revivals. They're pandemic. 

Frank

And when their done smoking down to the butt end they throw them to the curb so the cynaide contained leaches into our watertable everytime it rains. Their poor choice damages our health as do those who co mingle instead of shelter. Freedom to defend ourselves without a crafted weapon just a mask gloves and maybe a water filter. Tom

Frank,
A study in France suggests smokers are 4 times less likely to contract the virus. They are administering nicotine patches to a test group of patients. Crazy, huh? Maybe the virus prefers nice pink, healthy lungs to ruin.

On a side note, somehow some species of birds know to take cigarette butts and place them in their nests, which prevents parasites. Nature is a mystery of magic...

No, birds are just smarter they use nicotine to repel mites we use it to kill ourselves. 

or it could be eugenics the under lining.

Not.

Um, I can say with all confidence that no one has yet to kick in my door to forcibly sterilize me. Is that what’s coming next? I mean, it’s a logical progression. First, they make you follow that tape arrow in the grocery store, then WHAM! Off with the old twig and berries!

• "And when their done smoking down to the butt end they throw them to the curb ..."

Yep, one of my brother’s main complaints about Tennessee is that there are cigarette butts everywhere. Just a normal way of life down there in Tennessee land.

Here in Southern Califonia, we are way more sophisticated than that.  We've made hit and run a blood sport.

Frank

dowjones,
You call that a silver lining? I call it just plain sad

ozzy,
I'm also a Michigander. Hopefully it starts loosening up a bit within the next couple weeks... 

I hear from your esteemed leader that irradiating oneself with extreme light, or drinking a bottle of disinfectant may be a hope in killing the Covid19 🦠 .
We have a gin distiller now making alcohol based hand sanitiser. A new flavour G&T 🤮

Just pick which of your loved ones is expendable and hey...SEND 'EM OUT THERE. Get that economy started and fill up those hospitals with people who can't afford health insurance, and minorities who are already getting Covid-19 at far higher rates than anybody else...that's the ticket...and that's exactly what's going to happen. Have fun!

Time to put politics aside?

ozzy

Wow. It’s enlightening to see people here who wish death on me. I was a Preacher in an earlier life. I usually keep that to myself. But I don’t expect such behavior as I now see on an audio site. I guess its good to know who my enemy is. Thanks @djones51 et al. Haters gonna hate.

artemus_5 ...

You can be assured that there are MSNBC and CNN fans galore here. They're still repeating the fake news mantra about Clorox injections. Isn't it amazing that such intelligent folks can be such dupes?  Hey, they're still in denial that after-market fuses are a worthwhile upgrade.  Such silliness. Appalling, really.

Frank 

Why the second thoughts??

Can’t teach old dog new trix. 🐕 

Oregonpapa, your 8:48am post is funny, but appalling.  Rex T. was so right about "the stable genius" and people across the country are dying because of his lack of intellect.


Ozzy, I live in Michigan too and the restrictions are essential.  A month ago it seemed extreme, but then the virus hit my county and people started to die.  I truly hope it doesn't get to your community.

Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'

I guess a snowflake didn't like my last post.

This thread will be closed if it does not get back on the original topic. 

I never mention you by name. I simply pointed out the utter hypocrisy and wonderful irony of a certain
" pastor", and the term is used lightly.

I know this will sound profound. But this, like many threads proves one thing: That people of every economic stratum, of every education level, inherently polite and impolite, humane and evil, can be and are all audiophiles and the water and oil will never mix.

For every golden eared self proclaimed audio guru, there are disciples and those that think they are pompous at best.

Moderators please do not delete this thread.

BE alert for the campaign of confusion that we will be subjected to continuously until November in order to distract from facts. Nothing negative or harmful to fearless leader’s image will ever be admitted to or responsibility taken by the current crew in the WH. No blame for ANYTHING will EVER be admitted. Nothing will change. Just more continuous marketing hype to obscure the facts which is all fearless leader knows. All lies. Some either are OK with that or merely continue to buy the BS being sold to them like total dopes.

I watched dear leader turn to Dr Brix and ask if maybe they could look into injecting disinfectant or getting UV light inside people. I don't  need talking heads to interpret what I see. So what are the ODDS you're giving?

Well here’s a news flash for all you Debbie doubters. I injected bleach and my clothes have never been cleaner. Whiter whites, brighter colors, its like they’re brand new. More improvement than buying new garments.

Wait a minute, sounds like a fuse advertisement.

More unsubstantiated nonsense. I can see you have a case of Dunning Kruger.

Dunning Kruger couldn't hold a candle to his brother Freddie.

close it.

artemus_5 ...

Thanks for your 7:39 am posting.



Of course, it doesn’t occur to them, because no one living within the bubble they surround themselves with voted for the guy. Therefore, they don’t consider that their comments can be offensive because "everyone else thinks exactly like them." Gimme a freakin’ break.

On the bright side, and in the spirit of this thread, I still have a couple of tubes of Total Contact left. I took my little Audioengine A2+ speakers apart the other day and applied TC to the interior, including the metal parts of the speakers. All I can say is, wow. How can a three-inch driver and a one-inch tweeter sound this good with nothing but a desktop PC running the whole shebang?

I’m listening to the great tenor-man Charlie Ventura via Spotify as I’m typing this. I’m hearing a full-throated tenor sax right in the middle of a nice sound stage. I’m wondering where the subwoofer came from.

Take a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RVVZThj19c

Frank