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  1. Wade

    Inexpensive turntable recommendations

    Philip. I believe I was already leaning towards the Technics. I wanted to get some opinions on all the cheapo models before pulling the trigger. Don't know if it's any indication of build quality or not but the Technics is twice the weight as the other two. It's also the only one to have the...
  2. Wade

    Inexpensive turntable recommendations

    I have an old HK AVR 20 and a pair of speakers I want to put to use. Not looking for an audiophile quality table here. I'm thinking something in the $100 dollar range would work for me. The HK has a phono input so I wont need a phono preamp on the table. The following tables appear to fall in...
  3. Wade

    Is the BBB of great use in resolving issues or is an attorney better?

    Patrick, I believe any way we choose to go puts us out of small claims court territory. Just the cost of the affected windows is above what a small claims court allows. My wife and I are tired of waiting on this company. We have put off things like painting for so long now. We live in a...
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    Is the BBB of great use in resolving issues or is an attorney better?

    I don't want to go into great depths about our problem but I will give some details. Right now we are dealing with a window coverings company that is a member of the BBB. About a year ago we purchased wood shutters for every window in the house. This in my mind was a substantial investment...
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    Question about terminating unfinished wiring in new home

    Allan, Thanks for your response. Unfortunately the wires are not 14 gauge. The singe pairs running to the five home theater speaker locations appear to be 18 gauge and the two pair wires for the volume controls appear to be 16 gauge. The extra two pair wires are for subwoofer 1 and 2 and...
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    Question about terminating unfinished wiring in new home

    Right now I basically have a bundle of wires hidden behind the wall in our family room. There are five pairs of wires for the home theater speakers located in the family room ceiling, there are four two pair wires which I presume are for the master bedroom and back patio volume controls (seems...
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    Bourbon recommendations

    Philip_T According to some posts over at straightbourbon.com and Tastings.com that 12 is supposed to be some pretty good stuff. I might try to pick one of those up when I go back to Indiana next month. Wade
  8. Wade

    Electrical question (landscape lighting issue)

    Forgot to mention that if I reset the breaker the lights come on and stay on until the next night when the transformer is set to turn on again. Then it blows the circuit again. Wade
  9. Wade

    Electrical question (landscape lighting issue)

    We've had our landscape lighting for almost a year now with no real problems to speak of until here recently. We've got a 600W transformer controlling five walkway lights and eight well lights. The total wattage of all the lights doesn't even come close to the total wattage of the transformer...
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    Bourbon recommendations

    I believe Old Grand Dad is a bourbon. The 114 proof version is supposed to be good and it probably packs a pretty good punch. Wade
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    Bourbon recommendations

    I couldn't get the Elijah Craig 18yo but I was able to pick up a bottle of the12yo stuff. I must say that this is not to my liking so far. I've tried it a few times now, twice neat and once with a single ice cube. The ice made it a little better but not by much. There is a strange aftertaste...
  12. Wade

    Bourbon recommendations

    Knob Creek is part of the Small Batch collection produced by Jim Beam. Straight Bourbon appears to have a pretty good forum as well as some good bourbon information. I found this site last night after doing a quick bourbon search on Yahoo. I'm going to have to hit up some liquor stores...
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    Bourbon recommendations

    I've never really been a hard liquor drinker but here lately I've been enjoying some straight up bourbon. I'm not one to do shots but I enjoy sipping on it. It may take me an hour or more to finish a neat double shot drink. I enjoy it for the flavor and am not looking to get drunk. Although an...
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    Paying by credit card and signing that electronic gizmo.

    MickeS, You probably should have added :rolleyes:to the end of your post. I get this feeling your disgusted by my original complaint but why the need to further this into other things I wrote. I guess I should be labeled a chronic complainer now. BTW, the real issue I have here is the way CC...
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    Paying by credit card and signing that electronic gizmo.

    I guess I like signing for things the old fashion way, with a real pen. The real kicker here is that if I would have signed the gizmo first then the cashier would have never verified the info to my card. I would have paid, signed and walked out without the cashier checking my credit card. 9...
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    Paying by credit card and signing that electronic gizmo.

    I hate signing these things. I've always refused to sign them and have never had a problem until the other night. I went to Circuit City to purchase an HDTV antenna, which they had, and went to pay for it as usual. Upon refusing to sign the gizmo the salesgirl said she'd have to get a managers...
  17. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Jim_F, Did you ever get The Getaway pin you were looking into? I can see why people like Medieval Madness so much. I've been having a blast playing the emulated version. I don't know if the real thing is worth the 6-7K asking price but it sure is fun. I've also been having fun playing...
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    Anyone have one of those new front loading washer machines?

    My wife and I bought the cheaper Kenmore front loader along with the matching dryer. We got both for less than a grand. This washer has a smaller opening than the larger front loaders but it can actually hold about the same amount as a conventional top loader. I believe similar models can be...
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    Alright! Now this is really beginning to bug me. Email issue.

    I believe I've narrowed down who has the infected machines. I recently inquired about new pinball machines prices from a couple of distributers. This make sense considering the first emails I received were bounced back from Namco UK. Now I am getting delivery failure notices from...
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    Alright! Now this is really beginning to bug me. Email issue.

    I suppose it's a fairly simple address. I really don't want to change it but I will if I have to. It's my junk email address I use for the net and newsgroups, which I just started posting to this week, so it didn't come from there. I just changed that email password, ran Norton and Stinger...
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    Alright! Now this is really beginning to bug me. Email issue.

    Nope. I am assuming that's because I never sent them. Wade
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    Alright! Now this is really beginning to bug me. Email issue.

    About a week or so ago I started to get these emails that appeared to be delivery failure notices, but the thing is I've never sent any emails to the recipients. The subject of these emails is always "Delivery Failure: User XXXXXX ([email protected]) not listed in public name and address book"...
  23. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Man! Machines sure do go fast. Ad posted last night, the machine was gone this morning. I didn't even have a chance to go look at it. From the pictures it looked like a very nice machine. Was probably bought sight unseen for full asking price. Oh well, better luck next time I guess. Wade
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    Buying pinball machines

    Shane, How much do you think a really nice Addams Family machine is worth? I have the chance to buy one locally, but the 3K price seems a little high. He does state OBO in the ad so there maybe some room to negotiate. The machine looks awesome in the pictures. And as far as I can tell it...
  25. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Shane, Did you notice the LOTR flippers getting weak after an extended play? I've read a lot of discussions on the pinball newsgroup regarding this very issue. Wade
  26. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    I wish there were some pinball auctions here in the Phoenix area. I'd be there in a heartbeat. Most of the auctions I've seen listed have been in the Northeast, Midwest and Dallas area. Some in California. Phoenix must not be a big pinball town. Wade
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    Buying pinball machines

    Sam, You may want to search for that machine on rec.games.pinball . I've been doing a lot of searching there. I think I've made up my mind to go with the LOTR for now. I am already getting some quotes for the new machine. Maybe later I'll buy one that needs a little work but only after I...
  28. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Since may last posting I've been living on rec.games.pinball, ebay and Mr. Pinball to find out all I can. Also been going to the Internet Pinball Database quite a bit. I've realized there are a lot of games that I had forgotten about and some I wish I could play. I'm tempted to buy a new...
  29. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Medieval Madness appears to be a popular game but I don't ever remember playing it. I'll have to make it to the local arcades and give this one a try. That is a cool link. Xenon is another machine I forgot about until seeing it in that database. I still can't find that one from the 80s that...
  30. Wade

    Buying pinball machines

    Shane, How easy are these things to move up and down stairs? I'm thinking about putting these in our upstairs loft but I'm concerned about our stairs. The stairs aren't a straight shot. They go up half way to a landing then turn 180 degrees for the other half. are these shipped in pieces...
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