10-04-2003, 12:00 AM
Hey man what's up?
So, I'm in Hong Kong and everything's cool, got the box. Amazing. Everything in the box is just straight up fantastic. Thanks again for coming
through man, we'll put it to good use! HK is hot as usual, and the hustle, it's
like the states. It seems all orwellian and **** here, there are tons of commercials for HK's new manditory Smart all in one Id card, freaky. So,I'm about to go get my (work) visa and then we'll head back into China in about an hour, then it's buy,buy,buy. As if we haven't already been doing that here. It's cool to have lots of money just to go on a shopping spree, makes me feel important somehow.
All right then, in a hurry as usual. I'll be in touch soon.
--Lates
p.s. the martian ice cream scoop is brilliant
MY COMMENTARY:
Quite a number of you regulars have made assumptions, in the past, about me that are completely incorrect. One of those assumptions was that I was lying about knowing anyone in China. You felt that there was no youngest of us and that all the pictures I shared of China were postcards. Believe it or not the above pictures of Kowloon Bay in Honk Kong were taken with the Sony digital camcorder we sent him in the last Fed Ex package that arrived at Kowloon Bay in Honk Kong. The above email was sent to let us know that he received the latest AND BIGGEST package sent to date. It costs us $250.00 to ship it. No problem, but WOW! Its been a while since the last time I spent that much on shipping charges. As a matter of fact, the last time was a few years ago when I ordered the top of the line Sony entertainment component system. I mention this as tonight I intend to upgrade that system with a brand new Sony 2003 top of the Sears line power amplifier that I bought a few days ago. The power amp is sitting on the floor ready to be installed. Im not too eager to deal with all those wires, I will admit.
The point of this post is that there are indeed wonderful aspects of my life that you old timer people of this forum have no real clue about. You have made erroneous assumptions based upon the belief that my life could not possibly be more exciting that your bland existences. Oh well.
Oh wow, the VCR just started automatically taping the PBS blues special on the influence of the delta blues upon the young British musicians of the late 1960s scene that eventually produced some of the greatest rock musicians the world has ever known. There will be segments on Eric Clapton and others. Cool, baby! Interesting how it is said that many of those Delta blues players were incredible liars. They made up whatever personal history would impress and were very creative about it. When people comment about their lies they do so with a smile. Doesnt make Carlos Castanedas lies about his personal history seem so bad.
Now, if I can just get myself shifted into high gear. A born again house stereo system is on the way. It may not be the best power amp in the world, but it was the very best Sony power amp that Sears, with their outrageously cool warrantee repair package, had to offer and that is good enough for now. The new house will have the very best power amp the modern world has to offer, but this one will do the job for the moment.
My New Sony STR-DE895
SPECIAL EDIT: Well, inspired by the youngest of us, who is now back in Communist China, I got the new Sony amplifier hooked up. I may decide to try the top of the line power amp that Sears has to offer before fully settling for this one. That is a Yamaha amp and costs about $100.00 more. The money is no problem, but the hassle of setting up another amp on top of the new Sony, messing with attaching the wires and everything else is indeed a hassle that I would rather not go through. There were certain features about the old Sony amp in the Pro audio surround sound setting that I did not like. Well, this new amp is doing something similar where the volume goes down rather drastically as I switch to that mode and too much sound is taken away from the main speakers. I am not as satisfied as I would like to be. Also, so far it seems that there is no way to adjust the speaker levels with the damn new remote! How the hell they decided that the new remote should not be able to adjust the individual speaker volume levels, like the old remote and amp can do, is beyond me. Yes, even the rich have problems. What a world, what a world! Seems I am at that point of testing and testing where I can't fully trust my ears anymore. Need a break from judging the sound and damn I wanna get drunk.
They say that in Heaven there is no beer. That's why they drink it here!
2nd EDIT: I feel stupid for taking the time to edit a post that will just be deleted, but I feel I have finally figured out the problem with my sound system. The A speakers in the living room have the surround sound setup and the B speakers in the computer recording studio room, hooked up to the same amplifier, can never be balanced to my full satisfaction. Either the living room sounds great in the Pro Logic Audio setting or the computer room studio sounds great. The only option I can see is to hook it up so that the old amp powers just the computer studio room. That way I can have separate full equalization adjustment for each room. I think this will work. I intend to give the new amp about a one-week break in trial period. If I still do not feel fully satisfied I will try that Yamaha amp that is about $100.00 more expensive before I fully settle on any one amp. Thank you for your time and time for another beer and watching the new DVD I bought called Falling Down with Michael Douglas. I have a hobby. I buy DVDs that I dont watch. Gosh, Ive bought so many in my collection that I havent seen. So, beer and Falling Down here I come.
So, I'm in Hong Kong and everything's cool, got the box. Amazing. Everything in the box is just straight up fantastic. Thanks again for coming
through man, we'll put it to good use! HK is hot as usual, and the hustle, it's
like the states. It seems all orwellian and **** here, there are tons of commercials for HK's new manditory Smart all in one Id card, freaky. So,I'm about to go get my (work) visa and then we'll head back into China in about an hour, then it's buy,buy,buy. As if we haven't already been doing that here. It's cool to have lots of money just to go on a shopping spree, makes me feel important somehow.
All right then, in a hurry as usual. I'll be in touch soon.
--Lates
p.s. the martian ice cream scoop is brilliant
MY COMMENTARY:
Quite a number of you regulars have made assumptions, in the past, about me that are completely incorrect. One of those assumptions was that I was lying about knowing anyone in China. You felt that there was no youngest of us and that all the pictures I shared of China were postcards. Believe it or not the above pictures of Kowloon Bay in Honk Kong were taken with the Sony digital camcorder we sent him in the last Fed Ex package that arrived at Kowloon Bay in Honk Kong. The above email was sent to let us know that he received the latest AND BIGGEST package sent to date. It costs us $250.00 to ship it. No problem, but WOW! Its been a while since the last time I spent that much on shipping charges. As a matter of fact, the last time was a few years ago when I ordered the top of the line Sony entertainment component system. I mention this as tonight I intend to upgrade that system with a brand new Sony 2003 top of the Sears line power amplifier that I bought a few days ago. The power amp is sitting on the floor ready to be installed. Im not too eager to deal with all those wires, I will admit.
The point of this post is that there are indeed wonderful aspects of my life that you old timer people of this forum have no real clue about. You have made erroneous assumptions based upon the belief that my life could not possibly be more exciting that your bland existences. Oh well.
Oh wow, the VCR just started automatically taping the PBS blues special on the influence of the delta blues upon the young British musicians of the late 1960s scene that eventually produced some of the greatest rock musicians the world has ever known. There will be segments on Eric Clapton and others. Cool, baby! Interesting how it is said that many of those Delta blues players were incredible liars. They made up whatever personal history would impress and were very creative about it. When people comment about their lies they do so with a smile. Doesnt make Carlos Castanedas lies about his personal history seem so bad.
Now, if I can just get myself shifted into high gear. A born again house stereo system is on the way. It may not be the best power amp in the world, but it was the very best Sony power amp that Sears, with their outrageously cool warrantee repair package, had to offer and that is good enough for now. The new house will have the very best power amp the modern world has to offer, but this one will do the job for the moment.
My New Sony STR-DE895
SPECIAL EDIT: Well, inspired by the youngest of us, who is now back in Communist China, I got the new Sony amplifier hooked up. I may decide to try the top of the line power amp that Sears has to offer before fully settling for this one. That is a Yamaha amp and costs about $100.00 more. The money is no problem, but the hassle of setting up another amp on top of the new Sony, messing with attaching the wires and everything else is indeed a hassle that I would rather not go through. There were certain features about the old Sony amp in the Pro audio surround sound setting that I did not like. Well, this new amp is doing something similar where the volume goes down rather drastically as I switch to that mode and too much sound is taken away from the main speakers. I am not as satisfied as I would like to be. Also, so far it seems that there is no way to adjust the speaker levels with the damn new remote! How the hell they decided that the new remote should not be able to adjust the individual speaker volume levels, like the old remote and amp can do, is beyond me. Yes, even the rich have problems. What a world, what a world! Seems I am at that point of testing and testing where I can't fully trust my ears anymore. Need a break from judging the sound and damn I wanna get drunk.
They say that in Heaven there is no beer. That's why they drink it here!
2nd EDIT: I feel stupid for taking the time to edit a post that will just be deleted, but I feel I have finally figured out the problem with my sound system. The A speakers in the living room have the surround sound setup and the B speakers in the computer recording studio room, hooked up to the same amplifier, can never be balanced to my full satisfaction. Either the living room sounds great in the Pro Logic Audio setting or the computer room studio sounds great. The only option I can see is to hook it up so that the old amp powers just the computer studio room. That way I can have separate full equalization adjustment for each room. I think this will work. I intend to give the new amp about a one-week break in trial period. If I still do not feel fully satisfied I will try that Yamaha amp that is about $100.00 more expensive before I fully settle on any one amp. Thank you for your time and time for another beer and watching the new DVD I bought called Falling Down with Michael Douglas. I have a hobby. I buy DVDs that I dont watch. Gosh, Ive bought so many in my collection that I havent seen. So, beer and Falling Down here I come.