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02/13/2008 16:20 #43314
The neighborhood just changed a little02/10/2008 20:09 #43269
Feels like the first time.Well, it was the first time. Every one said, "if you move to the city, you will be a victim of crime."
I knew it could happen, but it never did.
Until last night. Somebody took our car's CD player.
Apparently, they needed it more than we did.
Looking back, we think they broke into the car multiple times to get it done. Acura makes it REALLY hard to install/remove CD players.
I couldn't get the old tape deck out when I was trying. The dealership charged big bucks if they were going to do it (long story there), but I didn't pay them.
Anyway, the car will be a little more quiet now.
We're tempted to just sell the thing--it's the type of car that attracts criminal activity, but what can I get for a dented, high-mileage, no stereo car?
I knew it could happen, but it never did.
Until last night. Somebody took our car's CD player.
Apparently, they needed it more than we did.
Looking back, we think they broke into the car multiple times to get it done. Acura makes it REALLY hard to install/remove CD players.
I couldn't get the old tape deck out when I was trying. The dealership charged big bucks if they were going to do it (long story there), but I didn't pay them.
Anyway, the car will be a little more quiet now.
We're tempted to just sell the thing--it's the type of car that attracts criminal activity, but what can I get for a dented, high-mileage, no stereo car?
fellyconnelly - 02/12/08 09:30
i feel like total deja vu... didn't you already have your car broken into? i was quite certain that i had read that you did much before this point...
i feel like total deja vu... didn't you already have your car broken into? i was quite certain that i had read that you did much before this point...
metalpeter - 02/11/08 17:11
That sucks. I wish you luck with what ever you decide to do with the car.
That sucks. I wish you luck with what ever you decide to do with the car.
mrdeadlier - 02/11/08 11:50
Yeah, check out the pawn shops. Maybe you'll even get your own stereo back. Doh!
Yeah, check out the pawn shops. Maybe you'll even get your own stereo back. Doh!
mrmike - 02/11/08 09:40
I wish I could be as cool as Tony and PMT. It's almost an rite of passage for the neighborhood. When I lived on Anderson, the same thing happened to our newer car. Meanwhile, my clunker with the better cd system was left alone.
Go figure
I wish I could be as cool as Tony and PMT. It's almost an rite of passage for the neighborhood. When I lived on Anderson, the same thing happened to our newer car. Meanwhile, my clunker with the better cd system was left alone.
Go figure
janelle - 02/11/08 08:12
Yeah, I feel annoyed that dude stole the stereo. But I also thought, dude must be desparate for the money if he's going to steal a stereo during a wind storm. So alright, fine, have our stereo.
Yeah, I feel annoyed that dude stole the stereo. But I also thought, dude must be desparate for the money if he's going to steal a stereo during a wind storm. So alright, fine, have our stereo.
enknot - 02/11/08 06:20
Put up ads on a college campus. You'll get interest, fast. Especially around student loan check time, and don't feel down about it. I used to really like old cars, well my old car. I kept replcing my CD player until I got a new car, but I figured something about about car crime or maybe just city crime. If you got to a pawn shop in the slummier part of the city you live in you will see a vast array of the kinds of things you should buy newer versions of or just avoid buying outright. Diffrent cities have diffrent crime markets, you just don't want to look attractive to the criminals in your area. Pawn shops are a great way to know what's selling.
On the car topic, the more I understand about how they've improved the tech of absolutely everything in a vehicle since I've gotten my steros stolen the more it's amazed me. Newer VW's as well as many other car compaines make the stereo's in them impossbile to remove without getting under the hood and they sound amazing, they have to be unlocked by the dealer once they get it out to boot. The security features on them make them completely unattractive to crimnals and worht your dollar if you ever have had to buy a part that was stolen on your car more than once.
My brother is big on after market car crap (being a mecahnic) and he lives in a higher than avavarge crime area. I cannot tell how many times he's gotten parts of his car stolen out of his car. I lived in a simlar area and sometimes didn't lock my door overnight and my car was still there with everything intact while slightly older cars next to it had their sellable parts pilferd.
If you put a new CD player in your car and you can aford antying that was made on or after 2003 sell that thing right away. Gimmie call I'll see if my bro can install it for cheap. I'm sorry for your loss. Just don't loose faith in the less than afluent parts of this city. Poor uneducated crimnals gotta eat too, it's just easier to live next to them when you don't look like food. You wouldn't get mad at all bears cause one got your pick-a-nick basket. Besides, if you live there now you now the benifits of the area, the people who aren't poor are as cool as (e:pmt) and me!
: )
Put up ads on a college campus. You'll get interest, fast. Especially around student loan check time, and don't feel down about it. I used to really like old cars, well my old car. I kept replcing my CD player until I got a new car, but I figured something about about car crime or maybe just city crime. If you got to a pawn shop in the slummier part of the city you live in you will see a vast array of the kinds of things you should buy newer versions of or just avoid buying outright. Diffrent cities have diffrent crime markets, you just don't want to look attractive to the criminals in your area. Pawn shops are a great way to know what's selling.
On the car topic, the more I understand about how they've improved the tech of absolutely everything in a vehicle since I've gotten my steros stolen the more it's amazed me. Newer VW's as well as many other car compaines make the stereo's in them impossbile to remove without getting under the hood and they sound amazing, they have to be unlocked by the dealer once they get it out to boot. The security features on them make them completely unattractive to crimnals and worht your dollar if you ever have had to buy a part that was stolen on your car more than once.
My brother is big on after market car crap (being a mecahnic) and he lives in a higher than avavarge crime area. I cannot tell how many times he's gotten parts of his car stolen out of his car. I lived in a simlar area and sometimes didn't lock my door overnight and my car was still there with everything intact while slightly older cars next to it had their sellable parts pilferd.
If you put a new CD player in your car and you can aford antying that was made on or after 2003 sell that thing right away. Gimmie call I'll see if my bro can install it for cheap. I'm sorry for your loss. Just don't loose faith in the less than afluent parts of this city. Poor uneducated crimnals gotta eat too, it's just easier to live next to them when you don't look like food. You wouldn't get mad at all bears cause one got your pick-a-nick basket. Besides, if you live there now you now the benifits of the area, the people who aren't poor are as cool as (e:pmt) and me!
: )
imk2 - 02/10/08 22:53
i think this must have happened just to about everyone that has lived on elmwood strip.
i think this must have happened just to about everyone that has lived on elmwood strip.
mrdeadlier - 02/10/08 21:48
Bummer, sorry to hear about that.
Don't sell the car, though! Just buy a cheap used CD deck off Ebay or something...
Bummer, sorry to hear about that.
Don't sell the car, though! Just buy a cheap used CD deck off Ebay or something...
02/09/2008 20:10 #43261
10 Things I like about my food processorCategory: 10 things
1. It can slice up more cabbage than a person could ever want to eat.
2. Only two buttons: "On" and "Pulse."
3. Three choices: slicing, shredding, and chopping.
4. The shred disc and the slice disc are the same disc (just flipped over)
5. It seems to be easy to clean.
6. A 10 cup container? no way!
7. Apparently it can even make a pie crust (I'll have to see that to believe it).
8. A low, low price! ($30)
9. So far, nobody has lost a finger.
10. Unlike my deep fryer and tv, it works.
2. Only two buttons: "On" and "Pulse."
3. Three choices: slicing, shredding, and chopping.
4. The shred disc and the slice disc are the same disc (just flipped over)
5. It seems to be easy to clean.
6. A 10 cup container? no way!
7. Apparently it can even make a pie crust (I'll have to see that to believe it).
8. A low, low price! ($30)
9. So far, nobody has lost a finger.
10. Unlike my deep fryer and tv, it works.
02/08/2008 10:07 #43243
How much noise should a monitor make?Category: computers
I already replaced my monitor once, and HP was good to send a new one for free. The first time we switched because.
a. it had an annoying hum
and
b. it started changing colors around the edge.
On the current monitor, the colors are fine, but today I hear the hum more than I want to. How much hum am I expected to tolerate? Or is it reasonable to expect mostly silence from a monitor? Does HP just do a crappy job with monitors?
This is what it looks like:
I haven't recorded the sound. It sounds like, "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . ."
a. it had an annoying hum
and
b. it started changing colors around the edge.
On the current monitor, the colors are fine, but today I hear the hum more than I want to. How much hum am I expected to tolerate? Or is it reasonable to expect mostly silence from a monitor? Does HP just do a crappy job with monitors?
This is what it looks like:
I haven't recorded the sound. It sounds like, "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . ."
jim - 02/08/08 12:02
Sorry, misread it!
Sorry, misread it!
carolinian - 02/08/08 11:41
Are you currently using a two-prong-to-three-prong electric outlet adapter? Try plugging it into a properly grounded, three prong outlet and see if the humming goes away. I don't know whether this will work, but it should be simple to try.
Are you currently using a two-prong-to-three-prong electric outlet adapter? Try plugging it into a properly grounded, three prong outlet and see if the humming goes away. I don't know whether this will work, but it should be simple to try.
drew - 02/08/08 11:22
I already had it replaced once--this one is not colorshifting, just humming.
I already had it replaced once--this one is not colorshifting, just humming.
jim - 02/08/08 11:14
Is it still under warranty? Call and get it replaced. Weird hum and color shifting is not a good sign, especially if you recently purchased it.
Is it still under warranty? Call and get it replaced. Weird hum and color shifting is not a good sign, especially if you recently purchased it.
drew - 02/08/08 11:08
I realized it before, but either my tolerance is lessening, or the hum is louder. And it is an LCD flat panel monitor.
I realized it before, but either my tolerance is lessening, or the hum is louder. And it is an LCD flat panel monitor.
carolinian - 02/08/08 11:06
It's kind of hard to see from your picture what kind of monitor it is. Is it an LCD flat panel monitor, or a big, clunking CRT monitor?
It's kind of hard to see from your picture what kind of monitor it is. Is it an LCD flat panel monitor, or a big, clunking CRT monitor?
janelle - 02/08/08 10:45
I told you about the hum like months ago when we first got it. Like when I first sat down and used it, I thought, boy that's some loud electronic humming going on. And you're just now realizing it?
I told you about the hum like months ago when we first got it. Like when I first sat down and used it, I thought, boy that's some loud electronic humming going on. And you're just now realizing it?
02/07/2008 11:14 #43226
LentCategory: religion
I don't always like lent (a season of fasting to prepare for Easter), but I do like Isaiah 58, which gets a lot of reading during the season. Here it is (verses 6-9), from the message translation.
"This is the kind of fast day I'm after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,
cancel debts.
What I'm interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on,
and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way.
The God of glory will secure your passage.
Then when you pray, God will answer.
You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am."
Do this and your lives will turn around at once. Wow. Too bad so few people (and I include myself and a million other Christians actually choose to try it.)
This year, for lent, I am going to memorize this, and try to live it.
Too bad (for you) none of you owe me money--because it's debt canceling season!
I'll have to talk with Janelle about inviting the homeless poor into our home, but maybe we can find a way.
"This is the kind of fast day I'm after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,
cancel debts.
What I'm interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on,
and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way.
The God of glory will secure your passage.
Then when you pray, God will answer.
You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am."
Do this and your lives will turn around at once. Wow. Too bad so few people (and I include myself and a million other Christians actually choose to try it.)
This year, for lent, I am going to memorize this, and try to live it.
Too bad (for you) none of you owe me money--because it's debt canceling season!
I'll have to talk with Janelle about inviting the homeless poor into our home, but maybe we can find a way.
mrdeadlier - 02/08/08 13:25
Dude can I borrow 10 bux?
Dude can I borrow 10 bux?
metalpeter - 02/07/08 18:45
I admit I never did lent and I won't say the joke I say about it here. But I do have an idea for the homeless you could maybe try and do. If you all ready do this sorry. Maybe for one night say even if it is one night a week let them (with supervision of course sleep in the church) This would be followed by a free dinner (for them at least). I know there have been movements where people donate money and then go sleep out on the street with the homeless so maybe do that the other way. You two seem pretty smart I'm sure you can come up with something.
I admit I never did lent and I won't say the joke I say about it here. But I do have an idea for the homeless you could maybe try and do. If you all ready do this sorry. Maybe for one night say even if it is one night a week let them (with supervision of course sleep in the church) This would be followed by a free dinner (for them at least). I know there have been movements where people donate money and then go sleep out on the street with the homeless so maybe do that the other way. You two seem pretty smart I'm sure you can come up with something.
drew - 02/07/08 15:07
few people read both :)
few people read both :)
janelle - 02/07/08 15:00
You're a creativity double dipper cheating pastor who posts the same comment on estrip as the church website =P
You're a creativity double dipper cheating pastor who posts the same comment on estrip as the church website =P
drew - 02/07/08 12:18
Sadly, I cannot cancel debts that I owe. Otherwise, lent would be awesome.
Sadly, I cannot cancel debts that I owe. Otherwise, lent would be awesome.
james - 02/07/08 12:05
does that mean you are canceling your debt with Sally May?
That puts a nice perspective on lent. Makes 'giving up chewing gum' seem kind of silly.
does that mean you are canceling your debt with Sally May?
That puts a nice perspective on lent. Makes 'giving up chewing gum' seem kind of silly.
We need to stage a protest! They can't tear down that thirty year old building, it is historic!
No Blood for Progress!