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Thanks. Despite my trepidation about an all-in-one, the Spinplay does look nice, and would cost less than putting the JBL with a decent set of bluetooth speakers. Not many reviews out there yet, though it looks to be better than the junk out there on Amazon. I guess I need to decide about the simplicity of that (great for a dorm) vs the flexibility of adding bluetooth speakers he can take places.
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Damor started following Will UT Bend the Knee? , Vinyl , RIP, Mani and 2 others
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I'm out of my element here, like a child wandering into the middle of a movie, but my son wants a setup for Christmas and I'm trying to figure it out. It'll be going off with him to his dorm somewhere next year, so the use case isn't going to be audiophile hipsterism cred, but something functional and space-efficient that won't hurt too much if it gets screwed up. I quickly eliminated the all in one units as I understand they're hot garbage. What I was leaning toward at this point was something with a built in phono amp and bluetooth transmitter. That way I could get him a pair of portable bluetooth speakers which could serve a dual purpose when he wants to take them to do outdoors stuff. Or if he wants to get some wired speakers at some point, he could go that route. Wirecutter, which seems reasonably reliable, likes the JBL Spinner BT for that purpose, but any other ideas or thoughts about that plan? I'd like to keep it in the neighborhood of $400 for the turntable.
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Doorbell etc. cam system, but NOT a Ring?
Damor replied to Brisketexan's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
I use the Nest one and it works fine. Google has its own issues anymore, and I think like pretty much all of them they can be exploited by LE for "emergencies," but they haven't done any of the "voluntary partnership" bullshit that Ring has. Mostly I just wanted to say that Flock can get fucked. -
What's your secret? Every rant I send through his web contact goes ignored or gets a form response full of non sequitur platitudes and ignorance.
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Congrats! I took my boys on a trip out there a couple years ago and we drove by the campus -- what a beautiful place to be! If there's still a fly fishing class there taught by Mac Brown (not that one), don't let him miss it.
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I think you answered your own question, @'stache. Hey Jenny Slater. Hey Jenny Slater.
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And there it is. Damn, girl. It's like First They Came for our wave in the dismal tide. @immamac how do we pin this to the top of each page?
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Well, it's literally called a urinary diversion, so...
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I openly admit I have a LH problem, as this was the fourth time my son and I had seen them this year. Thought it was a spectacular show, and I had a much better "old man yells at cloud" experience at the Moody Center this time. If you dug the show, you owe it to yourself to see them at Red Rocks. They're a natural fit for that place.
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Dumb Austin parking question amnesty, plz. We're going to see Lord Huron at the Moody on Thursday, and this is the first time I've ever paid for VIP anything. We get access to enter at 5p. I reserved parking at Garage R over by Scholz, but it doesn't officially start until 5p. My preference would be to get there early and get something to eat /drink at Scholz, then walk over to the venue by 5p. Will I be able to enter the garage between say 3-4p, or is it all state employee access until then? Do I need a different plan? It should be evident I haven't lived in Austin in a long time.
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Yeah, mine is finishing his up for this weekend. I've been doing my best to be as hands-off as possible while still being supportive, but it pains a Plan II grad that he doesn't want my help or editing of his essay or short answer questions. Gotta let that go, though. Since I haven't been all in his business, should he be able to tell in the Common App pretty easily which schools want an official SAT report? Sending those to a bunch of schools he's only kinda interested in seems like it would add up to almost as much as the damn application fees.
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We promised not to move to wherever he chooses to go to school, whether Mines, CU, or CSU. But we lie.
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My son's exact words. I was a successful dad in a few key areas.
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