Tim McG

I can understand that. One's a sure thing, the other is a crap shoot.

Here, here. Excellent post.

I dunno. I'm kinda partial to: Sky Dive

It is grounded....but will it matter if the ground wire is touching the back of the amp? I have the ground wire screwed down with a small washer between it and the metal plate on the amp. Good place to start. If you're cool with the grounding, you might want to next CAREFULLY check the wires that lead into the back of the cartridge. Make sure they're fastened securely at both ends. Also, the RCA plugs that go into the back of your pre-amp/phono step-up should be secure and the outside part of the cable end should be making good (clean) contact with the input jack. If not, we can talk 'cleaning'. I haven't tried the back of the cartridge yet. I will say this: There is a fair amount of dust back there. Is this going to be an issue? Thanks for the help, Guys.

My friends in San Francisco tell me it's more than $4.00 bucks a gallon now. Yeow!

I'll start... For whatever reason my turntable has this persistent "hum" whenever I try to play a record. I have changed out the jacks, looked for any wires on the stylus that might be touching each other and still no luck. Any suggestions?

I've been unable to use my turntable of late and I figuered this would be as good a place as any to get some needed advice or fix-it help. So I started this thread. Post your concerns or whatevers about turntables here. Tim

I think I've figured out Bochy's strategy for the Giants this season: Lose two, then win one. Perfect.

Lucky pup. You know on the news the other night they were saying gas hit an alltime record high of $3.30 per gallon. My wife and I looked at each other and said who are they surveying for that one? $3.59 today.

I don't fault the guy for starting the "girls gone wild" business. However, dude was caught on tape convincing minors to lie about their age. When he was busted he agreed to settle the case out of court and ended up in the clink when he failed to pay the settlement. He has a long history of this type of thing and it finally caught up to him. He also seems to have a problem touching girls when they say no and that ain't cool. The rest of the trouble Francis is facing is all tax fraud related, so fuck him, there is no one to blame besides himself. Fair enough. OTOH, it is common practice for girls to lie about their age....with or without the benefit of being in a video. The alcohol, then, becomes a convenient excuse for those girls to foist blame rather than actully take any personal responsibility for their own actions. "It wasn't my fault" they might say or "He took advantage of me when I was drunk." Most importantly, however, is the glaring issue of girls getting drunk in the first place...underaged girls. What I'm saying is Joe Francis is a conveinet target for some rather selective moralizing on the part of these girls who were filmed and/or those who take offense to flashing in public. Make sense? Sure, that part all makes sense. I realize the girls are ignorant for letting it happen and are not blameless. That shit with the underage girls is not his real problem though. His real problem was making the settlement deal and than trying to back out of it. Of course that is not near as serious as what he faces for bullshitting the man. Francis is an arrogant "wannabe celebrity" douchebag. This whole story is funny to me for that reason alone. Toss in his crying in jail and the bonus of bribes for bottled water and drugs and it's a trifecta of comedy. Agreed. But TBH...I would cry if thrown in jail, too.

Streetlight Records is pretty good, too. The one I frequent is on 24th St. in the Noe Valley District.

I don't fault the guy for starting the "girls gone wild" business. However, dude was caught on tape convincing minors to lie about their age. When he was busted he agreed to settle the case out of court and ended up in the clink when he failed to pay the settlement. He has a long history of this type of thing and it finally caught up to him. He also seems to have a problem touching girls when they say no and that ain't cool. The rest of the trouble Francis is facing is all tax fraud related, so fuck him, there is no one to blame besides himself. Fair enough. OTOH, it is common practice for girls to lie about their age....with or without the benefit of being in a video. The alcohol, then, becomes a convenient excuse for those girls to foist blame rather than actully take any personal responsibility for their own actions. "It wasn't my fault" they might say or "He took advantage of me when I was drunk." Most importantly, however, is the glaring issue of girls getting drunk in the first place...underaged girls. What I'm saying is Joe Francis is a conveinet target for some rather selective moralizing on the part of these girls who were filmed and/or those who take offense to flashing in public. Make sense?

Brandy. Tough week.

In the "real" world...people take responsibliity for their own actions. Well....unless, of course, you have some convenient person or thing to blame for your own actions.

Paris Hilton Goin' To The Big House, Can Arnie Save Her Skinny Butt?? Does anybody care...?

Six years. And Jason Schmidt is on the DL

Hm. Are we forgetting those girls chose to get drunk and "flash their high beams" [i gotta remember that one ] for the camera? And with the cellphone filming technology available now...anyone here honsetly believe this is going to end with Joe Francis anytime soon? YouTube, Rever, Yahoo and various assorted other video sites are showing this stuff for free even as I type. Maybe, if I may be so bold, the girls flashing their 5mph bumpers should just not drink so damn much. Besides, nobody gets all pushed out of shape over flashers at Mardi Gras every year. There the girls do that stuff for freakin' beads, fer cryin' out loud.

What is going on with Barry Zito? He was lit up again last night for 6 hits and 7 earned runs....gone by the 4th inning.

OK. Giants are leading by two runs, 'Stros are up with a man on in the bottom of the 8th. Two out. Then it happens: the ugly specter of recent Giants bullpens past rises up and brings in [here we go again] Armando "fucking" Benitez. He quickly runs the count to full and then...a two run jack, game tied. After which Sanchez comes in and does his best Benitez impression with a walk-off HR. We Giants fans have not seen a decent bullpen since before Robb Nen. I still have nightmares about Felix "You mean I'm supposed to get the batter out?" Rodriguez dating clear back to the 6th Game of the 2002 World Series.

You know, everybody says the orange Giants uniforms were ugly. Roger Craig once said it was like watching pumkins play baseball...or words to that effect. I dunno...I kinda liked them.

Tonight? Taco salad. Yum.

Giants fan here. I feel your pain.

Fred Lewis hits for the cycle for SF....not bad for a rookie.

Well...he missed.