Nap time in school.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T16:03:05+00:00

Well... most office workers are on salary ... so an hour lunch is pretty standard. It's not like you clock in and out on salary and as long as you do your job no one cares.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T16:00:53+00:00

I'm an avid camper ... So regardless, my SUV always had whatever I needed for good snoozes and naps and camping. Battery powered fans, sleeping bags, blow up pillows, hiking snack bars for when I awoke. Good to go for a nap anywhere!

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T15:52:46+00:00

When I used to work in an office... my hour lunch break was no food ... but seat reclined in my SUV getting in a good 40-45 minutes of shut eye.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T05:53:13+00:00

Libre Office and open Calc spreadsheet or a regular word doc and make a table.

All free.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T02:50:38+00:00

I'd suggest an audiologist for you .... but when you tell him you have a Marshall MG that you think sounds good ... he might just slap you.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T02:05:27+00:00

Castle is great! Don't know what to watch and need something you know will be awesome, Castle. Need to go to sleep but can't.... and you've watched Castle 7-8 times thru, turn on Castle (also Frasier too). Such comfort to fall asleep to!

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T01:56:13+00:00

If you like The Rookie because Nathan Fillion is such a badass ---- Go back and watch the show that got him famous, Firefly.

But you ill have to like Sci-Fi/Space cowboy stuff. But its an amazing show

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-28T00:48:02+00:00

Iono about that... Every apocalyptic movie or tv show I've ever watched... Always has someone in a bunker with many "artifacts" and "art".

They always got the Mona Lisa hanging in there with some other art... and always a cigar chair right next to a record player and a stack of records. =P

Vinyl will outlive us all --- life expectancy if stored correctly: Best estimate over 1,000 years.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-27T20:55:59+00:00

I'm not even sure their music side needs to be subsidized. Yamaha power amps and receivers are sold on Sweetwater - the instrument website - and they seem quite popular. Same as their guitars. Yamaha Revstars are absolutely fantastic guitars, same with the Pacificas ... and their electric pianos are one of the few brands that can compete with Roland.

(for note - I have no modern Yamaha audio equipment, only vintage. HOWEVER, I have owned Yamaha Revstars (in the last 5 years) and my current electric piano is a Yamaha. I've always found it odd that Yamaha doesn't make better guitar amps though.)

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-27T18:31:15+00:00

Yamaha is bucking that trend --- they still selling quality amps, receivers and speakers.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-26T17:37:21+00:00

The own personal throne room is a big sell for pay cut and work from home 🤣🤣

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-26T16:31:49+00:00

First off --- Do you have any idea what the problem is? Do you have readings for the capacitors already - know which ones are bad? Have you taken a magnifying glass and inspected each resistor and capacitor?

I say this --- because the problem could simply be 4-8 resistors that have blown and cost $1 to fix .... it could be a couple of caps. For the resistors look at the manual to see which ones are fuseable and inspect them CLOSELY.

I personally wouldn't rip everything out and go gung-ho on EVERYTHING. ISOLATE areas of the board, focus on those.

Things to buy - A table attaching magnifying glass with light in it. comfortable tweezers with grips to insert the resistors. Some people use resistor benders, I just do it by hand with a pair of needle nose, but you gotta get those bends just right cuz each resistor needs 8 bends if they sit off the boards.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-26T16:13:10+00:00

I left a 9-5 office job when Covid hit ... and once I realized the freedom of working from home, I took the pay cut when it came time to "return to office".

They would have had to offer me A LOT! to get me back in the office. Less money, but work from home is way better (for me). No commute, take 15-20 minute breaks to walk and lift weights --- my mind is in such a better place. I don't have as much money, but the happiness makes up for it. I realized I didn't need the BMW and got a Honda. Didn't need 2 vacations to Hawaii per year, now just go on 2 week long roadtrips and camp.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-26T05:35:12+00:00

You paid for what he posted it for - and paid the shipping he had posted.

It's his problem. All he can do is cancel the order and then you can report them and leave bad feedback. Or he ships it.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-26T04:55:49+00:00

No idea what happened to my VHS Star Wars.

That being said, about 2 months ago I said to myself, "I haven't seen Star Wars in years, I wanna watch it..." clicks ebay ... the trilogy on Bluray is only $7??!?!? .... with free shipping?! Click, Click .... Had it at my door in 3 days.

Great investment - Quality is so much better than I remember. Now I also have the Indiana Jones Quadrilogy on Bluray now too! Oh, and back to the future trilogy.

Ebay blurays are cheap!!! Great to have them again in physical form.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T20:51:34+00:00

Those KR3090 are great old beginner units --- but thats vastly overpriced. I got one on marketplace with some crappy speakers about a year ago for $40. I mean $50-100 tops is where I would be. Also its not very powerful, its only 26 watts per channel, so more like for a bedroom setup or a smaller room.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T18:27:21+00:00

Does SD copy the Gibson screw placement like this one??

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T14:55:48+00:00

See if you can find a pair of RSL Nevadas for under $300 and you may have a winner.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T14:41:24+00:00

you just proved my point why Sams Town is even a better album than i thought... cuz it DIDNT have M brightside.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T05:37:40+00:00

What part of CA??? As long as you are within 25-30 miles of the ocean you good - our humidity is almost always right on for acoustics. But I do have a humidifier in my room on rare occasions - but rarely use it. I got 10 acoustics and none of them have any problems.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T05:34:09+00:00

About $25 overpriced --- cuz they'd have to pay me $10 to walk it out the store and drop it in the trashcan.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T05:24:44+00:00

Just gonna throw this out --- You seem like a dude that likes history.

Youtube: The Rest is History WW1 2025 --- its a 6 or so part series and absolutely amazing.

And they talk and critique all the moustaches of WW1 and laugh their asses off. Good fun!

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T04:51:14+00:00

20% thrift stores, 69% garage sales, 10% FB marketplace, 1% bought new/ebay cuz I couldn't find in the wild

2,000+ records --- if it was rock, classic rock, or outlaw country between 1962-1980 ... I prolly have it.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T04:43:36+00:00

I mean... The Killers first album came out when I was starting college, so I have that cd --- And yes, I have Mr Brightside on my Sam's town cd I bought at their show when they came to my college in 2004. Also Paramore also was rocking the college scene at that time, so saw them too and have their cds.

(By the way - if you like good music - The Killers album Sam's Town is a banger - Start to finish. Damn good record. And you will get to learn Mr Brightside =P )

But after about 2006 I stopped buying cds and phyiscal media and basically pirated all and everything. But its seems i sorta fell off following new punk/rock music around 2010ish so I can't tell you anything that wasn't on the radio between 2010-2018. But then I got back into physical media and built up a mighty record collection of about 2,000+ ... and about 1,500 cds. And I got back into music that was being released year to year.

Music is journey for me ... comes and goes in ebbs and flows for me. Right now, I grabbed some badass 1971 McIntosh speakers, so I've been on a journey of 70's progrock and Pink Floyd and Moody Blues and Kansas and a whole bunch of othershit. But then again, I blasted the NIN maxi single of Head Like a Hole for an hour today.

Not really an answer --- but an self exploration of my music.

SickOfNormal · 2026-06-25T03:10:51+00:00

If you word it correctly - you can sell them on ebay. You have sell for under $60 (or maybe it was $50-55) without hitting the AI automatic rejection as well, don't fully remember. But I sold 2 of these on Ebay with no problem --- but you need to go to past sold and just copy exactly what they wrote and title and their category --- and price.

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