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Author Topic: The "What did you buy today (or recently)?" Thread Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-07-2009 10:39 PM                     Oh, I've just spent $68k of someone else's money on some sound and projection gear for an install.. Like Christmas in September!  |  IP: Logged Dylan Houdeshell Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Caslte Rock, Colorado Registered: Aug 2009 posted 09-08-2009 12:00 AM                     I just dropped $300 on a brand new electic guitar. It's an ESP MH-50 . Great guitar for the price I paid!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-08-2009 12:26 AM                     I bought a new bicycle last week! Paid $450.00 for it! I even got to ride it once!  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 09-08-2009 09:43 PM                     I bought a $73 ticket to see my beloved Gators steamroll Charleston Southern in The Swamp. Also picked up "A Brief History of the Spanish Language" by my major's dept. chair for $25 while I was in town.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-08-2009 10:33 PM                        I like how they completely ignore the TAX and TOTAL lines in Randy's receipt and write their own. I guess the ones that are already there simply aren't good enough.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-08-2009 11:21 PM                     Never thought about it. When I worked at the TV store I used to fill out receipts like that too. Keeps people from writing in extra shit because there isn't all this blank space between the last item and the tax/total area. I don't know... It's just how we did things. Maybe it's a Pennsyltucky thing?  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 09-09-2009 10:24 AM                        quote: Joe Redifer Oh OK. Last Friday I saw Braveheart for rent at a local Blockbuster and it had not yet been released. The authorities came in and arrested everyone and shot the manager in the face. Ah. Well played. If anybody else is thinking of picking M*A*S*H, don't. The transfer is hideous. It would have been hideous even on a standard DVD.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-09-2009 10:40 AM                     Ok, Jeremy, Fair enough, I had to buy gas to get there and back... about a 200 mile round trip and lunch at the fillin station which also gave me gas. This past weekend I had to buy more gas to get to and from a mine in the west Utah Desert in which I found a nice cache of high percentage gold ore in the wall and ceiling in a little explored part of the mine. Carried out as much as I could in a backpack but have to go back to get the rest, it's pretty heavy ore. I have an aquaintaince who can process the ore and with gold going to 1K per ounce it's certainly worth the time, effort and gas. No Phil, Thats not Pyrite!!!  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 09-09-2009 11:45 AM                     I just spent $132 having an Heirship Affidavit and 5 Warranty Deeds recorded at the County Clerk's office.  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-09-2009 01:25 PM                     Between $12.99 and $16.99 for these Beatles Remasters: Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Let It Be, Past Masters. So far, the sonic improvements are pretty obvious, but ANYTHING could have been better than what we have had for the last 25 years, the Beatles have always sounded like crap on CD. I've watched a couple of the little WMV docs on the discs, they aren't very much to speak of, though. Now to track down a Mono Box. I was too late to pre-order it, but supposedly more are being manufactured.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-09-2009 03:33 PM                     Stimulating! Economically Stimulating! Oh...as for me...46" Sharp Aquos LCD TV for $999 That's 12" bigger than what I was working with before and -- oh my -- those extra 12" make all the difference in the world! It looked about right in Costco's big ol' warehouse and then when I got it home I felt ashamed of myself. Later that night, with the box and all the packaging still strewn about the living room, I had to look my landlord in the eye and plead my case for a reduction in rent. Totally absurd but, whatever, they went along and helped me out. God bless 'em!  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 09-09-2009 05:25 PM                     How about a 1 KW AM broadcast transmitter to be converted to the ham bands.... A little heavy, but it now resides in my garage undergoing restoration.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-09-2009 05:53 PM                  WOW Jeff, that's really cool. Plate modulation? But, it looks like there are a bunch of sub-assemblies and other parts missing...I see no modulation or HV power-supply transformers??? What final tube(s)does it use? Do you do AM?  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 09-09-2009 06:16 PM                     ...Hi Phil, It's a Gates BC-1G circa mid/late 60's. Yes, all the heavy iron was removed: power transformer, filter choke, modulation transformer, modulation reactor, etc. most barely able to lift! It is plate modulation, and uses two 833's modulating a pair of 833's. Low level stages in both audio and RF use vintage 807's.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-09-2009 06:39 PM                  That's super-cool, Jeff! Gates BC-1G 833's are my FAVORITE bizarre-looking tubes!  |  IP: Logged

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