Good afternoon all, it is yet another beautiful day on the West Coast.
Made an appointment to get my eyes tested, it has been ten years and I definitely need new glasses, not that I ever wear them. It has been twenty years at least since I got new glasses. I have always been so active and they would constantly get knocked off my face so I couldn't be bothered.
Back is still killing me but with some improvement but here I sit. Still getting bike time in, I don't make excuses for not staying in shape. I was getting out of the pool the other day and the kid said to me, "Dad, you still "sort of" have a six-pack going, that is pretty amazing for a 63 year old". I was not sure how to take that, but he meant it as a compliment.
I don't watch much TV at all other than movies and for that, I have a pretty good sound system. My 18" subwoofers each have a 350-watt amp built into them and will go subsonic, meaning lower than you can hear, but you can certainly feel a Klingon battle cruiser before you see or hear it. Subsonic will not be heard through cable subscribed outlets, only Blu-ray has that information on it. Subsonic is usually below 16HZ.
The subwoofer market is generally a scam in my eyes as any subwoofer sold in the big box stores will not go as low as a quality speaker to begin with, so you don't need one if you have good speakers. I just had my four bose 601s completely rebuilt as the diaphragms had aged out. When I picked them up the tech took me into the lab to listen and they measured down to 26HZ on the low end, my subs were in the low teens last time they were measured. I use the Bose for the surround in the BAT movie palace. The Bose are great for symphony and any acoustic music not so much for rock and roll so I have two big Paisley monitors for the rock shows. I do have picky taste when it comes to sound to the point where people ask me how I can tune my guitar while I am playing a song. If quality of sound doesn't matter to you don't worry about it, buying expensive audio equipment is a waste to those that can't hear the difference, our ears are all different.
When I worked for the Feds they spent thousands on driving courses for me as I did drive some very sensitive things at times so I guess they thought it was important I was well trained. I lost count of the new learning and refreshers I had. Before I retired they had asked me to go on as an instructor, however I had enough of work. I had no real interest in driving other than it was an important part of the duties I was required to carry out. The courses were a lot of fun though, getting some pretty big trucks out on the skid courses. I probably logged more time in smaller vehicles than anything with airbrakes, that being said when I retired after 36 years and more than two million miles, I had never had an accident.
When it came time to teach the kid to drive I know I was more qualified than a driving school to do so and proceeded to teach the kid to drive. The day of his test I was sitting on a cement wall between Tim Hortons and the Motor Vehicle Branch when they rolled in from the test. They got out and instead of walking into the far end of the building the examiner and the kid walked the length of it towards me and I am thinking OH OH! this can't be good. The examiner said, "did you teach him to drive"? Now I'm really waiting for it.
She said you did a really good job with him, he is without a doubt the best-prepared new driver I have ever taken out. She showed me the exam sheet and said "look, not a mark on it. I was relieved, to say the least.
Well, I think I will hobble out and finish up the pressure washer work and get a giant Rum and Pepsi in hand and watch the Vancouver Canucks destroy St. Louis.
Stay safe and well, all the best to all.
