About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone

Hi Pat sounds like you will have a fun fathers day week!!
Family and friends and our relationship with then is always said to be the most valuable thing we have in this world by those who have to deal with their mortality. I am jealous as hell about your Dallas trip, this is the kind of thing I would really enjoy. Props to Albert for being such a gracious host.
Maybe sometime in the future we could plan some kind of event to gather around. I gather from your recent posts about you health you are holding your own and feeling ok most of the time.
This is by far the best news of all.

still waiting to hear how the TAD is working out.
You bud Ron

Ron,

Thanks for the sentiments about family and friends. True, very true. All you can take with you when you leave the bonds of earth is the love given by others. The family reunion this weekend has been a lot of fun. Watching two kids almost two years old interact is a riot. Both of them are very much into listening to tunes too. My grandson, who is around us a lot, enjoys sitting in the sweet spot. He seems amazed at the sounds coming from different locations in space and especially enjoys female vocalists. They both dance whenever the needle hits the groove.

I've expressed my appreciation for Albert's hospitality before. He calls often and provides me with a lot of laughs. Music is the common bond with the gear coming in a distant second. Along the way we've both discovered that we share many of the same attitudes and values and HIS zest for life is contageous. He put a lot of effort into our visit and I felt a little uneasy about putting him in the position of tour director...for about a nano-second. It was obvious from the start that when he says it was like a vacation for himself he is telling the truth. Moments after Steve and I were picked up at the airport the fun began and it didn't stop until we loaded on the plane to return to Boise. I wish you would have been there too, as well as so many other A'goner's.

Sorry I didn't follow up about the TAD. Unfortunately, the output impedance didn't match my amps and it had to be returned. The build quality was very high and Paul is a great guy to do business with. I wish I could tell you more.

I did purchase a Supratek Syrah from Steve. It's a great piece of gear. I need to acquire the right tubes for the phono stage in order to maximize its performance and suffer from some confusion about this issue. I don't think it's as easy as one would believe and I really don't want to just waste a lot of money experimenting. Each of the various tubes need to work in harmony and this is the issue. It goes beyond the four tubes in the phono stage. Clearly there are different combinations owners find to their liking and I have yet to sit down and spend the time condensing all of the 1800+ posts into what nine tubes work the best together. Besides, all of this is probably system dependent anyway. At worst it sounds glorious with just about any tube compliment. Other system issues take priority at this point. If anyone has bothered to make lists of the different proven nine tube combinations I would be grateful for that information.

You are right. I am holding my own health-wize. Even though Barb and I both are looking forward to a more leisurely pace for awhile I'm up for attending other get togethers where I can meet more of you guys. Everyone has been fun so far.

I hope all you Dad's have a good one tomorrow.

Pat,
Happy Fathers Day to you. I don't have any offspring myself. We had two "boys" Patches and Merlin. They were Papillions, 16 years old. My wife and I had to put them down about six weeks ago. Hardest thing I have ever had to do, it brings tears to my eyes, just to type this.
I am very impressed, I could not keep up with a couple of two year olds, like you are doing. Although I am sure that you are enjoying every second of it.
You seem to be more active than me and I am training for my 3rd marathon.
Again happy Fathers Day
Jeff

Lugnut,
Just checking on the posts to see how you were doing. The Dallas trip sounds like a blast...I have my own circus here with a bunch of students visiting my lab for the summer and my own daughter graduating from high school and heading off to university.

Hope you have a good week "off".

Oh my Pat. I quickly read your comment to Ray without realy thinking. I saw "Back in early February when I got my first treatment I did get mine cut off before it fell out" and I was sure you said "before it fell off." I had no idea what you were talking about, but my mind was thinking something else. I was so releaved to see you were talking about you hair and that you and Barb could still enjoy sex. My God, I felt realy bad for you for a breif moment.
JD