Scotty, Katy, Bob C and all the rest of my adoring fans....



The kid is fine....he'll be 4 this September
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p813419917-5.jpg

The boat launches in about two weeks. She has a new genoa now and
upgraded folding prop. We can't wait for the season to start.

Also finished the theater....I think I did a good job. I did it all
including the curtains.
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p3696847-5.jpg
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p386883400-5.jpg

HD projection, 130 inch screen, SVS sound and subs. But for
music....Magnepan 1.6/QRs, Martin Logan subs, all tube electronics
including the Jolida CD player. Everything has been modified to suit
the room which is also acoustically damped.
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p911144058-4.jpg

If you like Jazz and classical, the system is stunning, but for rock I
usually use the SVS system.

We're thinking of trading the Kia in because we want another AWD.
Problem is that the Kia (after 39K) has never needed a thing. We can
only go down from the Kia unless we get another perfect car.

We're still planning on a new boat, but that's lengthy topic on it's
own.

Here's a pic taken from our home aboard one of my new telescopes
(Celestron CPC 800) and a piggybacked camera....
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p677285558-5.jpg

Suzanne hit 40 years young and really worked out to get fit and trim,
probably the best shape she's ever been in. She's a babe and I'm a
lucky guy!
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p493591262-4.jpg

It's beautiful here. The wife and kid are thriving. Life is good.

I hope all of you are well.

The Good Captain
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
Scotty, Katy, Bob C and all the rest of my adoring fans....



The kid is fine....he'll be 4 this September
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p813419917-5.jpg


We can't wait for the season to start.

You're waiting now for the season. If you couldn't wait you would move to
Florida.



Also finished the theater....I think I did a good job. I did it all
including the curtains.

It's definitely curtains for that system!


HD projection, 130 inch screen, SVS sound and subs. But for
music....Magnepan 1.6/QRs, Martin Logan subs, all tube electronics
including the Jolida CD player. Everything has been modified to suit
the room which is also acoustically damped.
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p911144058-4.jpg

Yes all tubes! Including the CD electronics! Bwahahahahaha!!!!


If you like Jazz and classical, the system is stunning, but for rock I
usually use the SVS system.

The wall socket can be stunning too. That room is too small for good sound.


We're thinking of trading the Kia in because we want another AWD.
Problem is that the Kia (after 39K) has never needed a thing. We can
only go down from the Kia unless we get another perfect car.

So you're trading it in because it is perfect? Wait another year or two and
you won't be able to trade it for anything, even an old rusty pocketknife!


We're still planning on a new boat, but that's lengthy topic on it's
own.

This time get one with a cockpit larger than mine.


Here's a pic taken from our home aboard one of my new telescopes
(Celestron CPC 800) and a piggybacked camera....
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p677285558-5.jpg

Not as good as my custom Meade I bought at CES last year.


Suzanne hit 40 years young and really worked out to get fit and trim,
probably the best shape she's ever been in. She's a babe and I'm a
lucky guy!
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p493591262-4.jpg

At 40 one has to really work out to get fit and trim? Is 40 the new 60?


It's beautiful here. The wife and kid are thriving. Life is good.

Is it as nice as Kew Gardens?


It's great to hear things have improved for you. I'm sure your arm strength
has improved greatly from tossing papers on your new route. Your new,
powerful car audio system should be able to drown out most of the car noises
in your Kia, possibly even the sounds of the axle bearings seizing. Have you
managed to hacksaw the ball hitch off of the end of your house? You don't
want some pranksters driving off with it in the middle of the night. With
the crash of the credit/real estate market have you been snapping up any
more lakefront property? Well, not to be all mean I have this gem for you
and you are one of the few to appreciate it - in fact I thought of you when
I first saw it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrKCUTUSPo

Enjoy!

Amen!

Your adoring fan,

Bob Crantz

You're waiting now for the season. If you couldn't wait you would
move to
Florida.


Why on earth would I want to trade a beautiful fall and winter season
of fun for a hot horrible season where people sail even less than here
in the winter? Kerplap!



Yes all tubes! Including the CD electronics! Bwahahahahaha!!!!



Yip. Jolida, modified by Underwood. Tube output stage. I also have a
good SS SACD player, but the Jolida is far better. Tech-SMACK!


The wall socket can be stunning too. That room is too small for
good sound.


Well then so are the sound rooms at Revel, Infinity and Martin Logan,
which I've been to. They are smaller than my 25X16 foot room, which is
now damped to perfection. Come to think of it so are the carefully
designed rooms at Sound by Singer and Wilson Audio...maybe my room is
too big! You should help those guys out! Booblair!


So you're trading it in because it is perfect? Wait another year or
two and
you won't be able to trade it for anything, even an old rusty
pocketknife!


Trade in value against an AWD MDX is just 2000 dollars less than the
Sienna we almost bought. The only problem is that the Sienna would
have cost 2900.00 more at the time and would have had half the
features and less power! So when we trade we SAVED 900 dollars with
the Kia, had more features, a higher safety rating and no problems! I
know two people with Sienna's now. One had MAJOR front end problems
and the other got a new tranny (under warranty) at barely 30K. After
the new tranny the Sienna is still plagued by problems. Toyota has
slipped! Chazoom!!!!



This time get one with a cockpit larger than mine.


Still pretending to own a boat? How depressing! SLAP!!!!


Not as good as my custom Meade I bought at CES last year.


Your right! None of my real toys are as nice as your imaginary
ones!!!!!! HoooAHHHH!


And......ROYAL DELUXE SMACKDOWN DONE OLD-SCHOOL!

Cheers, Bob. Hope your well these days. My paper route generated an
ungodly income over the past 9 months and I'm looking to buy a 3rd
property now. So not much time to play here, but I expect during the
summer I'll post some pics and vids of our daysails and weekend trips.

Oh....and because I actually back up what I say....scope #1 fitted
with a D300.....this is my portable grab and go scope that I use
most...

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p883681020-4.jpg

TOTAL AND UTTER SMACKDOWN!

Cheers, old man!



The Good Captain
35s5
NY

On Mar 18, 6:56 am, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:28:57 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob" wrote:
You're waiting now for the season. If you couldn't wait you would
move to
Florida.

Why on earth would I want to trade a beautiful fall and winter season
of fun for a hot horrible season where people sail even less than here
in the winter? Kerplap!

Yes all tubes! Including the CD electronics! Bwahahahahaha!!!!

Yip. Jolida, modified by Underwood. Tube output stage. I also have a
good SS SACD player, but the Jolida is far better. Tech-SMACK!

The wall socket can be stunning too. That room is too small for
good sound.

Well then so are the sound rooms at Revel, Infinity and Martin Logan,
which I've been to. They are smaller than my 25X16 foot room, which is
now damped to perfection. Come to think of it so are the carefully
designed rooms at Sound by Singer and Wilson Audio...maybe my room is
too big! You should help those guys out! Booblair!

So you're trading it in because it is perfect? Wait another year or
two and
you won't be able to trade it for anything, even an old rusty
pocketknife!

Trade in value against an AWD MDX is just 2000 dollars less than the
Sienna we almost bought. The only problem is that the Sienna would
have cost 2900.00 more at the time and would have had half the
features and less power! So when we trade we SAVED 900 dollars with
the Kia, had more features, a higher safety rating and no problems! I
know two people with Sienna's now. One had MAJOR front end problems
and the other got a new tranny (under warranty) at barely 30K. After
the new tranny the Sienna is still plagued by problems. Toyota has
slipped! Chazoom!!!!

Please don't use the word "tranny" in ASA, Bob, it attracts Gayanze like a moth
to a flame.



You're right. I wasn't thinking. I meant "transmission."

"After our long term test neared completion, we admitted we were sad
to see the Sedona go. It had topped both the Odyssey and the Sienna
for comfort and required only a single service visit for the video
screen. The Toyota spent almost two whole weeks in service and the
Honda had electrical issues on three occasions. If there's one area
Kia needs to improve on it may be in detail and refinement. The Kia's
powerplant and transmission, while powerful, didn't exhibit the silky
smoothness of the competition. Still for real world usage, the Sedona
remains at the top of our list and made us question the higher costs
of the Sienna which provided fewer options. The Sedona has also held
onto it's stellar safety record besting all other minivans and most
small trucks in crash tests."

-Car & Driver



SMACK-SMASH-KO CRUNCHDOWN!!!!!



The Good Captain
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
You're waiting now for the season. If you couldn't wait you would
move to
Florida.


Why on earth would I want to trade a beautiful fall and winter season
of fun for a hot horrible season where people sail even less than here
in the winter? Kerplap!

Good point, air pollution does make for nice red sunsets. Florida is much
better than NY. Ask all the NYer's that moved there! Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!




Yes all tubes! Including the CD electronics! Bwahahahahaha!!!!



Yip. Jolida, modified by Underwood. Tube output stage. I also have a
good SS SACD player, but the Jolida is far better. Tech-SMACK!


Only tubes on the output and maybe the drivers! Yet the signal originates in
silicon! Smackdown!!!!



The wall socket can be stunning too. That room is too small for
good sound.


Well then so are the sound rooms at Revel, Infinity and Martin Logan,
which I've been to. They are smaller than my 25X16 foot room, which is
now damped to perfection. Come to think of it so are the carefully
designed rooms at Sound by Singer and Wilson Audio...maybe my room is
too big! You should help those guys out! Booblair!

But your room is not carefully designed! It's a hollow concrete block
basement holding up a trailer. Your sound room is on the order of Art Bell's
trailer in Pahrump, Nevada.




So you're trading it in because it is perfect? Wait another year or
two and
you won't be able to trade it for anything, even an old rusty
pocketknife!


Trade in value against an AWD MDX is just 2000 dollars less than the
Sienna we almost bought. The only problem is that the Sienna would
have cost 2900.00 more at the time and would have had half the
features and less power! So when we trade we SAVED 900 dollars with
the Kia, had more features, a higher safety rating and no problems!

And a legacy of quality! The 900 dollars is the risk priced in! Since you're
so lucky why not drive it to Las Vegas? Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

I
know two people with Sienna's now. One had MAJOR front end problems
and the other got a new tranny (under warranty) at barely 30K. After
the new tranny the Sienna is still plagued by problems. Toyota has
slipped! Chazoom!!!!

I know a dozen people with Siennas. Only 2 problems total, each got the
Sienna at the fleet price!




This time get one with a cockpit larger than mine.


Still pretending to own a boat? How depressing! SLAP!!!!

It's pretend cockpit is larger than yours!




Not as good as my custom Meade I bought at CES last year.


Your right! None of my real toys are as nice as your imaginary
ones!!!!!! HoooAHHHH!

Check previous issues of sky and telescope!



And......ROYAL DELUXE SMACKDOWN DONE OLD-SCHOOL!

It feels good to give you the beatings you so badly need.


Cheers, Bob. Hope your well these days. My paper route generated an
ungodly income over the past 9 months and I'm looking to buy a 3rd
property now. So not much time to play here, but I expect during the
summer I'll post some pics and vids of our daysails and weekend trips.

Things are going well. I'm looking at picking up some work after taking
almost a year off. Over the last year I put my miles on my bike than my car
with the hopes of racing again. I rode the hardest bike race course in North
America (3x as difficult as any stage on the Tour de France) twice in a
week, twice besting my previous times from over a decade ago. My running
mileage is up too, so I'll try a full size triathalon. I've got the
landyacht set up to work out of so I can travel, climb, bike and work. I'm
down to 2 boats and one has a cockpit much larger than yours. The kids are
fine, the wife is gorgeous and we are all look forward to spending a few
more months in Europe this year. It was nice to see the America's Cup races
last year, this year I may do the running of the bulls but in the other
direction - against them.


Oh....and because I actually back up what I say....scope #1 fitted
with a D300.....this is my portable grab and go scope that I use
most...

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p883681020-4.jpg

TOTAL AND UTTER SMACKDOWN!

That whole set up costs less than any of the scopes on my high powered
rifles, not to mention my fabulous Russian Egg collection.


Cheers, old man!

I'm not that old:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA

I might be in NY this summer, maybe I could drop in and say hello. Was
Ashley Dupree as Ghost Girl?

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

You're right. I wasn't thinking. I meant "transmission."

"After our long term test neared completion, we admitted we were sad
to see the Sedona go. It had topped both the Odyssey and the Sienna
for comfort and required only a single service visit for the video
screen. The Toyota spent almost two whole weeks in service and the
Honda had electrical issues on three occasions. If there's one area
Kia needs to improve on it may be in detail and refinement. The Kia's
powerplant and transmission, while powerful, didn't exhibit the silky
smoothness of the competition. Still for real world usage, the Sedona
remains at the top of our list and made us question the higher costs
of the Sienna which provided fewer options. The Sedona has also held
onto it's stellar safety record besting all other minivans and most
small trucks in crash tests."

-Car & Driver


It's hard to argue against the Kia. It got chosen as the "Best Budget
Minivan":

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/au...nivan-reviews/

For those not on a budget, the Sienna is the better choice. Maybe you can
get your allowance increased.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

Folding chair to the head!!!!

Bob Crantz wrote:


It's hard to argue against the Kia. It got chosen as the "Best Budget
Minivan":

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/au...nivan-reviews/

For those not on a budget, the Sienna is the better choice. Maybe you can
get your allowance increased.

Your astuteness continues to reign supreme Mr. Crantz, "The Sedona has a
lower base price, due to its lower predicted resale value and lesser
interior materials and fit/finish", one tends to get what one pays for.

Cheers
Marty

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:51:00 -0600, "Bob Crantz"
wrote:

What brand of kayak is it?


The kayak does not have a larger cockpit than Robbie's but the canoe does.
Both are Old Towns.

Amen!

Bob Crantz

wrote in message
...

Does either craft have that awful rack and pinion steering system
similar to what sank Joe's boat? Punching a hole in the hull is SOME
kind of "feedback" from a steering setup!


I don't need a hole in the boat as an excuse for it to sink. I've sunk boats
with perfectly good hulls! Boats larger than either the canoe or kayak. The
first sinking of a perfectly good boat happened during a Chinook wind storm
with gusts to a mere 90 mph. The second was during a small F1 tornado. I
purposely went out to sail in those conditions to gain first hand
experience. Now, from my great experience, I avoid those kind of conditions.
I have developed a rule of thumb which I shall now divulge to the benefit of
all: "If the wind blows tractor trailers off of the highway, don't sail in
it." I have many rules of thumb carefully developed from first hand
experience. They range in such fields as electricity, winter mountaineering,
firearms and gasoline powered tools. Humanity would be served well if I were
to write detailing my experiences.

Glory!

Bob Crantz

Rule of thumb #217: If you really have to force the bolt action of a rifle
closed to get the cartridge in, it may not be a good idea to pull the
trigger.

Rule of thumb #104: If you hook a bunch of neon sign transformers in series
to maximize the output voltage, wear very thick insulated gloves when
plugging it in.

Rule of thumb # 63: Do not substitute a scuba diving mask for goggles when
getting towed on a sled behind a car at 65 mph.

Well, I've got a grandson now. Kids bought a Nissan Quest
minivan, seems nice. Been working on my old BMW bike and
waiting for warmer weather to get it, and my boat back in
action.

Scotty



"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

roups.com...
Scotty, Katy, Bob C and all the rest of my adoring
fans....



The kid is fine....he'll be 4 this September
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p813419917-5.jpg

The boat launches in about two weeks. She has a new genoa
now and
upgraded folding prop. We can't wait for the season to
start.

Also finished the theater....I think I did a good job. I
did it all
including the curtains.
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p3696847-5.jpg
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p386883400-5.jpg

HD projection, 130 inch screen, SVS sound and subs. But
for
music....Magnepan 1.6/QRs, Martin Logan subs, all tube
electronics
including the Jolida CD player. Everything has been
modified to suit
the room which is also acoustically damped.
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p911144058-4.jpg

If you like Jazz and classical, the system is stunning,
but for rock I
usually use the SVS system.

We're thinking of trading the Kia in because we want
another AWD.
Problem is that the Kia (after 39K) has never needed a
thing. We can
only go down from the Kia unless we get another perfect
car.

We're still planning on a new boat, but that's lengthy
topic on it's
own.

Here's a pic taken from our home aboard one of my new
telescopes
(Celestron CPC 800) and a piggybacked camera....
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p677285558-5.jpg

Suzanne hit 40 years young and really worked out to get
fit and trim,
probably the best shape she's ever been in. She's a babe
and I'm a
lucky guy!
http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p493591262-4.jpg

It's beautiful here. The wife and kid are thriving. Life
is good.

I hope all of you are well.

The Good Captain
35s5
NY