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There are now strict laws in Ct about blasting car systems btw... People have gotten arrested. FINALLY...  Between that, and throwing people in jail for torturing animals...THANK GOD....It's about time ~


So now not just my singing will get me incarcerated.  My violin playing will as well

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'Round here,  (this is off topic) The now take the cars of people caught street racing... and then.. COMPACT them... and then, put their picture on the front page of the newspaper.

ouch;)


Now, i would like to see that done to the guys with the silly sound systems. The idiots turn it UP, and open their WINDOWS to drive INTO town! And, a LOT of my husbands friends have the silly things.... and, when they pull into my driveway, i want to wish children on them... because you CAN"T have that bass going with kids in the car... right?

http://www.hedonistica.com/media.php?pa ... d_bass.wmv

here is an interesting video....


They have contests here, to see who has the loudest system, sponsered by some  car stereo place, My hubby's friend won a few years ago. How sad, really....

don't these people REALIZE that the QUALITY of the MUSIC suffers? I mean.. you can't HEAR it! Boom boom boom boom.....


But, still, i plan to crap on buddies car, when he combines PCD, and Garth, and Shakira, EVER again. EVER, i swear it. Oh my gawd, i forgot, YESTERDAY he played achy breaky heart.

Now, THAT song is a tragedy in itself. Gawd, strike me down dead, if I EVER have to hear that song again. Mulllllet.....

Hmm.. i picture steven with a mullet. WHy is that?



ok.. i think i am losing it.

(or, already lost it.... someone, take my caffeine away, and put me to bed. I discovered hot chocolate, mixed in hazelnut coffee, with whipped cream and marshmellows on top is simply delightful........ where is my tylenol pm... ?)

I suppose I don't understand that..  Why not flat bed them to a further off location, and either donate them to very low income people that need a car, or sell them for a charity once confiscated ?

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what would low income people do with super modified, lowered idiot street racing type cars?...

umm... race them?

Lol, no, that was my argument too.. i suggested selling them, and using the money for SOME good cause.

But, apparently, it made good news to squish the buggers:)

I do like watching destruction though.......


I think we should have lined the racers all up, and made them crash into each other though...

Like, some crazy demo. derby, with awesome suped up cars getting destroyed, instead of junkers. yeaaaah:)

Out here in Canby, OR the loud car stereo guys are hick white guys pretending they're urban rappers and hip-hoppers or they may do a change of pace and go for the death metal tunes.  It's quite a bizarre sight and sound!  

Sorry you had to go through that, Kappy

I've always protected my hearing -- sounds a little strange from somebody a couple of posts ago who talked about playing loud music at times -- thought i ought to clarify that -- and that's what woke me up...

I love all types of music -- don't know much I haven't listened to... but, one of my great loves is Jazz and one of my all time favorite jazz musicians is Jean Luc Ponte
To play his stuff so it plays well enough to fill a room with concert quality sound requires a tremendous amount of power.  Until just a few years ago the best quality speakers (for my ears) were Dahlquist phased-arrays where each "speaker" had seven different speakers covering 7 frequency ranges -- go quadraphonic and you need that much power to get decent sound.  I have sice switched to BOSE for home listening quailty -- the beat the Dahlquist hands down

All that said, "loud music" (to me) simply means sound that fills a room where no highs are clipped and I'm not bouncing the neighbors out of their beds

And yes Jian, I hear in the upper ranges, too - no longer as high as when I was younger but it's not unheard of to hear in those ranges...

Hope you're resting better than I have been Kappy

And if this seems off topic _ I apologize to the reader

 :wave:  :sleep:

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For me, nothing is worse than the sound of bagpipes--yes I know I'm mettling with a beloved national treasure of a particular part of the world--no offense.  The sound they produce is enough to give a teenager wrinkles and, while never clinically proven, I'm 100 percent convinced that prolonged exposure to the sound of bagpipes can induce one to commit the most unmentional sex crimes and other aberrations in short order. Now my partner, for some ungodly reason, just gets all weepy eyed anytime he hears a bagpipe.  I used to think this was just sentimentality on his part but now realize the true cause.....

Now, give me a musical saw any day of the week! Man I love that! No kidding!

Bagpipes are dangerous !  They can throw you into a different frame of consciousness, and you start blacking out, and doing weird things.  Bagpipes are a tool of Satan !   They summon evil spirits


Gilly, I don't know much about cars.  But how costly or labor intensive would it be to mod a souped up engine so it isn't capable of exceedingly high speeds ?  Still seems a waste to destroy a car like that, assuming it's structurally sound IMHO.

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On bagpipes:  

Have to agree the larger Scottish pipes sound like a cat's being squeezed with it's tail on fire.

but the smaller melodic Irish pipes I can stand in a situationally appropriate context -- such as in the movie Braveheart - not sure I'd care for them outside that...

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I have a chanter someplace,  it's got a D drone, or something similar.. As you can see, It sparked so much interest for me,  I've missplaced it, and I'm not overly concerned about where it is

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No need to be sorry, I had a blast going thru it.  (get it ?  Blast )

I have to look up Dahlquest. Not familiar with the name. As to stereo speakers, depending on the Bose speakers, the make decent stuff... That is assuming you have from the 601 series up.  However for a smaller room the 301s are sufficient as well IMO... I can't stand the Acoustimas systems, because to me hearing, it sounds essentially just like what you have... A subwoofer, and tweeters.  The mid-range is noticeably missing.

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Most of these kids only spend under 5000 dollars to "soup" of their cars.... do silly little mods, etc. But, the ontario government is crushing them to make a POINT.... these kids LOVE their cars..... this sends quite a message.. or, so they think:) Would you spend everyday lovingly making your car "you", only to get it crushed?.. (i would just work harder to not get caught... which means i better be darn fast, eh?:)


I agree it is a waste.. but then, so is EVERYTHING in society. We are a people who waste. Everything.

see ya all...

I noticed when I was younger that when I played my music real loud I had to drive faster to try to get away from it.  It's not easy either. You pretty much have to drive fast enough to have the front seat in another dimension than the sub woofer and speakers. I think this is part of Einstein's equation with the whole color thing going (or not)

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My only problem with the music is the way it subjects me to hearing it in ways it wasn't meant to be heard. I'm also tired of antique glasses in my house rattling.

I actually like some of the music they are playing when I can hear it properly.

The other part I hate is when I'm at a stoplight and the next car over is making my mirrors vibrate so bad that I can't see anything behind me. I like to know if the car pulling up behind me is actually going to stop, sometimes they don't.

Also I actually like bagpipes, from a certain distance. When played with the right percussion they can make me want to dance. If I drink enough before hand I sometimes do to the embarrassment of GiGi.

awakes2, I think you may be right about my recent change of appearance and name.

Here is an example of some nusic I like that has bagpipes. It is by a band that is out of Glengarry, Ontario Canada. The name of the group is Glengarry Bhoys.
http://www.sapphiremoonweb.com/chuckhar ... ingers.mp3

They don;t have any samples on their site that I have seen so far, probably a bandwidth thing. Here is a link to their info.
http://www.dararecords.com/irish_music_ ... bhoys.html


Yes, another plug for Glengarry Bhoys. I am crazy about them, plus bagpipe music makes a really good ringtone. So easy to hear and I know that it is my phone every time.

Me Mothers name was McRae... Soo laddy...

Another VFW post was marching in a 4th of july parade and  the organizers had sense enough to put the pipes next...It was a feeling that was felt by everybody along the route . When the pipes call they stir old emotions and inspirations in all....

Also its about that time again

You should get out and say to this individual, "Are you aware that my mirrors are shaking from your thumper?" "I'm afraid I can't see out my rear view mirror due to this predicament. Would you please turn it down for safety's sake as an accident could occur." Always stress the COULD so they know. Yes, this should take care of that problem. I've solved the case. (The case of the vibrating rear view mirror)

Sherlock Jeffieoke  

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  I'm more polite,  I usually just ask my young attractive female neighbors

  "Excuse me, Have your mirrors been shaking from my thumper" ?

   Chicks dig a polite guy with a well groomed thumper !

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Northeast United States runner up for the "Singing Hall of Shame".

Aha! That's where my mistake is. I asked the same question but was using the word Bambi instead of thumper. That explains the laughs I was getting.