According to my former council, The Town of Foxborough there are a total of 30 hotel rooms being used to house 93 migrant families. The article says 70 rooms, so maybe that's a more accurate number. In either case, I remain unconvinced that is the primary reason people can't get a room to go and watch the game at Gillette Stadium. 70 hotel rooms? The stadium holds 65,000 people.

Thanks much, Copper. I had no idea an overhaul cost so much. When a GA (I had to look it up) aircraft flies overhead, they don't sound like a Porsche revved up. Matter of fact, there are some that sound like they are turning rather low rpm's. Wow, $25 grand. And I would suppose the old aircraft don't have the features (quieter inside the cabin, heat and a/c, etc) or aerodynamic performance of a new aircraft. I don't recall ever hearing a GA plane overhead with a rough-running engine. I guess I now know why!

Elon, focused on his priorities LOL

@taiwan_girl And as result the good judge hit old Trumpster with a gag order: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-gag-order-civil-trial-1.6985754 Tumults of orange tinted apoplexy ensues.

@bachophile Called that one! Ditto what TG wrote.

@89th I had not seen that about Columbine. The news here says that he used a gun that normally shoots blanks (like at a track meet) but modified to shoot real bullets.

@LuFins-Dad said in Fat Lesbians Rejoiced: Here in the US we appoint them as Senators With the proper ancestral qualification.

@Doctor-Phibes 555

And she was consistent. LOL

I really dislike the RINO label. It speaks of a party hidebound to pretty extreme principles, with no room for variation. The definition of a 'true Republican' has changed a lot over the years, and not for the better.

Sounds like an automatic translation from French probably

Stool pigeon.

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Very neat discovery!

This Ayon Spirit III Integrated tube valve amp is considered "high end". It's made in Austria. At 38kg or 84lbs, it's built like a tank. I picked this up used about a month ago. I have done many amp rolling sessions between this Ayon, a Carver TFM35X 250-wpc solid state amp and the AkitikA solid state amp and preamp i built from kits. I have to use the AkitikA preamp with the Carver as it has no volume control. I can also use the Ayon as a dedicated amp which bypasses the preamp circuitry and it becomes a stand-alone amplifier with no volume control. I have also paired the AkitikA preamp with the Ayon in direct amp mode. The differences between the Ayon and the two solid state amplifiers is instantly registered from the very first sound you hear. The level of detail and separation of voices and instruments is one of the first things you notice as well as a more open "3D" sound stage. High frequencies are detailed but smooth and never harsh when using the Ayon. The same cannot be said of either solid state amp and surprisingly, the AkitikA is actually smoother on the high frequencies than the Carver. Both solid state amps clip anywhere from 66%-85% volume. I have yet to hear the Ayon clip even at 100% volume. [image: 20230927-183035.jpg]

It wasn’t like that initially. When it became so much more powerful in the late 70’s I had a few incidents where it made me think everything I did and said was stupid and my life was nothing. At that point I was done. It was no longer fun. I could easily see that repeated use could change some brain chemistry.

I thought 4 skips was impressive...