Heather's Heavenly Vapes - THE BIG THREAD (Part 6)

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It’s like store-bought cat toys. Waste of money.

The only store bought thing that has ever worked for the black lab was a Frisbee. That being said, he loves a healthy piece of wood just as much. The Frisbee seems safer for his digestive track and, so, my wallet.
 

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Good Morning Army. Easing into morning coffee. Natasha is getting better, and restless. Mamaw is getting used to Hulu. I was used to retirement the first day I did not set the alarm.
The honey-do list is starting to include new floors. Maybe this winter. Need to build a shed first, for storage (and maybe refuge)

Have a Safe and Blessed Day :)
 

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Back to my speakers. I have not noticed this before. I have an SD in my phone and a USB jump drive in the auto radio both with with a bunch of MP3's. These are all recorded a high bit rate 190 or more and both are nearly identical. The USB jump drive seems to be much better sound quality than the phone played by blue tooth. Now, these ears are seventy-six years of age, so who knows? Could be imagination?
I never noticed anything before, the old speakers were really %$#^&, weighed near nothing while these new ones are quite heavy made of a far more resilient material.
What do you all think, is a direct play jump superior to a broadcast blue tooth or am I out of my mind - or for a third option, both are true.
 
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Good Morning Army. Easing into morning coffee. Natasha is getting better, and restless. Mamaw is getting used to Hulu. I was used to retirement the first day I did not set the alarm.
The honey-do list is starting to include new floors. Maybe this winter. Need to build a shed first, for storage (and maybe refuge)

Have a Safe and Blessed Day :)

Shed - wired for electricity (110 and 220 - you never know), have a small air conditioner cut in a wall, coffee pot, small fridge and a nice kerosene heater. While you are there, a recliner would be a nice addition.
 

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Shed - wired for electricity (110 and 220 - you never know), have a small air conditioner cut in a wall, coffee pot, small fridge and a nice kerosene heater. While you are there, a recliner would be a nice addition.

Probably more like wired 110, ridge and gable vents, and maybe a milk crate to sit on.
 

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Back to my speakers. I have not noticed this before. I have an SD in my phone and a USB jump drive in the auto radio both with with a bunch of MP3's. These are all recorded a high bit rate 190 or more and both are nearly identical. The USB jump drive seems to be much better sound quality than the phone played by blue tooth. Now, these ears are seventy-six years of age, so who knows? Could be imagination?
I never noticed anything before, the old speakers were really %$#^&, weighed near nothing while these new ones are quite heavy made of a far more resilient material.
What do you all think, is a direct play jump superior to a broadcast blue tooth or am I out of my mind - or for a third option, both are true.

You might be out of your mind — but your ears don’t deceive you on this. The phone internals that process your music files and send out an audio signal are not optimal. Even going from an iPhone 5S to a 6S, there was a noticeable improvement. Still, phones are not focused on producing superior music sound quality.

Your USB drive is relying on the auto radio internals to do the processing and send the sound signal. The radio system is dedicated to audio processing.

Once I moved to iPods and the like, I researched and then bought a DAC. That’s a Digital-Analog converter. It is as small as a cell phone. It’s connected to the phone and the receiver. It keeps the phone’s conversion out of the process and handles it instead.

Huge difference! It brings the sound “forward” and adds a sense of “air” or spaciousness. Compression in digital music files takes away those qualities. The DAC has superior clarity too.

It was a hassle to haul it and its cables around. But music in the car was always a big deal to me so it was worth it. On the shelf next to my receiver, it’s very handy. (I bought a Harman Kardon receiver that produces only clean sound. No digital processing.)
 

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I drive a lot to places that I work, music is important to me, it sooths me and clears the mind on the way and helps my recovery after.

I am an Android guy, I got the smart phone and did not realize that Google was so tightly integrated with Android. I went price this time and regret it. If I was to do it again, I would be an Apple guy.

You might be out of your mind — but your ears don’t deceive you on this. The phone internals that process your music files and send out an audio signal are not optimal. Even going from an iPhone 5S to a 6S, there was a noticeable improvement. Still, phones are not focused on producing superior music sound quality.

Your USB drive is relying on the auto radio internals to do the processing and send the sound signal. The radio system is dedicated to audio processing.

Once I moved to iPods and the like, I researched and then bought a DAC. That’s a Digital-Analog converter. It is as small as a cell phone. It’s connected to the phone and the receiver. It keeps the phone’s conversion out of the process and handles it instead.

Huge difference! It brings the sound “forward” and adds a sense of “air” or spaciousness. Compression in digital music files takes away those qualities. The DAC has superior clarity too.

It was a hassle to haul it and its cables around. But music in the car was always a big deal to me so it was worth it. On the shelf next to my receiver, it’s very handy. (I bought a Harman Kardon receiver that produces only clean sound. No digital processing.)
 

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Good Morning Army. Natasha is feeling much better, enough to stress out Mamaw.
Thinking of making a meat run, hearing the prices are expected to go even higher. There is a U.S. Foods Chef Store in SE Charlotte, sells restaurant quality in bulk. Maybe get cases to chicken breasts, tenders, Pork chop, Loin, Sausage, bacon, Steaks - Ribeye and/or T-Bone. Load up the Chest Freezer and sit back. Mamaw doesn't want to go, so I expect she will complain when I get back.

Have a Safe and Blessed Day :)
 

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Good Morning Army. Natasha is feeling much better, enough to stress out Mamaw.
Thinking of making a meat run, hearing the prices are expected to go even higher. There is a U.S. Foods Chef Store in SE Charlotte, sells restaurant quality in bulk. Maybe get cases to chicken breasts, tenders, Pork chop, Loin, Sausage, bacon, Steaks - Ribeye and/or T-Bone. Load up the Chest Freezer and sit back. Mamaw doesn't want to go, so I expect she will complain when I get back.

Have a Safe and Blessed Day :)
I was gonna buy some ribs the other day. Up $2/lb. I passed.
 

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100 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, 200 Battered and Seasoned Chicken Nuggets (air fryer stuff), 100 Center Cut Pork Chops, 20 lbs. of Hickory Smoked Bacon, 20 lbs. Whole Hog Sausage, 10 Pork Loin Roasts, 9 Pot Roast Beefs, 12 Season T-Bones, 12 Season Rib Eyes, 4 lbs. Shelled and Veined End Off Jumbo Shrimp, 20 lbs. Beef and Pork Seasoned Meatballs,and whatever else I have forgotten. All restaurant quality meats. I wanted a case of Beef Briquette, but they were sold out. No Crab Meat, either.
$588. The Chest Freezer that Mamaw got for Christmas is slam full.
Tomorrow she will go to Food Lion and buy a Manager's Special in the Meat Display. Guaranteed.
 
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100 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, 200 Battered and Seasoned Chicken Nuggets (air fryer stuff), 100 Center Cut Pork Chops, 20 lbs. of Hickory Smoked Bacon, 20 lbs. Whole Hog Sausage, 10 Pork Loin Roasts, 9 Pot Roast Beefs, 12 Season T-Bones, 12 Season Rib Eyes, 4 lbs. Shelled and Veined End Off Jumbo Shrimp, 20 lbs. Beef and Pork Seasoned Meatballs,and whatever else I have forgotten. All restaurant quality meats. I wanted a case of Beef Briquette, but they were sol out. No Crab Meat, either.
$588. The Chest Freezer that Mamaw got for Christmas is slam full.
Tomorrow she will go to Food Lion and buy a Manager's Special in the Meat Display. Guaranteed.

Wow, Brett. You done good! Having a freezer full does mean you have to remember you have it and plan for using it by taking something out to thaw.
 

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Wow, Brett. You done good! Having a freezer full does mean you have to remember you have it and plan for using it by taking something out to thaw.

That would be her job.
And when she sees something marked down at the grocery store, she thinks of the money she's saving.
Old habits are hard to break.
 

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That would be her job.
And when she sees something marked down at the grocery store, she thinks of the money she's saving.
Old habits are hard to break.

Sure are. Like I had to learn that the money I don’t spend is the best savings of all.
 

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