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Bookmark and explore – use this information. http://www.fedspending.org This website, created by OMB Watch, is a free, searchable database of federal government spending. With over $12 trillion in federal spending, this more open and accessible tool for citizens to find out where federal money goes and who gets it is long overdue. We believe this website is a good first step toward providing that access. For example, clicking on contracts, Top 100 Contractors (2005) results in an interesting list (formatting is better at actual site): FY 2005 Rank Parent Company Name Dollars % of total 1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP $24,779,249,050 6.49% 2 BOEING CO. $19,560,923,434 5.12% 3 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP. $15,029,261,873 3.94% 4 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. $10,779,633,771 2.82% 5 RAYTHEON CO. $9,669,133,423 2.53% 6 HALLIBURTON CO. $5,911,648,847 1.55% 7 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $5,050,610,078 1.32% 8 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS $4,671,793,559 1.22% 9 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP $4,440,387,544 1.16% 10 UNIVERSITY OF CALIF SYSTEM $4,365,629,195 1.14% 11 MCKESSON CORPORATION $4,330,733,632 1.13% 12 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP. $4,122,963,949 1.08% 13 BECHTEL GROUP, INC. $4,007,482,139 1.05% 14 BAE SYSTEMS $2,793,957,666 0.73% 15 CARLYLE GROUP $2,680,464,351 0.70% etc…

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> Bookmark and explore – use this information. > http://www.fedspending.org

We do agree on the excessive spending that has been going on.

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Dem Control Might Help Economy, WSJ.com Survey Finds Phil Izzo (Wall Street Journal) Most economists said the economy would perform best in the coming years if Democrats take control of at least one chamber of Congress. Only 12 of the 35 who answered the question said the economy would perform best under continued Republican control of the House and Senate. The best scenario, the economists said, would be Democratic control of the House only. The economists were almost evenly split over whether the stock market would perform better with a continued Republican lock on Congress or some measure of Democratic control.

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Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices then at $2,000 seemed outrageous! A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a replacement pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable profit, but it is staying with me! Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

Nope.  Just curious, though:  is there a spouse involved?  Is that person aware of this purchase?  Yet? <g> eric

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

So, you gonna being playing your new acquistion in Iraq when given a break from battle, right? King Georgie needs more brave souls like you for cannon fodder. It’s your moral and civil duty to fight the war you believe in. Gung ho, disco chickenhawk! And remember, if the military won’t take you, Hallibuton will. You’re shaped up, so ship out, soldier!

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Yep! This is AGA all right…….have to ask you guys……before you would assist someone in a traffic accident, or whatever, would you ask their political affiiation first?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately? > So, you gonna being playing your new acquistion in Iraq > when given a break from battle, right? > King Georgie needs more brave souls like you for cannon > fodder. It’s your moral and civil duty to fight the war you > believe in. Gung ho, disco chickenhawk! > And remember, if the military won’t take you, > Hallibuton will. You’re shaped up, so ship out, soldier!

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> Yep! This is AGA all right…….have to ask you guys……before you would > assist someone in a traffic accident, or whatever, would you ask their > political affiiation first?

He’s already expressed it quite plainly. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, > but > > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable > with > > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the > prices > > then at > > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the > cheapest > > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > > replacement > > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a > ‘66 > > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years > ago. It > > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a > considerable > > profit, but it is staying with me! > > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately? > So, you gonna being playing your new acquistion in Iraq > when given a break from battle, right? > King Georgie needs more brave souls like you for cannon > fodder. It’s your moral and civil duty to fight the war you > believe in. Gung ho, disco chickenhawk! > And remember, if the military won’t take you, > Hallibuton will. You’re shaped up, so ship out, soldier!

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a > ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. > It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a > considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

Unfortunately I’m still in the world of Frankentars.  (Actually, I kinda love ‘em.) Congrats on the new acquisition!

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Is it a dot neck? They are more valuable of the 330’s. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

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> Is it a dot neck? They are more valuable of the 330’s.

It has block inlays, and I don’t remember ever seeing any 330’s with dots. A local music story has already offered me a thousand dollar profit, but I am keeping this baby. I was able to plug in and play this morning and it sings! See ya, John

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> Yep! This is AGA all right…….have to ask you guys……before you would > assist someone in a traffic accident, or whatever, would you ask their > political affiliation first?

Nah, they’d infer it from the vehicle or any stickers on it. In either case there’d be plenty of rubber necking -but no assist. .

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Great purchase John.  You got a great new guitar, *and* got Sonic Paisley to desperately try to twist it into a political statement. Can’t ask for more than that! My next guitar’s gonna be a hurricane. Pete – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 >Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow >body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but >having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with >my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices >then at >$2,000 seemed outrageous! >A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest >vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a >replacement >pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! >I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 >330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It >plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for >anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable >profit, but it is staying with me! >Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a > ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. > It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a > considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

You made a very fine purchase, espeically with the P90’s.  Everyone should have a nice semi-hollow or hollow body.  They just have a feel to them.  So, it’s a keeper then.  Congrats. Phil

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, but > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable with > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the prices > then at > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the cheapest > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > replacement > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a ‘66 > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years ago. It > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a considerable > profit, but it is staying with me! > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately? >So, you gonna being playing your new acquistion in Iraq >when given a break from battle, right? >King Georgie needs more brave souls like you for cannon >fodder. It’s your moral and civil duty to fight the war you >believe in. Gung ho, disco chickenhawk! >And remember, if the military won’t take you, >Hallibuton will. You’re shaped up, so ship out, soldier!

He sent his kid over there to die for him. — Ken Wilson

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courageously avow: >Yep! This is AGA all right…….have to ask you guys……before you would >assist someone in a traffic accident, or whatever, would you ask their >political affiiation first?

Depends.  Was this fantasy traffic accident in A.G.A?  What a useless question. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > Having a nice group of solid bodies, ( ‘56 LP Jr, ‘60 DC LP Special, ‘75 > > Tele, ‘83 Strat, ‘96 Custom Shop Nashville Tele), I have wanted a hollow > > body P-90 guitar for some time. A Casino, or a 330 seemed the ticket, >but > > having some nice vintage pieces, I really wanted something comparable >with > > my others. I nearly bought a vintage 330 about 5 years ago, but the >prices > > then at > > $2,000 seemed outrageous! > > A few weeks ago I stopped into Norm’s Rare Guitars in LA, and the >cheapest > > vintage 330 was a $4,500 and that was with changed tuners, and a > > replacement > > pick guard. All originals, ‘64 thru ‘66, were over $6,000! > > I stopped into a small store in San Luis Obispo County, and there was a >’66 > > 330 for $2,000! I had a chance to do what I should have done 5 years >ago. It > > plays wonderfully, and even though it’s more than I have EVER paid for > > anything else, I did get a steal. I have already been offered a >considerable > > profit, but it is staying with me! > > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately? > So, you gonna being playing your new acquistion in Iraq > when given a break from battle, right? > King Georgie needs more brave souls like you for cannon > fodder. It’s your moral and civil duty to fight the war you > believe in. Gung ho, disco chickenhawk! > And remember, if the military won’t take you, > Hallibuton will. You’re shaped up, so ship out, soldier!

– Ken Wilson

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>> Is it a dot neck? They are more valuable of the 330’s. >It has block inlays, and I don’t remember ever seeing any 330’s with dots. A >local music story has already offered me a thousand dollar profit, but I am >keeping this baby. I was able to plug in and play this morning and it sings! >See ya, >John

Sell it.  You could buy yourself a new butt plug. — Ken Wilson

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… > Anyone else pick up anything of merit lately?

Are you kidding?  I picked up a guitar for the first time in months today!  I have a chassis with all the parts laid out (mine, not a customer’s) that’s been on the bench, ready to go, for 2-3 months.  Gathering dust.  Work has consumed all my spare time the past few months, and some I didn’t have to spare. Anyway, congratulations.  Always nice to hear that someone got a sweet deal.  I usually manage to *just* miss them.

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OK, so I took a chance on a cheap set of transformers on eBay…$18.74 including shipping.  You know, I can’t resist a bargain.  (Dave, are out out there?  Pick me up on your way to the 12-step program ;~} ). PT: 25D60495A05-M   9496302 OT (one PP): 25B6135A01-O   9496250 OT (2 of them for SE): 25K647851-P  9496206 & 9496250 This appears to be a set of Motorola transformers (late 1962/early 1963), one PT, and three OT’s.  The PT appears to be quite the score, unloaded a/c out on the secondaries: 325-0-325 (gives B+ up to about 390VDC depending on rectifier), 6.5 w CT, 6.5 no CT, 5.1.  Seller says the donor amp was running 2x 6BQ5, 2x 6V6, 12AX7, 6AU6.  No mention of a rectifier, but there is the tell-tale 5V winding.  No other info available (speakers, etc.). My questions are about the output trannies.  I ran 5.0v (under load 5.1 dropped to 5.0) into the secondary to determine the turns ratio.  Got 181 out on the PP, and 141 out on the SE.  First, did I get the math right? The turns ratio on the PP is 36.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means reflected impedance of about 10.4K.  This tranny has a bit of heft to it; maybe 15w? The turns ratio on the one SE I tested is 28.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means reflected impedance of about 6.3K.  These trannies are small, maybe 5w? So, what do you think was attached to what?  6V6 tubes on the PP and one SE 6BQ5 on each of the others? The OT’s were a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.  I was after the PT, which is a (physically) large and heavy one, but not too large, if you get my drift.  I’m looking for iron for the 18w TMB I’ve got in mind.  Any sense that the PP OT might be a possibility? Thoughts and comments appreciated. Regards, Phil

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > OK, so I took a chance on a cheap set of transformers on eBay…$18.74 > including shipping.  You know, I can’t resist a bargain.  (Dave, are out out > there?  Pick me up on your way to the 12-step program ;~} ). > PT: 25D60495A05-M   9496302 > OT (one PP): 25B6135A01-O   9496250 > OT (2 of them for SE): 25K647851-P  9496206 & 9496250 > This appears to be a set of Motorola transformers (late 1962/early 1963), > one PT, and three OT’s.  The PT appears to be quite the score, unloaded a/c > out on the secondaries: 325-0-325 (gives B+ up to about 390VDC depending on > rectifier), 6.5 w CT, 6.5 no CT, 5.1.  Seller says the donor amp was running > 2x 6BQ5, 2x 6V6, 12AX7, 6AU6.  No mention of a rectifier, but there is the > tell-tale 5V winding.  No other info available (speakers, etc.). > My questions are about the output trannies.  I ran 5.0v (under load 5.1 > dropped to 5.0) into the secondary to determine the turns ratio.  Got 181 > out on the PP, and 141 out on the SE.  First, did I get the math right? > The turns ratio on the PP is 36.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means > reflected impedance of about 10.4K.  This tranny has a bit of heft to it; > maybe 15w? > The turns ratio on the one SE I tested is 28.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that > means reflected impedance of about 6.3K.  These trannies are small, maybe > 5w? > So, what do you think was attached to what?  6V6 tubes on the PP and one SE > 6BQ5 on each of the others? > The OT’s were a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.  I was after the PT, which > is a (physically) large and heavy one, but not too large, if you get my > drift.  I’m looking for iron for the 18w TMB I’ve got in mind.  Any sense > that the PP OT might be a possibility? > Thoughts and comments appreciated. > Regards, > Phil

Hi, This is the formula Ns/Np=root square of (Zs/Zp) Tony

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> OK, so I took a chance on a cheap set of transformers on eBay…$18.74 > including shipping.  You know, I can’t resist a bargain.  (Dave, are out > out there?  Pick me up on your way to the 12-step program ;~} ). > PT: 25D60495A05-M   9496302 > OT (one PP): 25B6135A01-O   9496250 > OT (2 of them for SE): 25K647851-P  9496206 & 9496250 > This appears to be a set of Motorola transformers (late 1962/early 1963), > one PT, and three OT’s.  The PT appears to be quite the score, unloaded > a/c out on the secondaries: 325-0-325 (gives B+ up to about 390VDC > depending on rectifier), 6.5 w CT, 6.5 no CT, 5.1.  Seller says the donor > amp was running 2x 6BQ5, 2x 6V6, 12AX7, 6AU6.  No mention of a rectifier, > but there is the tell-tale 5V winding.  No other info available > (speakers, etc.). > My questions are about the output trannies.  I ran 5.0v (under load 5.1 > dropped to 5.0) into the secondary to determine the turns ratio.  Got 181 > out on the PP, and 141 out on the SE.  First, did I get the math right? > The turns ratio on the PP is 36.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means > reflected impedance of about 10.4K.  This tranny has a bit of heft to it; > maybe 15w? > The turns ratio on the one SE I tested is 28.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, > that means reflected impedance of about 6.3K.  These trannies are small, > maybe 5w? > So, what do you think was attached to what?  6V6 tubes on the PP and one > SE 6BQ5 on each of the others? > The OT’s were a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.  I was after the PT, > which is a (physically) large and heavy one, but not too large, if you > get my drift.  I’m looking for iron for the 18w TMB I’ve got in mind. > Any sense that the PP OT might be a possibility? > Thoughts and comments appreciated. > Regards, > Phil > Hi, > This is the formula Ns/Np=root square of (Zs/Zp) > Tony

Hi Tony, I’m having a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around this formula.  This kind of thing tends to happen to me when I overthink it. N=turns? Z=impendance? If so, applying 5v to the secondary produces 181 on the primary means Ns/Np = 5/181 = .028? Assume Zs = 8, and  Zp = unknown We have this: .028 = sqrt (8/Zp) .028 ^2 = 8/Zp (.028 ^2) / 8 = Zp Zp = some number that is so small it might as well be zero.  So, where did I mess up on this?  Or did I get it right in the first place? Is this the same formula, restated? (Np/Ns)^2 = Zp/Zs I would resolve like this: (181/5) ^2 = 36.2 ^2 = 1310 Zs = 8, therefore, Zp = 1310 * 8 = 10.4K

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>OK, so I took a chance on a cheap set of transformers on eBay…$18.74 >>including shipping.  You know, I can’t resist a bargain.  (Dave, are out >>out there?  Pick me up on your way to the 12-step program ;~} ). >>PT: 25D60495A05-M   9496302 >>OT (one PP): 25B6135A01-O   9496250 >>OT (2 of them for SE): 25K647851-P  9496206 & 9496250 >>This appears to be a set of Motorola transformers (late 1962/early 1963), >>one PT, and three OT’s.  The PT appears to be quite the score, unloaded >>a/c out on the secondaries: 325-0-325 (gives B+ up to about 390VDC >>depending on rectifier), 6.5 w CT, 6.5 no CT, 5.1.  Seller says the donor >>amp was running 2x 6BQ5, 2x 6V6, 12AX7, 6AU6.  No mention of a rectifier, >>but there is the tell-tale 5V winding.  No other info available >>(speakers, etc.). >>My questions are about the output trannies.  I ran 5.0v (under load 5.1 >>dropped to 5.0) into the secondary to determine the turns ratio.  Got 181 >>out on the PP, and 141 out on the SE.  First, did I get the math right? >>The turns ratio on the PP is 36.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means >>reflected impedance of about 10.4K.  This tranny has a bit of heft to it; >>maybe 15w? >>The turns ratio on the one SE I tested is 28.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, >>that means reflected impedance of about 6.3K.  These trannies are small, >>maybe 5w? >>So, what do you think was attached to what?  6V6 tubes on the PP and one >>SE 6BQ5 on each of the others? >>The OT’s were a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.  I was after the PT, >>which is a (physically) large and heavy one, but not too large, if you >>get my drift.  I’m looking for iron for the 18w TMB I’ve got in mind. >>Any sense that the PP OT might be a possibility? >>Thoughts and comments appreciated. >>Regards, >>Phil >Hi, >This is the formula Ns/Np=root square of (Zs/Zp) >Tony > Hi Tony, > I’m having a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around this formula.  This kind > of thing tends to happen to me when I overthink it. > N=turns? > Z=impendance? > If so, applying 5v to the secondary produces 181 on the primary means Ns/Np > = 5/181 = .028? > Assume Zs = 8, and  Zp = unknown > We have this: .028 = sqrt (8/Zp) > .028 ^2 = 8/Zp > (.028 ^2) / 8 = Zp > Zp = some number that is so small it might as well be zero.  So, where did I > mess up on this?  Or did I get it right in the first place? > Is this the same formula, restated? > (Np/Ns)^2 = Zp/Zs > I would resolve like this: > (181/5) ^2 = 36.2 ^2 = 1310 > Zs = 8, therefore, Zp = 1310 * 8 = 10.4K

Hi, You got it! Tony

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>OK, so I took a chance on a cheap set of transformers on eBay…$18.74 >>>including shipping.  You know, I can’t resist a bargain.  (Dave, are out >>>out there?  Pick me up on your way to the 12-step program ;~} ). >>>PT: 25D60495A05-M   9496302 >>>OT (one PP): 25B6135A01-O   9496250 >>>OT (2 of them for SE): 25K647851-P  9496206 & 9496250 >>>This appears to be a set of Motorola transformers (late 1962/early >>>1963), one PT, and three OT’s.  The PT appears to be quite the score, >>>unloaded a/c out on the secondaries: 325-0-325 (gives B+ up to about >>>390VDC depending on rectifier), 6.5 w CT, 6.5 no CT, 5.1.  Seller says >>>the donor amp was running 2x 6BQ5, 2x 6V6, 12AX7, 6AU6.  No mention of a >>>rectifier, but there is the tell-tale 5V winding.  No other info >>>available (speakers, etc.). >>>My questions are about the output trannies.  I ran 5.0v (under load 5.1 >>>dropped to 5.0) into the secondary to determine the turns ratio.  Got >>>181 out on the PP, and 141 out on the SE.  First, did I get the math >>>right? >>>The turns ratio on the PP is 36.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, that means >>>reflected impedance of about 10.4K.  This tranny has a bit of heft to >>>it; maybe 15w? >>>The turns ratio on the one SE I tested is 28.2:1.  For an 8z speaker, >>>that means reflected impedance of about 6.3K.  These trannies are small, >>>maybe 5w? >>>So, what do you think was attached to what?  6V6 tubes on the PP and one >>>SE 6BQ5 on each of the others? >>>The OT’s were a bonus, as far as I’m concerned.  I was after the PT, >>>which is a (physically) large and heavy one, but not too large, if you >>>get my drift.  I’m looking for iron for the 18w TMB I’ve got in mind. >>>Any sense that the PP OT might be a possibility? >>>Thoughts and comments appreciated. >>>Regards, >>>Phil >>Hi, >>This is the formula Ns/Np=root square of (Zs/Zp) >>Tony > Hi Tony, > I’m having a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around this formula.  This > kind of thing tends to happen to me when I overthink it. > N=turns? > Z=impendance? > If so, applying 5v to the secondary produces 181 on the primary means > Ns/Np = 5/181 = .028? > Assume Zs = 8, and  Zp = unknown > We have this: .028 = sqrt (8/Zp) > .028 ^2 = 8/Zp > (.028 ^2) / 8 = Zp > Zp = some number that is so small it might as well be zero.  So, where > did I mess up on this?  Or did I get it right in the first place? > Is this the same formula, restated? > (Np/Ns)^2 = Zp/Zs > I would resolve like this: > (181/5) ^2 = 36.2 ^2 = 1310 > Zs = 8, therefore, Zp = 1310 * 8 = 10.4K > Hi, > You got it! > Tony

Thanks, Tony!

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Hi everyone… Just a quick question – I love the sound of my Marshall Bluesbreaker re-issue amp…however I would like to possibly incorporate an external speaker cabinet or extension cabinet tied in with this combo amp… Any suggestions on a good option for this or if its even workable? Thanks, Dean…

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I’m not sure Dean but I’ve read that Marshalls arent near as forgiving as Fenders when it comes to speaker impedence mismatch’s . Whatever you decide to do you should figure out what your amp wants to see then make sure to wire any extra speakers up accordingly. With a Fender you can have a 100% mismatch either way and get by with it.   Maybe not so with a Marshall?  You dont want to burn up your OT

Hi everyone… Just a quick question – I love the sound of my Marshall Bluesbreaker re-issue amp…however I would like to possibly incorporate an external speaker cabinet or extension cabinet tied in with this combo amp… Any suggestions on a good option for this or if its even workable? Thanks, Dean…

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I think there is only one speaker OUT jack on yours – therefore, you can’t add on another cab, only switch to another cab. The Greenbacks in there sound great – lot’s of people like the G12H too.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi everyone… > Just a quick question – I love the sound of my Marshall Bluesbreaker > re-issue amp…however I would like to possibly incorporate an external > speaker cabinet or extension cabinet tied in with this combo amp… > Any suggestions on a good option for this or if its even workable? > Thanks, > Dean…

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Dean Neal schrieb: > Hi everyone… > Just a quick question – I love the sound of my Marshall Bluesbreaker > re-issue amp…however I would like to possibly incorporate an external > speaker cabinet or extension cabinet tied in with this combo amp… > Any suggestions on a good option for this or if its even workable? > Thanks, > Dean…

Hi Dean, how many ohms is it a the moment. I

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Congress has many unfinished tasks Donna Smith (Reuters) US lawmakers returning today from a weeklong break will resume work on a long list of unfinished — and possibly insurmountable — tasks that could help decide whether voters will reelect them in November. Action or inaction on contentious issues including immigration, pensions, energy, and federal spending could determine whether the Congress sheds the impression that it has made few legislative achievements. “I’m not sure what this Congress has accomplished," said Dick Armey, the former House Republican leader who is now with FreedomWorks, which advocates lower taxes and less government. Both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House have been staking out positions they hope will help them win control of Congress in the November midterm elections. “Historically, this is certainly not a Congress that will be remembered," said Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “There is just not much there."

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> tasks that could help decide whether voters will reelect them in November.

lol, mid-decade redistricting and 98% re-election rates.  I’m sure Congress is quivering in their boots.  

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I predict a flip – the new Dems are gonna be balancing the budget while the new Repubs keep raiding the cookie jar. Bush wants high-fives all around for yet another massive budget deficit. Today, the Office of Management Budget projected a $296 billion federal deficit for fiscal year 2006. Bush held a press conference arguing that this is a vindication of his economic policies. Actually, it would be the fourth largest deficit of all time. Here’s the top five: 2004 (George W. Bush) $413 billion 2003 (George W. Bush) $378 billion 2005 (George W. Bush) $318 billion 2006 (George W. Bush) $296 billion (projected) 1992 (George H. W. Bush) $290 billion When President Bush came into office, he inherited a surplus of $284 Billion. At that time, the Bush administration predicted a $516 billion surplus for 2006. I remember when Republicans thought deficits were bad. Now they are celebrating them.

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>>When President Bush came into office, he inherited a surplus of $284 >Billion. At that time, the Bush administration predicted a $516 billion >surplus for 2006. > Not only did he squander our money, he squandered the massive good will of > the world after the attacks of 9/11.

Absolutely True.

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> >>When President Bush came into office, he inherited a surplus of $284 >>Billion. At that time, the Bush administration predicted a $516 billion >>surplus for 2006. > Not only did he squander our money, he squandered the massive good will of > the world after the attacks of 9/11. > Absolutely True.

More homo-phobic pablum from the left, as usual. And now he’s bashing union members.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>When President Bush came into office, he inherited a surplus of $284 >>>Billion. At that time, the Bush administration predicted a $516 billion >>>surplus for 2006. >>Not only did he squander our money, he squandered the massive good will of >>the world after the attacks of 9/11. >Absolutely True. > More homo-phobic pablum from the left, as usual. And now he’s bashing > union members.

_More_ on matters immaterial to the point? Tell us more about your concerns

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>>When President Bush came into office, he inherited a surplus of $284 >>>>Billion. At that time, the Bush administration predicted a $516 billion >>>>surplus for 2006. >>>Not only did he squander our money, he squandered the massive good will of >>>the world after the attacks of 9/11. >>Absolutely True. > More homo-phobic pablum from the left, as usual. And now he’s bashing > union members. > _More_ on matters immaterial to the point? Tell us more about your > concerns

Another vieled threat against the gay community, I see.

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>    White House, GOP Leaders Plan All-Out Assault on Federal Protections >    Friday 23 June 2006 >    Apparently rushing to lock in a long-sought goal before the fall > elections, GOP congressional leaders may bring to a vote within weeks a > proposal that could literally wipe out any federal program that protects > public health or the environment – or for that matter civil rights, > poverty > programs, auto safety, education, affordable housing, Head Start, > workplace > safety or any other activity targeted by anti-regulatory forces.

[snip] No source, I wonder why?  Whatsamatta Louis, you’d rather not be seen quoting some lunatic-fringe website?

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>    White House, GOP Leaders Plan All-Out Assault on Federal Protections >>    Friday 23 June 2006 >>    Apparently rushing to lock in a long-sought goal before the fall >> elections, GOP congressional leaders may bring to a vote within weeks a >> proposal that could literally wipe out any federal program that protects >> public health or the environment – or for that matter civil rights, >> poverty >> programs, auto safety, education, affordable housing, Head Start, >> workplace >> safety or any other activity targeted by anti-regulatory forces. >[snip] >No source, I wonder why?  Whatsamatta Louis, you’d rather not be seen >quoting some lunatic-fringe website? >Concerned Americans are not neccessarily the "lunatic fringe" although I’m >sure it’s comforting to you to think so… >http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3474/1/330?TopicID=1 >http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000313.php

Mulay has a blog now. That’ll give you lo0ns another "authoritative" source to quote.

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> Mulay has a blog now. > That’ll give you lo0ns another "authoritative" source to quote.

Ha!  Exactly.  Any idiot can get online and post whatever spills from his fevered brain, as Mulay has demonstrated so many times, that it’s online does not make it credible or reliable or in Mulay’s case even legible.

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> Concerned Americans are not neccessarily the "lunatic fringe" although I’m > sure it’s comforting to you to think so…

It doesn’t comfort me at all to think how many people are so willing to believe whatever propaganda their fringe of choice feeds them.  Right or left, mindless propaganda is not part of the solution.

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> Mulay has a blog now. > That’ll give you lo0ns another "authoritative" source to quote.

Librarian did it w/out my consent. As sources to quote go, art > fart. How’s Crayola class coming? Are they keeping you away from the youngun’s or have a few already disappeared?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Ha!  Exactly.  Any idiot can get online and post whatever spills from his > fevered brain, as I demonstrate here. That it’s online > does not make it credible or reliable or in my illiterate case even legible.

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> It’s "mindless propaganda" that this administration favors removing > environmental regulations?

It’s mindless propaganda to present your case with the headline, "Republicans: Threat or Menace?" and then expect to be taken seriously.  In other words, if you want to persuade people a good first step is not to come across as a partisan hitman, and websites that want us to believe Republicans everywhere are in favor of oil spills and playground toxic waste dumps are only preaching to their particular choir.  Some Republicans are greedy rat-bastards, and so are some Democrats.  A Dem who made his millions as a real-estate developer cramming houses onto every square inch of land he could get his hands on and but claims to be an environmentalist now that he’s running for office lights up my irony meter, ya know what I mean?

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>>Concerned Americans are not neccessarily the "lunatic fringe" although I’m >sure it’s comforting to you to think so… > It doesn’t comfort me at all to think how many people are so willing to > believe whatever propaganda their fringe of choice feeds them.  Right or > left, mindless propaganda is not part of the solution.

Inveterate, invertabrate, Liar. IF that was true, you would have found the hair on your tiny sack to see the merit of the political view I espouse, some time ago. Instead, you chose to 69 with the likes of Stalky. I served the U.S. as an Officer/Aviator. I have the courage of my convictions to stand and deliver truth in this cesspool of chickenshit wannabe ‘hawks’ like you. Haditha -bitch. It’s Vietnam II and thanks to this imbecile in the white house puppeteering for raw hypocrisy in human form, you’re -what you are. Howzat workin’ fir ya? mvm

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Any/All declarations of ‘War’ by the leader of a nation state = a clear announcement to it’s lowest socio-economic class that the hell they were either born into, or have fallen into, is about to assume the following proportion, best described as follows;          "There’s _nothing_ so bad that it can’t get _worse_". Everyone else can claim mere spectatorship, guilty by association, in the event and to the extent,the war is despicably,unjust -regardless of its *early* popularity amongst the mass of ignorant, uneducated, angry-as-a-bottom-feeder flag-waving fool. Like *sex*, *arguments* and *debt*, *war* is _easy_ to get into… mvm

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Crumbs for chickenhawks- Recruiters. Once you’ve had security clearances and flown for the D.o.D., they assume you’d love to stay on the same path –forever. Freedom = $$$ Civilian Living . Maybe one of you mouthy Walter Mitty shut-ins ought to track this down on your own- Marc, Just following up to see if you had any suggestions?? Regards, <removed> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:18 PM To: ‘mr._mu<removed> Marc, Since we last spoke, this business development search with Lockheed in Orlando came up and I wanted to run it by you. To that end, I have attached the pos spec for your review. Any suggestions you might have regarding individuals who would appreciate knowing about this position and/or would be good to network with would be most welcomed. Marc, if I do not hear from you first  …  I will give you a call in the next day or so. Regards, <removed> DHR International 1221 S.Mo-Pac Expressway, Suite 170 Austin, Texas 78746 <removed>  512.328.6337-Fax <removed> – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Tim O’Brien, My Lai, and America > This was, after all, the US strategy for > much of Vietnam, especially My Lai’s province of Quang Ngai, as O’Brien > reminds us in his The New York Times … > newark.rutgers.edu/~hbf/obrien.html – 15k – Cached – Similar pages > Hugh Hewitt > Within a couple days, it will be "a case some in the US have > compared to the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam," and then "some have > compared to the 1968 My … > www.hughhewitt.com/ – 199k – Cached – Similar pages > US Finds That Marines Deliberately Killed Iraqi Civilians | Air …Me > Lai redux. Submitted by HobbitGoddess on May 26, 2006 – 10:12am. … We > already explained to you that this mess is "Vietnam II". … > www.airamericaradio.com/node/2122 – 101k – Cached – Similar pages > AlterNet: War on Iraq: The Mystery of the Marine Massacre in Iraq …I > am a Vietnam vet myself and was there not too far (Chu Lai) from where > My Lai occurred. When they sent me over the first time, (same year as > the Tet … > www.alternet.org/waroniraq/36752/ – 191k – Cached – Similar pages > Iraqi PM vows tough security action – Yahoo! NewsUS commentators talk of > "Iraq’s My Lai" and wonder if Haditha could have a similar effect as the > 1968 massacre in Vietnam on public attitudes to the … > news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc – 35k – Cached – Similar pages > stdin: [sixties-l] Bob Kerry, An American Shamearchitect of the infamous > My Lai massacre in which US soldiers slaughtered as many as 350 … > shame is that we, in the end, turned our back on Vietnam and … > lists.village.virginia.edu/ lists_archive/sixties-l/3329.html – 20k – > Cached – Similar pages > Morning Martini: A Massacre and Another ShameWe studied the book in the > context of Viet Nam and, specifically, My Lai, … About Me. My Photo: > Name:pissed off patricia: Location:United States … > morning-martini.blogspot.com/ 2006/05/massacre-and-another-shame.html – > 42k – Cached – Similar pages > [PDF] THE BOY AND HIS TRAUMAFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – View as HTML > me when I got back from Vietnam. They didn’t spit on me when I came back > from … US Senate was still taking place in Vietnam at the very moment > of his … > www.southernstudies.org/reports/killingmesoftly.pdf – Similar pages > Amazon.com: If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home > …… most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was > / is Vietnam." … They were aiming at us that time, I swear. You and > me." … > www.amazon.com/gp/product/ product-description/0767904435 – 62k – Cached > – Similar pages > FRONTLINE: programs: transcripts: remember my lai | PBSIt is called > "Remember My Lai." Interviewer: Can you tell me, Varnardo, … In the > United States initial incredulity quickly turned to shame and national … > www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ programs/transcripts/714.html – 53k – > Cached – Similar pages

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www.geocities.com/mvm55555" >Crumbs for chickenhawks- >Recruiters. Once you’ve had security clearances and flown for >the D.o.D., they assume you’d love to stay on the same path >–forever.

<snip> Hey, whatever happened to Haditha and why is no one talking about it anymore? So much for Murtha, the dumbass.

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courageously avow: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >www.geocities.com/mvm55555" >Crumbs for chickenhawks- >Recruiters. Once you’ve had security clearances and flown for >the D.o.D., they assume you’d love to stay on the same path >–forever. ><snip> >Hey, whatever happened to Haditha and why is no one talking about it >anymore? >So much for Murtha, the dumbass.

Unlike you, the civilized are going to wait for the justice system to pronounce their findings. — Ken Wilson

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >courageously avow: >www.geocities.com/mvm55555" >>Crumbs for chickenhawks- >>Recruiters. Once you’ve had security clearances and flown for >>the D.o.D., they assume you’d love to stay on the same path >>–forever. ><snip> >Hey, whatever happened to Haditha and why is no one talking about it >anymore? >So much for Murtha, the dumbass. >Unlike you, the civilized are going to wait for the justice system to >pronounce their findings.

LOL! It was Murtha saying we know they’re all guilty! Thanks for that!

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. > LOL! It was Murtha saying we know they’re all guilty! > Thanks for that!

show us the quote.

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>. > LOL! It was Murtha saying we know they’re all guilty! > Thanks for that! >show us the quote.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060518-123643-4700r.htm Murtha says Marines killed innocent Iraqis May 18, 2006 But Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine colonel, said at a press conference yesterday that a Pentagon war-crimes investigation would show that "there was no firefight."     "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood," Mr. Murtha told reporters. "And that’s what the [Pentagon] report is going to tell."

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FLASH! Got ‘basic construction skills’, no discernable conscience to speak of (sociopath) and a desire to act out on your walter mitty fantasy life? Want to take it down into the gutter and go full on psychopath (instead of typing all day about what a ‘man’ you think you are)? HERE’S THE ANSWER! LOOK INTO BLACKWATER U.S.A. OR AEGIS U.K. IMAGINE Elvis music as you safely machine gun another car from a fast moving car! You can now let your actions meet your every word, mimicking the very same tactics used by Jihadists! GO CHICKHAWK! Say goodbye AGA and hello to insurgents! They’re DYING to meet you. mvm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Tim O’Brien, My Lai, and America > This was, after all, the US strategy for > much of Vietnam, especially My Lai’s province of Quang Ngai, as O’Brien > reminds us in his The New York Times … > newark.rutgers.edu/~hbf/obrien.html – 15k – Cached – Similar pages > Hugh HewittWithin a couple days, it will be "a case some in the US have > compared to the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam," and then "some have > compared to the 1968 My … > www.hughhewitt.com/ – 199k – Cached – Similar pages > US Finds That Marines Deliberately Killed Iraqi Civilians | Air …Me > Lai redux. Submitted by HobbitGoddess on May 26, 2006 – 10:12am. … We > already explained to you that this mess is "Vietnam II". … > www.airamericaradio.com/node/2122 – 101k – Cached – Similar pages > AlterNet: War on Iraq: The Mystery of the Marine Massacre in Iraq …I > am a Vietnam vet myself and was there not too far (Chu Lai) from where > My Lai occurred. When they sent me over the first time, (same year as > the Tet … > www.alternet.org/waroniraq/36752/ – 191k – Cached – Similar pages > Iraqi PM vows tough security action – Yahoo! NewsUS commentators talk of > "Iraq’s My Lai" and wonder if Haditha could have a similar effect as the > 1968 massacre in Vietnam on public attitudes to the … > news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc – 35k – Cached – Similar pages > stdin: [sixties-l] Bob Kerry, An American Shamearchitect of the infamous > My Lai massacre in which US soldiers slaughtered as many as 350 … > shame is that we, in the end, turned our back on Vietnam and … > lists.village.virginia.edu/ lists_archive/sixties-l/3329.html – 20k – > Cached – Similar pages > Morning Martini: A Massacre and Another ShameWe studied the book in the > context of Viet Nam and, specifically, My Lai, … About Me. My Photo: > Name:pissed off patricia: Location:United States … > morning-martini.blogspot.com/ 2006/05/massacre-and-another-shame.html – > 42k – Cached – Similar pages > [PDF] THE BOY AND HIS TRAUMAFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – View as HTML > me when I got back from Vietnam. They didn’t spit on me when I came back > from … US Senate was still taking place in Vietnam at the very moment > of his … > www.southernstudies.org/reports/killingmesoftly.pdf – Similar pages > Amazon.com: If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home > …… most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was > / is Vietnam." … They were aiming at us that time, I swear. You and > me." … > www.amazon.com/gp/product/ product-description/0767904435 – 62k – Cached > – Similar pages > FRONTLINE: programs: transcripts: remember my lai | PBSIt is called > "Remember My Lai." Interviewer: Can you tell me, Varnardo, … In the > United States initial incredulity quickly turned to shame and national … > www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ programs/transcripts/714.html – 53k – > Cached – Similar pages

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> FLASH! Got ‘basic construction skills’, no discernable conscience to > speak of (sociopath) and a desire to act out on your walter mitty > fantasy life? Want to take it down into the gutter and go full on > psychopath (instead of typing all day about what a ‘man’ you think > you are)? > HERE’S THE ANSWER! > LOOK INTO BLACKWATER U.S.A. OR AEGIS U.K.

PBS Frontline: Private WarriorsFRONTLINE returns to Iraq, this time to embed with Halliburton/KBR, and to take a hard look at private contractors like Blackwater, Aegis and Erinys, … www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/warriors/ frontline: private warriors: watch the full program online | PBSKBR is also the largest contractor in Iraq, providing the Army with $11.84 … of security teams that work for firms like Blackwater, Aegis, and Erinys. … www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/view/ CNN.com – Iraq contractors make billions on the front line – Jun …Iraq contractors make billions on the front line. ‘Our job is to be a bullet sponge’. From Nic Robertson CNN. Blackwater helicopter … edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/ meast/06/12/iraq.contractors/ Iraq Coalition Casualties: Contractor Deaths – A Partial List14-Mar-2006, Crawford, Chaz Benjamin, American, Suicide bomber, Nothern Iraq, Security Contractor, Aegis Defence Services … icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx – 304k – Jun 17, 2006 Private military contractor – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEmployees of private military contractor CACI were involved in the Iraq Abu … four American private contractors belonging to the company Blackwater USA … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_contractor KMEG 14 – Sioux City, Iowa – International News – Iraq contractors …Iraq contractors make billions on the front line. BAGHDAD, Iraq … AEGIS has not released the results of its investigation, but a US Army investigation … www.kmeg14.com/news/international/3041546.html Contractor, Army Office Fell Short, Audit Finds (washingtonpost.com)Yesterday’s report came in the midst of other reminders of the security challenges that Iraq continues to pose. On Thursday, six Blackwater USA contractors … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ articles/A10772-2005Apr22.html US Labor Against the War : US lawsuit could dent global war …"While the volume of contractors pouring into Iraq has been enormous, … for firms including Blackwater, Triple Canopy, Aegis Defense Services and Military … www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=9856 Iraq contractors make billions on the front lineAEGIS has not released the results of its investigation, … "Private military contractors are earning billions of dollars in Iraq

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         The 2006 Summer Ohio Guitar Show will be held SUNDAY JUNE 11, 2006,  from 11:30am to 6:00pm at the Aladdin Shrine Temple, 3850 Stelzer Rd., Columbus, Ohio (Easton exit off I-270).  Our annual summer show is the biggest guitar show in the Midwest and is in its twenty-first year in Columbus, with last summer’s show drawing over 100 dealers from all over the United States as well as from England and Japan. Buy, sell, trade guitars, amps, effects, parts, records, video, memorabilia, etc. Dealer tables are $90, general admission is $7 and parking is free. The Summer and Winter Ohio Guitar Shows are sponsored by Guitar Digest Magazine, available by subscription and on the World Wide Web at WWW.GUITARDIGEST.COM and WWW.OHIOGUITARSHOWS.COM. Call for more directions or information.

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…or is there a Pharmacists’ strike in his town? …or is he just mouthing off and spewing filth in here the last few days because there’s less than a week left before they "toss him in the rubber-room"?? http://home.worldnet.att.net/~Lerxst.77/bellevue/mulay-countdown.html LV described Mulay best, back in late-2004: Well, let’s see – you accuse me of being a Nazi, and I say no I’m not.  Next, you can accuse me of belonging to NAMBLA, and I get to deny *that*.  And so it goes.  Who gives a shit? I’m not here to deny every accusation a fucking mental patient like *you* makes.  That zootwoman e-mail CCed to this NG by Doug tells the tale – you’re a violent nutcase, on medication for your condition.  Now, *you* can deny *that*, son, but from where I’m standing it appears that corroborating evidence has been tendered. Choke on it, asshole. Lord Valve "Nazi"

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Shouldn’t the title of this thread be: "Did Baldy Mulay get fired from *another* job *again*?"

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So in a few more days his psychologist, former bosses and navy buddies send in testimonials and that sends him over the edge? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > …or is there a Pharmacists’ strike in his town? > …or is he just mouthing off and spewing filth in here the last few > days because there’s less than a week left before they "toss him in > the rubber-room"?? > http://home.worldnet.att.net/~Lerxst.77/bellevue/mulay-countdown.html > LV described Mulay best, back in late-2004: > Well, let’s see – you accuse me of being a Nazi, and I say > no I’m not.  Next, you can accuse me of belonging to NAMBLA, > and I get to deny *that*.  And so it goes.  Who gives a shit? > I’m not here to deny every accusation a fucking mental patient > like *you* makes.  That zootwoman e-mail CCed to this NG by > Doug tells the tale – you’re a violent nutcase, on medication > for your condition.  Now, *you* can deny *that*, son, but from where > I’m standing it appears that corroborating evidence has been > tendered. > Choke on it, asshole. > Lord Valve > "Nazi"

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Do you think it’s the continuing posts of the *corrborating evidence* that’ll trigger "the event"? http://groups.google.com/group/alt.guitar.amps/msg/60731dfd7a0baa37?d… Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganew s.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for- mail Lines: 87 Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com organ Ok Mr. Marc V Mulay, you asked for it: Heres a letter from your friend regarding your past: I met him at that net magazine Spark-online.com. There were about 15 of us who posted there regularly, mostly writers and creatives. He wrote some nice things. I’m sure you saw the links he obsessively posted. I felt like we were friends. At the time I was bored and a little lonely. He talked me into working out and taking better care of myself. At one point he seemed so depressed that he was contemplating suicide. This is when I really put my foot in it cause I saw a series of posts that I considered to be serious threats to kill himself and I called the Orange County police to do a welfare check. So we emailed frequently until he would start to hate me or think I was stalking him or trying to control him. Then I wouldn’t hear from him for 3 or 4 months like he does here at AGA. His sister was schizophrenic and killed herself about four years ago. Between that and some other stuff, I think he cracked. I sincerely believe that he can’t control these outbursts. When he’s stable he’s a really nice guy. I’ve never actually met him face to face though. I’ve seen pictures of his family including the ex and her parents. He talks about his family a lot. I’m sure he totally loves his wife and girls. We were just efriends, tenuous friends at best (visualize fairy godmother, genie or something). He’s turned on me a couple of times but I realized that it was just what ever it is that he suffers from. It must be awful for his wife. I hope she’s aware. She has to be, which means that the school must know as well. I would never fired someone because their spouse had mental problems. He told me about the time he got arrested for resisting arrest for crossing the street not in a cross walk while joggin. I know this is true cause I had to help him make sure his record was correct (via phone/clerks office). I have a legal background and this story is too long and involved. I don’t know what you think, but I was just trying to watch out for him. My mother was nuts. I guess this was my way to try to make up for not being able to be there for her. I don’t know. It’s really sad and in a way he saved me by getting me to start taking care of myself. I helped him find a job a couple of times by collecting job openings and emailing off his resume. Mainly it encouraged him to get a job but they didn’t last on account of his condition – he doesn’t admit it although sometimes he’ll mention his medication. The first time I emailed him he stated he was taking meds and asked if it scared me. I used the word nuts earlier, but you know people don’t choose to be crazy. I’m not able to diagnose what is wrong with Marc, but I’m sure he can’t afford treatment. It’s a shame. He could have been a good writer. He wrote a book about the first job loss that helped send him over the edge. I have a copy. It’s clear that whoever wrote it was disturbed (as they should have been) but most of us have the capacity to recover. It’s funny, even though I’ve never met him and he’s done some awful things to me (like the recent postings) I care enough about him as a human being to feel badly for him and his family. I’m sorry that he’s harassed you. I heard about it and Harris from his side. He needs a friend but I think it would be nearly impossible and exceedingly stressful to try to be one. He always riffs about how alone he is and that’s the way he likes it. It’s hard enough for me, 2000 miles and the internet removed, to be tolerant. From time to time I’ve considered calling his wife but I think that would only make the situation worse if he’s been able to hide his behavior from her by acting out here. Who really knows??? I’ve been talking to him for 3 or 4 years – on line and on the phone 3 or 4 times. I’m sure he’s mentally unstable. I’ve seen him lose at least three jobs. The last one was a great job. I wish I had that job. He did what he just did to me, sort of, and I guess what he did to you. He became paranoid and started to make accusations, called up one of the clients and told them the company was going out of business. He got fired and they got a court order. I think they were going to sue him but since he’s broke they dropped the suit in exchange for an apology to the client. The really wierd thing was that he sent me the original court document of the settlement like I should have it and then told me to never contact him again. I didn’t, other than posting at AGA.  I just tried to be a friend, that’s all. I feel badly for his wife. She must truely be a Saint. It’s too bad, he’s smart, funny and can be quite generous when he’s "normal."  Well, it’s not your enemy that knifes you in the back, it’s your friend. I shoulda backed off immediately. I saw it coming. I started having fun and getting to know some of the guys so I didn’t want to be pushed off the group. I didn’t think he’d attack me quite so viciously. Wrong. I’m sure he’ll be back unless he actually destroyed his computer like he said he did.  He did this at the other dboard. He’d leave and then come back. He’d tell me to never talk to him and then three moths later I’d get an email, either he got a job or he lost a job and he’d be friendly until I started to relax and be friendly back and then he start accusing me of trying to control him. I wish there was a magic potion to cure him. It’s such a waste of human potential. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > …or is he just mouthing off and spewing filth in here the last few > days because there’s less than a week left before they "toss him in > the rubber-room"?? > http://home.worldnet.att.net/~Lerxst.77/bellevue/mulay-countdown.html > LV described Mulay best, back in late-2004: > Well, let’s see – you accuse me of being a Nazi, and I say > no I’m not.  Next, you can accuse me of belonging to NAMBLA, > and I get to deny *that*.  And so it goes.  Who gives a shit? > I’m not here to deny every accusation a fucking mental patient > like *you* makes.  That zootwoman e-mail CCed to this NG by > Doug tells the tale – you’re a violent nutcase, on medication > for your condition.  Now, *you* can deny *that*, son, but from where > I’m standing it appears that corroborating evidence has been > tendered. > Choke on it, asshole. > Lord Valve > "Nazi"

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Do you think it’s the continuing posts of the *corrborating evidence* > that’ll trigger "the event"? http://www.geocities.com/mvm55555

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Yes. Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.gigan ews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer01.cox.net!peer 02.cox.net!cox.net!p01!fed1read05.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 267 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.4.112.57 EST) Organization: Cox Communications <begin quote> I have walked away from or been fired from more jobs than anyone I know. _That’s_ the painful cost side of my character predilection. <end quote>

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probably a fantasy. do you believe everything you read?

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the humorless feminists strike again!!!

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The deliberate targeting of journalists in Iraq is an especially vile aspect of a war that has been marinated in unmitigated horror from the outset. The clearest parallels known to me for deliberate killing of reporters, were the nightmare years in Central America (1979-1989), when some 89 reporters were killed, and in Argentina (1976-1983) where 98 reporters died or disappeared. But for the sheer speed with which journalists are being killed, Iraq seems to have no parallel. For the sake of comparison, the number of journalists killed during the entire Vietnam War has been put at either 66 or 71. During World War II, 68 journalists are thought to have been killed. I have discovered no comparable three-year period of warfare during the 20th century, in which journalists were killed at anything like the rate that has been occuring, consistently, in Iraq. For all the carping the right wing does about the alleged failings of journalists in Iraq, the haters and screamers have overlooked this one salient fact. The shocking rate at which journalists are being slaughtered in Iraq is the most under-reported story coming out of the war. There has long been a blind hatred of journalism on the right wing fringes, whipped up with malice by GOP politicians. But ere now, the fringes have come to envelope much of that Party. If you prefer not to think so, check out the knee-jerk reactions of commentators to this important report from ABC, which first revealed that the FBI has been spying on journalists’ phone calls without warrant, by means of the Orwellian Patriot Act. We saw similar rants from similar quarters when Eason Jordan stated that he knew of 12 journalists who’d been targeted by U.S. troops. As early as April 2003 there were clear signs of indifference toward the safety of journalists in Iraq, if not outright hostility, in the U.S. bombings of the Palestine Hotel and the Baghdad offices of Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV. Yet the true believers prefered to hound Jordan from his job than to look seriously into the question of whether journalists were in significant danger in Iraq, and if so, what that would mean for the course of the war and the reconstruction effort. Since then, I suspect, journalists have been under-reporting the story of the killing of journalists in Iraq. From time to time this has preoccupied my thoughts, when for example Tom Lasseter chose to stay on in Iraq this year rather than return to the U.S. as scheduled. But it’s time for a little push-back against the nutters on behalf of working reporters in Iraq, and Patrick Cockburn points the way. The only reason that George Bush and his dwindling band of fanatics have been able to maintain until now the shreds of their infantile fiction, about an Iraq nuzzled in the loving bosom of peace&freedomTM, is that Iraq is far too dangerous for any but the most intrepid journalists to report upon. And the reason it is that dangerous is that Mister Bush has been virtually indifferent to the need to restore and maintain order in Iraq. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/22/212924/735 comparative stats on other wars here http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/Iraq/Iraq_danger.html

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You lt. wts. Not 1 of you *ever* got it right! Carol Stream, Ill.-based Mulay Plastics, which specializes in gas-assisted injection molding for parts used in other products, has two manufacturing plants in Mexico and three in the United States, including a 90,000-square-foot facility in Forrest City, Ark. P.S. http://www.geocities.com/mvm55555 It’s always been just a fun H-O-B-B-Y you trailer trash MONKEYS. mvm

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>You lt. wts. >Not 1 of you *ever* got it right! >Carol Stream, Ill.-based Mulay Plastics, which specializes in >gas-assisted injection molding for parts used in other products, has two >manufacturing plants in Mexico and three in the United States, including >a 90,000-square-foot facility in Forrest City, Ark. >P.S. >http://www.geocities.com/mvm55555 It’s always been just a fun H-O-B-B-Y >you trailer trash MONKEYS. mvm

Sorry, Marc. You’re the one who never gets it right. Rich or poor, you will always be a sad, pathetic asshole. — |   ^        JOIN THE |  /"   ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN |   /    TO RID USENET OF |   X    NATTERING FUCKWITS |  /     – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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Gas injected plastic? but they moved the plant to China.

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and Crystal Springs Water Company. and NANDKISHOR MULEY (alternate spelling) http://www.whiteswanmusic.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/pro… I just wanted to throw out a few ideas for you guys to root around. The rejuvenating serenity of the exquisite hammer-dulcimer of South Asia has been appreciated for thousands of years. With a lush, vibrant sound created by its many strings, the santur encompasses all three elements of India’s classical raga tradition: drone, rhythm and melody. Musicians use the raga melody form as a painter uses a carefully selected palette of paints, "coloring" the mind of the listener with each successive variation. The performance is a refreshing and meditative experience for all who come together to hear it. Santur master Nandkishor Muley is considered the leading performer of this ancient, delicate meditation music from the vibrant land of India. Born in the Western Indian town of Baroda, Nandishkor comes from a long lineage of musicians. Educated early in vocals and tabla drumming, Nandkishor was the first in his family to study both music and dance. Proficient in the movements of Kathak, Nandkishor had already received acclaim in India before entering study on the santur with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, which led to his current esteem as a principal figure in Indian music.

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> http://www.geocities.com/shrines3/shaykh/ali.jpg

Shhhh!

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> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/3518374303/ref=dp_image_0/103…

Oh God. Busted.

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> Gas injected plastic? but they moved the plant to China.

I can pump ‘em to the moon baby!

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> Sorry, Marc.

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