For as silly as the amount of money I’ve spent on watches is, my audio system far outweighs it (literally and figuratively). I’ve been agonizing for quite awhile after my former Electrocompaniet amp failed with a bad left channel, going back and forth between Ayre, Accuphase, AVM, Burson, Classe, Chord, Krell, Naim, Rowland, and Pass.

After ruling out Ayre and Pass for too high idle power consumption (I leave my amps turned on 24/7, and would prefer they not sit there drawing 400W from the…

Just bought my endgame power amplifier

Someone up the street tossed out a skateboard that seem to be in good condition. Not the fanciest or newest. Beginners board.

Took it home and cleaned it up a little and oiled the wheels.

Stood on it and tried a little push and it just didn’t feel right. Wasn’t comfortable on it and felt I was going to injure myself so got off it.

I used to build and skateboard a lot when I was younger and stopped when I was about 30, but at 67. Maybe not the smartest thing to do and play around with…

Stood on a skateboard

The other week I was watching the Formula one post race interviews and saw Lewis Hamilton wearing large diamond earrings and a gold chain so huge you could moor up a ship with it! It pained me as an English man, but I thought he looked ridiculous.

This got me thinking. Jenson Button, another F1 driver, was quoted once that a man should only wear 2 items of jewellery – a watch and a wedding ring. I must admit that this is a lot closer to my way of thinking but I’m a white 50 year old man…

Men wearing jewellery. Where do you stand?

Since there’s a “favorite pistol” thread, I thought I’d start a rifle thread.

I love me some rifles…. any kind really. I’ve got a few “modern sporting rifles” (MSR) aka “evil black rifles,” though one is green (FS2000) and another is “flat desert earth” (SCAR-16). The SCAR-16 is an awesome rifle.

My latest “kick” is long distance precision rifle shooting. “It’s like golf, but for men!” I dipped my toes in precision shooting several years ago with a custom-built AR-15…

Rifle Owners! What do you like? No Pics.