Your employer might actually pay you for jury duty, if not the state usually has provisions for paying some minimal hardship money. (At least around here, I can't imagine CA is less progressive.)
skunked beer...
and bose 901's... not even because of their sound anymore; just most of their fanclub... sorry, not trying to start any kind of argument...
and bose 901's... not even because of their sound anymore; just most of their fanclub... sorry, not trying to start any kind of argument...
+1
Series II ( or was it III) with the active crossover didn't improve much. You just can't get that many coupled small drivers to produce full bw audio no matter how much you spend on marketing.
Even though I have lost at least 40k this year just dealing with a mother with Dementia and every thing associated with it, being a only child, the weight of this responsibility was enormous this year and last.
A responsibility I had to do even though it was extremely stressful stretched out over 2 years
It wasn't so much the lost income, as it is getting back to work and moving ahead after her death.
Putting her in a board and care in Feb. and seeing her go down hill and then medication adjustments...,. It was psychiatric drugs that killed her.. at 88
An AARP article just one week after my mothers death came out saying a 1/3rd of people in nursing/care centers are dying across the country just because of these over prescribed psychiatric drugs!!
I just sat there with my mouth on the floor
She never had a heart issue and could walk 2 miles before going in for medication adjustment.
All they did is try to keep her from standing or walking around, reasoning that the drugs would make her fall and break a hip. A so called professional death cycle IMO.
Instead of going on an on
I get that it's my duty to serve and I,m here going thru with it
But believe me when I tell you, you won,t understand what grinding your gears mean until you have to deal with someone with Dementia.
Regards
David
A responsibility I had to do even though it was extremely stressful stretched out over 2 years
It wasn't so much the lost income, as it is getting back to work and moving ahead after her death.
Putting her in a board and care in Feb. and seeing her go down hill and then medication adjustments...,. It was psychiatric drugs that killed her.. at 88
An AARP article just one week after my mothers death came out saying a 1/3rd of people in nursing/care centers are dying across the country just because of these over prescribed psychiatric drugs!!
I just sat there with my mouth on the floor
She never had a heart issue and could walk 2 miles before going in for medication adjustment.
All they did is try to keep her from standing or walking around, reasoning that the drugs would make her fall and break a hip. A so called professional death cycle IMO.
Instead of going on an on
I get that it's my duty to serve and I,m here going thru with it
But believe me when I tell you, you won,t understand what grinding your gears mean until you have to deal with someone with Dementia.
Regards
David
GIMP ; proponents of line arrays - including Roger Russell - might like to debate that position
disclosure: I've not heard the IDS, and of the very few LAs I have experienced, none have "floated my boat"
David: any compassionate person would understand your torture, but your earlier very terse post might have suggested different motives
disclosure: I've not heard the IDS, and of the very few LAs I have experienced, none have "floated my boat"
David: any compassionate person would understand your torture, but your earlier very terse post might have suggested different motives
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Going to have to half-way disagree with you. Small drivers can make quite the amazing sound. I just think that the Bose 901's are very average; especially for that cost.
shersch,
I agree with you that today there are small drivers which can produce very good sound over a broad range.
I do not believe this was true in the late 70 when Bose introduced the 901. I had two friends who owned Series 1 and Series II? or III speakers while I was college. Both series sucked.
I agree with you that today there are small drivers which can produce very good sound over a broad range.
I do not believe this was true in the late 70 when Bose introduced the 901. I had two friends who owned Series 1 and Series II? or III speakers while I was college. Both series sucked.
I wasn't alive for the 70s or the 80s, so I tend to keep my nose out of where it doesn't belong in regard to what existed and what didn't. I have used lots of gear from those decades, but not many speakers that I can think of.
We've got jury duty here but you can (and should) claim loss of earnings, travel and parking costs from the court. They pay up to £64 ($100) per day and double that for a longish (11 days+ I think) trials.
I suppose that just gets added to the court cost payable by the losing party.
I understand what it means to have your own mother not recognize you and think you are just another member of the staff.
My mother could not communicate verbally after her stroke, and most of her mind was gone, but she was an escape artist. She escaped at least once a week from every place we put her in. I think they kept her " happy" with drugs so they could keep her inside.
Too true ...
My father-in-law passed away last August after 6 years in homes ( One was closed down due to suspected abuse of some patients).
My mother has been in a home for 3 years now. We fought to keep her in her own home for as long as posssible. She is now classed as a medical patient rather than a social needs patient so the state is paying for her care. The care home still surcharges us around $750/ month for trips out, internet and a zillion other small incidentals which she cannot access (but they are there if she wants them) - all legal!!
Kevin
In just the past couple years the nursing community (god bless 'em) began to point out the "paradoxical effects" of psychotropic meds on the elderly, exaggerating the effects of dementia. The nurses figured it out before the docs.
A 30 year old can take a sleep-aid like Ambien, or any one of a number of anti-anxiety meds and their system clears the drug in 8 hours, a 90 year old can require several days to clear the drug and be hallucinating a portion (or all) of the time. The nursing home med staff may prescribe another pharma which worsens the situation.
Seriously, don't feel you're alone in dealing with the situation, even after the parent is gone. It's a long road.
Might want to get one of those ion generator thingies that collects dust in the air before it can cause any trouble.
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