Washington Post Article

Jond got it right, shining the light on the seedy underbelly. Like any hobby some people don't care to understand. The only reason I would throw myself out of an airplane voluntarily is in case I really needed to know how to it, so I know nothing about parachuting, the thrill and the feeling.

I noticed the author liked what he heard but didn't choose to compare it to a Circuit City system, probably wasn't the purpose of the article but might have shed a little more light on things. The subject in question was single, had a good job and probably lots of free time - could have bought a helicopter but decided on a stereo, oh well, chacon son gout.

I think the purpose was to show that computer geeks come in different stripes and I'm one of them. Ya gotta admit, sitting in a comfortable chair with a drink in one hand and a cigar in another ain't exactly one of the most exciting avocations.

Now that Levinson cat, Kim Cattrall and cds are bad for your health? He's gotta be out there. Stereogod.

people actually take the washington post seriously? I'm pretty far left and I still can't bring myself to read that poop! give me the NY times any day!

Old timers like myself keep things in perspective by removing a zero from a system's total cost. That way we understand what's really going on. If I spend say $25,000 on my system (in today's money), I remove a zero and it becomes $2,500 (it's value in money when I was growing up).
Remember: It's not the amount of money you pay for something -nominal amounts change over time; What counts is the amount of time it takes to earn enough to make the purchase. This is how to gage an item's cost (an hour of life is constant).

Wjones7412 is right! I haven't taken the Washington Post
seriously since a very strange event in my town... I live
in Madison, Wi., and at one time a very nice local bistro,
located on Washington Ave. here in Madison, called itself
the Washington Host. Well after about a year in business,
the Washington Post decided to file suit. To make a long
story short...the business was forced to change their name.
Wow....I am sure a small, locally owned bistro in the
Midwest called the Washington Host was a "real" threat to
that rag.

Metaphysics. No, she will not be invited to my party. The biases of this reporter must be revealed, so in an effort to shine the brilliant white light of truth on this subject, I will reveal here FOR THE FIRST TIME, the excesses of this Washington Post reporter.

To date, she has spent over $11,210.00 for drinks at a local bar frequented by DC writers and reporters.

In addition, there was another $23,000 for plastic surgery, $6,172.00 for a complete cap job for her teeth, and another $2,150.00 for her assertive training classes. Add all these figures to the cost of her Bose system and 275 pair of shoes, and you get a clear picture of what her priorities are. These excesses add up to more than $55,450.00.

I realize this will not buy the absolute ultimate audio system, but if she had chosen to invest in audiophilia, she would have been home, instead of the bar.

THE RESULTS BEING:
All the calories she would have avoided by dancing around her stereo, instead of consuming the drinks, would have kept her physically fit, avoiding the plastic surgery. Her teeth were in fact ruined by her excessive drinking, so the dentist bills would have been unnecessary as well. The assertive training unnecessary. Absolutely energized by her great sounding stereo, and simultaneously removing the depressive Bose system. The change in her attitude would have even allowed her to find that perfect mate she had always longed for!

So close was she to discovering that the old man with the expensive system was right. The smile on his face was from a deeper understanding of the music. So close was she to removing the band aids on her life, replaced with something of real meaning, a happy home with wonderful music, sharing with the one you love, buying shoes because you NEED them, wine in moderation and not having to sit for weeks in the dentist chair.