freeclimb9 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Christmas is coming fast. I've gotten ZipZaps and Oliblocks for my two sons, but I'd like to maybe get another killer toy for them. Any ideas? How about great new books for adults? Any title suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Are there any games that teach kids to use a map and compass or anything like that? An orienteering game that made it fun for kids to learn would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 AGES OF SAID CHILDREN WOULD HELP IN GENERATING GOOD IDEAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 7 and 9 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 we are getting the Queasy Bake oven and Gundum modles leapfrog has an information page with maps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 As far as good books for adults (assuming here that you don't mean "adult books"), try: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle The Lord of the Rings box set (there's gotta be one) by JRR Tolkien Stupid White Men by Michael Moore is supposed to be good, although DFA hasn't read it yet For the kids, how about some new handguns or rifles? Draft them into your own private home-protection army, so to speak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacier Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 One word - Legos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 How about a combination of your questions. A really cool book for kids of that age (or adults) is Holes. I think the author is Louis Sachar. Skellig (don't remember the author) was pretty good too but a little more cerebral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdietsch Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 my five year old son is really into Lego's Bionicles and the Transformers Armada units ... don't forget Heman and Skeletor are making a comeback have fun .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric8 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 all you parents should get your kids ice tools, maybe expensive but all in all worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 How 'bout some of these beauties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Snapping pictures at Magnolia Hi-Fi again DFA? Step up from slinging hash at Micky D's and you too might own one of these beauties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Being poor ain't no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Roger that Amigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Magnolia Hi-Fi, shit. If you're looking for some mass-produced, overpriced box with a bunch of flashing lights on the front and ho-hum sound quality, maybe. That there is the new Classic line from Naim Audio, which is sure to bring the rock with previously unheard-of quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Whatever. I'm happy with my Klipschorns and MacIntosh horsepower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Hmm ... so they don't only carry crap. And who knew they carried turntables? When the Doctor was getting a car alarm and car CD player there, he perused their home audio, and it was pretty ho-hum. Obviously not the same merch at every store, but this one was in outer SE Portland, so what can one expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Lynnwood handles Klipsch, Martin Logan, Krell, MacIntosh, and other fine equipment. I'm sure there's more expensive shit out there, but why would someone really need it? My Kornerhorns with twin subs absolutely rock. I shit you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 silly good audio equipment: http://www.ayre.com/ When price is not an object. (an old ex is married to the designer and president. I don't think they'd cut me any deals) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 (edited) Zoinks! That is pricey merchandise. It's a kick reading the reviews at stereophile.com for the high-end shit. There was one for a Boulder Amps phono stage that was something like 17,000 clams. That was just the phono stage, mind you; you still need the preamp that they also reviewed, which was another $23,000. Seems just a tad excessive; but then again, the reviewer was practically babbling nonstop superlatives. Just sell the house, and you'd have a hell of a hi-fi system to rock your cardboard box! Edited December 3, 2002 by Dr_Flash_Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 That's fucked up. $18,000 will buy all the system any normal human being could ever appreciate. More money than that and you're pissing into the wind for bragging rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 I got my stereo for 80.00$ and it works just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 That's pretty much DFA's opinion. Although, after being totally floored by a $20k system at the local audio store (an excellent joint staffed by folks just as happy to sell you a $300 CD player as a $3,000 interconnect -- but never pushing you to buy anything: www.stereotypesaudio.com), the Doctor was considering trading in his car on the spot and spending the rest of his days sitting on the couch spinning CDs. One of the fellows at Stereotypes is a rep for Plinius, who makes rather pricey gear as well, and apparently he was dealing with some dude who'd retired from Microsoft who bought five $8,000 power amps, one for each channel of his home theatre system. Total madness right there; money to burn in full effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Those crazy Microsofties! Before 9/11 and the subsequent stock market crash, rich, young Microsoft couples would buy yacht insurance from me. Their boats ranged from $500,000 on up and were always paid for in cash. Typically these gumbies had NO prior boating experience at all, let alone running 50' motor yachts. Goddamn ridicules. But I might add, their money spent just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt_clipper Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 ice tools! I know I wanted some when I was eight-I wrote about it in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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