Jun 03, 2008 08:10 am Yup, I think the Bushwacker's trickle up theory is going to work about as well as his trickle down theory. There just ain't a whole lotta tricklen goin on.
whoo! hoo! Got the economic stimulus check today!
Posted on Jun 02, 2008 08:52 pm
zekthedeadcow
Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
Member Since: May 11, 2002
... grand total of $3.79...
that would be close on covering the cost to actually get it to the bank...
theoretically they took my 2007 tax debt out of it... but of course took the wrong amount out (about $1 too much) and didn't make a note of the deduction anywhere...so now I have to call the IRS to see if I still owe anything... good thing I didn't pay last week...
...this is almost as funny as when they sent me to collections for a $0 debt a few years ago...
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Jun 03, 2008 08:10 am Yup, I think the Bushwacker's trickle up theory is going to work about as well as his trickle down theory. There just ain't a whole lotta tricklen goin on.
Jun 03, 2008 08:38 am Got mine yesterday too! $1,800!! Should I spend it on music gear or on a new front door for the house? A new guitar or maybe landscaping?
I know...I'll use it to fill up the gas tank a couple of times.
Thanks for the money, George! You're not such a bad guy after all!
Jun 03, 2008 11:12 am Zek couldn't buy a gallon of gas around here with his check.
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Should I spend it on music gear or on a new front door for the house?
I know what 'er indoors would say to that one....
Jun 03, 2008 12:04 pm I got $1500, I paid off a credit card and now have $150 less in payments per month. I am slowly working my bills down to house\car\utilities so I can finally have some money to spend on gear.
Jun 03, 2008 12:44 pm heh, we're paying our property tax. New house, nice new prop tax liability.
oh well, at least I'll be able to see it for a few minutes.
and, the prop tax will be paid =).
Jun 03, 2008 05:15 pm $1800? $1500? I thought it was $600 max? Is it because you have dependents, or are filing jointly?
I'm still waiting for mine. Prolly will shove mine in the bank. But I'm seriously considering getting a condensor and possibly melodyne soon...
Jun 03, 2008 05:41 pm Indeed, I was $1500 because of the wife and kid.
Jun 03, 2008 06:08 pm Yep, we 2, plus 3 kids is 2100.
so we'll get bush goodies, and give 'em to my local principality / county.
( this better bring up my property value, dammit! )
Jun 03, 2008 08:14 pm Haven't gotten mine yet. should be around the $1800 mark as well, wife and 2 kids.
Jun 03, 2008 11:30 pm I was told mine would be $1800, so we went and spent $3000 on a ****** playhouse for the kids.
sheesh...
Jun 04, 2008 09:32 pm I don't feel half bad spending what I did on the new studio PC then knowing what you spent on a PLAY HOUSE.
I bet it ain't even big enough for you to go hide in when you've been a bad boy.
Jun 05, 2008 01:17 am Noize, do you feel like sharing some links to the new studio box? I've been toying with the idea of building a new studio pc from scratch for a while, but every time I start, I get confused with what motherboard works with what chip/chip set and I get tired of doing research and I just keep the one I have. You mentioned fins for cooling? Does it look like an old caddy?
Jun 05, 2008 01:37 pm Here is my wishlist from newegg on a new DAW PC. There are areas where I could reduce some cost but I think it would be fast as hell and pretty quiet. The only thing I may add would be the HDD enclosuers that reduce noise levels.
Quad core, P35 chipset, 250GB system drive, 1TB storage drive, fanless power supply and fanless video card that can handle larger resolutions. Individual items listed below. This does not include OS by the way.
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GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
$89.99
Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$129.99 -$25.00 Instant $104.99
FSP Group ZEN 400 ATX 2.2V 400W Fanless Power Supply
$149.99 -$5.00 Instant $144.99
2XCORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
$58.00 -$2.00 Instant $112.00
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300
$274.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$209.99
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06
$37.99
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$79.99
ASUS EN8500GT SILENT MAGIC/HTP/512M GeForce 8500 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card -$57.99
Subtotal: $1,112.92
Jun 05, 2008 09:06 pm hey, thanks for posting that cpt. I'm going to have to take some time to soak all that in...
Jun 06, 2008 09:00 am I got an AR-15 with mine. It was the only thing I could think of that was American made besides Hookers or Meth, and half of those are Mexican.
Jun 06, 2008 01:51 pm coolo, ya I'll post with the makings of the new PC after Tunas grad party on Sunday.
And ya the PSU is killer, not cheap but it does not make a sound at all. Dead quiet.
But the fins are not Caddy style saddly, more like something from the future. That and the mother is huge in size. 500 watts though for all the damn drives. Its got a bit over 1.5 terrabites of drives in it now but will go over 2 tb when I'm finished, and thats just whats in the case.
Just a quick note is that it is and AMD 64 X2 Dual core 6400+ Black Editiion on one of MSI's higher end MoBo's. It was the most stable of all the CPU/MoBo combo's I looked at. Flus my buddy at the store I use will light up several boards for me and see which set up works the best and most stable.
Jun 06, 2008 03:00 pm Hey Noize, tell Tuna congratulations on the graduation thing for me will ya? Actually maybe I'll just hit 'em up on T61.
Jun 06, 2008 03:08 pm Quote:
I got an AR-15 with mine.
Sigh......
Hehehehehehhee
Jun 10, 2008 08:32 am I just figured out why I hadn't got my check...it was direct deposited...
w00t, a couple grand of my money back is nice.
Jun 11, 2008 08:06 am Cpt. Tripps, Except for the fanless pwr supply and case, you've detailed the contents of my two new PCs. Well, seven month old PCs.
I have WinXP Pro on both. They are exact twins as far as hdwr. I call 'em the "Twin Towers" with all due respect.
They work great with Sonar 7 Studio.
Glenn
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