P.S. The reason why I don't have young widows clinging to me, is I don't go to many funerals! Just so you know!

I'm buying a new pair of bookshelf speakers, looking to spend around $200. Any suggestions?

Hi. I'm looking for an entry level Turn Table. While I do eventually want to go with a Pro-Ject RPM1.3 Turntable, I don't have 500 dollars to dedicate to a sound system right now. I have a friend offering me 150 dollars for a Bang & Olufsen, Beogram 3404. Assuming everything is in fine shape, how is this tuntable before I make the leap a couple years later? Would this be a good way to start listening to vinyl? I just don't want to scratch my records.

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What would the benefit be in mounting extra (reversed) magnets behind drivers?

Thanks in advance

Still, the best bargain among the miners is Yamana Gold (AUY at the NYSE, YRI.TO in Toronto). At under 10 bucks, the zoomies are giving you a bargain. As the Hulbert Digest notes, sentiment is overwhelmingly negative. Bad news equals low prices. Buy the bad news, because gold itself, as measured by the August and December contracts, is in a roaring bull market. You buy the short-term dips when the longer-term metrics are still positive. Is this a lock? No. It is simply how you trade -- buy low, sell high. "Low" is negative sentiment and a short-term crash in price. "High" is euphoria.

I was just listening to a reporter... errr... reporting on trying to get to see what's happening on the beaches to clear up the oil pollution and who was turned back by the local sheriff's office saying that BP had to authorise all visitors to the beach because it was dangerous. Asked how dangerous only got the answer "you'll have to ask BP".
When asked for facts and figures EVERY source tells the reporter to contact BP and both local and national authorities are now giving BP's figures as fact without much in the way of checking.