[Howard Ferstler]

Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see all
of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves
with "serious" audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

Howard Ferstler

[[email protected]]

On Jan 24, 12:35�pm, Howard Ferstler wrote:
Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see all
of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves
with "serious" audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

Howard Ferstler

"At least" you admit that your comments are "canned," and therefore
utterly devoid of any value to others. I think retiring from a
profession where you were constantly ridiculed and deplored has agreed
with you, Howard.

Boon (Oh, I'm sorry...Marc Phillips to you, pinhead.)

[Howard Ferstler]

wrote:
On Jan 24, 12:35�pm, Howard Ferstler wrote:

Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see all
of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves
with "serious" audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

Howard Ferstler

"At least" you admit that your comments are "canned," and therefore
utterly devoid of any value to others. I think retiring from a
profession where you were constantly ridiculed and deplored has agreed
with you, Howard.

Boon (Oh, I'm sorry...Marc Phillips to you, pinhead.)

What matters most when you are being "ridiculed and
deplored" is who is doing the ridiculing and deploring. And,
believe me, being ridiculed and deplored by the likes of you
and the other goofballs in this group is anything but a
badge of dishonor.

As for my comments within the realm of audio being of value
(here, I assume you are referring to my published materials,
as well as to my numerous commentaries within this group in
the old days), I have no problem at all with those comments
being useless to the lunatic fringe. However, I assume
(given what I have read from other sources, including
individuals who lament my getting out of the audio
journalism business) that at least a number of sane
individuals (rare at the rao address, but some probably pop
in once in a while) got certain benefits from my opinions.

That you are still here (month after month, and for that
matter, apparently year after year) interjecting comments
within this group says more about you than you obviously
realize. Ditto for many of the other weak-minded old timers
within the group.

Get a life, pinhead.

PS: While I am retired, two of my reviews, and hopefully one
commentary column, are still scheduled to appear in an
upcoming issue of The Sensible Sound. So goes long lead
times in audio journalism.

Howard Ferstler

[George M. Middius]

Brother Horace of the Order of the Ostrich-Monks intoned:

What matters most when you are being "ridiculed and
deplored" is who is doing the ridiculing and deploring.

Does telling yourself that help you to live down the shame, Clerkie?

[[email protected]]

On Jan 24, 3:03Â*pm, Howard Ferstler wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 24, 12:35�pm, Howard Ferstler wrote:

Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see all
of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves
with "serious" audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

Howard Ferstler
"At least" you admit that your comments are "canned," and therefore
utterly devoid of any value to others. I think retiring from a
profession where you were constantly ridiculed and deplored has agreed
with you, Howard.

Boon (Oh, I'm sorry...Marc Phillips to you, pinhead.)

What matters most when you are being "ridiculed and
deplored" is who is doing the ridiculing and deploring. And,
believe me, being ridiculed and deplored by the likes of you
and the other goofballs in this group is anything but a
badge of dishonor.

It isn't anything. This is an Internet newgroup, which amounts to
less than nothing in the audio world. It's like Vegas...what happens
here, stays here.


As for my comments within the realm of audio being of value
(here, I assume you are referring to my published materials,
as well as to my numerous commentaries within this group in
the old days), I have no problem at all with those comments
being useless to the lunatic fringe. However, I assume
(given what I have read from other sources, including
individuals who lament my getting out of the audio
journalism business) that at least a number of sane
individuals (rare at the rao address, but some probably pop
in once in a while) got certain benefits from my opinions.

Hope springs eternal, Howard. That's why I get blank stares whenever
I mention your name to movers and shakers in the audio world, people
even you look up to. You didn't make your mark in the audio world,
slick.


That you are still here (month after month, and for that
matter, apparently year after year) interjecting comments
within this group says more about you than you obviously
realize. Ditto for many of the other weak-minded old timers
within the group.

I think we figured out last time that over the last few years, your
posting frequency far outpasses mine. The only difference is this: I
move on when I have work to do, and you move on when you've been
utterly humiliated again.


Get a life, pinhead.

I do have a life. I'm working full-time as a writer and editor. What
are you doing these days? Let see...


PS: While I am retired, two of my reviews, and hopefully one
commentary column, are still scheduled to appear in an
upcoming issue of The Sensible Sound. So goes long lead
times in audio journalism.

And yet my articles sometimes appear two or three weeks after I've
written them. Try writing for a real publication. For instance, as
we speak I'm writing a review for an album that won't come out until
February 5. The issue comes out on February 6. The last time I
checked on TAV, they were writing about albums nearly a year old.

Boon

[Arny Krueger]

wrote in message


Boonie raises up a standard that he can't measure up to:

Hope springs eternal, Howard. That's why I get blank
stares whenever I mention your name to movers and shakers
in the audio world, people even you look up to. You
didn't make your mark in the audio world, slick.

LOL. Guess what happens when I mention your name to "movers and shakers" in
the audio world?

Blank stares.

[Clyde Slick]

On 25 Ian, 06:55, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
wrote in message



Boonie raises up a standard that he can't measure up to:



LOL. Guess what happens when I mention your name to "movers and shakers" in
the audio world?

Blank stares.

I guess your local strippers don't recognize him.
Next time he's in the club with you on one of his 'stalking' trips,
ask him to take off his ski mask.

[[email protected]]

On Jan 25, 3:55�am, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
wrote in message



Boonie raises up a standard that he can't measure up to:

Hope springs eternal, Howard. �That's why I get blank
stares whenever I mention your name to movers and shakers
in the audio world, people even you look up to. �You
didn't make your mark in the audio world, slick.

LOL. Guess what happens when I mention your name to "movers and shakers" in
the audio world?

Blank stares.

Bull****.

Boon

[Arny Krueger]

"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
news:4798f767@kcnews01
Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see
all of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

While they think they are ridiculing others, the stupidity of their posts
effectively ridicules them.

[Howard Ferstler]

Arny Krueger wrote:

"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
news:4798f767@kcnews01

Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see
all of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.


While they think they are ridiculing others, the stupidity of their posts
effectively ridicules them.

Good point. Still, I continue to wonder why you hang around
with and butt heads with these back biters. In spite of you
and him being at odds much of the time, I wonder the same
thing about John Atkinson. Both of you guys must have better
things to do than duke it out with Middius and his peers.
Well, Atkinson appears to be obsessed with duking it out
with you, which seems, well, a bit odd for a guy who is
supposedly a major audio journalist. Well, maybe it helps
him sell magazines. No doubt he has a need to do that.

Howard Ferstler

[[email protected]]

On Jan 24, 3:08�pm, Howard Ferstler wrote:

Good point. Still, I continue to wonder why you hang around
with and butt heads with these back biters. In spite of you
and him being at odds much of the time, I wonder the same
thing about John Atkinson. Both of you guys must have better
things to do than duke it out with Middius and his peers.
Well, Atkinson appears to be obsessed with duking it out
with you, which seems, well, a bit odd for a guy who is
supposedly a major audio journalist. Well, maybe it helps
him sell magazines. No doubt he has a need to do that.

It's called target practice. You and Arny are the little cardboard
duckies that go back and forth.

Boon

[Arny Krueger]

wrote in message


It's called target practice. You and Arny are the little
cardboard duckies that go back and forth.

Except Boonie that you're the one who goes down for the count. Time after
time after time. A few weeks of your flash in the pan, and you're gone. I'm
figuring you for bipolar syndrome. It takes a few months for you to put your
broken heart together and then you come back for more. I don't know why.

[[email protected]]

On Jan 25, 3:57�am, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
wrote in message



It's called target practice. �You and Arny are the little
cardboard duckies that go back and forth.

Except Boonie that you're the one who goes down for the count. Time after
time after time. A few weeks of your flash in the pan, and you're gone. I'm
figuring you for bipolar syndrome. It takes a few months for you to put your
broken heart together and then you come back for more. I don't know why.

Again, you're trying to make an argument for staying on the Internet,
day after day, making hundreds and thousands of posts, knowing that
everyone hates your guts. It didn't work the previous 500 times
you've used this argument...why do you think it's going to work now?

Boon

[dizzy]

Howard Ferstler wrote:

Good point. Still, I continue to wonder why you hang around
with and butt heads with these back biters. In spite of you
and him being at odds much of the time, I wonder the same
thing about John Atkinson. Both of you guys must have better
things to do than duke it out with Middius and his peers.
Well, Atkinson appears to be obsessed with duking it out
with you, which seems, well, a bit odd for a guy who is
supposedly a major audio journalist. Well, maybe it helps
him sell magazines. No doubt he has a need to do that.

Everyone needs some way to unwind...

[Robert Morein]

"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
news:4798f767@kcnews01...
Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in action, and was
also prepared to come up with one of my usual canned phrases and say how
"shocked" I was to see all of those regulars in action in the usual,
incomprehensibly inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves with "serious"
audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

Howard Ferstler.

"You won't have Ferstler to kick around anymore, because, pinheads, this is
my last post" *

*President Howard Ferster, in
1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007, 2008.

[dizzy]

Howard Ferstler wrote:

Hello, Group,

I dropped in and was prepared to see the "regulars" in
action, and was also prepared to come up with one of my
usual canned phrases and say how "shocked" I was to see all
of those regulars in action in the usual, incomprehensibly
inane way.

However, given the type of people who involve themselves
with "serious" audio these days I should not be shocked at all.

And I am not. Soldier on, pinheads.

That's MISTER Pinhead to you, buddy.