Saturday, July 15, 2006

Shopping for a surround sound system



I had this whole blog done and went to publish it and had an error. So I will start again. Do the research and you will be rewarded with great sound. I first started at the brick and motor stores. They promote Bose as the premium speakers. Gathering information and talking to pro's the statement that got me wondering was - Bose- no highs no lows.
I chose klipsch cinema 10 series. Why you ask ? I wanted great sound that didn't take up a lot of space ; 5- RSX-R satellite 1 -RCX 4 center. The Yamaha receiver I chose has plenty of power to make the house ROCK. The experience of Movies and HD tv with great sound is amazing. Currently the Infinity sub I have is fine but my next purchase will be a Klipsch sub. As expected I spent a little more then the budget.

I hope DirecTV gets their act together and broadcasts more HD channels. They claim to be number 1 in customer satisfaction ( NOT ). If your thinking of subscribing to DTV, there better then digital cable but they still suck. You will lose reception during thunder storms. They screw their existing customers by offering new customers no charge for programming and equipment. Then they screw them after 3 months. I upgraded to HD and paid 200.00 for the receiver. The next bill I got, unknown to me ,I committed to 2 years of DTV. When I called them they could not explain the reason for the 2 year contract. If I got the HD receiver for 00.00 I would understand it.

In My opinion Directv is a huckster,pirate slime ball company.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

First Post By Robyn









You are now the proud owner of www.lenmartin.com. With this site, you will also receive your own blog (to which you can use to blog about pretty much anything from Call of Duty gaming tips to catching up with friends) as well as website serving to host your site. The tech team at pepperjam will also be here to assist you with getting started. So read up on html and you will soon find yourself lost in the world of website ownership.


Love,

Robyn and Kris

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Interesting facts

Kingston has 38' dykes- Wilkes-Barre has 41' dykes- that pisses me off.


Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.


Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more
than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip
fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is
greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three
times the flow of all rivers in the United States.


Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice
also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As
strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The
average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered
with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on
the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.


Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.


Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an
Indian word meaning "Big Village."


Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.


Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, named
so because it was the first paved road anywhere.


Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome
was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in
existence.


Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two
continents.


Los Angeles
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.


New York City
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the
1930's who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city.
Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more
Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York
City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.


Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.


Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just
1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.


Rome
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy
in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.


Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.


S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome,
Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population
of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under
international law, just as the Vatican is.


Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not
receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place
on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has
been no rainfall there for two million years.


Spain
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'


St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named
Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.


Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canada: 75%


Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20
empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.


United States
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times
of war or other emergencies.


Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212
feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.


So, didn't it feel good to learn something new today???


I have always said you should learn something new every day. Unfortunately,
most of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget tomorrow.
But, give it a shot anyway!............