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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #40 on: December 30, 2008, 03:58:31 pm »
Quote from: Brigitte on December 30, 2008, 03:49:40 pm
Quote from: Wolverine on December 29, 2008, 09:11:31 pm
Spent the entire afternoon in 3 dealerships getting a price to fix the Polo. Was in the highway in a "stop and go" traffic, looked to the side when I shouldn't and end up hitting the spare tire attached to the trunk gate of an SUV. Since I was at a dealership, asked for the price of dash cup holder and brought it home, took like 10 seconds to install:





Okay... I WANT one of those.  Right now.   :)

Too bad it doesn't fit on the Jetta...   :'(
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #41 on: December 30, 2008, 09:51:05 pm »
Quote from: Wolverine on December 30, 2008, 03:58:31 pm
Too bad it doesn't fit on the Jetta...   :'(

 >:(  Crap.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #42 on: December 31, 2008, 08:17:15 am »
New wipers. Looks better than the original ones, feels like it grips more on the windshield, thus it cleans better and produces less noise.




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Brig, these ones fit on the Jetta, you can get them from Trico, is the NeoForm: http://www.tricoproducts.com/part_locator/index.cfm?&go=OnlineCatalog_NeoForm_right
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #43 on: December 31, 2008, 09:37:33 am »
Quote from: Brigitte on December 30, 2008, 09:51:05 pm
Quote from: Wolverine on December 30, 2008, 03:58:31 pm
Too bad it doesn't fit on the Jetta...   :'(

 >:(  Crap.


..................No need to be so hard on yer Kar Bridge...............can't ya balance a Timmies & a Brekkie roll_UP between yer legs...................... :shuffle: :think: :hide:
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2008, 10:04:20 am »
Quote from: safristi on December 31, 2008, 09:37:33 am
..................No need to be so hard on yer Kar Bridge...............can't ya balance a Timmies & a Brekkie roll_UP between yer legs...................... :shuffle: :think: :hide:

Not when my car is a 5-speed.  I need to clutch and shift.   :)  Right now, I sit the cup on top of the "ashtray" lid, or against the parking brake between the seats and try to hold on to it when stopping or turning.  Precarious, at best.  I don't always have coffee/soft drinks in my car, though, but a decent cup holder would be nice to have the odd time that I do.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #45 on: December 31, 2008, 10:53:17 am »
..set yer alarm back 30 minutes and have a healthy brekkie.........................makes the day...............ye'll be so pleasantly FULL till 3pm...............Low Carbs ROOLE...............
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #46 on: December 31, 2008, 07:56:05 pm »
Quote from: safristi on December 30, 2008, 10:17:28 am
NO TAXES involved with TFSA's.......................just like a savings account...no Tax consequence GOING IN or OUT...... ??? ::).........................................Gordon Pape has been giving some good advice on them  on GlobalGold Investment site (PAY to PLAY) and has a new book coming out in Jan 2009..prolly also on his web site which has some freebies on display...................

10K maximum contribution limit per year  ???   Can anyone confirm this. 
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #47 on: December 31, 2008, 08:00:17 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on December 31, 2008, 07:56:05 pm
10K maximum contribution limit per year  ???   Can anyone confirm this. 

You mean if you contribute nothing for a few years then your max / year would be capped at $10k until you catch up?

This I have not heard anything about.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #48 on: December 31, 2008, 08:15:44 pm »
wtf does it have to do with the thread?  ::)
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #49 on: December 31, 2008, 08:26:56 pm »
Quote from: DanYanoff on December 31, 2008, 08:15:44 pm
wtf does it have to do with the thread?  ::)
If you set one by yourself then it is a DIY
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #50 on: December 31, 2008, 09:12:09 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on December 31, 2008, 07:56:05 pm

10K maximum contribution limit per year  ???   Can anyone confirm this. 

It's only $5,000 per year (for now - it will be indexed to inflation). But your spouse also gets $5,000 per year, and unlike RRSPs there's no rules to say you can't put your own money in his/her TFSA. So you can think of it as $10,000 per year, per couple, if you like.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/tfsa-celi/menu-eng.html
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #51 on: December 31, 2008, 09:22:13 pm »
If you set one by yourself then it is a DIY

 :rofl2:  :bow:

It's only $5,000 per year

OK, thanks for that.

and DAN, my most sincere apologizes.  :heart:  
« Last Edit: December 31, 2008, 09:25:38 pm by articsteve »
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #52 on: December 31, 2008, 10:26:16 pm »
Well, after a loooong delay because of inclement weather and FedEx being...  well, FedEx, I finally took delivery:



New headphones with integrated mic, call answer and play/pause/skip controls for the iPhone.  FedEx has been sitting on them since the 19th, so it's nice to finally have them in hand.

That said, I'm a little underwhelmed with the sound.  They're better than the stock iPhone earbuds, of course, but not as good as my $40 Panasonic in-ear headphones that bit the dust last month.  And these cost considerably more than those ones.  :/  Unfortunately, finding headphones with the integrated mic and controls is very, very difficult, and these have some of the best reviews on the web.

I'm sure I'll grow to like them...  better than the $10 pair I've been making do with in the meantime...  :D
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #53 on: December 31, 2008, 11:30:36 pm »
Drove to the store for this today instead of buying online.  The minimum shipping and handling charges would have came out to 70% of its cost.  It has slots for SD/SDHC, miniSD and microSD.






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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #54 on: January 01, 2009, 12:11:52 am »
Quote from: dr_spock on December 31, 2008, 11:30:36 pm
Drove to the store for this today instead of buying online.  The minimum shipping and handling charges would have came out to 70% of its cost.  It has slots for SD/SDHC, miniSD and microSD.




First time I see one of these with the card inside, most of them have an opening on the side. Great.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #55 on: January 01, 2009, 01:56:43 am »
Quote from: Wolverine on January 01, 2009, 12:11:52 am
First time I see one of these with the card inside, most of them have an opening on the side. Great.

I agree.  Makes it really clever for a flash drive, too...  SD cards are so widespread and inexpensive these days, it's a far better idea to have one reader like this that will handle all of them, instead of a USB flash drive and an SD card from your camera or whatever...  :thumbup:
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #56 on: January 01, 2009, 03:12:16 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on December 31, 2008, 09:22:13 pm
If you set one by yourself then it is a DIY

 :rofl2:  :bow:

It's only $5,000 per year

OK, thanks for that.

and DAN, my most sincere apologizes.  :heart: 

Not at all. My logic was a bit impaired yesterday  :-X  Come to think of it I should have been more specific on the title and use a fine print  ;)
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #57 on: January 01, 2009, 03:18:02 pm »
Quote from: Demosthenes X on December 31, 2008, 10:26:16 pm
Well, after a loooong delay because of inclement weather and FedEx being...  well, FedEx, I finally took delivery:



New headphones with integrated mic, call answer and play/pause/skip controls for the iPhone.  FedEx has been sitting on them since the 19th, so it's nice to finally have them in hand.

That said, I'm a little underwhelmed with the sound.  They're better than the stock iPhone earbuds, of course, but not as good as my $40 Panasonic in-ear headphones that bit the dust last month.  And these cost considerably more than those ones.  :/  Unfortunately, finding headphones with the integrated mic and controls is very, very difficult, and these have some of the best reviews on the web.

I'm sure I'll grow to like them...  better than the $10 pair I've been making do with in the meantime...  :D

whats the frequency range/ sensitivity on them?
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #58 on: January 01, 2009, 05:41:41 pm »
According to their website,
Frequency response: 18 - 22 000 Hz
Nominal Impedance: 16 Ohmns
Max. Sound Pressure Level: 106 dB

Whatever that means.  I've been listening to them a bit more, and am growing to like them more and more.  I did read somewhere headphones need to be "broken in", and have a different sound right out of the box vs. after 100 or so hours of use...
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #59 on: January 01, 2009, 07:31:25 pm »
 :( thats a little narrow. I bought a set of Denon ears (closed type) and IIRC they have 5-25k Hz. Not the most convenient to wear, but bass is deep and natural.
Try pushing them deeper in (seriously) and it will improve the sound.
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