Well, at 9:30 am Thursday morning I'm getting ready for work, wondering "will this be the day they arrive ?" I'm concerned about them sitting on my porch, unattended, until I get home in the evening. I happen to glance out my kitchen window and spy the brown UPS truck directly across from me at a neighboring business. I think "nah, most likely, if he had something for me, he would of stopped here first" (my location being on the same side of the road as he heads north and all). I'm looking for my car keys, making sure the lights are all off and doing the last minute walk through before I head out to my car when I hear the distinct sound of a garage door closing -but, I don't have a garage door ! I take a quick peek out of my kitchen window . The window frames a solid patch of brown metal ! This has to be it...and I have to get to work ! I go out and great Mr. Brown - he is already heaving a large box off the stack of others. "Careful" I say "they're speakers". The box is big enough for the pair "that's easily a hundred pounds" I warn. Mr.Brown has no problem getting the box up on my porch - I realize it could only be one speaker. He heads back to the truck, not to the cab but back to the rear. EXCELLENT. Out pops #2.
I thank Mr.Brown and he's on his way. I know I have to get them inside before leaving for work - key in the door and, one, two, safe inside my kitchen. Now comes the question that no one but members of this forum could understand...do I unpack them and intentionally be late for work ?????? Hell yeah ! Damn it, I'm a red blooded JBL lover for G_ds sake ! Now comes the fretting...no obvious damage to the boxes. Good. I get a sharp knife from the drawer and very carefully start slicing the first box I can grab across the taped top. "Don't puncture a grille or a cone, keep the blade flush with the box" I tell myself. I'm wondering if this box will be the one that contains the sole grille. I quickly see it's not. I pop it out and give a quick once over. "Man, nowhere near as bad as the pic on ePay" I says to myself. In fact I'm quite pleasantly surprised. Now box 2. Ah, I see the grille. I'm amazed. It is literally mint - badge and all. "Geez, I've got to get to work ! How do I know if they work ? I'd have to disconnect my L-40's, hook these up....ah, go for it !". So I do. I've got the fever. Will my boss understand ? She probably won't....The seconds it takes my 8080 to get up to speed seems like an hour. I pop in the first CD I see - song #1: Glenn Millers "In The Mood" Nice. Zep and Floyd will have to wait 'til tonight ! I now realize I have to do the responsible thing and speed all the way to work.
Visiting hours will not be until 7p.m. tonight ! I walk back out through my kitchen and think "Good L_rd, look at all the afterbirth !" There has to be 5 pounds of it ! Impressions in a day or so...
ps - this is not a commercial for Don Ramon but let me say he understated the condition of these babies,the pics did not do them justice ! He packed them to go to Mars and back safely and they were here from West Coast to East in less than a week ! Don Ramon, youz 'da man !
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Originally Posted by Michael Smith
