Reading, 300 postponed, c-1024 too late – too pricey, Ernie
For some reason from time to time I enjoy just picking a month in my prior blog entries and reading through it. Even though my writing style is far from grammatically sound, far from highly intellectual, I generally find the entries entertaining enough to keep you tuned in at least through your first cup of coffee. Hey, it’s not like I am writing about the life of a rock star here…
Obviously there was no way I was going to try to swing a 300 yesterday. My immediate plan is to try to heal up enough so I can give it a go Friday, otherwise I won’t be giving the 300 another roll until after Xmas and boy what a struggle that would be.
While I was reading my entry for last Christmas I mentioned how the snazzy new Logitech Remote that Ali got me was a bit of a disappointment because I couldn’t use it to control my Bose system out of the box. To do so required a mystical RF to IR converter named the C-1024. After endless online investigation and even inquiries at the local Bose store, I found out the C-1024 was no longer being produced. Well reading this old entry motivated me to take another look and low and behold, the C-1024 is back in production! Unfortunately, it makes little sense for me to get one now. First of all, Ali wants me to replace the surround system with something flush mounted. Second, the price of the box is a bit ridiculous at over $200. If I wasn’t planning to phase out the Bose I may do it but since it will be biting the dust sometime in 2008 I will have to take a pass.
At the gym today I saw Ernie. Ernie is an older guy I have known from way back when I first went to Gold’s Gym after moving down here. I never talked to him at Gold’s but always noticed him. He was tall and lanky like me but pushed around heavy weight. I remember seeing him squat 315. It looked extremely painful and he always seemed to walk around leaning slightly forward with a look on his face like something always hurt. Well I actually started talking to Ernie when he joined JFZ gym. He was very easy to talk to. When JFZ got stupid and pulled out all of their “heavy” weights, Ernie made the jump over to Powerhouse with me. When Ali was still car pooling with me, I would sometimes go to Powerhouse after work instead of lunch and would see Ernie there. However since Ali became a consultant I have had no occasion to go there after working hours so I haven’t seen Ernie.
Well who walks in the gym at lunch time but Ernie! He was working a half day and decided to hit the gym before braving the malls to do some Christmas shopping. He told me about some health scares he had over the summer. We talked quite a bit and I enjoyed doing so. Ernie commented how he liked how empty the gym was over lunch as opposed to after work. Maybe he will stop by once in awhile during the noon hour. He’s 61 now but still plugs away hard at the gym. I like Ernie.