The police throughout Washington tend to only do revenue-producing tasks.  An rarely known fact is that some of the judges (at least down here in Clark County) own some of the jails so it's in their best interest to put people into them and get the federal benefit for themselves.  DUI's (including false ones) are very high around here.  Even though I had all the evidence in the world that a renter I evicted stole things, destroyed things and vandalized several other items, the police did next-to-nothing.  Cost me a lot of money I really couldn't afford.

When you catch them I have just the thing !
 

bitflipper
...but to his credit he did everything he could without actually getting up from his chair.

lol. I know you are going through too much right now but I couldn't help but laugh at that one... It is unfortunate that it is so true!
 
Congrats on the Kronos. Any particular reason for that one? I ask because I'm looking at getting something similar and Yamaha has been bombarding me with Montage spam. Other than youtube videos I know little about either or how they compare.

Why the Kronos? I am attempting to replace two instruments with one. Kronos has great pianos and electric pianos, the primary role my MO8 played. It also includes the CX-3 engine for organ. When I play out live, it's 50% organ and 50% acoustic and electric pianos.
 
My hope is that the Kronos can fill both roles, as it's quite versatile. Sound-wise, that'll be no problem. What I'll miss is the light-touch waterfall keys of a dedicated organ.
 
Kronos is the newest incarnation of the OASYS, which in turn grew out of the Triton Extreme. The OASYS was one of those super-synths you'd read about some overpaid rock star buying two of, but most of us could never justify the $8K price tag. Kronos does everything OASYS did and more, but sells for far less. I got the 73-key version, which was about $3800 after adding pedals and case. Still expensive, but it's replacing two instruments that together cost about the same.
 
Kronos is many synths in one. Nine, to be exact. Pretty much every synth that Korg has ever made is in there, so the range of sounds is extraordinary, from bread 'n butter pianos and strings to rich pads, synth leads and out-there SFX. It's also a sampler, sequencer, audio interface and DAW. I can't imagine any features they might have left out.
 
Unlike similar instruments, e.g. the Nord Stage 2, it has a large storage capacity (62 GB), making large sample libraries feasible. The main piano patch is individually sampled for each key, 8 velocity layers, and no looping (each note naturally decays for up to 20 seconds). It sounds better than anything I had for Kontakt. But I could import a Kontakt library if I wanted to. Some users have imported Omnisphere patches.
 
It has a great UI for live performance (yay!). An 8" color LCD touchscreen with a set list / song list view lets you define 16 instruments/combis/sequences per page (up to 128 set lists total), and include notes/lyrics for each one. Finally, something I can work on a darkened stage without a flashlight!
 
The Kronos was not a frivolous choice. Sitting here with zero musical instruments to my name, I've had nothing to do but research. I made a long list of potential replacements, watched a lot of YouTube demos and read synth-oriented forums. I won't know for sure until later today, but I'm fairly confident I made the best possible choice.

Although I'm a lot closer to living under a bridge than able to buy gear at the moment, the Kronos is giving me some serious GAS! 
 
 

Dave, just read your post.  I offer my feelings of rage and sadness for you. 

Thanks for the info. I have always liked the Korg piano sounds. I think you made a sale. :)

My Stomach sank as I read your post - please let us know if we can help in any way

On a cheerier note, my Kronos arrived last Saturday and I have spent the past 3 days learning how to program the thing. Sheesh, it's pretty deep. The organ is good enough to put off replacing my Hammond, although the Leslie emulation isn't in the same league as my Ventilator was, so I'll be getting another Vent.
 
Still waiting for the new door, which had to be custom made. I put a padlock on the old one in hopes that would at least require more noise to break in. I have the security camera going again, which means I wake up several times a night and feel compelled to check it! The motion-sensor alarms are also working now, which means I often get blasted when I come in after forgetting about them.
 
I have access to some non-working cameras. I'll mount those around the house until I can afford real ones. I also plan to install a driveway sensor and add an opener to my gate plus a light down there. That means laying 150' of underground conduit, a major chore.
 
Jeez, I'm getting pissed off all over again, thinking about what this is going to cost me.
 

Craig, check out a documentary called Kids for Cash, available on Netflix. It'll really make you angry that such things are going on in this country, although (spoiler alert) it does have a happy ending.