Replying to a message of Sean Dennis to Bob Ackley:

 SD> Hello, Bob.

 SD> 24 Feb 07 06:17, you wrote to me:

 BA>> Been doin' that for over 40 years.  Kept the vinyl, kept the
 BA>> bakelite, kept the lacquer, kept the wax ...

 SD> Do the wax records still hold up after all this time?

Don't have any wax records.  They're wax *cylinders*.  And they
get very, very brittle.  I don't think they're playable any more (and
I don't have a cylinder player anyway).  They do tend to shatter when
stressed the least bit.

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