In a message to REINHARDT MUELLER (06-18-07 06:28), BOB ACKLEY wrote:

BA>I don't even have that any more.  Except for about a week
BA>beginning 9/11/2001  I haven't watched television in 25 or
BA>more years, now; when the networks went back to normal
BA>programming a week after 9/11/2001 I turned the TV back off.

I haven't completely....   but today's comedy shows just
leave me cold.   The old-time network radio comedies
are better!

I tried NOT to watch all the wall-to-wall coverage of 9/11.
I felt it was NOT a good idea for ME especially becuase
I didn't have any loved ones in that disaster.

BA>Turntables are a bit pricey, in the past five or six years
BA>I've purchased two of them, new.  One was $450 and the
BA>other was $750 (it has a 16" platter rather than the
BA>standard 12").

16"?  No wonder...  Those are meant for studio use where you
might have to play 16" transcription discs.

BA>I've heard there's a new one out that doesn't use a needle,
BA>apparently it works sort of like a CD player but it reads the
BA>bumps in the groove of the record rather than the marks and
BA>spaces on a CD; but at about $15K a pop it's out of my price range.

It took 'em this long to come up with a non-destructive way
to play vinyl and (assumption) shellac?!?
If it works as well as the "regular" kind, it would be
great for radio stations.  It would pay for itself with
no more needles to wear out and replace!

BA> RM>  * SLMR 2.1a * When ordering, specify 78RPM, 8-track, or Edison
BA> RM> cylinder

BA> I have about a dozen cylinders, not quite
BA>100 8 track cartridges and a
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Gads, what a disaster those things were!!  I'm glad I never
bought any 8-tracks!

BA>big pile of 78 rpm platters.

The funny thing is....  It's easier to find players for
78's than 8-tracks!  If something was released on an
8-track you'll probably be able to find that broken
8-track album with a better-sounding CD.

BA>Been collecting records for over 45 years, now;
BA>last summer I picked up a carload (literally, there was
BA>barely enough room for me to squeeze in to drive home)
BA>of 78 rpm records at an estate auction.

Too bad you don't do a radio show...   We had a DJ named
Madman Moskowitz who had 50,000+ flat friends when he died!


 * SLMR 2.1a * Is it backfire or has your truck been eating mushrooms?
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