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As I mentioned, Mr. Big Food is a Hip Crip— confined to the Den with only his work ethic, baseball, and the occasional rant about Joe Moorhead to entertain himself. Until… .

Back in a corner of the Bunkhouse there are two boxes of record albums that for all intents and purposes have not been looked at in 20 years (except to pull out a couple of Grateful Dead albums to frame). So, thanks to the magic of Amazon Prime (I know, I know), I ordered a record player, and thinking ahead, a vinyl record cleaning kit. In my copious spare time when I am not cooking I have been cataloging and cleaning vinyl– I’m probably about 1/5 of the way through

Mr. Big Food and I had different tastes in music when we were in high school.

Last evening was a Good Night for Singin’.

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  1. Glad to get an update – even if the news isn’t 100% all good. As we get older falls and broken bones are an increasing hazard.
    We’re doing neurology. Fluid on the brain is not a good thing. I think a broken hip might be preferable…at least you can expect complete recovery. Not so sure about the fluid problem. Still, a friend of my daughter tells me her boss had the fluid drain bypass surgery, and has seen tremendous improvement. Guess we’ll see.

      1. Not imminently. We’re still working on it. We don’t know if it started with a car accident he had two years ago…today! or if the condition was developing and that’s why he had the car accident. In any case, he was initially very resistant to the idea of the testing process because it involves a spinal tap. If the spinal tap plus the accompanying testing shows the initial temporary drain to be effective in helping his physical symptoms, then we move to a permanent drain. If no visible improvement, then no further surgery, and life goes on.

  2. And an “oh yeah”…
    our record collection is mostly inherited from my in laws. Talk about “old stuff”!!

    1. 78s? So I’ve been reading a bit about vinyl and apparently it’s indestructible if stored properly. What genre(s) did they collect?

      1. To be honest, I haven’t dug down through the whole box, but I think they’re all 33s.
        Genres…..hmmm. 70s listening music, I guess. Some pop music. Some band music, some vocals…not sure really. I still have a record player, but haven’t been able to get needles for it. Fortunately the record player is part of a unit that also has a CD player and a tape drive. Good thing…we also have lots of tapes, and lots of CDs. We used to have a warehouse for an international CD company in town – about 3 miles away. You’d recognize the name – if I remembered it! but they closed the warehouse about 8 years ago. Probably a good thing…they had sales about twice a year and I bought more than I should have. Couldn’t pass up the prices!

      2. “I’ve been reading a bit about vinyl and apparently it’s indestructible if stored properly.”

        Hmmm…
        What constitutes “properly”?

  3. I had the same collection most likely that was not listened to for decades. Last summer I bought a turntable and played only one album. Without hesitation during ‘give-a-way” before moving I made someone’s day when I told him “they are all yours, enjoy them”. 5 months later I have not missed them.

  4. Ran across this today:

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/family-circle-magazine-closing-after-87-years

    Sad day…but not so sad. The old gray mare ain’t what she used to be.
    I was a regular subscriber to Sunset magazine for years – Sunset is available only to subscribers in the western states, or to those outside the states if subscribed by someone in those states. I have cuttings in notebooks up the gazoo from Sunset, from Women’s Day and from Family Circle (heck…I remember when they sold on the stands for 10 cents a copy!). In 2002 (I think) Sunset changed management. I wouldn’t even consider subscribing now. It looks prettier, but there’s less in it. Same with Women’s Day and Family Circle. Mostly ads. I only see them in doctor’s offices these days. And the actual content is primarily cosmetics and furniture. Nothing much related to actual home making.
    How times have changed. Question, of course, is…is it just the magazines or is it due to the change in the target audience? Bur…if the target audience has changed, why would it be going out of business? Is it just that all print productions are going out of business due to computer availability??

    I wonder…

    1. Several years ago we started getting Women’s Day in the mail box. It was addressed to a former resident. I tried finding her, calling the company, etc. Finally gave up. Have maybe five years’ worth. Daughter C looked at them when she lived here. I look occasionally at the recipes but there’s nothing really worth it. How to minimize clutter. How to organize your coat closet. How to boil water. I think you’re right– the target audience either no longer exists, or if it does it already knows how to boil water. And the decidedly SJW prog slant is off putting. Reminds me of that Father’s Day flyer that JCPenney put out under the former CEO Johnson.

      See also Pintrest. Most of the crafty stuff like how to carve a pumpkin is on your phone. Who needs a magazine?

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