[78-L] Why we collect

[David Lennick]

In 1979, we bought our first house, after years of being squashed in 
apartments. This one was a solid brick bungalow built around 1913, with various 
modifications performed over the years..one such was the addition of a small 
back room off the kitchen, with its own entrance. Great place to stow records, 
we thought, since I'd be able to take them directly from the car. As we started 
moving in, we put shelving units and a few loads of records in there one day, 
and then wondered on our next visit why they seemed to be a little lower. 
Turned out that there was nothing under the floor, which had begun to come away 
from the wall along one side. We still used that room for records and cold 
storage, as well as entertainment when the occasional cat (or who knows what 
else) came in through the new opening.

dl

P G C wrote:
> Be careful Steven, here were I live we have earthquakes.
> 
> Move de discs to the main floor and move yourself upstairs...
> 
>  
> Regards, JorgeF. (PGC)
>  __,,,^..^,,,__
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> ________________________________
> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:51:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] **SPAM**  Why we collect
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <fnarf at comcast.net>
>>> I estimate that to be around three million 78's...or about 23,077
>>> milk boxes full...weighing 1,500,000 pounds, or 7,500 tons!!
>> May I recommend a ground floor apartment?
>>
> Oddly enough, they seem to have "builded better than they knew"
> back in 1869...?! About 1/3 or so of my "half-vast shellac archive
> are currently on the second floor...and there are NO signs of
> impending structural failure...such as cracking plaster, usw...?!
> 
> ...stevenc