[78-L] Why we collect

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

That's why (jazz) cats have nine lives.

BC

Le 14 janv. 09, à 21:59, simmonssomer a écrit :

>
>
> Let's see. 450,000. records (or 900,000 sides.)  We can play about  
> 73,000
> sides per year at a rate of 200 per day.
> So to play each side just once means playing time of of just over 12  
> years.
> But that's playing time only. If we factor in eating, sleeping,  
> changing the
> records, turning them etc. and other amusements let's say we double  
> that to
> 24 years.
> This could compromise the perimeters of our existence including such
> ephemera  as love life, non-love life, earning a living, , relatives  
> et al.
> Circle the wagons friends. At least we have each other.
>
> Al S.
>
> L
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bertrand CHAUMELLE" <chaumelle at orange.fr>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Why we collect
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Two recent remarks by you and David Lennick regarding your vast
> collections, reminded me of someone named Jacob S. Schneider, who had
> (in 1957) 450,000 jazz and popular records from 1888 to 1943.
>
> Did anyone ever heard of him ?
>
> BC
> Le 14 janv. 09, à 05:35, Steven C. Barr a écrit :
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> YOUR cat, one hopes...?!
>> :-)
>>
>> ...stevenc
>>
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