[78-L] It's hard being loyal to 78-l

[Tom Hood]

Hi Dennis
Your posting was a breath of fresh air! The name of the group is 78-l 
Reading recent postings one gets the impression it is 78-drivel.It's bad 
enough to wade thru posting likes "I have that too"  or clumsy attempts at 
humour with school boy puns & like nonsense.M Jackson is dead...has this a 
serious impact on the 78 collecting fraternity NO! Will it NO! so get back 
to why the list was created.
Tom Hood

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From: <krabgrass at aol.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 9:53 AM
Subject: [78-L] It's hard being loyal to 78-l


> I'm mostly a digest reader, offering a question or comment periodically. I 
> bought and watched Leah Biel's DVD on record collectors and saw myself in 
> many of the folks interviewed. Couple that viewing with the recent spat of 
> racist, and dogmatic self-congratulatory postings by some of those filmed 
> reminds me that collectors like the general population include ass holes 
> and saints. The saints appear to be losing.
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> Collectors tolerate each other because no one else knows what we're 
> talking about. However, please discuss more about groove width, Enrico 
> Dylan's vocal range, V+ vs. E--, or anything but how wonderful you are to 
> put down Michael Jackson's life.
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> Compare it with your life. One surrounded by an accumulation of recordings 
> you've never heard, won't hear, and still defend when your spouse and 
> family want some time or to be heard. I know, I've hidden behind my stacks 
> of shellac long enough to have moved from "this will all be worth 
> something when we need money," to, "it has an intrinsic historical value 
> that I'm preserving," or, from Capitalist to Public Servant.
>
>
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> Again, I ramble. I'm shamed by some comments on the list lately. Not 
> because they abuse free speech--say what you want. I'm shamed because I 
> hope for more decency from the members. I guess we're just proving Nerds 
> need a locker room too.
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> Dennis Flannigan
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