[78-L] Weird!!!^

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Yesterday, Henry Allingham, who had been the world's oldest man, was
> buried. He was 113 years old and the last survivor of WW1.
>
Well...at 113, he was 41 years older than I am (40 at the end of 10/22/09)!

I just hope that Alzheimer's doesn't get me before I can finish figuring out
exactly WHICH 78's are included in my 55,057(+/-)

Fortunately, I missed all the wars...including the US adventure in Viet Nam
(I escaped the draft via signing up for the USAF, and then spent 3 years in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany [a ski resort!] followed by six months in
Fort Walton Beach, Florida [a beach resort!]!)

I have NO idea how many 78's I will own if I live to be 113...at that point,
I will have out-lived hundreds of 78 collectors...and thus probably been
able to acquire their holdings at affordable prices...?!

The REAL question is THIS...?! At some point in the not-too-distant
future, there will no longer exist ANYBODY who is interested enough
in 78-era music to search out...and PAY for...machines which can play
78rpm phonorecords (i.e. both the speed and a c. 3-mil needle?!).

The RECORDS will still exist...but methods to extract their sonic content
may NOT...?! After all, one needs (1) a turntable which rotates at, or
around, 78 revolutions (rotations?) per minute...(2) a needle/stylus with
a 3-mil (+/-) tip!

Na und?!

Steven C. Barr