[78-L] TMFR, was Re: [8-L posts--WAS: Washing records

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Feb 15 15:28:42 PST 2010


Julian Vein wrote:
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
> 
>> Based on my guess that there exist around 3 million different 78's in
>> total, I own c. 2% of the extant quantity (my "incomplete" can partially
>> be explained by the fact that I don't actively collect classical 78's...?!).
> 
>> Steven C. Barr 
>>
>> _______________________________________________
> How many more 78s do you think you could practically acquire with a view 
> to extracting information therefrom? In other words, when does your 
> accumulation become your master rather than your slave? There must come 
> a point when the number of 78s you have becomes intimidating and starts 
> to overwhelm and envelop you.
> 
>       Julian Vein

Tell me about it..I'm facing MOVING in a few weeks. And it's time to do some 
serious culling. I know Mr. Barr will say "bring 'em over here" but it's gonna 
be "rent a van and come and get 'em" from this end.

dl




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