I’ve thought of that, too, but they take up so much space. I can create a much better performing and sounding audio system in a much smaller space. This much floor real estate could house a shelf that could hold hundreds of LPs (or CDS).

I’m with you on the vinyl. I was glad to get rid of it, and the pops and clicks, the need to clean every record before playing, etc

Years later, I came to realize that the whole ritual of removing the LP from its various sleeves, carefully handling it by the edges, checking for warps, blowing off the loose dust, carefully setting it on the platter, carefully cleaning it with a Discwasher or some other system, them finally carefully setting the needle down, only to do it all again in 20 minutes when you flip the record, and then reversing the entire process to put it away, became a ritual that gave the playing of a record a feeling of importance, as if it were an important cultural experience. By doing that often, it became exactly that, and a person’s record collection became an important indicator of their personality. Music felt important, an integral part of a person’s being, all because we treated it almost like a religious ritual.

Today, music seems so disposable.

This is what we had, with no TV. You could store records in the center section.

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My little Chloe is proof of that

Long ago, we got adopted by a pretty mama Siamese cat and her kittens. All three kittens looked and behaved totally differently. One was a dumb but sweet B&W, one was a weird, quirky runt, and the last was a sweet roly-poly little butterball. They all had various energy levels, but the chubby little one slept FAR more than the rest.

17 years later, and one by one, we had a bad day of losing each one. Today, the only one left is that fat, lazy tortie. She is still sleeping about 22 hours a day, and is healthy as a horse. We took her to the vet for a check up, telling them on the phone that she was 17, and when we showed up, they couldn’t believe this was that 17 yo cat. They thought she was less than 10.

She’s going to outlive me.

I don’t use onions or green peppers.

The real secrets are a couple of tablespoons of cocoa powder, and about 4 ounces of red wine. Finely chopped spinach is good too, amps up the nutritional value. Also, at least 3 different beans; I like kidney, black, pink, and red. Then at the end, balance the Cumin and Salt, with some lime juice for some acid.

Mine is Chili. I have a recipe that I’ve been refining for decades, and it’s pretty close to perfect.

I was recently reading that hard core right and Sociopathic Oligarchs all have a real weird thing for LotR. They give Tolkien names to lots of stuff. The article was very vague about why there is a connection ( I got the feeling that they really didn’t know why it resonates with them), but it is there.

Greatest day of his life. He will remember this forever.