The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[2Jedismom]

"Well, now...I dunno..."

:-)

I liked him too...he was on Anne's side!

[HairOfTheDog]

So...just exactly what is the appropriate response when your mother-in-law looks at you and says "My balls have holes in them." ????

She's obviously a bowler!

[ExGeeEye]

I own a Pathe cabinet phonograph which I inherited in my yout'. It works quite well with the RCA-style steel needles on the RCA-style records, but to play the Pathe records properly requires the sapphire ball stylus. Also, the reproducer head must be rotated to a different angle for the Pathe records, and the sapphire stylus must not be used on an RCA-style record.

Edison-style records are another whoe bucket o' beans.

[RosieCotton]

In any case, congratulations on your find - enjoy those records! You inherited some Pathe records, too, I'm assuming?

[JenB]

Whoa, I didn't understand a word of that. Ancient tech, though, cool.

[ExGeeEye]

Yes, and some of them are pretty neat...the "demo" record that shipped with the phonograph, for one. Not knowing any better, I played a couple of them with the steel needles that I found in it, but the sound was unsatisfactory (because of the incorrect needle profile, as I later learned) and put them aside in favor of RCA-style records. I trust I did no serious damage to the pathe records, or if I did, that it was redundant, the same having been done by my late lamented ancestor, the former owner.

[ExGeeEye]

Thanks for the advice. They took the news well, thanked me, and said as long as I keep them informed, it's OK. They'd prefer to do it themselves, but if it's a choice between me and his peers, they'll pick me.

[ExGeeEye]

When we have the Moot on my ancestral estate (around 2018, I imagine) I'll do a big show'n'tell'n'play some neat old records.

Meanwhile, I still have to set up some sort of recording system and digitize this stuff :)

Maybe this month while Mom's in Finland (again) :o

[2Jedismom]

I'm downloading a movie for my disaster relief organization...it's gonna take forever. Dial-up, you know.

Here's the link...if you have high speed, download it and tell me how it is!

http://video.namb.net/dr/Katrina_CLCP.mpg

[ExGeeEye]

Highspeed, yes. Dowloading now.

Rome: Engineering an Empire on History channel now.

[RosieCotton]

Oh, for an MP3 of the Monty Python Finland song...

[SuziQ]

You gonna snipe it?

[ExGeeEye]

I know whereof you speak.

Leider, ich habe hier kein Registierung(?) davon.

[ExGeeEye]

Looks good.

[2Jedismom]

~sigh~

I'm at 54%

[ExGeeEye]

I just put a high maximum bid on it. If I get outbid, meh...I'll survive. So far it's not even close.

[SuziQ]

I used to get fahklempt reading the Redwall novels to the Clare and Joseph. One of the 'good' characters died at the end of each book, and I always cried. It got to where Joseph could tell when I was gonna cry, and he'd get amused. Little twerp. ;o)

Have you ever looked into those books? They are very interesting, especially for boys. Lots of swashbuckling and clear good and evil.

[SuziQ]

I remember the TV adaptation of Green Gables, and when Matthew died, I cried, too.

[2Jedismom]

No, I've never heard of them! Swashbuckling is what the boys love!

[ExGeeEye]

My swashbuckle broke.

Lost the swash.

Kept the buckle.