I took the lady to Ihop this morning for breakfast. The place was packed. I drive by this place every morning on my way home from work and it is always packed. I don't understand it. They serve fucking pancakes!!! I will say the food was not that bad actually, or the price for that matter.
I noticed though, as we were waiting for our food to arrive the people in this place. At almost every table there was a person with their nose buried in their smartphone, or lap top. The guy across from us was doing Facebook on his lap top, the lady behind us was showing her friends vids on her smartphone....etc. I got up to take a piss and at least 4 people were using their lap tops for twitter.
WTF are people coming too? Your life is so fucking boring and meaningless you must "tweet" what you are doing at every second? You must update your "status" at least 20 times a fucking day? You constantly crave approval from your "friends" and require their opinions? "Oh, I'm going to post this vid, I hope I get alot of likes......" It's fucking pathetic. I am not a very big fan of the "Social Website" I think they are stupid. I'm anti-social anyways. The people that I want to get in contact with me, and need to get in contact with me, know how to do it, the rest of the world can kiss my ass, period. I could give a fuck about everybody else.
It's like that commercial about some 4g network on TV. You know the one, the guy is standing in the middle of a mall or something and at 1230 he breaks into dance. Then his phone says the "flash mob" had been moved. Now, I do not see the point in these so called "flash mobs", people sit around all day on the web, see that something stupid like this is scheduled so they decide to participate. To feel like they are part of something, their lives are meaningless and fucking sad. They do this to get attention and also to say that " I was part of that!!!" "Isn't that great!!!"" It's fucking pathetic. Get a job, accomplish something other than wasting time.
No wonder this countries economy is in the toilet and society is falling apart. Goto youtube and check out the most popular vids. That is how you can gauge the mentality of society. It's fucking sad. People are getting dumber.
God I fucking hate people.
Thursday, August 18
Friday, August 12
8-Tracks!!!
The player I picked up works. Just tested it out. Now I can unpack all of my 8-Track tapes and put them on the shelf. I will inventory them as usual and be on the look out for those now as well. I am not going to go hog wild, but if I see a unique one that I don't have on vinyl, cassette, reel to reel, or CD I may pick it up. Right now I have about 100-150 8-track tapes. 20-25 of which were my own and my folks gave me the rest. Man the music room is getting kinda packed. I have 2 rooms in my basement. One dedicated to music and stereo equipment, the other for my bar. I may have to put some shelves up in the bar for my record collection over flow. Not sure yet. I still have a bunch of my vinyl, cassettes and video tapes in boxes.
I still have to construct a stereo rack and computer desk/shelving unit. I have been playing the design for both around in my head now for a couple months and pretty much have the design and construction steps down. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I pretty much have the music room layout down as well. When I get it complete, it's going to look sweet. If I don't have a camera by then, I will break down and go buy one, fuck it. I plan on taking stills and perhaps a few vids I'll toss up on youtube. Not sure yet.
I do know this, once I do get the music room complete, I am going to have to get a contractor in here and put a ceiling in there. I am probably going to go with a hanging ceiling. I need to get that room sound proofed. I am hoping I can get a fairly inexpensive contractor to do this for me. I want it done right. Probably next year. The music collection comes first. I want to get all of my crap out of boxes and onto shelves so that I can enjoy it.
I'm still interested in old video games and systems as well. Those are going into the music room along with my equipment. I have figured out how I want everything to fit together, so, when I get it done, it should look pretty cool. I plan on hooking up all of my systems to my 36 inch tube TV. Right now I have about 10 systems all together and various games for all of them. It's gonna rock!!
I am getting the lumber for the stereo rack probably next Tuesday and will build that then. Next will come the computer desk/shelving unit. I have vowed to myself that I will not have any cold beers until I get these two projects complete. So wish me luck guys!!!!! Later.
I still have to construct a stereo rack and computer desk/shelving unit. I have been playing the design for both around in my head now for a couple months and pretty much have the design and construction steps down. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I pretty much have the music room layout down as well. When I get it complete, it's going to look sweet. If I don't have a camera by then, I will break down and go buy one, fuck it. I plan on taking stills and perhaps a few vids I'll toss up on youtube. Not sure yet.
I do know this, once I do get the music room complete, I am going to have to get a contractor in here and put a ceiling in there. I am probably going to go with a hanging ceiling. I need to get that room sound proofed. I am hoping I can get a fairly inexpensive contractor to do this for me. I want it done right. Probably next year. The music collection comes first. I want to get all of my crap out of boxes and onto shelves so that I can enjoy it.
I'm still interested in old video games and systems as well. Those are going into the music room along with my equipment. I have figured out how I want everything to fit together, so, when I get it done, it should look pretty cool. I plan on hooking up all of my systems to my 36 inch tube TV. Right now I have about 10 systems all together and various games for all of them. It's gonna rock!!
I am getting the lumber for the stereo rack probably next Tuesday and will build that then. Next will come the computer desk/shelving unit. I have vowed to myself that I will not have any cold beers until I get these two projects complete. So wish me luck guys!!!!! Later.
Wednesday, August 10
Had A Great Time
We both had a great time this last weekend. I let us spend way too much money, but oh well. I did manage to pick up some choice vinyl. I picked up a still sealed Meet The Beatles album. Not the very first issue on Capital, but the one issued on the Apple/Capital label. Got that for 40 bucks. I usually don't go that high on just one record, but this is mint/mint. I could probably turn around and sell it for twice that if I wanted too, but, I'm keeping it. I also picked up an original Elvis Christmas album from 1957 for a buck......LOL. The cover is in pretty rough shape, but the wax is pristine.
Now, I have a little story to tell. Last year we went to this sale at a house an old couple were having, I noticed an 8-track tape player that they had priced at 3 bucks. I did not pick it up, and kicked myself in the ass all weekend because I didn't get it. Flash forward to this year. Same old couple, having a sale. I stopped thinking that perhaps they didn't sell the player last year and have it out again this year. Odds are they sold it last year, but figured I'd try.
Well, they still had it!!! It was marked 15 bucks this year!!! WTF! I asked the lady if it worked. She did not know but stated that it was her sons and added that he would not have put it out, if it did not work. I handed it to her and she was going to plug it in to test it. She then noticed that in order to test it fully she would need to hook it up to something else with the "red and white" wires. I informed her that it had to be hooked up to an amplifier, which she did not have. I then stated that there was no way to test it, and I was not sure that it worked, I offered her 5 bucks. She took it. Sweet!!!
After I "broke the ice" so to speak the lady mentioned that off to the side and hard to see was a garage full of stuff for sale. I went in there and started picking around. I noticed about 2-3 stacks of 45 records. Went to the first stack, nothing but the usual crap....kids records, songs from the 70's and 80's....crap. Went to the second stack. Same. The 3rd stack was different.
This stack contained about 75 records. ALL ELVIS!!!!! I was shocked. I looked through them and about 70% of the stack were the originals from the 50's on the RCA/Victor label including about 10 EP's! There were no picture sleeves, but, oh well. I was excited anyways. I stood there for a sec and thought about it. Ok, there were three stacks in here. I could go out and make an offer on all of the records, but did not want them, just the Elvis ones. This was a collection that somebody put together and they kinda knew what they had, I think. I decided to just go for the Elvis records. I spoke to the lady, she looked at them and said that she wanted 100 bucks!!! I almost fell over! No way was I gonna give her that much. We haggled for a little while and I ended up walking out of there with all the Elvis records for 30!!!! Ha!! I wasn't really sure what was in there until I got them home. Looked through them a couple nights ago. I definitely got my money's worth!!!!! As a side note as I was speaking with the lady about the Elvis records, her husband told me that he served with Elvis in the Army!!! He went to boot camp with him and met him!!!! WOW!! I talked to that guy for about 20 minutes. He told me all about his dealings with Elvis. He actually met and spoke with Elvis on several occasions. Man, that was cool. That's another reason I like going to sales like this. Meeting the people. I do really hate people, but speaking with elderly people and hearing the stories about their lives is kinda neat.
Well, that was on the 2nd day. The other 2 are pretty much uneventful. I was concentrating on old video games and systems, but everybody was asking way to much for their junk. I only ended up buying about 4-5 games. In the vinyl dept. however, I added about 400 45's and close to 300 albums. On the last day at around closing time we stopped at a flea market type set up with a bunch of dealers. We had stopped here before so I knew what was there. I wanted to talk to a lady that had the unopened Beatles records. I got the one I mentioned up top and continued to another guy that I knew had a bunch of albums. It was around 7 PM Sunday night, all the dealers were loading up their crap. The guy with the records still had his stuff out.
I walked over and he had about 6 milk crates full of albums. I had already went through 3 of them, so I knew what the majority of the records consisted of, no money records in there just old rock and 80's music. There were alot of extended mixes in there that I did not have of music that I liked. I got to looking at them and a lady stated that the guy was ready to deal for the whole lot. The guy walked up and I asked what he wanted for all of them. He wanted me to make an offer. Well, I did not want to insult the guy so I said 50 bucks, figured we would start there. He took it.......Fuck!!! He took my first offer. He didn't want to load all these records, man wish I would have known that. I probably could of offered him 30 and he would have taken it. Oh well. Got to talking to the guy and he informed me that he runs into records all of the time. I advised him that I am a collector, not a seller and that these records that I got from him are going on my shelf to be listened to by me and enjoyed. I gave him my email and advised him of what I am looking for, any Elvis, Beatles, Buddy Holly, and everything from the 50's, 60's and 70's. So perhaps I made a good contact. It took me awhile, but I managed to fit all of those records in the truck. It was fucking packed full.
So, all in all, the lady and I had a great time. She picked up a bunch of crap for her kitchen and the rest of the house. I got a ton of vinyl. This years 127 sale rocked!! It was a good vacation.
Now, I have a little story to tell. Last year we went to this sale at a house an old couple were having, I noticed an 8-track tape player that they had priced at 3 bucks. I did not pick it up, and kicked myself in the ass all weekend because I didn't get it. Flash forward to this year. Same old couple, having a sale. I stopped thinking that perhaps they didn't sell the player last year and have it out again this year. Odds are they sold it last year, but figured I'd try.
Well, they still had it!!! It was marked 15 bucks this year!!! WTF! I asked the lady if it worked. She did not know but stated that it was her sons and added that he would not have put it out, if it did not work. I handed it to her and she was going to plug it in to test it. She then noticed that in order to test it fully she would need to hook it up to something else with the "red and white" wires. I informed her that it had to be hooked up to an amplifier, which she did not have. I then stated that there was no way to test it, and I was not sure that it worked, I offered her 5 bucks. She took it. Sweet!!!
After I "broke the ice" so to speak the lady mentioned that off to the side and hard to see was a garage full of stuff for sale. I went in there and started picking around. I noticed about 2-3 stacks of 45 records. Went to the first stack, nothing but the usual crap....kids records, songs from the 70's and 80's....crap. Went to the second stack. Same. The 3rd stack was different.
This stack contained about 75 records. ALL ELVIS!!!!! I was shocked. I looked through them and about 70% of the stack were the originals from the 50's on the RCA/Victor label including about 10 EP's! There were no picture sleeves, but, oh well. I was excited anyways. I stood there for a sec and thought about it. Ok, there were three stacks in here. I could go out and make an offer on all of the records, but did not want them, just the Elvis ones. This was a collection that somebody put together and they kinda knew what they had, I think. I decided to just go for the Elvis records. I spoke to the lady, she looked at them and said that she wanted 100 bucks!!! I almost fell over! No way was I gonna give her that much. We haggled for a little while and I ended up walking out of there with all the Elvis records for 30!!!! Ha!! I wasn't really sure what was in there until I got them home. Looked through them a couple nights ago. I definitely got my money's worth!!!!! As a side note as I was speaking with the lady about the Elvis records, her husband told me that he served with Elvis in the Army!!! He went to boot camp with him and met him!!!! WOW!! I talked to that guy for about 20 minutes. He told me all about his dealings with Elvis. He actually met and spoke with Elvis on several occasions. Man, that was cool. That's another reason I like going to sales like this. Meeting the people. I do really hate people, but speaking with elderly people and hearing the stories about their lives is kinda neat.
Well, that was on the 2nd day. The other 2 are pretty much uneventful. I was concentrating on old video games and systems, but everybody was asking way to much for their junk. I only ended up buying about 4-5 games. In the vinyl dept. however, I added about 400 45's and close to 300 albums. On the last day at around closing time we stopped at a flea market type set up with a bunch of dealers. We had stopped here before so I knew what was there. I wanted to talk to a lady that had the unopened Beatles records. I got the one I mentioned up top and continued to another guy that I knew had a bunch of albums. It was around 7 PM Sunday night, all the dealers were loading up their crap. The guy with the records still had his stuff out.
I walked over and he had about 6 milk crates full of albums. I had already went through 3 of them, so I knew what the majority of the records consisted of, no money records in there just old rock and 80's music. There were alot of extended mixes in there that I did not have of music that I liked. I got to looking at them and a lady stated that the guy was ready to deal for the whole lot. The guy walked up and I asked what he wanted for all of them. He wanted me to make an offer. Well, I did not want to insult the guy so I said 50 bucks, figured we would start there. He took it.......Fuck!!! He took my first offer. He didn't want to load all these records, man wish I would have known that. I probably could of offered him 30 and he would have taken it. Oh well. Got to talking to the guy and he informed me that he runs into records all of the time. I advised him that I am a collector, not a seller and that these records that I got from him are going on my shelf to be listened to by me and enjoyed. I gave him my email and advised him of what I am looking for, any Elvis, Beatles, Buddy Holly, and everything from the 50's, 60's and 70's. So perhaps I made a good contact. It took me awhile, but I managed to fit all of those records in the truck. It was fucking packed full.
So, all in all, the lady and I had a great time. She picked up a bunch of crap for her kitchen and the rest of the house. I got a ton of vinyl. This years 127 sale rocked!! It was a good vacation.
Thursday, August 4
It's That Time Of Year Again
Well, the 127 sale starts today. The worlds longest yard sale. I took the weekend off, gonna do that all weekend. I'm looking forward to it. I love digging through other peoples junk. My lady is excited as well.We have been doing this for the last 2 years now. Picked up a few deals last year. Most of the shit is over priced crap, but, sometimes you can find a deal.
This year I'm going to concentrate on old video games and systems. I'm still on the lookout for vinyl, but everytime I see old records, they are way over priced. I did pick up a nice box full at a church sale last year for 5 bucks, so we will see. It's going to be hotter than hell today, so the car A/C is going to get a workout.
Usually we go North on the first day, I think we are going to go South today. I'll see what the lady has to say. I usually take this weekend off to go to this thing. It's a blast. We both have fun.
The lady did say something funny the other night. She informed me that the bum would like to come with us on 1 day, if he has the money..........haha, what a classic!!! That worthless fucker never has any cash, so I really don't have to worry about that. I did not have to refuse, I know the fucker is not going to have any money. The worthless fuck. Besides, I don't think I could put up with the fucker for a whole day. I would probably end up throttling the mother fucker after the first couple hours. I can't stand the peice of shit.
She keeps saying she wants to invite the fucker over for a BBQ. I don't want that wellfare, no class, bum mother fucker over at my place. I told her that if she wants him over, she can grill the shit. I am not going to waste my time on the worthless fucker. I'll go out and buy some cheap hot dogs and soy burgers for the fuck. I ain't using my good meat. Fuck that.
I did invite my folks down for the sale, but, my mother had already made plans. That sucks. My folks would have enjoyed going to all these yard sales and flea markets. Perhaps next year.
Well, gotta go clean out the truck and pack some sandwiches. I may post todays finds later tonight. Not sure.
This year I'm going to concentrate on old video games and systems. I'm still on the lookout for vinyl, but everytime I see old records, they are way over priced. I did pick up a nice box full at a church sale last year for 5 bucks, so we will see. It's going to be hotter than hell today, so the car A/C is going to get a workout.
Usually we go North on the first day, I think we are going to go South today. I'll see what the lady has to say. I usually take this weekend off to go to this thing. It's a blast. We both have fun.
The lady did say something funny the other night. She informed me that the bum would like to come with us on 1 day, if he has the money..........haha, what a classic!!! That worthless fucker never has any cash, so I really don't have to worry about that. I did not have to refuse, I know the fucker is not going to have any money. The worthless fuck. Besides, I don't think I could put up with the fucker for a whole day. I would probably end up throttling the mother fucker after the first couple hours. I can't stand the peice of shit.
She keeps saying she wants to invite the fucker over for a BBQ. I don't want that wellfare, no class, bum mother fucker over at my place. I told her that if she wants him over, she can grill the shit. I am not going to waste my time on the worthless fucker. I'll go out and buy some cheap hot dogs and soy burgers for the fuck. I ain't using my good meat. Fuck that.
I did invite my folks down for the sale, but, my mother had already made plans. That sucks. My folks would have enjoyed going to all these yard sales and flea markets. Perhaps next year.
Well, gotta go clean out the truck and pack some sandwiches. I may post todays finds later tonight. Not sure.
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