This or That

[tonyb]

Y Club gang !


LP records or Ipod ?

A comic in a recent issue of The New Yorker shows two men standing by a hi-fi setup deserving of a true audiophile. Caption reads: "What I like most about vinyl is the inconvenience and the expense."

Me, I got an old console stereo (mostly cuz I like the cabinet) through and on and in which I run later components, including a turntable.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Give me shellac every time.

 

[tonyb]

Used to use 78s as Frisbees, as did millions of others, I'm sure. When I think of the stuff you had a hard time giving away when I was a kid, and what that stuff might fetch today, it just further reminds me that I really ain't a kid no more.

The original turntable in the console spins at 33, 45 and 78 revs per minute. The new one never heard of a 78. (Yes, I still have the original.)

 

[tonyb]

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East or West coast ?

West, for me. But I wouldn't even attempt to convince anyone else of that.

SoCal or NorCal?

 

[ChiTownScion]

West, for me. But I wouldn't even attempt to convince anyone else of that.

SoCal or NorCal?

NorCal. Heading north of the City, it gets even nicer, esp. beyond Santa Rosa.

Bluto, or Alice the Goon?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Alice all the way, although I also want to say a word for Jack Snork. Segar was a genius.

Castor Oyl or J. Wellington Wimpy?

 

[ChiTownScion]

Alice all the way, although I also want to say a word for Jack Snork. Segar was a genius.

If you ever make your way to the Midwest, visit Segar's hometown: Chester, Illinois. Statues of the characters all around town, and even a dedicated Popeye museum/ gift shop. I'm not much for splurging on trinkets, but I did pick up a nice Eugene the Jeep figure.

 

[vitanola]

Give me shellac every time.

With the exception of reissues, radio transcriptions, and special use pressings, was their ever anything truly worthwhile issued in vinyl?

 

[vitanola]

O

Wimpy.

Always craved for hamburgers whenever the strip showed him eating.

or

Nancy, but preferred the cartoon as a whole when the principal character was Fritzie Ritz.

Venetian blinds or roller shades?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Blinds. We always used to get those cheap roller shades from W. T. Grant's that ripped apart after a couple of months in the sun. Nertz.

Four-panel doors or two-panel doors?

 

[LizzieMaine]

With the exception of reissues, radio transcriptions, and special use pressings, was their ever anything truly worthwhile issued in vinyl?

Well, I do have an original vinyl 78rpm pressing of The Singing Dogs doing "Jingle Bells." In the original picture sleeve, no less.

The vinyl I really hate is RCA Victor DJ pressings from the early fifties. Not only does the music stink, the records themselves have razor-sharp edges that will slice you wide open if you're not careful. The best way to approach such records is to step as far away from them as possible.

 

[Fading Fast]

Blinds. We always used to get those cheap roller shades from W. T. Grant's that ripped apart after a couple of months in the sun. Nertz.

Four-panel doors or two-panel doors?

Either one (depends on the surrounding architecture), but they must be solid wood, none of this hollow core nonsense. A door should feel solid and heavy.

But since I didn't really answer, back to Lizzie's

Four-panel doors or two-panel doors?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Shinola.

"Thunfish" or "Mahi-Mahi"?

 

[Harp]

Shinola.

"Thunfish" or "Mahi-Mahi"?

Mahi-Mahi; preferably broiled with pineapple a la Kaneohe Beach style.

Marburg or Munich?

 

[Stearmen]

Mahi-Mahi; preferably broiled with pineapple a la Kaneohe Beach style.

Marburg or Munich?

Marburg Germany! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Thunderbirds or The Minute Men? http://www.theminutemen.us/History1.html [video=youtube;p1vVU3A_hDs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1vVU3A_hDs[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Mister Ed

London or Leeds?

 

[Fading Fast]

Minutemen.

or

Cream of Wheat - better texture and alway put a lot of butter in it.

Atomic Fireballs or Redhots

 

[Trenchfriend]

Redhots.

Doug Heffernan or Carrie Heffernan?

 

[vitanola]

Redhots.

Doug Heffernan or Carrie Heffernan?

?????

 

[Harp]

Marburg Germany! ----------The Thunderbirds or The Minute Men?

Thunderbirds

...I once had an apartment in Munich and so favor the city though Marburg is a wonderful town.