Re: [ARSCLIST] Asperger's Syndrome (was How Vinyl Record

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

this is probably the email equiv of peeing in the wind, but I think there's a difference between a 
true collector and an accumulator. The guy with thousands of records acquired indescriminately and 
stacked willy-nilly in a wet basement is not preserving or indeed able to enjoy any of that. The 
person who buys carefully, takes care of his perhaps much smaller collection and stores them 
properly is able to get constant enjoyment, know what he has and perhaps pass it all on to his 
offspring or a collection or library. The other guy, he'll die when a big pile falls on him or his 
cat knocks a pile onto him and once his body gets discovered a month later, the house will need to 
be dynamited because it's a health hazard! Ok, well maybe not that grim -- but close.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Brock-Nannestad" <pattac@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Asperger's Syndrome (was How Vinyl Record


> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
> Lou Judson wrote:
>
>
> > What really hurts about the collectro is the six foot high STACK of
> > records - just umagine the dust impressed on the gooves of the bottom
> > record. This kind of thing makes me wince... But obviously this is not
> > a listener, just a collectro.
>
> ----- this is the only case where the vinyl-saving profile is a blessing in
> disguise: the groove area is retracted, and the weight is carried by the rim
> and label area, so there is a huge chance that nothing gets impressed. Not so
> with good, old solid and plane 180 gram records.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> George