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My gawd!!! Did I leave out Roy Orbison?? Blue Bayou! Leah. Pretty Paper. In Dreams. Only the Lonely. I have so many of his records and albums. His biography, "Dark Star" was a good read and well documented w/diskology at the end.

Slinky wrote:My gawd!!! Did I leave out Roy Orbison?? Blue Bayou! Leah. Pretty Paper. In Dreams. Only the Lonely. I have so many of his records and albums. His biography, "Dark Star" was a good read and well documented w/diskology at the end.

Slinky, Do you still have a something to play those records and albums on?

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You best better believe I do!!! Many I've copied to my puter and to a thumb drive for my car radio as well as to DVDs, prior to that to CDs and prior to that to tapes. I LIKE my music! For Christmas I got a new turn table. They are coming back in "style" you know.

When we bought our '72 Chevelle wagon the salesman kept asking if we wanted this option or that option and I'd say how much and he'd tell me and I passed on most of them. I liked a straight stick and wasn't used to how touchy power steering was. He just shook his head when I passed on a power tailgate window but insisted on the best radio/speakers they put in their cars. Hey, I LIKE my music, I was on the road a lot, and the more power on the car the more to breakdown and the more expensive to fix.

Slinky wrote:You best better believe I do!!! Many I've copied to my puter and to a thumb drive for my car radio as well as to DVDs, prior to that to CDs and prior to that to tapes. I LIKE my music! For Christmas I got a new turn table. They are coming back in "style" you know.

Can relate to that. We had an 8-track ("cartridge") player in either the late 70s or early 80s. Was a heavy, clunky thing, and had really bad sound quality - not that we realised it then! Could still be around somewhere, not sure. Shocker, but we loved it. Played in a loop around and around, great on long drives!

Used to have an early Edison 78rpm too at one stage, although we did not buy that new, but rather even then as an antique!!

"Slinky"You best better believe I do!!! Many I've copied to my puter and to a thumb drive for my car radio as well as to DVDs, prior to that to CDs For Christmas I got a new turn table. They are coming back in "style" you know

I didn't know albums could be converted to CD's....missed that one. I have a few albums left, but have parted with most of the collection over the years!!!! I have an Elvis album a boy in a runaway shelter who ran with his Elvis collection insisted I take. I felt horrible taking it, but knew it was a rejection to him not to, so I've hung onto it for 30 years. It's never been played in my possession. I did see a turn table at Worst Buy and some other place.. briefly thought I should have kept my collection. I wish I could find a decent CD player with a 3-5 disc capacity!!!! I miss my CD night time music! I still drive a 5 speed, learned to drive in a 5 speed and will have one as long as I can coordinate my feet, eyes and hands!!!!! My essential car stuff is AC and floor mats!!!

Keep enjoying music!!!!

rooster wrote:

Linus wrote: This generation has its needs too for CPAP, but I think there will be an alarming trend in the CPAP market in 20-30 years because the numbers out there are going to dwindle (drop off in baby boomers) and will be supported by a much smaller generations.

That conclusion is not correct because it overlooks a factor that has ten times the effect of the population size of the generations. The big factor is that around 90% of the cases have yet to be diagnosed. Penetration of the undiagnosed market is driving machine sales and the rate of diagnosis will determine the growth rate in machine sales.

But on the other hand, in the 20 to 30 years you mention, surely someone will develop something that will make this primitive CPAP therapy obsolete, eh?

Regarding the aging and generations trends you cited, I am more concerned about the effects on the economy by having a larger and larger percentage of the workforce in retirement. It could mean less affluent times for all generations.

Interesting post Linus.

I'll have to second the notion about undiagnosed sleep apnea. As a nurse, and a nurse who sometimes works nights, I can attest to the fact that there's a lot of undiagnosed sleep apnea out there, and has been for years.

My best friend's husband died Saturday night. She'd been trying to get him to a sleep study for months, afraid she'd wake up next to a dead husband in the middle of the night. He waited too long. This has of course caused discussion within my group of friends, and I'm surprised at how many of them have been putting off a sleep study . . .