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    Civilian production became "War" production because 1. The entire country was mad as hell at the Japanese. 2. Deep down, the American Citizen still trusted the Government. Among other things, Americans knew that war was ongoing in Europe, and better to fight an enemy there or in Asia, than to fight one on US soil. You are unlikely to see such a thing in the future, because 1. Americans don't get angry enough when thousands of citizens are killed by "terrorists"; and 2. The decades-long list of provable lies told by Government at all levels has destroyed any lingering doubts about the ethics or competence of Government. The USA fought "world wars" of colossal scale, and we were done in four years, with surrender papers from beaten foes. Our current Elected Dirtballs have had us fighting in the Middle East with no will to win, no WAY to win, no plan to win. We're going to be there until the end of time, draining our economy and killing our youth, sacrificed in vain because US politicians don't have enough stones to declare a war, let alone fight one.
  2. No, not the content of each post, or the content of the charts in some of the posts. I mean, each post is numbered, the first post in this thread should be, and is post number 1. The second post is # 2, etc. On my computer, the posts are almost numbered randomly. On the first page of this thread, the posts are numbered 1, 2, 7--14. The second page has #3, 4, 15, 16, 5, 17, 6, 18, 19, 25. The remaining pages are similar. This post, on my computer, is number 23, immediately following #36. I never noticed this until I went to reference post #29, and discovered it wasn't where I thought it would be.
  3. If the chart in post 29* is accurate, there IS NO "vinyl comeback". It's more of a residual, vinyl-never-really-left-but-it's-barely-hanging-on. It's not that vinyl is becoming more popular, it's that the "other" medium--CDs--are becoming relatively much less popular. What's "happening" in vinyl is long-stored albums are being played again; by the original owners or by "recent" owners when items are sold or given away by the original owners. Therefore, there's some sales of new, quality turntables, some sales of new, junk turntables expressly for re-recording to a digital medium via USB or some-such, and sales of used turntables and parts similar to the sales of used vinyl. *Is it just me, or are the post numbers very inaccurate?
  4. The big problem with "radio" is not the mechanism, it's the program material they broadcast. Digital will not change that. The FCC screwed the pooch when they eliminated the requirement for "equal time for opposing viewpoints". That one decision doomed radio to being a vehicle for propaganda rather than a medium for enlightenment. Add in the tendency to compress the soul out of music, excessive "station identification", and DJs who can't keep their mouths shut; and on the whole, you can keep radio in any form--analog or digital. In the last ten years, I bet I haven't listened to ten hours of radio. When the Orbitron rating survey sent us two dollars to participate, I had to write down that the only radio I heard that week was when I wandered into a Subway sandwich shop and they had a college hockey program broadcast over a local station. One week...five minutes of radio...and it wasn't even something I had chosen to listen to, it was inflicted on me by the owner of the restaurant.
  5. To reinforce some of what has been said already: Abused discs will skip or simply not play at all. Easy to see--just inspect the playing surface. Sometimes, these can be buffed/sanded/machined to make them playable again. If a laser assembly is becoming defective, the discs will skip or fail to play even if they appear good (not scratched). OEM laser assemblies can be very expensive, but the Communist Chinese aftermarket lasers are dirt-cheap and work fine for a few years. Depending on the CD player, installation of a replacement laser assembly can be very easy, or a royal PITA. There is a list circulating the internet showing which laser assembly goes in which CD player. The version of that list that I've seen would be severely out-of-date, failing to cover stuff made in the last ten years or more. Since my CD players were made in the early '90's, they're listed. My players all had worn-out lasers that skipped so I had to replace them. There are some early-production CDs (and laser discs) that are subject to "CD Rot"; "Bit Rot" "Disc Rot", "Laser Rot" or some other clever term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_rot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_bronzing The aluminum layer wasn't properly applied--or improperly protected from atmospheric oxygen and other contamination--so the aluminum reflective layer ends up with holes in it, or is no longer reflective. As the holes become progressively larger, enough information is lost that the error correction/error interpolation circuitry of the player can no longer disguise the drop-out, and the disc skips. I had a few discs like this. Again, easy to see--just hold them up to the light, and see if the aluminum layer is no longer shiny silver, or has a bunch of tiny transparent "holes" that the light shines through.
  6. Twenty-one years of Government-control madness. A total failure as a fuel-conservation method, a total failure (actually counterproductive) as a "safety" measure. I can't believe "55" ever happened in America.
  7. Valentine One. Very recommended. http://valentineone.com/ Mine's an older unit, sent back to the factory for laser upgrade more than a decade ago. Still works wonderfully.
  8. How do I save the downloads on my hard drive? Using Windows Media Player, there's doesn't seem to be an option to save the file. I presume this was pulled from a vinyl record and digitized, not pulled from a CD--correct?
  9. Mid-'70's sometime. Got a "stereo" all-in-one system from GE for Christmas. Turntable (changer), "amplifier" and two speakers, all in a single big plastic housing, Folded-up for portability. I just found it again in my mother's closet (I'm cleaning out her house.) I bought three albums from some mail-order outfit. Danged if I remember what titles they were. Perhaps two from Jim Croce, and one from Procol Harum??? When I get back to her place again, I'll likely find those albums; if so I'll post again to confirm.
  10. A Milty/Zerostat anti-static "gun" works wonders. Mine is a thousand years old. I think they went out-of-production for awhile, but were "revived" a decade or so ago. http://www.amazon.com/MILTY-ZEROSTAT-ANTI-STATIC-GUN-BLUE/dp/B0033SHDSS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375539792&sr=8-1&keywords=Anti-static+gun
  11. Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55" Joan Jett "I Love Rock and Roll" Boston's entire first two albums.
  12. Sammy Hagar: I can't drive...Fifty Five.
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