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[Lumiere_Amie]

Hendrick’s…hands down! Plymouth after that…here’s why….

I’m a Papa Hemingway fan…read just about everything the man sat down and put pen to paper to. If you read any Hemingway, you’ll notice something over several books. He likes to write about and incorporate what he was drinking at the time into the story.

Well, I was finishing up Islands in The Stream and he had a Tom Collins recipe in that book?!. It called for Coconut water fresh limes, Angustora Bitters and, yes, specific, by name Hendrick’s or Plymouth Gin!

Now both are old Gins, Plymouth by far the oldest (17-something or other) from Jolly Ol’ England, and Hendrick’s turn of the century maybe? From Scotland. I think Hendrick’s may have gone under at some point but they were revived (thank the almighty!) and it’s by far my favorite. In fact you line up a few G&T’s and I can pick the Hendrick’s one out of the batch…something I can’t say for Bourbon or other spirits…

Some smart guy put all of Hem’s drinks together in a website…I now share that with my good 50+Cafe/Bar/Speak Easy friends!

Thanks for the link, and the background.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Mine was one of the Eurythmics albums. Whatever was out in '86.

 

[MLG1016]

Think I started with Beatles White Album. Then into Zeplin, Floyd, Aerosmith,Van Halen

 

[Wonderer67]

I ripped all all of my CDs to MP3 files and put them on a hard drive. I play them on a few different front ends.

Problem is a lot of newer laptops don’t have a cd/dvd drove anymore.

Years ago, I also got an MP3 turntable for my records too.

So I play songs all the time from just the files.

I also also stream music too thru Spotify. But it’s nice to have the files when and where I want them.

 

[Sincity09]

My first CD was Depeche Mode 101 (a double live album).

My problem now is, I have 2 boxes of CDs of music that I love, but never listen to. So, question for all my 50-plus friends, what do I do with a CD collection, that is priceless to me, but worthless to everyone else.

Exactly what Wonderer said. If you can convert them to .mp3 you’re golden. You can put tons and tons onto those USB flash drives, which makes your entire library quite portable.

I kept all of my CDs, in theory they should last a lifetime as long as you watch where and how you store them.

 

[Gamine67]

I have a hard drive backup on a Mac but stream at home from a drive connected to my router. Just go through the USB input on the router, connect to your player and life is good.

I use Music Streamer (IOS) for my player.

what do I do with a CD collection, that is priceless to me, but worthless to everyone else.

Once you back them up drill a hole in a few, hang them from the eves and keep birds (especially seagulls) away.

 

[Lilianna23]

She does, as long as the sun is up and she can see where we are. She will squeeze in behind my head and ride there more than sit in the passenger's seat.

I almost always crate mine in the car. But I do have a seat belt thing that clips on her harness and can be attached to the seat belt. If she's too fussy in the crate, she can sit on my husband's lap and still be safe.

 

[Lilianna23]

Good morning . Here comes the 60 degrees days! I plan to go for a walk today after grandpa taxiing and a brunch with friends.

Afternoon or evening for our friends in Europe or Asia - Pacific.

It's still cool here. Rainy today and in the 40s. 🌧

 

[Lilianna23]

That's still pretty darn cold if it's a daytime high!

60s would be warm for us in Spring!

 

[lanceGibs]

It's still cool here. Rainy today and in the 40s. 🌧

Hugs

 

[Lilianna23]

First LP I bought with my own money - Jethro Tull, Aqualung.

I have that one!

 

[hilton1958]

Does anyone remember their first CD that they bought? When CDs came out I jumped ship from vinyl (regrettably), at the time it just made sense, the sound was so clear, no skipping (when clean), no scratches etc

My first CD, the one that convinced me to jump to digital was one that was played in an electronic store as a demo for their CD players: Dire Straits’ “Brothers in Arms”. God it sounded so good….

I think my first CD was Rod Stewarts Greatest Hits. I was a little late in getting my first CD player but was also hooked once I did and built io a nice collection. Tech is always evolving though, and now with Spottify I don't buy any music anymore, I barely even listen to my CD's, I just play whatever I'm in the mood for on Spottify, I also enjoy the playlists they put together for you.

 

[Lilianna23]

Anyone remember, I believe it was called penny record club. Tape a penny to the application for a number of albums, then have to purchase a number more at some price. Details are sketchy anymore. Found pot
about the same time.

Columbia House? I got roped into them for years! But I now have a pretty extensive library. Too bad most of it is on cassette.

I've been wanting to see if I can convert my cassettes to MP3. Does anyone know how to do this?

 

[Lilianna23]

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sit back, relax with a beer in this bathtub and just relax all day! maybe have a good looking woman there too!

This looks AWESOME!

 

[Lilianna23]

Does anyone remember their first CD that they bought? When CDs came out I jumped ship from vinyl (regrettably), at the time it just made sense, the sound was so clear, no skipping (when clean), no scratches etc

My first CD, the one that convinced me to jump to digital was one that was played in an electronic store as a demo for their CD players: Dire Straits’ “Brothers in Arms”. God it sounded so good….

I can't remember the first CD I bought. I have a large collection of them, too. Luckily, they're easy to rip; every CD I buy gets ripped instantly now. I'm moving away from them now, too. I just bought two Disturbed albums as MP3.

 

[Lilianna23]

My first CD was Depeche Mode 101 (a double live album).

My problem now is, I have 2 boxes of CDs of music that I love, but never listen to. So, question for all my 50-plus friends, what do I do with a CD collection, that is priceless to me, but worthless to everyone else.

Rip all your CDs to MP3. You can donate the actual CDs if you don't want them. Or take them someplace like Half Price Books.

 

[Lilianna23]

I ripped all all of my CDs to MP3 files and put them on a hard drive. I play them on a few different front ends.

Problem is a lot of newer laptops don’t have a cd/dvd drove anymore.

Years ago, I also got an MP3 turntable for my records too.

So I play songs all the time from just the files.

I also also stream music too thru Spotify. But it’s nice to have the files when and where I want them.

Yeah. You have to buy an external CD/DVD drive. My laptop has the CD/DVD drive. I was contemplating upgrading but haven't done so yet. One of my friends who owns a computer consulting company fixed my glitches so I don't feel the burning need for a new laptop just now.

 

[thør]

Never did the record deal, but got screwed by the book deal, pre net scams LOL

I thought Tower Records was cool, then I went to RRR in Berkeley. They were just around the corner.

 

[Drizdart]

My first CD was Depeche Mode 101 (a double live album).

My problem now is, I have 2 boxes of CDs of music that I love, but never listen to. So, question for all my 50-plus friends, what do I do with a CD collection, that is priceless to me, but worthless to everyone else.

CDs are easy to rip into media files ... and then you have "too clean" and "too much" music, but you can manipulate it into play lists.

Almost like the cassette tapes created by minimal technology in my misspent youth.

 

[hilton1958]

Columbia House? I got roped into them for years! But I now have a pretty extensive library. Too bad most of it is on cassette.

I've been wanting to see if I can convert my cassettes to MP3. Does anyone know how to do this?

Converting CD's to mp3 is easy as they are already digital, I have done it with all of mine, but cassettes wouldn't be easy, and I don't think the quality would be great, but I'm sure there will be a way to do it. My brother has a turntable which copies LP's to CD.

 

[Drizdart]

Columbia House? I got roped into them for years! But I now have a pretty extensive library. Too bad most of it is on cassette.

I've been wanting to see if I can convert my cassettes to MP3. Does anyone know how to do this?

One of my techie friends said they way you do it is find a commercial firm with high quality equipment and pay them to do it. His term was "toaster" -- which apparently allows material on one media to be ripped onto another media (like records to MP3, or videotape to mpeg, or even Super8 home movies to some computer friendly files). There are a few places in within driving range of me, but I haven't gotten around to taking my Dad's home movies that he got onto video tape over to get that done with them.

 

[Lilianna23]

Converting CD's to mp3 is easy as they are already digital, I have done it with all of mine, but cassettes wouldn't be easy, and I don't think the quality would be great, but I'm sure there will be a way to do it. My brother has a turntable which copies LP's to CD.

I've seen all-in-one turntable, cassette, CD component. I might get something like that. I do have LPs I would like to convert.

 

[hilton1958]

I don't even know what became of my vast collection of cassettes, I probably just tossed them eventually, having nothing to even play them on. Whenever I bought a new LP, I would immediately record it onto a cassette tape and stash the LP away for safe keeping. I don't even know what eventually became of them, today I have none.

 

[lovecraft68]

I thought Tower Records was cool, then I went to RRR in Berkeley. They were just around the corner.

We used to have a place in downtown Providence "Muffits" new and used albums and cassesettes and also sold instruments and gave lessons. Great place to hang out in. There was also a hole in the wall record store Sams that specialized in heavy metal/the burgeoning death metal genre etc...

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

It's still cool here. Rainy today and in the 40s. 🌧

That is cold. This morning it’s a mild rain and possible strong storms this afternoon.