Subj : Re: Ch-ch-ch changes (was
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Tue Dec 03 2019 16:58:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 11-29-19  05:48 <=-

 >  JM> I'm just one of the great unwashed masses now, since I like point
 >  JM> and click.  :)
 > Guess so... but most of those earlier complainers probably have joined
 > the point and click masses themselves, now...  ;)
 JM> Its like any changes that come along.

True....

 JM> I am a old radio fan and have 1000s of shows in my collection.
 JM> When I started collecting in the '80s and '90s there was a big
 JM> debate. There were some who felt only reel-to-reel tapes were any
 JM> good, and others that the new cassettes were superior.  (I used
 JM> cassettes). While this battle was going on .mp3's started appearing
 JM> and the old timers felt this was horrid, a sham, the ruination of the
 JM> hobby, etc. Now the r-r and cassettes are in the dustbin of history.

To say nothing of the debate between the two types of video recording...
Beta and VCR... :) 

 JM> All my shows are on CDs and I don't even have a cassette player and
 JM> those tapes were disposed of years ago.

We still have audio recorded on r-r, cassettes as well as CDs... and
have the machines to play them back on... :)

ttyl       neb

.... "...old enough to know better;...too damned young to care!"

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