Post what you are thinking right now, part two

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Amazing trip to the record store.

Now, realize, I do not search the massive bins often unless I am searching for a specific thing. I rarely do that. I am looking for lost souls and forgotten albums. I generally just search from the newly arrived, barely sorted bins and I often find things I want, before I knew I wanted them.
Today was a very good haul ...
... an early T-rex, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Ladyland, Hey Jude, many older jazz and four Frank Zappa including UNCLE MEAT, the very first Mothers album, Hot Rats and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets,  ffs!
Zappa is like Hendrix in that he has almost as many albums released after his death that during his life. Actually, I think Hendrix has more posthumous releases that anyone.

Great day shopping for albums!

Although I'm a Zappa fan, I'm not into his early instrumental stuff, just like I don't like a lot of Mr. Bungle instrumental music.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

This is what I think of when I hear the word "ute". Four door family cars that were built with an alternative body design, an open tray in the back for carrying stuff.



And the same cars were also built as vans, and called "panel vans" or "sin bins".


These days we don't make utes any more, so people tend to drive either Japanese or US branded light trucks. Sometimes we call them utes, sometimes we call them trucks.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)

A ute (/juːt/ YOOT), originally an abbreviation for "utility" or "coupé utility", is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe vehicles with a tray behind the passenger compartment, that can be driven with a regular driver's license.

Traditionally the term referred to vehicles build on passenger car chassis and with the cargo tray integrated with the passenger body. However, present-day usage of the term "ute" in Australia and New Zealand has expanded to include any vehicle with an open cargo area at the rear; which would be called a pickup truck in other countries.

[renaeden]

 I have seen a few Mazda utes around.

[odeon]

These days we don't make utes any more, so people tend to drive either Japanese or US branded light trucks. Sometimes we call them utes, sometimes we call them trucks.

When you feel like it?

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

These days we don't make utes any more, so people tend to drive either Japanese or US branded light trucks. Sometimes we call them utes, sometimes we call them trucks.

When you feel like it?

There are vehicles which are obviously utes. And vehicles which are obviously trucks. And there is a grey area in between.



Like this. I would call this a truck. Others would call it a ute. It falls into that grey area.

[DirtDawg]

Amazing trip to the record store.

Now, realize, I do not search the massive bins often unless I am searching for a specific thing. I rarely do that. I am looking for lost souls and forgotten albums. I generally just search from the newly arrived, barely sorted bins and I often find things I want, before I knew I wanted them.
Today was a very good haul ...
... an early T-rex, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Ladyland, Hey Jude, many older jazz and four Frank Zappa including UNCLE MEAT, the very first Mothers album, Hot Rats and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets,  ffs!
Zappa is like Hendrix in that he has almost as many albums released after his death that during his life. Actually, I think Hendrix has more posthumous releases that anyone.

Great day shopping for albums!

Although I'm a Zappa fan, I'm not into his early instrumental stuff, just like I don't like a lot of Mr. Bungle instrumental music.

My main point was what incredible variety I found in the "newly arrived bin."  Those are usually only barely searched by the store and there is often amazing, forgotten or neglected treasures to be found.

Since you do not care for instrumental Zappa, maybe you should commit yourself to the Three CD collection of his guitar solo work from about a twenty year era in his career, all live, all awesome. It is called simply, "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar."
Some of the most inspierd guitar work ever AND no damn singing.

[Gopher Gary]

I'm thinking about how annoying it is when people don't stay to the right when passing in shopping isles, hallways, or other walking spaces. People think it's funny to say, shall we dance, during that awkward moment of which way to I go, but I feel like saying, this is America and we drive on the right side of the road. That makes me wonder if people generally keep to the left in walkways, in other countries where people drive on the left. 

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

It depends. In the U.K. A lot of people walk on the right side of walkways because of the European influence I assume. In Australia we tend to keep to the left BUT we have a lot of immigrants who just kind of randomly wander and congregate in the least convenient places.

[Gopher Gary]

-In Australia we tend to keep to the left

 

[renaeden]

We're starting to follow the way of the Japanese and have a keep left policy on escalators. I noticed in the city that there were painted directions going onto escalators with arrows to the left. So people who just stand on escalators do so, while people who want to climb the escalator stairs do so on the right. Makes a lot of sense to me.

[DirtDawg]

Amazing trip to the record store.

Now, realize, I do not search the massive bins often unless I am searching for a specific thing. I rarely do that. I am looking for lost souls and forgotten albums. I generally just search from the newly arrived, barely sorted bins and I often find things I want, before I knew I wanted them.
Today was a very good haul ...
... an early T-rex, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Ladyland, Hey Jude, many older jazz and four Frank Zappa including UNCLE MEAT, the very first Mothers album, Hot Rats and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets,  ffs!
Zappa is like Hendrix in that he has almost as many albums released after his death that during his life. Actually, I think Hendrix has more posthumous releases that anyone.

Great day shopping for albums!

Great finds.

I should start buying albums again.

Yes, you should, if you have a decent turntable.  AND while there are some great finds still out there.
I would not recommend that a total greenie go out and try this without a great deal of research first.

I never left the analog world except for a few investments in better quality disc players and a few DACs (my latest DAC is tube input and tube output, believe it or not. A couple of huge ICs in the middle that create magic, but maintains over one hundred K-ohm input impedance for what ever load you send and seventy K-ohm output impedance while delivering three volts of signal [2Hz to 400KHz - I know digital does not do that, but tubes do], if needed. It is custom hand made and I bought his fourth effort. I love it!)

I actually have more invested in my Stanton cartridge than in half of the rest of the system. Not really necessary to just enjoy analog sound though. Any decent rig with a hundred dollar cartridge and better than average speakers and amps will astound the listener with truly high quality sound.

[odeon]

These days we don't make utes any more, so people tend to drive either Japanese or US branded light trucks. Sometimes we call them utes, sometimes we call them trucks.

When you feel like it?

There are vehicles which are obviously utes. And vehicles which are obviously trucks. And there is a grey area in between.



Like this. I would call this a truck. Others would call it a ute. It falls into that grey area.

Thank you. It's all obvious to me now.

[odeon]

Amazing trip to the record store.

Now, realize, I do not search the massive bins often unless I am searching for a specific thing. I rarely do that. I am looking for lost souls and forgotten albums. I generally just search from the newly arrived, barely sorted bins and I often find things I want, before I knew I wanted them.
Today was a very good haul ...
... an early T-rex, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Ladyland, Hey Jude, many older jazz and four Frank Zappa including UNCLE MEAT, the very first Mothers album, Hot Rats and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets,  ffs!
Zappa is like Hendrix in that he has almost as many albums released after his death that during his life. Actually, I think Hendrix has more posthumous releases that anyone.

Great day shopping for albums!

Great finds.

I should start buying albums again.

Yes, you should, if you have a decent turntable.  AND while there are some great finds still out there.
I would not recommend that a total greenie go out and try this without a great deal of research first.

I never left the analog world except for a few investments in better quality disc players and a few DACs (my latest DAC is tube input and tube output, believe it or not. A couple of huge ICs in the middle that create magic, but maintains over one hundred K-ohm input impedance for what ever load you send and seventy K-ohm output impedance while delivering three volts of signal [2Hz to 400KHz - I know digital does not do that, but tubes do], if needed. It is custom hand made and I bought his fourth effort. I love it!)

I actually have more invested in my Stanton cartridge than in half of the rest of the system. Not really necessary to just enjoy analog sound though. Any decent rig with a hundred dollar cartridge and better than average speakers and amps will astound the listener with truly high quality sound.

Alas, I don't have a decent turntable. It's an investment to be made. My Sony died a horrible death, but no more horrible than its quality to begin with.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

We're starting to follow the way of the Japanese and have a keep left policy on escalators. I noticed in the city that there were painted directions going onto escalators with arrows to the left. So people who just stand on escalators do so, while people who want to climb the escalator stairs do so on the right. Makes a lot of sense to me.

So, until this new policy came in, was there no unwritten/unspoken expectation that people in WA should stand to the left on escalators?