[keith k]

Funny. I collected beer cans in the '70s, too. Still have them all in a box or two in the basement (including one Billy Beer can...), and hoping to someday get them on a shelf in the car space with a lot of the other automobilia I've squirrelled away over the years. And which is in unlabeled boxes scattered around the basement amidst the boxes of Pontiac parts ...
Enjoy the treasure hunt, Mike!

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

I remember when I was in single digits my mom bought bargain brand can drinks in flavors made by Chek - with a check mark.
They had to be opened with triangle can opener.
But I think they were aluminum cans . Just more robust aluminum.
Most all other soda were still in glass bottles.

I never drank a beer that needed a triangle can opener.

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

i moved over 25 years ago and still havent unboxed numerous boxes.

Sadly I’m in the same boat!

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by JSuchma

X2......my wife says I have a disease!

Yeah you do it’s spelled W I F E !

[JSuchma]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

Yeah you do it’s spelled W I F E !

Thanks for the reminder. If I only knew then what I know now!

[poncho-mike]

The most interesting find on Sunday:

- One new unopened Charlie Pride album.

I went through a box of albums I had bought in the early 1970s through my college years, and found an unopened Charlie Pride album. I remember my mother loved Charlie Pride. I probably bought it as a present for mom, but found out she already had the same album. I guess it's too late to return it.

I found some interesting music. AC/DC, the Beatles, Pat Benetar, Meatloaf, Doobie Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Asia, Van Halen, Three Dog Night, Paul McCartney & Wings, ELO, Grand Funk Railroad, Rare Earth, J. Geils Band, ZZ Top, and Styx. There were a few others, forgot who they were off the top of my head.

I also found some of my wife's albums. She had Olivia Newton John, Air Supply, Lionel Ritchie, and Rick Springfield. I really disliked Air Supply.

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by poncho-mike

The cleanup has begun

So should I hop in my truck and head over to help you clean out all that useless Pontiac parts and stereo equipment?

[unruhjonny]

on a serious note, records have been really expensive for some time;
Maybe you can sell them as a lot (or three) to a nearby record shop - and cash in?

For the last couple years we have done summer family road trips, and every town has a used record shop that seems to be doing fine...

I have a record collection that started in earnest when LP's could be had on the cheap (like commonly seen in yard sales for $1/ea or less) - these days I've gone back to buying cd's because those can be had on average MUCH cheaper than any other format, except for on occasion cassettes (which I can play in my truck).

[poncho-mike]

I need to do some research into where to take vintage electronics for updating. I have a Harmon Kardon Citation 17 pre-amp and a Citation 19 amplifier, along with a nice Dual turntable and Infinity Reference Standard 1.5 speakers. The amp and pre-amp are mid-1970s tech with discrete components.

I moved in 1992. At the time, my son was 5 yrs old and liked to mess with the stereo. Before moving, I put a lock on the cabinet doors to keep him from messing with it. After the move, I never set the stereo up at my new home. I've been told by multiple people that if I apply power to the system after 35 years, it will likely blow the caps.

One of my goals in retirement is to find somebody to go through it or find a source for the caps and replace them myself. I wasn't planning on getting rid of any albums, except for the Charlie Pride and the Air Supply albums.

Mike

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

on a serious note, records have been really expensive for some time;
Maybe you can sell them as a lot (or three) to a nearby record shop - and cash in?

For the last couple years we have done summer family road trips, and every town has a used record shop that seems to be doing fine...

I have a record collection that started in earnest when LP's could be had on the cheap (like commonly seen in yard sales for $1/ea or less) - these days I've gone back to buying cd's because those can be had on average MUCH cheaper than any other format, except for on occasion cassettes (which I can play in my truck).