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Digital Update

Good morning gentlemen,

As many of you know I have working on going analog in a digital world by the de-digitization of things in my life. I recently purchased a record player. I know some of you are like “ Are you serious?” “They still have them?” Some of you are like “what is a record player?” But let me tell you this has got to be one of the best investments I have made this year! Why? Because growing up we did not have streaming downloaded music. When we wanted to listen to music, we had to listen to the radio and if you really liked a song, you could try to record off the radio (the cheap way) but you had to be meticulous in the timing as to not get the DJ talking or catch the song before or after playing in your recording. Then you also had the option of going to the record store and buying the vinyl record either the whole album a 33 speed or a single version on a 45 speed record. But the point was, you were selective in your picking and recording. So buying this record player brought back so many memories. Plus I found out that Walmart now not only sells record players, but also records. Me and my wife found this out one day walking through Walmart. Not only that, but they had vinyl records of songs that we grew up listening to so we were like going down memory lane talking in Walmart about these records and what they meant to us in the middle of Walmart. Then I went home and looked online and found tons to records you can buy from our era! (Yes one of few times I am glad for the internet and digital electronics). So we have been looking and selecting and ordering a collection of vinyl records to create library of vinyl records in our home. I can tell you first hand, there is nothing like being at home going to a vinyl record selection and deliberately pick out an album based on memories, and placing it on the record player and listening to the crisp sound of the record and reminiscing of the past.

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