Travel
I hoisted myself up on top of the down featherbed last night, and pulled the down comforter over me. I was smothered in down and was probably warmer than a Canada goose! In a couple of hours I woke up feeling like I was in the tropics, so off came the comforter. I usually toss that at night and just sleep under a sheet - I have no heat in the bedroom, so you can imagine how chilly it can get, but I sleep warm. The featherbed is overkill, and my mattress is so comfortable just as it is, so I think I'm going to remove the featherbed and save it for the truck camper. No way will I ever be able to get the feathers compressed and rolled back into the bag it came in though.
Have any readers tried to convert old cassette tapes to CD's? There are various devices out there ranging from about $60 and up into the hundreds, that will do the conversion, or you can send them to a service that converts them for about $10 a tape. At that rate it would be much cheaper to buy the device and do it yourself. My problem is the wide range of devices and what they do or don't do - I just want plain and simple conversion so I can listen to favorite old tapes. I'm not trying to get them to sound like they were recorded yesterday. Some of the best music is on tapes that have all kinds of sounds in the background, i.e., Jerry Garcia's "Pizza Tapes".
Speaking of quality of recording I have read several articles lately about how the old vinyl recordings are superior to the newer and more perfect CD's. I wonder if you take out all the imperfections you are left with a sound so perfect as to be sterile? It's sort of like the difference in the sounds from a saxaphone or guitar that are electrified as compared to acoustic instruments. I like the little squeaks, and especially on the sax you can actually hear "the breath of life".
Back to converting old tapes, I guess my best bet is to find someone with an old boom box (or buy one myself) that can play the tapes as well as record them to CD. Those old boxes were so big and unwieldy, and I know I've gotten rid of a few when I was downsizing a couple of times in my life. It just goes to show that no matter what you throw away or otherwise dispose of, you will eventually have a need for it.
- Trip To The Farmers Market
I left home early and drove to Costco (which wasn't open for shopping yet) but I bought gas at $3.07. Because it was too early for the shopping crowd I didn't have to wait in a line. The Farmers Mkt was on the way back home and I stopped...
- Wells, Nv
I left home at 7:15 am and arrived here in Wells at 3:00 pm. It was a tiring day for some reason - I-80 to Reno was aggravating because of a few drivers on that roadway, but the road surface was better than I've ever seen it. The aggravation came...
- Just Another Day
There really hasn't been anything to blog about lately. The biggest thing in my life is that my featherbed arrived, and is it ever heavy! I originally bought it thinking I would use it in the truck camper, but figure I might as well put it on my bed...
- Where Is The Leak?
The maintenance guy is here this afternoon - cut a section out of the sheetrock to try to determine if the leak is coming from upstairs or from an outside source. He left for a few minutes and I went into the bathroom - the smell of moldy rotten wood...
- Jabra Solemate. The Speaker To Pack On Your Next Trip
When I travel, I like emerging myself in the local culture. But I also like the comforts of the modern world just as much as the next guy. And I simply can't imagine traveling around without having my music with me. Having my favorite songs...
Travel
I hoisted myself up on top of the down featherbed last night, and pulled the down comforter over me. I was smothered in down and was probably warmer than a Canada goose! In a couple of hours I woke up feeling like I was in the tropics, so off came the comforter. I usually toss that at night and just sleep under a sheet - I have no heat in the bedroom, so you can imagine how chilly it can get, but I sleep warm. The featherbed is overkill, and my mattress is so comfortable just as it is, so I think I'm going to remove the featherbed and save it for the truck camper. No way will I ever be able to get the feathers compressed and rolled back into the bag it came in though.
Have any readers tried to convert old cassette tapes to CD's? There are various devices out there ranging from about $60 and up into the hundreds, that will do the conversion, or you can send them to a service that converts them for about $10 a tape. At that rate it would be much cheaper to buy the device and do it yourself. My problem is the wide range of devices and what they do or don't do - I just want plain and simple conversion so I can listen to favorite old tapes. I'm not trying to get them to sound like they were recorded yesterday. Some of the best music is on tapes that have all kinds of sounds in the background, i.e., Jerry Garcia's "Pizza Tapes".
Speaking of quality of recording I have read several articles lately about how the old vinyl recordings are superior to the newer and more perfect CD's. I wonder if you take out all the imperfections you are left with a sound so perfect as to be sterile? It's sort of like the difference in the sounds from a saxaphone or guitar that are electrified as compared to acoustic instruments. I like the little squeaks, and especially on the sax you can actually hear "the breath of life".
Back to converting old tapes, I guess my best bet is to find someone with an old boom box (or buy one myself) that can play the tapes as well as record them to CD. Those old boxes were so big and unwieldy, and I know I've gotten rid of a few when I was downsizing a couple of times in my life. It just goes to show that no matter what you throw away or otherwise dispose of, you will eventually have a need for it.
- Trip To The Farmers Market
I left home early and drove to Costco (which wasn't open for shopping yet) but I bought gas at $3.07. Because it was too early for the shopping crowd I didn't have to wait in a line. The Farmers Mkt was on the way back home and I stopped...
- Wells, Nv
I left home at 7:15 am and arrived here in Wells at 3:00 pm. It was a tiring day for some reason - I-80 to Reno was aggravating because of a few drivers on that roadway, but the road surface was better than I've ever seen it. The aggravation came...
- Just Another Day
There really hasn't been anything to blog about lately. The biggest thing in my life is that my featherbed arrived, and is it ever heavy! I originally bought it thinking I would use it in the truck camper, but figure I might as well put it on my bed...
- Where Is The Leak?
The maintenance guy is here this afternoon - cut a section out of the sheetrock to try to determine if the leak is coming from upstairs or from an outside source. He left for a few minutes and I went into the bathroom - the smell of moldy rotten wood...
- Jabra Solemate. The Speaker To Pack On Your Next Trip
When I travel, I like emerging myself in the local culture. But I also like the comforts of the modern world just as much as the next guy. And I simply can't imagine traveling around without having my music with me. Having my favorite songs...