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Seeing as how today is Indepenence Day, I decided it was time to declare independence for a portion of my large magazine collection. So in the spirit of the soon-to-be-heard-in-offices-everywhere cry of "Does anyone want any tomatoes?" I ask: "Does anyone want any old magazines?" I've decided to keep all of my AES Journals, Studio Sound, R/E-P, dB, Pro Audio Review, Audio Media, and (for nostalga since I wrote regularly for them for close to 5 years) Recording. I've also decided that since I've declared 1991 to be the start of the project studio revolution, I'm keeping my pre-1991 issues of Mix, and I'm keeping the last year and current year (2002-2003) but getting rid of everything in between. I've pitched some EQs over the years and given away a couple of stacks, but I still have a pile of them. Pickup in the DC area only - no shipping, but they're free. If you want a piece of temporary history, get in touch. Otherwise they'll go out with the trash over the next couple of weeks. -- I'm really Mike Rivers - ) |
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Roger W. Norman wrote:
My suggestion is to just sit down with them, wrap them with packing tape and put 'em in the trash. I know I've ****ed off the trash guys more than once with a big pile of mags. Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of the US? -- hank alrich * secret mountain audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement "If laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose" |
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"LeBaron & Alrich" wrote in message .. . Roger W. Norman wrote: My suggestion is to just sit down with them, wrap them with packing tape and put 'em in the trash. I know I've ****ed off the trash guys more than once with a big pile of mags. Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of the US? I kind'a like the idea of recycling the magazine 'content' as well as the paper ! I'm still in hoarding mode, so it doesn't affect me.... geoff |
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Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of
the US? First off, I ALWAYS recycle......right into the landfill...it's my patriotic duty to leave the next generation(my kids) exactly what I inherited, even more(or worse, as the case may be)! but seriously, my main point of this reply to the thread is when have you NOT seen roger **** somebody off???? laters tuna |
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I think there's a running battle with the trash/recycle guys. They both
come on the same day, and if I put plastic bags out with the trash and recycle, the recycle guys throw them on the trash if they come first, and on the ground if they get there last. Mags are recycled, however the brown paper bags I put my newspapers in for recycle won't go. All of these things are listed in the recycle pamphlet, but apparently the recycle guys haven't read the damned thing. So yes, we have mandatory recycle, but we don't know if what we put in recycling actually gets recycled. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio 301-585-4681 "LeBaron & Alrich" wrote in message .. . Roger W. Norman wrote: My suggestion is to just sit down with them, wrap them with packing tape and put 'em in the trash. I know I've ****ed off the trash guys more than once with a big pile of mags. Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of the US? -- hank alrich * secret mountain audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement "If laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose" |
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I know I ****ed off my UPS guy when he had to deliver 26 BOXES of Lotus
Notes software. All I had asked my Notes rep for was one server package and one client package. I think I still have a couple up on the bookshelf. At least my UPS guy seems to be changing over less these days! g But hey, I don't really TRY to **** every body off. Really, I don't. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio 301-585-4681 "LLLindblad" wrote in message ... Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of the US? First off, I ALWAYS recycle......right into the landfill...it's my patriotic duty to leave the next generation(my kids) exactly what I inherited, even more(or worse, as the case may be)! but seriously, my main point of this reply to the thread is when have you NOT seen roger **** somebody off???? laters tuna |
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"Roger W. Norman" wrote in message ... Once the mags got to putting back articles on the net, I just found it unnecessary to try to refer to an article via the paper editions. After a few years of mags on the shelves it can become a daunting task to actually put your hands on an article. Years ago a friend of mine shared a great idea he'd been using: he tears out the articles he finds interesting and tosses out the rest of the magazine. No tons of old magazines hanging around, and he keeps a nice file of relevant articles. Great idea. Some day I might try it. g John |
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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1057413362k@trad... Here, plastic, glass, and tin cans go in the same (also County provided) recycling tub, but I know that in Takoma Park people would get tickets for putting the wrong thing in the wrong compartment of the recycling container. Is the People's Republic of Takoma Park still a nuclear-free zone? :-) Hal Laurent Baltimore, Maryland |
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Really?
I gave a lot of my old magazines (technical ones like yours) to a local university / they gave me a receipt for a tax deduction. Not much (maybe fifty cents a mag?) but I've been to the stacks and see that they actually used them. JH "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1057413132k@trad... Libraries don't take old magazines nor does Goodwill unless they're National Geographic. -- I'm really Mike Rivers - ) |
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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1057420423k@trad... In article writes: Years ago a friend of mine shared a great idea he'd been using: he tears out the articles he finds interesting and tosses out the rest of the magazine. The problem with that is that articles that you find interesting when the magazine is new may not be very interesting years later, even as history. Or are you suggesting that first he throws out the bulk of the magazine, and shortly thereafter throws out the articles he cuts out? Actually, he thumbs through the magazine when he gets it, then puts it in the pile for closer study (which pile is generally located in the bathroom.) He reads and rips those articles that interest him, files the articles and throws the rest of the mag away. So far as I know, he rarely throws away ripped articles. I have articles that are 30 years old, some of them construction articles that use parts that you can't get any more. But yeah, they're "interesting." I haven't found it in my person to throw out any of the rack magazines. Trades I toss indescriminately. Otherwise I wouldn't have room for Popular Electronics going back to 1976, QST about the same time, etc. g Probably like you, I've books and articles using components only found in the Smithsonian. Some day I'll get the gumption to really clear that stuff out; it's not like I could lay my hands on any of it without a forklift to get to it anyway. And the little lady would be thrilled to death. John |
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We do here. Last year I filled up my big recycling bin thing to overflowing
with many, many magazines. My driveway's never felt so long. Of course, I had to wait until two days after my brother in law built a bunch of magazine holders for me. -- Jon Best Muddy Creek Audio "LeBaron & Alrich" wrote in message .. . Roger W. Norman wrote: My suggestion is to just sit down with them, wrap them with packing tape and put 'em in the trash. I know I've ****ed off the trash guys more than once with a big pile of mags. Don't you people have recycling over there in the eastern portions of the US? -- hank alrich * secret mountain audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement "If laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose" |
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I've also decided
that since I've declared 1991 to be the start of the project studio revolution, I'm keeping my pre-1991 issues of Mix, I personally would set that date in the mid 1970's, probably coinciding with the advent of the TEAC 3340. Scott Fraser |
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ScotFraser wrote:
I've also decided that since I've declared 1991 to be the start of the project studio revolution, I'm keeping my pre-1991 issues of Mix, I personally would set that date in the mid 1970's, probably coinciding with the advent of the TEAC 3340. Using that standard, 1991 would be the start of the bedroom studio revolution (or was that devolution?) |
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No tickets for us, just toss the **** back in the yard. For instance, even
though the car oil bottles have recycle marks, they throw them back in my yard if they see them. They don't appear to take recyclable plastic bags so now I have to run them back to Giant. Generally they just sometimes arbitrarily choose to take some things while leaving identical things there, like boxes. Broken down boxes, no staples, sometimes half are gone and the other half still sitting there on the lawn. It's just the guys doing our trash and recycles, not the laws about recycling. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio 301-585-4681 "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1057413362k@trad... In article writes: Mags are recycled, however the brown paper bags I put my newspapers in for recycle won't go. It must be a regional thing. All of the localaties around here seem to have slightly different rules (whether the collectors are aware of them or not). Here in Fairfax, they used to tell us to put newspapers in paper grocery bags, but then they gave us all plastic tubs for paper recycling. Mine is split down one side due to careless handling by the collectors. I should ask them to bring me another one. Here, plastic, glass, and tin cans go in the same (also County provided) recycling tub, but I know that in Takoma Park people would get tickets for putting the wrong thing in the wrong compartment of the recycling container. -- I'm really Mike Rivers - ) |
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Couldn't afford a good 4 track, so I had two so-so Sony 2 tracks with SOS.
One I brought home with me from Hong Kong, so that makes it about 1972, but I wouldn't and don't call that being a studio. Maybe a stuidiot. Got married in 1978 (first time) and had to immediately sell all my equipment and it took me 10 years to get back into music like I wanted (hmmm, just the time my divorce became final! g). It's hard to find a woman that's willing to put up with a man's desire to have a studio. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio 301-585-4681 "Garthrr" wrote in message ... In article , (ScotFraser) writes: I personally would set that date in the mid 1970's, probably coinciding with the advent of the TEAC 3340. Scott Fraser I got my Dokorder 4 track in 1974 I think. That was my start in the home studio thing. Garth~ "I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle." Ed Cherney |
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I personally would set that date in the mid 1970's, probably coinciding
with the advent of the TEAC 3340. Using that standard, 1991 would be the start of the bedroom studio revolution (or was that devolution?) True enough. My 3340S was in my living room. Scott Fraser |
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It's hard to find a woman that's
willing to put up with a man's desire to have a studio. You need to have the studio first. Then she has to understand the studio is included as part of the package. Worked for me. Scott Fraser |
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