@tomic601: Hey Jim, I'm alive, just been deep up in the mountains in Deer Island, Oregon. On a small farm at the end of a little road, no cable/internet (so I brought no computer). TV reception via a dish, water from a well, septic tank no sewer, heat from a wood-burning stove. I brought my Monitor Audio mini-system and a buncha CD's with me, including those you recently gifted me with. Some good stuff man!
Before I headed for the hills I put in my Black Friday LP orders (15% discount) with Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc, and Music Direct, some Amazon and ebay buys, and an 1100-piece order of outer sleeves (at a 20% discount) from Michael at Vinyl Storage Solutions in Canada (Have ya'll discovered him and his sleeves? Michael invented a clever double-pocket sleeve design. My next order will be 800 for my gatefold covers.). I arranged to have my across-the-street neighbor bring in the boxes while I was gone, and now it's like Christmas around here ;-) !
Also waiting for me were the rebuilt bearings for my VPI Aries 1 and HW-19 Mk.3 (with TNT-5 platter) that Harry had his machinist do for me. New bottom spindles and ball bearings, which should last me the rest of my life. I should check the bearing on my Townshend Rock while I'm at it.
I have a few hundred emails waiting to be opened and read. Hope they weren't time-sensitive ;-) .