What would you save in a fire?


Had the unpleasant experience of the Palisades fire nearly burning my house down. As in, I left driving through a firestorm and when I returned all except the actual structure was blackened. I then had to choose what to take with me before fire makes it way back the other side of the hill (which it’s doing now) and stuff my car. I was able to take about 300 out of 10k records, 2 turntables (one that is 250 lbs and almost gave me a hernia), my DAC, 2 phonostages… but had to leave my Aleph 1.2 monoblocks and speakers. Although I did also save 4 TAD woofers, 2 compression drivers, 2 horns and tweeters. I left everything else, spare a shirt and underwear.

I know it sounds materialistic or petty, but the music means everything to me. My wife saved 20 pairs of shoes haha. My question for you is… if you had to choose quickly, what would you save? Would your system make the cut?

au_lait

@grislybutter  Just a suggestion: If you are going to make a comment intended to be recognized as sarcastic or even not to be taken seriously, you might not want to begin your sentence with the words, "But to be serious,".

 

My insurance and receipts are 25% higher then I paid for ,and I have replacement cost ,specified not prorated , my family and Animals are what matters most 

everything else can be replaced !!

Design For Disaster

From the archives of the Los Angeles Fire Department a documentary about the infamous 1961 conflagration. Anyone who has been following the current break out will notice some very recognizable places and similar management failures - the only difference being that there are many more houses to burn up now. Understandable that the insurance companies have had enough.

@aewarren ,

Yes, but that’s the setup.

You say that to get the reader’s mind prepared for some deep, thoughtful response but deliver something that is so ludicrously silly it can’t possibly be taken seriously.

It strengthens the impact of the humor. Or in most of the guy's cases here, doesn’t.

Now, @dekay takes a different approach. It's an off the wall, low key humor that relies on visual imagination as he spins a clever yarn.