What A Drag It Is Getting Old
But it's still better than the alternative
What A Drag It Is Getting Old
The other day, I was listening to some CDs and then decided to put on a record. I turned the selector knob on my Audio Note OTO to “phono”, which is to the left of “cd” and no sound. I thought maybe it was a dirty contact, so I turned the selector back to cd and then to “aux” in hopes of cleaning the switch. Lo and behold- the record played on “aux”! Impossible. An aux input doesn’t have enough gain for a phono cartridge, but there it was. I called my dealer and he said to bring it in on Monday. OK. Later that day I decided to try again and I realized something. The selector on the OTO is on the bottom of the knob, so turning the knob to the left towards “phono” is actually moving the indicator on the bottom to the right towards “aux”. Turning the knob to the right towards “aux” moves the selector on the bottom to the left to “phono”. I’ve owned this amp for 2 years and I just forgot. As I said- WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD.
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Just yesterday ... .. I was doing some performance mods on a pair of speakers for a customer. I just finished one and ready for the second. Since these were "mirror imaged" speakers I made sure I had them set up correctly on the speakers stands and moved them into position. Grabbed the second speaker, put in on the bench, and c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y removed the screws mounting the woofer. (Woofer surrounds are very unforgiving when introduced to sharp tools). After extracting the woofer and removing the fiber fill, I realized this was the speaker l had just completed. When the number of moving parts is reduced to TWO, and you still get it wrong, you must be getting old. (75 next month) |
@waytoomuchstuff “Just yesterday”
Thank you for offering up your scrambled memory recipe. The trifle of growing old. Today…. and relevant to @slaw ”Getting old ain’t for pussies”
l have done similar things comparable with your case. More than once l have soldered up a new RCA connection to a cable and think l have made a very good clean and tidy job, only then to see l had forgotten to put the screw up plug end onto the cable first.
The hunt is on, l am catching you up fast |
The exact same thing happened to me except it was the washing machine and I didn't put enough water for a full load. You were very lucky and figured it out in time, I had to redo my laundry. I thought this thread was gonna be about how great it was to be on Medicare. Most of the world is gonna be pretty darn old in about another 15 years. Nursing homes Will be taking over old hotels. So plan ahead and make reservations well ahead of time.
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