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ibanezmonster

Quote from: Grazioso on March 17, 2011, 02:58:02 PM
That's funny because I always imagined your music room more like this



;D
That was pretty funny...  :D

springrite

Quote from: Grazioso on March 17, 2011, 02:58:02 PM
That's funny because I always imagined your music room more like this



;D

No, that is the storage area. You did't think Harry would put all that in his actual listening room, did you?
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Scarpia

Quote from: Grazioso on March 17, 2011, 02:58:02 PM
That's funny because I always imagined your music room more like this



;D

I'm sure he's got them ripped to hard drive by now...



(poco) Sforzando

"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."

Grazioso

Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on March 18, 2011, 03:59:00 AM
But he needs room to expand.

Especially with his next shipment from Amazon arriving this week



;D
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Philoctetes

Quote from: Grazioso on March 18, 2011, 04:54:49 AM
Especially with his next shipment from Amazon arriving this week



;D

He better hope that it doesn't run into Da Vinci.

Antoine Marchand



It's has been shocking. For some stupid reason I always imagined Harry was an elder person... I mean 75 or 80 years old. I probably thought he had too many discs to be a 54 y.o. boy.  ;D

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 19, 2011, 04:12:53 PM
It's has been schocking. For some stupid reason I always imagined Harry was an elder person... I mean 75 or 80 years old. I probably thought he had too many discs to be a 54 y.o. boy.  ;D

No, unlike myself apparently, some can retire while they can still be mobile. :D  Congratulations to Harry for that, probably his greatest single accomplishment. :)

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SonicMan46

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on March 19, 2011, 04:15:35 PM
No, unlike myself apparently, some can retire while they can still be mobile. :D  Congratulations to Harry for that, probably his greatest single accomplishment. :)

Well, pertinent to other recent posts in this thread, age has little impact, right?  Really, the number of discs desired (for whatever reasons) and the amount of money available to buy them likely are more important factors!  ;D

For me 'storage space' in my house of 34 yrs is an issue - I could buy MANY more discs if desired (fortunately I'm selective and certain genre, such as opera is not in my area of interest - sorry to those who love opera); however, I'll be retiring in June of this year and plan to stay in the same house, so SPACE is more important to me at the moment; I'll just purchase & cull out the older discs and hopefully will not need a LOT more space - this can really be an important consideration for many of us!   ;) ;D    Dave

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: SonicMan on March 19, 2011, 04:42:38 PM
Well, pertinent to other recent posts in this thread, age has little impact, right?  Really, the number of discs desired (for whatever reasons) and the amount of money available to buy them likely are more important factors!  ;D

For me 'storage space' in my house of 34 yrs is an issue - I could buy MANY more discs if desired (fortunately I'm selective and certain genre, such as opera is not in my area of interest - sorry to those who love opera); however, I'll be retiring in June of this year and plan to stay in the same house, so SPACE is more important to me at the moment; I'll just purchase & cull out the older discs and hopefully will not need a LOT more space - this can really be an important consideration for many of us!   ;) ;D    Dave

Dude, now you will have all the time necessary to build an attractive, secure, temperature controlled storage building. Put those woodworking tools to good use!  (Sorry about all this, Susan... :D ).

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I had to sell all my CDs — I thought it would be impossible to part with them, but I really don't miss them. Things are just things.

ibanezmonster

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on March 19, 2011, 04:15:35 PM
No, unlike myself apparently, some can retire while they can still be mobile. :D  Congratulations to Harry for that, probably his greatest single accomplishment. :)

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I think living in Europe is a slight advantage.


from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement
QuoteCountry   Early retirement age   Normal retirement age   Employed, 55–59   Employed, 60–64   Employed, 65–69   Employed, 70+
Austria   60 (57)   65 (60)   39%   7%   1%   0%
Belgium   60   65   45%   12%   1%   0%
Denmark   none   65   77%   35%   9%   1%
France   62*   65*   51%   12%   1%   0%
Germany   65   67   64%   23%   3%   0%
Greece   57   65   51%   31%   8%   1%
Italy   57   65 (60)   34%   12%   1%   0%
Netherlands   60   65   53%   22%   3%   0%
Norway   62   67   ?   ?   ?   ?
Spain   60   65   46%   22%   0%   0%
Sweden   61   65   78%   58%   5%   1%
Switzerland   63 (61), [58]   65 (64)   77%   46%   7%   2%
United Kingdom   none   65   69%   40%   10%   2%
United States   62   67   66%   43%   20%   5%

20% of people who are 65-69 in the US still work, which is far higher than all of the others. I've always thought the US was the greatest country in the world, but I really wonder sometimes. 

Philoctetes

Quote from: Greg on March 19, 2011, 05:17:57 PM
I think living in Europe is a slight advantage.


from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement
20% of people who are 65-69 in the US still work, which is far higher than all of the others. I've always thought the US was the greatest country in the world, but I really wonder sometimes.

What's the correlation?

Mirror Image

Quote from: Corey on March 19, 2011, 04:58:47 PM
I had to sell all my CDs — I thought it would be impossible to part with them, but I really don't miss them. Things are just things.

Why did you have to sell your CDs?


Mirror Image


Philoctetes


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Quote from: Philoctetes on March 19, 2011, 08:16:48 PM
You can just rip them anyhow.

Yep. I still have the music — the important part

ibanezmonster

Quote from: Philoctetes on March 19, 2011, 06:29:55 PM
What's the correlation?
Apparently, looking at this chart, in Europe, you're more likely to be able to retire early.  :-\ I don't know about the Netherlands, though. At least it isn't a huge difference...

Josquin des Prez

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In Italy the whole concept of retiring is obsolete. There's just no work, period. I think people really need to be careful when they say "Europe" but really mean Norway.

And "greatest" is relative, and nobody ever said America was the greatest, just the most powerful. Which it is. They have the highest GPD and the strongest military.