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In Reply to: RE: More to the point... posted by regmac on March 08, 2015 at 14:48:31
... Still in their wrapping.
Others I have burned to hard drive but not listened to yet.
Does it matter?
Smile
Sox
Follow Ups:
"Does it matter?"
Only to the psychiatric community.
Between records, CDs, and SACDS, I'm probably further behind re - buying vs listening - than 'ol Soxie. Plus, I've got 80 hours of catching up to do on the DVR. So there's that too :~!
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"Have you a water buffalo?"
... Some clown thinks I need to see a shrink because I have a couple of dozen CDs I've yet to open. We are talking pocket change here and supposedly I am suffering some compulsion or other nonsense?
I got some news for ol' Reg if he likes to see evil everywhere he looks. I live in a house bigger than I 'need' with more bedrooms and bathrooms than people who live here. More sound systems than people, more TVs than people, more digital players than people, more fridges than people, more landlines than people, more mobile phones than people, more cars than people and about 27 full dinner sets and over 1000 glasses.
I think I have about a dozen polo shirts still in the plastic as well. Gosh!
I must be certifiable!
Maybe Reg can pass the hat around and save my sorry butt.
Life's good, enjoy it, I do.
Smile
Sox
Just kidding. Are you sure my wife isn't doing your dinner set and glasses shopping? I'm pretty sure the only reason we have less than a dozen sets is she's run out of cabinet and closet space to put stuff (and we have LOTS of cabinets and closets).
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"Have you a water buffalo?"
You know, Roadie, as a conservative conspicuous consumption does not offend me. I say go for it! But historically, liberals have looked askance on such consumption. And because of that fact I'm surprised to see so many of them on here defending that "obscene" practice. ~:)
Edits: 03/09/15
syndrome applied to music purchases. On the plus side, I have begun to unsealed some of the backlog and pop em in the car changer (Neko Case, Drive By Truckers, Uncle Tupello and Muse are 4 I put in yesterday).
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"Have you a water buffalo?"
...share your shrink as you pursue dealing with your superiority complex.
Or is the condescension really inferiority?
"... dealing with your superiority complex."
Oh come on. There's nothing arrogant or superior insofar as noting the obvious. No one would argue that compulsive eating is not a mental disorder; likewise compulsive gambling, and drinking. Psychologists write of people suffering from compulsive sexual disorders. So what are we to make of compulsive collectors?
Just the other day, a chap on television was complaining about his own compulsive shoe purchases. He has hundreds of pairs of shoes (still in the boxes) stacked up in his closets and basement that he's never worn. How is that different from the fellow who has hundreds or thousands of CDs he's never opened, much less listened to? I'm sure these chronic CD collectors have gone to the trouble of spending good money purchasing storage units for their CDs that will never be used (by them). They are not unlike the guy who purchases expensive bookcases and then buys hundreds of books (he has no intention of reading) just to impress his friends.
When one reads that someone owns 20 dogs or 30 cats or hundreds of shoes or thousands of CDs one can be forgiven for suspecting that such people may very well be (at minimum) half a bubble off plumb. Perhaps "quirky" would be a much nicer term, but make no mistake about it, there is some mental compulsion that keeps forcing such people to make the same moronic purchase over and over.
At least in the case of vintage wine, car and stamp collecting one can make the case that their collection will appreciate in value. Not so with CDs and shoes.
...and what of the compulsion to continually point it out?That must be a conservative psychosis.
Edits: 03/09/15
... Why the snide comment?
If I don't conform to what you deem "normal" then I am very thankful I am not you.
Cheers.
Smile
Sox
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