"that dog next door sounds like a needle stuck on a record" I say to Mrs. Lib

[rurallib]

and then I realize that about half, maybe 2/3rds of the country would have no idea what i was talking about.

Drop a dime and let me know if you dig it.

[trof]

1. Dig it.

Scratched record.

[Skittles]

2. you want I should kick your geezer ass, rurallib?

LEMME AT YOU!!!

[rurallib]

3. kick me into today Skittles

I am regressing fast

[Skittles]

6. it takes me back

my dad had hundreds of 45s and would yell at me, "DO NOT SCRATCH MY RECORDS!" "DON'T LOSE THE PLASTIC RING!"

[kentauros]

4. "At the last moment, he stopped on a dime!

Unfortunately, the dime was in Mr. Rococo's pocket!"

[trof]

5. We had a fix that worked sometimes.

If the scratch wasn't that deep, you could tape a weight like a quarter or half dollar (or two) on the needle arm and that would keep the needle in the proper groove.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Nothing like feeling old.

And for the record, I bought extra needles.

[malthaussen]

9. I've been watching a few old episodes of Hill Street Blues...

... rotary pay phones. Ten cents a call. Ah, nostalgia.

-- Mal

[In_The_Wind]

11. I always tried to watch that show.

[malthaussen]

12. I probably like good ensemble acting more than superstars...

... and that show was one of the best in that regard.

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

8. And now a word from Billy Collins:

Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house
By Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

-- Mal

[rurallib]

13. yes indeed!

[LiberalElite]

10. diggin it here eom