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Brad wrote:

Tinkerbell wrote:
Boy, as tempting as that notion is, my husband would probably want to shoot me. He patiently obliged me with my last two purchases, ......

Tinkerbell, most of our wives want to shoot us. We are in desperate need of some balance to this madness. You know you want that machine and you have our (if somewhat selfish) support! Oh help us Tinkerbell-kanobe, you are our only hope!

You are tempting me down that dark, untraveled path... the one that will likely result in not only my husband wishing to off me, but all of your wives as well! (A bit like the sacrificial lamb.)

Tinkerbell wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:Tink... buy it, get the seller to hold it until the Florida show, get some sun in the winter and haul that machine home. It's worth every dime. Jerry

Boy, as tempting as that notion is, my husband would probably want to shoot me. He patiently obliged me with my last two purchases, but only because I first naively vowed I was not transforming into the female version of my brother the vintage Schwinn collector/restorer.

What started as a little hobby for my brother restoring one Schwinn bicycle wound up becoming 36+ Schwinns... I'm afraid it might be something in the genes; I probably would not be far behind, and have my house crammed full of phonographs!

Is there a 12 step program available??

Tink,

There is a 12 step program, sort of like the school system.
1) an upright very cheap or given to you.
2) a second.
3) "just one" really nice one for the living room
4) "Just one" each Edison, Victor, Columbia usually accompanied by lots of records
5) add an early two minute only cylinder player
6) need a couple orthophonics
7) buy 4 or 5 at once because you found "a deal" (often coincides with tax refund)
8) Sell 1) 2) 3) above to purchase a more expensive model,a B model Triumph perhaps (justified as taking less space)
9) Soooooo many Triumphs. Add and A & D model
10)Repeat step 7)and step 8) multiple times... Buy something with a cygnet horn WOODEN perhaps, many options now!
11)Oak and Mahogany horns
12)Orthophonic jazzz music, Opera, (the machine or the music), Early cylinders, late cylinders, late diamond discs
..)

Theoretically you can be in and out in ~12 years but some of us are thick enough that steps need to be repeated. It can take a generation and hundreds of machines purchased for a complete recovery. Personally I've gotten close to step 12 but relapsed severly over recent years. Outside intervention is the only hope now...

I see the CL seller has raised the price today to $400.00. Raising the price is never a good sign...

The price was raised, but the temptation is still there. Honestly, go for it! You will regret it later if you don't. Regarding your husband, well, as the ole saying goes, "It's easier to seek forgiveness than to ask for permission."

Tinkerbell wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:Tink... buy it, get the seller to hold it until the Florida show, get some sun in the winter and haul that machine home. It's worth every dime. Jerry

Boy, as tempting as that notion is, my husband would probably want to shoot me. He patiently obliged me with my last two purchases, but only because I first naively vowed I was not transforming into the female version of my brother the vintage Schwinn collector/restorer.

What started as a little hobby for my brother restoring one Schwinn bicycle wound up becoming 36+ Schwinns... I'm afraid it might be something in the genes; I probably would not be far behind, and have my house crammed full of phonographs!

Is there a 12 step program available??

Tink, I think it's a "12 Machine" program....or are you already beyond that?

Phonofolks wrote:The price was raised, but the temptation is still there. Honestly, go for it! You will regret it later if you don't. Regarding your husband, well, as the ole saying goes, "It's easier to seek forgiveness than to ask for permission."

It may be easier to ask forgiveness than permission, but that's not always easy to do if I need him to split the driving and provide the muscle for loading/unloading.

Besides, 2,000+ miles is a really LONG trip, especially if I cannot be certain the VTLA will still be there unsold at the other end (or that the price will not have gone up again before I got there)!

Maybe I'll luck out and find one here locally someday...

GaryLC wrote:

Tinkerbell wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:Tink... buy it, get the seller to hold it until the Florida show, get some sun in the winter and haul that machine home. It's worth every dime. Jerry

Boy, as tempting as that notion is, my husband would probably want to shoot me. He patiently obliged me with my last two purchases, but only because I first naively vowed I was not transforming into the female version of my brother the vintage Schwinn collector/restorer.

What started as a little hobby for my brother restoring one Schwinn bicycle wound up becoming 36+ Schwinns... I'm afraid it might be something in the genes; I probably would not be far behind, and have my house crammed full of phonographs!

Is there a 12 step program available??

Tink, I think it's a "12 Machine" program....or are you already beyond that?

I'm just getting started... so this is already a bad sign!!

Valecnik wrote: There is a 12 step program, sort of like the school system.
1) an upright very cheap or given to you.
2) a second.
3) "just one" really nice one for the living room
4) "Just one" each Edison, Victor, Columbia usually accompanied by lots of records
5) add an early two minute only cylinder player
6) need a couple orthophonics
7) buy 4 or 5 at once because you found "a deal" (often coincides with tax refund)
8) Sell 1) 2) 3) above to purchase a more expensive model,a B model Triumph perhaps (justified as taking less space)
9) Soooooo many Triumphs. Add and A & D model
10)Repeat step 7)and step 8) multiple times... Buy something with a cygnet horn WOODEN perhaps, many options now!
11)Oak and Mahogany horns
12)Orthophonic jazzz music, Opera, (the machine or the music), Early cylinders, late cylinders, late diamond discs
..)

Oh, my goodness! This sounds a lot like me, except for the selling...more than I'd like to admit. I'm on step 12.