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Feb 13th 2013, 10:06 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

No young person is going to say, "You sound like a broken record" though.

Feb 13th 2013, 10:09 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by cindyabs

said the Little Engine that could...........

to that sista!

Feb 13th 2013, 10:47 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux

No young person is going to say, "You sound like a broken record" though.

Be more like "U, like, SLBR, duh" but with less punctuation.

Feb 14th 2013, 1:02 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by jeffreyhy

dTurntable sales, which declined slightly for the last decade, ticked up slightly in 2011 compared to 2010, to 54,000 units a year."
Regards, JEff

I bet most of those were the ones that can transfer vinyl to ipods..

Feb 14th 2013, 1:07 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Nutek

Record players aren't out of date. They sell them at Bed Bath and Beyond.

....

What?

And what a fine selection of Hi Fidelity units they have!

Honestly I think the quality of music and photo equipment has really suffered with the advent of digital everything.

But then what would I know, grumpy old tightfisted luddite fart that I am.

Feb 14th 2013, 1:11 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by cindyabs

Dad's family hails from The Toon, northwards, and down to Yorkshire.

Ah, good breeding always shows through! Dad was a Geordie (Framwellgate Moor), Mam was (and is) a true Yorkshire lass.

Feb 14th 2013, 3:45 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux

No young person is going to say, "You sound like a broken record" though.

At last the voice of sanity.

Thanks for rescuing me from the mists of moronity and WGAFery, that seem to be descending around this part of the thread.

Feb 14th 2013, 3:49 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by paranoidandroid

At last the voice of sanity.

Thanks for rescuing me from the mists of moronity and WGAFery, that seem to be descending around this part of the thread.

Oh do shut up, you sound like a broken iPod