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Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"

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From: Charles Richmond
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 05:21
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On 4/19/2018 6:39 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
> <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
>> On 2018-04-18, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2018-04-18, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2018-04-17, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I considered buying one of those devices that burns a CD from
>>>>> a record or tape, but I decided against it.  First, the cost of
>>>>> such a device would cover downloading fresh copies of many songs.
>>>>> Secondly, I'd be copying from worn out records or cassettes and
>>>>> end up with a crappy copy.  Third, over time my tastes in music
>>>>> has changed, and some songs I once liked have lost their attraction.
>>>>
>>>> How did they change? I think after fifteen (1985) mine have just
>>>> extended a bit.  I once feared I'd start enjoying jazz or classical
>>>> music music when I grew up, but that has fortunately not happened yet.
>>>
>>> I always knew that it was just a matter of time before I got into
>>> classical music.  That happened in the late '80s, when I decided
>>> I didn't like where pop was going.  Now I play viola in a community
>>> orchestra.
>>>
>>> The other genre I've gotten into is bluegrass.  No jazz yet.
>>> And no rap/hip-hop ever, I hope
>>
>> Whne I was growing up, there was no electriciy in country parts of this
>> country. Recently I have really discovered bluegrass. which is very like
>> traditional Irish music, as above, even with some like the Irish
>> 'sean-nos' type.
> 
> As it should be, since it was originated in the US by the "Scotch-Irish"
> who moved from Ulster to Appalachia. I college a fraternity brother was
> into bluegrass, and would tune into WWVA evenings.  I like old-fashioned
> "country and western" music, which you don't get much of any more. What
> they call "country" now is too similar to pop.
> 
> Yes, Bach is still good, in a cold sort of way.
> 
> I always liked classical, although I got into Bach later. I like just about
> anything except the tuneless, non-musical stuff that seems to be popular
> these days.
> 

You guys would enjoy Mozart's piano sonatas and Chopin's piano 
masterpieces.


-- 
numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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Subject: Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:21:44 -0500
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